Indicted: Seven Northern Indiana Public Service officials
A Lake county grand jury indicted seven top officers of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company before Judge William 4. Murray. Warrant arrests were ordered for the officials, whose names were suppressed until after war service. The probe traced $10,000,000 bookkeeping fictions, favorable parent loans, and misrepresentation to the public and the Indiana Public Service Commission. The Insull empire links include Midland Utilities and Midland United, with cross ownership among major utility firms.
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Northern
Indiana Public Service Company
Lake County
Grand Jury
William 4. Murray
Samuel Insull, Jr
Morse del Plain
dJudze Murray
Indiana
Howard Duncan
Duncan
Indiana Public Service Commission
Insul
Northern Illinois Public Service Company
Usul
Northern Indian Public Service Company
Inqull Utilities
Midland Utilities Company
Midland United Company
Sammuel Insull, Sr
People’s Gas Light & Coke Co
Commonwealth Edison Company
The
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois
Midwest Utilities Company
Farm Belt Leads in Giving Welfare Funds
Allen T. Burns, executive director of Community Chests and Councils, Inc., reports welfare campaigns west of the Mississippi meet quotas more often. He notes 40 percent in the farm belt reach quotas versus under 25 percent elsewhere, suggesting improved economic conditions.
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Farm Belt
Welfare
New York
Allen T. Burns
Community Chests and Councils, Inc
Mississippi
Burns
Plane Crash Kills Two Army Officers Near High Hill
Warrenton Missouri reports a training plane crash nine miles south of High Hill killing Capt. Wilton M Briney and Lieut. Graham St. John both of Kansas City. Briney served in the air corps reserve while St. John was executive officer at the air corps post in Kansas City and a reserve instructor.
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Warrenton
Wilton M Briney
Graham St. John
Kansas City
High Hill
Briney
Air Corps Reserve
St. John
Air Corps
51 Boys Escorted From Flaming Catholic Home
Fifty one boys ages twelve to eighteen were escorted to safety as flames swept a four story Catholic boys home in Tyngsboro Massachusetts. The youths were singing Christmas carols when the fire was discovered.
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Tyngsboro
Mass
Market Bandits Ice In Eleven In St Louis
Four armed bandits robbed a grocery and meat market in St Louis of about $1000 in cash and checks. One man was knocked out and two women were forced into a refrigerator during the heist.
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St. Louis
Tennessee Governor Condemns Lynching in Maury County
Governor McAlister denounces the lynching of Cord Cheek, a nineteen year old Black man, in Maury County as a very cruel and lawless act. The incident prompted calls for justice and stronger protections.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Maury
Cord Cheek
McAlister
Ickes Notes Drift Back to the Farm
Secretary Ickes reports a back to the farm movement driven by widespread unemployment in industrial centers. He notes urban workers leaving cities for rural living while farm families move to cities, and mentions a $25 million subsistence homestead program beginning with West Virginia coal miners, teaching farming and related trades for self sufficiency.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Interior Department
West Virginia
Japanese envoy told to rush to United States
Tokyo confirms Hiroshi Saito as Japanese ambassador to the United States. The cabinet approves his appointment and the foreign office cables instructions for Salto to proceed immediately to Washington from The Hague where he served as Japanese minister to the Netherlands.
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Hiroshi Saito
United States
Netherlands
Washington
Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Salto
Hague
Two Noted Writers Die Same Day in New York
Two leading writers died in New York on the same day. Lou Vance was found dead in a burning chair after apparently dozing while smoking. Robert W. Chambers, renowned author and artist, passed away after a three month illness.
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New York
Lou
Joseph Vance
Robert W. Chambers
Disney Flees Honors to Welcome Stork
Hollywood ceremony for Walt Disney ends abruptly as he exits with coat and hat to reach a hospital where his daughter Dianne Marie Disney was born. The newborn weighed eight pounds two ounces.
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Hollywood
Calif
Walt Disney
Walt
Dianne Marie Disney
Deadline Set for Restricted Banks to Reach Solvency
State Bank Superintendent Luikart ordered 126 restricted banks to move by January 12 to attain sound condition or face receiverships. RFC negotiations continue for preferred stock purchases and loans, with about fifty banks offering stock. Federal guaranty coverage for state banks will begin January 1, with 217 applications to date.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Luikart
RFC Luikart
Washington
County officials back federal re employment plan for farm to market roads
Omaha convention of the Nebraska Association of County Officials approved a federal re employment proposal to spend 800 million dollars on feeder roads. J D Forsyth of Niobrara, re elected president, said the plan could employ 250 000 men for 19 months and would channel most funds to labor. The group also urged a uniform county government system and delaying old age pension action while refining a plan.
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Omaha
Castle Hotel
Washington
J. D. Forsyth
Niobrara
Nebraska
Forsyth
PWA
Plan for Tri-County Nebraska power survey to prove market
Officials of the 44 million Tri-county power and irrigation project in Nebraska plan a survey of the potential power market in the region to justify public works as self liquidating. Col Henry M Waite and lawmakers discussed the move amid questions on market existence and project viability.
