SEC Study Of Trans-America Called Off Says Critics
The article questions why the Securities and Exchange Commission’s inquiry into the Trans-America Corporation was halted. It notes Trans-America’s vast holding network across California and beyond, including hotels and real estate, and argues a full probe should cover the bank as well as affiliate enterprises. It cites shifts under different administrations and hints at political influence shaping regulatory focus.
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NEA Service
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Trans-America Corporation
Tadlun
Trants-America
California
New York
Trans-America
Heaver
RFC
Dawes’ Bank
Trang-Amerca
Hoover
Giannini
SEC
Investment Trust
America
McAdnes
O'Connors
Dio Il
September 1938 Chronicle of Chamberlain Hitler Flight
Month by month review notes Chamberlain flying to meet Hitler and the European crisis. It covers Czechoslovakia’s fall, British and French responses, and Nazi propaganda, plus American weather disasters, fires, floods, and public events like the Queen Elizabeth launch, Cardinal Hayes death, and public life upheavals.
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Chamberlain
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
France
Russia
Britain
Roosevelt
Daladier
Italy
Il Duce
der Fuchrer
Bob Jokers
Chile
America
England
Elizabeth
Count of
Cavadonga
Miami
Reckoning of a Thought Not Repented Too Soon
A fragmented quotation warns against delaying repentance and hints at delays bringing late consequences. The piece reflects caution on timeliness in moral decisions and personal judgment, with a focus on the inevitability of realizing one’s error only after it may be too late.
Cranium Crackers Quiz Items and Clues
A fragmented puzzle page lists four statements about notable names and facts. The notes include mis-spellings and garbled phrases, asking readers to identify which statements are correct and which are false, with an answer on page two.
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Petroleum Vo
Three Arrested in Coster Blackmail Case
New York prosecutors Tuesday began a roundup of suspects in a blackmail scheme tied to F. Donald Coster Musica, former head of McKesson Robbins. Walter Cragg, disbarred lawyer, Mary Brandini and her brother Joseph faced charges of using the mails to defraud and conspiring with others. Additional arrests were ordered as investigators pursued leads from Benjamin Simon, an associate on the McKesson payroll. Coster Musica died by suicide amid asset overstating disclosures, blaming Wall Street plunder and blackmail.
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New York
AyThe
Ineney
F. Donald Coster-Musies
McKessan & Robbins
Iney
Walter EH. Cragg
Mary Brandini
Heer
Joseph
Coster-Musica
Brooklyn
Benjamin Simon
McKesson & Robbins
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Cotton Producers Warned by Agent
Saturday December 31 is the final date for accepting C-5 1 certificates that entitle holders to one dollar per bale if not sold. Hope county AAA assistant BE McMahon urges all holders of C-5-1 to visit the city hall AAA office for 1933 cotton extra payment, with no time extension. Also notes Mr Chamberlain’s Munich predicament and urges cooperation with producers lacking applications.
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Hope
AAA
Devender SL
North Louisiana Woman Suspected in Hope Death by Own Action
Officers pursue identity of a middle aged white woman who died by self poisoning in Hope after a six day hotel stay. Investigators check Spring Mill Sarepta area, L and A rail stations, and possible Paris Green purchase to locate the woman’s origins from North Louisiana. A Mr Beavers of Pocahontas claims the deceased may be his sister-in-law who divorced an oilman in San Antonio, with a $30,000 settlement, last seen via a October letter postmarked from Lubbock Texas. Photographs will arrive to aid identification.
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Sarepta
Jim Bearden
PB. B Carrigan
Paris
Snyker
Nate
Har Furniture
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Scores
Haly Br
Hes
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Social Conduct
A 1938 etiquette quiz tests proper service rules. Questions cover pouring wine and sherry, suitable glassware, and refrigerator placement. The suggested answers include sherry with soup, whiskey and soda, wine stored upright, and non sparking wine, with a best practice solution noted.
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Colpyright
NEA
Major Business Rise in 1939 Depends on Private Investment
John T. Flynn analyzes the 1939 business outlook, arguing that a real upturn hinges on private investment or, failing that, increased government spending. Despite abundant funds in banks, investment has lagged, leaving the national plant worn and obsolescent and requiring a grand-scale refurbishing to restart growth.
