Bank Merger Looms Large in National City Coverage
Arthur Brisbane surveys a two billion three hundred million dollar merger as National City Bank of New York absorbs Bank of America and discusses implications for Wall Street. He profiles leaders like Charles E. Mitchell and Winthrop Aldrich while noting Chase National Bank’s advances and key figures. The column also touches on Mussolini’s family, Spanish women voting age, and stock market debates on short selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City of
New York
Bank of America
Chase National Bank
National City
Albert H. Wiggin
Charles S. McCain
Winthrop Aldrich
United States Senate
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Dwight W. Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Morrow
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
China
Mexico
United States
J. P. Morgan
London
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday across Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures vary with a high around 83 degrees and a low near 55 degrees at 1 pm today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ideal Mattress Co. Griggs Ambulance Incident
A local notice notes cleaning work on a bed bug issue linked to Ideal Mattress Co. and an ambulance service by Griggs, with the contact phone 4311 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Mattress Co
Griggs Ambulance
Heads of Pipe Line Concerns Will Testify
Texas Railroad Commission hearing in Amarillo on proposed special field rules regulating the purchase of natural gas in the West Texas Panhandle. Former Governor Pat M. Neff and Laren Stanferry led the session. Subpoenas were discussed for several company officials as the meeting adjourned for a 3 pm session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Panhandle
Texas Railroad Commission
Amarillo Hotel
Pat M. Neff
Commission
Laren Stanferry
Utilities Division
Neff
J. G. Dickinson
Texoma Natural Gas Company
R. E. Wertz
Southwest Development Company
Ross Stuntz
City Service Company
Don Harrington
Panhandle
Wheeler
Moore, Potter
Hartley
Oldham
Hutchinson
Carson
Gray Counties
Sweet Gas
Wheeler County
Harrington
Twoon Trial in U S Court May Be Freed
Judge James C. Wilson delayed charging the jury in a liquor conspiracy trial as authorities debate admissibility of testimony about declarations. The case against Allen B Johnson and George W Johnston hinges on statements by Troy Blake and C C Weir. Defense cites authorities while ruling on exceptions to testimony remains pending after courtroom arguments.
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James C. Wilson
Wilson
Allen
Johnson
Potter County
George W. Johnston
Canyon
Troy Blake
Blake
Quint Thompson
Grace Apartments
Thompson
George W. Johnson
Weir
C. C. Weir
Art Willmering
Allen Johnson
Alex Lumpkin
Norman J. Morrison
Alex M
Pangborn and Herndon land at Wenatchee after Pacific flight
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. become the first to fly from Japan to the United States without a stop. They landed at Wenatchee, Washington, after a 41 hour 18 minute flight covering about 4465 miles, dropping landing gear after leaving Mushimuro Beach.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Pacific
Japan
United States
Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Herndon
Samushiro Beach
Dallas
U.P
William Easterwood
Clyde Pangborn
Easterwood
Tokyo
San Francisco
United Press
Paris
Edison Better. Doctor Reports Improvement
Thomas A. Edison showed signs of improvement as Dr. Hubert S. Howe noted a better night and brighter morning. The inventor slept six hours and ate breakfast, though mental drowsiness persisted and experts fear he may not survive.
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West Orange
N. J
U.P
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Edison
Rum Haul Found At Naval Secretary Adams Estate
Police in Scituate seize 600 cases of liquor valued around 50 000 dollars from the summer home of Charles Francis Adams secretary of the Navy. Three men were arrested in the garage Jacob Siegal Harry Gordon and Louis Gordon two others fled. })
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ee + SCITUATE
Mass
Charles Francis Adams
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Thomas Maloney
Jacob Siegal
Roxbury
Harry
Louis Gordon
Dorchester
John Stonefield
Malcolm Chase
Sciante
Adams Estate
Confesses to ten murders in Wisconsin farm killings
Frank Gray, 40, a farm hand, is jailed on murder charges in Kenosha for killing a girl, two men, and a baby at the Boschert farm near Burlington. He admits the killings but says he did not kill the baby. Bodies found include Frank Obschert, 60, his son Herbert, 30, Herbert's son Bobby, 18 months, and Ceila Kerkman, 18.
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Kenosha
Wis
Frank Gray
Gray
Boschert
Burlington
Frank Obschert
Herbert
Bobby
Celia Kerkman
Boschert Automobile
Griffis Goes On Trial In Maiming Case
Griffis owner of the Griffis Tailor Shop in the Angelus Hotel building faces a district court trial on a maiming charge. The alleged incident occurred August 14 when he struck W. H. Wallace, who testified as the state's principal witness after seeking collection in the tailor shop. The jury was seated before noon with Judge O Ellis and Harwood Beville as defense counsel.
