Word: waivers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When St. Ambrose opened this fall he had distributed 25 charters covering more than 500 members. For a 50? fee members receive an authorized R. C. T. emblem as a visible roadside high-sign, and a certified identification card bearing on the reverse a legal waiver releasing any motorist kind enough to offer a lift from liability in case of accident. Encouraged by the Roman Catholic faculty at St. Ambrose, Thumber Fiese plans to enlist 800 more colleges. Says he: "We believe our fundamental idea is sound and . . . that our organization will benefit society. ... I have a girl friend...
...securing the site, lumber, oil and contractor's services through profit-sharing agreements, attracted nightly crowds of 10,000 the past summer. His customary 83-cent top he boosted to $3.30 for last week's derby. Like his colleagues. Promoter Zeiter makes every driver sign a waiver absolving him from damages before getting onto his track, but he is less sympathetic than most. Don Zeiter's belief is that ''anyone who gets into a racing car is a sucker...
Year later Wiley Post took a job as aerial chauffeur for Oilman Florence C. Hall who had bought a Lockheed Vega monoplane, called it Winnie Mae after his daughter. When one-eyed Pilot Post had piled up 700 hours air time, the Department of Commerce gave him a physical waiver and a license. In 1930 Oilman Hall bought a new Lockheed Vega also called Winnie Mae. In that ship Post quickly got national attention by winning the 1930 Bendix Trophy Race, scooting from Los Angeles to Chicago non-stop in 9 hr. 9 min. With laconic Australian Harold Gatty...
...confiscation of the profit, either by an outright seizure or by a tax of 100 per cent on all gold profit, is being discussed. Certain constitutional difficulties stand in the way of such a confiscatory tax and it has been suggested that the Federal Reserve Banks voluntarily sign a waiver of all possible claims for the gold profit...
What rights has the former Mrs. Anne Cannon Reynolds in the estate? Was her waiver of her rights at the time of her divorce legal? Could she waive the rights of her infant daughter...