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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, seven lucky Senators found themselves face to face with the president of one of the largest corporations in the U. S. The Senators were lucky because they had the great industrialist before them as a witness in his own behalf. He had resigned (for as long as necessary) from the $100,000-per-year presidency of International Harvester Co. ($350,000,000) to accept President Hoover's appointment as $12,000-per-year chairman of the Federal Farm Board. The Senators had the power to question him closely in deciding whether...
Large banks like to be the largest in some category. Until last week the Union Trust Co. of Cleveland had prided itself on being the largest bank between New York and Chicago. Also until last week the Peoples Wayne County Bank had prided itself on being the largest in Detroit. Now the status of both has changed. The Union Trust Co. of Cleveland has become the second largest between New York and Chicago; the Peoples Wayne County Bank is now but a part of the largest bank in Detroit. Largest between New York and Chicago and largest in Detroit will...
...coal, and Welsh anthracite have proven sturdy competitors to U. S. anthracite. Perhaps to find strength in union, the Glen Alden Coal Co. (W. W. Inglis, president) last week announced plans to purchase the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. (Charles F. Huber, president). Two of the oldest and largest of anthracite companies, their combined annual production will be over 13,000,000 tons, greatest of any unit in the industry...
...this year, that the total stock market value of those shares was worth last week $295,892,503, that these greatly increasing profits are due largely to the company's electrical subsidiaries and their prospects. Friends of Mr. Porter know that he was born in the largest house in Washington Square, Manhattan, that his golf is poor, his marksmanship good, that he likes to fish, loves to travel. Members of the Engineering Foundation know that he was elected to its chairmanship not because he looms as a potent public utility tycoon but because he is an able mining engineer...
...largest annual tennis tournament in many years approaches the third round in both Class A and Class B. Outstanding in Class A is Harris Coggeshell 1L seeded as number one, ranking fourteenth in the National Men's singles, who has won an easy way into the third round...