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Sinclair Co. argued that the District Court's ruling was contrary to Bolshevik law and to the terms of the concession agreement. The crux of the defense was that a longer time should have been granted to the Company to carry out its contract. The Supreme Court thought otherwise. Mr. Sinclair, as foreseen, lost his case...
...night line between Manhattan and Chicago spells something far better than a subsidy: namely, the use of beacons, landing fields and landing lights at nominal figures. Further, there is every prospect that, as soon as the company has demonstrated its dependability, it will carry the air mail under contract. Postmaster General New is only too anxious to see his department relieved of a responsibility which, like the transportation of railway mail, rests properly with private operators...
...with serenades was so embarrassing that his parents, people of quality, decided that it would perhaps be more becoming if he turned professional. In 1911, at the age of 28, he made his debut in the Costanzi Theatre at Rome, created a sensation which won him a three-year contract with La Scala. Now the royal families of Italy and Spain attend his concerts. When asked by pressmen why he had never sung at the Metropolitan, the cork came out of his bottle. Said he: "Because they will not pay my price.* I can sing well. I know...
...well provisioned, prepared to stay a month, until this new official nonsense might cease. But, a few days later, she was visited by a Coast Guard vessel on inspection, was notified that war had begun. Her crew offered a case of champagne for a package of cigarets, but the contract was not concluded...
Marriage Announced. Fiske O'Hara, famed actor, to Miss Pat Clary, actress, 17 years ago (see THE THEATRE). Because of a clause in the contract with his manager, Mr. O'Hara has been unable to make his marriage public. Recently, he became his own manager...