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...appointment of Secretary Mellon as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, although the cause of some surprise, is a natural and logical move. During Mr. Hoover's presidency, Mr. Mellon has not dominated the financial policy of the government as in previous administrations. The influence of Undersecretary Ogden Mills has been increasingly important in recent years. At the same time, Secretary Mellon has special qualifications which seem to have marked him out for his new post...
...selection of Ogden Mills to succeed Mr. Mellon as Secretary will meet general applause. Probably few secretaries in this century have had more years of service in the Treasury before becoming head of it. His share in the arrangement of the Hoover Moratorium is well-known. As Secretary, he will take over officially a position the duties and requirements of which he thoroughly understands...
...tell 'em often"), spent millions to publicize his gum in practically every country of the globe. He lost several small fortunes in the process. But the fortune he finally attained was reputed to be close to $100,000,000. In 1917 he bought an interest (along with Jonathan Ogden Armour and Albert David Lasker) in the Chicago Cubs, the money-losing, badly run National League baseball club whose members lived so riotously that Wrigley virtually took on the role of reformer as well as part owner. In 1924 he bought out the Lasker interest, became owner of about...
...against a tan background which suggested deserts, with a black cloak wrapped around his neck and an expression of monarchical preoccupation. Socialites? who compose the majority of Painter de Laszlo's subjects?included Mrs. David Bruce, Mrs. James B. Duke, Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Miss Hope Iselin, Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Anne Morgan, and Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus...
...Charming People ?but these are the only kind which attract him. To play in his two ultrasocialite comedies, Paris Bound and Holiday, was chosen the Barrys' friend Hope Williams, a smart young woman who had never set foot on the professional boards before. And his good friend Donald Ogden Stewart acted the funniest role Playwright Barry has created to date: Nick, the easy-going gentleman in Holiday who extemporized on the invention of the bottle...