Van Sweringen rail empire tied to Alleghany funding
The article states Alleghany corporation was a vehicle for consolidating eastern railroads tied to the Van Sweringen interests. It notes Missouri Pacific, bought by the Van Sweringens to diversify earnings, may have been a misjudged purchase. Missouri Pacific president L W Baldwin has been subpoenaed as executives are summoned.
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van Sweringen
van Sweringens
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Road
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License Plates On Sale Tuesday In Raleigh Office
The Raleigh Motor Vehicle Bureau announces tag sales Tuesday for state licenses. Tags require a properly assigned title or a copied address card mailed to the owner. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and city residents should collect both tags at once to avoid a second trip.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicle Bureau
State Department of Avenue
Todd
Roosevelt to land Tuesday after lengthy South America voyage
President Roosevelt’s flotilla steamed past the Bahamas and headed toward Charleston as part of a 12 250 mile voyage to South America and back. He planned to go directly to Washington from Charleston with no meeting plans for party leaders or cabinet heads. Commanders of the Indianapolis and Chester called the 21 day trip unusually smooth considering seas and distance.
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Roosevelt
Bahamas
Atlantic
East Florida
Charleston
D. C
South America
Washington
Indianapolis
Chester
Duke of Windsor consults ear specialists in Austria visit
Austria hosts former King Duke of Windsor as gendarmes patrol Baron de Rothschild estate and the railroad line while his party travels 25 miles from Vienna. Police block the road for ten minutes on arrival as the former monarch appears in a happy frame of mind.
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Austria
England
Neumann
Baron de Rothschild
Vienna
Enzesfeld
Utilities Lead in Mart Gains
New York markets saw utilities rise after a Supreme Court ruling in the Duke Power case. Specialties led early gains with motors steels rails aircrafts and farm implements also showing strength. The ruling sent the case back for retrial and did not decide constitutionality of public works administration for municipal power companies.
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Supreme Court
Duke Power
Public Works Administration
Tower Court
Chicago
Wheat Surges in Chicago Opening Rush Prices Jump
Wheat futures climbed sharply with December contracts up to 1.82 83 and May to 2.16 1-3, as traders flooded the market in early trading. Corn also rose with December at 1.07 1-2 and May advancing to 1.03 1-4, before easing into steadier gains.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Open Higher On Liverpool Demand
Cotton futures opened steady with 3 to 9 point gains on stronger Liverpool prices and buying by trade and commission houses. December reached 12.74, January 12.48, March 12.43, May 12.97, July 12.11, October 11.70 as the market climbed to new highs before settling mixed to higher in late trading.
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New York
Liverpool Cabies and Trade and Commission House
New Orleans Cotton Rises to New Seasonal Highs
Cotton futures in New Orleans on December 14 opened at 12.72, with January, March, and May contracts showing gains. The market closed with modest advances from 6 to 18 points, across positions including July and October deliveries.
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New Orleans
George VI rises to throne after Edward VIII abdication
The archbishop broadcast a solemn farewell and prayer as Edward VIII abdicates to wed American divorcee. Lords and Commons take oath to George VI while a second throne signals the new king is married. The ceremony marks a historic transfer of power and duty.
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Mary
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Hydro Electric Case Returned to Lower Court for Re Examination
The circuit court sent the hydro electric dispute back to the district court to retry the case after a contract between the government and Greenwood County was amended. It warns that the delusive interests of haste should not be permitted to prevail.
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Circuit Court
Greenwood County
Haste
FATHER AND HOUSEKEEPER HELD IN SINGS OF POISONING DEATH
A father and his housekeeper are in custody over the death of a girl whose passing certificate cited idiopathic convulsions with possible cerebral hemorrhage as a contributory cause. Exhumations in Orangeburg and autopsy work, including toxicology by Dr. Haywood Taylor at Duke, point to poisoning.
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Burney
J. HB. Evans
Victor Sullivan
Orangeburg
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Southport
Avon H. Elliott
New Hanover County
Graham Barefoot
Wilmington
F. ©. Sease
Haywood Taylor
Duke University
Durham
Court Dismisses Press Injunction In Radio News Case
The Associated Press sued alleging pirating news dispatches from the Seattle area papers. The Western Washington federal court dismissed, a circuit court reversed, and arguments centered on whether news remains property of the press association after publication.
