Bankers pick a farmer to lead the New York Stock Exchange
Emil Schram, head of Hartwell Farms in Hillview Illinois and former head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, is offered and may accept the post as president of the New York Stock Exchange at a $48,000 annual salary. Schram, a third generation German immigrant, rose from bookkeeper to major land reclamation projects boosting yields and managing Hartwell Land Trust with tenants for over 25 years.
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BW York
Jerry Simpson
Wall Street
Corn Belt
Slater
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Emil Schram
Hartwell Farms
Hillview
Ill
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Schram
Peru
Ind
J. O. Cole
Illinois River
Hartwell Land Trust
The
Home and Farm Authority
TVA
Edward R. Stettinius
Mr. Schram
William M. Martin Jr
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Mr. Martin
Hess Flight Sparks Global Theories And Headlines
The Hess escape and parachute landing in Scotland triggered massive speculation worldwide. Analysts, politicians, and journalists debated motives and consequences while detailing Hess’s career, connections to Nazi leadership, and later government roles.
Priorities Clash Over Defense Production Control
William S. Knudsen, head of OPM, warned he would resign if priorities were shifted to a military controlled body answerable only to army and navy chiefs. The issue threatens to upend defense planning and bear on contracts, machine tool delivery, and overall production management amid mounting pressure from industry.
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U. S
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Army
Navy
Knudsen
Congress
War News: Britain Trade Ships Drafts and Vichy France Policy
U S defense labor tensions rise with a $30 million Browning order delayed at Colt Hartford. Congress lifts army size bans, plans a July draft for younger workers. Nazi aims push France toward collaboration as rhetoric shifts to Germany domineering Europe.
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Vichy
France
Darlan
United States
Europe
Germany
Britain
Ship premiums to Japan and Axis funds debates
government pays war risk insurance for Japanese on the S S America and U S shipping reinsurance abroad. Debates linger over freezing Axis funds. Hull and Jones favor allowing spendings while others push freezes and reveal how Germany and Italy move funds through patents, embassies, and trade. Large aid program purchases foods for Britain amid shipping shortages and plans to ship concentrated foods by bombers.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
United States
S.S. America
U. S
Justice Department
Axis
Knox
Germany
U.S. A
Congress
Maritime Commission
Commission
Hull
Jesse Jones
France
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
Greece
New Orleans
Mexico
Buenos Aires
Vladivostok
Britain
Atlantic
A Happy Family Day in Seattle and Boeing Visit
Eleanor Roosevelt recounts a Seattle birthday celebration with family gifts, a boat picnic, and musical recordings. She details a Boeing Aircraft factory tour, NYA defense training, and WPA cuts affecting families, plus a push for school health and recreation programs funded by Schwert and NY districts.
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Seattle
Johnny
Miss Thompson
Boeing Aircraft Factory
National Youth Administration
Apprenticeship Council
Edison Vocational School
Nya
WPA
Pius L. Schwert
Congress
Forty-second
New York State
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House of Commons
Hess
Caesar
Hannibal
Anthony
Cleopatra
Cassius
Brutus
Helen of Troy
Cordell Hall
Anthony Eden
National Drainage Association
Hoover Administration
Ilinois
A. Hess
England
No. 3
Fuehrer
Colt
Hartford
Conn
General Motors
John L. Lewis
Southern
Representative Thomas
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Tobey
Daddy Roosevelt
European
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Streamlined Foods
Nelson Rockefeller
South America
Douglas Fairbanks
Franklin Roosevelt Jr
Fairbanks
LaGuardia
FDR
Civil Defense Commission
WNU
United
Eleanor Roosevelt
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Glendale
California
Anna Barnbrock
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