Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...judge and Mr. Donovan tells him what information he has discovered and makes recommendations as to what should be done. Frequently offending persons are placed on probation with an order to report weekly to the probation officer and sometimes to pay him a fixed amount of money for the support of the offender's family. Mr. Donovan follows up the case to see that the order of the court is obeyed. If the family is getting along without any further trouble he advises the judge as to the final disposition of the case...
...Dean Brown, to the effect that the play is too difficult for amateurs, should not and will not be accepted by the Harvard Dramatic Club. The dramatic organization of a university community should produce plays of artistic merit which, lacking commercial value, are not generally produced. Supposedly Cambridge will support such plays. The ability of the Harvard Dramatic Club to produce them effectively is tested by that support, not by preconceived ideas of what amateurs can or cannot...
Thanks to a printer, a carpetmaker, a banker and a conductor, Worcester, Mass, (famed for machinery, wire and textile manufacturies) was treated last week to its 71st festival of music. Six years ago New England's oldest festival threatened to snuff out for lack of financial support. President Hamilton B. Wood of Commonwealth Press, a dabbler in musical composition, became indignant at the prospect. He won the support of keen Carpetmaker Matthew P. Whittall and Treasurer Harrison G. Taylor of the local Five Cents Savings Bank. Together these three canvassed the city for subscriptions, engaged Conductor Albert Stoessel...
Thus was greeted the first notable failure of the year. On the Curb, from which the company was also suspended, support was practically withdrawn from stocks identified with Sisto. Cosden Oil went from $11½ to $8; Cuneo Press from $31½ to $16; Hygrade Food Products from $6 to $2f; National Rubber Machinery from $8¾ to $1?. An investment trust sponsored by the firm last year, Sisto Financial, tumbled from $17? to $10 and remained pegged at that figure with $2 bid, and a sale at $4? taking place "under the rule...
...first offering of the Professional Players, "Death Takes a Holiday" now playing at the Plymouth augers well for the success of this venture. Of course there is always the uncertainty of just how well Boston will support first rate drama, but the chances are that the plays presented in this repertoire will manage to produce profitable results. One thing is certain, any efforts to lead this city to a better appreciation of the drama is necessary, and the attempt now at hand should lead toward this happy but distant goal...