President's talk awaited as monopoly probe looms
June 23 UP The Roosevelt administration moves toward a broad monopoly inquiry aimed at facts first and laws second. A fire side chat by the president may outline immediate problems and possible rewriting of anti trust laws as officials report mixed signs of business improvement and large public works spending.
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John M. Washington
Economist
Roosevelt
Congress
Roper
Charles V. McLaughlin
Labor
Jash
Iegals
Administration
Thurman W. Arnold
Jerome Frank
Securities Commission
Thomas G. Corcoran
RFC
White House
Edward R. Stettinius
United States Steel
W. Averill Harriman
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Clarence Prancis
General Foods Corporation
John Biggers
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
Prentiss J. Coonley
Harriman
REO
28 Year-Old Employee Crowned 1938 World Typewriting Champion
Norman Saksvig of the Chicago Home Owners Loan Corporation won the 1938 world typewriting title with 139 words a minute after an hour of work. The record remains with Albert Tangora of New York at 141 words a minute from last year, and Tangora did not compete this year.
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U. S
Chicago
Norman Saksvig
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Albert ‘Tangora
New York
$18,000-a-Year Job Is Still Unfilled
Chicago, June 23. The $18,000-a-year post of warden for Cook County Hospital remains unfilled. The county board offered the job to Dr. Benjamin W. Black of Alameda County Hospital in Oakland, who declined due to concerns over the insecurity of pioneering a new position and lack of a suitable local candidate.
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Chigago
Cook County Hospital
Benjamin W. Black
Alameda County Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Black
Zoo Extends Hours for All Buffalo Zoo Animals
Parks Commissioner Andrew G. Butler ordered a 12 hour day for every animal from Frank the elephant to the youngest monkey at the Buffalo zoo. He cited demand with many visitors wanting early evening hours for summer performances.
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Bupfagu
Frank the Elephant
Buffalo Zoo
Andrew G. Butler
Rotarian Praised Admirer of Girls Sparks Conference Stir
At the Rotary International conference in San Francisco on June 22 Rotarian T Purvis of Melbourne Australia praised American girls calling them the cutest things in the world His remark drew loud applause and the rest of his speech on soil erosion was not delivered due to the reaction from the audience.
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San Francisco
T. Purvis
Melbourne
Australia
Rotary International
Purvis
Nine Missing In Train Crash At Miles City
Miles City Mont June 23 Nine persons were listed as still missing in the Milwaukee road Olympian wreck where the death toll is expected to reach 46 Railroad officials said 40 bodies had been recovered with 37 identified The tourist sleeper was submerged for 46 hours after the crash over Custer creek Other bodies were found in the Yellowstone river and workers began constructing a new trestle span to replace the 20 year old structure
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Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee Road
Custer Creek
Yellowstone River
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Canada
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