Word: rent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ever known she would have shot me." Hayward's break came when the Army decided pilot-training schools were too risky for private capital, got Defense Plants Corp. to buy Thunderbird for its net cost price. Now Hayward gets a straight fee per cadet-hour flown, pays rent to DPC, keeps the balance for instructors, gas and maintenance...
...student in good standing who leaves the University for military or such auxiliary service in the national emergency shall pay only a fair proportion of the year's rent on his room in the Houses or dormitories...
Bursar's cards and House dining hall cards must be turned in and all bills must be promptly paid, the announcement said. Students will be charged for tuition to the end of the period in which their withdrawal has taken place, but only a "fair proportion" of room rent will be charged...
Gist of the Hall sermons: pray, drive the devil out, live right, read the Bible. Pastor Hall never asks for donations, but he gets enough for rent, food, rummage-sale clothes and stray dollars to give away "if the person seems worthy." When he tires, three elderly women spell him, but the Pastor is apt to preach from early morning to midnight. Says he: "My only worry is that I'm so happy I hate to go to bed at night...
...Washington two big stores (Hecht Co. and Woodward & Lothrop) were charged with ceiling violations. In 21 war-plant areas, 60 landlords were haled into court for violating rent ceilings. Throughout the land, OPA brought suit to enjoin 116 meat packers from "upgrading" standard cuts of meat, warned 4,000 retailers to fix their prices or else. These were not random actions but test cases carefully picked for a showdown on whether OPA is really price boss for the duration. For OPA investigations have shown that out of 12,000 groceries and butchers 40% are ceiling violators, and that...