Britain considers token payment to U S to ease war debt row
June 12 dispatch to London reports a British plan for a small token payment to the United States toward Thursday’s installment to signal good faith while negotiations on war debt settlement continue. Italy signals similar posture in push for broader agreement.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Rameau MacDonald
Washington
Whitehall
Ronald Lindsay
White House
Italy
Fulvio Sovich
Sir John Simon
John
MacDonald
House of Commons
Two Men Kidnapped as Tennessee Jail Ambush Ends in Slayings
In Huntsville Tennessee a gang of about 25 armed men raided the Scott county jail last night abducting Jerome Boyett and Harvey Winchester. Winchester was found dead with bullet wounds. Boyett remains missing. Boyett is charged with murder in the killings of Sheriff G B Willingham and Deputy Floyd Willingham near Pickett county weeks earlier. Sheriff Ethan Laxton said the attackers knocked him down then dragged the prisoners away. The incident follows a violent sequence tied to earlier county killings and a manhunt for Boyett's father.
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Huntsville
Tenn
Scott County
Jerome Boyett
Harvey Winchester
Winchester
Helen Wood
Boyett
G. B. Willingham
Floyd Winningham
Pickett County
Ethan Laxton
Drevett
Namon Perry
Esker Thompson
Winfield
Winningam
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Local Grain Market and Commodity Roundup
Corrected daily market notes show Wheat Mae 1DADE 69C Corn 45c Shelled corn 50c Oats No 2 red 28c Rice and other grains listed with fractional figures. Cotton steady with favorable weather. Hogs down 10-15 cents. Cattle and calves mixed with weak to 25 lower. futures for July around 9.23, spot middling cotton 9.35.
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Ada Milling Co
Mae
Sterling Exchange
Wall Street Steady After Mixed Session On June 14
The market opened with modest losses but recovered in the final hour as the rails led gains aided by a weaker dollar. Turnover reached about 5.5 million shares with carriers eyeing wage-cut reports. Johns Manville and National Distillers rose, while General Motors and U S Steel slipped fractionally amid a cautious tone ahead of the London conference.
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Wall Street
New York
New York Central
Delaware & Hudson
Union Pacific
Chesapeake
Ohio
Southern Pacific
Southern
Johns Manville
National Distillers
American Telephone
North American
Sears Roebuck
Allied Chemical
International Telephone
General Motors
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers B
American Can
U.S. Steel
du Pont
Consolidated Gas
Case
United Aircraft
Oklahoma City Market Summary June 14 Cattle Hogs Sheep
Oklahoma City reports cattle at 1000 head with calves 200. steady for the week except yearlings higher. bulls 1.75 to 2.25. good beef cows 3.00 to 3.25. calves down 0.25 to 0.50. stockers slow. Hogs 1700 head, 5-10 lower. packer hogs to 4.25. sows and stags 3.25 to 3.60. sheep 600 head, little done early.
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Arizonas
Oklahoma City
Hog market report from Kansas City cattle yard
Kansas City market notes from June 14 report show hogs and sows trading with direct sales and various weight classes. Direct hogs 190 to 250 pounds at 4.40 top on choice, 140 to 350 pounds at 3.50 to 4.40, packing sows 275 to 550 pounds at 3.25 to 3.60, and other adjustments for slow sales and price differentials.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept. Aer
Live Poultry Prices Reported In Chicago Trade
Chicago on June 14 reports poultry prices with 40 trucks steady. Hens fetch 9 1 2 to 10 1 2 cents, leghorn hens 8, roosters 8 1 2, No 26 turkeys 10 to 12, spring ducks 6 to 8, old stock 5 to 6, geese 6 1 2, leghorn broilers 11 to 13, rocks 17 to 20, colored 15 to 17.
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Chicago
P Poultry
Butter and Eyes Prices Midday Trading Report
Chicago market notes unsettled dairy and egg prices with Butter at 16 009 pounds and Eyes listing 15 772 units. Grades include 93 score creamery specials and 92 extras, with various firsts and seconds across local and centralized lots.
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Chicago
Potatoes Mixed as New Stock Arrives in Chicago Market
Potatoes priced around 52 cents on track 184 with total shipments 685. New stock shows slight strength and moderate trading. Alabama Louisiana sales 2.15 to 2.35 per 100 pounds. Texas 2.25 to 2.35. North Carolina blue cobblers 3.30 to 3.40. Idaho russets scarce. Wisconsin round whites and Michigan Russets steady to firm. Idaho russets few sales at 1.65.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Michigan
Idaho
Wheat futures slip on Argentine stance at world talks
Chicago reports show LP Wheat down about two cents a bushel as Argentine opposition to acreage cuts at the world economic conference fuels pessimism. Traders cite weak stock market and a falling pound as bear factors with declines across corn oats and provisions.
