Wheat Loans At Minimum Under New Farm Law
Washington July 4 a source close to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace said wheat loans this year will be at the minimum allowed under the law. The farm measure sets loans at 52 to 75 percent of parity with a tentative base of 60 cents a bushel. A sliding scale will adjust rates by market distance and wheat grade, with the rate to be announced about July 15.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Seventeen Lose Freedom Over the Holiday
Seventeen persons lost their independence during July 4 celebrations. Most were charged with intoxication by local police. Six paid fines and were released. The rest were placed on bond or pleaded guilty, further diminishing their independence. Ten days in jail was the usual sentence.
German glider ace leads with 225 mile flight
Washington July 4 A record 225 mile flight from Fimira New York gave Peter Riedel a commanding lead for a 1500 prize in the national soaring contests. He landed at Washington airport seven hours after takeoff while Emil Lehecka from Long Island City closed in with a 197 mile flight yesterday.
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Fimira
N. Y
Peter Riedel
Riedel
Washington Airport
Pimira
Eimira
Emil Lehecka
Long Island City
Lehecka
Multiple Help Wanted Notes From Readers Chronicle
A jumble of reader classifieds seeks child care, housekeeping, and farm labor. Entries include a July start for a woman 30 to 40, a teen girl for child care, a combine or farming job, laundry and housework, and various offers with contact hints and partial addresses.
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Wentinth Avenue
Confederate Plan for Cemetery Ridge Assault at Gettysburg
The narrative details Lee’s strategy to seize Cemetery Hill and attack the Federal line on Seminary Ridge and Cemetery Ridge. Longstreet’s slowness, Hood and Melaws divisions, and Ewell’s intended bend attack are described along with charges on Round Top, Little Round Top, and Devil’s Den. Casualties include Hood and Pender with High Command lamenting missed opportunities.
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Ewell
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Little Round Top
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Devil's den
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Paul Semmes
John RB. Hood
Josa
W. Dorney Pender
Mussolini Claims Italy SelfSufficient In Wheat
Premier Benito Mussolini told rally crowds that Italy would dig no wheat despite a short crop. He argued against imports from democratic nations even if bread ran short. After speaking he helped farmers thresh grain in a celebratory scene at Aprilia.
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Ialy
Benito Mussolini
Italy
L Duce
Two Denver Adventurers Lost in Rio Grande Capsize
CERRO New Mexico July 4 Two Denver businessmen-adventurers aged 58 attempting a Rio Grande trip from Alamosa to Albuquerque were capsized in Black Canyon. One man swept under water. the other badly injured remained ashore. Ditch-riders saw the struggle and identified the downriver man as F. E. Wakefield and the other as A. B. Hunt. They left Alamosa Friday seeking a historic boat voyage.
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Cerro
N. M
Denver
Rio Grande
Alamosa
Colo
Albuquerque
New Mexico
FE. R. Wakefield
Hunt
Nine nationalist planes bomb loyalist port workers district
In Alicante on July 4 nationalist planes bombed the Garden City workers district of the loyalist port. Red Cross reported 12 dead and 33 wounded from five German-made planes dropping about 50 bombs on Gava town, including two women killed under a culvert shelter. Many victims occurred in a porcelain factory struck by bombs.
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Alicante
Spain
Red Cross
Gava
Here
Postmaster General Parley Hosts New York Roundup
Attorney General Cummings arranged a round of golf at his New York home and will speak tonight before the monument fireworks display. Secretary Woodring, also at home, said he would not light a single Roman candle.
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Parley
New York
Cummings
Monument
Woodring
Fourth in Spain with the Lincoln Washington Battalion
In Spain the Lincoln Washington Battalion marks the Fourth of July with games and fireworks in a remote camp. Volunteers trained for the Spanish civil war join in Independence Day celebrations featuring improvised firecrackers, a drill inspection, baseball and basketball, despite limited parade plans due to insurgent air activity.
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Lincoln-Washington
Spain
United States
Hike Back to Texas After Long Search for Work
John H. Reid 40 his wife Ruth and their 13 month old daughter Shirley Jean left California on a 2100 mile hike back to Celeste Texas with a baby buggy. They said there were no jobs in California and a federal relief agency in Sacramento provided new shoes. Reid posted a sign on the buggy announcing they were on their way home and 2100 miles to go.
