Regulation Of Ie Insurance Companies Seen
Washington December 27 federal monopoly committee members said they have informally considered methods for government regulation of life insurance companies. They oppose replacing state jurisdiction, proposing federal authority only for matters beyond any single state. Potential options include amending the bankruptcy act, a bank style fund insurance, or a broad system modeled after the federal reserve with an administrative body.
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Washington
Federal
Federal Reserve System
Securities Commission
Russian Agents and Firm Plead Guilty in Foreign Agent Case
Two Russian agents Boris Nikolsky president of Bookniga Inc and I A Tryin secretary treasurer pleaded guilty to violating the foreign agent registration act. They were fined a total of 2590 dollars. Nikolsky faced a 1000 dollar fine and will return to Soviet Russia. Ilya Dyin received 500 dollars. Bookniga Inc was fined 1000 dollars and its dissolution was agreed. a New York book shop linked to Russian literature was to be closed.
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Washington
Boris Nikolsky
Bookniga, Inc
I. A. Tryin
State Department
Jennings Bailey
Nikolsky
Soviet Russia
Ilyin
Justice Department
Dyin
New York
German Coal May Aid French Arms
Brussels reports a Belgian diplomat to Berlin may discuss Belgian imports of German coal to sustain a pre war iron coge exchange with France. Officials note Belgium might need about 1.5 million tons from Germany to fulfill the Belgian French deal, releasing Belgian coking coal for domestic use.
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Brussels
Berlin
Europe
Belgium
France
Germany
Rifle Bullet Triggered Dynamite Blast Kills Five Youths
Waterford New York police theorize a rifle bullet set off about 200 pounds of dynamite, blowing five Cohoes youths to pieces. Identification of body parts followed hours after the late blast as state troopers gathered statements from a witness who sat near the scene and heard shots.
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Waterford
Cohoes
Thomas Quigley
Youths killed in dynamite accident on canal work site
Frederick Deets and others aged 14 to 18 died near a metal covered trench where dynamite was cached. The blast, used for deepening the state barge canal, cratered a field four feet deep and 30 feet wide, shaking houses up to 20 miles away. Officials say the youths appeared to be target practicing while walking along, one carrying a hunting bag.
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Frederick Deets
Roger Murray
Russell Prescott
Bentley E. Fogarty
Arthur Perras
Quigley
Farm Parity Price To Be Maintained
Senator Bankhead after a Roosevelt conference stated the administration will not abandon farm parity price benefit payments. He noted 1941 parity subsidies may be unnecessary if prices rise further and that a $225 million 1939-40 wheat corn and cotton aid could be unused. He supported modest tax rises to fund subsidies but argued high taxes are not needed for defense spending.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Roosevelt
Congress
Superior Drilling Prep Ties into Viola Formation
Superior Oil corporation No. 3 Summers in Summers area advances to drill plug and reports 40 feet higher than No. 1 Summers in 38-5N-4E. Pipe to 2,350 feet in Viola lime. Senora No. 2 Porter moves to 2,320 feet. Gypsy No. 1 Tucker rigs for Viola test at 2,385 feet. Kelly Oil No. 1 Garrett perforated 72 shots, 51 inch casing, to 1,821 feet. Delaney No. 1 Shipley located in 21-5N-8E.
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Behee
Superior Oil Corporation No. 3
Senora Oi Co
Porter
Gypsy Oi Co
Tucker
Jesse
Allen
Delaney No. 1
Shipley
Threads Are Made Against Trachoma
Washington December 26 The Sulphanilamide treatment for trachoma, a long time scourge among American Indians, has rapidly curbed the disease. The Indian Service bureau announced a sharply expanded program for the coming year based on the successful therapy.
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Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Oregon
Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Utah
California
J. G. Townsend
The
Indian Health Service
Indian Service
Phillips Toggeson
Columbia University
Fort Apache Reservation
Fred Lee
Roseoud Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau
FSA to Encourage Diverse Crop Rotation and Conservation
Washington December 26 1931 Secretary Wallace directs the farm security administration to withhold loans from tenants or sharecroppers if buyers rely on a single cash crop. The policy aims to promote crop rotation and diversification in cotton regions and to boost soil and forest conservation across agencies including AAA soil conservation and extension services.
