Hawley Welcomes Inquiry into Aero Club Fund
Hawley backs an official inquiry into the National Aeroplane Fund of the Aero Club of America after reports of $370 000 raised in 1935. Treasurer Charles Elliot Warren and Emerson McMillin have clashed over the fund’s disbursements and accounting.
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National Aeroplane Fund
Aero Club of America
Emerson McMillin
McMillin
Club
Charles Elliot Warren
The
Aero Club
Lincoln National Bank
Nations Aeroplane Fund
Lincoln
Aerisl Teroy
Serial Coast Patrol Commission
Tule of
America
Nations Guard
1St Aero Company
New York National Guard
Rhode Islands
Lyra B. Nickerson
National Guard of
New Mexico
Statesetts
Calif
New Jersey
Poremong
Vincent
Baker Orders Decorations For Distinguished Service
Secretary Baker announces decorations for units cited for distinguished service action. The order directs wearing a distinguishing insignia on the coat cuff by units at brigade level or higher, recognizing exemplary conduct in battle or operations.
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Baker
The
Tribune
Washington
Baker Todi Zed
Supreme Court Upholds Tax On Corporation Stock
The Supreme Court ruling upholds a state tax on the value of corporate stock. The decision clarifies tax authority within the jurisdiction and affirms the state's power to tax intangible corporate holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington, Tin
North Kote
Nonpartisan North Dakota Industrial Program Upheld
The U S Supreme Court refused to interfere with North Dakota rulings that upheld state constitutional amendments and statutes to fund an industrial program. It affirmed creation of a state industrial commission a $2 million bank capitalized institution a milling and elevator association and a home building group and a $10 million revolving fund to support state bank lending for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Washington
Supreme Court
North Dakota Supreme Court
Pervision
Jeane
Advance in Oil Prices Driven by Demand Says FTC
Washington June 1 The Federal Trade Commission reported to Congress that recent gasoline and petroleum price rises reflect varied supply and demand conditions rather than a price fixing scheme. The commission cited strong demand as the main driver and noted improved conditions for production and imports, while leaving unresolved questions about refiners profits and price relationships to crude costs.
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Report of Trade Commission
Washington
Rute Commission
Congress
Fema
Frce
Devil in Form of Man Triggers Hotel Shooting in Baltimore
Clarence Murphy of Kansas City fired two pistols in the lobby and dining room of a Baltimore hotel, wounding a guest. Four policemen beat him to submission and he was hospitalized. Murphy later claimed a “devil in the form of a man” was walking through the room.
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Baltimore
Clarence Murphy
Kansan
Murphy
Army Chiefs Favor Ban on British Planes
Major General Charles T. Menoher told the House Ways and Means Committee that selling surplus British airplanes would threaten American aircraft manufacturing. Colonel W. T. Gilmore urged against imports, warning 5,000 planes and motors could paralyze U S industry while Britain would flood prices. The Aero Transport Corp disputed the view, arguing imports would boost commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Washington
Charles T. Menoher
Air Service
House
Ways and Means Committee
Menoher
Army
W. T. Gilmore
Gilmore
War ‘Partment
Avis
Aero Transport Corporation
Clevelnd
W. L. Brackett
British Planes for American Markets Stir Debate
Alfred W. Harris and others of the Transport Company discuss importing British aircraft to start U S operations. They claim American manufacturers are blocked, while surplus British planes could be bought for about $1,000,000 and delivered in months. They estimate prices around $2900 per plane, noting costs to build once rose to $18,000.
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America
Alfred W. Harris
Harris
U S Seeks to Eliminate Freak Styles for Women Garments
government aims to standardize women's garments to cut clothing costs. Weatherly, special assistant to the attorney general, told Cleveland officials and garment manufacturers that extreme and freak styles drive prices higher and urged cooperation to implement a standard design approach nationwide.
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U. S
Cleveland
J. G. Weatherly
Washington
Guneral Palmer
Morris A. Black
Cleveland Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Weatherly
Cleveland Mu
Death Note Found In Hotel Mystery
Detectives Bernard Devaney and Joseph Maloney investigate a burglary at Hotel Endicott involving Hart Kruck of 112 Most Sixtist Street. A threatening note promises wealth in exchange for robbery and warns of death if the instructions are ignored. The case remains tangled as authorities pursue leads and verify the bizarre communications.
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Endicott
Bernard Devaney
Joseph Maloney
Berne
Akinae Ager
Hart Kruck
West Eighth Street
Harry G. Kruck
Central Park
Jook
Midnicht
La Guardia seeks inquiry into Hart's Island deaths
Major La Guardia reports gross negligence in the Hart's Island hospital care of sick prisoners. He cites the deaths of Samuel Raio and Philip Teufer from alleged alcoholic poisoning after access to the drug room. He urges exhumation to determine the exact cause of death.
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Hart's Island
Warrat
Major la Guardia
Board of Aldermen
Samuel Raio
Philip Teufer
Raio
Teufer
la Guardia
Lured From Room Then Beaten, Robertson Testifies
Doctor and hotel house physician Joseph A. Robertson testified in his own defense in the Supreme Court divorce action filed by Mrs. Sarah L. Robertson. He described a late night telephone call, an entry into his apartment, and a beating by an intruder in the Albermarle Hotel. Miss Mund Dey, named as co respondent by Mrs. Robertson, was mentioned in the testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Robertson
Albermarle
Supreme Court
Sarah L. Robertson
Tig
Aeron
Reward Raised in Azi Small Disappearance Case in Toronto
Toronto authorities report a $50 000 reward for information on Azi Small a millionaire theater owner who vanished December 2 101. His wife raised the reward claiming kidnapping and ransom negotiations are possible. Police note Small previously involved in theater murders and a large financial tied to his estate.
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Toronto
Azibrose Small
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Col. Gilmore
Menoher Also For
Barrier
Fxten
Tireth
Scofield & CO
Tel
Beekman
Beekman St
N. Y
G. Altman & Co
the Department For
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New York
Hart
Robertson
Sheffield Farms Co., Inc
Terents
Ds Dlaupperrare
National Protective Society
Ork
New York City
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N.C
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