Word: contractor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...novel involving crime and courtship, homicide, and happiness, is familiar. Since its plot departs from this head-scratching standard set up by the writers of dectective fiction. "The Blind Goddess" may amuse even experienced cynics Instead of attempting to mystify, the amiable author has Richard Devens, a rich contractor, accidentally shot by Daniel Shay, his friend and business associate, before the eyes of the reader. This subtle flattery is not unappreciated by one accustomed to being hood-winked until the concluding chapter...
...rejected here"?this legend might well be inscribed over the doorway of the old Senate Chamber in the Capitol, the Chamber in which the Supreme Court now sits. Last week Mr. Charles R. Forbes, onetime Director of the Veterans' Bureau, and Mr. John W. Thompson, St. Louis building contractor, were rejected there...
Charles R. Forbes, former Director of the Veterans' Bureau, convicted (TIME, March 10, 1924, ARMY & NAVY) of conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the letting of contracts for hospitals, last week appeared to draw nearer to prison. He had been sentenced, with John W. Thompson, a contractor, to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, having reviewed the case, last week affirmed the lower court's decision. The convicted men may still appeal to the Supreme Court. It is alleged that they are very...
...that since the first of the year they had spent $17,975,000 and had less than $105,000 left in the highway fund. But the matter was brought to a head by the decision of a case brought by Mr. Moody against one of the highway contractors-The American Road Co. Early this year two citizens of Texas incorporated this company in Delaware, and got a permit to do business in Texas. It had a capital of $10,000 and borrowed about $25,000 additional. It got a contract from the Highway Commission to "surface" about 1,000 miles...
...sweeps the speed of the growing city . . . George Gewurtz, a lusty young contractor. Frau Zwenge smells the soundness of his bricks and mortar?his automobile, real estate, immediacy. Karl Bleicher is behind the rushing times and Greta is pushed, swept off into George's arms...