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...without his consent) complained that Clubowner Ball was unfairly keeping him in the minor leagues. Tsar Landis considered the case, gave Outfielder Bennett permission to sign a new contract with anyone who wanted his services. Clubowner Ball protested the ruling, carried the case to court. When Judge Walter Lindley upheld the Landis edict, Ball appealed, vowed he would go to the U. S. Supreme Court for a decision...
...grown glummer & glummer, angrier & angrier. He scowled at Carpenter Ryder, whispered with his lawyers, mopped his brow. The jury had waked up, was following the testimony with wide-eyed interest. Leaving the courtroom one day Snorkey and his bodyguard, Philip D'Andrea, brushed aside Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley to get into an elevator. Two days later D'Andrea was arrested, searched in the corridor by Secret Service men before gaping policemen, charged with carrying a concealed weapon (.38 calibre revolver). D'Andrea showed a badge reading "Deputy Bailiff of the Municipal Court," was told it was no good. Capone...
Upon his arrival in London from his five-year tenure of the Viceroyalty of India Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Lord Irwin got the Garter...
Seven minutes after Delivery Time, the visitor and his host from Pynchon & Co. were startled by the great electric gong which calls the Exchange to order. They saw Vice President Allen Ledyard Lindley standing on the Rostrum, grave and silent. The hum of trading dwindled to awful silence. A moment later the ticker flashed to the ends of the country the message: PYNCHON & CO SUSPENDED FOR INSOLVENCY...
...until 48 hours after Messrs Whitney and Lindley had bid the President goodnight were persistent newshawks able to worm an admission from the White House that they had been there at all. President Hoover was described as approving the New York Exchange's efforts to curb short selling but unwilling to take any hand in the matter. U. S. officials agreed that the Federal Government lacks authority to deal with short stocks sales on the New York Exchange as it tried to deal with short wheat sales on the Chicago Board of Trade (TIME, Sept...