Word: ince
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rochester, N. Y. high-minded, unspectacular Publisher Gannett announced formation of the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation Inc. Profits of the Gannett chainpapers, which have averaged $800,000 over the past ten years and reached a Depression high of $848,925 in 1934, will be used primarily to keep his properties alive and prosperous, on the theory that no press can be free which is not financially independent. What profits are not needed to bolster business will be devoted exclusively to "general philanthropic" work in the cities where the papers are published...
National Can Co., Inc. New York City
King Features Syndicate, Inc. New York City...
...crashed in Alaska, Songwriter Freddie Rose (Red Hot Mamma) whipped out pieces on that disaster, passed them on to Ray Whitley, a onetime rancher who has a nasal voice, plays his own guitar accompaniments, affects a ten-gallon hat and spurs. Whitley sang the tragic songs for Decca Records. Inc., which last week reported a sale of over 5,000 copies. On one side of the disk was The Last Flight of Wiley Post. Excerpts...
...great shaking of heads among college presidents has greeted news of higher taxes. Anything which taps private fortunes taps potential endowments, and the presidents wonder if the millions will ever roll in again as they did in the 1920s. Last week the Manhattan publicity firm of John Price Jones, Inc., which manages many a money-raising campaign, figured out what Depression has already cost 31 rich U. S. universities and colleges. From a high of $74,456,326 in the academic year 1930-31, gifts fell off to $20,657,891 in 1933-34. During that four-year period...