Griffiths emerges as Sharkey challenger for Miami bout
Gerald Ambrose Griffiths, a Sioux City fighter, outslugged Johnny Risko at Madison Square Garden as Tom McArdle announced him as the leading candidate to fight Jack Sharkey in the February Palm Beach showdown. Griffiths dominated nine of ten rounds, with Risko fading and referee Jack Denning losing a tooth in the sixth.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
New York
Jack Sharkey
Miami
Gerald Ambrose Griffiths
Sioux City
Iowa
Joe Humphries
Johnny Risko
Madison Square Garden
Tom McArdle
Sharkey
Taffy
Tatty
Join Risko
Gerald Ambrose
Cleveland
Griffith
Jack Denning
Risko
Victorio Campolo
Pil Scott
London
Max Schmeling
Germany
Rioal
Griffiths
Otto von Porat
Belter
Pauline Uzendun
Airplane passenger service across Atlantic within few years
Stout predicts rapid aviation growth and new levels of speed and safety. He foresees trans Atlantic mail within three years and passenger service within five to eight years, Pacific flying in ten, and a shrinking world as planes travel 200 mph in the near future. Cities cluster closer as travel times plummet and service shifts from finance to practical utility.
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Atlantic
Stout
William B. Stout
Stout Air Services, Ince
Ada News
NEA
Europe
United States
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Barberry, Corn Breeding, and 1929-30 Notes in Ada
The excerpt notes gratitude from John Lunsford for 1929 patronage and hopes for 1930. It reports on plant inoculation studies mixing rust pustules from barberry leaves, showing new forms and the urgency to eradicate barberry. It cites E C Stakman and others, plus promises of improved corn via inbreeding and future yields.
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Ada
John .Lunsford
Tweed Frock A Goal in View Ella God dard
Notes mention questions for discussion and sharpshooting with a Bible. A benediction closes the segment with religious undertone and a theater or church leaning event.
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Ella God
Chicago Judge Slugged Captures Assailant
Judge Francis Borrelli of the municipal court was struck on the head with an iron bar after a collision dispute. He pursued and compelled the other driver to the curb, where the assailant Edward Sennett was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon and related charges.
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Chicago
Francis Borrelli
Municipal Court
Borrelli
Edward Sennett
Wall Street Faces Holiday Selloff Amid Disappointing Outlook
The week closes with dismal sentiment as stocks decline after brief rallies. Analysts forecast a recession early next year with widespread selling and cautious investment demand among traders and funds. Steel, motors, and oils show mixed performance while railroad consolidation talks fail to spark investor interest.
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Weekly Financial Review
Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Wallstreet
Motors
Grain markets sway as European wheat binds eyed
Traders in Chicago watch European wheat bind status with keen interest as markets reflect tight supply fears. Analysts note limited import flow and weather risks in key growing regions impacting prices ahead of the new year.
Wheat Prices Rise Amid Tight Argentine and European Supplies
The Chicago market shows an 8 to 9 percent bushel rise as wheat prospects hinge on reduced Argentine exports and Europe's depleted stocks. With less than half normal wheat afloat and 214 million bushels US export potential in six months, corn and oats rise while provisions ease slightly due to packer selling.
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Europe
Chicago
United States
Wall Street Slows as Year End Trading Sends Stocks Lower
The stock market edged lower in quiet year end dealings with weakest lifts in merchandising, bakery and utility issues. Trading showed 1.35 million shares as Ward Baking preferred led declines and several gaps of 3 to 4 points appeared, including Columbian Carbon and Safeway Stores while U S Steel dipped before support.
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Wall Street
New York
Ward Baking Preferred
Columbian Carbon
National Biscuit
May Department Stores
Safeway Stores
Maywma Copper
J. [. Case
U. S. Steel Common
Oklahoma City livestock prices steady to higher
Cattle 100 calves 50 with active week cattle trade. Heavy steers up to 12.00, bulk steer sales 10.00 to 11.75, butcher cows 8.50, heifers up to 10.50, veals to 11.50. Hogs 300 steady from Friday, top 9.25, barrows 9.00 plus, sows 7.75, stocker pigs 6.50 to 7.50.
