Word: morgan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...team: le, Morgan; lt, Elser; lg, Aldrich; c, Ayres and Grover; rg, Grunig; rt, O'Loughlin, re, Duane; ab, Goldthwaite; lh, Buckley; rh, Lee; fb, Gardella...
Prosperous in war, the Cramps could not thrive in peace. In 1903 they lost control of their yards to the Morgan-Drexel banks, which later passed it on to the Harrimans. During World War I, Cramp's reached its all-time peak with 11,000 workers, built 46 destroyers and five transports in two years. But in an age of disarmament there was no place for Cramp's. Bidding too desperately for Navy business, it lost $5,741,000 in 1926. The next spring the huge 62-acre yards closed their gates...
Ends: Leopold Ackerman, George Duane, Bill Grosvenor, George Haydock, Al Jaretzki, John Morgan, George Putnam, Roger Tatton...
University of Pennsylvania Alumnus William Guggenheim, copper tycoon, chronic writer-to-the-papers, 71 -year-old songwriter (You're a Glamour Girl, Crumbs of Love), caught wind of a U. of P. plan to award Franklin Roosevelt an honorary degree. To President Thomas Sovereign Gates, onetime Morgan partner, he sent an indignant wire, declaring that he believed the "vast majority of our 40,000 or more alumni, who are Willkie-for-President men," would be as shocked as he, hoping President Gates would "rectify what must be an unintentional mistake...
...more optimistic note is struck at the ends, where Harvard has capable performers three deep. Loren MacKinney gets top billing at present, but three promising Sophomore recruits are sure to see much service. Forte, Morgan, and Barnes were all standouts on an above average Freshman team, and hard-luck veteran Joe Koufman is ready to step in if these second-year men prove to be still a year away from Varsity competition...