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...hiring of an expert in the adminstration of large dining halls to make a survey of the present setup at Harvard with a view to improving its efficiency...
...Richard Huey (All God's Chillun Got Wings, In Abraham's Bosom, Porgy), a Harlem big shot who runs a barbecue near Lenox Avenue called Aunt Dinah's Kitchen, and operates on the side a theatrical booking office for Negro talent. As Bossman Huey explained the setup: "Over on the right here we got the sheep. . . . They sing hymns, and they preach sermons and they is taken up with the spiritual side of life. Then over on the left here is the goats. . . . Among them I see gamblers, a couple of cake-eaters, some jitterbugs and some...
...subsidiary and absorb its losses or divorce it altogether. Divorce would have meant bankruptcy. They showed him the refinery's books and properties. Last year Barnsdall Refining lost $150,000 (1938 loss: $1,432,520), and they argued that it should make a 1940 profit under the new setup, which halves its debt. The argument went on for two days. It ended when Stockholder Rich decided he was wrong. He backed his decision by buying 500 shares of Barnsdall Oil at 13? . Then he hurried back to Manhattan...
...more than one silver spoon in his cradle: "One with a family name has a lot to live up to." But Lawyer Taft, Yale '10, put the spoons to work. Uncle Charles had a chunk of Cincinnati's Street Railway System, wanted the complicated setup reorganized. Specializing in dry, dull, technical cases, Bob Taft worked on this complex chore off-&-on for eleven years, finished straightening it out in 1925. In this job, as in many another since, he displayed his talent for figures, often amazing his uncle, Mathematician Louis More, dean of University of Cincinnati...
...high official in the RCA Victor setup and a boyhood friend, insists that Artie Shaw will be back in Hollywood within three weeks to record for Victor, to make a picture, and to marry Miss Betty Grable. He also says that Shaw has "seen the light" while on his Mexican vacation and has "changed" his mind about the jitterbug situation...