Word: contract
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hornsby has never made any effort to endear himself to his employers. President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals said that he would rather fight Jack Dempsey than have an argument with Hornsby. First Baseman Charley Grimm was appointed to replace Manager Hornsby whose $8,000 a month contract expires...
...worth of convertible bonds in Reliance Bronze & Steel Co. which got a contract with the City for traffic lights but this did not violate the city charter prohibiting officials from owning stock in a concern doing business with the City...
...June this year, National Broadcasting Co. Inc. grossed $15,000,000, an increase of $3,000,000 over the first six months of 1931. Tin Pan Alley covets a juicier cut than its scant million. Last April A. S. C. A. & P. proposed a new deal. In the new contract which begins Sept. i, let the broadcasters pay in addition to the flat assessment for non-commercial programs a 5% cut of the gross receipts from commercial programs. This would bring the society from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 a year. The broadcasters flatly refused to consider...
Last week in Manhattan Rockefeller Center awarded its third big mural contract to a U. S. artist.- Bearded Boardman Robinson will paint a 16x10 ft. mural in the lobby of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum building. But observers found that sly Artist Robinson had slipped into his design for capitalist Rockefeller Center a vague Communist import. His mural in blue, buffs and warm greys will show from left to right "a man, woman and child; a dog, cow and vegetation, with books and instruments at their feet; a triangular group of skyscrapers, rising above churches, temples, etc. of a former time...
...opinion, a publicly owned railroad can be successful only if the management has the complete confidence of the owners. Public criticism indicates that such confidence is at least not general." The resignation was promptly accepted and Sir Henry was voted a $75,000 gratuity, perhaps because his contract had a 12-month notice clause...