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First, he had a three-day visit from Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, rumored to be the President's choice for chairman of the conference. What the President and the Prime Minister discussed was not disclosed in detail, but it was certain that the conference got more discussion than Neighbor King's home political affairs, about which Franklin Roosevelt had a few kind words to say (see CANADA...
Rested and refreshed, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King returned to Ottawa. His journey into the U.S. had been no gadabout vacation. In 1,770 miles and seven days, the Prime Minister had done...
...ambitious young man named Alfred Emanuel Lyon went to work selling cigarets to stores on Manhattan's lower East Side. In the first three days he failed to sell a pack; every sales talk got the same answer: "Schicken." Just in time, a friend stopped Lyon from chucking the whole business. "Schicken," said he, did not mean "no," as Lyon had thought; it meant "send them...
Last week, Al Lyon, at 59, got ready to move into the biggest selling job of his life, the $100,000-a-year presidency of Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., Inc. But he has little to sell. He cracked: "I take over April Fools...
...westering sun, shining through old-fashioned green window shades, filled the office on the second floor of Ottawa's East Block with tawny light. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King sat at his desk, smiling. The 30 newsmen who were ushered in at 20 minutes to 4 were expectant, for Mr. King's press conferences are few & far between. The newsmen were not disappointed...