Russian Wheat Sales Reach 7.5 Million Bushels, Not 5
Secretary Hyde says Soviet Russia sold more than 7.5 million bushels of wheat short to the Chicago market over several months, contradicting prior Belitzky estimates of 5 million. The extended inquiry follows new information from the All-Russian Textile Syndicate president and notes price declines across May and other wheat futures during the four identified days.
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Washington
Russia
Chicago
Hyde
Chicago Grain Exchange
E.V. Belitzky
Belitzky
Soviet
Metal Lung Gives Frances McGaan Extra Day Of Life
In Chicago on September 21 Frances McGaan, paralyzed by infantile paralysis, received life support from a metal lung device. Doctors and the patient showed cautious optimism as the chamber alternately pressed and relaxed to stimulate breathing. After nine days in the apparatus she showed slight improvement and resumed nourishment, breathing with effort during ten minute removals every two hours.
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Chicago
Frances MccGaan
Miss McGaan
Nature
Commerce reports 1929 spring boom. 1930 figures lag
The Commerce Department in its year book for 1829 notes the spring 1929 business boom in the United States with higher than average indicators, while 1930 spring activity falls short of 1929 yet matches recent years. A planned expansion of domestic trade services aims to reduce billions lost to inefficient business practices, introducing three new divisions for merchandising research regional statistics and marketing service.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
William M. Cooper
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Frank M. Surface
Bureau
Cooper
Public School Officials Face Royalty In Textbook Use
New York officials and teachers are found to be earning royalties on hundreds of thousands of textbooks in mandatory use. Board of Education consideration is set for Wednesday as questions arise about authorship and potential influence on school selections. Dr William J O Shea denies any coercion or preferential treatment for his fourteen titles.
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New York
Board of Education
William J. O’shea
Arthur S. Somers
O'Shea
Somers
Benedict Arnold Monument Unveiled in New York
In Haverstraw New York a monument to Benedict Arnold was unveiled by the Rockland County Historical Society. Three boulders with Revolutionary War cannons mark the site where Arnold met Major John Andre to discuss surrender of West Point. Frank E Stripe delivered the unveiling oration.
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New York World News Service
Haverstraw
N. Y
America
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
John Andre
West Point
Rockland County
Notable Cincinnati Merchant Charles Lewis Dies
Charles Lewis 78 a noted Cincinnati coffee and tea merchant died yesterday at the home of his son in Fosters Ohio. Born in Paris Kentucky he spent most of his life in Cincinnati and helped form Henzler and Lewis in 1892 later part of Heekin Can Company. He held multiple business and civic posts and belonged to several clubs and organizations. He is survived by his widow a son and four grandchildren with funeral services set at 2:30 pm at his residence conducted by Rev Harry Crane. burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Lewis
Harry T. Lewis
Fosters
Paris
Mr. Lewis
Cincinnati
Henzler & Lewis
Walnut and
Water Streets
James Heekin
Mt. Auburn
Capital, Labor Unite in Rockefeller Plan to Combat Slums
In Cleveland on September 21, Harry McLaughlin of the Ohio State Federation of Labor announced a national appeal to wealthy men to form $100,000,000 syndicates with John D. Rockefeller Jr. to clear slums and provide jobs. The event at Forest Hills featured plans for a 75 million dollar Rockefeller housing project and a 400 home community, highlighting labor’s support for profitable investments with public good.
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New York World News Service
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Harry McLaughlin
Ohio State Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Rockefeller
Forest Hills
Rockefellers
McLaughlin
Cleveland Trades Council
John D. Rockefeller, Jr’s
China’s Ancient Capital Awaiting New Master in Tientsin
Ten thousand Manchu soldiers massed at Tientsin railway station awaiting orders as Shansi garrison evacuated. Nan king officials to take over telegraphs and customs. peace reported as Manchurians occupy Tientsin and Peiping with Mukden troops advancing.
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China
Liang
Tientsin
Raiway
Yangtsun
Peiping
Kuomintang Party
Nanking
Yen Hsi-Shan
Customs Club
Bertram Lenox Simpson
Putnam Weale
Customs
Yen
Tokyo
Chang Hsueh - Liang
Renge
Langfang
Yenhsi-Shan
Shansi
Peipnng
Waihuan
Mukden Brigade
Manchuria
Chang Tso-Lin
Mukden
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Feng
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang
Advertisers Propose Stamp Space to Cut Postal Deficit
A New Yorker letter to the Postmaster General argues for selling space on postage stamps to private interests to reduce deficits. It notes France Germany New Zealand Bavaria Italy and past uses of stamp margins or back printing for advertising and questions Brown's rate increase plan.
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Washington
Celler Dem
Mente Ee
Brown
The
New Yorker
Congress
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic,Commerce
Bureau of Standards
France
Germany
New Zealand
Bavaria
Italy
United States
Edison Views Autogiro Finds Self Air minded
Thomas A. Edison visited Newark Airport to see a Pitcairn Cierva autogiro perform with vertical takeoffs and landings. He marveled at the machine and questioned the pilot as Ray repeated a 500 foot descent while a second autogiro piloted by Faulkner flew alongside.
