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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Loew. Denied Nicholas M. Schenck, cinemagnate, President of Loew's, Inc. last January: "There has never been negotiation with Fox or anyone else, either corporation or individual, looking towards the sale of Loew's, Inc., or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
...Buick died of cancer at Harper Hospital, Detroit, after a month's illness. Shortly before going to the hospital he said: "I'm not feeling sorry for myself or worrying about the past. I'm not accusing anyone of cheating me. It was the breaks of the game that I lost out in the company I founded. I'm looking forward to the future. Money means nothing?except to insure comforts for the future...
...directors were Dr. William M. Burton, onetime President of Standard of Indiana; Melvin A. Traylor, president of Chicago's First National Bank; Thomas S. Cook and Dr. Gentry S. Cash. President Edward G. Seubert, a Stewart man, retained his position. Indeed, his functions were increased, since no Board Chairman was elected to succeed Col. Stewart...
...Wife & Family from management of the 125-restaurant chain founded by two brothers Childs. To control came William A. Barber with perhaps the backing of certain Delaware du Ponts. On the new Childs directorate are Hollyday S. Meeds Jr., son-in-law of T. Coleman du Pont and Lucius M. Boomer, with whose hotel interests the du Ponts are said to be connected. So little has the Childs Co. remained the child of Childs, that sentimental Brother William appeared to own less than 3% of its stock. Nevertheless he said, on quitting: "This is the child of my efforts...
Other articles were by Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney and George M. Pynchon Jr., two of the East's more advanced amateurs. Royal Dixon, imaginative naturalist, exposed the flight methods of eagles, kites, pelicans and buzzards. The tenor of the whole magazine was calculated to encourage more people to buy more planes, to make the grass grow green upon the lawns of aviation country clubs. In the West, where amateur flying is already pretty much a matter of course, The Sportsman Pilot may seem precious. In the East it should help the air to become fashionable and populous...