Rail aid moves fast in Washington push for rail regulation
In Washington on January 24, Senate committee chair Wheeler announced plans to introduce legislation reorganizing the Interstate Commerce Commission and extending federal regulation to barge lines to curb rail competition. He indicated no final agreement but pledged legislative work with compromises. The White House meeting included Lea Splawn Gray Norris Clement Harrison Jewell Robertson. A separate transportation conference urged federal tax deductions to spur railroad and related investments.
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Wheeler
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Senate Committee
Interstate Commerce
White House
Congress
Montanan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Fee
Lea
D-Calif
House Interstate Commerce Committee
W. M. W. Splawn
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific
Ernest B. Norris
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M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
Bert 2 Jewell
American Federation of Labor
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
LaFayette Square
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Survivors recount epic lifeboat rescue after Bermuda crash
Baytown crew members aided survivors of a North Atlantic disaster near Cape May as a liner flight crashed in darkness. First Officer Neil Richardson said all four motors failed in squalls while Captain M R Alderson described a violent water impact. Ten survivors, including Edna Watson and David Williams, endured ten hours at sea before rescue.
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Stanley Taylor
Olaf Anderson
George Ingham
Hamilton
Bermuda
Neil Richardson
Richardson
North Atlantic
Griffith Powell
Trans-Oceanic Flier
British Imperial Airways
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
British Air Ministry
M. R. Alderson
Cape May
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Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Noakes
Spence
David Williams
Nellis Smith
Pembroke
Taylor
Spurr
Survivors recall peril of Cavalier voyage and rescue
Weary survivors describe a fierce collision, the ship breaking apart, and a desperate swim to the Baytown. Charles Talbot, 23, of Brookline, a former Harvard athlete, saved himself with a broken arm in a cast. Radio Operator Chapman cited a great disappointment as a ship faded away. Sharks circled the water while survivors clung to life as they waited for rescue, with moments of pride and relief once aboard.
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Charles Talbot
Brookline
Mass
Harvard
Bermuda
Talbot
Chapman
Baytown
Pilot recalls life raft orders and passenger evacuation
An aviator recounts directing stewards to deploy life preservers as a plane went down. Passengers were guided to exits and into the water, radios failed, some clung to the wreckage until the craft sank. The pilot mentions losing Noakes and Spence amid the chaotic survival effort.
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Net income rises at Fidelity and Guaranty in 1938
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company in Baltimore reported net earned income for 1938 of 2,716,686 dollars, the best since 1928, equal to 2.71 dollars per share on one million shares. Net income in 1927 was 2,658,614 dollars.
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Baltimore
United States
Hopkins Wins Senate Confirmation For Hopkins Cabinet Post
Washington reports the Senate confirmed Harry L. Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce by a 58 to 27 vote after a three day debate. Critics said WPA politics tainted relief efforts while supporters defended the President’s right to choose advisers.
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Commerce
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D-Ky
Schwellenbach
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R-Pa
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