Morgan Family Wealth and War Time Finance Legacy
A survey of J P Morgan Sr and Jr and the House of Morgan reveals a rise to power through the first billion dollar enterprises, wartime loans, and global holdings. The narrative links partnerships and rivalries, including Carnegie, Rockefeller, Schwab, and national lenders, across steel, shipping, insurers, and utilities.
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New York
NEA
House of Morgan
US. Steel Corporation
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
Elbert H. Gary
J. P. Morgan
Federal Steel Company
Gary
Federal
J. P. Ascends
Lord Reading
Morgan
Reading
America
Edward Stettiniu l
United States
Belgium
France
England
Italy
Switzerland
Norway
Austria
Germany
Japan
Australia
Chile
Cuba
Morgan Group
Owen D. Young
T. W. Lamont
T. N. Perkins
Bank For International Settlements
Caribbean
Central America
Far East
Kennecott Copper
Peru
Mexico
Continental Oil
W. Co. Durant
General Motors
Morgan Partners
G. M. Board
Morgan Organization
Radio Corporation
General Electric
Westinghouse
United Corporation
Commonwealth-Southern
Niagara-Hudson Power
Montgomery-Ward
Johns-Manville
House
Standard Brands
Morgan Representatives
van Sweringens
Missouri-Pacific
Allegheny Corporation
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Pop Corn Panic Spreads After Windstorm Sacks Burn
In a comic vignette Aker depicts a windstorm turning town into a butter and popcorn scene. A warehouse of popcorn allegedly burned while grain sacks threatened to topple. The tale riffs on profits from butter and popcorn during a busy hour.
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Talon
Mor gans and the Monarchy of Money
A curious look at lesser known figures behind a powerful financial system. The piece profiles influential yet hidden players shaping wealth, influence, and the enduring aura of money in society.
Two Features At Olympic Theater In Last Half Week
The Olympic theater presents Rackety Rax a comedy with dancing songs and a Puce and Green number by chorus show girls and singers. Also Avenging Seas a talkie adaptation of Happy Ending directed by Millard Webb stars Denis Cradock and George Barraud. The Berlin auto show has sped up German production.
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Olympic Theater
Ian Hay
Millard Webb
Denis Cradock
George Barraud
Cradock
Theaters Listings Include Dixie on Parade and More
The theaters present Dixie on Parade at Paramount with The Face in the Sky starring Spencer Tracy Marian Nixon and Stuart Erwin. Iowa stage features George White's Scandals and Breach of Promise with Chester Morris Mae Clarke. State screens Dangerously Yours with Warner Baxter Miriam Jordan. Palace shows Phantom of Crestwood with Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley. Rialto features Lee Tracy in Night Mayor. Olympic offers Rackety Rax and Avenging Seas.
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Paramount
Three flu victims aged 308 in Subetitza Slavia
Three women died of influenza in Subetitza Jugo slavia totaling 308 years. Marishka Sitch aged 100 has sons 75 and 16. Dana Katunovitch aged 107 has a 60 year old son. Liza Abraham aged 101 has been a widow for 70 years.
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Subetitza
Jugoslavia
Marishka Sitch
Dana Katunovitch
Liza Abraham
Scandals at Iowa theater thrills packed opening night
The Iowa theater opened with George White's Scandals paced by Willie and Eugene Howard and Eleanor Powell. The show features strong dance numbers, sharp patter, and standout acts from the Loomis Sisters and Melissa Mason. Ross McLean delivers a notable blackface vocal. Don Stewart duets with Powell and Healey while Tom Jones conducts.
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Willie
Eugene Howard
Eleanor Powell
Loomis Sisters
George White
Iowa Theater
Howard Brothers
Eugene
Miss Powell
Melissa Mason
Ross McLean
Darkies
Don Stewart
Florence Healey
Tom Jones
Maidens perform in unison on film program
The program features a scene showing only faces arms and legs moving in perfect unison. Chester Morris and Mae Clarke star in Breach of Promise a tale of a woman seeking revenge after being ruined. A news reel is shown and a quirky England item notes skipping ropes used as belts for bath salts this year.
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Chester Morris
Mae Clarke
England
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BY Willis Thornton
Gates
Rockefeller
Jupiter
Plerpontifex Maximus
Supreme Court
Northern Securities Company
International Mercantile Marine Company
White Star
American
Red Star
Guaranty Trust
Mutual Life
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Equitable Life
J. P. Morgen
Rome
Crestwood
C. Aubrey Smith
Ivan Simpson
Rialto
Lee Tracy
Easly
Warner Baxter
Miriam Jordan Herbert Muncin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
George Whites
Willie Eugene Howard
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NEW Y
Melissa Mason Ross McLean
Ore
Helen Gordon
Joseph Vitale
Edna Pence James Howard
Alice Carleton Jolin Gorman
Breach
Braasic
Aker
Dus
Danceland Presents
Frankie” Trumbauer
Berlin
Tait Cummins
Mcleean
5Th Avenue
Coats
Third Avenue SE
Montrose
Victor McLaglen
Greta Nissen
Nell O'Day “Avenging Seas
Anne Grey
Benita Home
FBI
Wofcha
Spencer Stuart Tracy Erwin
Crosby
Crawford Cooper
First Avenue
Atlas Hamm’s
Blatz Schlitz
Kingsbury
Golden Glow Country Club
Milwaukee
Chris. Bohren
Liverwurst
Oscar
Congress
Limburger, Brick
Herkimer County
Gedney
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