Word: owner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This year young Farmer Brown had no entry, but he led the grand champion. Jimmy, a coal-black Aberdeen Angus like Lucky Strike, into the prize ring. Aberdeen Anguses have won nine international shows, more than any other breed. Jimmy's owner is Banker J. Frank McKenny of King City, Mo. whose herdsman is Elliott Brown's uncle. There was no chicanery about Jimmy's championship. He was sold for beef at auction to the Breakers Hotel, Atlantic City, for $2,700, or $2.50 per Ib. (Last year's prizewinner was bought by Chainstoreman James Cash...
...General John William ("Jack") Stewart, railway builder, when the latter bought the Sun, then a morning paper. According to legend, General Stewart went to Europe to direct railway construction for the Allied armies, leaving Cromie with power-of-attorney to run the paper. From that status, Cromie emerged as owner. Nearly his first act was to absorb the conservative News-Advertiser, only morning competitor. Because he was without newspaper knowledge, Publisher Cromie was unbound by tradition or habit. He has made the paper as he went along, made mistakes, done surprising things. Personable, affable...
...Master's residence, Apthorp House, was built in 1760 by the Reverend East Apthorp, the first rector of Christ Church. Confiscated from its loyalist owner at the outbreak of the Revolution it served as General Putnam's headquarters and the residence of General Burgoyne and some of his officers after their surrender at Saratoga...
...subjected to a Federal Trade Commission inquiry and widespread criticism for its financial interest in 13 newspapers. Straightway I. P. & P. took steps to dispose of those holdings. Last week, through a series of misadventures, I. P. & P. found itself again temporarily in the newspaper business-sole owner of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Columbia (S. C.) Record, Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald and Spartanburg Journal. In a Federal court sale the paper company was awarded the properties...
...Wanda and Wally, without his pet griffon Picciu, he is alone save for a valet and Friend Max Smith, onetime musical critic of the New York American. Above all things he hates Manhattan's noise. He lives at the Hotel Astor, presumably because of his friend ship for Owner Frederick Muschenheim...