Studebaker’s gamble to break into low price auto field
Washington reports on a Studebaker gamble of 4.506 million dollars to enter the low priced auto market. Paul G. Hoffman testified that sales exceeded expectations, from a hoped 50,000 in year one to over 100,000. Hoffman outlined consumer study, labor relations edge, and a strategy of offering economy without sacrificing ride and design. H.C. Vance cited intense competition as the key to better cars and lower prices.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Vester
Automobile Executive
South Bend Corporation
Creneral Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Hoffman
Willard Thorp
Hopkins
H.C. Vance
Studebaker Corporation Board
Man Jumped From 18th Floor YMCA Window
Chicago police identified the jumper as Ben Tucker, 33, of Chicago, after he leaped from an 18th floor room at the Lawson YMCA. A telephone operator heard him warn of his plan just before the fatal fall to a fifth floor setback. Notes found in the room mention farewells to family and a New Year greeting, with initials B.T. and references to Kay.
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Chicago
Lawson Y.M.C.A
Ellen Scholl
Ben Tucker
B.T
Ben F
Kay
Ben
Surplus food policy unchanged by federal officials
Washington officials said the Agriculture Department will not raise surplus food distributions to ease relief budgets in hard pressed areas. Vice president Philip Maguire stated surplus commodities will remain a supplement to state and local agencies, not a remedy for funding gaps. The corps plans about 135 million dollars to be spent this fiscal year on distributing surplus goods to those in need. A stray note mentions Japan’s ancient Nara city and a large bronze Buddha.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Philip Maguire
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Cobbler's Daughter Violin Prodigy Earns Seattle Praise
Anita Lipp a 10 year old cobbler's daughter in Seattle has drawn wide praise as the Pacific Northwest's rising violin prodigy. She debuted before Thanksgiving and played for Gov. Clarence D. Martin at the Olympia executive mansion, with influence from Elman Mischa Elman and school superintendent Worth McClure backing her education. Despite small size she trains four hours daily on a three quarter size violin, aims for San Francisco next year, and enjoys performing though critics call her an assured talent with brilliant moments.
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Seattle
Wath
Anita Lipp
Pacific Northwest
Washington State
Clarence D. Martin
Executive
Olympia
Anna
Worth McClure
Whas
Anita
Federation of Music Clubs
Catherine Wade Smith
Emily Bentley Dow
Mme. Davenport-Engberg
San Francisco
Death of Dunnane Carthy president at Auburn home
Buford H. Jones six year old president of Dunnane Carthy Inc Enna Jetticc shoe manufacturers was found dead from shotgun wounds in his bathroom. Coroner Robert Thomas said the wounds were personal safety related with no apparent motive. The body was discovered by the family chauffeur George Cracey after a note reading Take care of the dogs and don't open the bath room door.
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Auburn
Buford H. Jones
Dunnane Carthy, Inc
Enna Jetticc Shoe Manufacturers
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Jones
George Cracey
Four Senators Speak To Seattle Glad
Four United States senators from Washington New Mexico Missouri and Indiana addressed the Seattle Young Men's Democratic Club last night outlining the Democratic Party plan for 1940. They defended the New Deal and pledged to uphold Roosevelt era policies. Schwellenbach said the convention will endorse a platform 100 percent backing the New Deal with no democratic blackout in upcoming elections.
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Seattle
Dec
United States
Schnellenbach
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Manslaughter Verdict in Dudley Killing
In Bloomfield Missouri a Stoddard County jury convicted Glenn Campbell of manslaughter for the knife slaying of Alta Swanner at a Dudley tavern. Swanner died after a July 1 fight. Campbell testified self defense claiming he intervened in a fight to defend a woman. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Swanner
New Tax Plans Studied to Fund Defense Outlays
Congressional experts study five proposed tax plans to raise revenue for anticipated defense spending next year. Options include flat rate increases, reduced exemptions, a defense profits tax, levies on munitions firms, and a general sales tax. Some fear changes unlikely in an election year. the defense budget may reach 2.23 billion dollars, with borrowing options still on the table.
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Washington
Dec
Congressional
Roosevelt
Congress
Acquittal in Missouri murder case cited in report
Warren Ammerman was acquitted of a first degree murder charge after a Bucklin tavern shooting. Witnesses said the victim Eddie Warren, 27, Rothville, was being ousted from the tavern when the shooting occurred. The jury found the act justified by disturbance caused by Warren.
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Macon
Warren Ammerman
Eddie Warren
Rothville
Bucklin Get
Amimermoon
Warren
Cleveland Faces Relief Crisis With New Aid
Cleveland and Toledo officials announced relief measures as federal shipments of surplus commodities double and $1,200,000 in tax delinquency bonds were set to be sold. Mayor Harold H. Burton said bonds will not fully restore rations but prevent worsening conditions, with no one starving before January 5. Officials warned the city relief load could exceed prior estimates, possibly needing additional funds beyond 1,700,000.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Harold H. Burton
Burton
Patches of Green and Warm Weather Hit Missouri
AP reports a false spring across Missouri with temperatures rising to 74 in Kansas City 73 in Springfield 71 in St Joseph and 70 in Columbia. Forecasters expect cooler weather but no sign of December ice.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Kansas City
Springfield
St. Joseph
Columbia
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