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Died. Brig.-General Thomas Coleman du Pont, 66, famed Delaware industrialist-financier; of a throat affliction; in Wilmington. Born in Louisville, Ky. of a branch of the family that had moved there from Delaware (his father, Antoine Bidermann, his uncle Alfred Victor du Pont left because "there wasn't room in the powder business at the time for all the family"), he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was an able athlete (6 ft. 4 in., 210 Ib. at the age of 19). Beginning as a miner in Kentucky, he rose to be president and manager of several...
...Wilmington. Henry F. du Pont bought another Lowestoft service (decorated with ships) last winter, found it spurious, returned it to the Anderson Galleries, Manhattan." I have to inform you that this statement is entirely erroneous...
...Henry F. du Pont bought no Lowestoft service decorated with ships from the American Art Association Anderson Galleries...
...records do not disclose that Mr. du Pont returned, at any time, any Lowestoft ship service to the American Art Association, the Anderson Galleries, or the American Art Association Anderson Galleries...
...sold to manufacturing companies rather than individual customers.* As his company grew in its field, Dr. Dow became increasingly prominent in his profession. Last January he was awarded the Perkin Medal, was nominated by Henry Ford for the Chemical Markets Medal (awarded, however to Pierre Samuel du Pont).? Henry Ford's nomination praised Dr. Dow for the scientific manner in which his plant was managed. Said Mr. Ford: "He is a most distinguished and successful representative of the American chemist who is also an executive, an engineer, and a manufacturer. As technician, and as businessman, his policy is founded...