Ten Coster Inquiries Under Way Three Musica Brothers in Custody
Three Musica brothers Arthur George and Robert held under 100000 bail on securities act violations. Philip Musica once head of McKesson and Robbins dead by his own hand in Connecticut. U S officials say probes include arms and ammunition sales and World War I spy ties.
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Associated Press
Coster
Post Office Department
Philip Musica
Caster
New York
William Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Johnson
Musica
Musica-Coster
Harry E. MacKenzie
Bridgeport
Conn
Wall Street Avengers: Coster Musica Case Ends in Suicide
Federal authorities fear 13,500 stockholders lost 20 million dollars through the McKesson and Robbins manipulation by the Musica brothers who hid criminal records. Philip Coster shot himself after exposure. three brothers jailed. evidence links to gun running, bootlegging, and drug adulteration.
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New York
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Musica Brothers
Wall Street
Philip
F. Donald Coster
Bolivia
Spain
Twall Street
Coster-Musica
Autonomous Crude Drugs Department
Probers Scrutinize Congressman Tied to McKesson Robbins
Four federal agencies probe ties between McKesson Robbins and a southern state congressman who spoke 48 times on drug regulation for the firm and reportedly earned 100 dollars per address. Investigators review possible legal violations while noting no proven wrongdoing yet.
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Washington
McKesson and Robbins
Congress
F. Donald Coster-Musica
Securities and Exchange Commission
Justice, Post Office and Commerce Departments
District of Columbia
United Press
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Commerce Department
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Musica Brothers
Department of Agriculture
McKesson-Robbins
Department
New Jersey
Albany
Patent law changes urged by anti monopoly committee
Washington insiders report the joint anti monopoly committee will recommend revising patent laws to curb monopolistic practices. Hearings on patents in autos and glass informed proposed changes include compulsory licensing with exemptions and broader publicity, with Justice Department data to be reviewed.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Joint
Coinsitice
Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
William E. Levis
Toledo
Ohio
Levis
France Hopes To Open U S Debt Talks Soon
Washington reports France informed the United States it hopes to begin negotiations soon on a settlement of its World War I debt.
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Washington
Ins
France
United States presses for pan American moral cooperation plan
At Lima the U S delegation pushed for a declaration of solidarity against external aggression. The first plenary adopted unanimously a three point economic plan to reduce tariff barriers, pursue equality of treatment in trade treaties, and replace restrictions with reasonable tariffs. The resolution also urges simplification of customs procedures and broader adoption of shared commercial methods.
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Lima
Peru
Ins
United States
Cordell Hull
Isidoro Ruiz Moreno
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Sees Cold, Clear Christmas Shopping Day
Cold, clear weather shaped Cedar Rapids Christmas shopping Saturday as the thermometer fell to 8 above zero at 7 am and rose to 13 at 10 am and 25 by 2 pm. Friday's high of 38 at 1 pm dropped to 17 at 7 pm and 14 at midnight as city readers tracked the day.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Ins
Drake professor finds missing glasses in vest pocket
Herbert J. Blackhurst a Drake University professor and his wife searched for his glasses before school. In an 8 a.m. class he felt a familiar bulge in his vest pocket and announced to students Here they are Mukal as he produced the spectacles.
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Des Moines
Herbert J. Blackhurst
Drake University
Bill Taylor Parks Auto Thief as Four-Teen Gang Is Identified
William Taylor aided police in catching a car thief after chasing the suspect from a lot at Fourth Avenue and Second Street SE. The gang of four youths aged 12 to 17, led by Earl Junior Meskimems and John C. Hanson, confessed to vandalizing trucks and stealing vehicles last week. Police plan further questions before turning the youths over to juvenile court authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
William Taylor
Pleasant Drive
Taylor
W. D. Andrews
D. M. Taylor
Fourth Avenue
Second Street SE
R. L. Naibert
Grandevenue SE
Naibert
Bob Vinch
Earl Junior Meskimems
John C. Hanson
Ives Frana Coal Company
Wisconsin Lumber Company
No New Typhoid Cases Reported In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports no new typhoid cases for a seventh straight day, with the total remaining at forty four after final releases on two more patients. City physician Dr. V H Hasek announced the seven day stretch without new cases.
