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...business in the near future is that of apartment houses and housing projects. What in view of this appeared to be an extremely astute transaction, was announced by Westinghouse last week: the acquisition of old, privately owned A. B. See Elevator Co., third largest in the land and a specialist in medium-height elevator jobs...
...Torrence is now back with her husband, but last week she was asking $20,000 for her Yule beating from the landlords and proprietors of both the grogshop and package store. Prosecuting the case was smart, 26-year-old Lawyer Jacob Stagman, who is becoming somewhat of a specialist in Dram-Shops actions. He has had three other such cases, won $35,000 for the mother of a man who was shot dead in a saloon brawl, another $1,200 for an Armenian who got his skull cracked during a crap game in a saloon when he persisted in kibitzing...
When the story of Labor and its new demands suddenly fell into the lap of the U. S. Press, it was poorly prepared. The number of Grade A Labor specialists among reporters could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Also the story was popping in too many places for any paper to cover it with one man. First move was to handle it like the flood, rush an ace reporter (but not necessarily a Labor specialist) to the scene of greatest violence, rely on the press associations for complete coverage, and tell Washington correspondents to get some quotes...
...France last year, is covering the Labor front for Hearst's Universal Service. His itinerary since January: Flint, Detroit, Lansing, Pontiac, Oshawa (Canada), Pittsburgh, South Chicago, Johnstown, Youngstown. He, like many another 1937 Labor newshawk, rarely has time to use anything except airplanes. Universal's Labor specialist in Washington is handsome Eugene Kelly who turned reporter after studying for the priesthood at the North American College in Rome and for the law in Philadelphia and Washington. His most famous specialty is baiting William Green: "Come, come, Mr. Green, will you stop handing us that flubdub...
From Vienna, Rome. Zurich and Paris five eminent medical specialists hustled last week to the Carpathian Mountain royal palace at Sinaia, Rumania. The patient awaiting them was Dowager Queen Marie, 61. From Vienna hustled famed Hans Eppinger, specialist in heart diseases. From Rome hustled Sir Aldo Castellani. Count of Chisimaio, specialist in yellow fever, dysentery, sleeping sickness and other tropical diseases (TIME. June 8, 1936). Other hustlers included a radiologist and a liver specialist. Soon from Professor Eppinger came the first definite announcement of what was the matter with Queen Marie, reported sick since last March. Marie of Rumania...