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...Patten Inc. submitted to Mr. Woolley a contract for advertising. Said he: "I never sign contracts, but I agree to the terms." Van Patten Inc. claims that the contract, verbally agreed to, called for $60,000. Counsel for the Democrats claim that is absurd, as Mr. Woolley's total appropriation for all publicity was only...
...suggested in well-informed circles that the Bolshevik Government annulled the concession on the ground that the U. S. had not been induced to recognize Russia; but, not being willing to cancel the contract on this ground, a technical reason was found. Whatever the cause of the Russian Government's action, it at least provided an object lesson to others of the difficulty of dealing with an unrecognized government...
Waking Up the Town. A story circulated recently to the effect that Norma Shearer has signed a long contract with Goldwyn which will eventually net her $1,000 a day. Miss Shearer is a fairly good actress; but if she is worth $1,000 a day. ... In this adventure, she cooperates with Jack Pickford in the construction of a power plant for the citizens of Rainbow Falls. There is at one point a fairly ingenious sequence stolen from the recent end-of-the-world scare...
Progress at all three buildings will be only slightly impeded for the present, for by good fortune most of the plumbing has been put in, and the rest will be delayed. The carpenters have signed a three-year contract and will not strike unless there are unforeseen developments. The lathers have not yet worked on the buildings and will not be needed for some time...
George Sisler, aged 32, baseman and manager of the St. Louis Browns, graduate of the University of Michigan. Suave, courteous, assured, imperially slim, his genius for baseball was observed as early as 1913 by Barney Dreyfus, astute owner of the Pittsburgh club, who put him under contract before he had come of age. Sisler's father repudiated the contract. St. Louis bid for him. Mr. Dreyfus would not give him up. The controversy, a sensational one, was referred to the National Commission, which finally awarded Sisler to St. Louis. Pittsburgh never forgave...