Coal firms seek Supreme Court review of cost data disclosure
Nineteen coal companies including Utah Fuel challenge Bituminous Coal Act provisions. The Supreme Court granted an injunction delaying disclosure of cost and price data, pending further court action, after District of Columbia appeals held the data’s public hearing disclosure was not reviewable.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bituminous Coal Commission
Utah Fuel Company
High Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Coal Commission
Court Grants Hearing Plea in Tax Case Ruling
The U S Supreme Court agreed to review New York’s fight to tax the $2 246 1934 salary of James B O Keefe an attorney for the Federal Home Loan Corporation The court adjourned to January 3 as it weighs whether states may tax income of federal workers and considers related cases including Utah and Tennessee Valley Authority issues. Justice Cardozo’s death tributes were paid by Chief Justice Hughes and A G Cummings with Roosevelt expected to nominate a successor soon.
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Supreme Court
New York
James B. O'Keefe
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation
New York Court of Appeals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Hughes
Cummings
Utah
McReynolds
RFC
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Salt Lake City
Congress
Roosevelt
Cardozo
Carriers May Be Given Leeway In Rate Making
Washington December predicts management and labor will back greater leeway in railroad rate setting. A six member committee appointed by President Roosevelt near completion of its survey has worked since wage dispute settlement. Railroads dropped plans for a 15 percent wage cut after a presidential board concluded it would not aid railroads or overall business. Nearly one million railroad workers had threatened a strike over the pay cut.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Defense Battles Mental Ailment Claim in Kalamazoo Killing
In St Joseph Michigan a judge denied the prosecution’s bid to strike medical testimony claiming Mrs. Fern Patricia Dull suffered temporary amnesia when she killed her employer and common law husband William Holbrook on October 17. The defense plans to call 15 year old Gloria Dull as a character witness as trial proceedings continue. Dr. Walter M. Bartlett reiterated the amnesia finding under cross examination. Prosecutor Weston argued the testimony relied on Dull and unrelated observations, but the motion was denied.
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William Holbrook
Gloria Dull
Holbrook
Delinquent Tax Sale in Taylor County December 1938
A list of real estate sold in Taylor County in December 1938 for non payment of 1937 taxes and purchased by the State of West Virginia.
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Taylor
West Virginia
Marshall County Faces Relief Shortfall Due to Unemployment
Widespread unemployment swells Marshall County relief rolls. Department official Garnett notes need for extra funds as state advisory board considers the county's problem. County reports only 7,920.50 available for six months of relief. Marshall County qualifies for more aid due to compliance with statutory levies.
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Charleston
Fiarshall County
Diéter A. W. Garnett
Garnett
Marshall County
Delayed SEC Action Hearing in Fidelity Investment Case
Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet postponed today’s hearing on the SEC action against Fidelity Investment Association to Thursday. The firm faces charges of fraud related to contracts with a face value of 276.59 million dollars sold to about 60 000 investors nationwide. Attorneys sought more time to prepare an answer. Callahan, SEC general counsel, requested the delay. The company operates in 58 U.S. cities, with headquarters in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Detroit listed among its offices.
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Edward J. Moinet
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fidelity Investment Association
United States
Security and Exchange
John T. Callahan
SEC
Callahan
Detroit
Wheeling
W. Va
Akron Postal Employee Traffic Crash Victim
Akron O Dec 19 funeral services will be held Tuesday for Chalmers A Johnson 42 Akron post office employee killed Saturday night in traffic. A post office employee for 17 years Johnson died when pinned under the postal truck he was driving after a collision. Formal charges of manslaughter are expected against the driver of the other car who is being held on a suspicion charge. Johnson treasurer of the Akron Letter Carriers Association leaves a widow Madge two sons Chal mers Jr and Richard and a daughter Marjorie. Burial will be in Akron.
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Chalmers A. Johnson
Akron Post Office
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Chalmers, Jr
Richard
Marjorie
Principal Ends Strenuous Games After Broken Ankle
Bruceton Mills West Virginia December 19 Principal Frederick A Denley hobbled into classes on crutches and vowed not to play basketball again after leaping for a ball and breaking his ankle in a student game.
