Word: shared
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...former pupil, Queen Mother Elisabeth of Belgium, founded the Concours International Eugene Ysaÿe. To Brussels, with fiddle cases under their arms, flocked contestants from 26 nations, eager to try for the bantamweight violin championship of the world. To the surprise of all, the lion's share of honors went to five young Soviet Russians...
...Rice showed it, Alcoa's management ever since the company was founded in 1888 as Pittsburgh Reduction Co. has been dominated by one idea: to control every last sale of aluminum in the U. S. Its success, claimed the prosecutor, is indicated by the fact that a $100 share in the company in 1890 has by now yielded a par value of $8,760, that some $100,000,000 has been paid in cash dividends in the past 48 years, that Alcoa admittedly controls 100% of the virgin aluminum production in the U. S., that everyone in the trade...
...Bail of $1,000,000 would not be too much!" boasted his lawyer, as Jimmy Hines produced $15,000 in cash from his pocket and promised to get another $5,000 promptly. "Thousands of decent citizens would come forward to add their share. . . . Why, a few years ago the President of the United States praised Mr. Hines for his humanitarian activities. . . . He's almost an angel...
...Biggest share of the Hollywood budget will probably be spent by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, opulent producing subsidiary of Loew's Inc. Accustomed to spending as much as $3,000,000 on a picture (Conquest, Marie Antoinette), M-G-M does so to give proper setting to Hollywood's greatest star roster, to produce most of Hollywood's best jobs, many of its stuffiest. Over last fiscal year, Loew's Inc. topped the cinemindustry with a net income of $14,426,062. In the coming season, MGM's schedule calls for 52 films, to include Northwest...
...Minneapolis labor leader and for 17 years president of the potent General Drivers Union No. 544; from a shot fired by his bodyguard, Arnold Ralph Johnson; in Minneapolis. Johnson, who had been drinking all afternoon, told police: "Brown flashed a roll of bills. I asked him for a share and he refused. I drew a gun and shot him. He was my best friend...