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...John Walker Barriger, 53, who pulled the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville ("Monon") Railway up from bankruptcy to prosperity, left to be vice president of the New Haven, where he will be right-hand man to President Frederic C. ("Buck") Dumaine Jr. Barriger, who poured more than $20 million into new equipment and roadbeds at the Monon, regards railroading as a "grand sport you get paid for playing...
...soon topped McPherson's honor roll); Isaac Grille, 21, a surveyor aiming for a degree in civil engineering; Daniel Onyema, 28, an accountant who wanted to be an electrical engineer; Emanuel Thompson, 24, a pharmacist studying' to be an orthopedic surgeon; Elijah Odo-kara, 21, a railway telegrapher who was taking a premedical course...
...faith that Stoddard is on the right track. Nebraska-born, Stoddard joined U.P. as a $30-a-month station helper 36 years ago, has been with U.P. ever since, except for stints in both wars. A colonel in World War II, he served as adviser to the Iranian National Railway, which helped carry supplies from the Persian Gulf to Russia. In his 3½ years as U.P. president, the board has let him run things pretty much...
...Countess Tolstoy heard her play in Moscow and invited her to her estate for the Christmas season. The count sent two sleighs to the railway station, one for Landowska, the other for the harpsichord which has followed her everywhere, sometimes on gondola and camelback. She returned again for the Christmas of 1909: "My music was a revelation to Tolstoy. I played for him; he talked...
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with his principle if not with his estimate of the damages. By refusing to review an appeals court verdict, the Supreme Court 1) awarded Chance $55 damages, and 2) extended to railway coaches in interstate traffic the non-segregation ruling laid down for dining cars...