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Newark Chamber of Commerce Building, was twice elected the Chamber's president. In 1919, Pierre S. du Pont of Wilmington retired from the gunpowder business, prepared to give Delaware a peerless school system. For him Builder Betelle put up 125 schools. He also planned the normal school at New Britain, Conn., the new State Teachers' College at Trenton, N. J., nine others elsewhere. Among his 56 high schools are those of Greenwich (Conn.). Newark, Great Neck (L. I.), New Rochelle (N. Y.), the George Fisher Baker Memorial High School at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. He has also built...
...Quai d'Orsay than all France began to pout because of the notion that the U. S. President had neglected to conduct any preliminary discussions with her. Time and again, Ambassador Edge's motor hummed through the Place de l'Alma, across the Seine at Pont Alexander III and back to the Foreign Office, where he assured Premier Pierre Laval over and over that the U. S. had not discussed its plan with any other country. M. Laval nodded his head politely, incredulously What about that letter from Old Paul von Hindenburg? What about Mellon being...
...anonymous donor gave $50,000, commissioned a sculptor to erect a statue of Pierre Samuel du Pont, rich charitarian in Wilmington, Del., his home town. When Charitarian du Pont learned of the project, he requested the sculptor to return his photographs, said that he was "unalterably opposed...
...distinguished structure is the 40-story Equitable Office Building at No. 120 Broadway. It is the only office building listed on the New York Stock Exchange; it has Francis V. du Pont as president, Matthew Chauncey Brush and August Heckscher as vice presidents; its tenants include many famed brokers, bankers and industrial concerns.* One of its most distinguished tenants is the big company on the 13th floor. When the directors of this company meet, they test its products as well as discuss its affairs. Orange juice from National Juice Corp. slakes their thirst. Dietician Marye Dahnk of Kraft-Phenix Cheese...
Humor is not lacking in mild forms. George Biddle, in a light composition entitled "Bringing Home the Cows" has contributed a highly entertaining piece. "Lohengrin" by Adolph Dehn will raise a smile, while his other lithograph, "Pont St. Michel" is a really striking piece of work, containing a great deal of feeling...