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...business with the Army, Meyers got his fingers into a metal-tooling factory. It was the Aviation Electric Corp., a few miles from his office at Wright. It wasn't much- a 190-ft. by 140-ft. one-story building with no more than 30 machines, at its peak. Benny put about $54,000 in it. He needed one more tool-a stooge behind whom he could hide his ownership of Aviation Electric...
Poppa died in 1929, leaving practically nothing. His widow went to work as the manager of the Baton Rouge Country Club, and Chep went to L.S.U. He was there when Huey Long was at the peak of his power. He graduated with a law degree, joined his brother's law firm and in 1936 was voted the "most popular escort" by the city's debutantes. He was dashing and debonair. In spare moments in 1936, he worked for the election of a reform candidate for governor against Huey's man, Richard Leche (rhymes with mesh). Leche...
After a week off from running enemy formations-the Freshman team impersonated Yale this week-Boston's Jayvee team is about at its peak offensively, but recent injuries will hamper the coming New Haven operations. Captain Ossie Keiver, the left tackle, dislocated his elbow against Brown and will be available for but sparse action if at all. A couple of men on the and squad are banged up and second-string center Dick King is just recovering from injuries...
Crisis Crimped? Office of Defense Transportation Director J. M. Johnson announced that freight-car production in October reached a postwar peak of 8,394. He hopes that the goal of 10,000 cars a month, scheduled for September, might be reached this month. Reversing a three-year trend, the U.S. in the last two months has built more cars than have been scrapped...
Inspired by the discovery of paintings showing the fur trade, "Across the Wide Missouri" follows the climax and downward spiral of a gigantic enterprise. Beaver, a million coats and hats, was the lure. From 1832 to 1838 the industry reached a peak in both volume and competition. John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company pulled all the steps to squash its competitors and they all combined against Britain's Hudson's Bay Company. Willful trapping destroyed the beaver, glutted the market and prices dropped. In a short time Astor was left holding the field...