Inflationian winds lift corn and wheat prices with farm relief looming
A 1929 market piece notes corn and wheat rise amid inflation expectations as farm relief legislation looms. It argues public speculation and short covering reflect inflationary pressure and predicts broader price gains across commodities, with cotton and silk highlighted as likely to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore H. Price
Commerce and Finance
New York
Jin
United States
Tropics
Africa
Asia
Latin-America
Cow loses tail as plane lands near Pana
Rich ard Lemon, a flying instructor, landed a plane in a ten acre field north of Noko mis near Pana Illinois. The propeller cut off a cow named Bessie’s tail as she fled in fright. The cow was uninjured aside from the loss and the damaged propeller was brought to town as evidence.
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World News Service
Pana
Ill
Richard Lemon
Nokomis
Bessie
University of Michigan President Clarence Little Reported Resigning
U S Michigan head Clarence C Little may resign with board to meet tonight. Reports say resignation would take effect Sept 1 after four years as president, amid policy disputes and calls for broader reforms. Little denies resignation and other offers.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Clarence C. Little
University of Michigan
Board of Regents
Little
Shirley W. Smith
University
University College
Dr. Little
Marietta Fire Chief Seriously Hurt In Crash
Marietta fire chief George B. Holst and firefighter Howard Stanley were critically injured when a speeding fire truck collided with a Weston West Virginia car on a main street. The car’s driver W B Mick and his wife were also badly hurt. Parkersburg Silk Mill fire loss was $5 000 after a brief blaze started by overheated machinery.
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Marietta, O
George B. Holst
Marietta
Howard Stanley
Parkersburg
W. Va
W. B. Mick
Weston
Mick
Holst
Stanley
State Fire Marshals’ Association
Evolution as series of major jumps in life forms
Dr. Austin H. Clark of the National Museum proposes a new evolution theory that argues life changes in large jumps between major forms rather than gradual development. He contends each major animal group is a distinct creation and that man appeared essentially in today’s form, challenging Darwinian descent and fueling the creationist vs modernist debate.
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Washington, Jan
Austin H. Clark
United States National Museum
Clark
Dr. Clark
Earth
Deaths of Couple in Parked Car Spark Multi City Probe
Detectives from Phoenix City Alabama and Columbus Georgia merged efforts to solve the gunfire deaths of Ella Mae Fountain 20 and J W Edmunds Jr 25. Authorities weigh murder suicide theories while questioning a potential former suitor and a threatened fiancé as the investigation shifts toward inside the car firing scenario.
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Columbus
Phoenix City
Ala
Columbus, Ga
Ella Mae Fountain
J. W. Edmunds, Jr
Edmunds
Georgia Line
Alabama
Miss Fountain
A. G. Fountain
Lee Brown
Brown
Dmunds
Four Birthday Party Revelers Killed by Train
Four young people returning from a birthday party were killed when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train in Calumet City. Victims were Grace Walker 18 Hammond Indiana Rose Moran 21 Charles Wright 20 and James Lorenz 20 all of Chicago. The party celebrated Lorenzs twentieth birthday at his home and was taking Miss Walker to Hammond.
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Chicago
Calumet City
Grace Walker
Hammond
Ind
Rose Moran
Charles Wright
James Lorenz
Lorenz
Miss Walker
Train collision kills four in Ontario crosspath tragedy
A Montrose grade crossing near Niagara Falls Ontario fatal crash claims the lives of Frank Bretti 47 his wife Frances 42 and their sons John 17 and Joseph 7. Samuel Mancuso driver of the car survives with a broken leg and head lacerations.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Montrose
Ont
Frank Bretti
Frances
John
Joseph
Samuel Mancuso
Seven of Mexican family killed as train hits car near El Paso
A small touring car carrying Alejandro Hernandez, his wife, and five children was struck by the Sunset Limited eastbound train at Finlay, about seventy-five miles east of El Paso. Seven in the car died, two were wounded, one possibly fatally, and a surviving son said he tried to stop but only managed to kill the motor. One body was found 100 yards from the wreck as debris scattered along the tracks.
