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Some weeks past the country was astonished to learn that a bid of $1,051,000,000 had been made for the whole U. S. Government Merchant Marine. It was at first suspected that the bidder, John W. Slack of Silver Creek, N. Y., was acting for Henry Ford. The bid was obviously fictitious and was not seriously considered in Washington. Mr. Slack's name, however, as well as the name of his native town of Silver Creek, N. Y., received instant and widespread publicity...
...second point the Government brought out that another company offered considerably more for certain of the patents than was paid by the Foundation. Judge Morris admitted the evidence but questioned its applicability. The President was empowered to make the sale, he said, but not necessarily to the highest bidder. Considerations of the public interest might outweigh the dollar return and the Judge doubted the authority of the Court to review the exercise of Executive discretion. The defense brought out that 426 American companies were now using the patents as opposed to four American companies doing so before the sale...
...restricted sale of its entire merchant fleet. These bids will be opened on May 28. Meanwhile it also announced the regrouping of its lines into 18 routes, twelve operating from the Atlantic and Gulf ports and six from the Pacific Coast. The terms of the bidding are: " The bidder must specify the names of the ships he desires to purchase, the price offered and terms of payment, the route over which he will undertake to maintain service, the charter, frequency and extent of service, period of time for which he will guarantee maintenance of service and the nature and terms...
...pursuit take him on a wild goose chase to Toulouse, while his quarry hides in Versailles and the husband is excursioning with Rosette. Meanwhile the real ex-dancing partner drops in and extorts bills of varying denominations from everybody concerned. Rosette throws over Gustave in favor of a higher bidder, business being business, and Gustave confesses to his wife, thus disarming the young...
...work of the battery candidates is becoming more intensive as the men get limbered up. On the pitching staff K. N. Hill '24 stands out as the University's chief reliance with J. E. Toulmin '25 a strong bidder for the position. L. C. Larrabee '24 will probably serve throughout the season a first string catcher with A. H. Keegan '23 and A. W. Samborski '25 for substitutes...