Senate panel to begin report on gray market steel
Cleveland report details a gray steel market involving Jerome Singer selling 50000 pounds at 88 cents per pound to middlemen, with testimony noting OPS actions, a Hart & Cooley probe, and links to dealers in Chicago Detroit and Washington. Witnesses Wertsein and others describe middleman profits from 2000 to 18000 dollars monthly and new OPS ceilings aimed to curb the scheme.
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Senate
Jerome Singer
Blair Moody
Hart & Cooley Co le
Holland
Hyman Weinstein
Michigan
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Moody
Weinstein
Arthur Capper Dies Former Senator and Publisher at 86
TOPEKA Kansas former US senator and publishing magnate Arthur Capper died last night at age 86 after a long career that began as a printer s devil on a Topeka paper. He lapsed into a coma in his Jayhawk Hotel suite and passed away at 929 PM. Capper started as a typesetter on the Topeka Capital in 1894 before moving into reporting and publishing.
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Topeka
Kan
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Capper
Hotel Jayhawk
Topeka Capital
Washington
New York
Daily Capital
Fire sweeps Chicago rooming house kills two
A fire at a four stall rooming house on the edge of Chicago's loop killed two men and injured seven others. One victim was identified as William Fuller, 34, while the second was not immediately identified. Firemen set nets as about 60 residents jumped from windows and doors into the street. a woman was hurt missing a net.
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Chicago
Chicagos Loop
William Fuller
Giant Shaker Tests Supersonic Craft in Buffalo Facility
A 40 foot steel tower at Bell Aircraft Corp shakes objects up to five feet per motion at 1 to 15 times a second to reproduce the vibration and oscillation of a supersonic craft. In Bluefield West Virginia a truck driver aided a motorist in distress during a vibration test.
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Buffalo
Bell Airocraft Corp
Bluefield
Bell Shaker Tests Simulate High Speed Aircraft Vibrations
Bell scientists report results from a unique tower shaker that simulates aircraft or missile vibrations up to 15 cycles per second. The device mirrors the vibrational conditions of supersonic flight to reduce potential structural failures at high speed and altitude.
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Bell
Drunken Drivers Arrested After Alley Road Blockade
Police report two drivers were jailed after their truck pushed a stalled car across the street and blocked traffic. Both were arrested for drunkenness.
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Leader Steel Co
Christian Hansen
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Ham Hansen
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FOX Furniture
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Daniel Green
Casral Green
Skinner
Vestal
Robel
the Fashion
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Polaroid
Koplin
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ISIS
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