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Oklahoma City
Cattle and cotton market reports from Kansas City New Orleans and New York
Kansas City cattle markets show mixed movement with yearlings and mature steers firm to 25 cents higher while fat cattle and vealers rise. New Orleans spot cotton closes quietly with slight declines across grades. New York spot cotton also quiet with middling at 17 dollars and 50 cents.
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New York
Wheat supply claim lifts Chicago wheat prices
In Chicago on December 28 Argentina was said to have only 56 million bushels of wheat to meet European needs, sending futures higher. Foreign and seaboard buyers led late dealings as offerings were absorbed and prices rose rapidly.
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Chicago
Argentina
Market Wrap: Grain Prices Edge Higher Amid Mixed Beans
Wheat closed nervous up 1 cent a bushel from yesterday. Corn finished unchanged to lower as oats rose slightly and provisions held steady to slight declines.
Grain Prices in Chicago Markets December Report
Chicago dispatch reports commodity quotes with no. hard wheat at 1.26 1/4 dollars and corn bid at 42 1/2 cents for No. 4 mixed plus 83 1/4 cents for No. 4 white. Oats quoted at 47 and 46 1/2 cents for No. 2 and No. 3 white respectively.
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Chicago
Cotton Prices Edge Lower On Week End Realization
New York Dec 25 Cotton stayed quiet with prices easing a few points as week end liquidation set in. March contracts slipped to 17.40 a bale, about six points lower, with the general market closed with net declines of about five to eight points.
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New York
New Orleans
Stock Market Quiet After Liverpool Option Decline
New Orleans reports a steady but quiet session on the leen exchange with Liverpool option steadiness easing from the open. Prices slipped 4 to 6 points from early quotes and closed near the day’s lows, marking a new decline of 2 to 6 points.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Leen
States announce $825 million public works plans
President Hoover expects by year end reports from governors on state construction in prospect for the coming year. Partial reports from 26 states show public works programs totaling 825 million dollars, a figure representing about half the nation and deemed highly encouraging.
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Washington
U?p
Hoover
Scientists Work on Crop Problems Described by Pathologists
Des Des Moines December 28 Wheat rust strains were described by Canadian and American plant pathologists before the American Phytopathological Society and the AAAS. Margaret Newton Thorvaldur Johnson and A N Brown from the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory Winnipeg explained the creation of new rusts that resemble existing types but act differently.
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Oscar Leiding
Associated Press
Des Moines
American Phytopathological Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Margaret Newton
Thorvaldur Johnson
A. N. Brown
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Sunday Evening Assembly at First Presbyterian Church
A weekly gathering meets Sunday evenings at 6 20 in the Harris assembly room of the First Presbyterian church. All new members and visitors are welcome to attend.
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Harris
First Presbyterian Church
Richmond executive fatally shot on deer hunt in South Carolina
John C. Easley of Richmond Virginia, vice president of the Southern Bond and Mortgage and Title Insurance companies, was accidentally killed on a deer hunt near Estill South Carolina. The shot came from William Harper, 16, son of the host, as guests pursued a deer on a game preserve. Easley, 67, was found hours later with a temple wound.
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Richmond
Estill
S. C
John C. Easley
Southern Bond and Mortgage Company
Title Insurance Company
Charles A. Harper
William
Easley
Mr. Easley
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Cincinnati
Detroit
WEBST
U. S. Department of Commerce
E. C. Stakman
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
M. N. Levine
R. A. Cotter
United States Department of Agriculture
American Society of Agronomy
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Farmer
H. K. Hayes
University of Minnesota
Presbyterian Intermediate Endeavor
Doris Watson
Lois Forrester
Christ
Matt
Heb
Evalyn Reich
Paul Jackson
Victoria Hayley
Swanee Hillhouse
Woodrow Stidham
Jean Harwell
Seth Low
John FP. Boughan
Mother Hubbard
Kansas City
U.S. D.A
Oais
Sega Eatin
Marth Nti
Mational
Mod
Ern Funeral Home
Criswell Funeral Home
Ada, Okla
A. W. White
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