Fidelity Investment Association fights SEC fraud charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Fidelity Investment Association of fraud and deceit in selling about 600 million dollars in securities. The case, described as the biggest of its kind, was filed in federal court in Detroit with an order to show cause why the firm should not be enjoined from mail and interstate commerce activities. The Wheeling West Virginia firm vowed to contest the action.
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Washington
Prospect
Securities Commission
Fidelity Investment Association
SEC
Federal District Court
Detroit
Edward J. Moinech
Carroll Evans
Wheeling
W. Va
Carmi A. Thompson
Fidelity
Gypsy band suspected in hoax robberies reported by Iowa police
Reports of robberies by two women and a man in Elberon Vining and Ottumwa were traced to a gypsy band. Sheriff E O Harris Tama county said investigation found no actual robberies only attempted cons by a trio posing as traveling gypsies in a V 8 coupe headed east.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Iowa
Elberon
Vining
E. O. Harris
Tama County
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Conservation Group To Abolish Sanderson's Job
Des Moines AP The Iowa conservation commission will abolish the chief of administration post held by Harry M Sanderson of Sioux City. The duties will be redistributed Jan 1 under Director M L Hutson. Sanderson's annual salary was 2900 dollars. He had been targeted for removal in a 1937 shakeup but retained his post after strong protests by some commissioners.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Harry M Sanderson
Sioux City
M. L. Hutton
Sanderson
Commission
First Lady Joins Insurance Firm Board to Aid James
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt joined the board of the Boston firm Roosevelt and Sargent to protect her son James Roosevelt’s interests as he moves to a West Coast film executive role. He will not profit from the firm, nor be involved in sales, and says his movie job has no political aspect.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boston
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Chicago
Nephew and Heir of Slain Man Sued for Divorce
Bonnie A. Windahl filed for divorce from Alfred P Windahl in district court. Alfred, described as heir to Ed S Windahl's estate valued at $75,000, is involved after Ed S Windahl a money lender was found shot to death last spring. The petition cites cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Oskaloosa (Ap
Bonnie A. Windahl
District Court
Alfred P Windahl
Ed S Windahl
Oskaloosa
Ed S. Windahl
Burns and Allen seek tax relief on 1935 income
Hollywood entertainers George Burns and Gracie Allen asked California to cut $1,900 from their 1935 income tax bill via the state board of equalization. Their attorney argued $25,000 of the $85,000 income earned in New York was taxed again in California, constituting double taxation.
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Hollywood
INS
George Burns
Gracie Allen
State Board of Equalization
California
New York
Fairfield approves 15 year electric gas franchise
In a special election Fairfield residents authorized the city council to grant a 15 year franchise to the Iowa Electric company of Cedar Rapids to furnish gas and electricity to the community.
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Fairfield
Iowa Electric Company of
Cedar Rapids
Leave of absence ends. Lew Wallace resumes motor vehicles post
Des Moines Iowa motor vehicles commissioner Lew Wallace ends a year and a half leave of absence. Secretary of State Robert E O Brien orders termination and Wallace resumes as active commissioner while awaiting bond approval for his successor T Harry Vicker Polk county deputy sheriff named to replace him with Miller taking office in January.
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DES Moines
Lew Wallace
Iowa Motor Vehicles
Secretary of
Robert E. O'Brian
Wallace
National Safety Council
O'Brian
Motor Vehicle Department
State Executive Council
Earl G. Miller
Jane
T. Harry Vicker
Polk County
Film Stars May Wait Till 1940 To Marry
Hollywood reports that Carole Lombard and Clark Gable may not wed until 1940 due to legal steps. Gable’s $286 000 settlement with Maria Langham Gable awaits court approval before a divorce suit can proceed, with California law requiring a year for the interlocutory decree to become final. If the action is filed after January, marriage remains possible only after the waiting period. other states could alter timing. Lombard would be Gable’s second wife and he would be her third, following her marriage to William Powell and his to Josephine Dillon, who runs a drama school.
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Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Clark Gable
Maria Langham Gable
More Lambs On Feed In Iowa Than A Year Ago
Iowa farmers have a slightly larger number of lambs on feed than a year ago. Federal statistician Leslie M. Cart said shipments of feeding lambs from public stockyards and direct to Iowa in late October and November were greater than in 1937, offsetting smaller shipments before October 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Cart
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Carl Said
Radio Program Grid With Live Orchestras Across Networks
A dense schedule lists NBC CBS and blue network carries for 6:00 to 11:30 p.m. and beyond including Easy Aces, Vocal Varieties, Mr Keen, Mario Cozzi, Dick Gasparre, Rudy Vallee, Kate Smith, Major Bowes, Bing Crosby, Orson Welles, Amos n Andy, Frank Munn, Walter etc. It notes chain connections WJZ WEAF WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO and others.
