Word: cancellable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Seven months-and some new men-had made a startling difference. In May, WPB had been forced to cancel war contracts right & left: the planning had got out of hand, the program was overexpanded, raw-material supply was in a black mess. WPB and the Army were in a knock-down fight for authority...
...railroads and their prosperous revenues are caught in a cross fire. Last week OPA, acting for Economic Stabilizer James F. Byrnes and the Department of Agriculture, petitioned the ICC to cancel the 6% freight-and 10% passenger-rate increases granted last spring. In Chicago this week the five operating Brotherhoods (trainmen, engineers, etc.) are expected to ask for a 10-15% increase in wages. The 15 non-operating Brotherhoods (signalmen, track workers, etc.) have already demanded a wage boost of 20? an hour, minimum pay 70? an hour. The proposed reduction in rates based on current traffic would reduce...
Forced by a lack of ice to cancel its first game scheduled yesterday with Middlesex School, the Jayvee hockey team will open its season tomorrow night against Framingham High in the Boston Skating Club...
Boddy had no money; he did have a yen. First he went to Vanderbilt, got him to cancel a $1,000,000 note owed him by the News. Then Boddy borrowed (from a private loan company) $100,000 with which to acquire controlling interest in the News. He used the News itself as collateral. If the News failed to show a profit in six months, the loan company was to take over. Boddy worked night & day to improve the six-column ("But it's not a tabloid") paper...
...cancel leases on residence, farm or business, a soldier need give only 30 days' notice in writing...