Billion Dollar Businesses Grow In Size And Number
New York report shows 29 firms with assets of one billion dollars or more, up from 24 in 1951. Leading giants include Bell Telephone System, Jersey Standard Oil, Geneneral Motors, and Pennsylvania Railroad, with big gains driven by postwar plant building and inflation effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bell Telephone System
Jersey Standard Oil
Socony-Vacuum
Indiana Standard
Texas
Gulf
California Standard
Cities Service
Sinclair
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Steel
du Pont
Pacific Gas & Electric
Consolidated Edison
General Electric
Sears Roebuck
Westinghouse
Commonwealth Edison
Florist Alive and Buried Man Mystery in Fernwood
Philadelphia reports Nicholas Davis, a florist missing ten weeks, was identified as a man who died from a fractured skull in a downtown tavern and buried in Fernwood Cemetery. A friend says Davis called from Chicago and authorities question the death certificate Davis filed. Corner Ominsky notes the florist spoke with the landlord in Chicago before the certificate was issued, creating a puzzling plot about who rests in Fernwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Nicholas Davis
Davis
Fernwood Cemetery
Chicago
Joseph Ominsky
Wheat Controls Likely For 1954 Crop Potentials
The Agriculture Department estimates the winter wheat crop at 729.884 million bushels as of May 1 with spring wheat averaging 285 million. Combined, output could exceed one billion bushels, triggering production controls in 1954 if this year reaches 850 million or more, underscoring impending farm-law actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Rioting on Three Campuses Spreads On Spring Night
Yale University students paraded New Haven streets with firecrackers as about 1500 youths disrupted campus life. Ohio State and Michigan State also saw clashes with theaters raided, buses toppled, hydrants opened, and dormitory damage noted. no major injuries reported. The Eastwind icebreaker reached 508 miles north of the Pole in summer 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Ohio State University
Michigan State College
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Ohio State Collegians
Columbus
Michigan State
East Lansing
Eastwind
North Pole
Middletown Leads National Industrial Safety Contest
Middletown maintains the lead in the 27th annual National Industrial Safety contest with a 3.29 accident frequency, described as best on record. The year-long event ends June 30, 1953, with Middletown at 92 points, Louisville 61, and Hamilton 52, among 100 councils eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ed Banks
Middletown Safety Council
Middletown Industrial Acci
Banks
Louisville
Hamilton
Albert Payne Faces Fine After Backing Through Red Light
Albert Payne, age 50, crashed into a traffic light while driving in the wrong direction and was fined ten dollars today. He was charged with driving backwards through a red light after claiming he parked nearby and backed around a corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Albert Payne
Bac
Payne
Water composition notes 7.4 pounds oxygen and .9 percent hydrogen
A gallon of water contains 7.4 pounds of oxygen and 0.9 percent hydrogen by approximate composition.
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Business Mirror
V. A
Fidelity Orthopedic
Michigan
Fifth & Main
Dayton
William G. McGonigle
Baker Funeral
William
Bill) Byrd
Robert V. Reiner
Secy
Winter Street
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N. Od
Angi
Gibert Islands
Ayome Palm Springs
Calc
General Sherman
Serras
Arthur B. Conkia
W. Creat
Disk Anice Krug Windsor.ont
Rogers
Central Ave
G.W.W
G.C.W
Fomon
Ross Motors, Inc
Tytus
Reg
Arry-Aw
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