Rise of Cities Service profits tied to Doherty moves
Washington reports that Thomas W. Mitchell told the Federal Trade Commission that high 1929 prices for Cities Service common stock let Henry L. Doherty, utilities magnate, profit by moving personal affairs. Doherty held 697,059 common shares and 5,402 preferred, about 6.19 percent of voting power. Mitchell noted a 1,000,000 vote increase via a board recommendation changing stock classes, enabling Doherty to gain votes despite selling 40,000 shares.
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Washington
Thomas W. Mitchell
Examiner-Economist
Federal Trade Commission Today
Cities Service Company
Henry L. Doherty
Mitchell
Cities Service Securities Company
Boherty Concern
Doherty
Cities Service, Common
Cities Service
Common
Common Stocked
Robert KE. Healy
Commission
Securities Company
Mr. Doherty
Board of Directors
Classification of Cities Service Company
Henry L. Doherty and Company
Henry U. Doherty and Company
Oklahoma Lifts Farm Home Savings Receivership
Oklahoma announces the lifting of the 2 million dollar receivership for Farm Home Savings and Loan Association assets in Nevada Missouri. Bank Commissioner W J Barnett noted the ancillary order was issued in Tulsa by Judge S J Clendining. Barnett said Oklahoma agents will meet in Tulsa next month to plan a State reorganization, with Robert LIdell named permanent representative of the bank commission for reorganizing affairs.
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Oklahoma
Farm Home Savings and Loan Association of
Nevada
W. J. Barnett
Tulsa
S. J. Clendining
Barneth
Robert Lidell
State Bank Department
Bank Commission
Nebraska votes on day of repeal convention plan
The Nebraska Senate approved Governor Bryan's bill for a December 1934 state convention to consider repealing the 18th Amendment by a 22 to 0 vote. The measure, sent to the governor for signature, sets a November election for 100 delegates to reflect district sentiment on repeal. The Senate also moved a 3.2 percent beer bill, already passed by the house.
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Lincoln
Neb
Senate
C. W. Bryan
House
Gore to be sent to Puerto Rico
President Roosevelt intends to name Robert Gore of Chicago and Florida as governor of Puerto Rico. A publisher of daily papers in Florida, he is closely identified with the Democratic national campaign. Gore is in Washington and his early nomination is in prospect. He had been mentioned for commissioner of internal revenue, a post still vacant. Former Representative Guy T. Helvering of Kansas again appears the Dreuble choice for the latter office.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Gore
Chicago
Florida
Puerto Rico
Democratic National Campaign
Gore
Internal Revenue
Guy T.helvering
Kansas
Dreueble
Trade revival noted across region with gains reported
The report highlights a six week period of 10 to 20 percent sales increases in wholesale hardware, general merchandise, farm tools, textiles, and apparel in Minneapolis. Oklahoma City notes upward business trend with more charters and a macaroni factory boosting employment. Cleveland sees higher steel orders and production nearing post-1931 peaks. Youngstown District also rises. Kansas City cites a civic drive to fund repairs and remodeling with strong demand for women's clothing. Birmingham expects limited operations resume and scrap iron prices rise. Buffalo reports major milling gains and rising steel output. Dallas notes improved passenger trade on the MK&T line and Corsicana mills returning to full time. St Louis reports growing demand for steel estimates and late summer buying interest.
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Minneapolis
Civic Commerce Association
Oklahoma City
Pioneer Cotton Mills
Guthviere
Henryette Glass
Pittsburgh Company
Cleveland
Youngstown
Army Curtailment Plans Uncertain Reported
Washington April newsman briefing states Secretary Dern has not yet determined the $144,000,000 cut in army appropriations ordered by the President. The plan remains undetermined as officials assess how to implement the reductions.
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Washington
Dern
Roosevelt and Army seek savings without broad cuts
The budget curtailment plan aims to save funds by reducing 32,900 to 40,000 officers and up to 12,000 enlisted personnel, but Dern and General Douglas MacArthur are pursuing options to achieve savings without sweeping personnel reductions.
