The two companies moved under
the provisions of the law exempting
industrial and other corporations
who are engaged only in small utility
business. :
ARRAYED FOR FIGHT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. — Most
of the nation’s top rank utility sys
tems stood formally arrayed today
for the legal struggle against the)
New Deal’s Holding Company Actj
before the deadline for registration!
ends tomorrow night. j
The companies are expected to
join in the fight, refusing to reg-j
ister with the Securities Commission,;
and will ask the courts to prevent;
the Government enforcing the act. |
Registration is the first step in;
the Administration’s law which seeks j
to limit the sway of some utility;
companies and eliminate others, [
regulating those left in existence. 1
Fabric for covering airplanes is j
now being made fireproof by chem-;
ical impregnation.
“Old Groaner” Is
Killed; Apparent
Reason for Groans
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 30 —
Bruce Johnstone Is displaying the
skull of a grizzly known as “Old j
Groaner,” shot after the bear recent- j
ly charged Johnstone. The skull is1
seventeen inches across and eleven'
inches thick.
Sportsmen found that the reason
why “Old Groaner” groaned was an
old bullet embedded in a bone, and
scars of another. The bear's teeth
were worn and indicated great age.
PLANE IS TO
MAKE SEARCH
FOR MISSING
Lincoln Ellsworth and Pilot
Kenyon Lost Since
Week Ago
NEW YORK. Nov. 30.—Still lack
ing word from Lincoln Ellsworth and
his pilot Herbert Pollock Kenyon,
who were last heard from one week
ago today when they took off for t/a
Bay of Whales, the base ship Wyatt
Earp is leaving today for Magallan
ese, Chile.
At Magallanese a plane will be
picked up and will undertake the
search for the two missing aviators
in the Antarctic regions.
