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Europe that Britain "is willing to cancel all War debts, but, since the U. S. will not join us, we are obliged to collect enough to meet our American obligations...
...suggestion of Sir Josiah Stamp at the Brussels meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce (see Page 5), that the U. S. reduce its tariffs and curtail production in order to facilitate German reparations payments. He regarded such an act as making this country pay reparations and partly cancel debts owing...
...situation in outline was as follows: To assist the coal trade by reducing production costs and to decrease the ever-swelling army of unemployed, the mine owners decided to cancel a national wage agreement with the men and to call for an eight instead of a seven- hour working day. In effect, this raises the workers' weekly earnings...
...first efforts to be funny in celluloid were dismal. Keystone directors feared that he was overpaid, offered to cancel the contract. Chaplin told Roscoe Arbuckle, the now deposed cinema clown, that he needed a pair of shoes. Arbuckle tossed him a pair of his own enormous brogues. "There you are, man," he said. "Perfect fit!" Chaplin put them on, cocked his battered derby over his ear, twisted the ends of his prim mustache. His face was very sad. He attempted a jaunty walk which became, inevitably, a heart-breaking waddle. He put his hand on the seat of his trousers...
Only three weeks previously, Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick, Los Angeles, before whom was tried a similar case?the Government trying to cancel the lease of Naval Oil Reserve No. 1 (known as Elk Hills) to the Doheny interests?had rendered his decision (TIME, June 8). He had decided that the lease should be cancelled. The Two Cases. In each case, the Government charged 1) fraud and conspiracy in the execution of the leases, 2) the lessor's lack of authority to make the leases...