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...Ford stock he held-55%-was disposed of in two ways: his 94,955 shares of voting stock which control the company were left to his four grandchildren, Henry, Benson, Josephine and William, and their mother, Mrs. Edsel Ford. (Together they already hold 41.5%; Mrs Henry Ford holds 3.5%.) The 1,804,140 shares of nonvoting stock were left to the Ford Foundation, a charitable organization set up in 1936. (It had already been left the nonvoting stock of the late Edsel Ford...
First Period: Goals Greeley, R. (Farrell), 0:37; Tilghman (Greeley, S.), 4:37; Crocker (Gebelein, Farrell), 9:35; Benson (Conway), 10:56; Greeley, R. (Greeley, S), 10:56, Key, 14:47; Key (Greeley, S.) 18:33; McKean (Key), 19:25. Second Period: Goals--Sears (Key), 2:22; Greeley, S. (Sears, Key), 2:48; Greeley, S. (Sears, Key), 10:28; Tilghman (Greeley, S., Yetman), 15:32. Third Period: Goals--Sears (Key), 4:05; D. Coleman (Reynolds), 7:19; Key (Greeley, S.), 8:02; C. Coleman (Reynolds) 10:46; Coulter (Greeley, S.), 13:04; Sears (Key), 15:02; Tilghman (Gebelein...
Pain & Joy. In Brooklyn, it was an agonizing week. On the steps of Borough Hall, the Rev. Benney S. C. Benson knelt and intoned: "Oh Lord, their chances don't look so good right now, but everyone is praying for the Bums to win. We ask you not to give . . . St. Louis any better break than you give us. . . ." That afternoon Leo ("The Lip") Durocher used eight Dodger pitchers-a league record-in an unsuccessful attempt to beat the Phillies. Next day, star Outfielder Pete Reiser broke a leg sliding into base, while 32,000 Flatbush faithfuls groaned...
...tramp or a bum. He must not beg or steal or ignore soap & water. Now & then he must work a while. His peers elected Bo Sigurd ("Skeets") Simmons, 56, of Detroit, who hitchhiked from New York in seven days, spent $10 for food en route. Ben ("The Coast Kid") Benson, twotime king of the jungles, ran a poor fifth. There were strong hints that Ben was a "greaseball" and never took a bath. Said one hobo: "He's just...
...trip to the Peace Conference in 1919, "were King George and Queen Mary." The King made a little quip; the Queen "was not greatly amused"; they all had a nice lunch. While in Paris for the Peace Conference, the Secretary went to the opera with Admiral W. S. Benson, U.S. Naval Adviser. Benson was "shocked at the near nakedness of the actresses and the risque remarks," and wanted to walk out. Says Daniels: "I quite shared his feelings but told him that as we were the guests of the French Government" it would be impolite to leave. The opera: Saint...