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...sites, serving as technical adviser to the old Commission. His other activities have included a superpower survey of 1920 in the East, service on the U. S. Coal Commission (1922-23), advice to the Federal Oil Conservation Commission, presidency of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers and a trusteeship at the University of Chicago...
...word 'savings' is used in describing the type of deposit solicited, the responsibility of trusteeship cannot be escaped"?Austin McLanahan, president, Savings Bank of Baltimore...
...indicate that the bonds of interest between Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and Famous Players Canadian Corp., Ltd., are close indeed. But last year F. P. C. established its independence when a group of Canadians acquired control by purchasing a block of stock from Paramount and setting up a voting trusteeship. Soon afterward control was almost resold to Gaumont British Pictures Corp., Ltd., Fox controlled. Perhaps to avert some such catastrophe in the future, Paramount last week offered to exchange its shares for those of the Canadian corporation, a move that angered patriotic minority stockholders...
...spent some $90,000,000 in purchasing control of Loew's, Inc., and of the Gaumont chain of British cinema houses, and whom the collapse of the stockmarket had left in debt to the extent of about $65,000,000, had consented to the formation of a Trusteeship consisting of Mr. Stuart, Mr. Otterson and Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox quickly fell out with his fellow trustees, but as he had already deposited his 150,101 shares in the Trusteeship's name, Mr. Stuart and Mr. Otterson refused to recognize his repudiation of the agreement, prepared to vote...
...waitress, was never received by Cleveland society when "Young Jim" took her there to live (TIME, Feb. 13, 1928). She and her husband thereupon moved to London, climbed socially, spent fabulous sums in entertainment. During this time the steel firm was Corrigan-McKinney, a partnership in which McKinney exercised trusteeship over Founder Corrigan's estate. In 1925 he used this power to transform the partnership into a corporation, the McKinney Steel Co. Corrigan returned from London, bought control, gave the company its present title. When he died last year, his wife received his interest, but it was deposited with...