Word: motioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...State) to maintain an organization for interstate cooperation. Only nine states so far are paying members of it, but last week at the Shoreland Hotel near the University of Chicago, 86 representatives of 33 states assembled to put a new piece of the Council's governmental machinery in motion...
Since Bright Eyes Shirley Temple has grown full of honors. Her position as box-office champion last year was determined by Motion Picture Herald's poll of U. S. exhibitors. As rival to President Roosevelt and King Edward VIII for most photographed celebrity, she appears in an average of 20 still portraits daily for magazines, newspapers and advertisements. In addition to being, accurately speaking, the most popular cinemactress, Shirley Temple is the ablest song-plugger in Hollywood. Sheet music sales on her songs, like Polly Wolly Doodle and On the Good Ship Lollipop, are over 400,000 copies each...
...this a labor meeting or a stockholders' meeting?" asked Director Stanley Ross. When a motion was made that money now spent by Borden on labor disputes should be spent for arbitration, Di rector Ross complained bitterly that "most of the company's labor troubles have been inspired by Reds and Communists...
...motion was voted down 2,768,877-to-950. Mr. Milbank ruled out further labor questions because they were taking up too much time...
After seeing the opening performance at the Fine Arts Theatre on Wednesday night of "Ecstasy," the much talked-of Czechoslovakian motion picture, this department is quite puzzled over the storm of moralistic indignation which the film has aroused. Produced several years ago and presented frequently in Europe, it has yet to enjoy a regular run in America and it is assumed that the inhibiting factor has been fear of censorship. So intriguing was the delectable advance whisper that the opening night attracted a large and urgent through, forcing the management to give an extra performance to satisfy the demands...