Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York-born John Mitty, onetime bishop of Salt Lake City, succeeds San Francisco's well-beloved Archbishop Joseph Hanna whom he assisted as coadjutor for three years before the ailing archbishop retired (TIME, March 18). Businesslike Archbishop Mitty's first act last week was to demonstrate his concern for training priests. He announced he would devote a purse given him by his clergy to repairing St. Patrick's Seminary...
...hope of re-establishing its prestige as the foremost prizefight promoting concern in the U. S., what Madison Square Garden Corp. arranged last month was a fight between Jack Doyle and Jacob ("Buddy") Baer Jr. Doyle is a handsome young Irishman who, since arriving in the U. S. last February, has distinguished himself by failing to get a job in Hollywood on the strength of his appearance, by marrying a minor cinemactress named Judith Allen, and by defeating three hopelessly obscure heavyweight fighters. Buddy Baer is the 238-lb., 6-ft., 6-in., 20-year-old brother of one-time...
...hustling little manufacturer of candy bars, cocoa and chocolate is Ambrosia Chocolate Co. of Milwaukee which employs 155 people. Its president is a plump, smiling German named Gretchen Schoenleber who inherited the concern from her father. Miss Schoenleber, middle-aged and businesslike, regularly puts her black low-heeled brogues under her desk before 8 o'clock every morning. Once a stenographer, later general manager of Ambrosia chocolate, she rules her executives with a firm German hand, is fond of saying: "The fact I'm a woman makes no difference...
...bulk of the student cases concern the multitude of contracts which they are urged to sign during the first two weeks of their career each fall. Many of them turn out to be unsatisfactory and the Legal Aid Bureau takes upon itself the task of making adjustments or going to court to force settlements if necessary...
Only between 10 and 15 per cent. of the cases which are handled by the Bureau concern Harvard students, employees and faculty members but the number is steadily growing as the men learn about the existance and efficiency of the staff. This group is served regardless of financial status unless the case involves persons with obvious ability to pay private counsel and would attract public notice. Every effort is made to avoid competition with the local bar in cases involving the general public...