Government seeks dissolution of Aluminum Company of America
Washington reports the government sues the Aluminum Company of America and 61 associates in the Seventh New York district court, alleging monopoly power and unlawful price fixing. The suit cites March 1 virgin ingot price hikes and a surge in earnings, naming Andrew W Mellon and other Mellon family members among defendants.
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Washington
INS
Aluminum Company of America
Federal District Court
Seventh District
New York
Virgin Ingot
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
David K. F. Bruce
Andrew W Mellon
Paul Mellon
Richard K Mellon
The
Union Trust Co. of
Pittsburgh
RR. B. Mellon
Sarah Mellon Scalfe
Paul J. Urquhart
Andrew Mellon
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Aluminum Company
United States
Department
REA expands direct services for cooperatives replaces SABCS
The Rural Electrification Administration announces new direct services to electric cooperatives, intended to promote self government and reduce reliance on centralized agencies. The changes, discussed as under study for months, aim to give cooperatives better self management and stable development while expanding REA field support.
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REA
Washington, D. C
Iowa Agricultural Business Corporation Service
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Rural Electrification Administration
SABCS
LABCS
TABCS
Iowa
Carmody
Farm Bureau
John Carmody
Coryats
Senate Rejects Harry White Report Amid Foster Care Conflict
Lawmakers debate a probe on Harry White with claims of a biased process and incomplete records. Witness testimony about Mrs. Lottie Comparet's actions in removing wards from foster homes is cited, with accusations of a kangaroo court and political prejudice.
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Comparet
Lottie J. Comparet
Child Welfare Department
The
State Control Board
White
Fort Dodge
Mason
Star Chamber
Breen
Poweshiek
Doran
Howard Baldwin
Dubuque
M X Geske
McGregor
EP Donahue
New Hampton
Gillespie
Sitdown Shuts Ford Plant in California
The AFL CIO tied to a wage and labor dispute with Ford Motor Co as talks split and the United Automobile Workers mount a campaign against the automaker. The textile workers CIO affiliate targets southern textiles with a 320000 to 350000 member goal as UAW seeks federation alignments with Henry Ford.
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FORD
California
Atlanta
Ametlain Fede
J Dillon
Pedent Woliam Green
Gener
Tore Vet
AFT
Henry Ford
AF. LL
CIO
John Bsors
United Automobile Workers of America
Textile Workers’ Organization Committee
REA Names George D. Munger to Lead Road Program Division
The Rural Electrification Administration appoints George D. Munger, formerly commercial manager of the electric farm and home authority, to head its new road-building program division. The move aligns with REA’s push to develop infrastructure in the Tennessee Valley.
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Ers
REA
George D. Munger
The
Electric Farm and Home Authority
Tennessee Valley
Watch Samples Valued at 3000 Dollars Snatched in Hotel Heist
P R Gruen a Chicago jewelry salesman reported the loss of a case containing watch and ring samples valued at 3000 dollars. He left the case near the Roosevelt hotel grill entrance while dining and a unidentified man seized it and fled. The merchandise was insured and the watches had no movements. Police are investigating.
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P R. Gruen
Chicago
Roosevelt Hotel
Gruen
Riot at Cannery Leaves Dozens Hurt in Stockton Clash
State officers and deputies opened fire on pickets at a cannery in Stockton California. Tear gas riot guns and gas shells were used as about 25 of 300 pickets advanced on a spinach-laden truck. A call for National Guard assistance followed as violence waned and protesters dispersed.
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Stockton
Calif
National Guard
J C Fitzgerald
Labor Council
Loyal Workers edge CIO affiliate in Hershey vote
The Loyal Workers club, a group aiding farmers in ejecting sitdown strikers, won a collective bargaining election in Hershey by two to one. The result, 1 542 to 781, was announced by state and federal conciliators after polls closed.
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Hershey, Pa
Loyal Workers Club
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
United Chocolate Workers
CIO
Denhardt Accused of Firing Pistol After Taylor Death
Kentucky tests linked Gen. Henry Hf. Denhardt to a pistol shot and blood spots on his coat after the death of Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor. Tests on the widow’s hands were negative, according to Commonwealth's Attorney H. B Kinsolving.
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New Castle
Commonwealth
Verna Garr Taylor
Henry Hf. Denhardt
H. B Kinsolving
Decorah Bests Cresco Waukon In Triangular Track Meet
Decorah captured overall first in a triangular meet with Cresco and Waukon, taking victories in the two mile one mile and half mile relays the two hurdle shuttle relay broad jump and pole vault for a total of 28 points Cresco won several events including the high hurdle shuttle and 440 yard relay javelin and high jump while Waukon led in discus and shot put scoring 17 points
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Gazette
Decorah
Cresto
Waukon
Cresco
Relief Fleet Breaks Through Siege To Bilbao
Six thousand one hundred tons of provisions aboard MacGregor Hamsterley and Stanbrook moved into Bilbao under British protection, defying insurgent warships Almirante Cervera and Galerna near the three mile limit as Bizkaya guided the convoy into port amid air raids and renewed bombardment.
