Word: attender
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gallery, and in the Senate the Rules Committee pondered whether to put radio right in with the press or give it a gallery of its own. This week, making Fulton Lewis' conquest of the Capital complete, White House Secretary Stephen Early issued permission for accredited radio men to attend White House press conferences...
Married. Giuseppina Manchini, niece of Benito Mussolini; and Aviation Lieut. Renato Romanini, recently returned from bombing Spain; in Rome. To attend the wedding, Premier Mussolini postponed for one hour a Cabinet meeting called to hear his new armament program...
...Apiece. Century of Progress visitors spent an estimated $45 apiece. A FORTUNE survey found that 25% of U. S. families expect to attend the New York fair and President Whalen estimated that each visitor would spend $56 apiece, a reasonable estimate since Manhattan's nightlife and Manhattan's shops provide more chances to spend money than Chicago's. All told, he foresees a billion dollars worth of business for New York City, which is supposed to swell to $10,000,000,000 before it has spent its force. The fair estimates that the billion will be spent...
...that this Greatest Show on Earth will probably run a second season. If admissions reach the estimated minimum of 40,000,000 (most people are expected to make at least three visits to the fair), Mr. Whalen's project will lose $3,941,445. If 50,000,000 attend, there should be a surplus of $1,024,158. If it is a two-year fair with 40,000,000 the first year, 24,000,000 the second, the surplus will rise to $8,269,555. Any loss will be borne by the bondholders...
...clock, the big stag party will feature a starting array of talent plus the additional attraction of free refreshments to be dispensed in Memorial Hall. Drinks donated by Hires, Moxie, and Coca Cola, ice cream from Hood's, and Chiclet chewing gum will be distributed, and all who attend will also be presented with cigarettes, tobacco, and pipes given by Leavitt and Pierce, and by Liggett and Myers...