President Roosevelt Tracks Pacific Strikes Aboard Ships
President Roosevelt maintains close contact with national affairs as San Francisco strike and Pacific coast maritime disputes unfold. He receives wireless updates on settlement efforts while the Houston and New Orleans cruise toward Hawaii at 18 knots, expected to reach Napooopo to view the island’s western side.
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U. S. S. Houston
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Great Circle
Hawaii
Houston
New Orleans
Napoopoo
Island of
Hilo
Honolulu
Clipperton Island
Frankin
Portland
Wagner
Julius L. Meier
Oregon
General Strike Committee
Labor Temple
John A. O'Connell
Central Labor Council
Harry Bridges
Thomas G. Plant
Minneapolis
Francis J. Haas
Washington
Mr. Haas
Milwaukee Electric
E. H. Dunnigan
Haas
NRA Labor Board
Floyd B. Olson
Weather proves mixed for cotton belt progress
Washington reports July weather across the cotton belt with generally warm days and variable rainfall. Central and eastern regions show favorable conditions for cotton growth while the western belt suffers drought and poor advancement. Texas sees slow, small plants and deterioration from dryness, with some open cotton damaged along the south coast. Oklahoma shows slow growth but overall fair to fairly good condition. northern and western Arkansas report dryness and complaints about progress.
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Washington
Cotton Belt
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
Texas
Oklahoma
Farry
Arkansas
Negro Woman Convicted Again After Prison Term
Dinah Floyd, a Black woman just back from the state peniten tiary for robbing a Baptist preacher of 500 dollars, was arrested and convicted yesterday afternoon for snatching a pocketbook from R. O. Whittle of Blakely Georgia on Range street. Police say she grabbed the wallet from his hip pocket, took a 20 dollar bill, tossed the wallet aside, and fled to her home. She received a fine of 50 dollars and costs.
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State Penitentiary
Dinah Floyd
R. O. Whittle
Blakely
Whittle
Range Street
Corn and Rye Prices Hit New Season Highs
Chicago July 18 AP reports corn and rye climbed to fresh season highs before profit-taking trimmed gains. Across regions, progress varied with northern Louisiana showing bloom and central states fair to very good. Atlantic area ranged from fair to excellent though plantings were small in some sections.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Atlantic
Gossip and resolve amid a strike and rural grain hopes
The piece follows a weary citizen amid strike gossip as he plans patient behavior and smiles at service workers while households react. It notes crop markets with cautious buyers as unofficial 1934 prairie wheat estimates range from 228 million to over 350 million bushels.
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Canadian
Prairie Provinces
As Lew
Price of cotton continues to rise on Dothan market
Cotton prices advanced again today with strict middling up four points to 13.05 cents per pound on the Dothan market. Middling quoted at 12.80 and low middling at 12.49. It marks the second day since 1930 that staples have traded above 13 cents, after yesterday closed at 13.01. Futures on New Orleans and New York markets opened about seven points over yesterday's close, then slid and recovered near the close.
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Dothan
New Orleans
New York
Market Prices From T. W. Palmer Report
New York and New Orleans price table shows opening highs lows and closes for futures for January through December contracts. Notable values include Jan 1347 1350 1338 1340 1337 and Dec 1343 1348 1334 1339 1334 across exchanges.
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T. W. Palmer
New York
P.C
New Orleans
Historic 1930s Stock List Fragment Reflects Industry Names
A damaged OCR fragment lists numerous major companies and stock prices, naming firms like AT and T American Cam Auburn Motors Bendix Ford General Motors General Electric Goodyear Hudson Motors International Harvester Johns Manville Kennecott Lorillard Montgomery Ward New York Central JC Penney Phillips Petroleum Packard Radio Corp Reynolds Tobacco Sears Roebuck Southern Railway Texas Corp US Steel United Fruit United Aircraft Westinghouse Woolworth Western Union among others with scattered price estimates, creating a snapshot of market activity.
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AT and T
Auburn Motors Bando
Ryde Sans
Bethlehem Steel
Acer
Bendix
Commonwealth
Chrysler
Esac Eeee
Curtis Wright
Dupont
Cee Wee Wee
Filectric Land P
Ford of
England
General Motors
General Foods
General Electric
Goodyear Ont Wee Cog Oddad
Fyef Ae
Hudson Motors Ack Sas International Harvester
Industrial Rayon
Johns Manville
Kenecott Corp
Ao Samat
Lorillard
Oa Odyd-Deg
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
JC Penney
Phillips Pece
Packard
Ttadio Corp
Reynolds ‘Tobacco
Wwe
Keith Orph
Sears Roebuck
Southern Railway
Texas Corp
Texas Alf
Ee Keae
US Steel
United Fruit
Senses
United Aircraft
Westinghorse
Woolworth
Western Union
Butter and egg market report from Chicago
CHICAGO BUTTER CHICAGO July 18 A P Butter 12 160 easy creamery spatials 93 score 23 3 4 to 24 1 4 caas 92 23 1 4 extra firsts 90 91 22 1 4 to 1 2 firsts 88 to 89 21 to 21 1 4 seconds 86 to 87 20 standards 90 centralized carrots 23 1 2 Butter states standards 4 cars 23 1 4 3 cars 23 1 2 Eggs 10 539 steady prices unchanged No egg sales
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Chicago
Caas
Savannah Naval Stores Turpentine and Rosin Quotations
Turpentine firm 43 reports sales 388 receipts 673 shipments 110 stock 11 746 while Rosin firm 881 records sales 1 903 receipts 1 859 stock 100 694 with quotations B D and E 4.15 F G HI and K 4 30 M 4.40 N and WG 4 45 WW and X 4 65.
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Savannah
Witness Testimony in Slaying Case Ends with Knight on Trial
Allen Mc Arthur night watchman at Southeastern Compress testified he saw the girl talking to Knight and Knight pace his car. He heard a shot after the girl ran up the street and Knight followed. Knight did not testify as his wife sat nearby.
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Allen McArthur
Southeastern Compress
Knight
Stocks Move Up In Light Trading
New York July 18 AP Stocks rose modestly in light trading as Pacific coast strike news eased. Phillips Morris hit a new year's high up one point, with Chrysler Colombiam Carbon American Can Du Pont Case Johns-Manville Western McKesson American Sugar refining Santa Fe N Y Central U S Smelting and Bethlehem Steel also up. Packard fell to a new 1684 low and United Aircraft edged higher.
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New York
Phillip Morris
Chrysler
Columbian Carbon
American Can
du Pont
Case
Johns-Manville
Western
McKesson
American Sugar Refining
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
U. S. Smelting
Bethlehem Steel
Packard
United Aircraft
Fort Macon restoration by CCC workers reported
CCC workers are restoring Fort Macon, the Civil War era Confederate stronghold guarding the harbor of Morehead City, North Carolina. The project aims to preserve the historic fort and its role in maritime defense.
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CCC
Fort Macon
Morehead City
N. C
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National Guard
North Foster Street
Dothan, Alabama
Penney’s
Supple
California
Bemberg
Wizard, Jr
Rayon Taffeta Sli
Rey
Penney’'s
Butte
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Huck Guest
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