Farmers National Grain dissolved by stockholders
The Farmers National Grain corporation, a cooperative marketing group backed by the Farm Board and loans, was dissolved by stockholders after approving a regional operations plan. The organization, a private Delaware corporation formed in 1929, will liquidate while regional units expand to continue cooperative grain marketing.
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Farm Board
Chicago
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Cooperative Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Vw. C. Horne
Fostoria
Ohio
Delaware
Corporation
Oil Firms And Executives Seek New Trial In Trust Case
MadisonWisconsin six major Midwest oil companies and thirty executives convicted of anti trust violations Tuesday filed motions for a new trial. Defenses accuse Judge Patrick T Stone of error and government questioning and argue the jury was prejudiced. They contest charges not in the indictment and note changes after journals faced dismissal.
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Madison, Wis
U.S. District Court
Patrick T. Stone
Bellevue Man Fined On Liquor Charge
Special to The Gazette Karl Lucke a Bellevue barber and father of five drew a suspended 600 fine in district court Tuesday on illegal possession of liquor. He was arrested Sunday when his car from Dubuque contained 23 half pints and a gallon container of liquor with Illinois seals but no Iowa seals. County Attorney Arthur Janssen filed the information. Charles Brantman got a ninety day district court sentence Tuesday for drunk driving after being arrested Saturday by Chief of Police Jack Raab when he attempted to drive along the Chicago and North Western railway tracks in Bellevue.
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Gazette
Maquoreta
Karl Lucke
Bellevue
Lucke
Leo Heineke
Dubuque
Illinois
Iowa
Arthur Janssen
Charles Brantman
Jack Raab
Chicago and North Western
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers praise corn sealing program
DES MOINES AP Donald E. Edison, Iowa secretary, told the Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers association convention that the governments corn sealing program helped many Iowa producers avoid selling in a distressed market. He noted a survey showed broad support for sealing, and reported member elevators remained financially robust with several mergers and new members in 1937. Delegates praised cooperative merchandising and announced committee appointments while Kreger's Farmers Elevator reported a 1937 profit of 42322 for its consumer cooperative, with 40360.16 in patronage dividends.
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DES Moines
Donald E. Edison
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Iowa
Edison
Farmers’ Elevator
Ray Dunkelberg
Rockford
Scott Ellis
Dallas Center
Joe H. Anderson
Thompson
Milford Beengly
Pierson
P. A. Lund
Cedar Falls
H. G. Dokkan
Linn Grove
George’ W. Feil
Riverton
C. V. Gregory
Wallace
Farmer
California Fruit Exchange
Kreger
Ralston
Farmers Elevator Service Company
Consumers’ Cooperative
Jury Disagrees In Jones Forgery Trial
DES MOINES AP District Judge O S Franklin dismissed the 17 hour deliberation in the forgery trial of B R Jones of Clear Lake Iowa. The state contends Jones submitted falsified sales tax returns to the state board of assessment and review while employed as a sales tax collector in northern Iowa. County Attorney Carl A Burkman said Jones will be tried again in the March term of court.
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Des Moines
O. S. Franklin
B. R. Jones
Clear Lake
Iowa
Jones
State Board of Assessment
Carl A. Burkman
United States Steel reports nearly doubling 1936 earnings
United States Steel Corp reports 1937 net income of 99,930,836 dollars, eight dollars and fifty eight cents per share, versus 50,798,900 dollars or two dollars and ninety cents in 1936. The year’s final quarter yielded 4,577,983 dollars or 1.27 dollars per preferred share, with no common stock dividend action.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Wall Street
Senators Demand Data On Citizenship Of Harry Bridges
The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee will request information from the Labor Department on Harry Bridges citizenship status and labor activity. Senator Copeland, chair, acts after Senator Vandenberg complained a prior request was ignored. Bridges leads the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union as president.
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Harry Bridges
Washington
INS
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Labor Department
Copeland
Vandenberg
Mich
Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Unions
Rescue Of Party Seeking Redfern In Guiana
Word was received from Georgetown that the Waldeck expedition rescuing Paull Redfern, long missing American aviator, was found on Devil's Hole island in the Cuyuni river. The party Theodore J. Waldeck and companions were near starvation after weeks without food and attacked by mosquitoes and ants.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Waldeck
Paull Redfern
Devil's Hole Island
Cuyuni River
Theodore J. Waldeck
New York
Joe Besse Waldeck
William Astor Chandler
Frederick J. Fox
Boston
de Souza
Two Saved In Fire In 13 Below Zero
In SISSETON South Dakota a fire destroyed two business buildings. Two bedridden residents were carried to safety in 13 degree below zero weather. Loss estimated at 40 000 to 50 000. A bystander and a fireman were injured.
