When about two and a half years ago Florida's banking structure was toppling, a Strong Man came to save it. He was Alfred Irénée du Pont, stormiest of the great Wilmington family. Last week he was still continuing Florida's financial salvage.
Alfred Irénée du Pont is 67, has one eye and an irascible nature. His 500-acre estate ("Nemours") near Wilmington is guarded by a high, barbaric wall. Firmly cemented in its top are great jagged pieces of glass. The gates are made of iron grillwork backed with steel sheeting. No unwelcome eye may look...
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