Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Handicapped by these facts, Unionist Martin bolstered his case by charging that G. M.'s employes were not so well off as those of other motor manufacturers. Studebaker, he declared, had lately upped its 87?-per-hour average pay by increases of 5? to 25?. As for labor relations, he asserted, only Ford was worse than...
...Expressly, the officers wanted to make the A. B. A. representative of all U. S. lawyers, planned State and local participation in the A. B. A.'s policy-making House of Delegates (see above). And, boomed the reigning A. B. A. president, West Virginia's Clarence Eugene Martin: "Whatever the ultimate determination [of the Program], it is apparent there is room for one national organization-and only...
...Died. Martin J. ("Farmer") Burns, 75, onetime world's wrestling champion; in Council Bluffs, Iowa; of senility. Burns defeated Evan Lewis (the original "Strangler") for the heavyweight title in 1895, when choke holds were allowed, lost to Tom Jenkins three years later, trained Frank Gotch to throw Jenkins. Trainer and Chautauqua lecturer, he boasted: "Only one man out of Cedar County, Iowa (Herbert Hoover), ever made more money than I did and he got to be President of the United States...
...Martin, Sherwin-Williams...
...Roach Studios fat Funnyman Oliver Hardy had received only about half as much ($85,316) as his slender colleague Stan Laurel ($156,266). Henry Ford drew no salary from Ford Motor Co., while Son Edsel's $100,376 was topped by Ford's Vice President P. E. Martin ($128,008) and General Manager Charles E. Sorensen ($115,100). Pundit Walter Lippmann of the New York Herald Tribune made $54,329, whereas older and more famed Herald Tribune Columnist Mark Sullivan drew only $23,527, Franklin Pierce Adams only...