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Sisseton
S. D
Frances Radman
W. O. Sampson
H. L. Savage
Radio Evening Programs and Orchestras Listing
A dense schedule lists NBC and CBS radio programs by time, including Easy Aces Uncle Ezra Mr Keen and Hobby Lobby, followed by talk and variety segments with WABC WJZ and other stations. Music acts feature Wayne King Kate Smith Tommy Dorsey, Nat Brandywynne Earl Hines and Henry Busse, among others with broadcasts across WEAF WJZ WABC and related chains.
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Amins ‘N' Andy
NBC
WEAF
Dick Gasnerre
WJZ
Rob Crosby
CBS
Henry Usse
NBC Haven
Pau Uiteman
le Chain
Samnyaye
WABC
Earl Test
WEAP
Harold Noel
Pee -Tommy Dorsey
Cedo
Chick Kebb
Henry Kine
Gli Bey
Weaf Cin
Mr. Keen
Hollywood
WBRBM
KMOX
Weaf Dhal
Riley Newman
WJZ Chain
WBBM
Kmox Roc
WCCO
Calloway
Henry Busses
NBC Weaf
Jimmy Grier
Leighton Noble
Nat Brandywynne
Inbc Weaf
Roker Pryor
Inbc
Emery Deutsch
WAR
Radio Schedule Highlights and Program Lineup
A detailed daily timetable lists NBC WEAF and CBS WABC stations with a morning to evening sequence of programs. Notable entries include Morning shows with Frances Adair and Katherine Wes, musical ensembles led by Norman Sherr and George Hall, and serials such as The Guiding Light, Mary Marlin, and Life of Mary Sothern, plus various orchestra performances and sketch segments across WEAF WJZ WABC and CBS stations.
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Southernaires
NBC
WEAF
WABC
Don McNeill
M.c
INBC
WJZ
Frances Adair
Excent
WBBM
CBS
KMOX
WCCO
Mrs
Kes
the Cabbrie
WRBM
David Harum
Norman Sherr
Avilable
Homemakers’ Exchange
WIZ Chain
Weaf Chain
WJZ Chain
Mary Margaret McBride
Lee Reiser
Helen Trent
Emerson Gill's
Sue Blake
Sketch
United States Seals Band
Brntsdell
Ranch Boys
Jean Ellington
Jones
WJZ Ain
Rakov
Lorenzo Jones
Harry Koren
Mary Marlin
Paw Mpthee
Mee
Nin
City Keene
Wwegg
Sennett
Stewmother
George RR. Holmes
Rex Maupin
Joan Edwards
EAP Chain
Tony Russell
George Hall
Fi Amaos
Andy
Aces
Herbert Foote
Reorganization urged for Chicago Great Western railroad
An interstate commerce commission examiner urged reorganizing the Chicago Great Western with a capitalization near 62 million dollars, more than 76 million under its current capitalization. He proposed wiping out common stockholders, noting the railroad’s net worth would be well below the par value of its preferred stock. The plan blends management and bondholder recommendations with his own. Bankruptcy proceedings were filed in February 1935.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Homer H. Kirby
Kirby
Bondholders Protective Committee
Fire at Goodyear Tire shop causes $15000 damage
AP report from Iowa City notes a Tuesday night blaze in the Goodyear Tire company shop with damage estimated at $15,000. Investigators believe an overheated stove in the basement started the fire, and officials say the loss was likely covered by insurance.
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Iowa City
Goodyear Tire Company
Board Sets Cargill Hearing For March 1
Chicago Board of Trade directors set March 1 for a hearing on charges that Cargill Grain Company of Illinois and its officers John H. MacMillan Jr Edward J Grimes and Philip Co Sayles violated exchange rules.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Cargill Grain Company of Illinois
John H. MacMillan, Jr
Edward J. Grimes
Philip Co. Sayles
Wilson Co Board Fails To Act On Dividend
CHICAGO AP Wilson and company directors met Tuesday but acted on no dividend payment due March 1. The 50 cents annual dividend has been in place since March 1935 with a 12 1/2 cent last quarterly payment on Dec 1. Earnings for the year ended Oct 30 stood at 28 cents per common share after preferred dividends.
