Word: jobs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That father was a young man who began earning his living at 16 as a school teacher. He never got a college education. He got a job as office boy in a small bank owned by his uncle. He went to Manhattan looking for a job, but did not find it, went on to Bridgeport, Conn., where he got a job as bank runner. He was promoted to bookkeeper, then teller. He heard of a new bank opening in Manhattan (the Astor Place Bank) and by sheer persistence worried its cashier into giving him a job. He was paying teller...
...Newport in his native Wales, James J. Davis, U. S. Secretary of Labor, visited an iron foundry, grabbed a pair of tongs, "performed expertly a small job." The men, informed that Mr. Davis had been an ironworker before he became Secretary of Labor, cheered lustily...
...American was Herbert G. Wylie, long an able Doheny lieutenant. Shortly after the merger, Mr. Wylie found his occupation gone. Pan-American was now a subsidiary, and no longer an independent. Decisions were made by the Standard of Indiana heads, and the Presidency of "Pan Pete" became a sinecure job, without responsibilities or possibilities for individual initiative. This development little suited an oil pioneer like Mr. Wylie, who has now announced his resignation. When Wall Street heard the news, "Pan Pete" stock experienced a sharp decline-a sincere tribute to Mr. Wylie's executive ability...
...FALL GUY-The sad story of the unhappy little chap who could not hold his job and almost went to jail...
...FALL GUY-The trials of a flat-dweller in Manhattan who could not hold his job and nearly went to jail in the last...