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...Angeles Judge Clement L. Shinn last week finished a long and lonesome job of unraveling a complicated lawsuit against the super-complicated empire of William Randolph Hearst. Concluding his verdict, Judge Shinn complained mildly of the difficulty of attempting a one-man exploration of the labyrinth, suggested that the facts in such a case should be reviewed by three judges before an appeal were taken. But at week's end it appeared that no appeal might ever be taken. Both sides thought they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHING: Stockholder v. Hearst | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...Judge Shinn threw out the most sensational charges: that Consolidated was organized as a fraudulent scheme to sell part of Hearst's property at an excessive price; that Hearst had charged it too much for goods and services from his newsprint and news-feature companies; that Consolidated was forced to pay Hearst's salary (once $500,000 a year) although he spent just as much time in behalf of his private interests; that in general Consolidated had been forced to. pay the freight for the Hearst empire. The court absolved Hearst, his companies and the Consolidated directors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHING: Stockholder v. Hearst | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...Judge Shinn did grant recovery on some items. He found that in 1935, when Consolidated bought four more Hearst papers (Baltimore News-Post and American, San Antonio Light, Atlanta Georgian), the $8,297,595 purchase price was too high by $2,832,941. Consolidated is entitled to recover this sum plus interest. He also ruled that Consolidated should recover some of the dividends it paid to other Hearst companies on stock which had not been paid for in cash, as well as interest on some complex inter-company loans. Best estimate of the total amount of the verdict (which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLISHING: Stockholder v. Hearst | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery of Sloan, Luks, Henri, Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson, Everett Shinn, Maurice Prendergast and William Glackens first linked these artists as "The Eight" U. S. individualists. None of them changed so much in the next ten years as Glackens. With much observation his versatile eye became intensely selective. As late as 1912 he painted a simple little picture of a snowy square and a lady hailing a streetcar (see cut) which perfectly evoked an atmosphere, mood and period. Then he selected a lighter palette, and from about 1913 on, Renoir became the dominant influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Painting & Pleasure | 12/26/1938 | See Source »

George W. Rothschild '39, of Chicago; Ernest J. Sargeant '40, of Spokane, Washington; Helmut W. Schumann '41, of Dusseldorf, Germany; Reinhold S. Schumann '41, of Dusseldorf, Germany; Theodore L. Sondak '40, of Gary, Indiana; Philip E. Shick '39, of Van Wert, Ohio; John K. Shinn Jr. '40, of Coral Gables, Florida...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Awarding of 107 Scholarships Is Announced | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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