Dodge and Oil Deals Create Stir in Street
Wall Street opened with deep interest after two huge announcements. Dillon, Read & Co. leads a group to buy Dodge Brothers motor car company for about 150 million dollars. E. L. Doheny’s Pan-American Petroleum is sold to Standard Oil of Indiana and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Wall Street
Dodge Brothers
Dillon, Read & Co
E. L. Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
J. P. Morgan
Duponts
Detroit
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Liver and Bowel Action
Dr F M Edwards a longtime Ohio physician advertises Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel aid. The olive colored tablets are sold for 15c and 80c and claimed to replace calomel. The copy targets pale complexions dull eyes pimples and general ill feeling and promises normal waste elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Dr.’ Edwards
Sr. Edwards
Standard Oil Indiana expands in foreign oil via Doheny sale
The article notes KE L Doheny sold control of his oil holdings outside the U S and will focus on California properties. It states Standard Oil Indiana gains foreign oil influence, with Chase Banking and British interests allied under Lord Inverforth colluding to acquire Doheny assets.
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Cern
General Motors
KE. L. Doheny
United States
California
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard
Chase Banking
Lord Inverforth
Standard Oil
Doheny
Wall Street
Transfer Deal for Dodge Brothers Involves Newark Brokers
Detroit April 2 final work underway for transferring management and property of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company to Tillon Read & Co in a record automobile deal likely about 145 million dollars. Schwartz and associates deny any consolidation with other firms and say Dodge Brothers, Inc. will remain independent with no personnel or management changes.
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United Press
Detroit
Dodge Brothers Motor Company
Tillon, Read & Co
A.C. Schwartz
Newark
Schwartz and Associates
Dodge
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Indiana Women Open Two Day Meeting Here
The annual convention of the May Wright Sewell Indiana Council of Women opened with a morning board meeting at the Clay pool headquarters. Dr. L H Marlin and Mrs Flo Jamison Miller are scheduled speakers for Friday with plans including luncheons and a piano trio performance.
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May Wright Sewell
Indiana Council of Women
Claypool
Felix T. McWhirter
Bert Gadd
Indianapolis Council of Women
T. J. Louden
Bloomington
Ind
State Council
Evans Cochran
Elizabeth Ka
Justine Hathday
Dr. Davis
Florentine Room
Fred L. Pettijohn
Betty Williams
Laverin Robbins
Virginia Pittman
Charlotte Brown
Katherine Harrod
Dorothy Bassett
Thelma Peterson
Helen Emert
Norma Justice
L. H. Pauli
L. H. Marlin
de Pauw University
Flo Jamison Miller
Monticello
Ill
National Council
Councils of Women
Broadway
Kappa
Lincoln
Mrs. Bawden Hosts Luncheon for AAUW State President
Mrs. James A. Bawden will entertain with a luncheon at the Propylenum on Friday noon honoring Dr. Agnes E. Wells Blooming ton state president of the American Association of University Women. Local chairmen aiding in state convention planning at the Claypool Tuesday include Mrs. Birney Spradling and others.
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James A. Bawden
Propylenum
Agnes E. Wells
Bloomington
American Association of University Women
Rawden
Claypool
Birney Spradling
Fred Terry
Walter Greenough
G. Q. Dunlop
J. T. Wheeler
J. R. Curry
A. I. Hinkle
Isabella C. Bugbee
Frank D. Hatfield
Indianapolis
M. N. Hadley
Frank Streightoff
Industrial convention set for April 29 30 here
National Industrial League to hold its spring meeting in the city April 29 and 30 at the Clay pool. Executive committee meets two days earlier. J H Beck executive secretary Chicago notified. H B McNeely R B Coapstick J L E Banta and Freed Doebbeer in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce Convention Bureau
National Industrial League
Claypool
J. H. Beck
Chicago
Ferguson
H. B. McNeely
R. B. Coapstick
JL. E. Banta
Freed Doebbeer
Revenge on Road Hog Sparks Hay Wagon Fire
Leavenworth Kansas April 1 A farmer blocked the road with a load of hay an autoist angry at the delay tossed a lighted match into the load the blaze destroyed the hay and the wagon
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Leavenworth
Kan
Actress Pola Negri Sails to Europe Shunning Engagement Details
The film star is photographed aboard a ship bound for Europe and refuses to name her fiancé. She also says she returned a large 18 karat diamond to the man, saying it was too big.
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Pola Negri
Europe
Strike by Two Unions Continues Over Wage Scale
Structural iron workers and asbestos workers remained on strike after no wage agreement with contractors. Asbestos union agent William Scott said workers offered to split and compromise at a Wednesday conference at the Building Contractors Association office. The request was a 15 cent an hour increase on a $1.00 scale. Master Insulating Association president W. T. McLaughlin said contractors would not pay.
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Structural Iron Workers
William Scott
Business Agnet
Asbestos Workers’ Union
Building Contractors’ Association
W. T. McLaughlin
Master Insulating Association
Indianapolis workers strike end gathers at 9 30 am
Thirty workmen in Indianapolis and about fifteen across the state are out. A conference with contractors is set for 9:30 a m Friday. Structural Iron Workers Union led by business agent John J McNamara demanded a 25 cent hourly increase. Workers did not report for work after contractors refused to meet the demands. Cocaine Substitute Berlin April 2 a substitute for cocaine has been found in Germany for synthetic rubber called tuokain used as a local anesthetic. Evidence shows a man with a habit of swallowing needles and collar studs and previous surgery to recover loot.
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Structural Iron Workers’ Union
John J. McNamara
Berlin
London Man Charged With Stealing Rings Then Swallowing Them
William Kupper faces charges for stealing rings and hiding them by swallowing. hospital examination revealed the unusual concealment method and ongoing investigation.
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London
William Kupper
Buses Run on Rails in Chile to Save Costs
In Santiago on April 2 escalating coal prices drive use of motor buses with railroad wheels for passenger service on the rails.
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Morgan
Ohio
W. J. Donovan
Herman J. Galloway
Cooldge
John G. Sargent
Donovan
A. T. Seymour
Dodge Brothers Sale
Boston
Sam Trattner
S. Illinois ST
Akron Truss CO
Mass. Ave
P. Bldg
DR. Klaiber & CO
B. Gorner Penn
May Wright Sewell Council
Mrs. Bawden
Agnes Wells
Industrial Convention
National League
Paris
Rue St. Florentin
Travel Bureau
Fletcher American CO
Razor Strop
Morrisons
W. Wash, St
Bargain
Santiago
Chile
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