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...Brown was alleged to have promised an ocean mail contract to the Philadelphia Mail Steamship Co. in which the Pennsylvania Railroad (225 shares of whose stock and 150 shares of Pennroad Corp. were listed among Mr. Brown's holdings) was interested provided a Senate resolution to hold up the contract was postponed. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania thereupon filibustered the Senate resolution to death last March so the bid could be opened and the award made. But the contract fell through because the steamship company had no ships...
...breezy founder of the People's University was born in Christiansand, Norway 44 years ago, son of a steamship captain. At 16 Try. Narvesen migrated to the U. S., bustled through Minneapolis' Augsburg College, joined up with the Y. M. C. A. He learned that education can do without money at a War prison camp near Salt Lake City, which he turned into a makeshift "college" with smart internes as instructors. In Lansing he be longs to the Rotary Club, works hard for inter-class brotherhood, begins every day at 6:30 a. m. by hiking 40 minutes...
Since the War the law of nature which has ruled U. S. shipping has been the Survival of the Fewest. One after another the many shipping lines which the Shipping Board created in the 1920's have merged or formed alliances; notably Roosevelt Steamship Co. with International Mercantile Marine, both with the Dollar-Dawson Pacific coast interests to control U. S. Lines. Last week was announced the passing of the independent existence of another famed line, Munson, whose ships flying a blue flag bearing a white M have carried many a passenger and many a cargo between...
...Franklin, head of I. M. M. and Frank C. Munson, son of Yankee Walter D. Munson who founded a line to Cuba some 50 years ago, came to terms, agreed that I. M. M. should buy control of Munson Steamship Line, that Son Frank and the Munson organization should move over to the I. M. M. offices and start doing business as one company. Not only the Munson office building at No. 67 Wall St. and the Munson hotels (Royal Victoria and Colonial) at Nassau but also the famed S. S. American Legion, Western World, Southern Cross, Pan America...
Died. Aida E. M. Birrel Iglehart. 52, Long Island horsewoman, polo sponsor, art patron, Chile-born wife of Importer D. Stewart Iglehart (president of W. R. Grace & Co. and Grace Steamship Co.), mother of Poloists Stewart Iglehart (8-goal handicap) and Philip Iglehart; of pneumonia; in Westbury...