Word: woolworths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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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...
...Woolworths, returned to the U. S. as Woolworth vice president and treasurer. In June 1932 he became Woolworth president, succeeding Hubert Templeton Parson...
...Deyo, like all Woolworth executives, came up through the ranks of the Woolworth store managers. His first job was in 1902 as assistant to the stock man at Woolworth's London, Ontari'o, store. In 1903 he got the management of the Dunkirk, N. Y., store, moved to Kansas City in 1907 and to St. Louis in 1916. He has belonged to the Woolworth Building executive group since 1929, is currently the head buyer in a purchasing organization which spends upwards of $160,000,000 a year...
...Deyo is usually considered responsible for lifting the top Woolworth price to 20? - a move largely dictated by competition from chains which sold merchandise at prices ranging from 5? to $1. Last October Woolworth stores in Canada experimented with...
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...