Word: betweeners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Administrative efficiency was near an all-time low when Comrade Benediktov took office. One reason: officials, lest they appear to lack revolutionary fervor, stayed at their offices 24 hours a day, were consequently too sleepy to tell a kulak from a zemstvo. Last week the Commissariat of Agriculture predicted, as...
Loudest boast of dressy, horsy Grover Whalen was what the Fair would do for New York City. He talked about a billion dollars worth of business to be split between the Fair and the city. A good guesstimate last week was that the Fair had brought not more than $100...
For part of this sorry fiscal plight Fair officials blame labor. They made a deal with A. F. of L.'s New York Building & Construction Trades Council to employ only union labor. The contract called for no work stoppage because of jurisdictional disputes between local unions. But work did...
Pretty, convivial and companionable, Eleanor Holm always has a very good time. Between shows at the Aquacade, she plays bridge with other members of the cast for stakes that do not jeopardize her pay check (reputedly $2,000 a week), has knitted eleven sweaters for her friends since the show...
NBC might be able to afford the change, because its parent Radio Corporation of America owns the biggest recording outfit in the U. S. Yet in its time, NBC has okayed only one network recording (the Hindenburg disaster). Last week, however, NBC stepped bravely out. Henceforth Canada Dry's...