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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Crossing the continent last fortnight from California?to join Mrs. Hearst in Manhattan, as he does at least once each year (wedding anniversary)?Mr. Hearst felt a public message stirring within him. President Hoover had just gone to Manhattan and addressed the Associated Press on the subject of crime and law enforcement (TIME, April 29). In the presidential reasoning, Publisher Hearst thought he detected flaws. Himself the holder of many an A. P. franchise, he proposed to tear apart and answer what President Hoover had said to the assembled editors and publishers...
Radiator-Standard-Johns-Manville. To American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Mfg. came last month a merger. To the combination last week Johns-Manville Corp. came at least as close as rumors could bring it. Basis for rumors was election of Clarence M. Woolley, potent Radia- tor Chairman, to the Johns-Manville directorate, and the recent election of two "Morgan Men" to Radiator directorates. The Morgan House has lately been prominent in the management of Johns-Manville, having installed the late Theodore Merseles as president and succeeded him ? Uncle Charles A. Eaton represents New Jersey; Cousin William R. Eaton, lover...
...report that British G. E. contemplated merging with Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd., largest British makers of electrical equipment. Inasmuch as Associated Electrical Industries is about one-third owned by International Electric Co., and as this latter corporation is a subsidiary of U. S. General Electric, it seemed at least possible that Sir Hugo might find himself indeed entangled in the tentacles of the U. S. Money Octopus. Rumored negotiations between British G. E. and Associated Electrical Industries were last month denied, but Sir Hugo's unsuccessful attempt to keep British G. E. stock from U. S. holders was said...
Still undiscouraged, however, he con tinued to plan, to calculate, and last week his project at least reached as far as the newspaper headlines, and his bridge ap peared in diagram if not in steel. For with Major General Edgar Jadwin, U. S. Army Chief of Engineers, was filed an application for permission to construct a suspension bridge from West 57th Street, Manhattan, to New Jersey. First announce ments of the application linked the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. with the North River Bridge Co., told how the B. & O. was determined to get into New York, discussed plans and specifications...
...purposes of advertising, Life, weekly funnypaper, has started a theatre ticket service whereby seats may be obtained at box-office prices by mail orders sent at least one week before the performance date. There is no charge for the service. To combat scalping. Life seats are not delivered to buyers until after 8 p. m. on the performance night...