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...will feed the cats on the rats, and in turn will feed the rats on the stripped carcasses of the cats, thus giving each rat one-fourth...
...openings cannot be closed in time for the next spring rise of the Mississippi. With much of the land below the level of the river, it is obvious that even a small rise in the waters would cause another catastrophe. It is reported that Federal authorities wish to have one-fourth of the levee repair work (cost estimated at $50,000,000) paid for by the people of the flood region, but how these people are going to pull $12,500,000 out of empty pockets remains to be seen...
...documents was a check (which the Times reproduced across four columns of its front page) signed by Mr. Stephenson, made out to and endorsed by Governor Jackson, for the amount of $2,500. It was accompanied by a notation, written by Mr. Stephenson, reading: "This check is the first one-fourth of the $10,000 given Jackson personally for Primary expenses...
...ordered a reduction of at least 10% in wages of employes working at their Hollywood studio. Only men and women getting $50 a week or more were affected immediately. But those receiving pay in the higher brackets were obliged to accept cuts up to 25%. President Adolph Zukor knocked one-fourth off his own pay check, as did his chief officials. This made Paramount-Famous-Lasky's top payroll read for the year, according to reports from their Manhattan office: Adolph Zukor, president, $150,000; Jesse L. Lasky, vice president, $150,000; Sidney R. Kent, general manager...
Meanwhile, in Washington, D. C., last week the French Embassy permitted itself to be vexed. Its legal, semi-annual shipment of whiskey, gin, wines and champagne had arrived with all the diplomatic seals broken and with one-fourth of the consignment missing...