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Left. By Col. William Boyce Thompson, Yonkers (N. Y.) philanthropist: $16,624,600 net. To the American Museum of Natural History, a famed jade & crystal collection; to Brother Joseph Edward Thompson, a $500,000 trust fund; to Mrs. Joseph E. Thompson, $100,000; to Relict Gertrude Hickman Thompson, $7,756,755 in trust and the $1,000,000 Yonkers house; to Daughter Margaret Hickman Schulz Biddle, a $5,756,555 trust fund. Birthdays. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, 80; Ida Minerva Tarbell, 75; Senator James Eli Watson of Indiana, 68; Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Belgium's heir, 31. Died. Frances...
Better Rails. By last week 73 important railroads had reported their September results. Their figures fully equalled the hopeful expectations stirred by the steady rise in September carloadings. Total net operating income was $49,533,000, only 7.2% below last year. Thirty-four roads, including the New York Central, St. Paul, Western Pacific, Louisville & Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line, Southern, Pere Marquette and Central of New Jersey, had better operating incomes than a year ago. For the first nine months of 1932 the 73 roads made 48.4% less than in 1931. The extreme low was in July when returns were only...
...inventor, Lloyd F. ("Spud'') Hughes. Hughes and his associates got $90,000, but Spuds brought much more to ''Wood'' Axton. He launched an advertising campaign, which has grown with Spud sales. Last year Axton-Fisher spent $550,000 advertising Spuds, made a net profit of $605,000. This year the profit has jumped month by month was $56,000 in July, $123,000 in August, $238,000 in September. Last week Axton-Fisher stock rose 8¼ points to 56¼ while other tobacco stocks were falling...
...prospects of such future developments, U. S. Steel proceeded to vote its regular preferred dividend despite a nine months' net loss...
...Sunoco gasolines, the Pews have never put out "fighting brands" to meet cheap competition. The company owns or controls 500 filling stations and supplies 11,000 others. Maintaining 1929's payrolls despite low prices has far from wiped out Sun's earning power. Last year's net income was $3,107,000 against an average for the past five years...