May Finance Soviet Cotton Deal Faces RFC Review
The Reconstruction Finance Corp is said to consider financing a 1 million bale cotton sale to Soviet Russia with six year credits. The effort, supported by agricultural adjustment officials, follows prior RFC backing of a $5 million Russia cotton export. Some see the deal as a small start toward larger purchases amid easing credit for the Soviets from Britain and France.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Russia
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
R.fp. CO
R. F.C
New York
England
France
USRR
Paris
London
Soviet Union
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Dempsey Starts Honeymoon With Third Wife in Nevada
Jack Dempsey and his new wife Hannah Williams Kahn were honeymooning in northern Nevada after marrying in Elko Tuesday. The former heavyweight champion planned to avoid crowds and likely visit Max Baer and his wife, near the northern California ranch of Baer's manager Ancil Hoffman.
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Reno, Nev
Jack Dempsey
Hannah Wiliams Kahn
Nevada
Elko
Nev
Max Baer
Baeer
Ancil Hoffman
Coast Guard Seizes $50,000 Boat With Rum Cargo
Coast guards aboard a 65-foot picket boat wounded two men and captured the $50,000 alleged rum runner Whatzis of New York near Gay Head. Four others were found below deck as 1,200 cases of liquor valued at $36,000 were seized after a ten minute chase and a boarding.
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Woods Hole
Mass
INS
Whatzis
New York
Alfred E. Paylen
Gay Head
Coast
Oil Well Boosts Kobs Farm But Not His Day
In Tomball Texas a 1 year old farmer named J F W Kobs toils twelve hours a day in a potato patch while an oil derrick on his land promises wealth. He earned cash from leasing the land but simply stares at the well and returns to farming chores.
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Tomball
Tex
Kobs
Harris County
Gust Of Wind Reunited Old-Time Friends
A gust at the state encampment in Huntington, Indiana, blew Will H. Hannan’s hat off and into a bystander, William Nelson. Nelson had played in a band directed by Hannan fifty years ago, reuniting the longtime friends after forty eight years apart.
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Huntington
Ind
Will H. Hannan
Fort Wayne
William Nelson
Hannan
Nelson
Officer Aided Ejected Widow In Finding Home
Geneva New York report shows Court Officer Daniel R Hawkins helping a widow and her six children after eviction He found a new home for the family and arranged a truckman to move their belongings reflecting his humanitarian actions
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Geneva
N. Y
Daniel R. Hawkins
Hawkins
Grocers Consider Code But Take No Action in Linn County
More than 100 Cedar Rapids retail grocers and several wholesale grocers met Tuesday night in Montrose hotel to discuss a proposed trade code under the national recovery act. No code or drafting committee was formed pending another August meeting expected to include all county grocers. The Retail Grocers and Butchers Association opened the session led by John C Heaton with A G Keyes and Gus Mimeck assisting. An invitation went out for the annual Grocers and Butchers picnic at Cedar Park on July 27.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Linn County
City briefs and personals summary of local notices
Various local notes report fines for intoxication including Zeta Law 23, a 30 day jail term for Merl Boyle, and a fire at 728 Second Avenue SE caused by an electric sign. Residents travel plans include John McCannon family visiting Huntington Montana and Velda Smart heading to Wichita for six weeks. West Point cadet William N Snouffer assigned to First Company. Cedar Rapids DeMolays plan Friday meeting and camp visit. Legion posts invite attendance to a Friday party in Mechanicsville.
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Second Avenue SE
al Kane
West Point
William N. Snouffer
W. D. Snouffer
Washington Avenue
United States Military Academy
W .D. Connor
Snouffer
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Temple
Wapsie
Delayed Parachute Drop At Cedar Rapids Airport Sunday
A stunt program at Cedar Rapids airport starts at 2 p.m. next Sunday featuring a delayed parachute jump by Fred Welch from 3,000 feet, two chutes, and a 1,000 foot descent before deployment. Pilot Bob Nelson performs loops and spins while Dan Hunter flies a Gazette Stinson, Jr. Planes will offer discounted passenger flights for Sunday only with free admission and parking for 1,000 cars.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Welch
Bob Nelson
Immelman
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways
Stinson, Jr
Des Moines
Iowa
Youth Arrested On Seven Charges In Bend Oregon
Seth Grinstead an 18 year old was arrested by a traffic officer in Bend Oregon on seven charges including driving without a license license plate violations missing tail light muffler and single headlight failures and not carrying a registration receipt.
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Bend. Ore
Seth Grinstead
Philadelphia Butcher Aims for Grand Opera
Julius Wahlberg a Philadelphia butcher who sings while he works dreams of grand opera. He explains some customers object to meat delivered with music but he remains focused on his ambition and continues his unique routine.
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Philadelphia
Julius Wahlberg
Wahlberg
Bad Guess or Logical Play in Contract Bridge
The article features Theodore A. Lightner arguing that experts use logical inference over blind guesses to guide the hand. It discusses a hand played by Lightner against Vanderbil t and von Zedtwitz, where no method is guaranteed correct but logical analysis offers the best chance. North dealer, vulnerable, with a bidding sequence noted and comments on game force and risk of grand slams.
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Whyl
Theodore A. Lightner
Mr. Lightner
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Lightner
Vanderbilt
How to Play and Win in Bridge Lessons from 1933
Free guide chapters discuss three playing plans for a complex hand, including drawing trumps and using a king of spades inference. It covers Lightner’s Grand Slam decision, bidding logic, and a sample problem with South North East West vulnerable, showing why one no trump is a strong bid for East to invite further action.
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Lightner
von Zedtwitz
East
Vanderbilt
North
Mr. von Zedtwitz
West
Brewer Advises Temperate Beer Enjoyment
Detroit's Julius Stroh, the city's oldest brewer, offers tips for proper beer service and consumption. Sip rather than gulp, let aroma and appearance appeal, serve in clean glassware, maintain 42 to 50 degree temperature, and avoid excess.
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Detroit
Julius Stroh
Identity Search For War Orphans Continues In Paris
In Paris more than fifty youths born during the war seek to learn their parentage. Many are 15 to 20 years old, some with fathers or mothers killed or scattered by armies. Officials say clues often come from grandparent lines, old letters, or preserved photographs found in a Poilu’s tunic.
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Paris
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Harvey Smart
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Mont
Velda Smart
Wichita
Kan
Merl Boyle
B Avenue NW
Thomas B. Powell
Boyle
Philadelphia Butcher
Josephine
Mr. Vanderbilt
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Culbertson
Josephine Culbertson
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General Blade Corp
New York, N.Y
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Pott
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