Trade trends brighten for retail and industry sectors
Optimistic reports show stronger department store sales and higher textile and coal output. The Atlanta Federal Reserve notes increased cotton consumption, rising textile orders, and improved coal production in Alabama and Tennessee. Grigsby Grunow boosts radio plant output to a yearly high of 4 125 sets. Coca Cola pays $1.75 regular dividend plus 25 cent extra.
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Grigsby-Grunow Company
Chicago
Coca-Cola
Hoover Stands Firm On Gold Standard Policy
The Hoover administration rejects tampering with the gold standard or a return to bimetalism. Officials describe agitation for bimetalism as mainly from silver-producing state senators. Gold is viewed as the best base for the U.S. monetary system, with Britain’s temporary abandonment not signaling a permanent shift.
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Washington
Hoover
Great Britain
Miami Students Held After Raid On Speakeasy
Twenty one men identified as University of Miami law students and a professor were jailed after a raid on a fraternity pledge celebration speakeasy. They were booked without charges and released after questioning. A woman and a man, proprietors, were held on liquor law charges. Jerome Cohn of New York claimed faculty membership and confirmed student attendees.
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Miami
Fla
University of Miami Law School
Jerome Cohn
New York
Jack Gross
Law School
Moulton Parent Teachers Meet in Vocational High School
Oct. 1 Mrs. B F Weaver president of the local PTA announces the second meeting of the year for Thursday afternoon at three in the vocational building of the county high school. Devotional by Brother Seals. Mrs. Howell reads minutes. Talks by Mrs. Almon on Parents Set the Example and Mrs. Caraway on Developing the Childs Sense of Responsibility. A poem In School Days will close. Parents and teachers urged to attend.
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Moulton
Ala
B. FP. Weaver
Parent Teachers’ Association
Brother Seals
Frank Howell
T. F. Almon
George Caraway
First World Series game seals win for Athletics
In Sportsman’s Park, St Louis, October 1, the Athletics defeated the Cardinals 6 to 4. Lefty Grove settled after a rough first inning, allowing no more runs through the final eight frames. Paul Derringer started strong but was chased after the third. Al Simmons homered in the seventh, driving in two and providing the decisive edge. Pepper Martin led the Cards with three hits, but the A’s bats gave Grove just enough support.
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Sportsman’s Park
ST. Louis
Tpion Athletics
Paul Derringer
Cispion
Lefty Grove
Wobblng
Nee
Pepper Martin
al Simmons
Street
Derringer
Simmons
Cochrane
Wilson
Grove
A’s
Dib Williams
The
Athletics
Boley
Bishop
Haas
Gelbert
Bottomley
Roetiger
Ees Sndgee
Wece
Roettger
Frisch
Hafey
Natigng
Eerie
Rike
Hig
Caros Gelbert
Williams
Bing Miller
Lefty
Cotton demand and textile output rise in Sixth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta notes higher retail trade and cotton consumption in Georgia Alabama and Tennessee in August. Department store sales rose 9.4 percent from July while overall cotton cloth production increased 11.7 percent year over year though July levels declined. Coal output rose seasonally in Alabama and Tennessee but lagged behind last year. Pig iron in Alabama hit its lowest since 1922. Textile mill orders exceeded July and August 1930 totals with rising unfilled orders.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Alabama
Tennessee
Atlanta Federal Reserve
Atlanta
Wny
Sixth District
United States
Georgia
Knot-Tiers Solve Jeffersonville Marriage Competition
Five justices in Jeffersonville address a crowded婚 market by applying new rule changes and streamlined processes. The initiative aims to cut long hours and reduce marriage delays, easing pressures on local couples and officials.
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Jeffersonville
Five Jeffersonville Justices Merge to Save Marriage Trade
In Jeffersonville Indiana five local marriage judges faced a collapse of business as Cupid waned with the Depression. They merged into a single nuptial parlor serving the Louisville bridge area, trimming costs and pooling patrons to keep the wedding trade alive.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana
Gretna Green
Cupid
United States
Louisville
Ohio River
Playwright Kenneth Raisbeck Appears Slain, Inquest Pending
Westport police and medical examiner shift toward foul play theory for Kenneth Raisbeck a 32 year old playwright whose death was found in a cemetery after an earlier ruling of meningitis. Dr William McMahon postponed final decision awaiting coroner's inquest as investigators pursue slayings scenario.
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Westport
Conn
Kenneth Raisbeck
William McMahon
Raisbeck
Water at West Decat School Declared Pure
Morgan County health department announced today that the water at the West Decat School on Seventh Avenue is pure. No further contamination or advisories were mentioned.
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Seventh Avenue
Morgan County’health Department
Cotton Dips Below Five Cents for First Time This Year
Middling cotton quoted at four and seven-eighths cents per pound this afternoon, while the market held fairly steady. This marked the first time this year that prices fell under five cents.
Birmingham trio attend Falkville funeral for relative
Hubert K. Wiggins M C Wig gins and Mrs G A Hallbrooks of Birmingham were called to Falkville today to attend the funeral services for Mr. Sandlin, a relative.
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Hubert K. Wiggins
M. C. Wiggins
G. A. Hallbrooks
Birmingham
Falkville
Mr. Sandlin
He Wants to See Vandy and Tulane
Bob Jervis, Tech alumnus and football fan, says the Vanderbilt Tulane game is a standout on a dull card. He expects the Green Wave and Commodores to tangle, with potential impact on the Southern championship race.
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Vanderbilt
Tulane
Bob Jervis
Tech
Green Wave
Commodores
McCabe Named Panther Pilot for Next Season
Dick McCabe, Fort Worth hurler loaned to Houston who beat by Panthers in Dixie series, will manage the Panthers next season. He succeeds Art Phelan who led Fort Worth in an unsuccessful pennant chase this season.
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Dick McCabe
Fort Worth
Houston
Panthers
Art Phelan
Epidemic of common cold discussed by Dr Clendening
Dr. Clendening notes the common cold is highly contagious and likely caused by filterable viruses related to infantile paralysis and chicken pox. He cites Rockefellar Institute research, explains filterable viruses, and calls isolation the only sure preventive. He mentions diet, especially vitamin A, may aid resistance, listing high vitamin A foods.
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Logan Clendening
Central Press
Rockefeller Institute
Journal of the American Medical Association
Confessed slaying of nine year old and arson in Greensboro
Will Moore, 58, a Black man, confessed to abducting and killing nine year old Leonard, then setting her Summertown Ship farm home ablaze. A mob gathered at the jail after he was moved to Raleigh, while officers said two other Black suspects had no link to the crime. The child’s charred body was found in the burning residence.
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Greensboro
WN. C
Will Moore
D. B. Stafford
Leonard
Raleigh
Thomas Leonard
Summertown Ship
Eugene Penney to be laid to rest in Huntsville
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at two o clock in Huntsville for Eugene Penney aged about 70 who died Wednesday night after a year long illness. He was father to Lamar and Clifton Penney of Decatur and survived by his wife several children a brother J E Penney of Birmingham and a sister Mrs Richard Young of Huntsville. Lamar Penney has been ill but plans to attend the services.
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Huntsville
Eugene Penney
Sever’ O'Clock
J. E. Penney
Birmingham
Richard Young
Lamar Penney
Eighth Avenue
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Burt
Vandy
Ck McCabe
Panther
M.D. Oted
Heal
Clendening
Negro
Stafford
Moore
Clifton Penney
Decatur
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