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Lyening
NBC
WJZ Chain
Doris Rhodes
CBS
Wabc and Chain
Weaf Chain
Mr Keen
Mario Cozzi
WEAP
Dick Gasparre
Joe Penner
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WOC
WCCO
Rudy Vallee
WEAF
Howard Hanson
Condr
INBC
WJZ
Kate Smith
Palmer House
Chicago
George H Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Bowes
Music
Bing Crosby
Bob Burns
Tnbc
Workshop
Andy
Arie Shaw
Orchestra
Vincent Lopez
Chain
Horace Weldt
Weap Chain
Tou
Breeze
Ain
Cab_ Calloway
Jan Savitt
Sener Ellis
Sammy Kaye
Just Plain Bul
Woman In White
Myrt
Marge
wWoc
Wwcco
Road of Life
WBBST
WBBSI
Hetty and
Bob
Arnold Grimm
U. S. Marine Band
Ma_ Perkins
Pepper Young
NBQ
Guiding Light
Stella Dallas
Ruth Carhart
Landt
Captain Midnight
WHO
Howie Wing
CGBS
Wecco
Bob Trout
Full Chain
Sophie ‘Tucker
Artie Shaw
Blue Network
Trey Wood
Wocweco
Frank Munn
Orson Welles
Gur Lombardo
Royal Canadians
INBC1
Madison Square
Farr Ys Nova
Uncle Ezra
W3aq
Janes Berch
Sonss
Amos
Blue
Paradise Orchestra
Leighton Noble
Richard Tumber
Gray Gordon
Abe_ _ Lyman
Les Brown
Dick Barrie
Deportation Threat for Pacific Coast Bund Leader
Federal authorities snared two Russian spy suspects in a plot involving U S naval intelligence secrets. They sought to deport Herman Schwinn, west coast Bund leader, citing citizenship paper discrepancies. Schwinn and Fritz Kuhn associate questioned. case linked to broader spy troubles amid arrests of Hafis Salihh and Mikhail Gorin.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Naval Intelligence Service
U.S.S.R
Herman Schwinn
U. S
Benjamin Harrison
Schwinn
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
New York
Attorney General’s
Hafis Salihh
U. S. Naval Intelligence Department
Mikhail Gorin
Intourist
Tne
Mikhail Ivanushkin
Bureau of Investigation
Santa orders NY police to refuse Christmas gifts
Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine directed New York police to decline all Christmas gifts from the public. The measure aims to reduce holiday burdens on officers and keep personal generosity in check.
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NEW York
Santa Claus
Lewis J. Valentine
Dual identity hints shake McKesson chief in fraud probe
An investigator said F Donald Coster, McKesson and Robbins president, may use a different identity. Coster and George Dietrich were arrested in Fairfield Conn on securities charge. Treasurer Julian Thompson described inflated crude drug inventories and forged reports as federal subpoenas target Wall Street players and the firm.
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NEW York
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
F. Donald Coster
Ambrose V McCall
Coster
Julian F Thompson
McCall
Thompson
John J. Bennett, Jr
Bennett
Wall Street
Renson A. Sickles
Dun and Bradstreet
Smith Concern
Manning and Company
McKesson and Robbins
Manning
Smith
Brooklyn
Chase National Bank
Dietrich
Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut
United States
Mount Vernon, N
Girard and Company
Order Extradition In Black Legion Case
Virgil F. Effinger head of the hooded Black Legion order loses in Ohio Supreme Court bid to avoid extradition to Michigan on bomb possession and criminal syndicalism charges.
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Columbus
Ohio
Virgil F. Effinger
Black Legion
Ohio Supreme Court
Michigan
Wayzgoose prank ends with mock insult to editor
The University of Iowa Wayzgoose banquet ended with a staged incident as a student impersonator, W. Sam Stohl of Cedar Rapids, heckled John Wolfe of the Washington Herald. Wolfe stormed out after a mocking line, then returned to learn it was a practical joke marking printing's tercentenary.
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Gazette
Iowa City
John Wolfe
The
Washington Herald
University of Iowa Journalism
Mr. Wolfe
Wayzgoose Gazette
America
Wolfe
W. Sam Stohl
Cedar Rapids
Midwest Republican Chiefs Meet in Mason City Friday
Republican party officials from Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin will meet in Mason City Friday night to discuss organization problems. Host is J H Milroy state chairman of Iowa with invited state chairmen national committeemen and publicity men.
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Mason City
J. H. Milroy
Vinton
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Milroy
U S May Finance Heavy Sales To China
Washington reports the federal government is weighing a plan to finance 25 to 50 million dollars in American product sales to China. The program would be commercial not a loan, with the Export-Import Bank issuing credits underwritten by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. A Shanghai banker's mission aided negotiations, with repayment possibly tied to Chinese silver shipments.
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Washington
LLP
China
Japan
Treasury Department
K. P. Chen
Shanghai
Federal
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sheaffer Pen Co to Pay Bonus to Over 1100 Employees
Fort Madison AP The W A Sheaffer Pen company announced profit sharing bonuses to more than 1100 employees amounting to 10 percent of wages for the last six months. Payments were made without regard to length of service. In July a 74.4 percent profit sharing payment was issued for the first half of 1938.
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Fort Madison
W. A. Sheaffer
R. C. Sheaffer
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