Word: howards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...division (the 35th); would spend two nights with his old crony, Washington's Governor Mon Wallgren. But Democratic professionals privately admitted that the junket was designed for only one reason: an attempt to beef up sickly Democratic morale. Taking no chances of skimpy crowds anywhere, National Chairman J. Howard McGrath sent out word to Government workers at every whistle stop that the President...
Last week Screen Writers Dalton Trumbo and John Howard Lawson, who had been found guilty of contempt by District of Columbia juries, were each sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $1,000. The other eight of Hollywood's "unfriendly ten"-who had also refused to answer when asked whether or not they were Communists-waived jury trials. They agreed to rest their fate on the outcome of appeals to higher courts by Trumbo and Lawson...
Equitable could take over the airline if it wanted to. T.W.A. could get no more help from outside sources; Principal Stockholder Howard Hughes did not intend to put in any more cash. Warned Pierson: only a quick RFC loan of $10,000,000 could save the line...
...line with G.M.'s policy to get out of companies with which it has no "direct business relationship." (It recently unloaded an 18.9% common stock interest in Bendix Aviation Corp. and 344,000 shares of Greyhound Corp.) To make the separation complete, North American President James Howard ("Dutch") Kindelberger was moved up to replace Henry Michael Hogan, a G.M. vice president, as chairman of North American's board...
...biggest cash deal in Hollywood history was closed last week exactly as prescribed by the script. Howard Hughes gave an $8,825,690 check to Atlas Corp.'s Floyd Odium for its 929,020 shares of stock (24%)-and control-of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp. (TIME, May 10). (Atlas still kept an interest in RKO by its ownership of warrants to buy some 300,000 shares of stock.) Despite ample warnings of the change, RKO's staff got so jittery over their new boss that RKO President Nathaniel Peter Rathvon had to pour out soothing syrup: "Mr. Hughes...