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...onetime G. M. paymaster, accused G. M. of obtaining the petition signatures by intimidation, promised to complain to the National Labor Relations Board. But that many a G. M. worker hated & feared the union for depriving or threatening to deprive him of his pay was one of the darkest clouds on U. A. W.'s horizon...
...darkest days of the 1929 stockmarket crash, when almost every rumor was a libel, Broker Michael J. ("Mike") Meehan sauntered up to one of his partners, said cheerily: "Well, I understand I'm broke. Guess we'd better give all the boys in the office a two weeks' bonus to prove...
Vague though the talk of "hot money" control was last week, brokers at home and abroad gave it the darkest interpretation. In London, where "hot money" is called "funk money" and any interference with international trading is deplored, a thoughtful broker declared: "It appears that Mr. Roosevelt once more is striving to achieve a reputable objective without regard to its effect on the world situation." In Wall Street a feeble attempt was made to brush the problem aside on the ground that part of what appeared to be foreign investment was in fact buying by U. S. citizens through foreign...
...114th day of this year's Spanish Civil War, the Radical Madrid Cabinet were driven to flee from the capital last week by the conquering White Armies of singularly humorous and carefree Francisco Franco, a commander who even in the darkest days of his campaign surprised correspondents by keeping up an ebullient and ever-smiling mien to be compared only to that of President Roosevelt...
...Kennedy's darkest facts dealt with the 1936-37 feature schedule. This schedule was first considered last November and by May included 50 pictures. Many were so vaguely conceived that as soon as some attempt was made to flesh out the title with narrative detail they had to be dropped because suitable casts were unavailable, costs were too high or the sales department did not like them. Three weeks later the original list of 50 was down to 29, only three of which were in production. Not one had a completed script. Meantime other cinema companies were nearly ready...