Personnel

Last week the following were news:

Mrs. Ada E. Foote Wrigley, widow of the late William Wrigley Jr., was elected to the boards of several Wrigley-controlled companies, including Chicago National League Ball Club. Unlike Alice Foote MacDougall (see p. 55), Ada E. Foote Wrigley (no kin) will not take over active management of her husband's affairs. She does not need to. Active head of William Wrigley Jr. Co. (gum), to the board of which she will not be elected, is her son President Philip Knight Wrigley, 38. His chief business ability is in advertising ; outside of the office his consuming interests are in mechanics, electricity, photography. He repairs his three Packards and three Duesenbergs by himself, likewise tinkers his radios. Wrigley's P. Ks. were named for him and not because of the slogan: "Packed tight; Kept right." He managed to sell Australians gum by changing the name to "chewing sweets for "gum" was connected with "glue." He has not yet solved the problem of making Orientals chew gum instead of betel nut. To do so would mean 200,000,000 new customers already chew-conscious.

Winfield Sheehan will again take charge of Fox Film productions when his leave of absence ends in about a month. Mr. Sheehan's plans had been a matter of conjecture. Longtime associate (since 1914) of William Fox, he sided with the company's bankers when Mr. Fox was ousted, was said to have suffered a sudden breakdown late last year. Last week's news followed Fox President Edward Richmond Tinker's first official Hollywood inspection.

Floyd Leslie Carlisle, 51, chairman of Niagara Hudson Power Corp., was elected chairman of Consolidated Gas Co-- of New York, filling a position left vacant since the resignation in 1914 of the late Harrison Gawtry, founder of the company. Mr. Carlisle's election followed the sudden resignation of Matthew Scott Sloan from the presidency of its subsidiary, New York Edison Co. Mr. Sloan was generally believed to represent the Brady interests. Mr. Carlisle represents the National City-United Corp. group, thought to be strengthening their position in Gas. Re-elected president of the company for the 24th time was George Bruce Cortelyou, onetime (1907-09) Secretary of the Treasury.

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