Business & Finance: Personnel: Mar. 9, 1936

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¶ Elected president of Hudson Motor Car Co. to succeed the late Roy D. Chapin was Vice President, Treasurer & General Manager Abraham Edward Barit, who hastened home from Nassau by chartered plane when his chief died suddenly last month. Born in Jersey City 46 years ago, Motorman Barit has been with Hudson since it was founded in 1909, starting as a stenographer-clerk in the purchasing department. Quiet, modest, able, he has been a power in Hudson affairs for the last few years, is described by his loyal...

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