Word: benefactors
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...fall, producers seem as happy as clams at high tide. With a big summer behind them, they see an even bigger winter ahead; they have got back their nerve and are certain that the war, which was last season's bogey, will be this season's benefactor. They are, to be sure, playing safe, with arms outstretched toward musicals, comedies, romantic period pieces, anything labeled Escape; and thumbs pretty well down on drama. Last season's eight war-themed flops have taught them a lesson...
...special sale of War Bonds and Stamps at the U. T. last night one anonymous benefactor offered to buy a $1000 Bond if the rest of the audience would buy $1000 between them. The quota was quickly reached, bringing the total to $2400 in ten minutes...
...march around the quadrangle of the old Yard, passing the statue of John Harvard in front of University Hall on their way to the service. Following an old custom, the students in the procession will doff their academic caps in front of the statue of the College's first benefactor and namesake. Upon reaching the Church they will be ushered to the front pews, where they will sit as a body. Invited guests will fill the Church to its capacity...
Selecting a name which corresponded to the maiden name of his wife from a New York telephone book, Mueller dispatched a letter which he hoped would, and which did, bring the affidavit necessary for U.S. entry from an unknown benefactor...
...Shreve Memorial Library, named after our "benefactor," has in its files considerable data on Shreve and his work. . . . Captain Henry Shreve is one Yankee whom this part of the South does not choose to forget...