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...From front to back, a diorama's figures and objects diminish in size, merging imperceptibly with a curved, painted background. Diorama Corp. is proud of its historical and pictorial accuracy, has done much work for the Smithsonian Institution as well as for such firms as Ford and Sears Roebuck. Its President Edward Heckler Burdick conceived the idea of doing Christ in Gethsemane, to be followed by a half-dozen other Biblical scenes for possible exhibition at the New York World's Fair...
...demonstrate the efficacy of Sears Roebuck's best chicken feed, Sears-Roebuck's Lancaster, Pa. Manager Mark Wayne Ansbach last spring popped a Plymouth Rock pullet named Priscilla into a big glass jar, placed the jar in his store window. Priscilla thrived on her mail-order diet, soon grew so large that she could not be removed from the jar. The S. P. C. A. arrested Mr. Ansbach, got him fined $10. He appealed...
...banks and insurance companies. Before the year end they must decide on how much of this year's profit they will pass on to stockholders to avoid the levy, running as high as 27% on earnings retained in the business. Last week in Chicago the directors of Sears, Roebuck & Co. made their decision. After marking the company's 50th anniversary by voting a special $1,500,000 "Jubilee" wage bonus, the Sears board declared a $1.75 extra dividend representing an estimated one-half of the year's profits not needed for the $2 Sears regular. In December...
...Sidney Weinberg's ability as a director belongs most of the credit for preserving Goldman Sachs's invaluable corporate connections, not the least of which was Sears, Roebuck. When financing revived, corporations turned to Goldman Sachs as they had done before Depression. Last Spring National Dairy Products came in for a $62,000,000 refunding deal...
...power to route freight plays a significant part in U. S. business. Inserted in the I. C. C. record last week was a memorandum written to a New York Central official complaining that Sears, Roebuck & Co. was switching freight forwarding patronage from New York Central's Universal to the Van Sweringen-controlled National Carloading Corp. Reason: Central bought no Sears, Roebuck paint...