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Associated Press
Bellingham Herald
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Times
Cooperative Press Association
Federal District Court For
Western Washington
John W. Davis
New York
The
Press Association
Willam H. Pemberton
Olympia, Wash
Insurgents Fail To Break Defenders In Madrid Battle
Fascist forces press in Franco territory as observers say street by street attack would require too many troops. Luft air ministry reports bombardments hit two insurgent concentrations near Madrid. Government submarine C-3 torpedoed off Malaga, 47 lives lost.
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Air Ministry
Abrojos
Amanares
Madrid
Malaga
Supreme court reverses on appeal to allow amended pleadings
The court rejects an improperly formed record and orders reversal of the circuit court of appeals. It directs vacating district court decrees, permitting amendments, and remanding the case for fresh issues. It notes a South Carolina district court ruling that a program unlawfully delegated power to the President. Fifty-one similar cases with loans and grants totaling about 50 million dollars across 28 states are pending. PWA had allotted 287 power project funds as of November 1, with 85 completed, 97 under construction, and 63 tied up in litigation.
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District Court
South Carolina
Federal District Court
PWA
Peace proposals shelved by Inter-American conference
Buenos Aires dispatch reports that an inter-American peace conference will shelve plans for an American League of Nations and an American court. Sub committee head Juan Antonio Buero of Uruguay says refer discussions to the 1938 Lima Pan-American conference for expert study. US opposition noted, World Court seen as capable of handling disputes.
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World Court
the Hague
Netherlands
Chiang Kai Shek Seized as Chang Hsueh-cheng Rebels
Japanese and Chinese reports claim eight divisions of the Chinese central army prepare to retake Sianfu, with Marshal Chiang Kai Shek allegedly captured. Analysts link a shadowy red route Moscow to North Central China via an alliance between Chang Hsueh-cheng and Communist leaders.
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Sianfu
Shensi
Chiang Kai Shek
Germany
Japan
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Chang
Manchuria
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China
Domei
Marshal Chang
Nanking
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Chinese
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National Front
Spain
Cotton consumption stays high while exports fall in November
Census Bureau reports domestic cotton use reached 626,695 running bales in November, up from 612,312 last year, lifting four month total to 2,477,210 bales. Exports dropped to 689,815 bales in November, about half of 1,134,874 last year, with August–November value at $153,383,000 versus $166,978,000 a year ago.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Invention Credit for Gasoline Motor Car
Credit for the gasoline motor car generally goes to Siegfried Markus a German who in 1875 constructed a crude machine that actually ran.
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Siegfried Markus
Automobile Ownership Gap Across United States
A historical note reports that there is one automobile for every six persons in the United States, indicating widespread but uneven personal vehicle access during the period. The fact highlights transportation disparities and evolving mobility patterns.
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United States
Radio Wizard Files Bankruptcy Petition
Inventor Dr. Lee de Forest known as the Father of Radio filed a bankruptcy petition in a Los Angeles federal court. Assets listed at 390 and liabilities estimated at 103,945.
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Lee de Forest
Father of
Radio
Los Angeles
Weaver Nominates Doughton for House Leadership
Rep Zebulon Wear of Asheville NC backs Bob Doughton for House leadership chair. Wear hopeful the NC delegation will unite behind Doughton who has long served on the Ways and Means panel and could gain cross party support. He calls Doughton one of the best new members and says his leadership would meet broad approval.
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Zebulon Wear
Asheville
N. C
House Dem
Doughton
House
Ways and Committee
Weaver
North Carolina
Raleigh
Coughton
Rescue troops to free dictator G amid mutinous uprising
A Chinese civil crisis centers on Chang Hsiao who leads rebel forces to depose the Nanking government and free Chiang Kai-shek. Loyang battlegrounds and northern Henan provinces see mobilized troops, while Yen Hsi-Shan urges punitive action and hostage rescue to avert civil war.
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Loyang
Henan
Chaing
Marshal Chang
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shanei
Baiyuan
Nanking
Chang
Yen'si
Chiang
Japan
Uit
Tional
Tary Affairs Commission
Ainment
Tungkwan
Eas
Shenai
Nan
H Ho
China
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