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Edison
C. B. Allen
New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
East Orange
Jarhnes G. Ray
Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company
Mr. Edison
Ray
Philadelphia
C. J. Faulkner
Faulkner
Jersey City
Motorist loses clothes after Newport party with four men
Mose Westerfield, 25, of Covington, rode his car through Newport with three men who offered drinks. After a raid by police at 507 Chestnut street, Mose and the trio were charged with disorderly conduct. Westerfield found his clothes stolen and spent the night in jail.
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Mose Westerfield
Scott Boulevard
Covington
Newport
Mose
Chestnut Street
L. M. Westerfield
Westerfield
Schnelle
Collins
Walsh Warns of Cuban Unrest and Possible Collapse
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts warned after a Cuba trip that recent turmoil in South American republics could recur in Cuba unless the United States acts immediately. He called the situation most alarming with economic strain and rising unrest likely to climax without direct policy and Cuban governance.
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U. S
Walsh
Washington
Massachusetts
Cuba
Massachusetts Democrat
Prince of Wales Requires Vast Wardrobe for New Ranks
The Prince of Wales will receive new uniforms as he is promoted to General Admiral and Air Marshal. His wardrobe, already the world’s most varied, will replace old service suits with outfits suited to diverse official occasions. The valet must master ceremonial dress across military services for many public functions.
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New York World News Service
London
Prince of Wales
Thomas S. Middleton
Pring
Rany
Hoperighti
World News Service
World) Press Publishing Co
Village to elect new mayor after Cope resignation
Roger O Sept 21. The village will declare Mayor Harvey D Cope's office vacant this week and name Chauncey Green President of Council as new mayor. Green will appoint his own successor in the council. Both men are Republicans.
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Roger
Harvey D. Cope
Coluus
Council
Cope
Chauncey Green
Green
Bishop William A. Leonard Dies at 82 in Ohio Diocese
Rt. Rev. William Andrew Leonard, an elder statesman of the Episcopal Church, died in Gambiaier Co at 82 after a year of illness. He led the Northern Ohio diocese for over forty years and retired last spring. Funeral plans in Cleveland will honor the long serving bishop with friends and colleagues attending. Bishop Boyd Vincent is among potential officiants.
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Gambier, CO
William A. Leonard
Episcopal Church
Leonard
House of Bishops
Cleveland
Boyd Vincent
Southern
Ohio
Northern
William Andrew Leonard
Bridge jumper dies after fall from Hudson River span
Norman J. Terry a 24 year old high diver and paras chute jumper from Kittanning Pa dies after leaping 213 feet from an uncompleted Hudson River bridge. Police arrest James J. Murray 26 described as Terry’s manager on a homicide charge. The New York Daily News later says it was not involved in planning the jump.
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New York
Hudson River
Norman
J. Terry
Kittanning
New Jersey
Terry
James J. Murray
New York Daily News
Hudson
Murray
Soviet Union Sells Hermitage Masterpieces Abroad
Paris reports claim the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad is being sold piecemeal by the Soviet government. Four old masters including Van Dyck and Rembrandt works have already left, with more pieces available to wealthy buyers through dealers in London and Paris. Renaissance cites reliable sources claiming gold credits abroad drive the secret sales.
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Aro Dosch-Fleurot
World News Service
Paris
Hermitage Museum of Leningrad
Renaissance
van Dyck
Philip
Lo Wharton
Joan van Eyck
Rubens
Helen Tourment
Rembrandt
Titus
Hermitage Museum
Hermitage
London
Som Y. World ; Publishing Co
Vessels Torn From Moorings in Winds Across South France
A east Atlantic gale battered Brittany Normandy and the Riviera. Wind speeds reached eighty to one hundred miles per hour for about eighty hours causing wrecks harbor damage and widespread destruction along the French coast. Several ships sought refuge in Cherbourg Brest and Lorient as crews battled debris fallen chimneys and waterlogged vessels.
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Atlantic Seaboard
France
Quiberon
Rivera
Cannes
Dunkirk
Bay of Biscay
Cherbourg
Ros
Brest
Lorient
Brittany
Theodorus Bulgaris
Istanbul
Channel
Gibraltar
South Africa
Havre
Temperature Readings Show Warmer Conditions Across States
The report notes generally fair conditions with slight warming across Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and West Virginia for Monday and Tuesday. A table lists current high and overnight temperatures for numerous cities including Eastport Louisville Nashville Albany Cleveland Detroit Atlantic City Washington Chicago Jacksonville Galveston Omaha Pittsburgh Denver and others with precipitation data for the last 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Sone
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Nashville
Albany
Cleveland Bais Co
New York
Detroit
City
Sta S. Marie
Chicago
T Jackson'le
Asi
Duluth
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