Behind The Scenes In Washington Behind The Scenes In Washington
Republican leaders expect a landslide upstate New York vote favoring Landon while Democrats privately admit odds against Roosevelt. Lehman may win with a Republican nominee to be named on Sept. 29 after a tight primary among Syra cuse Mayor Marvin and George Fearon. LaGuardia and Walker will campaign for Roosevelt as labor organizers push turnout.
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York
New York State
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Roosevelt
Landon
Empire State
Rodney Dutcher
NEA Service Dhat
Upstate
Tammany Hall
Ley
al Smith
Father Coughlin
L_FHMAN
Sierra
Nations al
Republican Convention
Lehman
R. B. Marvin
Syracuse
George Fearon
State Senate
Fearon
William F. Bleakley
Yonkers
Smith
John W. Davis
al Well
Franklin Roosevelt
LaGuardia
Jimmy Walker
Organized Labor
London
NIA Service, Inc
Decatur Diary Notes A Alligator Found And Local Happenings
Decatur reports a baby alligator rescued from a storm sewer near a church after neighborhood children alerted elders. The town notes social and civic items including installations, sports practices, travel, and residents returning from trips and illnesses. Local officials, church events, and road patrol arrests are listed alongside family news and community visits.
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Decatur
Dixie
Grand City
R. B
Church of
Finny
Conner
Soviet Planes From Russia Put At 5000 Each Year
Paris Aug 29 The Soviet Union is turning out about 5000 planes yearly in a giant plant complex French engineer Louis Breguet said after visiting Russia with a French technical mission. He reported that Soviet factory managers claimed high output and large labor force, with production far exceeding the expectations of foreign observers.
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Paris
Soviet Union
Louis Breguet
Russia
Breguet
Escape trio ends in guard shot near Atlanta
Clyde Gresham 35 a guard was shot and killed during an escape of two young convicts from a road crew amid windstorm debris. The escapees Cranston 22 and Charles Brown 19 were pursued across counties with authorities engaging in a wide hunt.
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Atlanta
Clyde Gresham
Druldi Hills
Charles Brown
Gresham
Emory University Hospital
Multon County
DeKalb County
Decatur
Cranston
Brown
Jackson
James Cranston
Georgia
Ashfield Husband Calling Contest Ends in Sudden Sweep
In Ashfield Massachusetts the Marshfield Fair husband calling contest ends abruptly as all other contestants quit after Werthe William A Underwood calls out a winning name. The winner from Easthampton says she hoped for a workout to tune her pipes and comments on the outcome. She demonstrates by calling Aloysius Algernon and Montmorency with clear delivery.
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Ashfield
Mass
William A
Underwood
Will
Marshfield Fair
Tom
Grange
Easthampton
Aloysius
Algernon
Jesse Owens To Become Entertainer
Jesse Owens will become a professional entertainer, announced by his coach Larry Snyder of Ohio State University. Owens, the United States Olympic track star, made the decision official today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Jesse Owens
United States
Larry Snyder
Ohio State University
Glassy Stare Turns Into Sight With Invisible Eyeglass
Viola Wille of Chicago sports an invisible eyeglass fitted to a wax cast eye by Dr. William Feinbloom of New York. The monocle style lens, made mostly of resin with glass for the pupil, is shown in Viola’s right eye.
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Viola Wille
Chicago
William Feinbloom
New York
Viola
Market Quotation Highlights and Intermarket Moves
The session saw a broad advance with fractions up and many issues rising three or more points. Transportation led on optimistic outlooks for traffic and earnings. unions of alcohols and specialties posted substantial gains while bonds held steady. Futures closed steady with notable stock leaders including Union Pacific and American Sugar Refining among risers.
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Victor Eubank
Associated Press
New York
Transportation Department
American Car & Foundry
Bucyrus-Erie
Baldwin Locomotive _ preferred
American Sugar Refining
Montgomery Ward
American Commerceial Alcohol
And
Distillers Corp.Seagrams
A. 8. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Oral Motors
Chrysler
Seard Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
National Distillers
Hiram Walker
American Water Works
Anaconda
American Crystal Sugar
Fajardo Sugar
Markets At A Glance New York And Chicago
Markets at a glance show stocks firm with rails leading advances and bonds steady. Cotton and sugar steady while coffee closes. In Chicago wheat firm on short covering, corn steady to strong, cattle nominally steady and hogs mostly steady.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady with mixed daily moves
New York cotton futures closed steady with slight declines across the board. October through July contracts ranged from 11.30 to 11.53 with the spot middling price at 11.70.
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New York
Cotton futures close steady with modest declines
New Orleans markets report cotton futures finishing with slight net declines of 6 to 7 points. Contracts for October December March May and July show small losses with final quotes around 11.28 to 11.49 cents.
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New
Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices Fall in Limited Demand
Liverpool notes 6000 bales of American cotton with spot demand limited and prices nine points lower. Quotations in pence show good middling at 7.31, good middling at 7.01, and strict middling at 6.81.
