Disciplinary Surprises Hit New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange suspended six members for periods from one month to three years in a sweeping action over gratuities paid to employees of exchanges and financial houses. Notable firms Smeltzer Clifford and company Ludwig Robertson and company faced penalties. Robertson received the harsh three year suspension. The drive targets improper payments to obtain quotations and favorable handling of orders amid a broader crackdown by the exchange and the York Curb Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
York Stock Exchange
Smeltzer Chfrd and Company
Ludwig Robert and Company
Stock Clearing Corporation Thurs.y
Exchange
Edward V. Goerz
H. H. Wurzler
J. R. Smeltzer
William B. Sagar
Smeltzer Clifford and Company
Alexander J. Robertson
Ludwig Robertson and Company
Walter F.lzer
The
Stock Exchange
York Curb Exchange
Woman Slaying Probed Near Orrian Creek Road
A mysterious female body found in a creek bed west of Orrian is under investigation. The victim had a stab wound to the heart and no jewelry. The corpse appeared to be about ten days old, weighted with wood, and possibly transported from a distant location. Police and investigators were examining clothing for clues.
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Orrigan
Tex
Igan
Eliff R. D. Holliday
Polkcom
Ghway
Frank Fann
Gliff Wolliday
Misidentities and oddities in Monroe town life
In Monroe several lighthearted vignettes unfold. E L Wright and Chrissie Williams share namesakes, a dog returns a bird to a physician after a hunting misadventure, and local signs promise 35 cent pressed suits and hotel guest parking. Attorney John Madden humorously outwits a streetcar joke while Janitor Joe Trammell unwittingly asks for a cleaning of an adjoining room. Uncle Dan Breard catalogs a 160 year old English knife with mother of pearl handle.
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Walnut Street
Dan” Breard
England
Murder of Six Year Old Girl Shocks Brooklyn
In New York on January 26 a six year old girl, Helen Sterler, was found slain in a Stuyvesant Heights tenement cellar. Police say a degenerate stranger lured her with penny candy and a toy Paris view, then choked her with a lace around her neck. Her father shouted for the killer to be found as detectives suspect a local assailant.
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New York
Brooklyn
Stuyvesant Heights
Helen Sterler
Helen
Paris
Louis
Sterler
Maiming charge filed against acid thrower in Arkansas
Pulaski county grand jury indicted Mrs. Essie Gilmore and her son in law Ben Watterson and daughter, Mrs. Gilmore, for maiming Miss Gladys Strickland by acid at her Little Rock home on January 6. Gilmore, deemed temporarily insane, was jailed after arrest and transfer to a state hospital. James E. Lewis, a bootlegger, implicated Gilmore and cited jealousy as motive. Strickland faces lasting disfigurement per physicians.
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Little Rock
Ark
Essie Gilmore
Pulaski County
Gladys Strickland
el Dorado
State Hospital
Miss Strickland
Lewis
Mrs. Gilmore
Fianna Fail Leads in Irish Dail Ballot Victory
In Dublin incomplete returns show Ramon De Valera's Fianna Fail winning a decisive Dail majority in the election for a new Dáil. The party holds more seats than Cosgrave's Comann Naofa, with independents and Labor also represented and a total 119 seats to be filled. De Valera anticipated a clear majority as he sought the presidency.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Ramon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Dai
Comann Ngaedhael
William T. Cosgrave
Free State
Labor
Fianna Fair
Cosgrave
Farmer
de Valera
Knights of Columbus Lodge to be built on Wood Street
After years of debate the Knights of Columbus local lodge decides to erect a new one story brick building on the Wood and Hart streets site. The old frame building will be moved to the rear and the new structure will face Wood street, planned to be large and modern yet not costly.
