Word: totalizer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Total which the U. S. Treasury must take in, if it has any hope at all of balancing the budget in 1939 is $5,300,000,000. Excision of a levy whose revenue even its supporters estimated at only $45,000,000 a year was therefore more significant as a political weathervane (pointing in the same direction as the defeat of the Wages and Hours Bill last December), than as a fiscal dilemma. Most reliable source of Federal income in an emergency is always liquor. Last week, having been assured by New York's John O'Connor that...
...Governor Clarence D. Martin to undertake a drive against labor terrorism similar to the campaign now being carried on by Oregon's Governor Charles H. Martin and Portland's Mayor Joseph K. Carson Jr. Last week, the indictment of eleven unionists in Portland brought the State total of those charged with "goonery" to more than 50. Most of those held are members of Dave Beck's Brotherhood of Teamsters. The charges range from window-breaking to arson and bombing. To date, 16 have pleaded guilty, seven have been sentenced. When Oregon's Martin announced last week...
...personal loans. The first such transfer revealed was $125,000 worth of securities belonging to the New York Yacht Club. Other revelations: Dick Whitney had an unsecured loan of $474,000 from J. P. Morgan, his Far Hills estate was mortgaged in September for $300,000 and the total Whitney loss on Distilled Liquors was about $1,600,000. Said Dick Whitney that evening: "I want to say emphatically that the difficulties in which my firm has become involved are the result of actions as to which I alone have responsibility - I fully realize that certain of my actions have...
This brings the total amount voted by the Council to date to $1540. The Scholarship Committee repeated its earlier announcement that the last date for receiving applications for Student Council scholarships is April...
Newly released statistics from the headquarters of the Eastern Intercollegiate league reveal that Charlie Hutter rolled up second-highest total in points scored this season in league competition. Paul Williams, of Pennsylvania, led the league with 57 points, while Hutter's total...