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Cedar Rapids
V. H. Hasek
Father of M Kinlay Kantor Arrested in Drug Case Offshoot
John Kantor aged 69, father of novelist McKinlay Kantor, was nabbed near his Park Avenue hotel after involvement tied to the Musica Coster gun running scheme. He faced a 1935 Stratford Conn warrant for receiving money under false pretenses connected to a phony stock deal. He had attended McKesson and Robbins hearings and was identified by Connecticut troopers.
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New York
INS
John Kantor
McKinlay Kantor
Cedar Rapids
Honduras Industries, Ltd
Kantor
Bennett
Connecticut
Garner Confab With F D R Seen As Vital
Washington AP Vice president Garner returned to the capital for an intimate fall with President Roosevelt to discuss harmony or conflict among Democrats in the next Congress. They planned talks on possible legislation and healing wounds from the last session secretaryship rumors included Hopkins to Commerce.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
Uvalde, Tex
Congress
Supreme Court
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Senator Volt
Wo Va
Hopkins
Stores Open Until 9 PM Next Week In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Naplids News reports that stores in the shopping district will stay open every night until 9 PM from today through next Saturday, Christmas Eve, with a 6 PM closing on Christmas Eve. The extended hours aim to help shoppers who cannot visit stores during the day.
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Cedar Naplids
Mother
Nazis Say Musica Type Is Possible Only In Democracy
The Lokal Anzeiger in Berlin on Saturday compared the McKesson and Robbins case to Philip Musica and F. Donald Coster, arguing such criminals thrive only in democratic systems where anonymous networks allow uncheckable influence over business and politics.
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Democracy
Berlin
INS
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
New York
Lokal Anzeiger
McKesson and Robbins
Everyday Living and Wit From Dr Newton 1938
A collage of aphorisms and reflections on life work joy and wisdom. Notable lines include quips about happiness of saints and sinners the danger of knowing what isn t so and the idea that science has increased power without wisdom.
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Willian James
Marketing control up for second test
Washington AP says the New Deal farm law faces its second test as burly and dark type tobacco farmers in 14 states vote on authorizing continued sales quotas to curb price depressing surpluses for next year. About 250 000 burley and 75 000 dark type growers are eligible across Alabama Arkansas Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Missouri North Carolina Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia. Last week flue cured tobacco and rice rejected quotas while cotton farmers approved by a large margin.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Ilinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Thief Steals Car Tag From Front of 1989 Vehicle
Allen Grove told police a thief took the rear license plate while he attached the front tag to his car, just ahead of the new year. The incident occurred in Pittsburgh and involves the 1989 license plate.
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Pittsburgh
Allen Grove
Last Sunday Before Christmas Toy Sale Ad
Tomorrow is the last Sunday before Christmas where unused toys like a doll house toy train and tricycle can be sold for cash via Gazette Want Ads. Place your ad by dialing 2-1121 or at the Gazette office before 8 tonight to save 25 to 40 percent with special low rates.
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Gazette
Sunday Gazette
Labor's Nonpartisan League to boycott third party moves
John L. Lewis announced Labor's Nonpartisan League will boycott third party campaigns and work within the Democratic Party through the 1940 convention. The group will consider a Roosevelt third term and push progressive candidates at the Democratic gathering. A seven point labor platform outlines jobs, security, health, production, world events, and tax policies.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
League
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis
Roosevelt
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Bates Names Treasurer Deputies for Linn County
County Treasurer elect Frank F Bates announced Leo R Fitzgerald as first deputy and Otto F Hanzlik as second deputy subject to county supervisors approval. Hanzlik will oversee the motor vehicle license department and Joseph W Carberry was appointed delinquent tax collector with new clerks J H Woodside E L Kelso and Sam Johnson. Women clerks in the office will see changes at this time Bates said.
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Cedar Ranlds News
Frank F. Bates
Leo_R. Fitzgerald
Otto F. Hanzlik
Linn County
Hanzlik
Joseph W. Carberry
Twenty-Eighth Street Drive
J. H. Wood
First Avenue
E. L. Kelso
Thirty-fourth Street
Sam Johnson
Seventh Avenue
Bates
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