Word: pensioners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...death of some of the U. S. aviators in the recent maneuvers in the Pacific. One of them was the son of a San Francisco man, Capt. Charles Skelly, Secretary of the Police Commission of San Francisco. I heard by accident that the young widow had discovered that her pension was to be $22 for herself-$8 for her eldest child and $3 apiece for the two youngest children-a tragic pittance of $36. It seems incredible but I verified this. . . . The only way this injustice can be rectified is by having a bill enacted in Congress. I feel sure...
...impoverished oldsters it promised pensions. Beginning July 1 a person of 65 or more who lives in one of the 33 states which gives him an old age pension, instead of sending him to the poorhouse, will receive from the Federal Government a second pension, the same size as that given by the state, but not more than $15 a month. By a special Senate amendment poor oldsters who live in the 15 states which have no old age pension laws will get a Federal pension up to $15 a month for two years. By that time the Government expects...
...salary may be, he will get these annuities provided he retires at 65, but only the first $3,000 of his annual earnings will be treated as wages in calculating his annuity. One exception to this annuity system was provided by the Senate: Employes of firms which have approved pension systems may continue under them instead of under the Government plan...
Last week George Bruce Cortelyou, aged, white-thatched president of Consolidated Gas Co. of New York, summoned his trustees to the most important meeting in his business career. Up for vote was a new pension plan by which all employes and executives were to retire at 70. Among those to go would be President Cortelyou, nearly 73. Long did the trustees ponder the 26 years of his presidency before casting their votes: he had lifted the company's assets from $332,000,000 in 1909 to $1,360,000,000 in 1934; he had doubled the sale...
...presentable girl (Josephine Hutchinson) he meets in Shanghai because to return to his post single might cause him to look ridiculous and thus diminish his value to the company. Even when, as a reward for years of faithful service, his boss receives a humiliating demotion that will reduce his pension, Stephen Chase is discouraged but not disillusioned. The night his son is born, he leaves his wife to fight a fire in a reserve tank. Put in charge of a bigger office, he discharges his best friend for trifling inefficiency. Finally, he risks his life to save the company...