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...scattered gifts with a conditional offer of $500,000 from the General Education Board of New York. From the Carnegie Corporation, of Manhattan, came $250,000; other contributions came from the John F. Slater fund, of Charlottesville, Va., and the J. C. Penny Foundation, of Manhattan. Individuals contributing: Julius Rosenwald, Cyrus H. McCormick, Harold H. Swift, Mrs. Emmons Elaine, all of Chicago; Samuel Mather and Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, of Cleveland; Miss Fanny T. Cochran and Miss Juliana Wood, of Philadelphia; Joseph Lee, George Wigglesworth, Charles E. Mason, of Boston; Edward S. Harkness, George Foster Peabody, Paul D. Cravath (Chairman...
...served with papers in a $50,000 suit for alienation of the affections of the wife of one Ferman Dantes, who, like myself, comes from the Philippines. He avers that while I boarded with him, up to a few months ago, Mrs. Dantes and I became friendly." Julius Rosenwald, famed philanthropist: "Chicago newspapers announced that after the arrest of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, alleged murderers, -a friend of the Loeb family-rushed to the office of the State Attorney; an hour later, after having hear'd not only of the complete confession but also that...
...Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck & Co.: "I narrowly escaped death. At a grade crossing near Chicago my automobile, was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio train. I leaped from my place at the wheel, was unhurt. My automobile, wrecked, was carried more than 100 yards down the track...
Three years ago the concern was forced to borrow $50,000,000 and in addition its President, Julius Rosenwald, made it a gift of $5,000,000 in common stock and financed it to the extent of $17,000,000. Dividends were at once passed. By 1923, however, the $50,000,000 in notes had been paid off, and current liabilities had decreased $14,400,000 as against a decrease in current assets of only $2,300,000. For last year, net sales were $198,422,946 against $166,514,110 in 1922; net income...
...Huebsch, George Haven Putnam, Sinclair Lewis, Judges John Stelk, Benjamin B. Lindsey, William H. Wadhams, Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Miss Jeannette Rankin, Lionel Sutro, Airs. Juliet B. Rublee, Winston Churchill, Mrs. Willard Straight, Mrs. Norman deR. Whitehouse, Mrs. C. C. Rumsey, Mrs. Amos R. E. Pinchot, Mrs. Julius Rosenwald...