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...personages who were to attend the christening, four were most acutely concerned: quiet, young Commander Rosendahl, about to receive the Akron as his command, a veteran of 3,333 hr. dirigible flight; Dr. Arnstein, gentle-mannered, owlish, designer of the ship, who deprecated the celebration as "boasting before the baby actually walks"; hardbitten Admiral Moffett who won the $8,000,000 authorization for the Akron and her sister (ZRS-5) in the face of terrific opposition aroused by the Shenandoah disaster; and Goodyear-Zeppelin's President Paul Weeks Litchfield...
Seasoned executives drawn from the two merging companies are in command of Socony-Vacuum Corp. Of the three top officers the youngest is Charles E. Arnott, who became president of Vacuum only last year, and who steps into the presidency of the new company. He has been an oilman since 1896, with Vacuum since 1903. He lives in Short Hills, N. J. Trenchantly he describes Socony-Vacuum: "Not only will it contain every element of the production, refining and distribution of a complete line of petroleum products, but, as if arranged by nature, the field of action...
...served at Sedan, at the Siege of Paris, and-great moment in his life-at the proclamation of Wilhelm I as Emperor of Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. Followed 40 years of peace. Hindenburg climbed slowly to a Major Generalship and was given command of the East Prussian frontier. This he decided would one day be a great battlefield. He painstakingly studied every inch of that desolate swampy land and became known as "the mad Old Man of the Lakes" and "General Mud." In 1911, 64 years old, he retired from the army, certain that war would...
...command of Remington Rand, Inc. there were until last week two outstanding figures. Now there...
...Champion Tilden of the match in which he defeated Richards 7-5, 6-2, 6-1, after winning five of the last six games in the first set: "I have never played better tennis than in the singles against Richards. . . . Once I reached even terms I was always in command. . . . I believe . . . my crosscourt forehand to deep court . . . was most effective. . . . Richards had two bad falls, one at 0-5 in the last set. which injured his right leg . . . probably too late to affect the result...