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Chicago
Wilson and Company
Meat Packing Company
Dickinson Urges Tariff Cuts On Monopoly Goods
Former Senator L. J. Dickinson launched his campaign for the republican senate nomination in Des Moines by calling for tariff reductions on products controlled by monopolies. He urged moving from protection to trade agreements and said farm raw products should be protected from low-cost imports. He opposed the naval construction program, warning that excessive government supervision harms progress and that government works projects won’t solve unemployment.
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Des Moines
L. J. Dickinson
Dickinson
Vote Favorably On Five RFC Directors
Washington report states the senate banking and currency committee voted to report favorably the renomination of five Reconstruction Finance Corporation directors. Included are Chairman Jesse Y. Jones of Texas CB Merriam of Kansas Charles B Henderson of Nevada Howard J. Klossner of Minnesota and Emil Schram of Illinois.
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Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Y. Jones
Texas
CB Merriam
Kansas
Charles B Henderson
Nevada
Howard J. Klossner
Minnesota
Emil Schram
Ilinois
Suspect Seized In Million Dollar Mail Fraud Plot
New York dispatch reports Otto R Hood alias Frederick Joseph Bowers, a sought kingpin in a $1,000,000 mail fraud scheme, was captured aboard the U S liner Manhattan on arrival in New York. He faced a Denver indictment dated 1936 and is now in custody.
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New York
INS
G-men
U.S
Manhattan
Otto R Hood
Frederick Joseph Bowers
Denver
Colo
Prosecution Rest in Paul Wright Trial
In Los Angeles the state rested its case after reading police statements from Paul A. Wright. He described how "everything went white" when he saw his wife and his best friend in an embrace moments before he shot both.
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J.os Angeles
Paul A. Wright
Grattan Denied Parole From Soldiers Home
DES MOINES AP State Parole Board Chairman Hubert Utterback announced Marvin T. Grattan a 90 year old Civil War veteran of Decorah was denied parole. He remains at the Iowa Soldiers Home Marshalltown receiving care with his wife. He was convicted of murder revived to manslaughter after a supreme court reversal.
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Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Marvin T. Grattan
Decorah
Grattan
Iowa
Marshalltown
Utterback
Claude Meade
Meade
Supreme Court
Roosevelt politics and lynching bill fade in DC power play
President Roosevelt congratulates House leaders as Senate filibuster over anti lynching legislation strains. Inside talks hint at softening stance and possible drop of the bill. Filibuster tactics, party divisions, and polling chatter frame a fraught Washington scene with Tammany aria, Ickes wire taps, and Early called at 3 am about Mrs Roosevelt’s hair.
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Presiential
Steve Early
Soak Em Bill Faces House Vote Amid Tax Fight
In a Treasury move to soak one family corporations the House Ways and Means Committee debates the bill with McCormick and Vinson opposing along with seven Republicans needing four more votes to kill it. Administration pressure and unclear dissemination of who would be affected, including department stores and newspapers, loom as hearings suggest the tax could push buyers into Wall Street schemes. Robert Jackson, a White House ally, pushes toward the New York governor ship while not challenging patronage. Jackson leads a large justice department lawyers’ corps.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means
Committee On the Treasury
McCormick and Vinson
Messrs. Oliphant
Cohen
Corcoran
Wall Street
Robert “Stonethrow
Jackson
White House
Farley
New York
General Jackson
Justice
Oelwein Educator B. Ferrell Seeks State Superintendent Nomination
OELWEIN G B Ferrell long time head of Oelwein schools announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. He has 18 years active in town schooling and 11 years as district leader. Previously he led Wyman and Dysart schools. Three Republicans, Chandler Ames Martin Maquoketa Lapslam Charles City, already announced bids for the four year term at 4500 annual.
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Oelwein
G B. Ferrell
Supt
Ferrell
Wyman and Dysart
F. H. Chandler
Ames
Charles F. Martin
Maquoketa
P. C. Lapsham
Charles City
Winterized late model cars in Want Ad section
Advertisement urges readers with a failing old car to trade it in for a newer winterized vehicle. Highlights reliable service and directs to the Want Ad section for selection.
Too Weary From Work To Play Olive Tablets Ad
Weariness and fatigue linked to constipation, with claims that Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets provide gentle relief and mild bile stimulation. Promotes regularity and improved energy, urging readers to buy at their druggist with prices listed.
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Dr. Edwards
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