Word: annum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker of New York proclaimed a technical "emergency" in the matter of his wages, had his Board of Estimate raise him from $25,000 to $40,000 per annum, thus becoming the highest-paid public official in the land excepting the U. S. President ($75,000). Defending the idea, said he: "I don't need the money. If it became a sporting proposition, I'd bet on the turn of a coin the amount of the raise...
...Miss Charlotte Haxall Noland it was, though Colyumist Brisbane is notoriously free with his superlatives, an accolade. The Best Girls' School in the Land, her creation, is only 15 years old. Its name is Foxcroft. Only 75 girls may go there at a time, tuition $2,500 each per annum. Foxcroft has an elite waiting list...
...fleet of vessels was sold for $325,000. including only $28,674 cash. Then the purchasers were given a mail contract worth between $350.000 and $450,000 per annum...
...City of Chicago lies in the County of Cook, which county is a corporate entity of no small importance. It has 4,000 employes; it spends $19,000,000 per annum. Both items have become an embarrassment. Last week the county treasurer announced that there was $125,000 in the treasury and a payroll of $450,000 due on Sept. 20. Probably Cook County will pay with i. o. u.'s. Cause of the difficulty: optimism about tax receipts. The county budget expected the county treasury to perform the following addition...
...course the British demands were not met in toto?as one would suppose from Chancellor Snowden's words?but only by about 82%. Moreover the concession won ($9,520,000 per annum) was relatively picayune, less than ¼% of the balancing figure of the British budget. These facts were used last week in a slashing attack on the Laborite Chancellor by Conservative Sir Josiah Stamp. One of London's most potent tycoons. Sir Josiah served with Owen D. Young and J. P. Morgan in drafting the Young Plan which Mr. Snowden would not endorse at The Hague until...