Word: billing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hollow one. Tennessee Courts were promptly asked to rule on a claim that five members of the majority which passed it had no right to their seats because they also held other State offices. Even if the five members are not unseated, thus nullifying the passage of the bill, wily Boss Crump may well be able to best his opponent even when his candidates are beaten in the primaries, by running them as independents in the regular elections...
...Billed as "champion" since she threw Topeka's Barbara Ware in 1932, Sister Mortensen wrestles three or four times a week, has netted $37,000 since her present tour began four months ago. Showmanship of her manager, Bill Lewis, is such that he grew a set of silky black whiskers in order to name himself "Bluebeard...
...Running 62 yards against a whipping wind, undefeated Dartmouth's Bill Hutchinson scored against undefeated Harvard in the first quarter. Just after it began to rain in the third quarter he ran 55 yards for another touchdown. Before the game ended Dartmouth's Hutchinson had scored again, this time in a heavy fog and ankle-deep mud. Score...
...Pure Food & Drug Bill up before Congress last session would have made Dr. Massengill liable to Federal prosecution. But the bill failed and there is no law which makes a pharmacist responsible to the Federal Government for selling untested drugs. However, Dr. Massengill is liable to civil damage suits from relatives of the 41 dead...
...their cars direct from the factory at 25% below retail prices, a practice standard in the industry. Thus a $1,000 car costs a dealer $750. Out of the $250 difference a dealer must pay his overhead and clear a profit. So far this year Buick dealers, according to Bill Hufstader, have netted twice as much money as last. Makers are cagey about mentioning dealer profits, but Buick dealers probably average about $78 net for every $1,000 in sales, not counting a 20% reserve for used car losses. With 2,000,000 Buicks now in service, Buick hopes...