Business: Atlanta's Woodruff

The White Motor Co. is located at Cleveland, its products sell from $1,545 to $8,000. The headquarters of the Coca-Cola Co. are in Atlanta, Ga., its products sell from 5¢ to 10¢. Yet these two $50,000,000 companies have long had something in common and last week that bond was strengthened.

President of White Motor Co. and a director of Coca-Cola was, until his death last fortnight (TIME, Oct. 7), Walter C. White. President of Coca-Cola Co. was his great & good friend, Robert W. Woodruff, also a director of White. Last week Mr. Woodruff was...

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