Word: eights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Knoble proposed to do, first for Detroit and then for other localities, he did not make clear. But the things about which he proposed to do something were made plain: 1) taxes, State and Federal; 2) labor disputes. Major emphasis was on taxation (in an M. C. A. pamphlet, eight of 15 listed objectives deal with reducing Michigan and Federal taxes and expenditures). Excerpts...
...hulking, hard-drinking Stephen G. Simmons of what is now Wayne, Mich, was hanged in Detroit in 1830 for beating to death his invalid wife, Hangman Ben Woodworth made such a public spectacle of the affair that public aversion was aroused. Hanging Indians was one thing, hanging whites another. Eight years later, just across the border, Canada hanged a man subsequently proved innocent. Eight years after that, Michigan startled the world by declaring against capital punishment except for traitors...
...week minimum and have the exclusive right to produce old or new plays. Class B calls for the same number of Equity members, is restricted to old plays only. This year's silo circuit is scheduling more plays and stars than appear in an average eight months' season on Broadway...
...three succeeded there. Most popular single item on this summer's barn-belt bills is Mark Reed's Yes, My Darling Daughter, scheduled for at least 100 performances at 25 theatres from Denver, Colo, to Whitefield, N. H. Next are Tovarich, Night Must Fall, Tonight at Eight-Thirty, Let Us Be Gay, Night of January 16 and French Without Tears, all Broadway successes. Other noteworthy plans include Ibsen's Brand, never before professionally performed in the U. S., at Litchneld, Conn.; a Booth Tarkington festival, supervised by Booth Tarkington and including Seventeen, Aromatic Aaron Burr, at Kennebunkport...
...take much less. Less celebrated Equity members average $40 a week. Authors whose plays are performed in summer theatres get minute fees, because the smaller the gross receipts, the smaller the author's take. Top money-making item of last year's silo stage was Tonight at Eight-Thirty, which took in about $50,000. This year, Yes, My Darling Daughter is likely to do a little better...