Personnel

P:Fortnight ago when Alexander Legge, strolling in the garden of his home at suburban Hinsdale, Ill. was stricken dead by a heart attack, he left vacant the presidency of International Harvester Co. Last week Harvester's Chairman Cyrus H. McCormick said to his directors: "Among the many things for which our company must always be grateful to Alexander Legge is the fact that he built up and bequeathed to us a strong organization of able, trained and loyal men." The directors had no difficulty in deciding which of those men should succeed Mr. Legge. They named Addis Emmet MeKinstry, 63, who had worked for the company and its predecessor since he was 16, as stock boy, agent, district salesmanager, plant superintendent, vice president. P:Hahn Department Stores, Inc., which lately parted with its founder, Lew Hahn (TIME, Aug. 21), last week parted with Paul Quattlander, its president since 1931. He pointed out in his third letter of resignation that the profit & loss account of Hahn Stores would be $2,850,000 better off this year than last, that "real earnings" are in prospect. He resigned, he said, to "go in for exercise in a big way" on a ranch in the Southwest.

P:In 1900 Charles Penrose Rushton Coodet son, grandson and son-in-law of British admirals, strode the bridge of H. M. S. Peacock and trained his guns upon the iniquitous Boxers of Tientsin. For that they gave him the China Medal. In 1904, on the bridge of H. M. S. Dryad he plowed the Indian Ocean from the Strait of Malacca to the Gulf of Aden, trained his guns on Mohammed bin Abdullah, the mad Mullah of Somaliland. For that they made him a Medal & Clasp Commander. In 1914, -15, -16, -17 on the flagship of the British Destroyer Flotilla, he trained his guns on Austrian submarines. For that they gave him the D. S. 0. In 1918 he sat at the Admiralty desk of "Director of Operations." For that they made him a Companion of the Bath, an officer of the Legion of Honor, gave him the Rising Sun of Japan and the D. S. M. of the U. S. In 1923, a rear admiral, he retired, took a job as general manager for Western Union in Europe, trained his guns on efficiency in communications. For that, Western Union last week made him vice president in charge of European operations.

P:Eighteen years ago Henry C. Lytton, 69, retired as active head of The Hub, one of Chicago's big medium-priced clothing stores. He turned his job over to his son George Lytton. Last fortnight Son Lytton died. Six days later Father Lytton, now 87, sat down at his son's desk, once more became Hub's president.

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