Webb Graduation Exercises Start Friday at Webb Consolidated
Webb consolidated school held graduation events starting May 19 with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W. B. Atkinson of Ashford. Elementary graduates receive certificates May 24 at 2 pm. Solomon Baxter of Houston County school system will address the class. Junior high diplomas May 24 with Dr. D. M. Hicks delivering the baccalaureate. Valedictorian Edward Wade. salutatorian Otis Buie. Names of junior high and elementary graduates listed.
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Edward Wade
Otis Buie
Clyde Knowles
Clifton Hughes
Ben Whitten
Dola Belle Forrester
Ezell Webb
Arthur Paulk
Sara Southerland
Verlis Reneau
Rex Brinks
Mayme Lou White
Freddie May Armstrong
Otis May
Willie D. Montgomery
Esther Raybon
Rally of NRA friends in Richberg row Washington May 22
A business gathering in Constitution Hall supported extending NRA for two years while Richberg urged Congress to grant the President power to impose limited codes on resistant industries. Senate plans to extend NRA life only to next April face opposition. The meeting, led by the Industry and Business Committee for NRA extension, aimed to persuade lawmakers without partisan goals.
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Industry and Business Committee
Constitution Hall
United States imports of Swiss watches rise over year
News briefs note Swiss watch imports to the United States increased more than 70 percent in the last year after a period of decline. Other items mention Kansas paving and bridge work since 1917, a desk heirloom in Virginia, Chinese cinema in China, a Kentucky farmer winning a small-claims case, and rising per capita fruit consumption in England.
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United States
West Texas
Kansas
Patrick Henry
Richard Brice Carrington
Forest Hill
China
M. G. Rogers
Hopkinsville
Ccase
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Humber
H. J. Merrill
Wichita
England
Honor Last Woman on Platform at Gettysburg
Mrs America Viola Shoop of Sayre Pennsylvania is the last living woman who sat on the speaker’s platform when Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. She appears as an honored guest at Gettysburg Memorial Day exercises and recalls her experiences from that day nearly 72 years ago, as depicted in the Fletcher G. Ran 50m of Chicago painting.
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Sayre
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Fletcher G. Ran
Chicago
Eskimo Babies Suffer Now From Flu Epidemic
In Point Barrow Alaska a flu outbreak has hit Eskimo communities hard with more than 361 cases and at least 14 deaths including infants at the local hospital. Dr Henry Greist and a small team have rushed aid as cold, isolation, and scarce fuel complicate care in the northern outpost.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Henry Ww. Greist
Eiskima
Greist
Point Ranow
Ler
Ann Bannan
Flore
Ich
Augusta Muel
Dalen
Miss Parkin
Henry W. Greistein
Parkay
Attanik
Weather and Crop Report for Washington May 22
Weather across the cotton belt ranged from favorable in the eastern portion to unfavorable in the Mississippi valley westward due to cool temperatures and heavy rains. Texas sees slow growth and replanting needs, Oklahoma reports late seeding, central states face wet conditions, Alabama drier and warmer, Georgia strong growth, and northern areas report temperatures too low with crop loss in extreme northeast portions and rain interrupting field work in North Carolina.
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Mississippi Valley
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Cotton letters spark large liquidation in New York
In New York May 22 reports said government buying eased and new crop loans may shift to a percentage basis, triggering heavy liquidation totaling about 20 000 bales and price drops of about 20 points. July contracts bought by Japanese interests aided a rally, with October near 66, and spot buyers purchasing about 5 000 October for the Japanese. A weekly weather outlook warned of unfavorable central and western conditions, but Texas rains this month raise expectations of a large yield.
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Dothan Spots Market Classifications
The report lists grain classifications with middling and strict middling categories showing slight variations. Dothan spots reflect middling and strict middling quality levels in the market readings.
Market data snapshot from New York and New Orleans
A historical crop and commodity table lists open high low and close figures for New York and New Orleans grain prices across months January through December, including bid and ask style values. It also shows hog market terms and grading categories, with misread and garbled words in the second block.
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President warns on deficits and minority pressure
The President defends large deficits to fund work relief while warning against yielding to groups demanding special treatment. He stresses US credit remains safe but could be jeopardized by such policies and warns of a rush to universal pension legislation if 1945 certificates are paid in full. He frames defense of a people’s government against minority political coercion.
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Colonial Government Records From 1650 in Virginia Archives
Archives in Richmond Virginia hold official colonial government documents dating back to 1650. The collection preserves early governance records and administrative materials from Virginia's colonial era.
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Richmond
Chicago hog market report shows varied pork prices
Chicago May 22 hogs totaled 10,009 with slow steady to 4 up from yesterday. Results span 190-280 lb hogs at 9.90 to 10.00, tops at 19.05 for 299-320 lb hogs, 9.75-9.90 for 299-320 lb, 140-190 lb at 9.35-9.94, pigs 9.25 down, medium 200-250 lb at 9.85-10.05, heavy 250-350 lb at 9.65-10.00.
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USDA
Liverpool Cotton Market Seen Moderate Activity In May
Liverpool May 22 AP cotton bases total 9 100 with 1 300 American. spot in good demand, but business moderate. Prices up four points with American strict low middling 7 58 good middling 7 28 strict middling 7 13 middling 6 95 strict low middling 6 88 middling 6 63 strict food ordinary 8 43 gang ordinary 6 13. Futures barely steady with May 6 81 and Oct Dec futures quoted.
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Liverpool
Turpentine and Rosin Market Report from Savannah
NAVAL STORES Savannah May 22 AP Turpentine firm 47 1 4 sales 287 receipts 365 shipments 99 stock 26087 Rosin firm sales 1432 receipts 1283 shipments 296 stock 117465 Quote B 340 D 3.80 E 4.00 4.05 F 4.32 1 2 to 35 G 4.25 1 2 H 4.52 1 2 to 55 I 4.55 K 4.55 to 4.57 1 2 M 4.60 N 4.95 to 5.00 WG 5.30 to 5.35 ww x 6.25 to 6.30
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Savannah
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim
An old medical ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a cure for digestive woes and bile flow. It claims liver blockage causes foul breath, bloating, and poor digestion and urges readers to use the product for bile to flow freely. The copy emphasizes vegetable extracts and lists a price and packaging details.
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