Farm board ends cotton and wheat holdings as 1933 looms
The Farm Board and American Cotton Cooperative Association agreed to a Reconstruction Finance Corp loan plan to take almost 2 million bales of cotton off the market until 1933. The board sold nearly all stabilization wheat, leaving 3 million bushels, while futures contracts remain. Pickets disrupt roads around Sioux City as farmers rally amid embargo calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Board
James C. Stone
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Stone
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Co-operative Association
Stone Siutd
OWA
Dan Turner
Middle West States
Sigus City
Middle Western
Sioux City
Nebraska
Continental Illinois Bank Plans Nationalization and Reserves
The Continental Illinois Bank and Trust of Chicago, the nation’s largest bank outside New York, votes to nationalize and create 40 million dollars in special reserves from surplus. A quarterly dividend drops to 2 dollars per share while capital stays at 75,000,090 dollars. Directors cite legislative proposals signaling a push toward a unified federal banking structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago
New York City
United States
Hovey named head of Agricultural Credit in Reconstruction Finance Corp
Fred Hovey of Omaha has been appointed head of the Agricultural Credit division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and is already at work in Washington. A longtime official with South Omaha's Stock Yards National Bank, Hovey understands livestock feeders' needs and is seen as ideal to implement the loan program for western stock raisers. He will lead the first major initiative of the new agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hovey
Omaha
Neb
Agricultural Credit
Reconstruction Finances Corporation
Washington
Hovey
Stock Yards National Bank of
South Omaha
West
New Agricultural Credit Corporation
France Erects Grand Memorial Atop Eminence Over Battlefield
A towering monument in France rises above the battlefield, standing as high as a seven story building. Designed by Frederic MacMonnies with sculptor Edmondo Quattrocchi, the memorial shows a France figure supporting a wounded soldier and an infant clinging to her robe. Marshal Joffre’s message emphasizes unity and relentless advance with no retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atus
France
Frederic MacMonnies
Edmondo Quattrocchi
Marshal Joffre
McKee trims New York City salaries to curb soaring payroll
Joseph T V McKee, after succeeding Jimmy Walker as mayor, told the budget commission that city salaries total over 1 million dollars per day. He cut his own pay to 25 000 annually and capped each city commissioner under 12 660. The six year Walker era added 82 380 positions costing about 120 633 225 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oseph T .V. McKee
New York
Jimmy Walker
Citizens’ ‘Budget Commission
Walker
Labor Camp Allegations Reach Lower Mississippi Valley
Charged labor violations in river flood control camps described as peonage by contractors. Secretary Hurley sent Gen. Lytle Brown to investigate the charges under War Department oversight in the lower Mississippi region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candal
Mississippi River
Department of War
Patrick J. Hurley
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Notable Deaths Week Closed With Sir Mentioned
A fragment notes the week’s deaths with a reference to a Sir figure among the deceased. Details are incomplete but imply a list of notable individuals lost in the period.
Hiawatha and Dekanawida Found the Iroquois Confederacy
A historical legend recounts Dekanawida and Hiawatha uniting five tribes to form the Iroquois Confederacy around 1570. The tale follows Dekanawida’s laws and Hiawatha’s leadership overcoming Onondaga opposition, spreading wisdom and peace to the Mohawk Oneida Cayuga and Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dekanawlda
Nigwatha
Winwatha
Longfellow
Manibozho
Tlawatha
Dekanawida
Hiawatha
Onondaga Council
Eifawatha
League of Nations
Montana Farmers Plan Winter Wheat and Rye Seedings
Montana farmers report fall seedings of about 799000 acres for winter wheat and 96000 acres for winter rye, with increases expected from last year. National trends show a 9 percent drop in winter wheat and 5 percent in rye. cattle and sheep shipments from western states also adjust amid drought and feed concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Second ram sale slated at Great Falls on October twelfth
The second annual ram sale will be held in Great Falls October 12 with 800 rams offered. the first sale occurred in Billings last week. Roosevelt will speak in Butte September 19. Eberhart to head Republican platform events in Helena September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Billings
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Butte
Montana
A. O. Eberhart
Minnesota
Republican Party
Helena
Yellowstone Park
National Park Service
Knights of the Road
Melstone
Rose DeRusha
Depot
Cascade
Custer
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Hill
Missoula
Park
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
Nolan Brothers
Minneapolis
Missoula River
Alberton
ee _ Farmers
Young Kansas jackrabbit meets the wheat binder tale
A young jackrabbit in Kansas leaped onto a binder while PD Hileman and CW Ash of Wellington cut wheat. The rabbit was carried up thelevator and bound into a bundle but remained unharmed after being released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. Hileman
CW. Ash
Wwellington
Ash
Kansas
California Fig Syrup Promises Gentle Bowels and Strength
A breast of homey testimonial markets California Fig Syrup as a trusted caregiver for children. A San Antonio mother reports her daughter Dorothy thrived after using the product since infancy, claiming improved digestion, appetite, and vitality. She urges buyers to seek the genuine California label for authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
J. G. Moore
Im Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Dorothy
Dream and politics clash in open spaces purge ethics
Radicals imagine novelties in government while conservatives implement them quietly, upsetting no one. In the wide open spaces they know how to remove the ornery, yet such actions remain illegal every time they occur.
Wit and Workmanlike Wisdom from a Quiet Era
A reflective passage notes social habits and personal philosophy. It remarks on discouraging whistling, skeptical job outlooks, the unlikelihood of first impressions, modest farmer tastes for pickles, and the aging view that many have seen all there is to life. It ends with a practical counsel to endure troubles and avoid seeking more.
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Farm Board
Iowa
Germany
Edward W. Pickard
Doolittle
Mae‘ Haizlip
St. Louis
Shell
Aexico
Abelardo L. Rodriguez
Congress
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Rodriguez
Republic
Escobar
Manuel Tellez
Alberto J. Panas
Treasury
Pablo Quiroga
Mexico City
Toover
Olivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
la Paz
Sao Paulo
Montserrat
Fort Itaipu
Santos Harbor
Clevelan
Hile
Hermann Goering
von Papen
Baron von Neurath
Karl von Schleicher
Koenigsberg
Herriot
League Council
World
Gen. L. Brown
OS Angeles
Paul Bern
Moving Picture
Jean Harlow
Bern
Miss Starlow
Miss Harlow
Algonquin
Hollywood
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Mills
Mais
Tig Mame
Dekunawida
Prestone
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Hiscox Chem
Patche
N.Y
Druggista
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Straub. Mfg. CO
Chestnut
Oakland
Many & Co
Canton
China
Cassa Booth
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