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EL Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
Finlay
Here
Alejandro Hernandez
Novelist Leonard Cline Found Dead in New York Home
Leonard Cline novelist and short story writer was found dead in his West Side apartment in New York on January 20. A medical examiner said he died about five days earlier of a heart attack. Cline had not been seen since a party Tuesday night and left a widow.
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New York
Leonard Cline
West Side
Cline
Wilfred P. Irwin
Willimantic
Conn
Fire destroys baggage car. 14 trick horses perish
Imperial Nebraska dispatch reports a baggage car fire killing Aviator the famous jumping horse and 13 other trick and fancy horses owned by the Getzendaner sisters of Champion Nebraska. The animals were en route to the West Coast from Champion when the blaze occurred. Elanor Getzendaner and Aviator rose to prominence at the Chicago Horse Show two years ago after driving the horse from Champion to Chicago.
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Imperial
Neb
Aviator
Getzendaner Sisters
Champion
Elanor Getzendaner
Chicago
Hoover to Tour Florida Prepare Inaugural Address
President elect Hoover will leave Washington by special train at 10 30 for Florida arriving Miami Tuesday 2 pm. He will be greeted by state officials and stay at the J C Penny estate on Belle Island with Mrs Hoover. The trip follows two weeks of talks with Republican leaders and plans an extra Congress session for farm relief tariff revision and enforcement probes.
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Washington
Hoover
Florida
Miami
J. C. Penny
Belle Island
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Jamet Large
Loss Angeles
Lawrence Richey
James Francis Burke
Pittsburgh
National Committee
Palm Beach
Irving Street Friends Church
Latin America
Congress
New York State
Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Mr. Hoover
William M. Jardine
Agriraines
William J. Donovan
John G. Sargent
Frank B. Kellogg
Raids Crack Chicago Beer Ring Led by Saltis
Police, acting on a book taken from Joe Saltis the beer king, launched city wide raids netting over 800 suspects with 200 records. The operation hit theaters gunmen resorts and gambling dens from Maxwell Street to Desplaines street as authorities vow to dismantle Saltis gang.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Joe Saltis
Bureau of Identification
Russell
Franklin Trust and Savings Bank
Maxwell Street
Detective Bureau
Warren Avenue
Stanton Avenue
Desplaines Street
South Halsted Street
Charlie” Genker
West Lake Street
West North Avenue
Saltis
Five Navy Men Drown When Gig Collides in Canal
The Navy reports the drowning of Capt Ralph Griswold, Chief Pay Clerk Arthur Wrenn, and three enlisted men after a gig from the Whitney collided with a canal barge near Balboa. Coxswain Fred Wrennberg, Seaman Herbert McDowell, and Fireman Earl Tibbetts died. The Whitney tug towed the sunken gig to safety, and the incident was logged with the Navy Department.
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Washington
Jan
Balboa
Canal Zone
Navy Department
Whitney
Mariner
Ralph Griswold
Arthur Wrenn
Fred W. Sweinberg
West Orange
N. J
Herbert D. McDowell
Jacksonville
Fla
Earl D. Tibbetts
Haverhill
Mass
Boston Police Chief Says More Men Won't Fix Speakeasies
Boston January 20 The Herald will quote Superintendent Michael H Crowley saying even a million more officers could not close all Boston speakeasies He defends police efforts against graft and pledges full cooperation with federal prohibition forces in raids and prosecutions
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Boston
the Herald
Michael H. Crowley
Prohibition Forces
Mummy and Jewel Encrusted Tomb Of Solomon's Favorite Wife Found
Cairo dispatches in Al Mokattam claim the mummy of Solomon's favored Egyptian wife Moti Maris was discovered in Jerusalem. The tomb is described as more magnificent than Tutankhamen's, with rich coverings, a crown, rings, and a parchment scroll by Solomon. The scroll says she sacrificed herself for Solomon and notes a crown given on his 25th accession anniversary.
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Solomon
London
The
Daily Mail
Cairo Dispatches
al Mokattam
Jerusalem
Tutankhamen
Moti Maris
Amento
Egypt
Moti
World cruise ship President Garfield runs aground in Bahamas
Eighty-one passengers from the world cruise ship President Garfield were rescued and transferred to the Pan-America after the vessel grounded on Manitanilla reef at the northern Bahamas. The DolLar Liner crew remained aboard as a wrecking tug headed from Jacksonville. The Pan-America proceeded to Nassau with the rescued and the ship’s mail cargo.
