Howard Hopson Dies the Wizard of Finance at 66
Howard C. Hopson, 66, builder of a billion-dollar utilities empire, died after years of poor health in Greenwich Connecticut. He created AG&E through aggressive holding company maneuvers before a 1930s crackdown. he served prison time for mail fraud and tax offenses. Survived by three sisters, funeral arrangements in White Plains and Boston.
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Greenwich
Conn
Howard C. Hopson
Hopson
New York
Ag&e
Public Utilities Holding Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
van Swerigen Utilities
Wall Street
Daniel Starch
Scarsdale
N. Y
S. Murray Jones
Boston
Pearl Hopson
del Ray
Fla
White Plains
Singing Governor Turner Sings to Oklahoma Solons
Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner a rancher oilman sang to both chambers after the legislature approved a 36 million building program for state institutions. He tapped his foot and performed Tenderfoot's Dream while praising lawmakers for their work before adjournment.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Tenderfoot
Senate
House
Air Transport Buyout Favored by Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB examiner Thomas L. Wrenn urged approval of American Overseas Airlines sale to Pan American Airways for 17 1/2 million dollars. CAB will send further recommendations to President Truman. Wrenn proposed employee protection conditions to accompany the agreement. The article also notes a 40 mile run by the American bison.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Overseas Airlines, Incorporated
Pan American Airways, Incorporated
Thomas L. Wrenn
CAB
Truman
Wrenn
Don t Jaw Sputter At Same Time Couple Says Secret
CORUNNA Mich Dec 22 Mr and Mrs William Morris celebrate 64 years of marriage with a witty rule. Mrs Morris explains that when she talks he stays quiet and when he talks she stays quiet, preventing anger at the same time.
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Corunna, Mich
William Morris
Mrs. Morris
Escapee Finds Out Too Rough Goes In
George D. Sutton walked into Sheriff Bill Decker's office and said he escaped December 6 from a Reedville Georgia prison where he was serving an assault to murder and robbery sentence. He said it is too rough to be outside.
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Decker
Reedsville
Sutton
Deer Hunters Puzzling Report Stuns Missouri Officials
Jefferson City Missouri December report shows Charles Seyler of St. Louis describing a deer hunt in Ste Genevieve and Jefferson counties with no firearm used. He explains a car collision killed a four point buck on the way home from the trip.
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Jefferson City, Mo
INS
Missouri Conservation Commission
Charles Seyler
St. Louis
Ste. Genevieve
Jefferson
Seyler
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