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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp. (see p. 12), two years ago met with Orville Wright, Glenn Hammond Curtiss and other flyers, also with Henry Ford, and suggested ways of industrializing aviation. But until last week he did not enter the field himself. His present essay was to become the largest individual stockholder in the General Aero Corp. and to sell it the Atlantic City Motor Speedway, which he controlled, for a passenger airport...
...latter uses in the U. S. is soda-fountain construction. Leading consumers of marble for this purpose are I. Fischman & Sons of Philadelphia. Through the Consolidated Marble Corp., new subsidiary, I. Fischman & Sons last week made an exclusive contract with the Societie-de-Merbles-Sprimont of Brussels, largest marble producers in the world. Using marble for other purposes also, I. Fischman & Sons now dominate the U. S. marble field...
Because Hartman Corporation (originally mail order) is world's largest retail furniture concern (48 stores in Chicago and Midwest) and because, as everyone knows, Montgomery Ward & Co. (originally mailorder) is branching into myriad branches, a deal loomed. Last week the deal was closed: Montgomery Ward giving stock in exchange for Hartman's business which betters $17,000,000 annually...
...Lake Lucrine. The last was omnivorous General Foods Corp. which last week announced the formation of a new subsidiary. Bluepoints Co. Inc., to take over the assets of the North Atlantic Oyster Farms, Inc. operating in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. North Atlantic Oyster Farms, Inc. is the largest unit in the industry. Through five subsidiary companies it holds some 35,000 acres of oyster beds, has a fleet of 30 boats, prepares oysters for market in five shore plants...
Development of group banking in the U. S. has been rapid. Long a leader of the movement is the Transamerica Corp., holding company for the Giannini institutions. Of many similar organizations formed this year, largest until last week were the First Bank Stock Corp. (TIME, Sept. 2), now controlling 43 banks in the Minnesota-Montana region, with resources of $341,000,000 and the $370,000,000 Northern Bancorporation in the same region. But greatest of all will be Banker Rand's Marine Midland Corp...