Word: grosses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...After deductions of 10% of gross income for charity, etc., but before deducting personal exemptions...
...Louis' 21st defense of his title should indeed be his last, plenty of fans will be in on the kill. As they beelined for tickets last week Promoter Mike Jacobs promised the Army a gross gate of $1,200,000-the first million-dollar gate since Louis knocked out Max Schmeling...
...Seattle, beer taverns, juke joints, dine & dance spots have twice as many frolickers as a year ago; everybody seems to have extra cash to spend, especially aircraft workers, longshoremen, sailors. Weekly gross at The Ranch runs up to $18,000, almost double earlier this year. At the Olympic Hotel youngsters jam the ballroom; about 90% of the boys are in uniform. In private clubs (only in clubs can liquor be sold by the drink) business has doubled, and clanging slot machines often pay all a club's operating expenses. Unlike most cities, Seattle revelers bypass cancan shows, prefer jugglers...
Before the war is over, the biggest, widest-spread chain-store business in the world is likely to be run by the U.S. Army. Last year A. & P. grossed $1,378,000,000, Sears, Roebuck grossed $976,000,000. This year the Army's post exchanges will gross about $350,000,000 (in domestic U.S. alone) and that figure is only a starter...
...down, plus a percentage of the gross receipts...