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Chicago
Grain prices at Chicago ahead of trading day
Spot market reports wheat No 2 northern spring at 75 1 2 cents, corn No 2 mixed 43 cents, No 2 yellow 43 1 4 44 1 4, No 2 white 43 3 4 to 44 1 4, oats No 2 white 28 1 4 29, No 3 white 27 28 cents.
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Chicago
Cotton Market Ends Narrow with Uneven Fluctuations
New York June 14 cotton activity remained moderate with irregular swings in a tight market. Early declines tied to favorable weather and easy Liverpool cables gave way to rallies as traders responded to orders and market cues.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Spot cotton closes steady in New Orleans sales
New Orleans spot cotton closed steady with sales of 1 145 bales. Prices posted 8 73 for low mid, 9 23 middling, and 9 63 for good middling. Receipts were 805 and total stocks 802 922.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures close steady with slight moves across cities
In New York futures settled 1 point higher to 2 points lower while New Orleans quotes ended steady with a net move from one point up to one point down. Market activity reflected unchanged near term outlook.
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New York
New Orleans
Cotton Mills Consume Record May U.S. Bales
Washington reports American cotton mills consumed 620,909 bales in May, the highest since October 1929, nearly double May 1930’s 332,372, and well above April’s 470,685. October 1929 saw 639,759 bales amid stock drop, with activity later dipping to 278,568 in July.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Cotton consumption and stocks report May data
The census bureau reports May cotton consumption at 620 909 bales of lint and 76 084 linters, with April and prior year figures shown. May on hand totals appear in consuming establishments and in public storage with year over year comparisons, plus May imports 648 bales and exports 591 647 lint bales and 20 288 linters. Spindles active in May reach 24 571 498.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Man's Duty Case In Chicago Court Sparks Quip on Wedding Date
Policeman Daniel Donagher seeks return of $6,000 spent on Miss Mary Esther Curley during courtship. The court described the case as one of diverse temperaments a policeman and a woman of refinement and education and commented it is the duty of the man to insist upon a date for his wedding.
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Chicago
Daniel Donagher
Mary Esther Curley
Eight dead in North Arlington plant blast and arson hints
North Arlington New Jersey reports say eight dead, 41 missing, 75 injured after a celluloid plant explosion at the Atlantic Pyroxlin Waste plant. Investigators cite possible incendiarism and threats from rivals. operator Alex Scheinzeit held on technical manslaughter charges as two Elizabeth men are named material witnesses.
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North Arlington
N. J
John E. Guidetti
Bergen County
Atlantic Pyroxlin Waste Company
Alex Scheinzeit
Guidetti
Elizabeth
Scheinzeit
St. Michael's Hospital
Newark
West Hudson
Appleyard
Lillian
Susan
Dale
George
Klitch
Joseph
Mildred
Latone
Margaret Thomas Malinosky
Farm Beef Tour Touches Pontotoc County Stop Near Ada
Hereford inspection tour set for June 13 and 14 will include the W. E. Harvey ranch south of Ada on State Highway 12. The southern Oklahoma leg starts at Duncan, visits Ardmore and other sites, ending at Holdenville. Sheep tour inquiries rise after June 17 with A M M men helping link farmers to ewes. Garden tours for Pontotoc County clubs at Union Valley and Cedar Grove showed generally good condition despite wind, with beans heavy and corn improving in some areas.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
W. E. Harvey
Ada
Duncan
Ardmore
Holdenville
Oklahoma A
Union Valley
Cedar Grove
Mrs. Jessie Morgan Demonstrates Canning at Kallihoma School
Girls at Kallihoma Indian school learn canning greens under Mrs. Jessie Morgan and will can beans and beets under Mrs. McGilberry. The piece extols the pressure cooker as a boon for home canning, enabling year round stocking and better food balance.
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Jessie Morgan
Kallihoma Indian School
McGilberry
Mystery Millionaire An drew Patterson Found Dead at River Wharf
New Orleans authorities identify 60 year old Andrew LaMar Patterson as a former millionaire contractor and ex president of the American Alcohol distillery. He was seen fleeing a ferry landing toward the river after a shot heard near a warehouse. Coroner George Hoeling is investigating.
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Patterson
American Alcohol Distillery
Mexico
New Orleans
Lmm
Andrew LaMar Patterson
George Hoeling
Marland urges oil producers to form codes of conduct
Representative Marland says Oklahoma California and other producers should unite into state or national groups to shape codes under industrial control. He warns the American Petroleum Institute would dominate without producer organization and notes its budget and member influence.
