Oil trust verdict grips Madison jury trial ends with 6 firms guilty
In Madison Wisconsin Federal Judge Stone convicted sixteen oil firms and thirty individuals for conspiring to violate the Sherman act. Prominent names include Henry M Dawes E G Seubert Jacob France I A Shaughnessy Dan Moran and Frank Phillips. A new trial motion was filed with Supreme Court questions likely.
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Uncle Sam
Stone
Madison
Wis
Middle West States
Henry M. Dawes
Pure Oil
E. G. Seubert
Standard Oil
Indiana
Jacob France
Mid-Continent Petroleum
I. A. Shaughnessy
Globe Oil and Refining
Dan Moran
Continental Oil
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Business Leaders Meet Roosevelt to Chart Economic Policy
FIFTY members of the Department of Commerce advisory council, leaders in business and industry, met the President at the White House. They urged wage-hour limits, a truce with utilities, no purge of holding companies, and currency stability. Roosevelt approved these points and proposed a new policy group to harmonize proposals and ease the recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IFTY
Business Advisory Council
Department of Commerce
White House
Roosevelt
W. Averill
Council
Flying Cadets Needed for March Class at Randolph Field
The War Department announced 232 unfilled flying cadet vacancies for the March class at Randolph Field Texas. Only 112 qualified candidates have been authorized of 344 total. Regular officers were ordered to obtain blue dress uniforms by October 1, at about $100 each.
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War Department
Air Corps Training Center
Randolph Field
Texas
Portland Mayor Blasts Bridges Led CIO Price of Coast Powerplay
Mayor J K Carson of Portland accuses CIO leader Harry Bridges of excessive maritime influence causing over a billion dollars in losses from strikes and labor disruptions on the Pacific coast. He cites non naturalization and deportation efforts while warning of stalled deliveries harming fruit and shipping. Secretary Perkins reports one in ten workers unemployed as of January. Camille Chautemps returns as French premier with a Radical Socialist cabinet and plans for social reforms and arms program continuation.
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C.I.O
J. K. Carson
Portland
Ore
Senate
Joint Committee On Commerce and Labor
Harry Bridges
Cape
Carson
Pacific Coast
Argentina
South Africa
Chautemps
Rance
Camille Chautemps
Popular Front
France
Yvon Delbos
Edouard Deladier
Romanian Jews Seek Escape as Goga Regime Tightens
Thousands of Jews flee Romania under Premier Octavian Goga's anti Semite government. Jewish committees appeal at Bucharest consulates for emigration to Brazil Ethiopia Madagascar Mexico or Australia. New orders bar intermarriage and Ecuador forces alien Jews off land within 30 days under Col Alberto Erquez decree.
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Umania
Octavian Goga
Bucharest
Brazil
Ethiopia
Madagascar
Mexico
Australia
Ecuador
Alberto Eriquez
Egyptian King Wedi Marries Fraida Zulfikar in Cairo
King Wedi of Egypt wed Fraida Zulfikar in a ceremony in Cairo. Cannon salutes rang out but clergy barred the bride from attending the ceremony, though she appeared at a semi public reception at Abdine palace with the seventeen year old queen.
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Egypt
Wedi
Arouk
Cairo
Fraida Zulfikar
Abdine
Stalin Ends Purge Rumbles Through Soviet Parliament
Stalin through the central committee ordered an end to mass expulsion of Communist members and condemned alleged Fascist agents. Pravda praised the purge results while attacking "rotten leaders" blamed for aiding the enemy.
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Stalin
Russia
Japan
Josef Stalin
Central Committee
Communist Party
Pravda
Boom Days Predicted For Middleweight Boxing Boom
The piece foresees a new boom in middleweight boxing led by champion Freddy Steele and challenger Fred Apostoli. It recalls Ketchel and Papke era battles and notes a talent surge with names like Corbett III Brouillard Krieger McAvoy Thil and others. Steele and Apostoli are slated to clash in Seattle in spring with several defenses and rival matchups expected.
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Freddy Steele
Tacoma
Wash
Fred Apostoli
San Francisco
New York
Stanley Ketchel
Billy Papke
Joe Thomas
Young Corbett III
Glen Lee
Lou Brouillard
Sally Krieger
Jack McAvoy
Marcel Thil
France
Job Lot
England
Butte
Mont
Ketchel
Sullivan Twins
Mike
Jack
Kewanee
Ill
Thunderbolt
Milwaukee
Hugo Kelly
Thomas
Paptze
Jack Johnson
Missouri
Papke
Willie Lewis
Johnny Thompson
Sycamore
Australia
Jimmy Clabby
Frank Klaus
Eddie McGoorty
Jack Dillon
George Chip
Mike Gibbons
Mickey Walker
Harry Greb
Honors for Old Pete Elevates Grover Cleveland Alexander to Hall
The baseball world welcomes Grover Cleveland Alexander into Cooperstown joining legends like Ty Cobb Babe Ruth and Christy Mathewson. Alexander famed for 20 seasons of dominance and a 1926 World Series strikeout against Tony Lazzeri, led St Louis to their first world championship. The piece notes his 1911 rookie year 30+ win seasons and rarity of no-hitters, while touching on other sports and figures from the era.
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Pete
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Hans Wagner
Christy Mathewson
Walter Johnson
Napoleon Lajoi
Tris Speaker
Cy Young
Alex
St Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Yanks
Tony Lazzeri
Hornsby
Jess Haines
Lazzeri
St. Louis
Even Beginner Can Make These Crochet Set Pattern 5953
How to crochet a delight for youngsters with double crochet and popcorn stitches in white or contrasting colors. The pattern 5953 includes instructions, illustrations, material needs, and color ideas. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. Fourteenth St. New York NY for the pattern.
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Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
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A. E. Morgan
TVA
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Long
Huey Long
Western Newspaper Union
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Morgan
Athur E. Morgan
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House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Thas
Eorge H. Davis
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Senate Unemployment Committee
Congress
Davis
Security Exchange and
Commodity Exchange
H. M. Dawes
Perkins
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
District of Columbia
George A. Barclay
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Southern California
Notre Dame
Columbia
Harvard
Joe Judge
Washington
Harry Bassin
Georgetown
Moe Berg
Boston Red Sox
Bannu
India
Jake Schaefer
Chicago
Welker Cochran
Schaefer
Jake
Jacob
Willie Hoppe
MacPhail
McPhail
Dodgers
Lake Schaefer
Wizard of Billiards
Denton
Ugl
Denton Maglia Mirror
Denton’s Facial Magnesia Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N.Y
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