Word: tycoons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Upper World (Warner). Tedious in getting under way, this story of a rich man's troubles contrives a measure of suspense as soon as it introduces a double murder and a man hunt. A railroad tycoon (Warren William), neglected by his ambitious wife (Mary Astor), takes up with an honest little burlesque actress (Ginger Rogers). One night he calls on her just as her oldtime lover is attempting to force her to begin blackmail. Of the two shootings which follow, William performs one in obvious self-defense. After his quiet departure, the job looks like murder and suicide...
...step down from his limousine was M. Emile Francqui, head of Belgium's largest bank, the Société Générale de Belgique. Next was M. Camilla Gutt, of Belgium's great Katanga Copper Company in the Congo. Third was their fellow Tycoon Etienne Allard and fourth was a distinguished young member of the Belgian nobility, Count Philippe d'Arschot. Escorted by Ambassador May and members of his staff, they had come to carry out an ancient rite, to which Belgium, of all nations, now alone adheres. Their sole mission was to inform...
...year and Memphis a big U. S. aspirin centre. Snuff is ruddy-faced Martin J. Condon's line, and his American Snuff Co. is one of the world's three largest. Another big cotton broker is J. P. Norfleet. And the town's dry goods tycoon is William R. King of William R. Moore Dry Goods...
...keeps his desk clean by filing his papers on the floor of his office-Mr. Franklin has served I. M. M. since 1902 when J. P. Morgan put it together in the hope that it would become a great and profitable shipping trust, is today the No. 1 tycoon of U. S. shipping. When he became president of I. M. M. in 1921 he was also a great tycoon of shipping but not of U. S. ships. Then I. M. M.'s big lines were White Star, Red Star, Leyland, and Atlantic Transport Ltd., all of which...
Last week Tycoon Franklin made the most of this change in flag in defending I. M. M. from the charge that it was getting $7,000,000 a year in U. S. subsidies but had most of its money invested in foreign ships. He testified that whereas I. M. M. in 1926 owned and operated 94 ships (1,017,000 tons) of foreign registry as against only five (74,000 tons) of U. S. registry, today the proportion is nine (120,000 tons) foreign ships to 35 (385,000 tons) U. S. ships and, Mr. Franklin testified, its nine foreign...