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Roosevelt cousins linked to Munson deal unsettles shipping board
Roosevelt relatives Kermit Roosevelt and Vincent Astor are tied to a secret agreement between International Mercantile Marine and Munson Line, complicating a government ship purchase and revealing arrears and restructuring pressure on Munson. The item threads through earlier disputes with the Shipping Board and Pan American routes, with financial figures cited including $1,250,000 mail contract and $2,250,000 owed to the government.
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Washington
Rooseveldt
New Deal
Pan- American
Pan-American
Shipping Board
Munson Line
Kermit Roosevelt
International Mercantile Marine
Munson
Musson Fes
Govecesaris
Siaping Mart
Srey
Govermmen
Pan-Ariet Sa