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...wanted Franz von Papen-but a hint to this effect got nowhere. Along with his credentials, the Prince was comniissioned to present Franco with a couple of long-outstanding bills: one for arms delivered by the Nazis to the Francoists during the Spanish civil war; the other for the upkeep of the Spanish Blue Division, which Franco sent to Germany to help Hitler fight the Russians...
Food bills at the various castles and palaces are up by $27,000 over 1937. The household staffs have been cut by 100 servants, but wages have nevertheless risen $140,000 over what George once paid. The annual laundry bill is $4,300 higher. One happy item: royal automobile upkeep is down, because Elizabeth's husband, Philip, does a good deal of the driving himself. (Philip's personal allowance was set at $112,000 a year, four times what he previously...
...Noel Luna, an earnest young (25) farmer, dropped into the small Presbyterian church at Frias, in the hills of central Colombia, one day last month to do a little repair work. He was an elder of the church, and accustomed to giving some of his spare time to its upkeep...
...H.A.A. does not have the funds to build and endow an artificial surface, even without a roof. The refrigerating machinery, the foundation and actual structure, and the upkeep costs add up to more than the already-extended University treasury can take. The saving from the Arena rent would be only a drop in the bucket towards the project...
...long the University will sit and wait in expectation of a gift large enough to establish a department in a proper style is unknown. At present, however, the building is costing the University nothing, being completely shut down. When it was open, upkeep amounted to $30,000 a year, and this was the main reason for closing...