Draw First Draft on Jobless Fund Draw First Draft on Jobless Fund
Arkansas begins disbursing unemployment benefits with a $250000 prompt draw from the state fund, part of about $4 million held in U.S. Treasury deposits. Ed W. Collins says a January 16 second requisition is likely, with first checks expected January 25. Each unemployed claimant will receive four weekly payments of six dollars during early 1939, as the division arranges employment matching for two weeks after claims. Prosecutions may follow for reporting and filing errors in states with prior benefit payments.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
United States
Treasury
Ed W. Collins
State Department of Labor
Tuesda
W. B. Worthen Co
Treasury Department
Callins Gai
Atkisas
Employment Service
Wiphiyers
Collins
Zona Gale Dies at 65 Noted Midwest Author
Zona Gale, renowned for portraying life in small Midwestern towns, has died at 65. The Portage Wisconsin writer, wife of WL, was a Pulitzer Prize winner for Lili Bell and active in civic affairs. In Portage she was affectionately called "the good lady" for aiding poorer residents and funding parks and beaches.
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Zona Gale
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Tugackyah
Portes Wis
Grace
Lili Bell
Wal
Portage
Partis
Boards to Check Relief Politics
President Roosevelt weighing creation of non partisan county boards to sift complaints of discrimination in relief programs. Plan would appoint unpaid county officials to review WPA relief administration charges while Senate committee on campaign expenditures pushes recommendations for Congress opening.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPA
United States
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
State Dismisses McDonald Charge in Arkansas Case
In Little Rock, false pretense and bribe acceptance charges against Ed I McDonald former secretary of state will be nolled in the first division circuit court. J D Conner former Pulaski County deputy sheriff faces voluntary manslaughter charges nolled for the May 30 shooting of oil executive J D Flynn. Indictments total 149 to be nolled. McDonald’s term ends soon. Mehaffy to take over. May McDonald previously faced bribery and false pretense charges in the 1930s related to capitol purchases. Ziebart soap salesman, co defendant, was convicted after McDonald’s first trial. Ziebart remains on probation, residing in Undovcade.
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Sig
Ed I McDonald
Nolle
Salavekiy
Fred A. Denham
J.D. Conner
Pulaski County
J. D. Flynn
Oil Conpony
Nollie
Litardiay
Donhuim
Ate Turney
Pat Mehaffy
May McDoneld
McDonald
Ziebart
Mr. McDonald
Cold Blast Grips Arkansas as Subzero Threat Persists
Arkansas endures bitter cold with subfreezing readings across Bentonville Batesville Hamburg and Fort Smith while Little Rock shows 23 degrees and Edmonton Alberta records 51 degrees below. A northern cold wave brings deaths and high winds on Mt. Washington and heavy Pennsylvania snowdrifts as forecasts promise only gradual moderation.
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Hamburg
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Rockies
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Pennsylvania
Play and Pie Supper at Shover Thursday
The Shover Strings Home Demonstration Club sponsors a play and pie supper at 7 30 Thursday at the Community House in Shover to raise funds for furnishings for the community house. The event is noted as sponsored locally.
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Shover
Shover Strings
O'Clook
Cotton market opens and closes in New Orleans
The New Orleans cot ton market opened at 339 and closed at 6.51 with 8.53 asked. Spot cotton trading remained quiet, with seven points variances noted amid listed figures and intermediary details from Pugh Intedettings.
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New Orleans
Pugh
Senegalese Troops to Djibouti Amid Italian Moves in Africa
Fresh Senegalese contingents were sent to Djibouti to assist in maintaining order as France strengthens its garrison there. The D'Iberville steamer reached Suez en route to Djibouti, with Italian demands for concessions looming. In Spain, insurgent and government forces clash near Barcelona as winter offensives report gains along the Catalonian front. Chinese reports claim village recaptures on the Shansi front, while Hull and U S delegation return from Lima. The Journal de Moscou questions German aims in Ukraine as focus shifts to Tunisia.
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Associated Press
France
Djibouti
East Africa
Pyrenees
Ain
D'Iberville
Suez
Spain
Barcelona
Roosevelt approves air pilot course for college youths
Washington plan to train 20 000 college students annually as pilots for civil aviation to bolster preparedness without combat training. Civil Aeronautics Authority says the effort will raise private flying, boost aircraft factory productivity, and may yield some recruits into navy reserve. National Youth Administration funds will finance much of the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Navy
National Youth Administration
Thomas Madison Indian Territory Pioneer Dies
Thomas H. R. Madison, 82, civil engineer who led the first federal survey of the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, died Wednesday after a three year illness in Fort Smith Ark. He contributed to early mapping efforts shaping regional development.
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Ark
Thomas H.R. Madison
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
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