Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...people who had to stand & deliver was Will Clayton of the great Houston firm of Anderson, Clayton & Co. Up to the very deadline last week it was hoped by others who were pinched that somehow, somewhere, Will Clayton might use his vast resources to extricate them from their fix. But in the end Mr. Clayton sent over some of his best lint, which Messrs. Tullis & Craig promptly sold at a handsome profit...
...reporters tell me how to run my paper!" Heartening to A. N. P. A. men was a strong message last week from their directorate, urging them to treat with no American Newspaper Guildsmen or any other editorial employe group, grant no "preferential" employment regulations, arbitrate no dismissals, fix no wages on a definite time scale "regardless of the quality of work...
...together in Moosetown, Canada, of the 3,000 people whom Dr. Luke (Jean Hersholt) has brought into the world. The occasion is supposed to be a great party for his honor and enjoyment. Actually, it becomes almost as great a drain on his resources as a Mr. Fix-It as was the birth of the quintuplets on his skill as an obstetrician. In one afternoon he finds himself obliged, as mentor for the 3,000, to: 1) succor a suicidal cinemactress, 2) trick a U. S. Governor into adopting a child, 3) bring his assistant and his nurse together...
...plastered the walls of the Edison plant in West Orange, N. J. with a message urging his 3,000 employes to "get going" behind President Roosevelt. "Buy something-buy anything-anywhere! Paint your kitchen. Send a telegram. Give a party. Get a car. Pay a bill. Rent a flat. Fix your roof. Get a haircut. See a show. Build a house. Take a trip. Sing a song. Get married," cried the message. Edison employes were handed $5 each, told to 'spur on Recovery by buying something they would not otherwise have bought...
...commenting on the situation, Dr. Bock has called attention to the lightness of the attack and the quick recovery of those who suffered. While the burden of suspicion falls on veal and ice-cream served in the Union, the lack of definite bacteriological evidence make any attempt to fix the blame extremely difficult. Thus, with the University doing all in its power to protect the food from contaminating influences, all the student can do when the plague strikes is to screw his courage to the sticking place and hope it strikes somebody else...