Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cusack decided to retire from active work. But it took a banking syndicate to buy out his interest in the Thomas Cusick Co. of Chicago. What his selling price was is unknown. But the company's last balance sheet showed assets over $26,000,000 and annual gross business over $23,000,000. The headquarters of the company are located in Chicago, with branches in about one hundred other cities. The concern owns 100,000 separate leases controlling 40,000,000 square feet (10 10/99 square miles) of wall surface and 1,800,000 square feet (5/11 square mile...
...work of a business candidate consists chiefly in securing advertisements and subscriptions and in learning the details of the executive work of the business office which does an annual gross business in excess of $50,000. Any candidates who wish to start in on this competition today may report to the business manager this morning...
...made a "gratuitous appropriation," equal to $3.00 a share, which was divided among various retiring employes. One of these was Mr. Parrott, who received $35,000. Mr. Parrott reported this sum as a gift and therefore not taxable. The coal company reported the appropriation as a salary deduction from gross income and therefore not taxable to it. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue contended that the sum conveyed to Mr. Parrott was in the nature of a bonus or adjusted compensation, and therefore taxable...
...Manhattan, Harry Gross, non-union window-washer, descended hurriedly from his 14-foot ladder, rushed into the building, hid under a desk, said he was afraid of union window-washers who were "after him." Reassured, he climbed up to work again. Four union men appeared, called to him to come down, shook the ladder when he refused, knocked it out from under him, fell upon him as he hit the pavement, "beat...
...with having exhibited deeper and more widespread corruption than any that this generation of Americans has been called upon to witness. I charge it with complacency in the face of that corruption and with ill will toward the efforts of honest men to expose it. I charge it with gross favoritism to the privileged and with utter disregard of the unprivileged. I charge it with indifference to world peace and with timidity in the conduct of our foreign affairs. I charge it with disorganization, division and incoherence...