Weekly News Analysis Federal Insurance Supervision May Follow
The column reviews 1906 Hughes proposals for federal insurance oversight as the 12 month temporary national economic committee probes insurance investments. It notes huge policy totals and diverse holdings, concerns about alignment with railroads and banks, and potential legislation to regulate interstate insurance business alongside state supervision. It also touches on Spain's civil war, Britain and France’s stance, and transatlantic air service developments.
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Federal
Joseph W. la Bine
New York
Legislative Insurance Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
National Economic Committee
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
William’ O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Douglas
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
U. S
Wheeler
Juan Negrin
Spain
Negrin
London
Paris
Italy
Germany
France
Mussolini
Britain
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
World News and Fly Man Narratives Mix in 1939 Reflections
A wide array of items cover Europe’s Balkan tensions with Hungary and Russia’s diplomatic break, Japan and Soviet border clashes, plus a Chicago style feature about Teddy Davidson the Daredevil who trained as a wing walker. The narrative blends political warnings with a wild postwar stunt tale.
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Hungary
Russia
Budapest
Europe
Munich
Moscow
Balkans
Pan-Balkan
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Balkan
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Mulan Stoyadinovitch
Dragisha Tsvetkovitch
Manchukuo
Siberian
Changkugeng Hill
Tokyo
Japan
Mengoskili
Changkufeng
ELSO
Teddy
Enmr
Earth
Theodore Davidson
Galesburg
Dare Devil” Davidson
Floyd Gibbons Adventurers’ Club
Moline
Wives in the News Gandhi Flegenheimer Mooney arrests
Mrs Kasturbhai Gandhi, widow of Mohandas K Gandhi, is arrested for participating in civil disobedience. Mrs Arthur Flegenheimer, widow of the New York racketeer Dutch Schultz, testifies she saw her husband with Tammany leader James J Hines. Mrs Rena Mooney, wife of ex convict Tom Mooney, vows to fight a reported divorce bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Tom Mooney
Deficit, reserves, and taxes in early fiscal year trends
The Treasury shows a first seven months deficit of 1.0616 billion dollars as outlays reach 5.2226 billion versus 4.2625 billion a year earlier. Federal reserve member banks’ excess reserves fall after a rising January. Two Italian cruisers were rotted eggs in Panama City en route to officials. Jewel Tea taxes rise to 298.22 per worker, total 1.1004 million against 248.5 thousand in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury
Federal Reserve
Panama City
Jewel Tea Company
Dreaming big names in a world of pages and gold
In New York a circle of rising writers and Hollywood figures debated futures in writing and fame. Ben Burman wins the Southern Authors award for Blow for a Landing, while Paul Sifton and others pursued plays and novels. Ouis Shattuck Cates, veteran mining leader, receives the William Lawrence Saunders gold medal for advancing copper recovery and tax advocacy.
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EW York
New York World
Maxwell Anderson
Louis Weltzenkorn
Phil Stong
James Cain
Young
Dudley Nichols
Paul Sifton
Ben Burman
Mr. Burman
Will Rogers
Mississippi
Ouis
Wall Street
Minera
House of Topnotcher
Copper World Exchange
Rocky Mountains
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
William Lawrence Saunders
Cates
West
Connecticut
Utah
Arizona
Boston
Phelps Dodge Corp
Consolidated News
Tureg
WNU
Tutee
Quaaltagh The Oldest British Festival In Isle Of Man
Quaaltagh is among the oldest British festivals observed in parts of the Isle of Man. Manx customs resemble first footing with men visiting homes, singing festival songs, and being offered a bite and drink. Unique deeds include sweeping the kitchen floor from door to hearth before midnight and assessing ashes for a human footprint indicating death or birth.
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England
Isle of Man
Scotland
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