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Lodge of Knights of Columbus
Wood and
Hart Streets
Hart Street
Wood Street
Francis Williams Flayed In Letter In New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 26, C D Arnold traffic manager of the Lake Charles dock board criticizes Francis Williams Louisiana public service commissioner for opposing their salt cake freight rate application before the commission. Arnold asks the commission to rely only on sworn testimony and exhibits and to set reasonable rates, leaving carriers to balance competition. The letter responds to a recent statement by Commissioner Wil.
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New Orleans
Francis Williams
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner
Lake Charles
Commission
C. D. Arnold
Dock Board
Harvey Fields
Wil
Oklahoma oil field operators seek shut down until profits return
A majority of operators in the Oklahoma City field adopted a resolution to shut down wells until oil prices allow producers a reasonable profit and sent it to Governor Murray for immediate consideration. Copies were sent to Texas and Kansas governors. neither Murray nor Col. Cicero S. Murray commented.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Wirt Franklin
Murray
Texas
Kansas
Col
Cicero S. Murray
The
National Guard
Ithecfield
Yeggmen Make Getaway With All Bank's Funds
Yeggmen blasted into the Bank of Dobson vault early Thursday and escaped with the bank’s entire funds, estimated between 9 000 and 10 000 dollars. Treasurer R C Llewellyn said the loss is insured and no clue to the bandits has been found. The thieves used a torch to gain entry and then blew the rest of the vault.
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Dobson
N. C
Llewellyn
Hammer victim dies of injury in Lufkin farm attack
Mrs Roberta McCall died in a hospital after a hammer assault at a north Lufkin farm home early Tuesday. Her husband F L McCall 60 her daughter Sallie 13 and her mother Mrs N J Looney about 80 remain critically ill. A man sought a loan then beat the family taking $15. Charlie Outlaw faces upgraded murder charges as posses seek him.
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Lufkin
Texas
Roberta McCall
F. L. McCall
Sallie
N. J. Looney
Leader of the 400 dies in France
Paris reports the death of Mrs Oliver H P Belmont a longtime leader of New York society known as the 400 She was 80 and had lived in France since 1924 She suffered paralytic strokes and died at 6 50 am with daughter Mrs Jacques Balsan present His sons William K Vanderbilt and Harold Vanderbilt were elsewhere awaiting word Funeral plans await word from them.
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Paris
Oliver H. P. Belmont
New York
Belmont
France
Jacques Balsan
Consuela Vanderbilt
Edmund Gros
American Hospital
William K. Vanderbilt
Harold Vanderbilt
Bandits rob Hotel Savoy in Texarkana robbery
Two unmasked men robbed the Hotel Savoy of 35 dollars in Texarkana Arkansas early Thursday. A clerk had valuables left with him but the robbers failed to locate them.
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Texarkana
Ark
Savoy
Nine Defendants Sentenced After Guilty Pleas in Court
Nine defendants pled guilty and received sentences in district court before Judge J. T. Shell. William Bailey, a black man, got eight years for two counts of breaking and entering, non concurrent. West Van Buren, another black man, fought Bailey during a loot incident. Tom Christy and S. C. Brassell each drew 60 days for whisky possession. federal counterparts in Alexandria also issued 60‑day terms. R. C. Carter received 30 days plus a $100 fine or 60 more days.
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J. T. Shell
William Bailey
West van Buren
Negro
Bailey
Tom Christy
S. C. Brassell
Alexandria
R. C. Carter
T. T. Webb Will Return To Monroe On Thursday
Former Representative T. T. Webb, once ill in a New Orleans hospital after an operation, is to return with his wife to Monroe on a Missouri Pacific train due at 9:25 p.m. Thursday. The plans were changed at the last minute. his condition is said to be considerably improved.