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Bruceton Mill
W. Va
Frederick A. Denley
Bruceton Mills High School
Real Estate Sold in Taylor County December 1938
Taylor County records list parcels sold for taxes due in 1937 during December 1938. Purchasers include individuals acquiring properties after tax sale, with details naming each buyer and associated parcel acknowledgments. The notice outlines the tax charge, year, and sale status for each listed lot.
TVA Inquiry Not Finished As Extension Sought
Washington December 19 The congressional committee investigating TVA voted to adjourn December 21 but will ask for more time and funds to complete its inquiry Chairman Donahey Ohio said an extension was needed as the committee cannot finish before the convening date of the coming Congress The committee seeks additional funds after exhausting the $50 000 appropriated for 1938 TVA financial statements show a year end loss of 310171 on power operations and rising upkeep costs Industrial customers bought 81 percent of TVA power in 1938 with a shift away from utilities toward municipalities rural cooperatives and power customers The fixed assets are listed at 209 000 000
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Washington
Dohaney
Ohio
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Donahey
E. L. Kehler
Kohler
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Bribe Charge Probe Opened In New York Case
The New York Post reports evidence before a federal grand jury that a deceased high U S Department of Justice official took bribes from gangsters while prosecutions were ongoing. Named are John Torrio and Dutch Schultz. The probe may involve a relative acting as go-between and potential links to other gangsters industrialists dodging taxes and a racketeering labor leader.
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New York Post
U. S. Department of Justice
Johnny Torrio
Dutch Schultz
Newark
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Richard “Dixie” Davis
Associated Press Moves to New 15 Story Rockefeller Center Building
The Associated Press began operating from its new 15 story Rockefeller Center building in New York, moving from the Madison Avenue site where it has collected and distributed news since 1923. The transition occurred early Sunday with no delay in transmitting to 1330 newspapers over 285000 miles of leased wires as teletypes ran in unison from both locations for a time.
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Associated Press
Rockefeller Center
Madison Avenue
A.P
Association
Hungary Moves to Restrict Jewish Rights in Parliament Plan
Budapest dispatch reports the cabinet finishing a bill for Jewish control to be introduced in parliament Friday. The measure may limit voting rights and tighten restrictions on Hungary's Jewish population as authorities consider new steps.
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Budapest
Hungary
Seamen marooned after Patterson wreck near Cape Pairweather
Eighteen seamen marooned on a storm swept Alaskan beach a week after abandoning the motorship Patterson near Cape Pairweather wait for rescue. They signaled the Haida coast guard cutter with improvised flashlights and report enough food for three days. Planes may reach a small lake inland if winds abate.
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Alaska
Patterson
Cape Pairweather
Coast Guard
Haida
State Council To Keep Up Organization Work
Charleston December 19 The West Virginia Industrial Union council will direct WPA employee organization until a permanent group forms President John B Euston announced Forty four delegates from 13 counties met yesterday to discuss CIO organization of WPA workers In West Virginia Easton said a statewide meeting likely next month to outline aims The delegates selected the name West Virginia WPA Project Workers Organization committee and expected about five months before a permanent union takes effect
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Charleston
West Virginia Industrial Union Council
Works Progress Administration
John B. Euston
Easton
WPA
West Virginia
WPA Project Workers Organizing Committee
Daughter of Ex Governor Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Mary Fisher Brown 38 daughter of former Governor John S. Fisher died at her Haverford home after a year long liver illness. A native of Indiana she studied in Haverford and graduated from Goucher College. She married H Tetnall Brown in 1928 at Harrisburg and funeral is set for Wednesday in Philadelphia. Survived by husband and father and brother Robert Fisher.
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Mary Fisher Brown
John S. Fisher
Brown
Indiana
Haverford College
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Robert Fisher
Blood Poisoning Fatal To Ex-Parsons Athlete
Parsons, Dec. 19. Les ter Nestor, 23, former Parsons High school athlete, died today of blood poisoning after his foot was trampled by a cow several days ago.
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Lester Nestor
Parsons High School
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