Word: racketeered
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...Ever the Twain" by Lennox Robinson has been selected by the Harvard Dramatic Club to be presented beginning Wednesday, December 13, for its annual fall production, it was announced yesterday. The play is a satire on the English lecturing racket in America. This will be its American premiere...
...Trust's appointment were corrupt and disgraceful, "had given the court a black eye," that the judges had asked the Irving Trust to become standing receiver "as a public service." that while the new system might not be perfect, Irving Trust had done a good job, ended a racket...
...CARNIVAL MURDER - Nicholas Brady-Holt ($2). Her throat cut by a dagger, the Fat Lady lies murdered in her tent. Rev. Eb. Buckle sloshes about in the rain, helping the constabulary. Beer, boiled beef and a bucket expose both the freak racket and the killer...
...fellow coal miners would logically protect themselves in the face of the reputed activities of the opposing mine owners. Your reports of the NRA and the labor disputes do not cite enough of the activities of the members & petty leaders of the different labor organizations. Too much of the racket appears. Doubt as to the success of the NRA is more frequently spoken of in quarters not heard from before and most from places where labor is presenting difficulties. Little mention is made of the great number of strikes being called because of disputes between labor leaders, where the employer...
Returning to a subject which it has often skirted but never actively attacked, the Radical Socialist Party of France has now pledged itself to a thorough investigation of the international arms and munitions racket. They are especially aroused over the activities of the Schneider-Creusot firm. The current charge against it is that it sold 400 tanks to Germany, through the medium of Holland. As yet the truth of this particular accusation is not known, but the history of this and other armament firms would hold them guilty until proved without any question, innocent. Last summer Beverley Nichols turned...