Witness urges Ford and Rosenwald called on cotton farm relief
Washington January 14 Former New York Cotton Exchange president Arthur Marsh urged a Senate sub committee to summon Henry Ford and Julius Rosenwald to explain how to aid southern cotton farmers He accused Ford buyers of using expediency to depress cotton fabric prices and charged Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward and Woolworth with driving down cotton prices via chain store competition Marsh criticized Agriculture Department for circulating misleading cost of production figures citing a Alabama example as “utterly ridiculous” Heflin and Smith commented on expert status and miracles.
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New York Stock Exchange
Ford
Sears Roebuck
Washington
Arthur Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
Senate
Henry Ford
Julius Rosenwald
Sears Roebuck and Company
South
Rosenwald
Marsh
Montgomery Ward and Company
Woolworth’s
Alabama
Heflin
Smith
South Carolina
Plans to Build Fast U S Ships to Compete In Europe
Washington Jan 14 Postmaster General Brown outlined three new American steamship proposals to challenge foreign lines in the North Atlantic. A superliner fleet of two ships aiming for five day New York Cherbourg sailings via Southampton, another eight and a half day service weekly between New York and Cherbourg, each 20000 ton at 20 knots, and a slower New York London route via Plymouth on 7000 ton 15 knot combination ships.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Post Office Department
Brown
Bremen
New York
Cherbourg
Southampton
London
Plymouth
Search for 2 pilots across Long Island and Conn
A fleet of 30 planes was sent to search the north shore of Long Island and the Ashford area in Connecticut for missing pilots Daniel Marra and William Kirkpatrick. The Fairchild test pilots departed Marmindable New York last Friday to conduct an altitude test of a large cabin monoplane and have not returned.
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New York
Long Island
Ashford
Catarrh Relief Promised by Runion's White Wonder Salve
Nostrils relief and congestion reduction are claimed for catarrh by Runion's White Wonder Salve. The ad urges use for nose and throat irritation, touts greaseless formula, and offers a family jar for thirty five cents postpaid from White Wonder Chemical Co. in Montgomery Alabama.
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Runion
White Wonder
White Wonder Chemical Company
Greil
Montgomery
Ala
A New Life For A New Year Sermon at Foster Street Church
The Foster Street Methodist Church heard Pastor McLeod preach on A New Life For A New Year using Acts 10 26. He urged a new conception of God beyond tribal, national, or sectarian views and urged living in truth joy and brotherhood, with God guiding individuals and the church today.
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Foster Street Methodist Church
Mr. McLeod
Peter
Cornelius
God
von Peter
United States
America
Jesus
Baptist Church
Abraham
Israel
Tie
Church
Christendom
Ull
Kine of Bulgaria At Throttle of Engine Pulling Royal Train
King Loris of Delgazia rode the royal train returning from Rome to Sofia when it reached Trento. King Boris, a master engineer, asked permission to drive the locomotive himself at Roverate. Prince Cyr and Princess Fudixie accompanied the party aboard the train provided by Italy for the Belgian royals wedding visit.
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Bulgaria
Trento
Italy
Loris
Delgazia
Rome
Sofia
Roverate
Boris
Cyr
Fudixie
Prince Humbert
Marie Jose
Belgium
Moorish Castle Ruins Collapse In Portuguese Town
December rains at Lamego Portugal undermined and caused the collapse of a Moorish castle once serving as a mosque and valued as a testimony to Moorish domination in the country.
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Lamego
Portugal
Radio operator in Franz Josef Land talks with Byrd at South Pole
Moscow reports Ivan Jenkel, chief Russian radio operator in Franz Josef Land, conducted a wireless transmission lasting over an hour with Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd at the South Pole on December 1. Krenkel, heading the polar work, says the short wave of 41 meters covered about 15,000 miles.
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Franz Josef Land
Byrd
South Pole
Moscow
Ivan Jenkel
Richard E. Byrd
Krenkel
Itm
Crosby Man Dies at Home After Short Illness
Thomas Baxter sixty eight of Crosby route one died at his home yesterday after a brief illness. He is survived by five children Davis and Addis Baxter of Crosby Everett and Johnnie Baxter of Eufaula and Mrs. Berta Taylor of Waycross. Funeral services were to be held at Liberty Church near Pansey at 10 this morning with Fellows and Forrester in charge of arrangements.
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Crosby
Thomas Baxter
Route One
Davis
Addis Baxter
Everett
Johnnie Baxter
Eufaula
Berta‘ Taylor
Waycross
Liberty Church
Pansey
Fellows
Forrester
Nation weighs possible Prohi changes urged by advocates
The article notes pro and anti prohibition factions debating enforcement and possible reform. Commissioners question enforceability of the current law while the Anti-Saloon League reports a Detroit board meeting on a reviewing report. Wet supporters push for higher funding to prove the statute unenforceable as Congress considers treasury and post office appropriations with a prohibition unit.
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The
Anti- Saloon League
Detroit
Treasury-Post Office Department
Negro Cadet and 64 Others Discharged From West Point
West Point New Mexico January 14 64 cadets were discharged including Alonzo Parham a negro from Chicago The action involved a broader group of cadets with termination of their enrollment in the academy reflecting a mass discharge at that time
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West Point
N. M
Alonzo Parham
Chicago
Political dispute over academy appointment tactics
Washington on January 14 a representative said he would appoint another Black to the academy if Parham was dropped for failing his midterm exams. The remark ties to ongoing party dynamics and race driven discourse within the Republican side.
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Frome
Maine
Falar
Washington
DePristi
Uline
Wen Polat
Parham
Spinal meningitis closes schools in Arizona and Missouri
In Safford and Solomonville Arizona schools and theatres shut after reports of 25 meningitis cases in the week ending January 11. Dudley Williams 18 died in Gafford, raising last three weeks’ Graham County fatalities to five. In Butler Missouri public schools and churches closed for a week and picture theaters banned following two deaths: Richard McNay 11 and other cases.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Safford
Solomonville
Arizona
Gafford
Dudley Williams
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