Word: worthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...authorities when USHA set up shop, there are now 221 (in 31 States) qualified to take advantage of USHA's bargain terms-90% of the cost in longterm, low-interest loans-for slum clearance and low-rental housing programs. Not actually broke, USHA has signed $291,656,000 worth of contracts, earmarked $355,919,000 more, will keep the rest of its nest egg as a "safety margin" until fresh funds are forthcoming. Without directly asking for any, Administrator Straus broadly hinted: "This agency could easily earmark $500,000,000 more...
...immediate past interested not only U. S. authorities but respected people in Manhattan and Hollywood. Most interested was Mrs. Elma N. Lauer, wife of New York Supreme Court Justice Edgar J. Lauer. She was indicted along with Albert Chaperau for conspiring to smuggle $1,833 worth of Paris finery into the U. S. If convicted on all counts, she might have to go to jail for eight years, pay $25,000 in fines...
Shortly afterward Albert Chaperau ceased to be amused. He was twice more indicted along with Comedian George Burns (sidekick of Gracie Allen) for smuggling $4,885 worth of diamond bracelets and a ring. To make matters worse, jolly George Burns admitted making payments to Chaperau, pleaded guilty to nine counts, laid himself open to a maximum sentence of 18 years in prison and a $45,000 fine...
...weeks official war communiqués from both sides have reported "nothing worth mentioning on any front" but from the activity behind Insurgent lines last week it was evident that some front would soon be blazing. Despite the fact that snow blankets many sectors of the front and that many of his troops are war-weary after eight counteroffensives to retake the Ebro River salient. Generalissimo Franco is determined to throw everything he has into one Big Push before Britain's Prime Minister meets Premier Mussolini at Rome early in January. A Franco success, such as his smash-through...
...assumption that cinemaddicts' eyes, starved by months of Hollywood's thin fare, will not be able to keep from watering over Charles Dickens' famed classic about Scrooge, Marley, Cratchits and Christmas spirit. Consequently, while A Christmas Carol is doubtless an invaluable addition to holiday lists of worth-while pictures for juvenile audiences, it cannot be recommended unreservedly to adults-unless to those who feel that the mere transposition of such a classic to the Hollywood screen constitutes an excuse for general hosannas...