Ford Family Tops Wealthiest Corporate Stockholders List
Washington D C The SEC study of 200 largest non financial corporations names Ford Motor Co as the best example of control by a single family Henry Ford Edsel Ford and Clara J Ford own all the stock giving them the wealthiest family ownership The Ford stock book value was 624975000 as of Dec 31 1939 The Du Ponts rank second with 573690600 in DuPont de Nemours and Co and United States Rubber Co Other leading families include Rockefellers Mellons and Dukes among others The SEC notes market value unknown but likely below or above book value and about 60 of the 200 firms show no visible center of control
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Washington, D. C
the Security Commission
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Edsel
Clara J. Ford
America
Ford Company
Ford Foundation
duPont
duPont de Nemours and Co
United States Rubber Co
Duke Power Co
Aluminum Company of America
Ligget and Myers Tobacco
Pew Family
Sun Oil Co
Pitcairn Family
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Clark Family
Singer Manufacturing Co
Reynolds Family
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Kress
S. H. Kress and Co
SEC
Ford
Clothing Budgets For Rural Women
Rural women can plan a yearly clothing budget of 50 dollars with 44 percent for outer wear 22 dollars 26 percent for footwear 13 dollars 13 percent for under clothing 6 to 7 dollars 8 percent for headwear 4 dollars 9 percent for accessories and cosmetics 5 dollars The sample budget totals 49.98 dollars and can be adjusted by income Copies are available from county home demonstration agents or extension headquarters in College Station.
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College Station
Crow Agency predicts mild winter says medicine men
Crow Agency medicine men forecast a mild winter citing muskrats swimming in streams field mice not yet hibernating and choke cherries still on bushes. They note horses and cattle lack winter coats and cite twice daily tides as observed in the area.
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Crow Agency
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Crow Indian Medicine Men
Chimney Design Aims For Simple, Efficient Home Fit
Federal Housing Administration experts urge chimney and fireplace construction by skilled craftsmen. Emphasizing proper drafting at varying elevations, they recommend chimneys extending above roofs, dampers to control smoke and heat loss, and simple mantels to blend with small homes. Outside chimneys as decorative features are advised for architectural unity.
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Federal Housing Administration
Draftees protest lottery as numbers questioned
Selective Service officials report letters from registrants claiming capsule numbers in Tuesday's draft lottery were not evenly mixed. Early draws show many numbers in the 8000s, prompting concern that late registrants would end up at the bottom of the order.
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Washington
Proper Wrapping Keeps Cookies From Flavor Theft
Guidance on storing cookies or cakes separately from bread to prevent odor and flavor mingling. Recommends wrapping a loaf of cake or cookies in several thicknesses of heavy waxed paper to avoid transfer of aromas.
Grape alcohol fuels cars as France seeks substitute energy
In wartime France, fuel shortages push use of grape alcohol and forest gas. Distilled grape pulp and skin products power vehicles, with charcoal forest gas offering two miles per pound. Inventors promote acetylene and Savoy gas as alternatives while wine production shifts to alcohol for motors and sugar.
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Vichy
France
Suez
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Savoy
Girard
Learn How To Talk Like a Sailor Landlubbers Guide
A compact guide explains nautical pronunciations for common boat terms. It defines boatswain as a petty officer with half the letters silent and coxswain as the steersman with the pronunciation kahk s n. Dinghy is described as a light rowboat with a nonstandard first syllable.
Shipboard Terms Pronounced For Sailors And Linguists
A concise guide clarifies navy word usage including Ensign for commissioned officer, Frigate pronounced frig-it, Gunwale rhyming with funnel, and Mainsail with s l sound. Also notes correct phrasing weighs anchor and is under way, not under weigh or weigh.
Super Salesman and the Clerk's Quick Wit
A store proprietor tests a job applicant with a joke about foot size. The man replies that one foot is smaller than the other, winning him the clerical position. The exchange underscores quick, witty customer service as the key qualification.
Do You Act Toward Your Wife The Same As Before
A couple reflects on lasting love, recalling how the husband would lean over the fence to glimpse his wife’s shadow on the curtain. He says he still feels the same shy, protective affection as in early courtship.
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Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Indiana
End of California
Soconyo Vacuum Oil Co., Inc
Mellon
Gulf Oil Corp
Koppers United Co
McCormick Family
International Harvester Co
Hartford Family
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company of America
Harkness
Standard Oil Company
California
Socony-Vacuum Oil
Duke Family
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