Word: ltd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Archbishop of Canterbury, passionately though the Primate has inveighed against the Soviet Government (TiME, March 10), a credit of $150,000,000 over a two-year period opened at London in favor of the Reds was announced last week, and such outstanding British firms as Brunner, Mond & Co., Ltd., Imperial Chemical Trust of Great Britain and Vickers-Arm-strong Co., Ltd., prepared to ship to Russia as rapidly as possible $40.000,000 worth of chemical and hydro-electric products...
Canadian Cinema. Similar names, Adolph Zukor serving as president of both, a distribution contract until 1939, would indicate that the bonds of interest between Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and Famous Players Canadian Corp., Ltd., are close indeed. But last year F. P. C. established its independence when a group of Canadians acquired control by purchasing a block of stock from Paramount and setting up a voting trusteeship. Soon afterward control was almost resold to Gaumont British Pictures Corp., Ltd., Fox controlled. Perhaps to avert some such catastrophe in the future, Paramount last week offered to exchange its shares for those...
Almost 200 theatres are operated by F.P.C., which last year earned over $2,000,000. A unique feature of the deal is that it will make Radio Keith Orpheum and Paramount partners in a small way, for RKO and F.P.C. jointly control Radio Keith Orpheum. Ltd., of Canada...
...suing company was United Diamond Fields of British Guiana, Ltd., which charged that in common with all other diamond companies it had agreed to sell only to the Syndicate, that because of newly discovered fields the Syndicate had so lowered the price paid United Diamonds that the company was ruined. Included among the accusations was a charge of fraud. Settlement of the suit announced last month from the King's Bench awarded United Diamonds ?325,000 plus ?25,000 cost. Although the fraud charge was withdrawn, awarding of the sum to United Diamonds was tantamount to admitting that fraud...
...July in a merger of several theatre equipment companies, is headed by Harley L. Clarke, also president of Utilities Power & Light Corp., potent Midwest utility holding company. It was Utilities Power & Light which two years ago invaded the British Utility field by securing control of Greater London & Counties Trust, Ltd., which supplies power to London, Birmingham and many another English city and of which the Earl of Birkenhead is chairman. In addition to his duties as utility organizer and promoter, Mr. Clarke has cultivated an interest in Shakespeare to the extent of financing the Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society headed...