Rail Spending Spur Seen in Tax Reduction
The Senate profit sharing committee heard that incentive taxation could unlock a backlog of railroad purchases, opening 500,000 jobs in heavy industries. Railroads would need to modernize with $1 billion yearly for ten years, if they could lean on tax relief and debt reductions.
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Washington
Senate
R. F. Fletcher
Association of American Railroads
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Fletcher
Lovell Parker
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
KruGon touted as remedy by Shawnee resident
Mrs. Jennie Boland of 920 East Oakland Shawnee Oklahoma credits KruGon with curing long standing health issues including bladder pain headaches poor nourishment and sleep problems after a few weeks. She reports improved elimination and renewed health and recommends the laxative tonic. Sold by Brandenberger Drug Co. 130 E High St. in Shawnee and other area druggists.
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KruGon
Dennie Boland
East
Oakland St
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Jennie Boland
Mrs. Boland
Brandenberger Drug Co
E. High St
Lithuanians Fear Memel Crisis Deepens in Berlin
In Berlin the Deutsche Politische Korrespondenz says Lithuanians face a pivotal decision as Memel’s fate looms. Smetona vows strong action at home while Kaunas bars universities amid student arrests. Memel police to be replaced by Memel autonomous police per a Memel directory decree.
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Berlin
Deutsche Displomatisch Politische Korrespondenz
Memelland
Hitler
Kaunas
Erich Wilhelm Zechlin
Neumann
Memel
Lithuania
Radio Comedian Burns Pleads Guilty in Jewelry Case
George Burns 42 born Birnbaum pleads guilty to charges of smuggling and conspiracy related to jewelry. His attorney says he bought the pieces with no intent to violate laws. Government alleges he received and transported the jewelry and evaded customs duties amid a larger CCC food-need note.
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Peray
Chaperau
Lauers
Burns
Birnbaum
Supreme Court rules Gaines entitled to Missouri law schooling
The U S Supreme Court in a 6 to 2 decision held Missouri must provide equal educational opportunity for a Negro student, ruling denial of Lloyd Gaines admission to the University of Missouri law school violated the federal constitution. Attorneys expect broadened access as states reassess Negro professional education.
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Civil Service Department
United States Supreme Court
Gaines
University of Missouri
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Charles Houston
Supreme Court
Lloyd L. Gaines
University of Missouri Law School
Houston
Hughes
Missouri
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Butler
Virginia
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Tennessee
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Delaware
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Lincoln University
Glass industry price control questioned in testimony
In a discussion about competition and price regulation, Smith defends policies that prevent ruinous competition and stabilize the glass container industry. O'Mahoney presses on whether such power to control production and prices exists, with Thurman Arnold noting the social desirability of central control and Hartford Empire as a potential repository of power. Smith says the industry has benefited from the policies.
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O'Mahoney
Smith
Congress
Thurman Arnold
Hartford Empire Company
Lima Parley Considers Hemisphere Peace Plans
The committee for organization of peace tackles a Venezuela backed plan for immediate consultation among American republics in case of non American aggression. Argentina and Mexico workers draft a western hemisphere security plan to be presented by a nations group. They also pursue a declaration to end the Spanish civil war and favor mediation. Hull stays out of committees while leading the US delegation. Over 90,000 people from about 60 nations visited Sweden in the first eight months of 1938.
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Committee For Organization of Peace
Venezuela
London
Lawrence Steinhardt
United States
Peru
Senora Carlos Concha
Organization of Peace Committee
Cordell Hull
Sweden
Young Maryland Girl Identifies Kidnapers
Mary Brown an 18 year old Oxon Hill Maryland girl has positively identified one man from the metropolitan police rogues gallery and partially identified a second as two of three men she said kidnapped her earlier this month. Police seek the two men and continued the investigation after she was returned home December 1 following a 30 hour disappearance.
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T Washington
Washington
Mary Brown
Oxon Hill
Metropolitan Police
William Brown
Mary
Four Alarm Fire in Buffalo Controls Downtown Blaze
A four alarm fire in Buffalo, New York, raged for over an hour in a downtown block, reaching an annex of a five story paper storage building. The blaze, discovered in a rag shop, prompted wide evacuations as police closed a safety area. One firefighter was injured, and damage estimates were not available. Fire apparatus from almost all units responded to the scene and the burning area attracted Christmas shoppers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
McKesson and Robins Faces Resignation Demands in NY
The McKesson and Robins board demands resignations from President F Donald Coster and Assistant Treasurer Dietrich amid investigations into crude drugs department irregularities. New probes reveal four new brokerage accounts in Coster or wife names, while two Montreal warehouses are deemed phony. The company seeks reorganization under federal bankruptcy rules as assets and practices come under scrutiny.
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New York
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
F. Donald Coster
George E. Dietrich
Dietrich
Coster
John J. Bennett, Jr
Bennett
Carol E. Coster
State Supreme Court
Montreal
Joseph F. Ruggieri
Securities and Exchange Commission
Noble Actor Coster Under Federal Inquiry in Fairfield
Coster, 54, president of the firm and a Washington, D C native, is privately investigated as part of a federal grand jury inquiry and a separate probe by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's office. He resides with his wife in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Gaston Means Dies At Springfield Prison
Gaston B Means dies in Springfield prison after a career marked by involvement with the Harding administration. Earlier he figured in 1917 headlines when he was acquitted of a murder charge involving Mrs Maude King, a wealthy widow.
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Gaston B. Means
Springfield
Harding
Maude King
Mrs Means Details Funeral Plans in Concord
Fragments indicate a statement about a woman who died by suicide with a weapon used for target practice. Mrs Means notes funeral services will be held Wednesday in Concord, with the attorney and financial advisor mentioning their roles.
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Means
Concord
Credit to skilled hands and opposable thumb
The remark credits the hand work and opposable thumb for progress, noting that a person with a capable brain would advance little without the fine instruments his hands create. The point emphasizes the synergy of intellect and manual dexterity.
Men Wanted To Make 4 Day Test
If you get up nights due to functions kidney disorders get junper oil and seven other drugs made into green tablets Help nature flush excess acids and other wastes from the kidneys Excess acids can cause irritation that wakes you up Just say BUKETS test box to any druggist Locally at Fischer Drug Co Brandenberger Drug Co
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Nature
Fischer Drug Co
Brandenberger Drug Co
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