Zaibatsu Power in Prewar Japan and Its Decline
AP analysis by James D. White examines the Zaibatsu, Japan’s powerful family-controlled business clans, their role in finance and industry, and how General MacArthur’s era sought to break them up. It details Mitsui and Mitsubishi as archetypes, their ties to government, and the complex balance of military and political control shaping Japan’s economy before and during World War II.
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Foreign News Asslysh
DeWitt MacKensin
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Zaibates
Japan
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Mitsui
Zaibatsu
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Zaibatwa
Mitsubishi
Formular
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Navy
China
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Aubardiary
Tojo
Heflin Council Hires New Police Force
Heflin's town council replaced its police department with two new officers. The new police chief is J. H Ritter, a former railroad special investigation agent from Memphis. His assistant is F. H. Lester, a former Jasper police officer. The three-man force had been reassigned last week after a department reduction.
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Heflin
J. H Ritter
Railroad Special Investigation
Memphis
F. H. Lester
Jasper
Hythn
Mobile Funds Paving Program From Tunnel Revenue Bonds
The City of Mobile issued 5 million dollars in Bankhead Tunnel revenue bonds to finance an 8 million dollar street paving project. Two million will refund existing tunnel bonds, three million funds the main program, with the remaining cost assessed to adjacent property owners. The tunnel yields about 500 thousand dollars annually, with a 25 cent car toll. Bonds bought yesterday by a syndicate led by Merchants National Bank of Mobile at 2.99 percent net.
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Mabilé
Linden County Ax Murder Suspect Arrested After Cabin Attack
Marengo County officers continued their patrol for a Black mill hand identified as Abraham Rembert, 45, accused of fatally harming his mother-in-law and wife with an axe in his cabin. His wife, who was pregnant with twins, was hospitalized. a midwife and a two-year-old son survived. The deputy offered no motive and noted threats against the midwife but provided few details.
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Marengo
Dépuy
E. ©. McMan
Wa Saié
Abraham Rembert
Rembert
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