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Word: hartson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Texas newsman, Bascom N. Timmons, said to represent either Publisher Amon Giles Carter of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram or Eugene Lorton of the Tulsa World, opened the bidding at $250,000, the minimum set by the court. At $300,000 Mrs. McLean's lawyer, Nelson Hartson, chimed in. Then Lawyer Geoffrey Konta, for William Randolph Hearst. Up, up the bidding soared to $600,000, mounted again when Lawyer Hartson went inside to consult Mrs. McLean. Sadly she told him to withdraw. "I think $600,000 is all it's worth," she said. Presently the auction narrowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: $825,000 Post | 6/12/1933 | See Source »

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