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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Loans. In 1931 a Manhattan lawyer decided that his shares of American Tobacco Co. stock would be worth more if the company officers paid back bonuses they arranged for themselves and got no similar ones in the future. He slapped on two stockholders' suits in which the corporation, although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Disbarred | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

As the black casket of the only millionaire on the Court rested beneath six wavy-flamed candles in the gloom of St. Matthews Church, the man most mentioned last week as Pierce Butler's successor could jingle all his wealth in his jeans at any time. Frank Murphy, once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Solid Man | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

In his office at No. 50 Broadway last week Louis Levy sat biting off bits of an unlit cigar, tossing them on the floor. Not until after the entry of the formal order would the disbarment be complete, would still be subject to possible stays. Disbarment from practice in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Disbarred | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

By last week 58,000 Chrysler men were out of work. "Locked out," said Frankensteen. "Walked out," said Weckler. "Go back to work," bellowed Martin, echoed by the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin (somehow managing to misquote an encyclical of the late Pope Pius XI), echoed also by the U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Turkey Talk | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Hopefully the reporters put it all down. For days they had been following the dewy-eyed romance of George Lowther 3rd, 30, Yaleman. insurance broker, cafe socialite, and Eileen Herrick, 20, only daughter of stern Walter R. Herrick, onetime Park Commissioner of New York City. George wanted to marry Eileen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Our Town | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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