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Died. Edward Foster Swift, 68, board chairman of Swift & Co. (meat packing); killed instantly in a fall from a window of his apartment which he had apparently thrown open after breakfast; in Chicago. His waiting chauffeur witnessed the headlong plunge. Though his brother Charles Henry first announced that Packer Swift had been in poor health, had been planning an immediate European vacation, he later stated his brother "had been in his usual good health and spirits. . . . His affairs are in excellent condition." Packer Swift's son said: "Father was always insisting on fresh air." Second of the six able...
Others. Notable dividend actions of the week included omission of Montgomery Ward's cumulative "A" stock dividend, reduction of General Electric's payment from 25? quarterly to 10?, reduction of Swift & Co.'s payment from 50? quarterly to 25?. National Electric Power Co., holding company for Samuel Insull's eastern properties, passed its preferred payments...
Delicate problems faced National Broadcasting Co. last week. Swift & Co. fumed at something Listerine was about to do, insisted on doing. June 20 Listerine was to start a new program called "The Country Doctor." Author of the script is Phillips Haynes Lord, famed to radio listeners as "Seth Parker of Jonesport, Maine...
...program was bought by Swift & Co., an NBC client, and for a while Author Lord played in it. He then left to go on his famed personal appearance tour-"Seth Parker and his Jonesport Neighbors...
After his tour, Author Lord sold his "Country Doctor" script to Listerine, also an NBC customer. Swift & Co. protested loudly, threatened to go off the air. Pacified to some extent last week Swift & Co. prepared to hear a few of the Country Doctor's adventures, see how they competed with their own Stebbins Boys...