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...When we left Grimsby, it was to fish. But Skipper Osborne had plans of his own. He was going to sell the boat in some foreign port and divide the proceeds with the crew. . . . We had no charts-only a child's atlas we'd bought at Woolworth's. . . . I was ill. In Dakar . . . they had to leave me behind. I can't say I'm sorry...
Born. To Barbara Button Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow, 23, Woolworth heiress ($20,000,000); and Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow, 38; their first child, a boy; in London. Weight: 7½ Ib. Name: none, until the Count & Countess "have discussed the matter more thoroughly...
Architect Gilbert had a proud record of achievement. From his drafting boards had come Manhattan's Woolworth Building, the Minnesota Capitol, the New York Customs House, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, the Detroit Public Library-all of them handsome, elaborate, rich in borrowed decoration. On the Supreme Court Building, Chief Justice Taft gave him three orders: "The building must conform in design with the Capitol. It should be enduring. And Mrs. Taft says it should be easy to keep clean...
...Woolworth Co, made $31,247,000 in 1935 as against $32,142,000 in 1934. Cost of opening new stores plus a decline in dollar volume accounted for reduced profits...
Since 1911, when a series of consolidations started the present Woolworth Co., the company has sold about $4,250,000,000 worth of merchandise, at a profit of about...