Supreme Court agrees to hear gold clause act cases
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to review interpretations of the 1933 gold clause act including whether payments in gold dollars were still required in foreign currencies. The cases involve Chemical Bank and Bethlehem Steel, with Guaranty Trust slated for review, plus a tax case against Douglas Fairbanks. Also unresolved is an ILGWU dispute with Donnelly Garment and a Norris-La Guardia act inquiry on injunctions. London building values are estimated at 312.5 trillion?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Chemical Bank and Trust Company of
New York
Bethlehem Steel Company of
Guaranty Trust Company of
Douglas Fairbanks
High Tribunal
Eighth Federal Circuit
Western Missouri District Court
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Donnelly Garment Company of
Kansas City
Guns Seized Ahead of Possible Violence at Sharecropper Camp
New Madrid Missouri January 17 Sheriff A F Stanley and deputies confiscated 48 shotguns rifles and pistols as a precaution against possible violence at a Negro sharecropper camp north of town. Officers dispersed about 500 unhappy sharecroppers moving them from a week long demonstration after complaints from nearby white families. The camp known as Homeless Junction sits in a swampy area flooded in 1937 remarked by residents.
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New Madrid
A. F. Stanley
Here
Vessel Crash Probe Opens With Sabotage Suspicion
Baltimore officials resume hearings into the Waukegan crash on the St Georges drawbridge after two steering incidents raised sabotage fears. Captain Reynolds says a guard was posted and canal authorities warned of possible tampering while pilot Taylor finds steering gear normal. Witnesses slated for tomorrow include other engineers.
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Baltimore
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
St. George's
Del
Drawbridge
John L. Reynolds
Philadelphia
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal
Reynolds
Theline
F. Leroy Taylor
Chester Shimp
Gray Hazelton
John GC
Martin
Four Perish In Farm House Fire
Four people die when a farm home in Pine City Minnesota burns after a kerosene stove ignition. Ralph Johnson attempts to wake his wife and two daughters Dorothy and Arlene, then dies at a hospital. The fire trap claim comes amid a separate Baltimore plan for a WPA street improvement program totaling 475000 dollars with 375000 funded by the federal government.
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Pine City
Minn
Jan
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
Dorothy
Arlene
Baltimore
Public Improvement Commission
Frank K. Duncan
Board of Estimate
Quotations for Farm Commodities From Local Market
Furnished price list shows local quotations for farm products including wheat butter country ham and bacon potatoes onions eggs and chickens with per unit and per dozen prices ranging from 22c to 50c and 75c per bushel for produce. The entries reflect varying weights measures and grades used by producers and merchants in the area.
Youth admits slaying girl in Milwaukee home invasion
Ernest John Mahr a 24 year old Milwaukee chauffeur confessed to bludgeoning Ruth Scott a 16 year old girl in her bed after forcing a bathroom window entry. The intruder tied the victim and her mother suffered injuries during the attack as police investigate.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Miles Hulett
Racine County
Ernest John Mahr
Mahr
Ruth Scott
Ida Scott
Scott
Ruth
Peru official arrested for embezzlement after loss of funds
Donald H. Harter 41 a former secretary of the Wabash Valley Trust Company and Peru School Board member was arrested Monday on a charge of embezzling about 250000 in funds and securities from Mrs. Bessie Bowers widow of Bert Bowers a prominent circus figure.
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Peru
Ind
Donald H. Harter
Wabash Valley Trust Company
Bessie Bowers
Bert Bowers
United States
Bank loans decline in 101 cities during week
Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans of banks fell slightly in the week ended January 11 as 101 leading cities reported a total of 8.815 billion dollars, a drop of 48.9 million. New York City led the decline, reducing commercial advances by 4 million. A stray line notes 1935 horse figures for Minnesota and Illinois.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York City
Japanese Press Warns U S Against Guam Wake Fortifications
Tokyo reports Kokumin Shimbun editorial declares the American fleet must be smashed if the United States seeks to interfere with Japan’s China policy. It notes Guam and Wake Island fortification would threaten Japan, and frames the issue as the will of the Japanese people, not just government.
