Cotton speculation and calls to curb gambling on markets
The piece argues for curbing cotton speculation after a price crash. It notes bankers supporting reforms, critiques exchanges for lax self regulation, and favors limits on large traders and higher margins to protect farmers and legitimate buyers. It references Secretary Anderson and the Jordan case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Jordan
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee
Tom Jordan
New Orleans
Clayton and Company
Westbrook Pegler critiques sports and Hollywood linkages
Pegler argues that the sports world risks losing its line between wholesome athletic activity and Hollywood underworld glamour. He cites Tom Clark's drive for a national youth sports movement, notes Raft and Durocher ties to gambling and crime, and laments media complicity while urging clean sports leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Clark
United States
Washington
Bill Corum
Clark
Waldorf
Wedgwood Room
Guttersnipes
Hollywood
Norway
The
World of
Sports
Underworld
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn
Durocher
New York
George Raft
Moving Pictures
Owen Madden
Bugsy Siegal
Nevada
al Capone
Branch Rickey
Raft
Siegal
District Attorney
Broadway
Miamis
Tom ‘Dewey
Dewey
William G. Bramham
Judge Bramham
Raft-Durocher
Fatty Arbuckle
Hollywood Reporter
Peole
Ing
Reform Urged Against Self-Regulated Changes
Secretary Anderson calls urgent reforms to curb self regulated changes that victimize buyers and sellers and destabilize the economy. He argues the public cannot wait any longer for tighter controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Suit Dismissed Against Rep Rankin in Defamation Case
Justice T Alan Goldsborough in district court dismissed a defamation suit by America and II against Rep Rankin of Mississippi. The plaintiffs failed to post the required $1000 bond to cover costs, keeping the action from proceeding. The article also notes the origin of the term cotton duck from ship sail canvas stamped with a duck image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
America
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
League
Russia Exposed as World Communist Movement Fraud
Reports from agents suggest Russia faces severe shortages and a deteriorating economy with censorship masking failures. Molotov appears more cooperative at New York talks as observers warn the global communist movement is a fragile, self-serving facade hidden behind zeal and coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Washington
Russia
Molotov
New York
Spain
Britain
America
France
Italy
China
Heraz
Ukraine
Kremlin
The
Ameri
Letter to the United States Sent From China Cost 850
Rev. J. E. Akre of Clarkfield received a letter from missionary Edward Sovik in China, with back of envelope covered in stamps. The postage to send the letter to the United States cost 850 in inflated Chinese money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkfield
Minn
J. E. Akre
Edward Sovik
China
Winchell on Magic Carpets and the Great Conductor
Walter Winchell muses on news, fame, and a royal path via a magic carpet of words. He reflects on luck, the Woolworths era, Alfred Damon Runyon, and finds humor in the idea that a pen can take a person everywhere a prince can go. He concludes that the journey continues beyond a stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Woolworth
Alfred Damon
Runyon
Denver and Rio Grande
Pueblo
Colo
The Real Stories Behind Broadway Characters and Luck
The speaker reflects on lessons from trips about understanding people. He notes loyalty, truthfulness, and the difference between winners and losers, stressing conversations with those who failed, luck, and the value of a kind word from a writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Front Page Echoes Death of a Reporter and The Paper
A veteran journalist reflects on life risk, the power of words, and the newspaper trade. He celebrates frontline reporting, notes the obsession with present events, and ends with a farewell to the craft and its looming final chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eternity
Utopia
Spot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decatur Daily
Breer. Eee
EE. Valley
Decatur
Alabama
Associated Press
Associated
Mr. Lewis
Santa Claus
Lewis
Courtland
General Eisenhower
Decatur Junior High School
Capitol Hill
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Louisville
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Senate
Hatch
Morgan and
Lawrence Counties
Joe Wheeler Electric Corporation
Joe Wheeler
Lawrence
War Department
Courtland, Army Airfield
Army
the Daily
Fem
South
Nashville
Bakker
Pegler
By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook
Tela Srespec
LAW
Melewis
Moscow
Siberia
Robinson
Triena
Allied-Drug
Rena * Products
Winchell
All States Cafe
Highway 31
Dege Andnalin Tadice
Cheney
Guarentes
Taapl
Frank Chenault
W. M. Chenault Real Estate and Insurance Agency
Masonic
State National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!