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...principal baggage. In 1926 he took into the company two widely-known young shippingmen: John M. Franklin whose father, Philip Albright Small Franklin, heads I. M. M., and Basil Harris. He promised vigorous expansion of the U. S.-owned Roosevelt Lines. Last year this expansion became marked. Shippingman Roosevelt was able to announce that William Vincent Astor had acquired a substantial interest in the company, that an affiliate, Baltimore Mail Steamship Co.. was being formed to operate a Hamburg-Baltimore service (TIME, July 21). And a month later it was rumored that Roosevelt Lines was entering wider seas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Roosevelt Flag Forward | 1/19/1931 | See Source »

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