Word: nate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week Nate Cummings sat in a new walnut-paneled office backed by a carved lion's head on the wall-the trademark of Reid, Murdoch's "Monarch" brand, which he now owns, along with the "Yacht Club" and Sprague, Warner's "Richelieu" and "None-Such...
...very real sense Nate Cummings owns them, for although Commercial Credit Co. and various banks have financed some of his deals, he does not favor spreading his stock control around. His formula is to buy old, established companies, sweep out the cobwebs and make them pay by efficient merchandising...
...manner of the purchase was indicative of Nate Cummings' procedure. Last February he took a vacation in Palm Springs and one day rode horseback so hard that he developed a sore, which turned into a carbuncle. Still laid up (when he returned to Chicago), he had to miss a cocktail party given by Horace Armstrong, president of rival Reid, Murdoch. Afterward, when Armstrong called to tell him about the party, Nate asked, "I don't suppose you'd be interested in selling Reid, Murdoch...
...Nate Cummings plans his new Consolidated Grocers Corp. to be the General Motors of the grocery business, i.e., like Buick and Chevrolet, Reid, Murdoch would compete with Sprague, Warner for sales. Consolidated's various divisions include canners. manufacturers, importers, exporters and distributors of foods-its different branches maintaining their sales autonomy. And with his new consolidation, about twice the size of any comparable wholesale grocery firm five years ago, he plans to buck the chain stores still further by giving his customers merchandising and sales help...
Assisted by Bob Cowen and Bill Ayres, a civilian, Art Conlon scored for Harvard in the first period. Cowen, aided by Conlon, and George Tighlman, assisted by Tom Frothingham, accounted for two second period goals. In a rough last period, Cowen sank one more with Conlon's assistance. Nate Weston, another civilian, played an excellent defensive game...