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San Francisco
U.P
California
John H. Reid
Ruth
Shirley Jean
Texas
Reid
Celeste
Tex
Sacramento
Volunteers Execute Offense Near Madrid Brunete Capture
Speeches around low camp fires framed the program as volunteers moved from ceremony to action in the Spanish campaign. Last Fourth of July they planned a similar event, but pressed into government operations west of Madrid and helped secure Brunete on July 6.
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Madrid
Brunete
Amarillo Fourth of July Celebrations Reported
All offices in the courthouse except the sheriff’s were closed as the Glorious Fourth began. Grasshoppers did not observe the holiday, a high school band went to Clarendon for a celebration, and a large lake crowd was anticipated. County Agent Ted Alexander checked mail at his office.
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Court House
Ted Alexander
Plains Country
Clarendon
City Lake
Amarillo
Roosevelt Plans Wide Westward Tour To Back Dem Candidates
President Roosevelt aims to back Barkley for Senate renomination and support Oklahoma contenders Thomas, Smith, and Marland. He will tour Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, California with stops at Oklahoma City fairgrounds July 9 and Fort Worth July 9 11, Amarillo July 11, San Francisco July 14, Yosemite July 15, then a two week cruise through the Panama Canal toward the Southeast coast.
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Barkley
Senate
A.B. Chandler
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Thomas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Fairgrounds
Gomer Smith
E. W. Marland
Texas
Elliott
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Ellwood Park
California
McAdoo
San Francisco
Yosemite Valley Park
Panama Canal
United States
Justice Cardozo Shows Slight Improvement Today
PORT CHESTER New York July 4 Justice Benjamin N Cardozo of the Supreme Court was reported slightly improved after a relapse during convalescence. He still needed an oxygen tent with an air cooling system as doctors blamed hot weather for the setback and to conserve his health the staff said.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Benjamin N. Cardozo
U. S. Supreme Court
John Rauh
Howard Hughes Plans New York Flight Stopover
Howard Hughes refreshed after an overnight rest in Wichita planned a leisurely 1 200 mile tuneup flight to New York then a hop to Paris and a world flight. He and five crew loafed along yesterday, noting the ship behaved perfectly.
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Kan
Howard Hughes
New York
Paris
Sportsman
Floyd Bennett Field
Hughes
Los Angeles
McCraw Calls for Farmer Rancher Erosion Council
Attorney General William McCraw urged formation of a farmer rancher state council to address soil erosion. He spoke in Brady Texas supporting his gubernatorial bid and proposed farm to market road improvements better farmer training and a full nine months school term for rural children.
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Brady
Tex
William McCraw
Langdon Admits Being Flat Broke Amid Alimony Suit
Hollywood reports Harry Langdon the comedian says he is flat broke while facing a $2,920 back alimony claim from his former wife Helen Walton Langdon. He testifies he earned $1,090 since April 1937 before Domestic Relations Commissioner Larry Doyle. The commissioner will rule Thursday on contempt of court due to arrears.
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Hollywood
Harry Langdon
Langdon
Helen Walton Langdon
Larry Doyle
Rev J Frank Norris Sees Scandal in Roosevelt Act
Detroit July 4 Rev J Frank Norris pastor of Temple Baptist Church charged in a sermon that the Saturday Evening Post article on James Roosevelt insurance activities may trigger the greatest earthquake in American political history.
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Detroit
U.P
J. Frank Norris
Temple Baptist Church
Saturday Evening Post
James Roosevelt
America
Film stars and crew gifts fuel Hollywood careers and schemes
Hollywood observers note gifts to studio workers help careers and run the set, with stars like Joe Penner Mae West Clark Gable Marlene Dietrich Joan Crawford and Kay Francis cited as generous. Gable even gave engraved watches and a party after Test Pilot, while others face accusations of pilferage and theft on sets. Sir Frank Swettenham seeks divorce after 60 years of marriage under a new act.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Hollywood
Lee Tracy
Joe Penner
Mae West
Joe
Mae
Marion Davies
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Merle Oberon
Jimmy Cagney
Carole Lombard
Kay Francis
Gable
London
L.P
Frank Athelstane Swettenham
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