Stock market warnings vs. little speculator odds
The Anniston Star warns the average investor about stock market gambling, citing mathematics that place odds at about 12 to 1 against the small bettor. It recalls past crashes and notes many will ignore the warning while amateurs chase quick profits. The Montgomery Advertiser reports on I L D agitators in Alabama and urges restraint to avoid fueling resentment.
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Anniston
Montgomery
Alabama
LL. D
Advice on the National Recovery Act codes from two Mississippi papers
The Selma Times Journal and the Columbus Commercial Dispatch urge full adherence to the codes. They warn that buyers must support the program or contracts fail and businesses risk closure. The Times Journal stresses truth and fair employment, while the Dispatch says success hinges on consumer buying and wage and hour improvements.
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Selma Times-Journal
Commercial Dispatch
Columbus
Miss
Selma
Times-Journal
Businss
Tempered Alabama stance urged amid ILD tensions
The piece warns against mob anger and public resentment directed at ILD critics in Alabama. It says emotions could swell membership in the International Labor Defense and vows to keep Alabama orderly while appealing to eastern liberals to avoid bringing trouble into the state.
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International Labor Defense League
Alabama
TLD
ILD
International Defense League
East
International Labor Defense
Flying French record bid and Mussolini city plan
ARTHUR BRISBANE notes French pilots Codos and Rossi ahead of the world record by seven minutes after flying over Paris on their Long Island start. He also covers Mussolini laying the first stone of Sabaudia, a new city on reclaimed marshes to employ workers and boost Italy's economy.
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Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
Long Island
Badgad
Karachi
India
Paris
Lindbergh
le Bourget
Algiers
Russia
Italy
Prairie
NRA
Mussolini
Pontine
Rome
Sabaudia
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals bids and theater notes from 1921
Thomas W. Martin of Alabama Power denied any bid for Muscle Shoals. Secretary Weeks returned to Washington and said Henry Ford’s bid to operate Muscle Shoals was the best yet received. Evelyn Sheffield visits Atlanta. Edith Roberts stars in Luring Lips. May McAvoy headlines A Private Scandal at the Princess Theatre. Julia Lee Lynne ill at home.
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Thomas W. Martin
Alabama Power Company
New York Today
Muscle Shoals
Weeks
Washington Today
Henry Ford
May McAvoy
Princess Theatre
Labor code links mills to shop committees in textile industry
In Ashington and nationwide the NRA code amends establish shop committees in cotton mills to settle working condition disputes. Appeals go from plant committees to state cotton textile boards and then to national boards in Washington. Robert Bruere to chair the national relations board and push industrial arbitration.
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Ashington
State Cotton Textile Administration Board
Cotton Textile National Relations Board
Washington
Robert Walter Bruere
Johnson
NRA
Bruere
Brruere
National Relations Board
Bureau of Industrial Research
China
Institute For Religious and Social Research
NEA Service. Inc
Government and business clash in satirical verse
A satirical piece mocks state and corporate power with lines about Yugoslav authorities sentencing a carrier pigeon, NRA, farmers, gardeners and bankers. It notes government relief to farmers and tax rebates for big bankers, ending with optimistic tone.
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NEA Service, Inc
Noon Reflections on Faith Science and Thrift
A columnist contrasts old biblical views with scientific advances like atoms and distant star cities. The piece notes Ingersoll’s atheist stance linked to his clergyman father and compares thrift in America to France after 1870, citing a five billion franc indemnity and French hoarding.
Domestication of Ostriches Spreads Worldwide
Since 1867 ostrich farming began with French interests in Algiers exporting feathers to Egypt. Since then the industry has grown with successful farms across the world, including the United States in California Florida Texas and Arizona.
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Algiers
Egypt
United States
California
Florida
Texas
Arizona
French policy caps on American gold coins sparks import freeze
The report notes France plans a new rule to stop French demand for American gold coin once 200 million dollars worth remains in Paris. The hoard, largely United States coins, is hidden in boxes, chimneys, and mattresses, while France bans distribution of its own gold coins. The goal is to earmark gold for France.
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United States
France
Paris
Offbeat Dialogues and Briefs Stir Reading Room
A mosaic of humorous exchanges and brief quips unfolds from a Chicago Field Museum scene to city chatter. Witty lines touch on marriages, power, taxes, postage, and daily ironies, ending with a joke about a man searching for his wife in a department store.
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Chicago
Field Museum
Samson
Canning Demonstration Held At Moulton High School
A county wide canning program was demonstrated at the Moulton high school with about 150 attendees. Miss Bettie Lou Horton, Lawrence county home demonstration agent, and Mrs. Marion Spidle of Limestone county led the event to train district readers for community canning work. Horton outlined a July August schedule visiting multiple communities and outlining office days in Moulton through August 19.
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Moulton
Ala
Bettie Lou Horton
Lawrence County
Marion Spidle
Limestone County
Wolf Springs
Miss Horton
Flower Hill
Hardin's
Loosier
Iron Bridge
Piney Grove
Lindsay Hall
Mt. Moriah
Harmony
Morris Chapel
McMillan
C. Smith
Mt. Springs
Young
Alexander
Alexander and Bera
Pin Hook
Elam
Chalybeate
Visitor Here E N Templeton Business Visitor
E N Templeton of Hartselle was a business visitor in Decatur Saturday, stopping at local firms and exchanging notes on prospects for upcoming projects.
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E. N. Templeton
Hartselle
Decatur
Hartselle Visitor Fred Hammond in Decatur Business Call
HARTSELLE resident Fred Hammond, a business visitor from Hartselle, traveled to Decatur on Monday for professional matters.
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Hartselle
Fred Hammond
Decatur
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Belgium
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Richberg
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John McGehee
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