MILLIONAIRE'S GIFT
PHILANTHROPIC AMERICAN
(Received April 10, 10.45 a.m.)
NEW YORK, April 9,
Mr., George Ball, '.the,: millionaire fruit jar manufacturer, ,has given his common stock of holdings in the MidAmerican ; Corporation, the . holding company for . the Van Sweringen 2,000,000,000. dollars' railways "empire," to a religious; charitable, and educational foundation .bearing the name of himself arid his wife. :.■ :
This is expected to prove one of the greatest philanthropic; donations in America.,.' ~ ......... ~.,-.. ~ .' •;. .
Mr. George ■ Alexander Ball, who is 74 years of age and holds big interests in widely different; industries, is well known as a philanthropist. He founded the' Ball Memorial Hospital'and ■is associated with the Riley' . Memorial Children's Hospital. . . . '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 9
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