Word: successor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years Minneapolis was represented in the national House by Congressman Newton. President Hoover appointed Mr. Newton to his secretariat. The Newton resignation from the House was recently forwarded to Governor Theodore Christiansen of Minnesota. Minneapolis last week prepared to choose his successor...
...successor, Vice President Curtis, Ambassador Dawes remarked: "Charlie sure is a splendid presiding officer...
...Corsair. Last week the Corsair beat United Cigar Store Tycoon George J. Whalen's Warrior across the Atlantic. In Manhattan the Corsair's officers announced that she would be turned over to the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Mr. Morgan will not stop yachting. A two-million-dollar successor to the Corsair is being built in Bath...
McKesson-Robbins-Merrell. Oldest drug house in St. Louis is J. S. Merrell Drug Co., founded in 1845 DY Jacob S. Merrell. Perhaps youngest national drug house is McKesson & Robbins, Inc. (successor to McKesson & Robbins, Inc. of Conn.) formed in 1928 with the merger of 16 drug companies. In March, 1929, McKesson & Robbins, Inc., announced the acquisition of 18 additional companies. Last week J. S. Merrell Drug Co. was sold to McKesson & Robbins, began to operate as a McKesson & Robbins subsidiary. In addition to its U. S. companies, McKesson & Robbins has branches in London, Paris, Montreal, Kobe, Shanghai, Hankow...
...these secret tête-a-têtes was poker-faced Emile Moreau, governor of the Bank of France. Surprising credence was achieved by a wild rumor that Mr. Young contemplated the resignation of his friend and protege, Seymour Parker Gilbert, as Agent-General of Reparations and had in mind as his successor M. Moreau. On the assumption that Germany really cannot pay as much as France is sure she can, it might be well for the French government's chief financial adviser to find that out for himself in Berlin. Persistent rumors apart, there was no reason for supposing that Mr. Young...