Word: vacuum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...airflow models. Son-in-law Edgar William Garbisch, 32, a burly West Point footballer who married Mr. Chrysler's second daughter Bernice, went to work for J. Stirling Getchell, Inc., Manhattan advertising agency which handles most Chrysler advertising, startled himself and friends by bagging the huge Socony-Vacuum account. Last week Motormaker Chrysler's chunky, art-loving son Walter Jr., 25, was given another chance to become a third star in the family crown...
...States and each agreed to keep out of the other's territory. Standard of New Jersey was the first to step out of bounds; in 1929 it acquired Beacon Oil Co. with retail outlets in New York and New England. Last week Standard Oil of New York (now Socony-Vacuum) seemed on the point of retaliating by crossing the Hudson River to sell Socony products in New Jersey. Ostensible reason: New Yorkers motoring into New Jersey through the Hudson Tunnel and over the new George Washington Bridge were persistently demanding Socony products...
...Graaff's machine moving paper belts brush static electricity upon huge metal balls. A modification, for which he already has a 1,000,000-volt model, will consist of a single metal ball and a metal-&-porcelain chain electron "conveyor," the whole contained in a vast steel vacuum tank. Expected voltage...
...German toys were largely flimsy knick-knacks but the practical U.S. manufacturers promptly created a toy world modeled on the current industrial scene. Last week they had looms that wove, vacuum cleaners that swept, concrete mixers that mixed, washing machines that washed, dump trucks that dumped, foundries that spouted molten lead, Pullman cars with berths that made up. Buyers had a choice of 50,000 items ranging from doll houses with radios and period furniture to puzzles and knee-action penguins...
Died. William Bradley Walker, 60, president of Standard-Vacuum Oil Co.; following an operation for intestinal disorder; in Rochester, Minn...