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Liverpool
Chicago Market Rates Reported For August Period
A brief market round up from Chicago shows interbank and commodity rates with percentages for August and September. The figures 1.07 1.08 and 1.09 appear alongside month markers indicating small shifts in brokered values.
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Chicago
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Butter quotes at 6,604 with no session. Eggs at 6,067 with prices unchanged. Market notes indicate stable trades in Chicago on the reported date.
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Chicago
Poultry price report from Chicago market listed by weight
Chicago market prices for live poultry and fowl. Listings include hens, roosters, leghorn varieties, Plymouth Rock, White Rocks, and fryers with price ranges from 11 to 18 1 2 cents per pound. Turkeys and ducks priced between 11 and 16 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Plymouth “Rock Springs
White Rocks
Plymouth Rock
Grain department livestock market report summary
Livestock prices and movements show hogs 180-260 lb mostly steady with Friday’s averages. cattle and calves mixed with weight classes and flats varying. Sheep arrivals 2,500 with 2,200 directs. native lambs steady to down. best lambs 9.75, western range 8.75-9.35, ewes 2.50-3.50, breeding stock scarce.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Montana
Governor Grates to Inspect Alabama Guard at Fort McClellan
Governor Bibb Graves will depart Montgomery for Fort McClellan to review Alabama National Guard troops in the annual Governor's Day ceremonies. The event marks a statewide military review with officials observing discipline and readiness.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Grates
Fort McClellan
Alabama
National Guard
Cattle Rustling Sparks Gun Battle in Marengo County
Agriculture Commissioner R J Goode asked Capt Potter Smith and the highway patrol to aid in preventing cattle rustling after a gun battle near Dayton. Farmers L J Jones A C Jenkins and Charles Hollis repelled four rustlers who entered their pasture in a truck. one intruder was shot and the assailants fled, leaving a bloodied buckshot-dented hat and rope.
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R. J. Goode
Commissioner of Agriculture
Potter Smith
State Highway Patrol
Marengo County
Dayton
Smith
Donne
Goode
L. J. Jones
Marergo County
Jones
A. C. Jenkins
Farnsdale
Charles Hollis
Action Against Attorney Asked In New Orleans Case
A petition in the district court alleges attorney Devaille H Theard is incapacitated by insanity and requests citation to show cause why he should not be interdicted and a guardian appointed. Theard, accused of embezzling 850000 while with a reread firm, previously faced a 45000 theft charge from the Phoenix Homestead Association.
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New Orleans
Devaille H. Theard
Mathilde ‘Theard
Theard
Phoenix Homestead Association
Morris Holds Four-Up Edge Over Ed Finch in State Match
In Birmingham Alabama on August 29 Johnny Morris led Ed Finch four holes after 18 morning holes in the state championship match. Morris was steadier though iron play wandered. Finchho greens improved with his best putting but erratic on approaches. Morris led by one at the turn.
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Birmingham
Ala
Johnny Morris
Ed Finch
Morris
Finch
Beginning of World Mission in Antioch
This article discusses early Christian persecution and dispersion from Jerusalem to Antioch and beyond. It highlights the spread of the Gospel to Greeks and Gentiles, the missionary church spirit, and Antioch as a center of new life amid corruption.
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WM. E. Gilroy
Jerusalem
Antioch
Syria
Antiochus
Orontes
Mediterranean
Ion
Rome
Tiber
Christ
Long Range Drought Aid Plan Pushed In South Dakota
President urges ahead planning to secure growth and prosperity for South Dakota. He cites drought relief, water table concerns, and the need for farm support, noting cities depend on farms and recalling past low grain prices.
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South Dakota
North Dakota
Huron
Hurley Attacks Federal Spending in Buckhannon Speech
Patrick J. Hurley former secretary of war assailed Democratic pledges and claimed the New Deal created the greatest national debt in U S history. He framed the two main campaign issues as stopping taxpayer waste and halting debt and tax increases.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Democratic Party
Patrick J. Hurley
Republic
Hurley
Extradition Refused Leaves Suspect Free in Illinois
Governor Henry Horner refused to authorize the extradition of Sam Bennett to Arkansas citing possible ill treatment. Bennett, a Negro share cropper, faced an assault with intent to kill charge after a dispute with a plantation overseer, was arrested in Chicago months after fleeing.
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Springfield
Ill
Henry Horner
Sam Bennett
Arkansas
Bennett
Chicago
WPA Paymaster Loses His Post in Chicago
Charles E. Miner, deputy Illinois WPA administrator, announced the discharge of a WPA paymaster and a project supervisor for threatening workers at Macomb who wore London sunflower badges. James McElwee of Peoria ordered the action after an investigation found Joseph of Canton visited a project and warned Eastin that workers with badges would be discharged.
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Chicago
Charles E. Miner
Illinois
WPA
Macomb
James McElwee
Peoria
Joseph
Canton
Frank Eastin
Miner
Eastin
Quiet weekend planned by Landon in country retreat
Governor Alf M. Landon planned a quiet weekend with close advisers following a drought conference with President Roosevelt in Des Moines. He would resume his campaign in mid September with stops in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana and speeches likely in Chicago Milwaukee and St. Louis.
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Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
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