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...back as they can remember, U. S. jockeys have received $10 for every race they entered, an extra $15 for every race they won-with no extra bonus for bringing in a horse second or third. Out of every ten-spot, $2 goes to the jockey's valet (who totes his tack and helps saddle his mounts), another $2 to his agent (who makes his riding engagements...
Biggest downpour was in Detroit. Signing a new agreement with United Auto Workers, Chrysler Corp. granted bonuses of $40 each to some 60,000 workmen (in lieu of vacations with pay), a 2? raise in hourly pay besides. To most observers, it looked as if smart Chrysler had made another smart move. The $40 bonus, which will give employes about $2,250,000, actually will cost Chrysler only about $855,000 net (considering both normal and excess-profits tax savings...
...sleekest railroads in the U. S., Louisville & Nashville (coal, manufactures, fruit and vegetables) this week prepared to pay common shareholders a Christmas bonus of $2, boosting 1940 payments to $6 a share ($5 in 1939). Principal beneficiary: volatile, reduced Atlantic Coast Line, 51% owner...
Ashurst's legislative road was an amiable meander. He voted both for the 18th Amendment and for its repeal, he voted twice for the soldiers' bonus, twice against it. Colleagues complained that his expressed views were contrary to the principle of Franklin Roosevelt's Court-packing bill, but that when the controversial bill came to Senator Ashurst's Judiciary Committee he defended it. Was that consistent? Said...
...gravely announced that Shirley Temple,11, was temporarily retiring from the screen. Her previous picture, a gaudy, $1,000,000 adaptation of The Bluebird, was still in the red, and Shirley's huge foreign market had gone off to war. So Fox handed Shirley an accumulated bonus of $300,000, packed up the toys in her studio bungalow and wished her luck...