Supreme Court Tackles Milk Trust Case Across Chicago Area
Washington reports the government's antitrust suit against 57 firms and individuals alleging price fixing and restraint of trade in the Chicago area. A Northern Illinois court ordered dismissal on certain points, while the defense argues exemptions for labor unions. The high court may decide on wiretapped evidence and railroad industry regulation as major issues in this sprawling case.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Murphy
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Justice Dewar
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Union Stock Yard
Transit Company of
Irisunal
Titer Metal Manufacturing Company
Bellefonte
Labor Board
Coast Guard Hunts For Missing Gloucester Crew After Two Fishing Boats Lost
Coast Guard crews search for a dozen missing fishermen from two boats off Cape Cod. The 45 ton scallop draggers Madeline and Flora were five days overdue after a 100 mile voyage southwest of Rec, with Frank Manning aboard. Another Gloucester launch with three men Herbert Morse Leon Wallace and without supplies, left Cape Cod for a day’s netting and has not returned.
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Cape
Maine Cod
Madeline
Flora
Dent
Frank Manning
George Carver
Gloucester
Cape Cod
Siva
Herbert Morse
Leon Wallace
Rockport
Former Aid of Long And 4 Others On Mail Fraud Trial
In New Orleans on December 4 the government began trial of A. L. Shushan a former aide to Huey P Long and four co defendants on mail fraud charges. The grand jury indicted a 1936 Orleans parish levee board refunding operation led by Shushan in which a fee of $496 000 was allegedly split. Co defendants named were Herbert W Waynespack Robert Newman Norvin Trent Harris Jr and Henry J Miller. The indictment says Newman and Harris investment brokers bribed Waguespack a 1936 levee board member to influence approval of the refunding of 5 435 000 outstanding in bonds.
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Long
New Orleans
A. L. Shushan
Huey P. Long
Orleans Parish
Herbert W. Waynespack
Robert 3. Newman
Norvin Trent Harris, Jr
Henry J. Miller
Deaths of Prominent Americans Honor Legacy of 3 Figures
Major Alfred Hoyt Granger of Roxbury Connecticut dies at 72, a noted architect and kin of Civil War general William T Sherman and former Secretary of State John Sherman. The Reverend Albert Bruce Curry, 87 of Greenville Washington, a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, has died. Frank Killen, 69, ex major league pitcher for Pittsburgh, Washington, Boston and Chicago, passes away in Pittsburgh.
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Alfred H. Granger
Roxbury, Conn
Alfred Hoyt Granger
William T. Sherman
John Sherman
Albert B. Curry
Greenville
D. C
Albert Bruce Curry
United States
Frank Killen
Pittsburgh
Wash
Boston
Chicago
Finland Defends Independence Amid Moscow Demands
Finnish leaders insist on defending liberty and neutrality as Moscow presses for territory swaps military base rights and the Helsinki government’s recognition. Russia cites Finnish frontier forces near Leningrad as a threat and demands further troop withdrawals amid ongoing deadlock in Moscow talks. The Finnish legation in Washington refutes gas-use charges while civilian evacuations and preparations for air raids continue in Helsinki.
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Leningrad
Helsinki
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I Terijoki
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Stockholm
Sweden
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Eyland
Washington
Moscow Radio
Red Air Fleet
Arctic Front Pretends Finnish Front Holds Against Russians
Reports from Kirkenes Norway say Finnish forces stopped Russian troops attempting to land near Petsamo, a strategic Arctic outlet. The clash underscores a tireless frontier struggle as the conflict widens across the 500 mile Finnish Russian line.
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Soviet Troops Reported Land Near Petsamo Finland
Three thousand Soviet soldiers were landed at points along the Petsamo fjord in northern Finland. Smoke rose from Salmijaervi nickel works, seen from Svanvik, where refugees reported civilians fleeing. Finns fought in the Petsamo region as the Russians aimed to press toward Lauti, with planes over Kalosgoki and reports of parachute landings.
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Svanvik
Norway
Petsamo Fjord
Finland
Salmijaervi
I.J Simcox
International Nickel Company of Canada
Kirkenes
Swiss Build Cargo Ships as Neutrals Enter Ocean Trade
New York reports Switzerland, lacking a navy, is building a merchant marine and using ships under neutral flags. Greek flagged freighters now dominate many transatlantic runs, with vessels from Egypt, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Yugoslavia and Hungary also appearing in the routes.
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Switzerland
Egypt
Rumania
Latvia
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Yugoslavia
Gary
Acros
Atlantic
One
Marine Alliance Authority
Danube
Theresa
Philadelphia
Greece
Mediterranean
Reich Jews to Get No Clothing Cards Reported
Berlin dispatch reports Jews faced clothing shortages as ration card distribution began. Informants suggested Jews would not receive cards, making clothing purchases impossible, though officials had not announced formal details on whether or when cards would be issued.
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Berlin
Chief Investigator resigns from Niagara County vice inquiry
Henry L. Knight, chief investigator for District Attorney Ambrusko's probe into vice gambling and municipal corruption in Niagara County, resigns citing the recent acquittal of David Mann. Knight plans to practice law in Washington, D C after December 18. The inquiry has 22 indictments since last summer with eight convictions and others awaiting trial.
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Niagara County
Lockport
Henry L. Knight
Joseph Ambritsko
Knight
David Mann
Niagara Falls Public Service
Washington, D. C
Ambrusko
Niagra
Georgia Road Chief Is Forcibly Ejected In Dispute Over Job
W. Linton Miller, state highway chairman, was forcibly removed by order of Gov. E. D. Rivers. Miller sought a temporary injunction from Superior Court Judge Will R. Smith at Nashville to halt the governor’s action and protect his office and records until a December 9 hearing.
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Georgia Road
Atlanta
W. Linton Miller
E. D. Rivers
Miller
Superior Court
Will R. Smith T
Nashville
Miles
L. Patten
Tadiviny Dies and Doctor Warned Over Hazardous Research
Tadiviny died today at the Paris Municipal Hospital. Dr. Vaillant had been warned against continuing his research at Lark boistere Hospital after losing the little finger of his right hand in 1929. He ignored the warning, lost both hands, underwent 14 operations, and was finally forced to cease work as his exposure to the element caused disintegration.
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Tadiviny
Paris
Vaillant
Larkboistere Hospital
Assad
Cabinet changes debated as foreign minister under fire
The Aftenbladet notes growing pressure on the government as cabinet possibilities are discussed in response to attacks from German papers. It highlights speculation on the removal of the foreign minister, with reports of rising scrutiny and potential policy shifts.
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Denmark
Scandinavia
Sweden
A. J. Sandler
Germany
Finland
Norway
Russia
Sandler
Europe
der Montag
Great Britain
Stockholm
Ecke
Aftenbladet Maid
R. Who
End of Milk Price War Forecast by City Officials
In Utica New York City milk officials predict an almost immediate end to a milk price war that lowered quart prices to six cents in some stores. Archie Wright chairman of the Dairy Farmers Union wired Secretary Wallace and State Ag Commissioner Noyes urging federal and state action to halt the price cuts. Wright warned cheap milk now means no milk tomorrow and said the war has strong support from the Dairymen's League.
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Utica
New York City
Upstate
Archie Wright
Dairy Farmers Union
Maxar
Wright
Agriculture Wallace
Holton V. Noyes
Dairymen's League
Pertusin Promoted For Soothing Coughs And Relieving Colds
An advertising blurb urges Pertusin as a remedy for dry sore throats and coughs by stimulating throat glands to moisten secretions. It claims many physicians in New York City endorse the product and that it relieves coughing.
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