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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ghostwriters inhabit a harried, hectic Hades of their own, hacking out words and thoughts for other men at 1½? to 8? per word. Last week ghostwriters everywhere started up from their typewriters and raised a hollow cheer for one Bernard J. Kenny of Jersey City, N...
...flop after flop. Of Case History he wrote: "The stepmother goes off her chump." Of Come Across: "You see him in bed, which is no treat." Of The Devil Takes a Bride: "This is a sordid tale, my mates." Of the author of The Good: "An old Hudson (N. Y.) boy, Mr. Erskin . . . should hesitate about visiting back home." Of Thanks for Tomorrow: "Thanks for tomorrow, thanks for last week, thanks for next Friday-in fact, thanks for everything except last night...
...Considered extending its jurisdiction over private truckers. Early next year the Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate safety conditions and working hours of drivers of interstate trucking fleets like those owned by Standard Oil of N. J. and Bell Telephone Co. "If need therefore is found," ICC then will issue regulations for private fleets as it already has for public carriers, in accord with the Motor Carrier...
...George Whitney borrowed $1,082,000 from Lamont in November to enable Richard to restore cash and securities to the N. Y. Stock Exchange's Gratuity Fund...
...order to keep his creative faculties unsullied by routine, Weaver leaves management of his cluttered office to two young assistants-La Verne N. Laseau and A. Marsden Thompson. Rather a diligent extrovert in his writings, he assumes such pen-names as Fargan Hathway, makes a point of quoting Baltasar y Morales Gracián, a 17th Century Spanish Jesuit. Buck Weaver's screwiest activities are occasional booklets he prints at his own expense. He justifies them as outlets for his inhibitions, as surface rashes on his emotional ego. Sample paragraph based on Olive Schreiner story of the "Hunter...