New Britain herald., 1929-04-08
NINE EXECUTIVES
 CONTROL BILLIONS
Direct Funds Sufficient to Buy
 1S Original Colonies

New York, April 9 Pi-Post-w include a machinist, mining en- gineer, a mill hand a school teach CT, lawyer, an electrician mln- ister's son, an oil dealer, an electrl- cal company executive and a sclen- list.
 These men are the active admin strators of enterprises combining undtr their control more than s20,- n0o. .e00,o00 of the nations wealth. any one of which would have been able to buy the l3 original colonies and 10 have put a fence around them.
 Alfred F. Sloan, Jr.. obtained a bachelor of science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy in 1875, when he was .o years old He became head of company manufacturing ball bearings and was S5 years old when he identified him. self with automobiles as president of the United Motor. Co. He be- came president of the General Mo- tors corporation IS years ago, when he was 3S.
 owen D. Young now is 55 yea rs old and chairman of two leading electrical enterprises, the General 1 Electric company and the Radio { Corporation Of America, although in , T. 9l3 he was still member of a ln,, !- NJ, f1iy I gree in law from the University Of Boston at c2 years of ge and il was I17 years later. as vice president of l the General Electric company. that he turned 10 the work in which he was 10 become prceninont.
 Walter s. Clifford. president and director Of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, is younger hy : years than any other of the big ten" When he was o0 years old he took his B. and said good by 10 Harvard He wasted no time and his first job was assistant 10 the secretary and treasurer Of tho West crn Electric. He is only fl years old. Walter (. TeaGle is another N ho has not varied his program q great deal A record o' his career thus far begins and ends with oil. He was graduat"5 from Cornell university and becaln" q dealer in oil immedi- ately afterWard 9s a member Of the Cleveland firm of Scotisld, Schurmer A TeaGle.
 The minister's son is Albert II. WiyGin chairman Of the board Of the Chase National bank. New York In lSH5. when he was l1 years old. he finished high school course in { Ncdfield. Mass. and went 10 work in Boston ss bank clerk From bank clerk to president of ihe coun- .try's third largest bank summarizes lis f years.
 George E. CorteIyou, president and trustee of the Consolidated Gas company of Now York. was 4t years old before he showed any particular interest in gas and it's distribution 10 the public. II" was in succession q Ia Wyer, school teacher and public official. his last post being secretary
 
 Roosevelt. before entering the gas industry. He IS the only one of the group who was born in Now York city. He is e years old.
 Henry Ford was A years old when he organized the Ford Motor company in 1908. The district schoo and course in business college gave him what classroom education he had. then he became a marhln- isis helper. He worked at this trad. for 20 years before anybody ever re- fcrred 10 him as Henry Ford. manu- facturer Of automobiles.
 James A. i'arrelt's father was z ship captain but the sea did no appeal 10 the son. He went to "ort at l6 as q mill hand 10 help sup