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Washington
Wallace
Farm Security Administration
Agriculture Department
Wal-lase
FSA
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administrating
Soil Conservation Service
Forestry Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Extension Service
AAA
Who Wouldve Thought It Of Chameleons
Florida chameleons reportedly provide early confirmation of Darwinian sex selection. Dr. G Noble notes male chameleons know each female and rival males, defend a territory, and females select mates, supporting sexual selection as a driver of evolution.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Columbus
Florida
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Darwin
Noble
Ferguson Suggests GRDA Buy Public Service Lines
H H E Ferguson PWA engineer proposed GRDA purchase of Public Service Co transmission lines and distributing systems across 11 northeastern Oklahoma counties including Adair Cherokee Wagoner Delaware Mayes Ottawa Craig Nowata Rogers Washington Tulsa north of Bird creek. Plan envisions cooperative market division to lower public power costs and likely cut Tulsa domestic rates by at least 30 percent. Public Service to be paid via bonds from the Reconstruction Finance Corp with GRDA selling surplus power and coordinating a one year trial rate schedule.
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Vinita
H. H E. Ferguson
PWA
Grand River
GRDA
Public Service Company
Oklahoma
Adair
Cherokee
Wagoner
Delaware
Mayes
Ottawa
Craig
Nowata
Rogers
Washington
Tulsa County
Bird Creek
Tulsa
Ferguson
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Public Service
Boss Lady Chameleon Behaviors in Extreme Conflict
Dr Noble notes severe fighting leaves only one female. The two chameleons form a pair, with the female choosing the most attractive male and passing his traits to future male generations, a Darwinian mechanism previously shown in only two animal cases.
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Dr. Noble
Darwin
Finnish mission seeks American anti aircraft weapons
A Finnish military mission led by General Nenonen and Colonel Zilliacus canvassed for large quantities of American made munitions to counter the Russian invasion. They cited shortages in the U S army and noted possible cooperation with the War Department while discussing plans for 44 high speed planes and gas masks.
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Washington
War Department
Navy
Finland
Nenonen
Zilliacus
Expect Bin Crowd For Title Game Foretold
Dallas report notes a state championship schoolboy football final between Lubbock and Waco may draw the largest crowd yet if weather cooperates. Ticket sales opened today as last year’s Cotton Bowl crowd of 22 000 sought entry with receipts topping 22 600. Both teams expect full lineups with Wacos injuries nearing readiness and Lubbock listing none.
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Dallas
Der
Lubbock
Waco
Vinto
Cotton Bowl
Paul
Tyson
Jap Legislators Ask Cabinet To Consider Quitting
Tokyo reports 250 of 463 House members signed a resolution urging the cabinet to seriously consider stepping down due to heavy responsibilities in running state affairs. The measure, proposed by younger elements, was not parliamentary action but signals concern amid Yangtze trade talks with the United States and China.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuke Abe
House «of Representatives
United States
Yangtze River
Naing
Yepan
Foreign
Yukichiro Suma
China
Japan
Nanking
Suma
Union Dispute Halts Nash-Kelvinator Plant Operations
A Plymouth Road Nash-Kelvinator plant disruption led to police ejecting about 4,400 workers involved in a two hour sit down. The Mechanics Educational Society ordered the workers to leave and the plant quickly emptied without violence. Regular operations were to resume with the afternoon shift. A company spokesman linked the trouble to growing tensions at the site.
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Detroit
Nec
HPI
Plymouth Road
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Mechanics Educational Society
Controversy Over Local MESA Union at Plant Sparks Shutdown
Opposition within MESA officers over control of the plant's local union escalated as management ordered a day’s closure. Police arrived as workers began leaving. Russell Smith the former local president and secretary Newton Avery were suspended by MESA International. Smith claimed funds and records were taken to protect the local from National MESA secretary Matthew Smith, who he accused of framing officers.
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MESA
Russell Smith
Smith
Newton Avery
Mesa International S
Matthew Smith
National Mesa
German protest over Duesseldorf cleared by prize port move
The German protest against the United States clearance of the freighter Duesseldorf appears closed as the ship sails to a Jamaica prize port. German clerk Hans von Appen’s hospital dispute remains unresolved after doctors in Panama found his condition normal.
