Government Sues Eastman Kodak Trust Over Monopoly
The United States files a Sherman Act suit in federal court against Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester and related entities led by George Eastman. The government seeks dissolution or divestiture to curb control of 72 percent of U S photographic supplies and to end price restraints on resale. The action names Eastman Kodak Company of New York Eastman Holding Company of New Jersey Kodak Limited and the Canadian Kodak Company with directors in Rochester.
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New York Times
Mtrrald
Eastman Kodak Company of
Rochester
United States District Court
John Lord O'Brian
United States
Mc Ieynolds
New York
Eastman Holding Company of
New Jersey
George Eastman
Kenny A. Strong
Walter 8. Hubbel
Rank
Noble
Mastman Kodak Company of
Jeastman Kodak Company of
Kodak Limited
London
Canadian
Kodak Company
Eastman Patents
Eastman
O’ Brian
Attorney Generals
United States Supreme Court
Eastman Company Offers to Alter Methods in Dissolution Fight
Eastman Kodak Company signals willingness to modify trade practices to satisfy government demands in its dissolution suit while opposing dissolution. President George Eastman argues changes would preserve U S lead in photography and allow coordinated manufacture of films and cameras. Company plans to operate retail stock houses under its name and drop exclusive sales policy to appease officials.
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Nochester
Eastman Kodak Company
George Eastman
Eastman
United States
Econ
Lastman
Fire aboard steamship Olinda headed for Charleston
Wireless report from the Olinda states the ship is caught in a fire but the hold has been flooded and hatches battened. The Nashville and Curityba provide convoy salving the ship toward Charleston with passengers and crew awaiting transfer if needed. The vessel travels at seven knots, weather is calm, 210 miles from Charleston.
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New York
United States
Nashville
Norfolk
Curityba
Charleston
Cornwall
Munson Line
S. C
Brooklyn
R. Hayward
A. Kelley
Nipe Bay
Billy Lynch Convicted of $25 Fraud Case
William Lynch known as Billy Lynch was convicted in Special Sessions for defrauding lawyer William L. Casey of $25. He was remanded to the Tombs for two days to make restitution. The 55 year old, son of late Theresa Lynch, had funded a store fortune and later worked as an advertising agent. Casey demanded restitution after Lynch’s guilty plea.
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William Lynch
Billy” Lynch
William L. Casey
West Twenty-ninth Street
Theresa Lynch
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Casey
Stephen Tobin
Lynch
Packers Seek Ruling On Food Weight Exemption
About fifty packers, bottlers, and wholesalers from across the country attended a hearing at the Custom House on the net weight law. The committee, including Dr. C. K. Alsberg and L. A. Fisher, drafted two tentative rulings while questions about exemptions, labeling, and responsibility under the law dominated the session.
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C. K. Alsberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
L. A. Fisher
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
F. M. Halstead
Division of Customs
Treasury Department
Taft
Alsberg
H. P. Dimond
Dried Fruit Association of California
California Canners’ League
California
Dimond
Department of Chemistry
New York
Trade group hearings on confectionery and flour mill interests
Hearings today with representatives from the National Confectioners Association the National Association of Flour Millers and the National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers Association was scheduled but canceled at their request.
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National Confectioners’ Association
National Association of Flour Millers
National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers’ Association
Miss Harriman Misses Follies Train in City Mixup
Miss Josephine Harriman of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s Follies failed to catch the special Pennsylvania Railroad train to Atlantic City. Mistakenly told the Pennsylvan ia station, she took a taxi to Twenty third Street and a ferry to Jersey City, delaying two hours before boarding a late train.
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Josephine Harriman
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Follies
Atlantic City
Magnate Posts 1.5 Million Bail For Tire Theft Suspect
In Men’s Night Court a tall man in evening wear offered security of 1.5 million dollars in real estate to bail Emil Haekers, arrested for receiving stolen property as tires worth 150 dollars. Bondsman Eugene Van Schaick of 2 109 Broadway produced property at 80 Fifth Avenue valued at 1.5 million. Magistrate Marsh signed the bonds after confronting the dramatic offer.
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Marsh
Dr. Sol. Lubliner
Lubliner
Emil Haekers
Fifth Avenue
Eugene van Schaick
Broadway
van Schaick Realty Company
van Schaick
Atlantic City Magistrate Pleads Guilty to Extortion
Louis Groff of Atlantic City pleaded guilty before Judge C L Cole to extortion from defendants. He was fined 150 dollars with the judge citing deterrence for other magistrates. The judge noted the practice had become widespread and some magistrates believed they could collect fees from prisoners.
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New York Times
Mays Landing
N. J
Louis Groff
Atlantic City
C. L. Cole
Groff
Cole
Not Cruel to Wife Charlot Asserts Care of Family Ties
Alphonse C. Charlot 60, president of Charlot Mines and Smelting, testified in Supreme Court that his wife’s cruelty claim stemmed from her opposition to children. He said he provided for her relatives, making her mother secretary with $200 monthly and placing sisters and an uncle in jobs.
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Alphonse C. Charlot
Charlot Mines and Smelting Company
Dace Melbourne Charlot
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Ludlow Street
Charlot
el Triumfo
Mexico
Brooklyn Park Fines Raised at Flatbush Court
Eighty six men and boys arrested in Prospect Park faced Magistrate Reynolds. Last week flower pickers paid $10, baseball players $5, and litterers $3. Yesterday the magistrate set a flat rate of $19 for all offenders, with sixty nine paying their fines.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Reynolds
Flatbush Court
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