Indicted for Monopoly in Nitrates Ties to Munitions
New York and Wilmington reports reveal 32 individuals and 11 corporations named in six federal grand jury indictments charging a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices and control production of nitrates used in munitions and fertilizers. The probes trace back to 1920 through Septem ber 1, 1939, with entities including Du Pont, Allied Chemical, Semet Solvay, Imperial Chemical Industries, and Chilean nitrate firms.
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New York
Attorney General’s Office
Canada
Engand
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Germany
Poland
Belgium
Japan
Chile
Allied Chemical and Dye Company
E I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
the Barrett Company
Semet-Solvay Company
Imperial Chemical Industries (N. Y.) Ltd
Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Corp
Lautaro Nitrate Co. Ltd
Great Britain
Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp
Synthetic Nitrogen Products Corp
Chilean Nitrate and
Iodine Sales Corp
Solvay Process Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Wilmington
Del
Carpenter
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Greek Army Uses American Indian Tactics to Rout Italian Forces
In Salonika Greece two Greek sergeants describe using mist concealment and close bayonet charges to capture a fortified peak in the Koritza Podra detz sector. They led 40 men against numerically superior Italian artillery and riflemen, while one sergeant lost a foot but saw the operation end with the Italian positions routed and his unit retreating.
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Salonika
Greece
Koritza-Podradetz
Company denies law violations in defense efforts statement
The firm asserts it has not violated any law and will aid national defense. It notes it has not seen indictments, denies wrongdoing, and highlights cooperation with the government by erecting a Morgantown plant for nitrogen fixation for munitions. The probe on nitrates for fertilizer ended over a year ago, with indictments released only today.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Europe
Airliner Crashes at Chicago Kills Six, Investigation Underway
Six people died when an airliner crashed near 64th Street and Cicero Avenue in Chicago. J H Merlihy and United Airlines officials led the investigation as the company called for a full inquiry. Passengers and crew were pulled from the wreckage. a stewardess and others were reported injured or dead.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Crary
J. H. Merlihy
Utah
Pennsylvania Central
Lovettsville
William A. Patterson
United
Richard Rocas
Northwest Airlines
64Th Street
Cicero
Haig
Secretary Knox Prepares Caribbean Inspection
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox arrived in Key West after a land and seaplane flight from Washington as part of an eight day tour to inspect hemisphere defenses in Panama and the Caribbean. He planned to visit navy exercises on Culebra near Puerto Rico while President Roosevelt, on a Caribbean cruise, had indicated a possible meeting but Knox said no prearrangement existed.
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Key West
Fla
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Washington
Panama
Caribbean
Navy
Culebra
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt
Knox
Sales Tax Force Dismissed Over Funding Shortage
The sales tax department cuts its field force from 125 to about 15 staffers as appropriations shrink. 110 auditors were notified of dismissal with some effective December 1 and others December 15, until legislative funding renews. Governor veto reduced 1939-40 salaries by 100000, prompting the reductions.
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State
W. A. Holloway
Holloway
Lloyd C. Stark
Bomber Crew Woman Killed in Plane Crash
A Brazilian bomber en route from Inglewood California to Brazil crashed at Santiago Lapena, killing the two man crew and a woman when the plane struck her house. Mexican Aviation Co. radio reported the incident. other planes in the six plane squadron returned to the airport. Cause undetermined.
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Mexico City
Inglewood
Calif
Brazil
Santaigo Lapena
Radio
Berlin Claims Seven More Ships Sunk
Berlin reports seven additional vessels sunk in night raids as bombs hit an occupied school district and a school for incurable children, with houses damaged. Britain had warned defender planes now carry cannon to counter heavier German bombers amid raids on Birmingham shielded by clouds.
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Birmingham
Ministry of Home Security
Coal Miner Wounded in Mystery Shooting Near Columbia
In Columbia Missouri a 48 year old coal miner M K Fisher was seriously wounded by a shot fired through a cabin window about 11 miles west near highway 40. J T Gallaher, his housemate, relayed that a voice outside ordered him to turn and throw down his coat as Fisher was struck. He could not confirm any robbery.