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Tokyo
United States
Guam
Wake Islands
China
Kokumin Shimbun
Western Pacific
State Department
Japan
Washington
Spain
Marinana
Wake Island
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Moving Offices In County PWA Inspector Relocates
Clay McClure resident engineer inspector for PWA projects shifts his county office from City Hall to the third floor of 14 East Franklin Street.
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Clay McClure
PWA
County
City Hall
East Franklin Street
Workmen Injured In Factory Blast In Pittsburgh
A northside furniture factory, the Fort Pitt Bedding Company, was hit by a blast that injured two workers and endangered 74 others. The fourth floor oven area caused the explosion, blowing off the roof and twisting the building frame. Firemen contained the blaze to the fourth floor with about $5,000 damage estimated.
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Pittsburgh
Fort Pitt
Hunger strike by New York WPA theatre cast at Adelphia
Twenty four members of the WPA musical cast at the Adelphia Theatre refused food and staged a hunger strike. Forty other Federal theatre project workers protested with a sit down at the Federal arts projects headquarters. Pickets gathered outside both sites over 1,500 anticipated dismissals. A spokesman vowed to sit and starve until pink slips are rescinded or they are carried out.
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New York
WPA
Adelphia Theatre
Federal Theatre Project
Federal Arts Projects
Celanese to Start $10 Million Plant at Pearlsburg Va
Celanese Corp of America plans to begin construction on a new 10 million dollar plant at Pearlsburg Virginia around April 1. Officials said inquiries for lumber and other materials are being made as the project moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Celanese Corp. of America
Pearlsburg
Freighter Dimantis Reports Satisfactory After Distress Call
About 150 miles off Virginia the 3115 ton green freighter Dimantis sent a distress call on Monday. The vessel, sailing from Huelva Spain to New York, later reported its condition satisfactory.
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New York
Virginia
Dimantis
Huelvas
Spain
Federal Realty Board Created to Oversee Government Lands
A special board was formed to supervise federal real estate, track holdings, advise on surplus disposal, and evaluate use of owned property for new purchases. Roosevelt said the board would address communities losing tax revenue from federal land acquisitions, which total about 20 percent of U S land.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Federal
New Real Estate Board
Tawes Takes Oath And Assumes Post
Millard Tawes of Crisfield, a 45 year old banker and businessman, took office as Maryland state comptroller succeeding William S. Gordy Jr. Oath was administered by Gov. Herbert R. OConor in the Maryland State House ante-room before about 200 Eastern Shore supporters.
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Annapolis
J Millard Tawes
Crisfield
Maryland
William S. Gordy, Jr
Salisbury
Herbert R. O’conor
Tawes
State House
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Hamilton Corner
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W. Wath. Street
Bentz & Dunn
Kune Bros. Benevolx
Bayar
Electrolux
Four States Livestock Sales, Inc
Hagerstown, Md
Scholara Bays
Bend
Iowa
Dippers
Everly
Exconvict
Joseph Braddock, Sr
North Bergen
N. J
James J. Braddock
Braddock
Towa
Minnesota
Illinois
Vpay NO
Efi Vel la Fir
Lee MC Mers Ee Pares
Universal Credit Company
Second National Bank
Rete
Ecu
U.S
F.D. R. Names Realty Board
Special Group
Gordy
Salisbury Bank
and Witt
Spanntine Brac NG v
Copeland
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin St
Mary
Malden
Mass
Waficobemu
AM Bank
Temertowre
Weaver & Wurlitzer
Shockey Furniture Co
Summit
Fisher
Lansing
Mich
General Motors
J. S. Snowberger & Sons
E. Washington St
W. Main St
Waynesboro, Pa
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