Big Business and Board Age Averages in Major Firms
Forbes Magazine notes age trends among directors of General Electric American Telephone and Telegraph United States Steel and other giants. Directors average over sixty with Baker and Gary among the oldest at eighty six and seventy nine. The youngest top member is forty eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
C. A. Collin
American Telephone and Veleraph
George F. Baker
W. S. Gifford
United States Steel
Mr. Baker
Ki. HW. Gary
George F. Baker, Jr
Finance Committee
Torbes
Forbes Magazine
Banishment of Cigarettes on Campus Sparks Debate
A college reports a ban on cigarette use with testimonies noting enforcement begun this morning. A second student confirms three banishments already carried out, highlighting campus discipline and policy reach.
Legend of Barbarossa and the Third Crusade
Frederick I Barbarossa, emperor of Germany, earned the nickname for his beard and led with valor in the Third Crusade alongside Richard I and Philip II. He is said to have died by drowning in Cilicia in 1190, though legends claim he sleeps with six knights in Thuringia and will rise again to lead Germany.
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Barbarossa
Frederick I
Germany
Frederick Barbarossa
Richard I
England
Philip Augustus
France
Cilicia
Asia Minor
Thuringia
Mine workers chief mocks railroad coal profits claim
Defense leader Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers in Washington attacked a railroad’s response to charges of coal profiteering. He compared it to a minister’s daughter who claimed she only had one toe on the ground after an awkward parlor moment with a young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Washington
Charlie Simpkin
Indians Ads Outside Colony Theater Stir Curiosity
A motion picture note reports two Indians used for advertising near the Colony in New York while The Flaming Frontier played. An elderly woman asked one if he was a real Indian, and he answered politely about liking the city and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Country
Unkind Lady Requests Insect Powder In Drug Store
A humorous line from the New York American depicts a polite clerk offering insect powder and a witty reply from a lady who insists the bugs themselves should call for it. The exchange showcases period newspaper humor and dialog style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
Telephone rates and notices from Lumpkin County
The notice states low business and residence rates including extensions and desk sets and urges subscribers to join the directory. It includes a creditors notice for the estate of J. N. Satterfield in Lumpkin County with G. J. Warnes as administrator, calling all debts to be settled by October 6, 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sane House
Dantonca Telerhone CO
Notich
Georgia
Lumpkin County
J. N. Satterfield
Dee
G. J. Warnes
Admr
Dkmg
Said
J. BE. Tate
Superior Court
Lampirit County
Jos. Rider
Tod. N. Satterfield
G. L. Warnes
Merely Giant Pig Is African Rhino
The rhinoceros in Africa is a powerful mammal weighing up to two and a half tons with a horn on its nose used in markets for $2 a pound in China. The animal is retreating from plains to forests due to hunting, has poor eyesight, and is guided by tick birds that act as alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Boyce
Africa
Asia
Indian Archipelago
Europe
North America
England
Siberia
China
Sol the proposed new month in a Cosworth calendar
A proposed Cosworth calendar would add a Sol month between June and July with 28 days ending on a Saturday. The year would have 18 months of 28 days, and the 865th day would be Year day without a weekday name. Some variants place the extra day as Year day on December 28 or Leap on the first of Ai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosworth
Pet Tags on Whales Quest Public Plan
Washington Star reports a proposal to tag whales with special identifiers to study their travels. Montana officials weigh a practical plan to enlist support but no concrete method is set, while authorities seek more details on locations and methods.
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Mnetana Assi
Ana
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Legend of
Dodge Brothers
C.v. Nalley & CO
Gainesville, Ga
Dopce Brrothers Motor Cars
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
NANEY
John H. Moore & Son
Sher Georgia
Court House
Dahlonega
Lewis Brady, Jr
Justices Court
T. J. Smith
Lewis Brady
W.M. Housney
Washington Star
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