Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...name O. M. Bodenhamer . . . and to have stated that he was given the "bum's rush" was probably using a term far below the dignity attached to one who only recently headed that magnificent group of Americans, the American Legion. I think you owe him apology, and should correct his name. No "Bodenheimer" was ever given the "bum's rush" and, most likely, "Bodenhamer" should not have been so accused...
...have read many accounts, written by those who thought they were well-informed in the matter, of the early history of the Ford Motor Co. and have yet to find one that is correct in all its details. Up to date, I've been merely amused at some of the statements and have not thought it worth my while to challenge them. However, when I read, "In 1903 Malcomson helped Henry Ford start his motor company but, ashamed of the venture, invested under Couzens' name," I'm annoyed at the stupidity of such a statement...
That is how I came to read "Goodbye to Western Culture." Pure sensationalism" was not quite correct; that I soon saw. Still, the now venerable Norman Douglas, in this thoroughgoing balance of Western against Eastern ills, cannot be judged entirely free of a "will to sell," and in large numbers. To a reader who knows "South Wind" and "In the Beginning" the descent of this author to mere invective is distasteful, even though his thrusts are true and well-turned...
...expiration of most of the Gillette patents. But a few extracts from the course of events in 1930 serves to tell the story of the battle. And the gradual reversal of position of the stocks of the two companies shows how Wall Street, always eager to forecast, reached a correct verdict...
...INTERESTS OF ACCURACY AND FAIR PLAY YOU WILL WANT TO CORRECT IN NEXT ISSUE OF TIME A STATEMENT GROSSLY IN ERROR STOP IN REFERRING TO ACQUISITION OF KIRKMAN SOAP CO. BY COLGATE PALMOLIVE PEET YOUR ISSUE OF SEPT. 29 REFERS TO LATTER COMPANY AS A LEADER IN SOAP INDUSTRY STOP AS A MATTER OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND RECORD PROCTER AND GAMBLE MAKERS OF IVORY SOAP ARE THE LEADERS IN THE AMERICAN SOAP INDUSTRY...