Midwest Floods Destroy Crops
Washington reports midwestern floods have ruined thousands of acres of early planted crops. Officials anticipate a bumper overall output despite losses, with corn projected at about 3 billion bushels and a large wheat harvest virtually assured. A $15 million emergency relief bill funds levee repairs as flood conditions threaten late soybean acreage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Congress
Army
Pittsburgh District Business Level Declines in June Week
The University of Pittsburgh bureau of business research reported a weak Pittsburgh district in the week ending June 14 with a 185.9 percent index of 1935 39 averages. Declines appeared in all major activity lines, notably industrial output and originating shipments, marking the lowest level since mid April.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Bank break-in claim near Monroe County bank
Sparta Wisconsin on June 19 Marion Davis says a man leaned against the door of a local Monroe county bank and it opened. Officers noted the door lock had been set but failed to catch the break in.
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Sparta
Wis
Marion Davis
Monroe County
Rev S W Moore to Preach at First Presbyterian
The Rev Samuel W Moore, longtime Presbyterian pastor, will return to Bluefield’s First Presbyterian Church next Sunday to preach and mark his fiftieth anniversary in ministry. A reception for him is planned Tuesday June 24 at the church. He began as Pocahontas pastor and later led Bluefield church for over 25 years before retirement.
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Samuel W. Moore
Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
First Presbyterian Church
Moore
Harmon B. Ramsey
Pocahontas
Wytheville, Va
Wallet found amid mud after plowing incident in Mt Vernon
Ona Pilson plowed a 21 and one half acre plot then discing and harrowing it five times searching for his wallet and $60. On the fifth pass the harrow clogged with wet soil and he stopped to clean it. There, atop a gob of mud, was the wallet containing the $60. In Paris soothing phonograph music is used to treat mental illness.
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Mt. Vernon
Ona Pilson
Count and Countess flee Hungary amid anti Communist drive
June 19 report says Count Gyula Dessewffy and Countess fled Hungary to Vienna to avoid arrests tied to anti Communist leadership in the Small Holders party. Dessewffy had been removed as editor of Kis Ujag for being a reactionary. the countess formerly wealthier and tied to American officers’ circles. She wrote to leaders and Americans explaining they seek freedom and will wander to pursue their country’s liberty. Also: first shipment of Argentine frozen meat arrived in Basel from Rotterdam aboard a Swiss motor ship in refrigerated holds.
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Budapest
Gyula Dessenffy
Hungary
Vienna
Dessewffy
Kis Ujag
Countess Dessenffy
George H. Weems
Basel
Switzerland
Rhine
Rotterdam
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