Sheppard Predicts 13 States to Vote Against Repeal
In Waco Texas Sen Morris Sheppard urged Texas citizens to lead the effort against repealing the 18th Amendment. He named Kansas as a likely holdout and warned that legalizing 3.2 beer would nullify state laws and invite lawlessness. He argued alcohol tax shifts hurt the economy and warned organized labor supports could be misaligned.
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Waco
Texas
Fen
Morris Sheppard
Kamsas
Organized
Temple
Sen
Sheppard
Shepard
Drop in timber cut for Western states
Montana and Idaho timber production dropped 45.5 percent from 1931 to 1982. Combined output was 359 million feet, with Montana at 111 million and Idaho at 248 million, the smallest in decades according to Census and Forest Service figures.
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Missoula
Mont
Federal Bureau of Census
In Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
Mongi Tana
Tenth Street Church Plans Two-Week Revival Meet
Rev. G. H. Bryant will conduct a two week revival at the Tenth Street Methodist starting with 11 o clock Sunday services. Opening sermon titled Prayer. Revival services at 10 30 am and 8 15 pm daily. Young people meet 7 45 pm each evening before the services. H A Shaw to lead the singing.
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Tenth Street
G. H. Bryant
Tenth Street Methodist
H. A. Shaw
American cotton usage gains over prior year cited in July update
Cotton statistics show 24,725,000 bales used across all kinds in the last year, up from 23,007,000. American cotton consumed reached 14,132,000 bales, an increase of 1,620,000 over the previous year, signaling positive outlook for growers. Wool sales also noted in July.
Automobile Sales Boom Promises Uplift For Nation
July new car sales rose 63 percent from a year earlier. Chevrolet output in seven months surpassed total 1932 production by 44 000 units, while Ford and Chrysler report rising sales and record July business. The piece links strong consumer demand to national prosperity.
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W. S. Knudsen
Chevrolet Company
New York
Washington
Chevrolet
Ford Company
Walter Chrysler
Chrysler Motors
Aviation progress and population wealth debate in early 20th century notes
A column discusses rapid aviation progress from Bleriot to modern long distance flights and imagines future passenger air travel. It argues nature's fertility and fish stocks will grow if destructive hunting declines, cites Harold F. Clark on US idle workforces and immigration, and notes Europe’s resistance to Austrian union under Hitler.
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Bleriot
Lord Northcliffe
English Channel
Europe
Harold F. Clark
Columbia University
United States
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Amarillo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sation Russel
Amarillo, Texas
Worth Company
Baton Rouge
Clark
Germany
Austria
Hitler
Eng
Land
France
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Panhandle
Southwestern Public Service Company
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