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Erma Bombeck may be the best friend I ever had. Mary Lou Seubert Eugene...
...better than anyone else in Standard how to crack the last salable product out of a gallon of crude oil. To make sure that Wilson will have enough crude to work on, Standard also upped Geologist Alonzo William Peake, a director, to the presidency, to succeed retiring President Edward Seubert. Eugene Holman, president of Standard Oil (N.J.), is also a geologist...
...exposed to light. This indicated that some light-sensitive something was dribbling down into the stalk from the tip across the wound gap. The fact that a special substance, instead of a vague irritant, was involved was first clearly demonstrated by Paál of Hungary. In 1925 Seubert of Germany found plant-stimulating substances outside of plants-in saliva, pepsin, malt extract, diastase. These substances were christened "auxins" by Kögl of Holland's Utrecht University, where much of the pioneer work on them was done. In 1928 a tall, dark young man named Fritz Warmolt Went...
...Teagle's trademark "Esso," complained Mr. Seubert, was merely the letters "S" and "O" spelled out. Standard of Indiana had been marketing "SO" oil & gas for 40 years. Therefore Standard of New Jersey, in advertising "Esso," was blatantly appropriating "without expense, fraudulently and unfairly, the goodwill, reputation, celebrity and public confidence which the plaintiff has built up." Mr. Seubert asked the court to enjoin the intruder from selling "Esso" products in any of the 14 states served by Standard of Indiana...
While Messrs. Teagle and Seubert were glaring at each other, Standard of New Jersey made an announcement which was immensely pleasing to Mr. Seubert. It reported earnings for 1934 of $45,619,000 against only $25,000,000 in 1933. Mr. Seubert was pleased because his company owns 1,778,973 shares-not very much less than the holdings of John D. Rockefeller Jr. (2,142,422 shares). From this stock, which Indiana Standard acquired in 1932 by selling foreign oil properties to New Jersey Standard, Mr. Seubert last year counted $2,224,000 dividends into his cash till...