Word: directness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bank for International Settlements, accused Germany of breaking the financial treaties of The Hague and of Lausanne. London banking ire crystallized in the Times which flayed Germany's "direct breach of good faith" and, after rehearsing the many moves of smart Dr. Schacht to beat Germany's creditors down, concluded by comparing him to "the murderer who, having slain both his parents, pleaded for mercy on the ground that he was an orphan." In the general burst of temper small notice was taken of the moratorium facts:. 1) Germany suspends from July i until further notice transfers into...
...Capra last season, produced two pictures, Lady for a Day and It Happened One Night, which provided Harry Cohn, Columbia's Production Chief, with sufficient capital for the most elaborate program in the company's history for next year: 48 pictures, 32 of them ambitious features. Frank Capra will direct Broadway Bill, in which Warner Baxter will appear at twice his usual salary...
...increasing number of world-minded Christians desire to support work abroad on the basis of merit and promise, regardless of religious affiliations." Last week Dr. Petty was busy preparing lists of "Commendations" from which such Christians may pick and choose the ablest and worthiest foreign projects as direct beneficiaries...
...mail, following cancellation of private contracts. ¶He "told a lie" to the committee, saying that Army mail pilots had from 30 to 60 hours night flying experience, whereas some who crashed had as little as 8 hours. ¶He persistently violated the law in buying planes by direct negotiation instead of by competitive bidding. ¶He changed specifications on new Boeing pursuit planes, thus delaying construction so long that the type will be obsolete when delivered. ¶He made "false and misleading statements" about Air Corps affairs, and recanted points of sworn testimony. General Foulois promptly branded the charges...
...archaeological expedition to Cambodia and Siam, was not only an eyewitness of some of China's bloodiest revolutionary years (1925-27) but an actor in them. He was Commissioner of Propaganda for the revolutionary government of the South ; as a member of the Committee of Twelve he helped direct the Canton insurrection, saw plenty of hand-to-hand fighting. His story of" the Shanghai rising is a compressed and fictionalized account of what actually happened. Last March, with Pilot Molinier. Malraux made international headlines when he flew across the Great Arabian Desert and re ported the discovery of what...