Word: pay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Llano, military ruler of southern Rebel Spain. Long on radiorating ability but short on generalship, General Queipo de Llano was said to have incurred the ire of El Caudillo Franco for not defending his bailiwick better. It seemed likely that El Caudillo would be forced sooner or later to pay some attention to Extremadura, perhaps transfer some badly needed troops from Catalonia...
...finally met the Vines forehand. It was the opening match of a 70-city Budge v. Vines professional tour, and 17,000 tennis enthusiasts gladly paid up to $7.70 a seat to see it: They breathlessly watched Budge serve his first ball-his first stroke under lights, indoors, for pay. The ball landed three feet beyond the baseline...
...mail, like grand opera, is something nobody expects to make a profit. But last week, with all the figures added up for the fiscal year ending last June 30, U. S. air mail revenue was reckoned at $15,301,210; contract pay to airlines at $14,564,256. Result: a $736,954 profit, first in U. S. air mail history...
...undersigned feel that ETHEL WATERS' superb performance in Mamba's Daughters at the Empire Theatre is a profound emotional experience which any playgoer would be the poorer for missing. It seems indeed to be such a magnificent example of great acting . . . that we are glad to pay for the privilege of saying...
Despite Republicans and the law, the administration of Franklin Roosevelt has hired many more publicity experts (without asking for special appropriations) than any other in U. S. history.* Their titles and pay range from "Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury" at $10,000 a year to a "WPA writer" at $1,200. Most of them appear in the official register as "information chiefs" or "assistants," and they do not like to be called pressagents...