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Columbia
M. K. Fisher
Here
Highway 40
W. A. Schuler
J. T. Gallaher
Fisher
Gallaher
Greeks Claim Abandonment Of Two Bases
An Athens broadcast reports Greek spokesmen stating Italian forces are withdrawing from southern Albanian bases Porto Edda and Argirocastro while the Premet front Italians retreat. Greeks say northern forces push toward Tirana as weather and terrain hindered operations, with observations of Italian encampments abandoned and Frasheri mountains occupied.
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Associated Press
Athens
Porto Edda
Argirocastro
Premet
Tirana
Santi Quaranta
Chimara
Teneleni
Klisoura
Lousnia
Frasheri
Fascists Claim Raid On British Naval Base
Rome reports a bold Italian operation striking two British cruisers in Suda Bay after torpedo attacks by Fascist planes from Crete. An Italian submarine allegedly torpedoed a destroyer on Dec 1 with unclear results. Italy expands conscription by 20,000, bringing total armed to about 1,020,000. Albanian front sees mixed battles as Italian and Greek forces clash, with Italian air losses and Polish-Greek aircraft downed over Tirana.
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Associated Press
Rome
Taranto
High Command
Crete
Suda Bay
Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Elbasani
Tirana
Olive Tablets Promote Digestive Calmness and Bile Flow
A vintage health ad urges correcting daily habits to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle laxative that also stimulates liver bile for fatty food digestion, claiming decades of use and popularity among grateful customers.
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Dr. Edwards
FL MM. Edwards
Decrees Seize Oil Assets and Danube Vessels in Antonescu Move
The decree targets oil pipelines pumping stations reservoirs and land owned by Romano Americano, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in property seized. A second decree orders seizure of all Danube barges tugs and sea-going ships owned by firms with Jewish stockholders. Reimbursement will come via bonds over 25 years at 3 percent.
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Standard Oil-owned
Romano Americano
Danube
Ion Antonescu
Chinese raid on Canton gendarmerie HQ reported
A central news report states Chinese mobile units raided the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters in Canton on November 29, causing many casualties before retiring. Separately a long dry spell in 1930 set a new record for duration and aridity in 95 years of U S Weather Bureau records.
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Hong Kong
Canton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Curb Planned On Machine Tool Exports
Washington officials said export licensing would extend after December 10 to many machine tools previously exempt to speed defense production. The plan seeks pooling of facilities nationwide and favors Britain and Western Hemisphere allies if defense needs permit.
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Washington
Russell L. Maxwell
Export Control
Britain
Great Britain
Idle facilities urged for defense production pooling
A press conference by Morris L. Cooke urged pooling idle manufacturing facilities in ghost towns and areas to support defense production in phases. The appeal aims to reduce idle capacity by farming out orders through local communities, linked to Armstrong of the American Legion foreign relations committee. Plastic surgery history noted with Asia’s ancient practice over two thousand years.
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Morris L. Cooke
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commission
Cooke
Washington
Armstrong
The
American Legion
Foreign Relations Committee
Lindbergh to Speak in St Louis December 17
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will address St Louis on keeping the United States out of war. The speech, set for December 17, is announced by O K Armstrong of Springfield, Missouri, writing for a magazine. The event is under the auspices of a group opposing foreign war.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
O. K. Armstrong
Springfield
Nash Ambassador Cars Promise Great Value in 1950s Ad
The ad touts Nash cars with soft coil springs on all four wheels and an aerodynamically built frame. It highlights Convertible Bed, Weather Eye conditioned air, and yearly savings of 70 to 100 dollars on gas and oil. Ambassadors and Eights with Twin Ignition are advertised 76 to 159 dollars cheaper than last year.
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Nash
Yox
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