New Proxy Pushes Montgomery Ward Leaders Through Change
John A. Barr, 48, becomes chairman and president as Sewell L. Avery resigns after a hard proxy fight at Montgomery Ward & Co. Barr plans aggressive growth while Avery had resisted expansion. Ward's reported surplus and recent store openings frame a shift from Avery’s centralized leadership to Barr’s decentralized expansion strategy.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
John A. Barr
Sewell L. Avery
Ward
Barr
Avery
Ward's
The
Rocks
Detroit
Kansas City
Gary
Ind
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Paul M. Hammaker
Marshall Field & Co
Steady Customer Gar ner Cuts Braden Hair 1476 Times
In Dallas Texas H W Gar ner has trimmed L O Braden’s hair 1476 times over 41 years. They calculated a haircut roughly every ten days since 1916.
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Dallas
Tex
H. W. Garner
L. O. Braden
Braden
Costly cradle to grave welfare in Britain sparks debate
The article contrasts Britain's welfare state with U S standards, detailing universal benefits from birth to burial. It notes rising costs, taxpayer burdens, and public opinion, highlighting John Hawkins as the emblematic beneficiary amid pensions, health care, and unemployment supports.
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London
John Hawkins
John
Health Service
John ‘Hawkins
Hawkins
National Health
Wealthy Pawnshop Puts Shine On Quick Loans In Manhattan
In midtown Manhattan Kaskel's pawnshop caters to the rich offering fast loans against jewelry and furs. Clarence Kaskel says many affluent clients need rapid cash and later redeem items, with the shop issuing over 15,000 loans totaling about 2.5 million dollars last year at 12 percent monthly interest.
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Kaskel
Clarence Kaskel
Fifth Avenue
Kaskel's
Milady
Justice Reed Named to Supreme Court in 1938
Justice Stanley Forman Reed served as Solicitor General before President Roosevelt appointed him to the U S Supreme Court in 1938.
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Stanley Forman Reed
United States
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Fall Enrollment Outlook at UNC Leads Region News
UNC Chapel Hill expects about 7,300 students to register for the fall term, topping last year’s 6,971. Eleven dorms open Sept 11 for orientation, with 1,000 freshmen arriving. Registration for classes is Sept 17 and 18. About 4,900 in core colleges, 1,400 in professional schools, and around 1,000 graduate students expected on campus.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Direcor
Roy Armstrong
General College
College of Arts and Sciences
Business Administration
Natural Disasters Revealed In China
Hong Kong reports new official Chinese death tolls from disasters. In 1954 natural calamities killed 15,551 people and last year 10,670 as floods droughts and a typhoon affected 74 million. Hsiung Tien-ching contrasts these figures with famine deaths under prior regime.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China
Peiping
Hsiung Tien-ching
Interior Ministry
Peiping People's Daily
Hsiung
Madame Claude Kogan Runs Bathing Suit Factory in Nice
Alpine climber Madame Claude Kogan returns from Himalayas and Alps and manages a bathing suit factory in Nice France. She is noted as a record breaking climber balancing sport and industry.
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Madame Claude Kogan
Nice
France
Alps
Himalayas
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