Word: summing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Answer: In issue Nov. 7, p. 42, with reference to Minneapolis Junior Association of Commerce campaign to raise the needed sum for Symphony you mentioned A. K. Johnson of Wayzata, Minn, driving miles to add his $1 contribution. As I had the opportunity to contact Mr. Johnson recently I asked him if he had seen mention...
...Western Electric. Both Wall Street and Hollywood regard the suits as Mr. Fox's bid for a comeback in the film field. From the $100,000,000 or more that the industry has taken out of sound films, Mr. Fox expects to recover for himself a fat sum...
...expense of the passing system has been, on the whole, heavy. Two trucks a tractor, and a crew of from 20 to 25 men take over a week to complete this job. So twice a year a sizable sum is drawn from the maintenance coffers. As difficult as it may be fore many of the men in the University to overcome the pleasure of thumping along of a cold, wintry day, resoundingly smacking the boards with their thick leather heels, it seems that this will soon be necessary...
...Rockefeller Foundation, Julius Rosenwald Fund, Russell Sage Foundation, Twentieth Century Fund, Social Science Research Council, Vermont Commission on County Life. *Including "$125,000,000 . . . spent for the services of osteopaths, chiropractors, naturopaths and allied groups, and faith healers, and $360,000,000 for patent medicines. Much of the former sum and practically all of the latter are wasted...
...modern school. Vandal-Delac, one of the best producers in Europe, who also directed "Le Bal" which the Committee presented last month, has taken charge of the production. The plot hinges about the efforts of an unscrupulous blackmailer to intimidate a wealthy young Frenchman into giving him a large sum of money. The photography is particularly good, every scene having been filmed in Morocco. The local color of the country is effectively brought out by depictions of native dances and religious festivals...