McCabe Favored as New Federal Reserve Chairman
Washington reporters note Senate banking committee shows eight of thirteen members have no objections to Thomas B. McCabe for the Federal Reserve Board, replacing Marriner Eccles as chairman. Taft and Fulbright voice concern, while Taft stresses president’s right to decide. McCabe, a Republican industrialist and former Philadelphia Fed chair since 1939, would become board member pending Senate confirmation. chairman choice remains with the President. Wagner urges McCabe to equal Eccles in experience and resolve.
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Washington
R.-N.h
Truman
Eccles
Tastor
McCabe
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Senate
Reserve System
House
Taft
Chile
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
Major firms named in the cross-ownership list
General Motors Western Union Radio Corp New York Central and American Smelting were listed lower under Goodrich and Sears Roebuck in the document.
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General Motors
Western Union
Radio Corp
New York Central
American Smelting
Goodrich
Sears Roeac
Youth recaptured after county jail escape in Texas chase
Topeka reports Robert D. Gifford, one of four youths who escaped the county jail last week, recaptured in Texas pursuit. Gifford, unaccompanied, was driving a stolen Topeka car and held for Topeka on a bad check charge. Undersheriff Ed Kline noted only one of the quartet has been recaptured to date in this incident. Preliminary hearing set for George Neff of Perth, Kan., on first degree murder charges in his wife’s death.
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Topeka
Robert D. Gifford
Texas Highway Patrol
Shawnee
Wellington
Kan
George Neff
Perth
Farmer
Plants as pointers of ore exploration at Kansas University
University of Kansas to study growing plants as guides for locating lead and zinc deposits in southeastern Kansas. Dr. J O Maloney announces a 2500 dollar Industrial Research fund grant. Project directed by Prof. R M Dreger and Prof. Worthie Horr with field work by John Harbaugh and Wayne A Culver in Cherokee county.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
J. 0. Maloney
Industrial Research Projects Committee
Industrial Research Fund
R. M. Dreger
Geoloxy
Worthie Horr
Botany Department
John Harbaugh
Wayne A
Culver
Cherokee County
Ems Bue Ra
United States
Canada
K. U
Car dealer files $1,000 damages claim in city court
A Wichita car dealer filed a petition in city court seeking $1,000 damages as a result of an incident. The document references a Kensal Wynn related matter and mentions Sumner county jail context.
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Peother
Kensal Kenneth Wynn
Kur
Sumner County
Wichita, Kan
Conservation Becomes Emergency Says McBride at Convention
St Louis Jan 27 CA Don McBride secretary manager of the National Reclamation Association says conservation and development of land and water resources is fast becoming an emergency. He notes 60 000 000 acres in the U S never cultivated due to too wet or dry conditions and urges irrigation and drainage to add to agricultural industrial capacity. The convention also featured W G Sloan and Brig Gen Lewis A Pick discussing Missouri River basin development.
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St. Louis
Don McBride
National Reclamation Association
Bride
Mississippi Valley Association
Americana
United States
Missouri River
W. G. Sloan
Interior
Nine Die in Palestine Violence. Jerusalem Blowup Reported
Nine people were killed as violence flared across Palestine after a night of clashes. A Jewish-owned shop in eastern Jerusalem, now held by Arabs, was blown up. An Arab was arrested and gunfire hit a Jewish motor convoy. Armed Arabs halted a train on the Lydda Haifa line and seized part of two military stores cars. In Tel Aviv, two Jewish prisoners were abducted from a hospital by armed Jews. The toll since UN partition vote rose to about 994 unofficially.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Old City
Lydda-Haifa
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Denver
Cole
John Berger
Kenneth Johnson
Berger
Ira Marote
Belgzin
Jimmy Hayes
Cloyd Teter
Denver Post
Thomas McCabe
E. J. Simmons CO
Man
Lawrence Hardware and Home Appliances
Lindley
Kansas Cleaners
Trices
Meral Electric
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
General Appliance CO. Ing
New York
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Kennecott
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lawrence, Kan
the Comets
Coolerator Farm & Home Freezer
American Service CO
Vermont St
Libby
IGA
Bartlett Pears
Vienna
Tin
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