Production of six grains per capita hits record low in 1933
Professor A Pearson of Cornell, a Roosevelt adviser, reports 1933 yield of the six grains per capita at 1,518 pounds, the lowest on record. He notes per acre yields for corn oats wheat rye and buckwheat at 981 pounds, 83 percent of the five-year average, with grain and hay per animal unit also down. He cites monetary chaos and gold policy as key agricultural factors and sees signs of a business turn, while warning human and animal consumption will be limited this year.
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Ithaca
A. Pearson
Cornell University
Roosevelt
United States
Professor Pearson
George 4. Warren
Gorell
Pearson
Tobacco Tops Weston Open Market Opening Day Record
Weston Missouri opens its tobacco market for 1933 34 with an average of 12 18 per hundred pounds on a total sale of 129 895 pounds amid a large turnout Growers rush back to their barns as bidding erupts Auctioneer C C Layton leads the sale and by nightfall 800 000 pounds have entered the town from nearby barns The season begins amid cautious hope from growers and a strong crowd in Weston.
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Weston
Missouri
C. C. Layton
Printer First Witness Called In Finney Case
Topeka Kansas AP report: Russell Reed, a printer, testified as the first witness in the Ronald Finney forgery trial. He said in August 1932 he printed 351,000 bonds for a Johnson County school district and later an additional $16,000 issue for Clay County on Caldwell's order. The prosecutor pressed whether the bonds Reed printed matched those challenged in the case. Reed asserted they were. The trial enters its sixth day with Finney charged on forgery counts totaling $30,090 in securities. defense motions to dismiss about 20 counts were denied.
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Topeka
Kan
Russell Reed
Ronald Finney
Johnson County
Paul Harvey Anged
Reed
Leland Caldwell
Finney
Tom B. Boyd
Clay County
Caldwell
Boyd
Paul A. Heinys
Heinz
Betfense Counse
Bonds in Threes Contention Faces Court Challenge
John Schenck argued the bonds were issued in sets of three and that each act formed the basis of triple jeopardy for his client. The claim centers on whether multiple charges stem from a single event or separate offenses.
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John Schenck
Acting Postmasters Selected at Capital
The post office department today announced the appointment of acting postmasters in multiple towns including George L. Cantelor Hartville Melissa Wilson Seneca Frank Murdock Agra rian William Merrifield Long Island Loraine Chalpmann Rogard Samuel Vaughn Slater Jolms Bains Weather events note Idaho highway pay boosts exceed 250000 due to open weather. Dr Mendenhall resigns Friends University president to become Whittier College president. Robbery hits armored car in Denver with $144000 taken. The Moscow great bell cited as largest by circumference 68 feet and height 21 feet.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Goeedman
George L. Chantelor
Hartville
Melissa Wilson
Seneca
Frank Murdock
Agra
Rian
William Merrifield
Long Island
Kan
Loraine Chalpmnn
Rogard
Samuel W. Vaughn
Slater
Jolms
Bains
Moscow
Lindberghs Land at Charleston for Quiet Overnight Stop
Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh landed their big seaplane at Charleston Navy Yard for a quiet overnight visit with Rear Admiral James Raby. They planned to resume the final leg of their trans ocean tour at dawn weather permitting, aiming for Newark or Long Island.
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Charleston
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
Charleston Navy Yard
James J. Baby
North Beach
Long Island
Newark
Nla
Admiral Raby
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
New York
Fort Moultrie
Bouy
Anne
Green Tau
Russia
Spain
Brazil
Pan- American Airways
North Atlantic
Cooper River
State issues cease and desist against Golden Vault Mines
The state securities department handed down a cease and desist order yesterday against Golden Vault Mines of Denver and salesman Thomas J. Kelleher. The company, said to own 40 mines in Gilpin County, Colorado, allegedly sought to sell unregistered stock in Missouri.
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State Securities Department
Golden Vault Mines
Denver
Thomas J. Kelleher
Gilpin County
Colo
Missouri
Arrangements Nearing Completion for Community Christmas Tree
Community leaders plan a Christmas tree event with Police Chief John Bruner reporting about one thousand candy bags to be filled by the department. Lions clubs and other officers aid. volunteers can call J Dave Witcher Trene State or Mrs Margaret M Pinet to contribute. Bag filling begins Wednesday at the synod hall.
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Reste
Nesr
Palite
John Bruner
Lions
Atian Arn
J. Dave Witcher
Trene
Margaret M. Pinet
Sbynal
Whitaker denies tie to alleged rural bloc on tax vote
In a letter to the Capital News Rep. O. B. Whitaker of Hickory County says he is unalterably opposed to a sales tax and has no connection with a supposed bloc aiming to pressure the Senate into tax legislation. This follows a Sunday quote claiming he favored joining such a bloc. Whitaker emphasizes he opposes any bloc seeking to influence top chamber actions.
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O. B. Whitaker
Hickory County
Capital News
Senate
House
Whitaker
Airplane Crashes in Warren County Last Night
A U.S. Army Reserve aircrew aboard Capt. Wilton Brey and Lieut. Graham St. John disappeared after an 8 p.m. crash in wooded Warren County near Warren ton Missouri. Witness Wayne Williams reported two planes flying low, with one radioing Lambert Field before continuing to Columbus. Civil workers noted in Fort Smith local items.
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Celark
Kansas City
Wilton M. Brey
Graham St. John
Army Reserve
St. Louis
Wayne Williams
Wester Air, Inc
Lambert S. Louis Field
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