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Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Albert Woll who until today was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was named by Murphy to head his new Bureau of Commercial Frauds under the Criminal Division. Woll will handle violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 2-6-39

Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Was...

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Expel the Chilean junta from the U.N. for violations of the United Nations declaration of human rights ...

Expel the Chilean junta from the U.N. for violations of the United Nat...

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Volunteer woman investigator for the Office of Price Administration (OPA) enforcement agency in Philadelphia, one of three cities selected in a test drive to discover violations of rationing and ceiling prices, in a department store checking prices of women's apparel. All investigators were required to fill out reports, regardless whether violations were uncovered or not. A number of complaints against law violations in three test cities resulted from the surprise investigation

Volunteer woman investigator for the Office of Price Administration (O...

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William S. Smith, 1783, Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New York; Guy Carleton, Earl of Dorchester

William S. Smith, 1783, Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New Y...

Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New York; Guy Carleton, Earl of Dorchester

Group of workers in Lane Cotton Mill, New Orleans, showing the youngest workers, and typical of conditions in New Orleans. Violations of the law are rare. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Group of workers in Lane Cotton Mill, New Orleans, showing the younges...

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Group of workers in the Shaw Cotton Mills going home. Several violations. Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

Group of workers in the Shaw Cotton Mills going home. Several violatio...

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Group of workers in Lane Cotton Mill, New Orleans, showing the youngest workers, and typical of conditions in New Orleans. Violations of the law are rare. Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

Group of workers in Lane Cotton Mill, New Orleans, showing the younges...

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2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His mother said: "He's old enough to work all right," but the boy admitted that she had to sign up that he was older than he was. He appears to be 10. Has had job doffing for several weeks. Could not write his own name. Has had no schooling after the 1st grade. Wylie Haw (right hand boy). Mother says he is 12 years old now. Been working 1 year. She is a widow. Location: Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

2 violations. Simon Birdsong (left hand boy) said: "I'm about 12." His...

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Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Albert Woll who until today was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was named by Murphy to head his new Bureau of Commercial Frauds under the Criminal Division. Woll will handle violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 2-6-39

Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Was...

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Bantam, Connecticut. 1942's first snow storm cut down attendance at the Episcopal Church, but even in good weather Bantam is not a community of churchgoers. Young Reverend H. Waldo Manly, who came to Bantam a few years ago from Washington, D.C., is president of the newly formed Bantam Lions Club. He says Bantamites live normal lives and are good neighbors. Arrest for anything other than traffic violations are practically unknown there. The tall man on the walk in front of the church is Spike Beves, a Warren McArthur sheet metal worker, who sings in the church choir. Spike, who now lives in Bantam with his wife and son, was formerly an insurance investigator in Brooklyn, New York

Bantam, Connecticut. 1942's first snow storm cut down attendance at th...

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Volunteer woman investigator for the Office of Price Administration (OPA) enforcement agency in Philadelphia, one of three cities selected in a test drive to discover violations of rationing and ceiling prices, in a department store checking prices of women's apparel. All investigators were required to fill out reports, regardless whether violations were uncovered or not. A number of complaints against law violations in three test cities resulted from the surprise investigation

Volunteer woman investigator for the Office of Price Administration (O...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Albert Freeman, Alfred T. Palmer or George Danor. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United ... More

Urges change in security dealings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. John K. Starkweather, representing the Investment Bankers Association, today urged the Senate Banking and Currency Committee to make far-reaching changes in the Maloney Bill for Regulation of Over-the-Counter Security Dealings. Chairman of a special IBA Committee that considered the bill, Starkweather suggested that only "willful violations" of the regulations should be subject to punishment, 3/7/38

Urges change in security dealings. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. John K. S...

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Office of Price Administration's (OPAA) Philadelphia enforcement attorney (no name available) hands out questionaires to volunteer women investigators in last weeks (week of June 7, 1942) drive to check price ceiling and rationing violations in test spots: New York, Newark and Philadelphia

Office of Price Administration's (OPAA) Philadelphia enforcement attor...

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William S. Smith, 1783, Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New York; Guy Carleton, Earl of Dorchester

William S. Smith, 1783, Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New Y...

Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New York; Guy Carleton, Earl of Dorchester

Rosemary Mfg. Co. Uriah and Eva Westbrook. Both violations. Uriah is 12 years old now (Bible record said born May 24, 1903) and he has been working there 2 months. Eva began at 12 years; been working there 1 year. Born May 4, 1901. The real need for the work of the children is not apparent, although the father is sick, for there are 6 children in the mill. The mother said: "We kin go back to the farm any time, and I wisht we would. It's a heap easier living there than in the mill." Some of the children agreed with her. Location: Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

Rosemary Mfg. Co. Uriah and Eva Westbrook. Both violations. Uriah is 1...

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William S. Smith, 1783, Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New York; Guy Carleton, Earl of Dorchester

William S. Smith, 1783, Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New Y...

Violations of Peace Treaty by British in New York; Guy Carleton, Earl of Dorchester

Expel the Chilean junta from the U.N. for violations of the United Nations declaration of human rights ...

Expel the Chilean junta from the U.N. for violations of the United Nat...

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