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Colon
Panama
United States
Jamaica
Hans von Appen
Santo Tomas
Republic of Panama
von Appen
Walter Schmidt
Shis
State Department
Washington
Captize
Seek Owner Of Cap In Twin Slaying Near Raymndville
Rayndve city Texas officers hunted for the cap owner as a possible clue in the slaying of two hunters found in dense brush near here. The cap and a shotgun shell were located by the bodies of J B White and John Bunch, ages 56 and 48, who had been sprayed with buckshot. An experienced hunter suggested a novice hunter may have fired at them believing they were deer and fled in panic after realizing the mistake.
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Raymondville
Tex
CCC
J.B. White
John Bunch
Colsby
Cameron County
Actress Paulette Goddard Cited By New York Court
New York December report says actress Paulette Goddard was ordered to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt for failing to appear in supreme court regarding a $150,000 libel suit filed by Joseph R. Levy against Crowell Carters Publishing Company. Levy claims a Collier magazine article implied he is the actress father and the company sought her deposition in the case.
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New York
Paulette Goddard
Supreme Court
Crowell- Carters Publishing Company
Syracuse
Joseph R. Levy
Collier Magazine
the ., Publishing . Company
Ada Residents Welcome Holiday Guests and Travelers
Ada, Oklahoma hosts a sequence of visitors and back home trips over the Christmas holidays. Among those returning home are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nolen of Fort Worth and George Nolen of Atchison. Others visiting Ada include Dr. and Mrs. Gee, Mrs. Eaves, and Roy Stein with Dr. M. G. Dubrin. Many travelers shared time in Ada with local families before continuing their journeys.
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Bob Nolen
Fort Worth
Texas
George Nolen
Atchison, Kansas
Riley Nolen
A. J. Martin
Bitehugh
Ada
E. Stein
Roy Stein
Dallas
M. G. Dubrin
Duluth
Minnesota
Dr. Dubrin
Minnesota University
Mrs. Clifford Bates
Farlow Wyatt
Mr. Bates
Negr McAlester
Ada News Notes on Local Visits and Christmas Gatherings
Miss Gelene Johnson visits parents at Moore and guests include Abbie Brand and Clyde Kitchens of Phoenix. Miss Mamie Lee Epperson spends Christmas with brother Horace Epperson in Roswell. Harvey Cromwell group returns to El Reno from Ada after Christmas with Mrs Patterson and Mrs Smith. Giesey family announces birth Mary daughter of S C Giesey. Local attorney Fred Andrews attends state bar in Oklahoma City.
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Gelene Johnson
Moore
Mrs. E. H. Johnson
Gary Kitchens
Abbie Brand
Miss Clyde Kitchens
Phoenix, Arizon
Miss Kitchens
Mamie Lee Epperson
Horace Epperson
Roswell
New Mexico
Mr. Epperson
Ada
Harvey Cromwell
el Reno
B. M. Patterson
F. D. Smith
Patterson
Fred Andrews
Oklahoma City
These Firemen Weary Entitled To Feel Tired
Quincy firemen faced a long day after two gasoline tanks ruptured spilling fuel along a street. Fire crews flooded the area to curb a potential explosion, then tackled a nearby pond blaze when spilled gasoline ignited near flames. On returning, they found frozen water creating slick roads and spread sand to aid safe travel.
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Quincy Mass
Quincy
November Exports Have Big Margin
Secretary Hopkins reported that November merchandise exports exceeded imports by 557,332,000, lifting the year to date export surplus to 738,532,000. November exports reached 292,734,000 while imports were 235,402,000, with 11 months totals at 2,308,795,000 exports and 2,071,193,000 imports.
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Washington
Hopkins
United States
Ambassador Hillips to confer with Burkitt in Paris
United States Ambassador William Hillips departed for Paris to discuss the European situation with Key Burkitt, American envoy to France. The Ada News notes greater returns for amounts invested in its classified ads.
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Rome
United States
William Hillips
Paris
Kiam C. Burkitt
Amerian
France
Ada News
Reciprocal Trade Treaty Program To Get Thorough Review
A group of six senators agreed Congress would conduct a full examination of the reciprocal trade treaty program proposed by Secretary Hull. Hull urged a complete inquiry, while critics warned against linking it to the Hawley Smoot tariff legacy. Senators argued for fair scrutiny of real issues and potential benefits from the program.
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Washington
Des
Congress
Secretary of
Hull
Vandenberg
R-Mich
McNary
Oregon
Thomas
Utah
Uso
Hatch
D-N
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Durant
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St. Louis
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M. W. Bell
A. A. Gilliland
Margaret Gil- Blend
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C. E. Haile
Wichita Falls
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