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Arthur W. Cutten, 66, famed as the Little Giant of the Wheat Pits, died suddenly at the Edgewater Beach Hotel Chicago after a heart attack at 1:30 a.m. EST. Once the dominant grain trader, he had fought a proxy bid against a grain futures order and faced a 1935 commission action over 116 million bushels of wheat futures.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Maude Boomer
J. Philip Evans
Edgewater Beach
Cutten
Grain Futures Commission
Supreme Court Nixes Old Grain Futures Case Ruling
The ruling upholds the U S circuit court decision that the grain futures act cannot apply to alleged transgressions more than two years old. The high court ruled in favor of Cutten last May noting the two year limit.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Cutten
Textile Industry Keeps NRA Rates in Birmingham
Dr. Claudius T. Murchison of New York, president of the cotton textile institute, said 90 percent of the cotton manufacturing industry was voluntarily adhering to the NRA code. He and Mrs. Murchison joined Mr. and Mrs. Donald Comer as guests. He spoke at the State Cotton Manufacturers Association meeting in Anniston and, with Comer, planned a talk to Auburn summer students tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Claudius T. Murchison
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
Murchison
Donald Comer
State Cotton Manufacturers Association
Anniston
Comer
American Cotton Manufacturing Association
Auburn
Cone Wins in Florida Governor Runoff
In Florida, 61-year-old Fred P. Cone of Lake City won the Democratic governor runoff with about 156,000 votes to Raleigh Petteway’s 111,000. Cone led after the first primary among 14 candidates, as Joe Hendricks won the fifth district congressional race and R. A. Green beat W. J. Sears in the second district. National issues barely affected the campaigns.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lake City
Fred P. Cone
Florida
Cone
Raleigh Petteway
Tampa
Petteway
Joe Hendricks
Deland
Townsend Club
Special School Tax Election Result Report City of Decatur No 69 Alabama
Morgan County Board of Revenue declares the result of the June 20 1936 special school tax election for City of Decatur School District No 69 as for the proposed tax. The undersigned officials include B L Malone judge of probate and ex officio chairman and W H Meadows R H Burleson J W Lynn.
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City OF Decatur
Alabama
Morgan County
Board of Revenue
City of Decature
L. Malone
N. Meadows
R. H. Burleson
J. Ww. Lynn
B. L. Malone
W. H. Meadows
Roosevelt prepares renomination address amid ship subsidy bill review
President Roosevelt plans his Philadelphia renomination acceptance speech and reviews 38 measures including an $800 million revenue bill. He discussed cooperative developments in Europe and outlined plans to send three men abroad to study stores, housing, credit, insurance, and banking.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelia
Philadelphia
John E. Mack
New York
Bankhead
McReynolds
Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hugh R. Wilson
Geneva
Jesse Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Hayden
Altzona
Europe
Glory in the Cross Sermon at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Rev. C. D. Boozer preached on glory in the cross last night at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. He urged a renewed sense of sin and said only the Cross reveals sin and God's love shown through Jesus Christ. The series continues throughout the week as the public is invited to hear the messages.
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C. D. Boozer
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Rev. Boozer
Satan
America
Jesus Christ
Boozer
Jesus
Christ
Harrison Works On Final Report
Rep Clint Harrison begins gathering and finalizing data on Alabama school finances for a report to Gov Bibb Graves. The report precedes his expected July 1 accession to the Alabama Public Service Commission. Sworn affidavits by Rowe Lynn Malone Meadows verify the election results and filing timeline.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clint Harrison
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Alabama Public Service Commission
Perky Touches Add Oecee To This Easily-Made Sports Frock
Pattern 4036 by Anne Adams offers a simple sports frock with a playful collar bow and bright buttons. The design features pleats at the front and back, patch pockets, and easy sewing for sizes 12 through 40. Send 15 cents to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept for pattern 4036, with size and address.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th
New York
N. Y
Special Service for Young People at First Christian Church
A special service for young people will be conducted tonight at the First Christian church. Evangelist Duke C. Jones will preach "The Open Door." The sermon is popular with all ages. A large crowd heard last night’s sermon on the "Unpardonable Sin." The revival ends Friday with another service.
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First Christian Church
Duke C. Jones
Mr. Jones
Nashville Attorney Elected Rotary International President
Will R. Manier Jr of Nashville Tennessee was unanimously elected to head Rotary International at the convention. He succeeds Ed R. Johnson of Roanoke Virginia as president with no other nominations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Will R. Manier, Jr
Nashville, Tenn
Rotary International
Ed R. Johnson
Roanoke
Italian war plans not found in plane wreckage
Viscount Cranborne told the Commons no plans for an Italian attack on Rhodes or similar documents were found in the burned wreckage of an Italian plane near Cairo last August. Geoffrey Mander pressed for confirmation. Cranborne asked for notice of the question and suggested a later reply.
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London
Viscount Cranborne
Commons
Ravn
Cairo
Geoffrey Mander
Lord Cranborne
Cranborne
Mander
Americans win Hurlingham Club polo test in London
Using a revamped lineup America defeats Great Britain 15 to 9 in the third game of the international series. America had already clinched the trophy by winning the first two matches.
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Hurlingham Club
London
America
Great Britain
Alabama Governor signals low hopes on tariff plank at convention
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama said he nearly abandoned hope for a tariff plank against Asiatic jute and Japanese cotton goods at the Democratic convention. He noted no general tariff proposals were likely while praising federal farm land purchase financing and Senator Bankhead's bill.
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Henry
Wrenn
Philadelphia
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Graves
Florida
Bankhead
Senate
House
Congress
Barkley
Roosevelt
Hugo Black
Insurance men meet at Alabama life underwriters convention
High officials of life insurance companies from several states will gather in Montgomery for the Alabama Association of Life Underwriters second annual convention opening Thursday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Association of Life Underwriters
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