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Greek-Born Magnate Tops List of Highest Paid Americans
Washington report shows Charles Skouras, Greek-born head of National Theaters Amussaent and Fox West Coast, earning 810000 in 1947 with Betty Grable at 208000 as the top paid woman. The list ranks 47 earners over 200000, including Vincent Higgio and Rex Harrison, with NBC paying Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians a 957515 pool split among players. Hollywood figures such as Alan Ladd, Raymond Milland, and Dorothy Lamour appear, while many industrial leaders and media executives command six figure salaries in the year.
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America
Washington
Charles
Skouras
Betty Grable
Treas
National Theaters Amussaent Co., Inc
Fox West Coast Agency Corp
Treasury
Miss Grable
Olivia, de Havilland
Nausnal
Vincent Higgio
American Tobaten Co
Prenton Sturgea
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
BE. H. Littte
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co
U. A. A. Somerville
The
R. T. Vanderbilt Co
Seton. Porter
National Distillers. Products Corp
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Consolidated Published Inc
Hearst Publications
TAG
Theodore Seltzer
Bengue, Inc
Eugene G. Grace
Toan
Bethlehem Steel Co
G. A. Bryant
Austin Co
National Broadcasting Co
Fred Waring
Hollywood
Alan W. Ladd
Raymond J. Milland
Rex Harrison
Tyrone Power
Bing Crosby
Melvin Douglas
Bob Hope
Joan
Edward G. Robinson
Jean Arthur
Joan Caulfield
Paulette Goddard
Betty Hutton
Veronica Lake
Dorothy Lamour
Ethel Barrymore
Shirley Temple
Henry Ford 2d
Ford Motor Co
Rockefeller
Hutton
Duke
3Pon
Larry S. Maci Phai
New York Yankees
New York Stock Exchange
Emil Schram
Niles Trammel