Business & Finance: Rainbow Man

When Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd named an Antarctic range the Charles Bob Mountains, most people were mystified. The Rockefeller Mountains and Marie Byrd Land had been understandable. But who was Charles Bob? Investigators learned that he was a tall, broad-shouldered, genial man of 42 with the middle name of Victor who had come to Manhattan's financial district from the West, maintained luxurious offices at 120 Broadway. In these offices he busied himself over the affairs of many enterprises, three of which especially stood out. One was Rainbow Luminous Products, Inc., long involved in...

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