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...financial empire of Promoters Luke Lea and Rogers ("Bank on the South") Caldwell. have been operated by a receiver. Last week, on a Nashville sidewalk, the receiver sold the Tennesseans to Nashville's home-grown Financier Paul Maclin Davis, long-time Lea & Caldwell foe. who was sole bidder. Price of the Tennesseans: $850,000. Liabilities...
Though copper men volunteered no explanation for their apathy, the obvious answer was the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, passed at the last session of Congress and applicable to all Government orders of $10,000 or more, exclusive of transportation, communication or construction contracts. The law requires the bidder to 1) pay prevailing wages, 2) adhere to an eight-hour day, a five-day week, 3) employ no child or convict labor, 4) maintain safe and sanitary working conditions. Most reputable corporations can qualify on all points except hours...
...Brooks. "Chief" Boston and Clif Wilson, both Sophomores, the latter captaining his Freshman team, are waging one of the closest battles of the squad for honors at blocking back. Although Wilson has generally played with the A eleven, Boston has done some spectacular defensive work and is a strong bidder for the position. Tom Bilodeau must also be reckoned with, although out of the picture for the last few practices due to a slight injury...
Equally meagre were bids on everything else, apparently because each bidder did not care what he bought so long as Calvin Coolidge once owned it. Best price of the day was $96 for a mahogany dining room set. Most satisfied buyer was a hotel man who purchased enough for a complete "Coolidge Room." As the five-hour proceedings dragged on, various local Coolidge friends stood about scowling blackly. Snorted Judge Henry P. Field, in whose office Calvin Coolidge got his first job: "It's a disgrace to Northampton!" Equally uncomfortable as the parade of shabby possessions trickled past, Lawyer...
...tournament, No. 1 event of the year for U. S. bowlers, costs $200,000, of which half is distributed to contestants as prizes. The rest goes for 32 brand-new alleys with colored gutters and chromium chalk-trays, 30,000 brand-new pins, later sold to the highest bidder, salaries to 200 pin-boys and scorekeepers. After five weeks of record attendance, the Congress last week was preparing to adjourn. Doings...