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...August 1935, before the last boost of taxes took effect, Mr. Straus hastily gave away 52,000 shares of stock-about one quarter of his holdings in Manhattan's great Straus department store...
Among those who have lived up to or give promise of living up to promise are Cyrus C. Decoster, Jr. '37, John Erhard '38, and Henry Marcy, who gets a special boost from Jaakko. Francis Rivinus, a dogged worker from the Junior class, still has some work to do before he hits the top, while Charley Worth, always a dependable performer, is plodding along with the best of them...
...weeks, U. S. copper men have been arguing whether they should boost their price from 9.75? to 10? per lb. Fortnight ago, the idea got a stiff setback when potent Kennecott announced it had plenty to sell at the present price, promptly increased its output 25% rather than take a chance on having a runaway market at a higher price. Last week, U. S. copper men were still wary enough to make no price advance even in the face of the foreign rise, although in the past such an action would have been almost automatic...
...year-old groceryman named Roy McDonald who built up a chain of 50 stores in Chattanooga, wanted to advertise them but thought space rates in the Times and News too high. For some reason, his little Free Press caught the public fancy. Last year it got a real boost when the Times fired Managing Editor William G. Foster to take on Pulitzer Prize Winner Julian Harris (TIME, Aug. 19, 1935). Hired by the Free Press, Editor Foster built up an able staff, last spring brought out a Sunday edition selling for 5?. Last week, the Free Press took the last...
...nearby Virginia Beach. Last week, with Stanwurt 4 years old, George von Schilling announced that his sole job from now on was to be his son's manager. Turning up at a music store in Utica, N. Y., where the von Schillings' act was supposed to boost sales, he declared that he and Sousaphonist Stanwurt were bound for Cleveland, hoped for engagements at the Great Lakes Exposition...