Word: musts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prevent Leftist Spain from going too Red. Communism, by Steel Man Stalin's present definition, is primarily for Russian consumption. A Fascist Spain would be a tragedy for Moscow, but alienating France and Britain would be a tragedy too. To suit Stalin, the social revolution in Spain must wait or move slowly until threats of war to the Soviet Union from Germany and Japan are ended. Among the busiest of Russians in Leftist Spain are the secret agents of its Gay-Pay-Oo, whose job is ferreting out and suppressing troublesome Trotskyists...
...were 45 editorial and advertising office Guildsmen. Nineteen circulation men, recently ordered reinstated by the National Labor Relations Board, were rehired to do other work, pending a court decision on their status. The Guild was denied a Guild shop, but for one year the Star cannot cut salaries, and must repay strikers nearly $30,000 in lost wages...
...board indulges in other activities for which it receives no stipend: e.g., the annual selection of outstanding films and performances. In this unsubsidized function, the board says what it thinks. Of 1937's pretentious crop, it found unpretentious Night Must Fall the best. Of 20 films mentioned, ten were foreign-made. Leading the performers was French Harry Bauer, in the Prague-made The Golem; high up was Soviet Nikolai Cherkassov (Baltic Deputy). Hollywood's 14-year-old Jackie Cooper made the list; the industry's 1937 darling, Mr. Paul Muni...
...pool he writes the promoter for the week's selection. He usually has a choice of six or seven different combinations, may bet anything from a penny to a pound. There are three cardinal requisites for an "investor" (the word bettor is shunned): He or she must be over 21, must not "invest" with cash, must never visit the promoter's premises. To circumvent England's Betting & Lotteries Act, all transactions are on credit, cash is sent the following week. If an investor fails to follow up with cash, he is promptly put on the Confidential Black...
...threat resulted in the calling of a referendum on a $550,000 bond issue to raise salaries, repair buildings, hire more teachers. To vote in San Antonio, however, citizens must be on the tax rolls, declare property valued at $10 or more. This presented a problem to the city's low-paid teachers, who own little besides personal possessions. The resourceful teachers solved the problem, however, by hastening to declare the personal property that tax-dodging citizens ordinarily do not list. Blonde, comely Lee Ray Chandler listed her cello. Janitor C. C. Woodward declared his cow. Teacher...