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Nervian
MacGregor
Hamsterley
Stanbrook
Almirante Cervera
Galerna
H. M. S. Hood
Bilbao
Felipe del Rio Crispo
Bombardment in Madrid intensifies for 12th day
Insurgent artillery battered Madrid for the twelfth straight day causing casualties and destruction. Government officials estimate roughly a dozen killed or wounded in a morning shelling. Reports from Bilbao describe night air raids on suburbs and casualties in Valencia.
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Madrid
INS
Bilbao
Valencia
Carrascain
ABC
Olson Confirmed on Iowa Highway Board
The Iowa senate in an hour long executive session confirmed Gus Olson of Whiting to the state highway commission with a term ending 1943. He will replace J. Ditlo of Sibley starting July 1, and other confirmations included Mrs. Addison Parker to the conservation commission and current members Blizzard Stewart Neenan. Moore’s appointment to the conservation panel was not acted on.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Gus Olson
Whiting
Olson
J. Ditlo
Sibley
Senate
Alvern S. Wendel
Bronson
Addison Parker
Conservation Commission
Logan Blizzard
McGregor
Roscoe Stewart
Ottumwa
E. W. Neenan
Sioux City
R. G. Moore
Dunap
A E. Rapp
Council Bluffs
State Game Warden Drops Dead On Duty
Maquoketa report states Carl Sinkel 65 a state game warden in eastern Iowa died Friday at 4:30 pm while supervising fish removal from a flood lake in Beaton's woods near Maquoketa He had served over ten years with the fish and game commission Survivors include his widow and a daughter living in California Coroner John Jordan attributed the death to heart disease no inquest was held.
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Maquoketa
Carl Sinkelman
Iowa
Beaton’s Woods
Here
Fish and Game Commission
California
John Jordan
House Approves Minor Money Bills In River Spending Debate
The Iowa House trimmed a 25 000 river improvement allocation from a broader supplemental bill after a heated session. Mercer's bid to save funding sparked clashes with Hoegh before the river project was dropped. Additional amendments increased state college funding for a steam plant while denying a poultry building grant and reducing Cedar Falls gym improvements. Other line items covered hospital, school for the blind, deaf, and various state institutions with minor caps and per year totals. A separate obituary notes T J Elwick of Elberon and Melbourn club anecdotes wrap the page.
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Java City
University
Mercer
LeRoy S. Mercer
Town City
Leo A. Hoegh
Chariton
Hoegh
Johnson County Sclon
Gilmore
University Club
State College
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Vinton
School For the
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Cherokee
Eldora
Toledo
Glenwood
Woodward
Oakdale
Fort Madison
Anamosa
New Tsonden
Burlington
Mount Pleasant
Lindbergh Case Reopened Over Warrant In Probe
The report recounts claims that Lindbergh's crime was not committed by Hauptmann alone and cites Parker family involvement. It notes Wendel's recantation after duress, Hoffman's theory, and failed search for "Faulkner" linked to ransom notes and Condon’s gold payments.
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Hauptmann
Parker
Trenton
New Lisbon
Wendel
Parkers
Mercer County
David T. Wilentz
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Hoffman
Faulkner
New York Reserve Bank
Funeral services for George Miller held in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for George Miller, 61, who died at his home Wednesday, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Janeby and Brosh chapel Cedar Rapids by the Rev.
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Norway
George Miller
Janeby and Brosh
Cedar Rapids
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Aluminum CO
Mellon
Justice Department
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
TVA
Wworld
Tye
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
England
Princess Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
London
ED Wadley
Leer
Rartler
Te Rothe
Seoeope
Conte
AP Ray Ston
Appemntiment
Phe
Levene PO
Basi Cs Do
Deinag
REA General Saff
Harry White
Byers
Dewey
Donohue
Edwards
Erans
Noeven
Hart
Husted
Kimberly
Kirketey
Lundy Parker
Shaw
Whitehill
Zeigler
Goetsch
Guernsey Mason
Beardsley
Berg
Corwin
Hill
Hop- Ans
Levis
Pelzer
Schadt
Augustine
Baldwin
Bell
Chrystal
Dean
Ellis
Geske
Gillette
Grunewald
Irwin
Mighell
Miller
Moore
Murray
Stevens
Republcans
Billingsley Elthon
Millhone
Smith
Stewart
Crawford
Onder
Cannery
Loyal Workers” Rout Clo Group
Hershey
Denhardt
Highway Board
George Clark
Eddie
HOUSE
T. J. Elwick
Elberon
Waltham Cemetery
Dixon
Mary Ann
DB. S. Challed
John Haas
Elizabeth Shaffer
White, Neb
Don Sheridan
Melbourne
Australia
Lindy Ransom
Handwriting Angular
J. J. Faulkner
West 149Th Street
New York City
Department of Justice
Armstrong
U. S
Mr. Heath- Man
Aning
Coat Cove
First Ave
Roosevelt Watel Bldg
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