Word: wright
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Directors: Charles Lanier Lawrance, president of the Wright Aeronautical Corp., designer of the Wright Whirlwind motor, winner of the Collier Trophy (TIME, Feb. 13), modest sportsman...
...same time, the stocks of Wright Aeronautical Corp. and of Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., were soaring on the New York Stock Exchange. A contributing factor was that both President Clement...
Melville Keys of Curtiss and President Charles Lanier Lawrance of Wright were on the board of directors...
...Wright, now producing 100 motors a month, also announced the second melon* of the U. S. aviation industry. It offered holders of five shares the right to buy one new share at $100. With Wright stock selling at $214 on one afternoon last week, each right was worth some $19. With 250,000 shares of Wright stock outstanding, the melon has a paper value of some $4,750,000. So stimulated, Wright stock jumped to $245, but closed the week at $202.50. On the day before Col. Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, this stock could have been bought...
Arthur Ingraham Jr. '30 also came from behind and battled his way to victory after dropping his first set to Wright of Yale. His precise stroking and excellent footwork were responsible for his winning the next two sets with little competition...