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Washington
Marland
Okla
Oklahoma
Tears
California
American Petroleum Institute
Simon Pure
Bio
Chicago
Spanish War Vets Plan New Camp in Latimer County
Oklahoma Spanish-American war veterans voted to buy 73 acres in Latimer county as a site for a permanent camp eight miles south of Wilburton. C. C. Hawks of Shawnee chairs the site committee. Auxiliary officers and delegates to the national convention were chosen, listing multiple named members.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
Latimer County
Wilburton
C. C. Hawks
Shawnee
Bertha Hackett
Enid
Jennie Uhle
Ponca City
Olive Moore
Caddie Dobbs
Myrtle Egfelt
Okmulgee
Lorena Milholland
Oklahoma City
Louise Seddicum
Tulsa
Jessie Elmore Wallace
Loeuna Southerard
Newkirk
Milholland
Anna Moberty
Charles Harris
Frank Furgerson
Brewer Dead. Tulsa Banker Led Several National Banks
Robert Payne Brewer 56 former president of the First National Bank of Tulsa and later senior vice president of the Manufacturers Trust Co of New York died of a bronchial infection in Tulsa. Born in Muskogee he built a career in banking including the First National Bank of Quinton and later McAlester. He moved to Kansas City in 1916 and returned to Tulsa, where he chaired boards of First National and Exchange National banks.
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Tulsa
Robert Payne Brewer
First National Bank of Tulsa
Manufacturers’ Trust Co
New York
Brewer
Muskogee
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Texas
McAlester
Checotah
First National Bank
First National Bank of Quinton
Indianola
Hannah
First National Bank of
First National
Exchangee National Banks
Thirteen year locusts invade border of Oklahoma
Swarms of the periodical cicadas were reported along the Oklahoma Missouri border east of Wyandotte. Seventeen year and thirteen year varieties were observed with orange bodies and eyes. Damage to one and two year old apple trees possible. eggs to hatch in July and cicadas to reappear in 1946 after a 13 year life cycle. Noise blamed for alarm.
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Wyandotte
Okla
Oklahoma
Newton County
Missouri
Charles Byrd
Duenweg
Jay Stratton
Neosho
Stratton
Summer term underway at East Central State Teachers College
The campus reports a smooth start to the fourth week of the summer term with organized class and county groups and a broad recreation program. The summer lyceum opens Wednesday with John Forrest, Shakespearean interpreter, in a morning assembly and the Petrie Quintette in the evening. Darcy from the state health department speaks to health classes. an assembly with Hugh Jones has been postponed.
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Lyceum
John Forrest
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Mr. Forrest
Robert B. Mantell
Fritz Lieber
Tyrone Power
Chicago Civic Shakespeare Company
East Central District
City Lake
Hugh Norris
Mortimer Faulkner
Vinita Davis
Cleo Sumter
Minnie Dell Cromwell
Troy Melton
Grant Shipp
Ruth Erwin
Allen Hensley
Miss Collins
Fentem
Miss Kittell
Hawkinson
East Central State Teachers College
Petrie Quintette
Darcey
State Department of Public Health
Hugh Jones
State Board of Affairs
Railroads plan 12 1 2 percent wage cut nationwide
New York June 14 railroads plan a 12 1 2 percent wage reduction plus the existing 10 percent deduction, totaling a 22 1 2 percent cut from basic pay. Notices prepared to mail. the Association of Railway Executives will discuss wage changes at Chicago meeting.
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New York
Association of Railway Executives
Chicago
Railroads to Seek 12 1 2 Percent Wage Cut Across Roads
New York June 14 Dow Jones reports railroads plan another 12 1 2 percent wage reduction. Notices will be sent tomorrow to the four principal railway brotherhoods.
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New York
Dow, Jones & Co
Senate confirms several nominees for Tennessee Valley Authority posts
Washington June 10 news: Harcourt A. Morgan of Tennessee and David E. Lilienthal of Wisconsin were confirmed by the senate as members of the Tennessee Valley Authority in charge of the Muscle Shoals development program. The senate also confirmed Francis White of Maryland as minister to Czecho-Slovakia and John Flournoy Montgomery of California as minister to Hungary, Robert Granville Caldwell of Texas as minister to Romania, Robert P. Skinner of Ohio as ambassador to Turkey.
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Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee
David E. Lilienthal
Wisconsin
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Francis White
Maryland
Czecho-Slovakia
John Flournoy Montgomery
California
Hungary
Robert Granville Caldwell
Texas
Rumania
Robert P. Skinner
Ohio
Turkey
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