Sharp Upturn in Building Noted in Reserve District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports in its May 1935 monthly business review that heavy rains supplied moisture across the Eleventh District, building activity rose sharply, and wholesale and retail demand increased. Subsoil moisture improves, pasture prospects rise, and livestock ranges show rapid growth. Construction permits hit their highest April level since January, with April totals more than double March and triple the 1934 figure. Retail sales rose 2 percent from March and 11 percent year over year, while wholesale sales dipped slightly vs March but remained well above last year. Debts to individuals declined slightly from March but were up 16 percent from a year ago. Bank loans expanded, investments increased, and deposits rose. the discount rate was cut to two percent on May 8 1935.
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Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Grouth
Janary
Federal Reserve Bank
Public Enemies in Snatch Racket Gradually Rubbed Off
Washington May 41 A grim process of erasure short ens the list of public enemies tied to kidnapping crimes. From Hauptmann to McElroy’s abductor, federal actions crushed major gangs. a few top suspects remain at large, while many leaders sit jailed or dead.
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William 8
White
Washington
Erastre
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Walter McGee
Mary McElroy
Kansas City
Justice Department
Alvin Karpis
Atlantic City
Harry Campbell
Karpis
T. H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Stoll
Louisville
Couple Marries on Hoarded Pennies In Ohio
In St. Clairsville Ohio a Shadyside couple saved pennies to pay for a marriage license. They handed Probate Judge Harry Albright a bag of pennies and counted 301 coins as payment, declaring a one cent profit. The license cost three dollars and they joked about miscounting as both profit and loss.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Shadyside
Harry Albright
Albright
Black Hen Broth Defeats Hiccoughs In Odd Remedies
Beaumont story recounts P. W. Gillespie 75 who suffered four days of violent hiccoughs and found relief after trying home remedies from hundreds of responses. Suggestions ranged from pressing ears to turning somersaults. An Ada Oklahoma telegram claimed black hen broth ended his attacks. Philadelphia segment notes Nathan Miller denying selling raisin wine for three cents per glass. U.S. Commissioner Wacker found him not guilty.
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Beaumont
U.P
P. W. Gillespie
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Ada
Okla
Gillespie
Philadelphia
Nathan Miller
Walter
U. S
William S. Wacker
Trimble Trial Nears Finish in Llano Court
The Trimble case against L. E. Trimble over the W. R. Tomlinson killing moved to final stages as the court prepared its charge. Testimony closed. the state contends Tomlinson died in an armament over a lease from H. B. Opp, who also faces slaying charges. Opp faces trial at Burnet on June 10.
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Llano
L. E. Trimble
W. R. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
H. B. Opp
Trimble
Menard County
Opp
Burnet
Realistic bite mars Cavalleria Rusticana scenes at Opera
In New York on May 31 Syd ney Rayner playing Turrida clashed with Rocci Pandisca as Alfio during a Cavalleria Rusticana performance at the Hippo drome. Rayner attempted the bloodless bite but struck Pandisca's cheek leaving a visible wound. Pandisca continued, later singing Toni in Pagliacci.
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New York
Sydney Rayner
Rocci Pandisca
Hippodrome
Rayner
Turrida
Lola
Pandisco
Alfie
Pandisca
Toni
Kiss Behind Auto Wheel Trial Cites $10 Fine
Rob describes a traffic experience in Greenfield Massachusetts where kissing while driving triggers a ten dollar fine in Franklin County. The snippet notes May 31 and mentions the unusual civil enforcement.
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D. Mass
M&y
U.P
Franklin County
Rob
Burlington man fined for driving without license
Ert Denniston of Burlington was fined $10 in district court for driving without a license after police chief J Redmond said he kissed a woman companion at intervals of about a mile and a half while driving on the highway.
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Ert Denniston
Burlington
Ioward J. Redmond
Denniston
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