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September 11, 1937

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A MAN THIS COUNTRY NEEDED

Sanderson Vanderbilt

PROFILE of Arthur Walsh who opened a branch office of Benson & Hedges in this country in 1897. Biographical sketches of the founders, William Hedges and …

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a reporter at large

REPORTER AT LARGE

Margaret Case Harriman

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Berlitz School of Languages. Mr. Strumpen-Darrie, president of the school, German by birth, began working for Professor …

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