Word: reed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Your recent story concerning the difficulties confronting Oilman Doherty (TIME, July 20) brings to mind the fact that Jim Reed is a brother of the owner of one of the largest utilities in Iowa. John Reed's system operates a short distance from the Missouri line. Perhaps interest in the "peepul" parallels his interest in the Reed family...
...John A. Reed, brother of onetime Senator Reed, is vice president of Iowa Railway & Light Corp. ($35,000,000), centring in Cedar Rapids, selling electricity to central Iowa cities, operating a Cedar Rapids trolley system, an interurban line to Iowa City and a statewide bus line. Iowa Railway & Light is, as yet, nowhere in competition with Vice President Reed's brother's foe's Cities Service...
Regular counsel for the Star is Watson, Gage, Ess, Groner & Barnett. Senior Partner I. N. Watson is the firm's authority on libel. He defended Henry Ford against Aaron Sapiro, Associated with him in that case was Senator Reed, and last week hard-hitting Lawyer Reed was again called in. White-crested, choleric of complexion, a cigar clamped in the corner of his axe-mark mouth, he will glory in fighting once more "for the People." For whatever the merits of the two sides may be, with Lawyer Reed's party's reputation at slake locally (Governor Woodring...
Leading the forces of regulation was young Governor Harry Woodring of Kansas, backed by the crusading Kansas City Star, in turn reinforced by Missouri's grim fight-loving onetime (1911-29) Senator James A. Reed. In Missouri Governor Henry Stewart Caulfield prepared to jump into action. From Tulsa came the encouraging yells of Governor William Henry ("Alfalfa Bill") Murray, recently victor in a similar but less spectacular fight against Oklahoma Natural Gas Corp...