Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would leak out. At that meeting a receivership was agreed upon. Samuel Insull, Charles A. McCulloch and Edward N. Hurley (now deceased) were to become the three receivers of the downfallen domain. Less than a month later Mr. McCulloch went to Samuel Insull and told him that his brother Martin would have to give up his job as president of Middle West Utilities; there was evidence that Martin had used the company's money to bolster up a private brokerage account. Sam Insull pleaded with him not to oust Brother Martin, saying, "He has not a dollar left...
...university fellowship in Finland and then found out he was expected to give dangerous information." The Finnish police charged that Arvid had been the ring's paymaster and the final link between the spies and the Soviet Legation in Finland. To the ringleader, a Mrs. Marie Louise Schul Martin, the judges gave eight years; to the others sentences ranging from the minimum two years to six years...
...California Martin concern was merged with Wright Co. in 1917, but Glenn Martin, whose temper is sharp, soon quit to re-establish his own plant, this time in Cleveland...
...Glenn L. Martin Co. moved to a superb new plant near Baltimore. To finance this project the company floated a $3,000,000 bond issue. After five lean years Founder Martin realized that he must let the public into his private company as a means of meeting its maturities. The $6,000,000 Martin company has never been a gold mine. Development costs in military aviation preclude bulging surpluses. In 1927 and 1928 Martin reported annual profits of about $500,000 but in 1932 the company just broke even, last year lost $140,000. Martin entered this year with some...
...nobbily dressed bachelor with a flair for plaid suits, Glenn Martin lives in Washington with his mother. He also has living quarters at the plant 45 mi. away where he often stays days at a time. From his company he receives a modest salary of $16,200 per year...