Word: suits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since reading in TIME, Dec. 2, of Henry Ford's announcement that, far from reducing wages, he was ordering a general wage increase throughout his factories, I have been watching for news of other potent manufacturers following suit...
Grigorie J. Sokolnikov, newly appointed Soviet Ambassador to Britain, arrived in London fortnight ago, bought a new dress suit in which to present his credentials to King George, and waited. Eight days passed. Conservatives, chuckling at a chance to embarrass the Labor Government, stood up in Parliament and loudly asked why the new Soviet Ambassador had not been received. Foreign Secretary "Uncle Arthur" Henderson scowled...
Married. Helen Wills, champion lady tennis player; and Frederick S. Moody Jr., San Francisco broker; at Berkeley, Cal. At the simple ceremony witnessed by only eight people, Miss Wills wore a tailored suit, was unattended...
...Suit Dropped. A breach of promise action against James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney, retired champion fisticuffer; by Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, divorcee, of Fort Worth, Tex.; at Bridgeport, Conn...
Charged in the suit was that the defendants had conspired to defraud the government by arranging the sale of the seized Bosch property for $4,500,000, some $5,000,000 less than it was allegedly worth.* Since if the suit were won the proceeds would eventually go to the German Bosch Co, the petition to discontinue it seemed to indicate that Herr Bosch's agreement with the U. S. interests had become very complete indeed...