Washington hearing shifts battle over FCC rulings
Washington hosts a Senate Interstate Commerce Committee hearing on investigating the FCC and radio policies as NBC faces sale of a network. Willkie plans a Chicago broadcast and Mrs. Roosevelt appears on NBC Red. News covers schedules, industry figures, and farm price projections linked to defense needs.
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Two Stars Meet at Waldorf Astoria in New York
Screen legend Joan Crawford greets Margo the dancing star at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Margo performs under the direction of her ban leader-uncle Xavier Cugat, central press reports.
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Margo
New York’s Waldorf
Air Corps appoints new chief Maj. Gen. Brett
Maj. Gen. George H. Brett is named chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps to succeed Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, who remains as deputy chief of staff for air. The change places Brett at the top of the air arm as Arnold shifts roles.
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Inectady
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RAF Pilot Hillary Returns From London After Evading Nazis
Flight Lieutenant Richard H Hillary arrives in New York from London and recalls being shot down over the English Channel. His face was severely burned in the combat, requiring plastic surgery with grafts from his arm to reconstruct his eyelids and upper lip.
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London
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Rail magnate Arthur C James dies at 74 in New York
Arthur Curtiss James, noted railroad builder and yacht aficionado, died last night at Harkness Pavilion after a weeklong pneumonia battle. The New York magnate was among the nation’s wealthiest yet least-known industrialists, aged 74.
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Arthur Curtiss James
Harkness Pavilion
Noted Writer Sir Hugh Walpole Dies at 57
Sir Hugh Walpole, one of England’s most prolific writers, died of a heart attack after a week’s illness at his Brackenburn home in the Cumberland Mountains. He authored a book each year since age 25, and his U.S. novels were especially popular. The report notes a Brazilian department and a liner arrival of Hollanda j at New York on the Argentina.
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Supreme Court orders repayment to corporation in tobacco case
After seven months of hearing testimony, Supreme Court Justice William T. Collins in New York ordered George W. Hill, president of the American Tobacco Co., his son and three other vice presidents to repay the corporation 2,108,033.44 for accepting oversized bonuses and making certain management mistakes.
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New York
George W. Hill
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American Tobacco Co
Ambassador Arcano Heads to Vichy in Clipper Flight
Argentine ambassador to France Dr Miguel Angel Arcano arrives in New York on the way to Vichy and will complete the journey by Clipper plane. He proceeds to join discussions in the French settlement during the wartime exchange.
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Miguel Angel Arcano
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Vichy
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