Word: rente
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bill Trent was a rent-collector in downtown Manhattan. Like most of his colleagues he eked out his salary by "shaking down'' tenants whose line of business was not strictly legal. His craving for women, liquor, gambling made money his obsession. Hard up, he shook down a pimp of his acquaintance once too often, found himself the unwilling accessory at a murder. He lost his job, tried desperately to chisel in on some steady racket. Rent-collecting among small shopkeepers had given him valuable information about when and where they kept their money. Soon...
...creditors by voluntarily petitioning the Federal Court for permission to reorganize under the Bankruptcy Act, listing current liabilities of $5,412,119, current assets of $551,567. To the New York Realty & Terminal Co., which owns its land and building, the Waldorf-Astoria owed $3,385,000 in back rent. Suave, dogmatic President Lucius Boomer immediately cut his own salary from $60,000 to $36,000. The salary of his famed maitre d'hotel Oscar Tschirky ("Oscar of the Waldorf") was reduced from...
...plant is housed in a new building a half mile from the main office, in the rent-cheap industrial district. It is linked to the editorial rooms by pneumatic tubes. The installation includes a 21-unit Hoe press similar to that of the New York World-Telegram. The press is driven by 56 motors, is fed by 63 rolls of newsprint and two six-ton tanks of ink. A normal edition of 250,000 copies (400,000 Sunday) is spewed out in considerably less than an hour. Since Buenos Aires is so far from the Canadian pulp market, La Prensa...
...creditors refuse to compromise on this method, the farmer would continue in possession of his farm, pay a "reasonable" rent and at the end of six years have the option of repurchasing his, farm at an appraised value approved by the courts...
...Savio is a widower and enjoys a small pension for the loss of two sons during the war. He has six children, five of whom live by themselves, each giving him some small assistance. The sixth is an unmarried girl, unemployed, who lives with her parent. Pays his rent regularly. Is of good conduct...