Word: clauses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...believe in Santa Claus but I do believe in the efficacy of political action. Only by that means can permanent Socialism be brought to pass. It may take a long time but it will come eventually...
...discovering a travelling salesman's suitcase, which provides him with a clean suit and a "wad", he becomes a gentleman for a day. He meets Joan Blondell, a stage dancer (or chorus girl) who needs sixty dollars to reach her troupe in Salt Lake City and plays "Santa Claus for once in his life", unaware that Dr. Bernard, a fiendish old pervert in love with Joan is following them. Lady Luck further sets the stage when Doug's pal finds a check and draws out an innocent-looking violin case which is full of counterfeit money. With both Dr. Bernard...
...13th with what smacks of being a nasty crack in ''. . . to there are programs on the air catering to physical and mental 7-year-olds." For myself - I am a publicist, aged 38- should check at least 12. For Stephen, aged 7 - he has already denied Santa Claus, read Alice in Wonderland and Huckleberry Finn, and plays a fairly good game of bridge (contract, if you please). He, like Mrs. Sporleder's sons, 8 & 10, leads his grade in school...
...Lords of Business are gathered in some marbled Valhalla, the late Claus Spreckels must be prominent among them. When the celestial ticker has stopped and cocktail time draws near he might entertain the other spirits with tales of his business battles. Many were the little struggles which marked his rise from a German emigrant (1848) to a San Francisco storeowner (1856) and then a mighty sugar king. Among these was the hard battle with American Sugar Refining Co., ending with the "Sugar Trust" being driven from Mr. Spreckels' territory. And there was the argument with King Kalakaua of Hawaii...
When San Francisco was having its political upheavals in 1906, young Son Rudolph took an active part, became recognized as the new leader of the Spreckels family. When Claus Spreckels died in 1908 the leadership was a fact. Brother Claus August ("Gus") Spreckels moved to New York, where he directed the Spreckels Sugar Corp. (formerly Federal). Rudolph Spreckels continued to live and act in the manner which made Spreckels synonymous in the West with Wealth and Prestige. First blow to the Spreckels pride must have been the collapse of Kolster Radio (1930), of which Rudolph Spreckels was board chairman. Although...