Wall Street under the Pecora probe and decades of power
In 1931 and 1932 the Pecora investigation reshaped U.S. finance by exposing how top banks and financiers used big institutions for personal gain. Ferdinand Pecora’s hearings revealed Mitchell and the Morgans, shifting momentum toward strong reform and setting the stage for the New Deal era.
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John T. Flynn
NEA Se
Inc
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate
New Deal
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Republic
United States
Hughes
Norbeck
Pecora
Charles Mitchell
National City Bank
Mitchell
Mr. Pecora
Herbert Hoover
America
Senate Banking Committee
Morgans
The
Exchange
Fletcher
Committee
Securities Exchange Commission
Stock Exchange
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Vecora
Enthusiastic Letter Promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran
A 70 year old Jacksonville reader credits Kellogg’s All-Bran with eliminating cathartics after four decades. Laboratory notes tout bulk and vitamin B to aid muscle tone and iron for blood, claiming regular use helps digestion safely.
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Denise
Kelsoge
Oak Ridge Cadets Prepare Sunday Parade Move
Oak Ridge cadet corps in formation will parade Sunday with two companies of 100 men and a 30 piece band. War Department officers have praised their military progress and will have Col. Holt and various majors in the reviewing stand.
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Oak Ridge
War Department
Col
B. P. Holt
T. O. Wright
Z . Whitaker
Maj
R. B. Larkins
Man joins posse to search for himself in Kentucky
A posse near Constance Kentucky hunted for Arthur Halstead charged with burglary and housebreaking. After a period of searching they found their man and learned he had joined the posse to search for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Posse
Constance
Get
Hill and Hollow
Arthur Halstead
Military Institute Holds First Fall Dress Parade
Cadet corps of the Military Institute will march past the reviewing stand as the first dress parade of the fall is set for Sunday at 3 30 in the afternoon.
Jasper Jones Elected Y M C A Head at High Point College
Jasper Jones of High Point, a senior at High Point College, was elected president of the college Y M C A this morning. He succeeds Ferree who resigned for other work. The new president outlined future possibilities and a membership drive was planned. Diamonds found in Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin gravel deposits suggest a large diamond field to the north.
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Jasper Jones New
Jasper Jones
High Point
High Point College
Jones
Ferree
The
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
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Famous Money Trust
Pujo Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Bull Perold
Brookhart
Tom Heflin
Hoover
Matthew Brush
Tom Bragg
Ben Smith
Percy Rockefeller
Washington
Madison Square Club
Credit Anstalt
England
Bears
Bernard Baruch
John J. Raskob
Democratic Committee
Baruch
Raskob
Walcott
Connecticut
Peter Norbeck
Banking Committee
Wolcott
Stem
Stern
J. P. Morgan & Co
House of Morgan
South Dakota
Mr. Durigan
Kellogg’s
Boudoir
Bloom Furniture
North Main Street
Geodon
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping Institute
California
Libby
Land O’ Lakes
Stayman Winesaps
Pound
Baker’s Premium Chocolate
Baker’s
Concord Grapes
Villabury's Pa
Bologna, Ib
D. P
Murr
Clark’s
Gerber’s
Old Virginia
D. P. Blend
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