Administration hints at small business loan aid expansion
Washington sources report the government may extend RFC lending or introduce new federal credit measures for small businessmen. Chairman Jesse H. Jones could unveil specifics within a week, with proposals including loan guarantees up to 100000 and 6 percent interest, backed by real estate, plus insurance premiums.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Claude Pepper
Fla
Diving Champ Harri E Brown Nielsen Dies After Assault
Former national amateur diving champion Harri E Brown Nielsen was found with a bruised body in a Manhattan room and died from a homicidal assault according to Dr. Milton Helpern. Probate notice in Linn County Iowa announces the Last Will and Testament of Samuel E Dean with hearing set for the District Court in Cedar Rapids.
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New York
Harriet Brown Nielsen
Manhattan
Milton Helpern
State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Samuel E. Dean
Said
Cedar Rapids
Buying Power Of Midwest Sees Life Insurance Boom
E A Olson of Mutual Trust Life in Chicago told Cedar Rapids underwriters at Roosevelt hotel that the Midwest's purchasing power is the strongest in nine years. He said many dropped policies during the Depression must be reinstated and that rising income makes immediate estates and life insurance investments attractive, with typical returns around 3 percent.
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E. A. Olson
Mutual Trust’ Life Insurance Company of
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters
Roosevelt Hotel
Ridwest
Olson
Lucas Awarded One Cent In Libel Suit
In Baltimore a federal court jury awarded Robert H. Lucas one cent damages in his $200,000 libel suit against columnist Frank R. Kent and the Baltimore Sun publishers. The verdict followed a two hour deliberation over a September 10 1935 Sun article.
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Kent
Sun
Baltimore
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Frank R. Kent
A S. Abell Company
Baltimore Sun
The
Wrangling Delays War Profits Legislation in Congress
Internal disputes in the House Military Affairs Committee stall President Roosevelt’s war profits bill. A deadlock persists despite two secret sessions aimed at moving the measure to the floor Friday. Critics, including Rep Maverick and Rep Short, say the revised bill fails to tax war profits or remove executive powers. The panel won’t reconvene until Tuesday.
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INS
Congress
Roosevelt
House Military Affairs Committee
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Maverick
Texas
Rep. Short
Missouri
American Legion
House
American Woman Crosses Atlantic Aboard Europa
Miss Gloria Hayes of New York completed an unintended transatlantic crossing aboard the Europa. She said the ship sailed while she was saying goodbye to friends. Special police brought her ashore in Cherbourg and she would return to New York on Friday aboard the Deutschland.
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France
Gloria Hayes
New York
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