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...sunny day last week New York City's Police Commissioner John Francis O'Ryan celebrated his 60th birthday. Same day Rubel Ice Corp., operating 40 distributing plants throughout the city, was making backpage news on the ground that the firm had refused to sell small ice peddlers short lots. Next day Rubel Ice Corp. was on Page 1 of every paper in the land, and Commissioner O'Ryan had received a most unwelcome birthday pres...
Shortly after 9 o'clock that morning a man in a white apron rolled a pushcart filled with gunny sacks up to the loading platform of a Rubel plant in the Bay Ridge district of Brooklyn. He pushed away an inquisitive child who poked among his sacks, strolled across the street to some tennis courts, lolled on the grass all the forenoon. Later a nattily dressed character sauntered into the neighborhood, obligingly tossed back a ball that had bounced across the tennis court fence. A third character drove up in a huckster's wagon and, waiting for the noon...
...Rubel employe known as Charlie left his shanty office on the loading platform, went into the building to open the company safe. He was about to remove $450 to turn over to U. S. Trucking Corp.'s armored car, which was due on its collection round at any moment. Another employe dashed through the office. "Close it, Charlie! Close it quick!" he panted. "There's a hold-up outside...
William Richardson, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Jullen Ripley, Jr., Oyster Bay, New York, C. R. Rubel, New York City, P. L. Rusden, Somerville, Bryan Rust, Purcellville Virginia, R. DeW. Scott, Montreal, Canada, Muzafer Sherif, Smyrna, Turkey, H. A. Smith, North Adams, Ellis Spear, 3rd, Newton Centre, H. C. Spencer, DeKalb, Illinois, S. R. Sternthal, New York City, D. F. Strong, Winsted, Connecticut, Chi-Tung Tseng, Washington, D. C., Yeh Chih Yang Washington...
...among the seven purchasers who have been running the business since the brothers retired five years ago, are two more Underwoods, each a vice president: C. Thomas, son of Elmer; E. Roy, son of Bert. The other new owners are President Ben D. Jennings, Laurence E. Rubel, Artist-Illustrator Lejaren 'a Killer, M. D. Behrend, Leo G. Hessler...