Washington in a calmer summer mood amid recalls and reassignments
Washington today shows a calmer summer scene as many Congress members and staff are gone, offices run with lighter crowds, and officials like Secretary Ickes, Wallace, and Hull cling to routine amid a slowed pace. Departments report steady work, with relief and drought efforts continuing.
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Schedule of farm meetings announced
A series of meetings to discuss winter cover crops and the Bankhead cotton bill was announced by C. M. Ling farm agent. Meetings are at Big Creek Cottonwood Gordon Ardilla and Dothan courthouse at 8 p m. Lowery will discuss cover crops and the Bankhead bill. Ling or White will explain its workings. Also notes a January 1922 snow record in Washington DC.
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New radio station name sparks porch listening woes
A reader jokes about the local radio scene and music clashes in the home, noting noisy neighbors on porches and a gadget that would mute talking during songs. He jokes about honoring a gadget creator with a humane reward and even quips about anti soprano crusade.
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Chicago Butter Prices and Egg Market Report
Chicago July 23 AP Butter firm at 12 010 with specific grade ranges and prices for extras firsts seconds and standards. Egg market shows 7 996 firm with extra firsts fresh graded firsts current receipts and storage packed firsts at varied cent prices and a note of egg sales two cars storage packed firsts.
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America Needs No Dictator Says Black At Legion Meet
Senator Hugo Black told Alabama American Legion delegates that America needs no dictator and urged unity under the constitution and laws. He defended service men against graft charges, citing the Legion constitution preamble and focusing on social betterment. He warned of dangers facing the country and highlighted shortages and starvation as threats to national resolve.
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Baker Board Report On Aviation Scored By General Mitchell
Brigadier General William Mitchell, retired, denounced the Baker board report on aviation as just another whitewash. He called the document puerile and disgraceful, criticizing its opposition to a separate air force and its stance on unifying army and navy sky fighters. The report urged expanding the army air force to 2,300 planes for strong defense.
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Legion Convention Draws Thousands with Air Show Features
Officials estimated more than 7,000 ex service men already in town for the meetings and expect over 7,000 more before the convention closes on Wednesday. Today's program includes a carnival at the municipal airport with famed flyers Col Roscoe Turner Jimmy Mattern and Major Jimmy Doolittle. Memorial services for World War dead opened the convention, with Col Bibb Graves urging Legion members to keep on for the men who died in France.
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Martial law amid strike pressure and stalled talks
Outbreak prompts armed guard deployment as union truck drivers face a Communist taint claim. Mediators Haas and Dunnigan report progress with strikers but no agreement from employers. Strikers push for higher wages and recognition while pamphlets are sold to fund the cause. Laundry and dry cleaners union backs a sympathy strike starting Tuesday at 7 a.m.
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Inaccuracies Cause Farmers to Suffer Minor Crop Losses
Inaccuracies in measuring cotton acreage today caused small losses to Houston county farmers in the 1934 cotton reduction program. A check-up showed some farmers had more acreage than allowed and must plow under the excess, while others planted less cotton than permitted.
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Seven Alabama inmates granted parole and one pardon issued
Montgomery July 4 AP seven prisoners in the state penitentiaries were granted parole on good behavior by Governor B M Miller. A full pardon restoring civil rights was issued for a man convicted in federal court of violating national prohibition laws. None were from the Southeast.
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Two Indicted in Bond Forgery Case in Nashville
An indictment returned by the county grand jury accuses two men of forging and transferring 136000 dollars in bonds from Dyer and Henderson counties. Olin O alias Jack Wellborn alias J O Williams is jailed in Chicago. the other defendant is at large. The scheme allegedly involved 116 forged Dyer County bonds and 20 Henderson County bonds, with a second count for possession of forged bonds. Emeline Pigott’s remains are buried in Morehead City, North Carolina.
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Blue Licks Battlefield State Park in Kentucky
A historic site in Robertson County Kentucky the Blue Licks battlefield scene of the last engagement in the Revolutionary War has been converted into a state park. Classified ads bring results.
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