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...destination, they thought their troubles were over; but that night a storm hit them, shifted their moorings, pounded the Direction against the rocks (TIME, July 29, 1929). They got ashore without trouble, saved some of their belongings, with mixed feelings watched the Direction sink. Next day Kent set out overland to find help. An Eskimo guided him to Narsak, where a friendly Dane received him hospitably in terrible English, and sent for the Governor. Allen and "Cupid" returned to the U.S., Kent stayed on, painted pictures (some of them on bed-sheets), made friends with the Eskimos, had a good...
...type investment trust. In September 1929, Continental Chicago Corp. was formed for the same purpose. The companies have many things in common, including practically an identical capitalization, interlocking directors. But Chicago Corp. has one thing its twin lacks, and that is an investment in 250,000 shares of Willys-Overland Co. common stock. Because of that stock it is the weaker company, and under terms of a merger announced last week its shareholders will receive only 65/100ths of a share of Continental Chicago for every share of Chicago Corp. No surprise at all was this merger of two companies with...
...long ago learned to lay great lengths of pipe overland to transport water, petroleum, natural gas, sewage. Georges Claude of France is the prophet and pioneer of laying great lengths of pipe on an ocean floor, to conduct seawater from the cold bottom to a shore station. Professor Claude believes that power can be generated at unheard-of cheapness by utilizing the temperature differential between the cold bottom-water and water from the ocean's surface warmed by a tropic sun. Twice he has tried and failed at Matanzas Bay, Cuba, to lower a mile-long pipe six feet...
...years (1797-1835) the overland wilderness route known as the Natchez Trace was the best but most dangerous road from New Orleans to the Midwest. Ol' Man Mississippi brought the cargoes down, but it was more than sail or paddle could do to get all the way upstream again. The gold went back in saddle bags over the narrow, bandit-infested trail stretching from Natchez, Miss, to Knoxville, Tenn...
...Warsaw was seen the best chance ? John North Willys & wife. He is a retired auto tycoon (Willys-Overland), many times a millionaire, a buyer of fine tapes tries. Their socialite daughter married a much-moneyed South American and wai presented to British royalty. They are culturally ambitious. In Warsaw, home of Paderewski, perhaps the grandeur that is the Garretts' at Rome could be duplicated...