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E. Griffis
Griffis
Angelus Hotel
W. H. Wallace
Wallace
O. Ellis
Harwood Beville
Toy Pistol Bandit Still in City Jail
Charles Makotis alias Robert Smith, a youth bandit, remains in the city jail after a daylight robbery at the Old Mill ice cream parlor on Sixteenth Avenue and Madison Street. He said he came from Denver two days ago, claiming he was hungry and wanted food not money. It was unsure if he would be transferred to county authorities today.
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Charles Makotis
Robert Smith
Makotis
Sixteenth Avenue
Madison Street
Denver
Capone Set for Trial After Evanston Booing at Football Game
Alphonse Capone faces a federal tax evasion trial in Chicago after being booed at a Northwestern Nebraska football game in Evanston. He is charged with evading taxes on 1 038 654 in six years and defrauding the government of 215 000, with 22 counts across two indictments. The trial before Judge James H. Wilkerson is set for tomorrow.
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Ray Black
United Press
Chicago
U.P
Alphonse Capone
Northwestern Nebraska
Evanston
Capone
United States District Court
Washington
James H. Wilkerson
Bankers blamed for wage cuts at AFL convention
In Vancouver on October 5, the American Federation of Labor opened its 51st convention with a report charging bankers influenced by credit control have kept labor dependent. The masters and servants theme urged wage preservation, while labor optimism favored wages as the basis of prosperity. Delegates numbered 400 as they urged public works, employment policies, and anti wage cuts.
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Vancouver
B. C
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Carded Flight Pair Land Safely After Pacific Hop
After a perilous Tokyo Wenatchee flight the duo Hugh Herndon and Clyde Panghorn landed safely in Wenatchee Washington this morning. In Philadelphia the Cardinals beat the Athletics 5 to 2 as Burleigh Grimes pitched well and Pepper Martin starred in the World Series game.
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Shibe Park
Philadelphia
Burleigh Grimes
St. Louis Cardinals
Pepper” Martin
Lefty Grove
Hoover
al Simmons
Second Grider Child Is Victim of Malady
A scarlet fever quarantine marked the Grider home at 401 North Grant Street after two children died within two days from a poisoning malady. Johnnie Grider, 7, is ill with a contagion resembling fever while Ray Grider, 20 months, died at 2:50 this morning from poisoned Sunday meals. The mother survived the initial illness. Rock Island train man Mr. Grider heads the family. funeral arrangements handled by N. S. Griggs & Sons.
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J. H. Grider
North
Grant Street
Johnnie Grider
Ray Grider
Grider
Rock Island
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Health Talks Begin Tuesday at Municipal Auditorium
Gilbert Thayer, author and chief food chemist, opens a free 10 night lecture series at Municipal Auditorium at 8 PM Tuesday. He argues disease stems from a disordered life and that diet governs weight, claiming food can be poison for some and remedy for others.
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Gilbert Thayer
National Health Bureau
Municipal Auditorium
Thayer
Beers cry tied to paid agents at Detroit convention
A Detroit convention protest by American Legionnaires was charged to Mary Harris Amor of Greenville Georgia. Amor an evangelist for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union was accused of sending paid agents to push for beer. The item ends with an unrelated small ad for rug cleaning and mattress renovation.
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Port Worth
U.R
Detroit
United States Brewers Association
Mary Harris Amor
Greenville
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Arthur Brisbane
Mussolini
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Chase National
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Charles E. Mitchell
Gordon Rentschler
Equitable Trust Company
South Paw
Edda
Ciano
Shanghai
Anna Maria
Spain
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Pat Neff
Amarill
Twoon
Washington City
Doctor
Naval
U. S S. Court
Clyde Panghorn
Cardinals Athletics
Alan J. Gould
Associated Pree Sporte Kadlitor
Cardinals
Foxx
Roettner
Bishop
Frisch
Foxs
Haas
Cochrane
Roetiger
Bottomley
Hafey
Martin
Gelber
Miller
Grimes
Wilken
Sean
Adame
Hirmmonn
Roettger
Williama
Athletics Dykes
Friseh
Williams
Gelbert
Grove
Athleticn Bishop
Trike
Simmons
Athletics
Bottomley Hoek
Athletics Foxx
Flowers
Williams le Foxx
Williams Te Foxx
Lee Pangborn
Koetiger
Reetiger
Blahop
Rune
Hans
Athletica
Wilton
Willian
Roger Cramer
Cramer
Mahaffey
Bix
Marhaffey
Watkins
Hottomley
Simmonds
Athletics Bishop
McNair
Berry
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