Government aid to assist arms sales revealed
Washington reports evidence of government and industry cooperation in arming exports. Major K K V Casey of Du Pont testified that both war and navy departments encouraged sales to potential enemies to aid American companies and gather intelligence on foreign military preparations. Senator Clark cited Army ammunition deals with Japan and Bethlehem Steel officers in Brazil, plus a former army officer acting as a Du Pont agent for powder to Poland in 1922 and a War Department loaned gun used in Holland demos.
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United States
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War and Navy Departments
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Bethlehem Steel Company
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Small Producer Preference in Syrup Purchase for Relief
The Houston County Farmers Exchange plans to buy 7 900 gallons of syrup from Houston county farmers for the Alabama Relief Administration. Producers paid 45 cents a gallon if syrup is pure ribbon cane and sold only to actual producers, with a 25 gallon limit per person, favoring small producers and families in need. Names to Wiley R. Deal, manager of the Exchange, to arrange sales.
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Houston County Farmers Exchange
Houston County
Alabama Relief Administration
Exchange
Farmera Marketing and Exchange Association
Wiley R. Deal
Two More Black Men Held as Counterfeit Ring Nets Two More
Federal investigators pressed the case against a ring of Negro counterfeiters as two more Black men, Benny Bell Brown and Crisp Beery, were arrested on charges of passing one dollar counterfeit coins. Authorities continue to probe for the coin mould and the ring’s director while questioning witnesses.
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Benny Bell Brown
Crisp Beery
Cotton market steady as futures close higher in Liverpool
Liverpool cotton market reports quiet spot activity with a two point rise and firm levels across grades. American base includes 21,300 of 31,000 bases. quotations list American strict good middling at 7.68 and middling at 7.03, with other grades priced accordingly. Futures closed steady.
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Liverpool
Butter market report from Chicago on December prices
AP summary of Chicago butter and egg market, listing unsettled quotes for creamery specials and various grades from firsts to standards. Includes car quantities and prices for butter, fresh graded firsts, current receipts, and refrigerator firsts, with specific price ranges and totals.
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Chicago
Live Hogs Sell Higher in Chicago Market
Hogs 40,000 head, market active, up 5 to 10 cents from Monday. Weights above 240 pounds 6.15 to 6.55 top 6.55. 200 to 240 pounds 5.75 to 6.15. 170 to 190 pounds 5.10 to 5.60. light lights 4.00 to 4.85. Most pigs 3.50 down, sows 5.60 to 6.80, medium 200 to 250 pounds 5.65 to 6.25, heavy 250 to 350 pounds 6.10 to 6.25.
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Chicago
U. S
Houston Ginnings Total Increases by 3072 Bales
Cotton ginnings in Houston county for the period ending December 1 1934 show an increase of 3072 bales over the same period a year earlier. Total to December 1 1934 stands at 29349 bales compared with 26277 in 1933. Early ginning months were below 1933 but recent months show a steady rise per Walter F Oakley Jr U S Census special agent.
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Houston County
Walter F. Oakley, Jr
U. S. Department of Census
Case Against Theo Lacy Restored Citizenship
Theo Lacy, central figure in Alabama's $124000 pine box embezzlement case, was pardoned by Governor Miller and restored to full citizenship. He served 11 years, completed in 1926, and received a favorable recommendation from Columbus, Georgia residents where he works. The chief clerk of the convict department disappeared with the funds and later surrendered, claiming he received $1500.
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Montgomery
Theo Lacy
Alabama
B. M. Miller
Lacy
Miller
Columbus
Probers detail utility stock boost from propaganda gains
Washington AP reports the Federal Trade Commission found that campaigns to promote public utility stocks inflated pre decline prices and caused investor losses in the billions. The FTC cites holding company proliferation and door to door sales tactics by subsidiaries as part of market manipulation during the six year inquiry into utility practices. Names of Insull and Hopson managed groups are listed among major issuers involved.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
Inull Utilities Investments, Inc
Corporation Securities Company of Chicago
Insull Companies
Associated Gas and Electric Company Group
Hopson and Mange Group
Tri-Utilities Group
Ohrstrom Group
Foshay Group
Central Gas and Electric Company Group
Bylliesby Group
Central Public Service Company
the Price Group
Cities Service Company Group
Doherty Group
First Artist Expelled by Academy of Design
New York date Dec 11 AP reports the National Academy of Design expelled two members for conduct prejudicial to the academy. Australian painter Stephen Bransgrove was expelled from associate membership for copying others’ works and showing them as his own. he did not appear for a trial after being summoned.
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New York
National Academy of Design
Academy
Stephen Bransgrove
Bransgrove
Missing yacht sought in Gulf as help goes to disabled steamer
Coast guardsmen conducted a wide Gulf search for the yacht Annabelle unreported for two weeks while the tug Warbler aided the S S Canto adrift off Daytona Beach. Annabelle left Chicago November 15 bound for Miami via the Mississippi and Camp Walton, with Captain T B Hern aboard. The Canto, 5 700 tons, carried 33 men and was 140 miles east of Daytona Beach. cutters Givilant and Carabassett waited for the tug. The Canto was not in immediate danger.
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Coast
Camp Walton
Fla
T. B. Hern
Brown
Pensacola
Coast Guard
Chicago
Canto
New York-Cuba Mail
Daytona Beach
Givilant Am
Sanitation of Houston Schools Under Way
Health department workers sanitize three Houston county schools Thomas Pansey and Ardilla with Ardilla last to join. Officials aim to complete sanitation of six schools before the scholastic year ends.
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Houston County
Health Department
Thomas
Pansey
Ardilla
Murder charge loom in Alabama prison plot case
Alabama officials move to return escaped convict Sam Lambert to Clay County to face a first degree murder charge in the death of Bob Gary, a Black man killed after Lambert fled a Columbus Ga. road camp. Solicitor A L Hardegree said Lambert planted a confession note and that Gary could not have killed Davidson or crafted the note.
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Montgomery
Alabama
A.L. Hardegree
Clay County
Hardegree
Sam Lambert
Columbus
C. S. Phillips
Lambert
No. 1 Runners and Spanish Convences Save by Ads
No. 1 runners save by spending a small amount on an Eagle want ad. The item implies a local promo or sale aimed at readers of the Eagle newspaper, suggesting a low-cost classified spot to benefit top runners and Spanish commerce.
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Eagle
Lister Hill Sees U S Help Still Coming for Alabama Schools
Washington dispatch reports Representative Hill of Alabama says relief administrator Harry Hopkins has not denied Alabama funds to operate distressed schools. Hopkins reportedly wired Governor Miller but details remain undisclosed. Alabama superintendency official says he has not seen the message.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
U. S
Washington
Hill
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Miller
Former resident M. E. Johnson dies in Cairo home
Mrs. M. E. Johnson, 68, formerly of Dothan, died at the home of relatives in Cairo Georgia. She lived in Dothan with her daughter Mrs. C. R. Sheffer for about a year before moving to Georgia last October. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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M. E. Johnson
Dothan
Cairo
Johnson
C. R. Sheffer
Georgia
Indigent man points gun at Hood River judge
George Upton, an aged California indigent, pressed a pistol toward a Hood River judge and fired four times. The weapon misfired as the shell failed to explode, leaving authorities to investigate the attempted assault.
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George Upton
California
Hood River
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