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New York
President Garfield
Munson
Pan-America
Manitanilla Reef
Bahama Island
Nassau
Dollar
Jacksonville
Fla
Garfield
United States Shipping Board
Murder Seen as Inside Job in Sullivan Bank Slaying
Edgar D. Maple vice president of the Peoples National Bank of Sullivan was murdered in his bank. Jessup Bolinger president of the nearby First State Bank was found unconscious from carbon monoxide two hours later. Bolinger had forged notes totaling eighty five thousand dollars and named two accomplices in Maple’s murder case.
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New York World News Service
Sullivan
Ind
Edgar D. Maple
Peoples' National Bank = and Trust Company
Maple
Jessup Bolinger
First State Bank of
Shelburn
Bolinger
Maple Institution
Mother of Noted Plane Pilot Dies
Eden Texas January 20 Mrs Y Y Eaker mother of Capt Ira Eaker who piloted the army mono plane Question Mark in its endurance flight died at her home near Eden a few hours before her son began the return flight from San Diego to Washington D C with a refueling plane. Capt Eaker had earlier visited his mother who was ill with pneumonia and returned to his post while his father lay in a local hospital with mastoid trouble.
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Eden
Tex
Y. Y. Eaker
Ira Eaker
Here
San Diego
Washington
D.C
Midland
Baker
Capt. Eaker
Deluge of Bills to Hit Ohio Assembly This Week
Ohio Senate and House return to the Capitol at 7 pm to push a flood of bills including appointments by Governor Cooper Roscoe McCullouch and George Braden to state commissions. Committees plan hearings on a new state safety department and tax relief for foreign insurance firms amid moves to roll back the 3 percent tax to 2.4 percent.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Capitol
Myers Y. Cooper
Senate
Cooper
Roscoe C. McCullouch
Canton
State Utilities Commission
George C. Braden
Warren
State Tax Commission
Assembly
Senate Committee On
State Safety Department
Lawson Jr. Dies at 34 of Pneumonia at Home
Stanley M. Lawson Jr., 34, president and general manager of National Brass Manufacturing, died at his home after a weeklong illness from influenza that developed into pneumonia. He lived at 2610 Handasyde Court in Cincinnati and leaves his widow Helen Allen Lawson and three children, Matthew Judith and John. Funeral plans were announced.
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Stanley M. Lawson, Jr
Handasyde
Stanley M. Lawson, Sr
Helen Allen Lawson
John H. Allen
Matthew
Judith
John
Nomination of West to Reach Vote Today
Senate set to vote on Roy O. West for Secretary of Interior while a broad push to finance prohibition enforcement and a naval cruiser bill complicates proceedings. Debate centers on a 25 million dollar city enforcement grant and West’s ties to power interests as House advances its agenda ahead of adjournment.
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West
Washington
Jan
Senate
Roy O. West
Chicago
Coolidge
Sheppard
Texas
Melton
Cannon
James Cannon
Eugene L. Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Thomas Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League
Harris
Dem
Mellon
Glass
Hoover
Mr. West
Norris
Nebraska
Nye
North Dakota
Samuel Insull Power Utilities
House
Friends
King
Utah
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Ham
Morbid Passion for Legless Woman Lands Cincinnati in Hospital
Frank Coleman, 34, of 5196 Eastern Avenue lies dying with a bullet wound after attempting unwanted advances toward Magdalene Evans, 23, wife of David E. Evans of 1308 Walnut Street. Magdalene, crippled since childhood and using a cane, shot Coleman to defend herself in their home at District No. 1 Police Station yesterday afternoon.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Frank Coleman
Eastern Avenue
David E. Evans
Walnut Street
District No. 1
Magdalene Evans
Coleman
Evans
Commercial Tribune
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U. OF Michigan
East
Bear Group
James l. West
Tion
Beantown
Tut
Indiana Bank
H. P. Braman
S. M. Lawson, JR
Methodist Temperance
Cincinnation
David B. Evans
Crosley Radio Corporation
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