Word: hopson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...representative of New York State's Public Service Commission testified that he had found that Mr. Hopson's personal holding company had milked the system of $2,800,000 in profits during...
...Roly-poly Mr. Burroughs, who swore that he did not know the whereabouts of his boss, roly-poly Mr. Hopson, was equally uncertain about A. G. & E.'s corporate setup. "I can't any more tell you the corporate organization of all the companies than you can tell me the corporate set-up of the alphabetical agencies of the Government...
...Bernard B. Robinson, lobbyist of A. G. & E.. testified that he had talked with Mr. Hopson by telephone four days earlier but did not known his whereabouts. "Mr. Hopson is not a well man. I've been told by physicians that if he ever developed a sore throat he would choke to death." "If you knew where he was would you tell the committee?" "Well. I don't believe I would." "Then we will ask you. Do you know where...
...Alarmed by Mr. Hopson's illness,* Senator Black asked the Department of Justice to serve a subpoena on him in Manhattan. A deputy marshal failed to find him. Not surprised by the Senate's failure was Judge John E. Mack, conducting a utilities investigation for the New York Legislature. For six months Judge Mack has been trying, with a notable lack of success, to find Mr. Hopson. At Albany last week he quoted from The Scarlet Pimpernel on Runaway Hopson: They seek him here, they seek him there...
...heaven? Is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel! Smiled Judge Mack: "The Scarlet Pimpernel hasn't a damned thing on Hopson...