Bootleg Liquor Decline Marked On Repeal Anniversary
On the fifth anniversary of prohibition repeal Stewart Berkshire reports bootlegging volumes continue to fall as illegal stills shrink and moonshine plants dwindle. Treasury notes show liquor withdrawals from warehouses down about two percent, with mixed views from temperance and distiller groups on long term consumption trends.
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Washington
Stewart Berkshire
Congress
Treasury
Berkshire
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Mississippi
Thorny Holgate Faces Public Hero Spotlight
Dr. Thornton Holgate recovers from an accident and learns the press has labeled him a hero for his rescue. His inner conflict grows as Sara Sue Davis and memories of Geraldine Pomeroy complicate his romantic decisions. He plans to return to Houston for further studies.
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Thorny Holgate
Sara Sue
Thorny
Galveston
Profesto
Mister Thornton Holgate
Galveston News
Houston
Mrs. Davis
Thornton Holgate
Sara
Peaches
Peaches Pomeroy
Geraldine
198 Vessels Under Construction in U S Shipyards
The Commerce Department reports 198 vessels totaling 466 741 gross tons were building or under contract in American shipyards for private owners as of November 1. Included are 46 seagoing steel vessels over 1 000 gross tons and other coastal and wooden craft. Ingalls Iron Works in Birmingham built one 1 600 ton tanker for the American Tankers Corporation.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ingalls Iron Works
Birmingham
Ala
American Tankers Corporation
Congress set to spend ten billion in 1939 forecast
Washington observers and members in attendance for the January session predict 1939 congressional appropriations will total at least 10 billion dollars and could reach or exceed the current peacetime record of 11.3618 billion.
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Washington
Stockyards strike ends at Chicago yards after two weeks
More than 600 stock handlers returned to work in Chicago stock yard pens, ending a two week strike by CIO Local 567. The company and union approved a peace proposal, recognizing the CIO as sole bargaining agent and detailing future contract talks. Union leaders reserved the right to strike again if no contract within 10 days.
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Chicago
CIO
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Co. T. Henkle
Edward J. Kelly
Henry Johnson
PWOC
Johnson
Clo
Record Atlantic Crossings Prove Costly At High Speed
The note states that record Atlantic crossings are uneconomical for large liners cruising at 46p speed. Fuel use rises about 50 percent for each knot per hour over 28, about 32 and a quarter miles per hour.
Daily Cross Word Puzzle Across 19 to 41 Clues
Crossword puzzle clues list with across entries 19 22 26 29 30 33 36 37 38 40 41 and down clues including King of Scotland Macbeth, symbols for elements, and various definitions. Puzzles feature portable canvas shelter and other wordplay relying on standard crossword conventions.
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I of Baronet
France
Scotland
Make This Pattern At Home Fashion Pattern 40993
Anne Adams pattern description with style tips for a fitted frock and options in cotton or synthetics. Includes sizes 34 through 48, yardage for size 36, and order details with pricing for book and pattern combined. Mail order address for The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.
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Anne Adan
Anne Adams
Decature Daily
Pattern Department
W.irth St
New York
N. Y
Jimmy Roosevelt joins Goldwyn as film executive
Jimmy Roosevelt, 30, son of the president, is appointed vice president of Goldwyn Inc. He leaves insurance work and heads to Hollywood as a movie industry executive. Harvard-educated, he has held top posts in business and law before joining his father’s staff. Roosevelt will work closely with Sam Goldwyn in continuing the industry’s record of service.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Roosevelt
Sam Gonen
White House
Jimmy
Roosevelt
Goldwyn, Inc
Rooseveltian
Goldwyn
Harvard
Boston University
Southern Corporation
John Sargent
Cost of suit over mare still piles up in Indiana court
In Valparaiso Indiana Porter superior court will reopen a case over a $100 mare bought five years ago. Costs have mounted to $600 and one party has died while the original seller Ben Anderson was killed in a automobile accident but his heirs continue the fight. The mare purchased in 1933 by Ben and Vernon Kuehl from Anderson was claimed defective.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Porter Superior Court
Ben
Vernon Kuehl
Ben Anderson
Kuehl
Anderson
Strange courtship at St. Louis Zoo attracts pennies
A lazy gavial at the St. Louis Zoo is sparking interest as keepers seek a mate. Visitors toss pennies and tax tokens into the crocodile’s pool to prompt a reaction, which the zoo director says will trigger buying a mate once funds accumulate.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Zoo
Valal
Zoo
George P. Vierheller
Creomulsion Ad Claims Quick Relief for Coughs
An old advertisement promotes Creomulsion as fast relief for a three days' cough chest cold or bronchial irritation. It cites its medicine going to the seat of irritation loosening secretions and notes a druggist refund policy if not satisfied. The copy urges asking for Creomulsion by name for genuine product relief.
Water Plant Head Plunges to Death in Alabama
In Wetumpka Alabama Sunday a Water Service Company plant superintendent T B Moore 28 died after stepping into a trapdoor on a platform and falling 12 feet to a concrete floor skull fractured neck broken He died an hour later His father R J Moore of Leeds reported the accident happened quickly and unexpectedly Moore had just arrived as superintendent from Monroeville last month He is survived by his widow and a small daughter Funeral and burial will be in Leeds.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Water Service Company
T. B. Moore
Moore
R. J. Moore
Leeds
Monroeville
Santa surplus roly-poly Santas haunt St Louis job market
A dozen jovial men dressed as Santa Claus remain unemployed in St Louis as the Red Cross tries to place them. The charity operation acts as a Saint Nick exchange while the men seek work.
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ST. Louis
Red Cross
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