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Thus did Publisher Hearst's sudden crusade to oust the Mayor of the No. 2 U.S. city finally come crashing out into the open. For a week the front pages of the Herex and the afternoon American had been smeared with thundering innuendos to the effect that a top-notch Chicago politician had been in an income tax jam with the Federal Government. The constant use of Mayor Kelly's picture left readers in small doubt as to who was meant. All the Mayor would say when questioned was: "Any answer I might make would...
...court action brought by the receiver for Chicago's Drake Hotel to oust the founder's sons, John & Tracy Drake, from their rent-free nine-room suites (TIME, June 19): a court order for the Drakes to pack up and move. The Drakes packed up and moved off-the Tracy Drakes on a motor trip, the John Drakes to a Sheridan Road apartment...
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...