Word: highest
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Joseph H. Beale prize, awarded to the student obtaining the highest grade in the examination in conflict of laws, was divided between John H. Maclay Jr.; of Dubuque, Ia.; and Marx Leva, of Selma, Ala., both of whom graduated from the Law School in June...
...base pay is $666.67). Four lieutenant generals have the pay of major generals, plus annual, personal allowance of $500. As Chief of Staff and the only full general on active duty, George Catlett Marshall also draws a major general's pay, along with a $2,200 annual allowance. Highest-paid U. S. soldier is the retired, only living General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, who by Act of Congress has $21,500 a year ($13,500 in pay, $8,000 for "quarters, heat and light...
...Sergeants in the three highest grades (staff, technical, master) continue to get $72 to $157.50 a month, depending on rank and length of service. These are base rates: noncoms (not otherwise furnished with quarters or rations) as well as commissioned officers may draw additional allowances for rent, subsistence, special ratings...
Died. Jessica ("Jessie") Reed, 43, five-times-married Ziegfeld showgirl and once one of the highest-paid chorines in the world; of pneumonia and anemia; as a charity patient in Chicago's Osteopathic Hospital. Same day her daughter Ann Carroll de Brow won a Texas beauty contest...
There comes a tide in the affairs of Hollywood when pictures sink to the ebb of human endurance. One of the lowest ebb-tides occurred during the past summer's torrid months. But as fall has come, and movie-house owners can no longer feature air-cooling above the highest priced star, the tide has turned. The program now showing at the University is ample evidence of the fact...