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Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Dern
Douglas MacArthur
Maysville Couple Found Dead After Fire
Mr and Mrs Claiborne Fox are found dead in their bed after a fire damages the first floor in Maysville Kentucky Officials say they appeared dead before the blaze and kerosene was poured on the bed Coroner orders poison analysis Fox 60 and his wife a prominent club woman.
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Maysville
APJ
Claiborne Fox
Birenis
Andrew Fox
Fox
Albers Knox
Maysville Club
Characters All Too Real She Declares In Divorce Suit
In Chicago on April 27 the divorce suit of Ruby Lester Gilbert against Earl Jay Gilbert cites threats to harm her and claims he pursued other leading women. She alleges he wooed Rita Reays and sought an affair during production at Paramount studios on Long Island, noting they married in Athens, Texas, in 1912 and separated in 1929.
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Chicago
Earl Jay Gilbert
Ruby Lester Gilbert
Gilbert
Rita Reays
Paramount Studios
Long Tislane
Athens
Texas
Hugh Gibson to go to Rio de Janeiro
Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson of the United States has been transferred to Rio Janeiro by the Roosevelt administration. He has served in the American diplomatic corps for twenty five years and has been in this post since 1927, also appearing at Geneva as a delegate to the world disarmament conference.
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Hrussell
Hugh 8. Gibson
United States
Rio Janeiro
Roosevelt
Geneva
League of Nations
Farmer sought in death of eight
Harris Minnesota April 27 A 41 year old farmer was the object of police search in two frontiers today as authorities believe his wife and seven children were slain before their farm home burned more than two weeks ago. Charred bones of the woman and children were found in ruins of the home. April 14 the day before the fire county attorney S B Wennerberg said Johnson had expressed a wish to be back in Canada. Johnson had worked for about a year in the vicinity of Prelate Saskatchewan in 1917.
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Harris
Minn
S. B. Wennerberg
Johnson
Canada
Prelate
Sask
Four Santa Fe Directors Re-Elected At Topeka Meeting
At the annual stockholders meeting in Topeka four directors of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway Company were re-elected. They are Edwin J. Berwind and William C. Potter of New York City, Edward J. Engel of Chicago, and Andrew C. Jobes of Merriam Kansas. W. B. Torey of Chicago, president of the Santa Fe, attended the session and declined to comment on reports he would resign.
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Topeka
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Edwin J. Berwind
William c. Potter
New York City
Edward J. Engel
Chicago
Andrew C. Jobes
Merriam
Kas
W. B. Torey
The
Santa Fe
Japanese Troops Rush To Soviet Frontier In China War
Chinese and Japanese armies clash near Nantienmen and Kupeikow as Japan and Manchukuoans press south of the Great Wall. Chinese forces reinforce the Peiping area while claims of a plan to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway surface from Russia. A Japanese plane is reported shot down at Anshan.
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Tientsin-Feiping
Diwan River
Tientsin and
Peiping
Nanking
Kupeikow
Moscow
Khabarovsk
Biberia
Manchuria
Russia
China
Nantienmen
Great Wall
Japan
Great Wall of China
Swan River
North China
Great Wall ‘Pass
Lan River
Anshan
Publishers oppose five day week plan at ANPA meeting
The 47th annual convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association adopted a resolution opposing the five day week proposal from the International Typographical Union. An afternoon session would also declare no justification for a guaranteed circulation clause in advertising contracts.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Unio
New Highway Dept Cuts Amid Budget Shortfall
The state highway department plans salary and staff cuts totaling about 200 thousand dollars annually, with 1200 workers to face roughly three dollar monthly reductions. Dismissals of around 200 employees are expected, mainly from construction and surveying, as road projects shrink and future work begins in May.
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State Highway Department
T. H. Cutley
Cutler
Commission
Pitchiad
House
Senate
Department
Lewis Ellis
Two New Plymouth Six Cars Sell Through Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler Dealers
Plymouth unveils the Standard Six and the long wheelbase De Luxe with a 70 horsepower six, floating engine mounts, safety steel bodies, hydraulic brakes, and 112 inch wheelbase. The De Luxe is larger, more economical, and marketed as the biggest low priced six in America.
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America
Plymouth
Aida
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