Fixing Big Salaries in American Industry
The piece analyzes disclosed executive pay from Fox Film and other giants, noting $500000 yearly for William Fox, $135000 for W. W. Atterbury and Daniel Willard, and $1623753 in 1929 for Eugene Grace. It argues stockholders’ dispersed voting limits grant executives tight control, while large mergers and proxies reflect powerful management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fox
Fox Film
Pennsylvania
France
Bershing
United States
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Amercan Telephone and Telegraph
Walter 8. Gifford
Wall Street
American Telephone and Telegraph
Pennsylvania Railroad
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Rockefeller- Stewart
Bethlehem
Wasted $100,000,000 on veteran disability pensions
The American Legion opposes the disability allowance law that pays veterans injured in civil life, costing the government over 100 million dollars annually. About 350,000 men receive 12 to 40 dollars monthly, with many employed or high earners. Repeal is urged as a quick budget cut without injustice. A Coast and Geodetic Survey official warns of a future Mississippi Valley earthquake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Federal Treasury
Quick Read of Quippy News Bits and Jests
A mosaic of brief items and quips including a merchant and a church bell riddle, a self-deprecating money line from New York Mirror, a polished repairman described with no oil or fingerprints, a caution on chasing rivals, a light verse on life and ocean, dawn office ambition, a fishing joke about floats, Wall Street hospitality, a beauty joke about mud, Governor Murray’s contentment, a joke about corn fed girls, JEMBO THE BULL dies in Odessa weighing 3709 pounds, and a note on France’s long love affair with food and literature.
Today in history and birthdays observed in print
A compilation of historical anniversaries and birthdays. Notable figures include Francesco Petrarch born in 1304 and various artists inventors and leaders with dates spanning 1793 to 1931. The piece also notes a Paris bill on honor awards and a science fact about the atom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesco Petrarch
John L Howe
Connecticut
Ridgefield
Conn
Birmingham
James R. Brevoort
Westchester Co
N. C
Yonkers
Augustin Daily
New York
Plymouth
N.C
Paris
Marquis of Queensbury
John M. Bowman
Toronto
Canada
Avon Area Socials Include Many Local Visitors
Avon residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Elyria Bay Village Cleveland and Lakewood over the weekend. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Peak and daughter Carol Ann of Elyria Mr and Mrs Lawrence Peak and others Mrs Daykin and Miss Annette Daykin of Cleveland and Miss Theresa Casper of Cleveland plus local hosts from Avon and Avon Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
William Peak
Walter Peak
Carol Ann
Elyria
Lawrence Peak
Florence Schwin
Rowe
Roy Schwin
Martin Rink
Bay Village
William Rink
John Rollin
E. W. Beidler
Dr. Daykin
Annette Daykin
Cleveland
Anthony Klingshirn
Earl Reisinger
Kenneth
Stanley
Oberlin
Onna Reisinger
Charles Wagner
Chippewa Lake
Herbert Pickering
Gordon Pickering
H. A. Pope
Lakewood
Charles Mobi
Portsmouth
Ohio
Harold Smith
Earl Davis
Detroit
Melcher Urig
Axtel
Oliver Maynard
Olive May
Richard Dick
Mary G. Webber
John M. Alten
Margaret Theisen
J. J. Heckel
William DeChant
C. H. Wright
Griffin Hicks
66 Club
Marshal Kramer
Chicago
Peter Webber
Joe Schneider
Jeanne
Dorothy
Avon Lake
M. A. Webber
Theresa Casper
Matt Casper
Town Line Briefs from Townline Ohio
July 20 items note visits and gatherings across Eaton Cleveland Sandusky and Elyria. Families including H Howard A Karpinski J Mohlerant Seeley and Tran share dinners and outings while miles Wheeler attends North Randall races and residents attend a band concert at Osban Grove Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townline
H. Howard
Stanley
Eaton
Howard
Fred Tran
A. Karpinski
Arthur
Cleveland
J. Mohlerant
Lake
Noreene
LaVerne Jones
Elyria
Charlie Seeley
Sandusky
Alva Seeley
Miles Wheeler
North Randall
Kate Eichenberg
John
Anna O’connalh
F. Trax
Edith Tran
Ruth
Morris
Erwin
Leland Howard
Ruth Jones
Osban Grove
Wellington
Pontnewydd and Pontnewynydd Split by Syllable Distinction
In Monmouthshire England residents of Pontnewydd and Pontnewynydd plan a mix up fix as locals admit the single syllable difference causes mail mix ups. The two towns seven miles apart share a name confusion among neighbors and post staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Baier
Lora
Ohio
Pontnewydd
Monmouthshire
England
Pontnewynydd
Old Gold Cigarette Ad Promotes Test Evidence Claims
An ad argues that cigarettes cannot claim safety without evidence and promotes an impartial test showing Old Gold as cooler and easier to smoke. It cites repeated testing and scientists from two universities to urge readers to draw their own conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLUB
WOMER
Oliver .C. Harriman
Julien Gerard
William Thaw TU
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau of
Second Street
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company, Publishers
Ee CG ‘Hudnutt, Publisher
J. Clare George
John W. Culles
Emiaco
Michigan Ave
Fifth Ave
General Motors
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mississippi Valley
Chile
Leutenants
New York Mirror
Murray
Jembo
Odessa
Tex
Izi—Jumba
John M. Gist
Sally
Moscow
Leo Iiiii
Rome
Pancho’ Villa
Mexico
Herbert E. Bolton
University of California
American Historical Association
Wilton
Wis
Richard H. Creel
U. S. Public Health Service
Blackburn
Wester W
William F. Willoughby
Johns Hopkins
Institute For Government Research
Washington, Dv
Alexandria
Errett L. Cord
Warrenburg
Howard Thurston
Columbus
Howard B. Somers Insurance
Alfred Alten
Second St
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