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Tri-County
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Henry M. Waite
Shallenberger
Clark HB. Mickey
R. O. Canaday
Mickey
Canaday
Washington
Waite
Sutherland
Columbus
North Loop
State News On First National Bank Dividend and Tax Trends
Depositore of the defunct First National Bank began distributing 10 percent deposits dividends totaling $124,837 authorized by receiver George G. Cronkleton. November beer tax collections declined from August peak. November receipts were $11,421.27 compared with $19,171.59 in August and other months. University poultry records show farm income per hen dropping from $3.03 in 1931 to $2.32 in 1933, while total per-bird expenses fell to $1.65 in 1933. Labor and management income per hen rose in 1933.
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First
George G. Cronkleton
Nebraska
W. H. McGuffin
Department of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Box Butte county levies 50 cent head tax for pensions
Box Butte county reports a 50 cent head tax on residents aged 21 to 50 to fund old age pensions, with estimated proceeds of 989 dollars and 50 cents. Total county tax levies for all purposes amount to 283,185 dollars, down 29,000 from last year while the county levy rises slightly. A Lindbergh ransom bill, ten dollars, traced to Crawford and linked to Mrs. Ruby Barnes of Englewood, California, was shown in a transfer to pay for purchases. The bill was marked and investigators were notified after she sold furnishings and moved.
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Box Butte County
Smith
Crawford
Ruby Barnes
Englewood
California
W. O. Barnes
Nebraska Inheritance Taxes Fall Below Half of Previous Years
State Treasurer Hall's office reports 1933 inheritance and estate tax receipts totaling 23,372 dollars. This compares with 56,497 dollars in 1932 and 51,838 dollars in 1932 last year, with 21,857 dollars recorded for 1930. Ed Dosek compiled the figures, noting no large late receipts expected before January 1.
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Nebraska
Ed Dosek
Nebraska re employment figures show 12 000 find work
The federal re employment office in Lincoln reports about 12 000 people secured jobs in recent days while unemployment registrations rose. County placements reached 42 463 from 83 of 93 counties, and total unemployment registrations stood at 93 418, up from 77 000, reflecting shifts to CWA and PWA programs and seasonal effects.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
CWA
PWA
Repeal Of Prohibition Could Save Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Taxpayers
Treasury figures show repeal would lift major levies including gasoline, capital stock and dividends taxes. Nebraska would save about 1,186,000. Iowa about 1,781,000. South Dakota about 183,801 annually. The law also removes the excess profits tax after 1934 and reduces the gasoline tax to one cent.
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Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Treasury
Treasury Department
Congress Session Likely To Be Tame
Washington report says the winter session beginning January 8 is expected to be quiet with President Roosevelt in command. Lawmakers from both parties vow support, anticipating a light legislative agenda focused on adjustments to emergency measures and liquor tax changes.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House Care
Senate Investigating Committee
Indiana Officer Slain in Gun Battle Over Prison Escape
Indiana state policeman Edward Teague aged twenty four was fatally wounded during a gun fight with Edward Shouse and companions after a prison escape on September 26. Shouse, Carl Miller and two women were captured in Indianapolis. The women, Frances Colen of Fort Wayne and Ruth Spencer of San Diego, had been traveling with the group.
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Indiana
Siam
Shouse
Paris
Eugene Teague
Indianapolis
Matt Leach
Edward Shouse
Teague
Carl Miller
Frances Colen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ruth Spencer
San Diego
Calif
U S May Try to Rush Insull Tax Hearing
Washington The government may seek to advance the date of the board of tax appeals hearing on the Samuel Insull income tax case to obtain a ruling before January 31 the expiration date of the former utility magnate's Greek residential permit. Insull his wife and son appealed deficiency judgments by the internal revenue bureau claiming refunds from other years.
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Washington
Board of Tax Appeals
Samuel Insull
Insull
Internal Revenue Bureau
Jury Finds Louisiana Woman Guilty in Hanging Conspiracy
In Franklinton a Criminal District court jury convicts Mrs. Allie Mae Purvis of conspiring with a Black servant to push her husband into a river during a fishing trip and drown him. The verdict carries the hanging penalty.
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Franklinton
Criminal District Court
Allie Mae Purvis
Sanders to Remain GOP Chairman Says Fess
Senator Fess of Ohio a GOP national committee member and former national chair says Everett Sanders will continue to head the national party organization. The statement comes from Washington regarding the leadership of the Republican Party.
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Washington
Fess
Ohio
National Republican Committee
National
Everett Sanders
National Party
Princess Ileana Welcomes Daughter Maria Deana
Princess Ileana of Romania gave birth at Archduke Antoine of Austria’s estate to a daughter named Maria Deana. The infant adds to the line of Baltic royalty and Austrian connections in Europe.
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Stork
Ileana I
Leana
Ileana
Romania
Archduke Antoine
Austria
Maria Deana
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Insull, Jr
U. S
Disney
ASE U
RFC
State News
Louisiana
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