Word: raskobs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Raskob. Potent in the Smith background, financially, psychologically, is John Jacob Raskob, vice president of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., chairman of the finance committee of the General Motors Corp., "biggest U. S. business man." Mr. Raskob was one of Mrs. Smith's escort home from Houston. Last week Mr. Raskob's son, William F. Raskob II, was killed in a motor smash. Nominee Smith made straight for Centerville, Md., and attended the funeral at the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church. Beside Nominee Smith walked Mr. & Mrs. Pierre du Pont...
Chairman John J. Raskob, of the Finance Committee of General Motors Corpn., is another new A. A. P. A. director. Returning from Europe, he found letters from many a Prohibitionist enquiring why he opposed them. He singled out Patrick H. Callahan, a Kentucky varnish-maker (Louisville), a boss Democrat and, like Mr. Raskob, Roman Catholic, for reply...
...Raskob wrote: "I am not a drinking man (this does not mean that I never take a drink), am a director in corporations employing over 300,000 workmen, and have a family of 12 children ranging in ages from five to 21 years. The thing that is giving me the greatest concern in connection with the rearing of these children and the future of our country is the fact that our citizens seem to be developing a thorough lack of respect for our laws and institutions, and there seems to be a growing feeling that nothing is wrong in life...
When John J. Raskob, chairman of General Motors' finance committee, sailed for Europe two months ago, he said General Motors was worth $225 a share (TIME, April 2). It went...
...Raskob was wrong: Ford makes only 2,500 cars a day; expects by July 1, to make 5,000 daily...