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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Chicago, when Joseph Callahan fell out of his chair, his false teeth flew through the air, landing first. When Joe hit the floor, his teeth bit him in the forehead...
Neither will the bondholders. If Erie (as is probable) comes out of the courts by January, she will not only be the heroine of one of the fastest railroad reorganizations in history, but may be the first Class I railroad to emerge from a section 77 reorganization...
...become operative, ICC's plan must first be approved in Federal court, then be ratified by 67% of the company's security holders. Last week Judge Robert N. Wilkin gave tacit approval to the plan, by overruling objections to it. Tired of fighting, C. & O. indicated it would put no obstacle in the way of ratification...
Labor was first to explode publicly. Said Julius Hochman, general manager of potent I.L.G.W.U.'s Dress Joint Board (at a conference of labor and employers last week): "She insulted both our industry and the American women. . . . Unfortunately our industry is not organized sufficiently to meet such slurs, and there was no one to reply to this impudent insult." But there...
...same day as Will You Marry Me? A newer cooperator is Robert Haven Schauffler, author of a standard life of Beethoven. The cooperative offers courses in art, literature, creative writing, radio-script writing, Indian crafts, life saving. Through Children's Eyes and Will You Marry Me? are its first publishing venture...