Word: schweitzers
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...last week the French cigaret paper industry was beginning to worry about something. Two young U. S. paper men, Brothers Louis and William Schweitzer, stand ready to challenge France's old monopoly. In Elizabeth, N. J. they have a factory ready to turn out cigaret paper. They even have the word of Jean de Montgolfier, leading cigaret paper manufacturer of France, that their product is superior to his. And no light thing is praise from a de Montgolfier. More than 700 years ago a de Montgolfier went crusading, was captured and taught the art of papermaking by the Saracens...
...Schweitzer brothers are the third generation of a paper family. Grandfather Joseph Schweitzer used to live in Odessa, imported paper from France. His son. Peter Joseph Schweitzer, emigrated to the U. S., set up an importing business, later acquired a mill in France. William and Louis Schweitzer went to the University of Maine, majored in paper engineering, also worked in France. In a mill at Jersey City they make carbon paper and the thin tissue which radio manufacturers need for insulation. Their factory at Elizabeth was acquired in 1929. equipped for the manufacture of cigaret paper. Their method is modern...