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...oldtime bankers was Partner George W. Bovenizer of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. For MOP's present bankers there was Partner S. Parker Gilbert of the House of Morgan. Earle Bailie spoke for J. & W. Seligman & Co., De Witt Millhauser for Speyer & Co. Jesse Jones brought his financial adviser, Adolph Augustus Berle Jr., and his chief railroad examiner, John W. Barriger 3rd. Both the Interstate Commerce Commission and Federal Transportation Coordinator Eastman sent representatives. The bondholders sent potent members of protective committees...
Kidnapping case in a class by itself is that of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. Credit for the capture of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in that case, however, goes not to the Department of Justice but to the New York City Police Department. Fortnight ago the affairs of the onetime Bronx carpenter turned an important corner when extradition papers were signed by New York's Governor Lehman turning him over to New Jersey...
...been Earls of Kent since the 11th Century, but there have been only two Dukes. The first, Henry Grey, 12th Earl of Kent, was made a Duke in 1710, died with the title 30 years later. Bulbous, misguided George III revived the title for his fourth son, cantankerous Edward Augustus, in 1799. Edward of Kent was one of the worst tempered men who ever lived. As a Brit ish officer he did his blundering best to squash the Yankee farmers in the American Revolution. For his efforts he was finally raised to the rank of a Field Marshal. His fondness...
...Tokyo, President-Emeritus Harry Augustus Garfield of Williams College had audience with Emperor Hirohito
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 10--Governor Herbert H. Lehman late today approved extradition of Bruno Richard Hauptmann from New York to New Jersey to face murder charges in connection with the death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh...