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...American Airlines decision the reduction in mail pay will amount to more than $1.3 million annually, but will still enable them to collect $2.4 millions for flying the mail. Adding to this passenger and express revenues CAB figures American will show an operating profit of $7.7 millions per year before taxes...
Civil Court: To court against Hillsborough Township, N.J. went blonde, gangling Richest-Girl-in-the-World Doris Duke Cromwell. In the midst of a fight over the township's delirious attempt to collect some $14,000,000 in personal taxes from her, Miss Duke announced she would sue the township for "many thousands of dollars" for the trouble they gave her. Sued in Manhattan for an eight-year-old hotel bill was Pola Negri, imperious siren of the silents, who used to do her ogling all tangled up in jewels, ermine and general fabulousness (see cut). Now she said...
Until 1926 PBH ran its own separate drive in which it attempted to collect $4000 from the student body. Soon the Student Council offered to do the actual canvassing, guaranteeing an average of $4000, later out to $3000. In 1936 a sliding scale was established which is still in force. Under this plan 45 per cent of the money collected in the actual drive is given...
...nighttime missionaries rove the roads picking up waifs. They are afraid to collect children publicly for fear of increasing the abandonment of children on mission doorsteps. Other missionaries report an alarming increase of armed assaults on roads as hunger-mad peasants seek food. Farmers are starting to kill farm animals for meat...
...week from today the Harvard Service Fund will open its door-to-door canvass of the College in order to collect the money pledged by undergraduates at registration last month. Although the drive is under the supervision of the Student Council, the Fund Committee has been chosen at large from the student body. An individual contribution of $7 has been asked, and collectors will request that all students who are able meet this donation even if they pledged less before...