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O'Connor named currency controller amid North Dakota ties
J P O'Connor, born Grand Forks in 1886, vaulted from North Dakota politics to a Los Angeles legal career and Yale rhetoric teaching. He ran for governor in 1920 and US senator in 1922, later aiding Roosevelt campaigns while financiers fear dollar depreciation and a currency war. England reports a building boom as tariffs limit American benefits.
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