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...publishers of Berlin's potent Tageblatt charged (in one of their smaller papers, 8-Uhr Abendblatt) that August Wilhelm is the "Paymaster" through whom Wilhelm of Doom has contributed "large sums" to the "Nazi" war-chest. If indeed the onetime All Highest stands financially back of Trouble Maker Hitler, certainly last week Wilhelm II got his money's worth...
...earnings. Into all countries had gone packages of blades, carrying the dollar-proud face of King Camp Gillette. Last week he still had reason to be proud. Gillette Safety Razor Co. is the undisputed world-leader in the industry. But also justifiably proud was another inventor, likewise a razor-maker: Henry Jaques Gaisman, founder and head of AutoStrop Safety Razor Co. Inc. Last week Mr. Gaisman brought to what seemed a triumphant conclusion the corporate battle between his company and mighty Gillette...
...Herbert ("Bantam") Austin, maker of sturdy seven-horsepower midget cars, crowed like a full-sized rooster last week over the British Institution of Automobile Engineers of which this year he is President...
George Eastman, Kodak maker, has given more than $75,000,000 to philanthropies. Preceding each of his gifts went a long period of secret investigation and discussion. His announcements have always struck the staff of his Eastman Kodak Co. "as unexpectedly as lightning." Last week Eastman lightning struck again, this time in Sweden. Mr. Eastman gave Stockholm $1,000,000 to build a model dental dispensary and clinic...
...France during the War, did relief work till 1919. In 1921 Mrs. Fisher was appointed a member of Vermont's State Board of Education. She is one of the five judges of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Other books: The Brimming Cup, Rough-Hewn, Raw Material, The Home-Maker, Her Son's Wife...