Word: pontes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Alfred Irénée du Pont, 70, purchaser, reorganizer and onetime (1902-16) head of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (explosives, chemicals); of heart disease; at "Epping Forest," his estate near Jacksonville, Fla. An explosives expert, Alfred du Pont surprised his family by offering to buy the firm, then at low ebb, upon the death of Eugene du Pont in 1902. After increasing its assets from $15,000,000 to $82,000,000. he was ousted by his cousins Pierre Irénée and Lammot du Pont, with whom he maintained a bitter...
...business was the best for that period since 1930. President Cornish declared that he could easily raise prices but that he preferred not to "squeeze" consumers. Profits from European operations were currently better than from those in the U. S. C. In a brief preliminary report, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced that March quarter profits amounted to about 85? per share of common stock as against 90? in the same period of last year...
...using the name of Defender Photo Supply Co. you listed them as a subsidiary of Du Pont Film Manufacturing Corp. ... Defender Photo Supply Co. is an independent company having no connection with any other photographic manufacturing company...
...cinema film is fast enough to be used with existing lenses and lighting equipment. The British company is making this at the rate of 90,000 ft. per week, and U. S. distribution has been begun by E. Leitz Inc. and arranged for by Defender Photo Supply Co. (du Pont subsidiary). The 16 mm. amateur film is already on sale in Manhattan. A U. S. manufacturing branch has been incorporated in Delaware with an authorized capitalization of $10,000,000, is looking for investors...
Divorced. Mrs. Louisa Carpenter Jenney, dashing horsewoman, niece of Pierre Samuel du Pont, great & good friend of Torchsinger Libby Holman; from John King Jenney, du Pont executive; in Wilmington, Del. Rich Mrs. Jenney sheltered Singer Holman in 1932 after the death of her husband Zachary Smith Reynolds, later adopted a small girl to keep Smith Reynolds Jr. company...