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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the U.S. Army staked out a firm postwar claim in Canada's far northern Mackenzie River oilfields. The Army and Imperial Oil, Ltd. (a Standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiary), negotiated a new agreement giving the U.S. the right to 60,000,000 barrels of postwar...
...sufficient capital and inside information." Then he became first chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission, under Franklin Roosevelt, first chairman of the Maritime Commission and last peacetime Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. At the time of prohibition repeal, Joe set up Somerset Importers, Ltd., secured the U.S. distribution of Haig & Haig, King William IV, other famed brands. The venture was successful...
...pictures in England. Goetz cracked the practice of grinding out cheap "quota quickies" (which often lost money), proved that it was cheaper to make pictures good enough for the U.S. market. This worked so well that a year ago last March M.G.M. merged with Korda's London Films, Ltd., mapped out a program of big-budget pictures. Eventually, M.G.M. London under Korda and Goetz will turn out 16 of them yearly -a figure without precedent in England. Last week Ben Goetz was in Manhattan recruiting actors, writers, etc. for their big job. He was working on a scheme...
...About the cost and Canol itself, the U.S. has had serious second thoughts. Geologists say that Norman Wells may some day produce from 50 to 100 million barrels. In this field, which the U.S. taxpayer has developed, he has no postwar rights. These revert to Canada and Imperial Oil Ltd., a Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey subsidiary. The truth is that Canol is unlikely to pay any but military dividends...
Valsa Matthai did not return. Last week her disappearance was still a mystery to the scientifically thorough (and 99.2% successful) Missing Persons Bureau of the New York police. It had stumped private investigators hired by the Manhattan office of Tata Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., branch of the rich House of Tata which controls much of India's heavy industry...