Interesting contrast in capital stock share structure
Two firms filed incorporation articles revealing stock per share differences. Cooper Creek Petroleum with 1,000,000 capital lists 1 dollar par value shares, based in Laramie with directors L B Warner H G Prah and KR M Leake. Middle States Oil & Gas lists 106,960 capital in 10,000,000 one cent shares, based in Thecemopolis with directors Sash Bjorn Clifford Wilson Charles B Clendenney Michael J O Mahoney and W J Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weinesy
Farme
Cooper Creek Petroleum Company
Laramie
L. B. Warner
H. G. Prahi
KR. M. Leake
Middle States
Thecmopolis
Sash Bjorn
Clifford Wilson
Charles B.clendenney
Michael J. O'Mahoney
W. J. Taylor
Argentina Foreign Trade Drops in First Quarter Report
Buenos Aires reports a sharp decline in Argentina’s foreign commerce in Q1 1949. Exports fell by about 60 million pesos gold from Q1 1948, linked to labor troubles and a port strike in Buenos Aires, with import tonnage down though real values rose by 12 million pesos. Trade balance remains over 60 million pesos in Argentina’s favor, and recent months show export gains suggesting the quarterly loss may be recovered by year’s end.
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Buenos
Aires
Argentina
National Statistics
Buenos Aires
Holland Still Has Many War Derelicts
Harderwise Holland reports hundreds of war refugees and undesirables kept behind barbed wire in a large internment camp. The camp houses people from multiple nations including Russians who have caused friction. Dutch officers employ strict measures that have provoked mutinous sentiment among soldiers.
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Holland
Treo
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Cam
American Steamers Launched in Japan
TOKIO reports two ocean going steamers built for the United States Shipping Board have been launched in Japanese yards. The Eastern Trade is a 13000 ton steamer and the Eastern Glade is a 400 foot long steel cargo ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
United States Shipping Board
British Civil Servants Granted 40 Percent Increase
The Civil Service Arbitration Board awards a 40 percent bonus on ordinary remuneration for civil servants aged 16 and over to meet higher living costs. The decision covers the general civil service in London and follows extensive consideration of the matter.
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London
Civil Service Arbitration Board
Memnonites Aim to Establish Brazilian Colony
Johannes P. Wall and five Memnonite representatives meet Rio Grande do Sul officials in Port Alegre to discuss setting up a Memnonite settlement in southern Brazil. If approved, large land purchases are planned and a colony could be formed.
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Nio HE Janemo
Johaon P. Wall
United States
Port Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
Soldiers claim captain deter extreme cruelty in France
Testimony at Governor's Island says Captain Karl W. Detzer ordered beatings of prisoners to force confessions while in charge of criminal investigation near Le Mans. Witnesses recount slaps and beatings by Sergeants Madden and Hoyt. several soldiers say they signed statements under duress. Civil and military officials document alleged abuses by Detzer and his unit.
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New York
Karl W. Detzer
France
Governor’s Island
Detzer
le Mans
Rth
208Th Military Police
Georges FE. Williams
Corning
A.S. Madden
Frank L. Hoyt
Williams
White
Madden
Thomas J. McAdams
Sth Guard
Governor's Island
Hoyt
Netger
Supreme Court to Rule on Wyoming Remarriage Ban
John L. Hoagland appeals a Laramie county ruling denying divorce on grounds of desertion and alleged abuses. If the appeal proceeds, the Wyoming pre marriage remarry prohibition will be reviewed by the state supreme court for the first time since enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Toss
John L. Hoagland
State Supreme Court
William C. Mentzer
Laramie County
Hoagand
Hoagland
Mary
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Hoaghland
Kimball
Neb
W Hoagland
Lander
Hand Battleship Cost Revealed and Cathedral’s Cost
The Hand battleship recently built for Britain cost the government 25 125 000 dollars to complete excluding guns ammo and stores. The project costs for Rome's St Peter's Cathedral began in 1450 and finished around 1880 with an estimated total near 75 000 000 dollars.
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London
The
Hand
St. Peter's Cathedral
Rome
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Little Company
Greater
Capitol
Japan
Denmark
Cipitol
Bath
NEW Congress
Congress
Deter
Reo
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Iife
Yuletide
Navy
Navy Recruiting Office
Cheyenne
Georgette
SILK
Lot
Red Cross
Girest
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