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...leak into the City. Mr. Churchill cleared himself by stating that a permanent and non-partisan Treasury official had investigated the leak, found nothing. The House was mollified. ¶A Conservative, name omitted in cable despatches, asked Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain if any attempt had been made to collect the British debts repudiated by the Southern states of the U. S. after the Civil War.* CHAMBERLAIN...
...announcement that the spring drive for old clothing will begin today under the direction of B. L. Kilgour '27. The collectors who will canvass the dormitories have been notified by mail of their selection. The drive will last until Thursday, when a truck will be sent around to collect the clothes...
...handed over a small alligator suitcase. "There's May Fair," he said, "and the new fourth act of The Green Hat. Don't lose it on your life!" May Fair, his next book, is a continuation of These Charming People; but Arlen has not been contented merely to collect his magazine material. He went to the Riviera recently, shut himself up in a hotel room, and rewrote the sketches completely for the book. May Fair will be published this spring, and another story in the autumn...
...recover ?952, which she declared she had at various times lent Colonel Dennistoun. She charged that, in 1923, Dennistoun was living in a luxurious flat in Sackville Street and could afford to pay her. Counsel for defense denied that Colonel Dennistoun had any money from which plaintiff could collect, called the case attempted blackmail of Lady Carnarvon, said that defense had been entered because Mrs. Dennistoun would have continued to demand money if her claim had been paid...
...over the previous fiscal year; to be noted is the fact that industry as a whole is only about half what it was before the war (see above). Moreover, decreased taxation does not argue for increased prosperity but rather against it; for, under present conditions, it is impossible to collect more, although the need for higher taxation is admittedly acute...