Cutten details milllion profits from 1929 Sinclair pool
Arthur Cutten testified before the Senate banking committee that he did not put up cash for his part in the Sinclair Consolidated oil stock pool of 1929 which yielded about 12 million dollars. He said profits totaled 3 million for his share and that stock was bought with sale receipts.
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Arthur Cutten
Senate
Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Cutten
Senate Banking Committee
John J. Qaskob
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Sinclair Pool
Oil Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Company
Johnson outlines NRA enforcement plan for Recovery Act
Des Moines reports Gen. Hugh Johnson announces a national enforcement system for the Recovery Act. A federal officer in every community will supervise code adherence. blue eagle withdrawal powers rest with higher executives. Local NRA committees will investigate complaints and report to the community officer. Johnson says most complaints lack factual basis.
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Des Moines
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
President to View Plans Late Today in Soviet Talks
Washington reports Hull and Maxim Litvinoff forged foundations for possible close U S Soviet relations after a two hour meeting. The plan calls for Roosevelt to review the situation later today with no further State Department meetings scheduled.
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Hull
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
State Department
United States
Litchwell
White House
Litvinoff
Rebels threaten U S intervention as Cuban uprising rages
In Havana the ABC rebels warn they will sack American property and trigger U S intervention if control of government isn’t decided by 3 PM They call for planes to bomb the palace of President Grau San Martin and for dynamiting street vehicles as fighting continues at Azores fortress and San Ambrosio strongholds.
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Secret Revolutionary Society
United States
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Batta
Matanzas
Camaguey
Oriente
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Gunboat Cuba Moves to Support Azores Fortress Assault
In Havana the gunboat Cuba manned by Grau San Martin loyalists moved into harbor position at 2 45 p m with decks cleared for action preparing to join land attack on the Azores Fortress held by about 2 000 rebel troops nearby.
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Grau San Martin
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Pouch and Mary Mary Pickford and Fairbanks avoid divorce claim
Variety reports Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks have settled differences and will not divorce. Pickford will not sell Pickfair, their Hollywood home.
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Mary
New York
Variety
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
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Pickfair
Hollywood
Russian Writer Bunin Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin, 63, a Russian poet and novelist born October 10, 1870. He has won the Pushkin prize and translated Longfellow, with his latest book The Well of Days noted as published in England. Bunin was reported ill and in poverty in Paris in March 1927 after leaving Soviet Russia.
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Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin
Bunin
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Longfellow
England
Russia
Paris
No Opposition To Roosevelt In Vote Declares Burgess
Dale K. Burgess, campaign director of United Dry Forces, said North Carolina’s large vote against repeal shows no opposition to Roosevelt’s national recovery program. He noted the NC result primarily reflected opposition to liquor legalization rather than the president’s policy.
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Roosevelt
Burgess
Kentucky Vote Repeal Leads in Early Returns
Early results from about one fourth of Kentucky precincts show 95,452 votes for repeal and 67,318 against. Figures cover 105 of 120 counties and 1,116 of 4,204 precincts statewide.
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Kentucky
Louisville
President Studies Liquor Traffic Problem Tax Program to Be Given Study
Roosevelt turns to liquor traffic as 37 states have voted for repeal. A tax program and Volstead act repeal will be proposed to Congress with district and territorial sales considered. Virginia responds to temperance leadership while North Carolina plans to handle repeal on its own terms.
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Roosevelt
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Mussolini Proposes State Backed Stock Dividends
Rome reports Premier Mussolini asked the chamber to approve a decree allowing the government to guarantee and participate in private company stock issues and ensure dividends. The plan would use the Industrial Reconstruction Institute to back a 400 million lire Piedmont Telephone bonds issue and could shift Italy toward government financing of industry.
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Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
American Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Garantee
Piedmont Telephonempany
Piedmont Hyroelectric Company
Yar
Piedmont Hydroelectric Company
Reconstruction Institute
Chamber
North Carolina Dry Forces Plan Fight in Legislature
Raleigh nov 9 North Carolina’s dry forces vow to press for repeal of the beer and wine law at the next session as they claim the 18th amendment is dead. Reynolds Lassiter Barton and Poteat rally support while observers note shifting political fortunes for Hoey Morrison Bailey and Reynolds amid a dry majority in unofficial tallies.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Assembly
Raleigh
Prohibition
Robert Lassiter
North Carolina Repeal Council
Robert R. Reynolds
Reynolds
W. L. Poteat
Wake Forest
United Dty Forces
A. J. Barton
Mington
Bailey
Clyde Hoey
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte Observer
Tammanee Tammanee Quoted In California Dispatch
A garbled Beverly Hills internal dispatch recalls Tammanee the big chief, mentions La Guardia as an experienced cop and American, notes shifts in radical image, and references North Carolina turning dry not by preference but by devilment.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
North Carolina
South Carolina Claims Wettest Spots in America
Charleston and nearby areas declare themselves the wettest spots in America after Tuesday's vote on repeal. Charleston voted 25 to 1 for repeal while Sullivan's Island and Gourdin reported overwhelming support, Sullivan's Island 100 to 1 and Gourdin 100 percent.
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Charleston
South Carolina
America
Sullivan's Island
Gourdin
Farley Targeted by Tammany in City Election Fallout
Tammany leaders accuse Postmaster General James A. Farley of destabilizing the city Democratic party after Fiorello LaGuardia's Fusion victory. Curry warns Farley must depart party office to restore odds for next year’s elections. Fusion plans a permanent nonpartisan organization as LaGuardia backs charter reforms and budget cuts. Seabury blasts Farley for backing McKee recovery party amid post election disorder.
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Tammany Tiger
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Fusion
John F. Curry
Tammany
James A. Farley
Farley
Maurice P. Davidson
LaGuardia
Curry
Democratic Party
Assembly
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