OIL MAGNATES
FOR, SUPREMACY. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Reoeived this day at 11.25. a.m.) NEW YORK, March 7. A message from Minting (Indiana) says Rockfellfow junior, won the biggest fight of his business career when he succeeded in ousting Colonel Robert Setwart from the Board of Directors of Standard Oil Company, Indiana ina meeting with personal animosities resulting from months of fight ing between them. Tus the issue of “Moral fitness” which Rockfellow raised against the head of the Indiana concern, due to his connection with the Continental Trading Coy, in the famous oil scandals, was approved by the 'company investors. The total vote for Rockfellow’s view was approximately 'eight and 'half million shares against slightly under three million for Stewart. Rockfeller was in Europe at the time of meeting but Stewart was present.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1929, Page 5
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135OIL MAGNATES Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1929, Page 5
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