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...loss of Adviser Lord Weir was more than compensated for. Lord Nuffield, Britain's top-rank motor manufacturer, announced that he was ending his two-year quarrel with the Air Ministry. Lord Nuffield, long at loggerheads with Lord Swinton, will place his mammoth Morris auto plant, the largest in Europe, at the Government's disposal for the mass production of airframes. The motor magnate had previously turned out only tanks and motorized units for the Government...
...John Crichton-Stuart, fourth Marquess of Bute, was quietly sunning himself last week in Morocco. In smoky Cardiff, Wales, an anxious City Council was worried over the rich noble lord's latest business deal. Announcement had just been made that Lord Bute-a collector of castles, the largest individual coal royalty owner in Britain, descendant of the 14th-Century Scottish King Robert III, possessor of 14 titles-was disposing of half of Cardiff's real estate to an unidentified London syndicate. Reported to involve from $100,000,000 down to $25,000,000 it was believed...
...Largest private holdings in TVA territory are those of $110,000,000 Tennessee Electric Power Co. But the next situation likely to develop is further down the river at Memphis. Month ago Paul Sawyer said that National Power would be happy to sell Memphis Power & Light at a fair price. Memphis replied that it would be happy to buy at a fair price...
Ludlum Steel Corp. Allegheny Ludlum will be the industry's 18th largest company, with an annual capacity of 138,000 tons of quality alloys, 400,000 tons of flat-rolled soft steel, plants in upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Michigan...
Government is second only to Economics in the number of concentrators, and the two fields are similar in many ways. During the last three years the number of Government concentrators has increased 30%, being last year 384--the largest increase of any field in College. Like Economics, it is a field whose importance is becoming more and more widespread, but also like Economics it is a subject in which one cannot gain practical experience in College. The recent large increase was perhaps mainly due to the fact that students who were not really interested in the subject concentrated...