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T. T. Webb
New Orleans
Missouri Pacific
Webb
Rogers Has His Say on Silver Value in U S
Beverly Hills, Jan 26. Opinion columns discuss silver value as the common currency of 80 percent of people and contrast it with Congress stance. The piece notes political family ties and mentions a popular retiring cabinet member’s wife who wrote a song titled My Homeland.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Congress
Homeland
Nashville Director Shootings Shock City
Rumsey Lewis, a former Nashville advertising man, was shot and killed during a meeting of directors of W. A. Buntin’s real estate firm in the Arcade building. Attorney Will Steger, an eyewitness, said Buntin exclaimed he would kill himself before firing, then fled as Lewis died en route to St Thomas hospital. Police searched for Buntin.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rumsey Lewis
W. A. Buntin
Buntin Company
Arcade
Will Steger
Buntin
Lewis
St. Thomas Hospital
Four LSU students injured in Highland Road collision
Four Louisiana State University students were injured in a head-on crash on the Highland road south of Baton Rouge. Alvin B. Pitts of Oberlin sustained two serious head wounds and remained unconscious. Daly C. Lavergne of Church Point, Malcolm J. Fisher of Lafayette, and Ellsworth N. Smith of Wollaston, Mass., suffered lesser injuries. Pedarre of South Baton Rouge, driver of the other car, was unhurt. both cars were badly damaged.
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Baton Rouge
Alvin B. Pitts
A. L. Pitts
Oberlin
Louisiana State University
Highland Road
Daly C. Lavergne
Church Point
Malcolm J. Fisher
Lafayette
Ellsworth N. Smith
Wollaston
Mass
Pitts
Lavergne
Fisher
Smith
Restaurant manager shoots self on nineteenth floor
Police report Clay Can trelle manager of a restaurant in the Hibernia Bank building shot himself Thursday morning. He was removed to a hospital in serious condition.
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New Orleans
Clay Cantrelle
Hibernia Bank
Loans Outlined By RFC Show Big Five Month Payout
The RFC disclosed loans totaling 1.195 billion dollars from February to July 1932. Major sums went to Chicago Central Republican Bank and Trust linked to Charles G Dawes, San Francisco Bank of America, Bank of Italy Mortgage, Prudence Company, and First Central Trust of Akron among others. The release follows a House resolution and aims to inform members and public despite borrower sensitivities.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal
House
Garner
Congress
Chicago Central Republican Bank & Trust Company
Charles G. Dawes
San Francisco Bank of America
Bank of Italy
Prudence Company
New York
First Central Trust Company
Akeron, C
Union Guard
Junior College Names Librarian Change at Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish junior college announces a faculty transition as library science instructor and librarian Mrs. Bernard Biedenharn resigns effective immediately. Miss Mary H. Clay will replace her, arriving from Fort Worth to join the staff. Clay holds a bachelor’s from Judson College and a master’s in library science from the University of Illinois and has recovered from a summer automobile accident. President C. C. Calvert praises the addition while many pupils regret Mrs. Biedenharn’s departure.
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Ouachhita Parish
Bernard Biedenharn
Mary H. Clay
Fort Worth
Tex
Miss Clay
Judson College
Alabama
University of Illinois
Al Capone Strictly Limited to $10 Monthly Allowance
Washington Jan. 25 Al Capone now serving time at Atlanta penitentiary is restricted to a ten dollar monthly allowance. He receives no special privileges, his visitors are tightly supervised, and interviews occur with an officer present. Capone cannot spend more than ten dollars per month at the commissary.
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Washington
al Capone
Atlanta
Chicago
Capone
House
Oliver
Alabama
A. C. Aderhold
Aderhold
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E. L. Wright
Monroe
Chrissie Williams
Ouachita Parish
Crissie Williams
Louis Hullum
Morris Avenue
Hullum
Mr. Hullum
Covey
Jane
John Madden
Lee Avenue
Madden
Joe Trammell
Joe
D’valera Party
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Cincinnati
Cairo
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little
Monroe Sii
Columbia
Walter Rautenstrach
Columbia University
Howard Scott
Associated Press
K. OF C. Order
Public Service
Rogers
Yours
CIA
Wie
Man
Charles Dawes’ Bank
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