Word: todays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much like the Metropolitan's. In its 25 years, the Symphony raised $4,000,000 by passing the hat. Half the donations came from twelve old Detroit families, headed by such men as Senator James Couzens, Motorman Roy Dikeman Chapin, Banker Julius Haass, Milkman Jerome Remick-all dead today. A newer generation of motor manufacturers, which never had much time for music, or which was left out of cultural shindigs in the old days, now sits on its hands. The Symphony's current drive for funds brought $150 from Chrysler executives, some $500 from 30 General Motors...
...George W. Truett to the ministry," and more or less forcibly ordained him. Preacher Truett founded a high school-Georgia's Hiawassee, now a junior college-before he finished college himself, at 30. For 42 years he has been pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, which today has an enrollment of more than 6,000 and a $1,000,000 institutional plant. Dr. Truett has traveled the world over on Baptist business, is fond of saying: "I love everybody...
...forceful" message to Congress. The U. P.'s Grattan P. McGroarty had got similar news at the State Department. Correspondents Van Tine and McGroarty sent out a story, under Van Tine's signature, beginning: "President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull were reported in Administration quarters today to have disagreed on the language of a neutrality message the President plans to send to Congress." The Washington Times-Herald printed the story under an eight-column headline...
...eight large parking lots he slashed the 50?-fee in half. To find out why more customers weren't coming in he planned a questionnaire. It looked as though Grover Whalen would soon have to cut the general admission to 50? a head to get enough People of Today to patronize his World of Tomorrow...
Riding the competitive bidding wave today is red-faced Board Chairman Robert Ralph Young of Allegheny Corp., who has been in the middle of a hectic three-year fight to get control of Allegheny's railroad substructures, notably prosperous Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. Bob Young believes that at every turn Morgan interests blocked his way. One of his retaliations has been to get in the way of Morgan Stanley & Co. every time it goes after a railroad securities issue...