Word: ets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...King's horses, all the King's men and even to all the King's airplanes is Lady Houston. Without her sudden, impulsive gift of $485,000 (par) last year the British Air Ministry could not have entered and won the final Schneider Trophy Races (TIME, Sept. 14, 1931, et seq.). Last week Dame ("Fanny") Lucy was at it again. She astounded Chancellor of the Exchequer Arthur Neville Chamberlain by offering a gift of $756,000 "to keep the flag flying and help the Army, Navy and Air Force in their dire need and necessity...
...Commonwealth Government of Australian Premier Joseph Aloysius Lyons, weary of paying New South Wales's repudiated debts (TIME, April 6, 1930, et seq.) continued its efforts to impound New South Wales funds. Mr. Lyons issued a proclamation attaching betting tax receipts at race courses, entertainment taxes at theatres, and the receipts of state-owned railways in New South Wales. State Premier Lang swiftly countered by ordering that all railway receipts must not be handled by banks, but sent direct to Sydney under armed guard. During the night his agents changed all the locks on all the doors...
...among the Big Seven is "the American Bank of Poland," founded by Swedish Ivar Kreuger, suicided Match King, unmasked cheat (TIME, March 21 et seq.). Last week the Kreuger bank announced that only 60% of its depositors have withdrawn their accounts as a result of the Kreuger scandal. It had discharged only 50% of its staff and remained serenely open for further business...
...became a Cause. STRIKE TODAY! went the word. Daily Columbia struck. Opposition from "the athletic crowd'' which had repeatedly menaced Student Harris only lent zest to the goings-on. Eggs flew, eyes were blacked. stink bombs made embarrassed strikers ill. Harris supporters howled lustily for Free Speech et al. but the strike ended gently. Columbia went back to work. Dean Hawkes departed for Europe leaving Student Harris still expelled...
...much discussed, often denied project for having opera in Rockefeller Centre (TIME, Feb. 1, et ante) progressed last week in Manhattan to this extent: the city was asked for a building permit, the building to house an unnamed opera company. The blueprints call for a structure which would seem to suit the new idea of a popularized Metropolitan. There will be fewer boxes, more orchestra seats, more cheap seats, more standing room. There will be elaborate broadcasting equipment, 52 seat phones for the deaf...