Cotton Forecast Predicts 9.2 Million Bales for 1934
The U S Department of Agriculture forecast a 1934 cotton crop of 9 195 000 bales the smallest since 1894 excluding 1921. The report notes expected declines from last year and the 1928 32 average with drought severe in Oklahoma Texas western Arkansas and parts of Louisiana.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Mississippi River
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Wallace
Farm Administration
Crop Reporting Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Virginia
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Mexico
Arizona
California
Bankhead Act production reviews amid heat wave impacts
The Bankhead Act's feasibility to limit cotton output is debated as states report varied over and under allotments. Readings show a severe mid continent heat wave with temperatures above 100 degrees. crop and livestock conditions deteriorate from Kansas to Missouri, with several deaths due to heat.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Highlands
Gulf States
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wichita
Springfield
Oklahoma City
Concordia
Kan
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Iowa
Dodge City
Crowers
Illinois
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Miles City
Mont
Idaho
East
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Electric chair to be used for Elijah Stuart
Elijah Stuart a 27 year old Houston man was sentenced to execution in the electric chair for the murder of his four year old daughter Dorotha He confessed killing her for about 1000 life insurance and said he planned to use the money for Dorothas twin sister Borth His plea of insanity was rejected by a jury after an hour and a half of deliberation and he showed little emotion as officers guided him to death row
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Houston
Tex
Elijah Stuart
Dortha
Stuart
Henryetta
Okla
Borth
Two Officers Wounded Near Idabel in Car Thief Case
In Oklahoma near Idabel two peace officers Constable W. D. Wilmouth and Deputy Jasper Whitten were shot while trying to arrest an escaped Texas convict Barney Jones. They were taken to a hospital in Paris Texas and were believed fatally wounded. A manhunt with multiple state posses and bloodhounds spread through rugged mountain terrain.
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Idabel
Okla
Oak Hill
Here
W. D. Wilmouth
Jasper Whitten
Paris
Tex
Barney Jones
Texas
Jones
Broken Bow
Whitten
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Arab Jew feud erupts in Constantine riots
A long standing Arab Jewish feud surfaces in Constantine Algeria with deadly riots across nearby towns. European powers intervene but peace remains elusive as reports cite 27 confirmed deaths and unofficial counts up to 100, with civilians including women and children harmed during the pogrom.
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Associated Press
Africa
Asia Minor
Constantine
Alegria
Italy
Great Britain
France
French Legionnaires
Algeria
Jules Carde
Paris
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Palestine
Mayo brothers honored as Roosevelt tours Rochester
President Roosevelt saluted Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Charles H. Mayo in Rochester Minnesota for humanitarian work at ceremonies by the American Legion. He laid a wreath at Dr. William Worrall Mayo’s statue and visited St. Mary’s hospital as part of a tour of federal projects.
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Rochester
Minn
Roosevelt
Mayo Brothers
William J
Charles H. Mayo
Mayo Clinic
American Legion
Edward A. Hayes
Legion
William Worrall Mayo
St. Mary’s Hospital
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Drouth
Mississippi
Winona
Minneapolis
Missouri
Minnesota
Shipstead
Fammer-Labor
Hordale
Senate
St. Paul
White House
Portland
Ore
Brouth
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Lafollette
Ear pain reveals hidden tooth from school incident
Two years after Ernest Cole, then nine, had a tooth pulled at school a doctor found the missing tooth embedded in his ear. Ernest recalled sticking the tooth in his ear when his teacher refused to let him leave to dispose of it.
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Atlanta
Ernest Cole
Ernest
Democratic rally planned with Farley in Oklahoma City
Democratic leaders rushed plans for a major rally on August 18 featuring Postmaster General James A. Farley. Ardmore Democratic chairman J. B. Moore called a conference for tomorrow to finish arrangements.
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Oklahoma City
James A. Farley
J. B. Moore
Ardmore
Butcher Finds Friend Frozen to Death in Ice Room
In Gracia suburb Madrid a butcher preparing to retire discovered a dead man frozen inside the shop’s freezing room. He alerted police after opening the large ice box in the morning. The victim was identified as a friend of his wife.
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Madrid
Gracia
Same pistol used in two slayings in Oklahoma
Tulsa ballistics expert Henry Maddux reported that bullets from the same pistol killed A. N. Ledger in Oklahoma City and Mrs. Harvey Seals in an oil field tent home. Andrew Suggs, jailed in Oklahoma City, owned the pistol and allegedly admitted killing Ledger at a picnic. Mrs. Seals’ infant was wounded as she was killed.
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Oklahoma City
Draper Grigsby
Harvey Seals
Grigsby
Seals
Tulsa
Henry Maddux
A. N. Ledger
Andrew Suggs
Ledger
Maddux
Oil field flash in Pontotoc County spikes excitement
The Fitts pool area near Ada heats up as J. E. Crosbie Inc No 2 Dawes Harden washes in and flows about 568 barrels in two hours with 10.6 million cubic feet gas daily. Nearby Shaffer No 1 A Harden produced 1,250 barrels in four and a half hours, as Wilcox plays draw strong interest from oilmen.
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Fitts
Ada
Shaffer
Big Crosbie, Inc
Dawes Harden
Crosbie
J. €. Shaffer Inc
A. J. Harden
Ed Moore No
Viola
Magnolia
Norris
Cromwell
H. L. Blackstock
Lewis
Schermerhorn
Woodhouse
Viersen
Norman Fleming
Hunton
Manahan No
Gray
Walker
Michigan
Milligan
Viola Lime
Aldridge Hotel
Cet
Oklahoma
J. E. Crosbie Inc
Jack Shaffer Inc
Andrew Harden
Hindenburg Laid to Rest at Scene of War Triumph
Paul von Hindenburg is buried at the Tannenberg memorial in Tannenberg Germany after a grand state funeral. The ceremony featured the chancellor and Hitler, a vast display with military honors, and a crowd of thousands lining the grounds. The late president rested in the octagonal memorial amid flowers, oak leaves, and a bronze cross.
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Tannenberg
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Tannenberg War Monument
von Hindenburg
Adolph Hitler
Beethoven
Dohrmann
Hitler
Stahlhelm
Veterans
Voluntary
Labor Corps
United States
Hohenstein
The
Schutzstaffel
Von
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Miss Bounds
Davis
Arbuckle Mountains
Wilson
Alva
E. W. Marland
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
Kroeger
Fillette No
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Tannenburg
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