Word: plates
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Died. George Eastman, 77, board chairman of Eastman Kodak Co.; by his own hand (pistol); in Rochester, N. Y. He left a note: "My work is done. Why wait?'' Born in Waterville, N. Y. in 1854, he started Eastman Dry Plate Co. in Rochester in 1880. First man to realize the possibilities of amateur as opposed to professional photography, he devoted himself to making cameras simple, handy, foolproof. The first Kodak appeared in 1888, contained film for 100 pictures which, when taken, were sent back (camera & all) to the Kodak factory for development. Hence the famed slogan: "You press...
When, six months ago, the vice president of American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. arrived from Pittsburgh to be made operating vice president of the parent company, there was little stir in the House of Steel. William A. Irvin (pronounced: Irwin) was given an office down on the 14th floor, far away from the real executive headquarters. He soon and often thereafter returned to Pittsburgh to inspect the noisy mills which are the Corporation's core. When at No. 71 Broadway, he worked hard at the used desk which had been given him. Few of the New York personnel wandered...
...operator for Pennsylvania Railroad and later a shipping clerk for P. H. Laufmann Co., sheet and tinplate makers, in 1895. He literally went through the mill, coming out superintendent. Two mergers brought P. H. Laufmann into the U. S. Steel family in 1904, as part of American Sheet & Tin Plate. For 20 years Mr. Irvin was assistant to the operating vice president. Then he was rewarded with promotion to vice president in charge of plant operations...
...Freshman batterymen have been working out for two weeks and the unusually high number of preparatory school stars indicates that the team will be strong on the mound and behind the plate. W. A. Lincoln '35, who starred on the slab for Exeter last year, and D. H. Gleason '35, showed great promise. More men are expected out as soon as the basketball seasons ends next Saturday. Last year 53 men responded to the first call...
Miss Sidney is distinctly appealing. A certain unassuming genuineness and a smile that begins at the eyes and spreads down all help to atone for the vacuity of her help to alone for the vacuity of her blond, fashion-plate lover, Mr. Gene Raymond. Miss Sydney is one actress whom Hollywood does not miscast. She is given the parts she does best, parts in mental positions which permit her to look up adoringly and a little abjectly to the men of her heart...