Federal body seeks more power over railroad mergers
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to grant broader authority to block consolidations and to approve or disapprove mergers and acquisitions of control. The report notes proposed measures to prevent evasive merger tactics, expand oversight, and potentially require inclusion of key railroads in any grouping. It also cites securities approvals, valuation progress, and safety trends, including employment shifts and grade crossing fatalities.
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Washington
Asso
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Fun Shop and Gags of the Week
A collage of comic snippets, editorials, and jokes from The Fun Shop era. Items include humorous dialogues about shopping, modern life, and wit. Reprint of Taking the Air with Roger Gibbons’s misadventures, Laughing columns, and a spoof knight scene ending with his armor mishap.
Train Hits Truck Wounding Man in New Bedford
A New Bedford bound train from Boston struck a light truck at the Cotes street crossing near the downtown area. Manuel Rapoza, 49, the truck’s occupant, was thrown by the impact and suffered punctured lungs, a fractured pelvis, a finger fracture, and multiple bruises. He is listed on the danger list at the hospital after a prior history of family incidents this week and automobile injuries to two of his sons.
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John Nicholson
Hess
Mildred Ramos
Roger
Rand
George Bradbury
A F Hill
Charles Greenbaum
Myron Botts
P Pitzer
Louise Dagen
Genevieve Deming
Lewis Gilbert
Roger Gibbons
New Bedford Mass
Acorate
New Bedford
Trath
Boston
Cotes Street
L Berkele
Bedford
Rapoza
Woman Kills 200-Pound Deer Near Southbridge Mass
Mrs Phillipsen and family from Southbridge shot a 200 pound buck this morning near their home. Her husband, a veteran hunter, had been out at dawn for five days and finally spotted the deer after miles of searching.
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Southbridge Mass
Associated Press
Phillipsen
Southbridge
Hunter
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