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...against $6,750,384. Canada Dry ("Champagne of Ginger Ales"): $1,449,191 as against $1,273,528. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Charles M. Schwab, Eugene G. Grace): $7,914,046 as against $10,666,718. E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. (smokeless powder, explosives, rayon, dyestuffs, paint, varnish, alcohol, pyralin, cinema film, ammonia, nitric acid and 23% of General Motors common stock) : $30,125,125 as against $21,436,642. Telautograph Corp. (point to point handwriting device): $144,103 as against $124,302. John R. Thompson Co. (120 restaurants) : $667,656 as against $769,024. Barker Bros. Corp. (furniture...
Chairman John J. Raskob, of the Finance Committee of General Motors Corpn., is another new A. A. P. A. director. Returning from Europe, he found letters from many a Prohibitionist enquiring why he opposed them. He singled out Patrick H. Callahan, a Kentucky varnish-maker (Louisville), a boss Democrat and, like Mr. Raskob, Roman Catholic, for reply...
Pratt & Lambert, Inc. ("61" floor varnish, "61" lacquer, Vitralite, Effecto)? $1,325,656. Previous year...
...into his open taxi and drove off toward the North pole. "Now remember", he quoth, "this is on me." I looked to see just what was on him and discovered that it was a quaint old colonial bathrobe with file mignon over blouse and two layers of very thin varnish...
...stand against the forces of petty politics, corruption and disunion among the Greek states is more than capable of standing on its feet and challenging admiration because of its force. The author goes deeply into the implications of Demosthenes' failure. In this final ruin of Greece into a diluted varnish spread over the Oriental and Roman worlds, he sees the virtual end of the one manner of life that might, if it had stayed on its feet, have been the salvation of the world. Demosthenes is Prometheus borne down by Chaos and Old Night; and only flick-ford's book...