Word: ousted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some commissars have actually called in brown-shirted Storm Troops to oust business leaders who too strongly resisted Nazi dictation. Last week such interference was classed legally as "kidnapping" in a drastic decree issued by Prussian Minister of Justice Dr. Hans Kerrl who promised to punish offenders without mercy. "Force or threats" against business executives were expressly barred by Dr. Kerrl and he branded many Nazi commissioners as "saboteurs and provocateurs" who will be brought before special courts and face "not only imprisonment but even the death penalty...
Last week the school board was hailed into court. A taxpayers' association was seeking to oust six of its seven members on charges of financial irregularities, including failure to advertise for bids, violation of the school code, contracting illegally for teachers. Dull and petty were the dealings disclosed. But a passage in Michael Wolohowicz's testimony made news. All he knew about his job as treasurer was that he signed checks, carried money to and from the bank. He could neither read nor write-or, at least, very little. Said he, at the quiz: "I have to talk...
...Life lost patience and the Drake went into receivership. The receiver, holding contract-breaking powers and no particular regard for the Drake Brothers' feelings, promptly ordered them to pay for their own parties and furthermore pay rent. When the Drakes did neither, the receiver sought court sanction to oust them. The Brothers Drake and their wives also went to court, arguing that the contract was an operating charge and therefore a prior lien on the property. Last week while the courts pondered the case, the Drakes were still in their nine-room suites...
...moved to forestall it by ordering the arrest of all army officers whose loyalty to the Republic is in doubt. Chief prisoner was General Manuel Goded. After the fall of the monarchy two years ago General Goded was in high Republican favor for having started a plot to oust Dictator Primo de Rivera in 1929, for having told King Alfonso that his troops would no longer fight for him. Later General Goded changed his mind, was placed on the retired list. Just to be sure, he was exiled last week to the Canary Islands...
...Oscar Ulysses Zerk, inventor of the Zerk automobile lubricating system, launched a proxy campaign to oust the management of Stewart-Warner Corp, (auto accessories) of which he claims he is one of the largest stockholders. His first publicity: the management lately issued an unqualified statement that employment ''had increased 70% in 30 days." This they did by using for comparison employment figures during the depths of the banking moratorium week. Audited figures showed an 8.7% gain in the last 30 days, a 9% gain from the week preceding the moratorium. To allow Mr. Zerk to flush more proxies...