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Died. John Jacob Raskob, 71, tycoon, onetime (1928-32) chairman of the Democratic National Committee; at his home near Centerville, Md. A cigarmaker's son who started out as a stenographer, Raskob arranged the deals that brought E. I. du Pont money into General Motors, became chairman of G.M.'s finance committee and a multimillionaire. An ardent Wet, he plunged into politics in '28 on behalf of his good friend and fellow Catholic Al Smith (until then he was a nominal Republican), wangled fat contributions to the Democratic cause, organized the National Committee publicity bureau that helped...
...incident no less dramatic actually happened in Wilmington in 1902. In that instance it was headstrong young Alfred Iréneé du Pont who proposed to buy the company, and Cousins Thomas Coleman, the promoter, and Pierre Samuel, the financial brain-still, at 80, a member of Du Pont's finance committee-who joined him to build the business and to expand it into the fields of peace. Shortly before World War I, E. I. du Pont de Nemours, like Baron, was found in violation of the antitrust laws and split into three separate companies. The parallels...
...years as head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, Bergson had filed 135 suits, including those against Aluminum Co. of America, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (TIME, Sept. 26 et seq.). He has won 80 of his cases, lost only seven. The rest, including the big ones, are still pending. But lately there have been hints that Bergson would have less & less to do. One hint: When the Government decided to build the hydrogen bomb, it handed the big job to Du Pont. Washington no longer seemed...
...Forest Hills, N.Y., Lefthander Art Larsen (TIME, Sept. 11) over net-rushing Herbie Flam for the national tennis title, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; Mrs. Margaret Osborne du Pont over Doris Hart, 6-3, 6-3, to take the women's title for the third year...
...semifinals this week, the championship had narrowed down to two veterans and two relative newcomers. The veterans stayed in command. Playing in the same cool & collected fashion that has won her the U.S. title two years in a row, Margaret Osborne du Pont, 32, beat pretty, crop-haired Nancy Chaffee, 21, of Ventura, Calif. Florida's Doris Hart, 25, put out California's Beverly Baker...