¶ Last week a group of New York businessmen formed a new company. Among the incorporators were: Winthrop W Aldrich, Paul D, Cravath, Matthew Woll, Nelson A. Rockefeller, David Sarnoff, Jackson E. Reynolds, Ogden L. Mills, Owen D. Young, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, Walter C. Teagle, Myron C. Taylor, Felix M. Warburg, Clarence H. Mackay, Newcomb Carlton, Percy S. Straus, Clarence M, Woolley, Frederick H. Ecker, Edward S. Harkness, Joseph P. Day, F. Trubee Davison, George Le Boutillier, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Henry S. Morgan, Alfred P. Sloan Jr., Walter P. Chrysler, James G. Blaine, Charles Hayden, Charles E, Hughes Jr., Harry Harkness Flagler, Thomas I. Parkinson. The company: New York World’s Fair, 1939. Its purpose: to celebrate the 150th anniverary of George Washington’s inauguration and the establishment of New York City as Nation’s first capital.
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