Word: clerk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...smelled like cool glue. Here, where once had been a well whence Mr. Ridley provided his tenements with cheap water of questionable purity, the strange, 88-year-old man had partitioned off a cheerless office. There were two iron safes, a high counting desk and swivel stool where his clerk sat, and Mr. Ridley's rolltop desk. Neither of the occupants ever took off his rubbers or overcoat. In their Dickensian foxhole they shared a lunch of bread and cheese...
...years ago someone murdered Mr, Ridley's clerk, Herman Moench, who had served him 50 years. Mr. Ridley had come in late that morning. He did not notice Moench, dead on the floor, for some time. The mystery of Moench's death was never solved. Last week another killer followed the pointing white hand down to Mr. Ridley's musty retreat and another, more gruesome mystery attached itself to No. 63 Allen Street...
...suit for defamation of character against Adman Bruce Barton by his onetime file clerk Gertrude Gussenhaven Wagner King (TIME, May 1): dismissal and award of $156 for costs to Mr. Barton in Manhattan Supreme Court. In jail on Barton's charges of attempted extortion, Mrs. King did not appear in court. ¶ To the injuries (broken arm & leg. internal injuries) of Thomas David Schall Jr., 23, son of Minnesota's blind Senator: an award by a Washington jury of $60,000 plus interest against Standard Oil Co. of N. J., whose truck collided with the Schall automobile near...
...Frances Jo Wagner" was hired as a file clerk in the office of Advertising Man Bruce Barton, After a few weeks one Hugh King came and panted that Barton had been intimate with his wife, Gertrude Gussenhaven Wagner King. "Frances Jo Wagner" left. Later the man sued his wife for divorce, naming Bruce Barton as corespondent, sued Barton for alienation of affections. On advice of his company's lawyers Barton settled for $25,000 and got quit-claims from man & wife. Last November the woman sued for $250,000 more, charging that Barton had warned other advertising agencies against...
...centre a Jesus Tower, visible for miles. In this plant are reading, writing, game and music rooms, an auditorium, swimming pool, gymnasium, cafeteria, trade school, all with the most modern equipment. One room is an exact replica of the one in London in which George Williams, dry goods clerk, helped found the first Y. M. C. A. in 1844. The Juilliard Musical Foundation has given a fine organ, the American Bible Society a copy of the Bible in every language it publishes. Most of the building's total cost - $1,000,000 - was donated by the late James Newbegin...