Larger Supply Not Enough To Offset Slump
Chicago reports show farm commodity prices in early 1938 are 13 to 50 percent lower than a year ago and 29 to 57 percent below recovery highs. Despite larger harvest supplies, prices fail to offset the business slump, with government statisticians forecasting lower farm income than the 1937 peak. Winter wheat harvest expected to yield the biggest crop in seven years, though wheat prices are 38 percent below last year and 42 percent under the recovery peak.
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Chicago
Southwest
Easter Cruise Hearts and Hidden Jealousy
Joyce Milner, the heroine, on an Easter cruise, confronts Dick Hamilton who returns at dawn singing of Isobel Porter. Joyce chooses to eat with others, downplays tension, and observes Dick with Isobel as Miss Porter seeks a mate, while Mr. Gregory’s breakfast table reveals quiet tension and unspoken feelings.
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Joyce Millner
Dick Hamilton
Isobel Porter
Joyce
Isobel
Mr. Gregory
Havana
Amile
la Playa
Country Club
New York
Central Park
Cruise Romance Deepens Aboard the Empress
Joyce and Isobel share a cruise day of flirtation and tension with Mr. Gregory aboard the Empress. Dick contrasts with Gregory as Isobel and Dick announce their engagement on shore while Joyce faces mixed feelings and memories of a former romance.
Lint Lodgers Ball Sponsored at NC State College
The first annual Lint Lodgers Ball will be held in Frank Thompson gym Friday night April 22 at North Carolina State College Raleigh. Textile School sponsors shown with escorts include Miss Womble with Jordan Dulin and Miss Nance with T M Tyner plus Miss Hunt with Brown Crosland and others from Raleigh Goldsboro Shelby Charlotte Greensboro Mooresville.
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College Station
Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Frank Thompson
Jane Womble
Jordan Dulin
Charlotte
Florence Nance
T. M. Tyner
Shelby
Emilie Hunt
Brown Crosland
Ann Elizabeth Coward
Goldsboro
Walter Fanning
Elizabeth McSwain
George Hanna
Mooresville
Eloise Seltz
Donald Hamilton
Mises Elizabeth Mendenhall
Greensboro
Jack Younts
McKenney on Bridge Notes A Strange Three Notrump Doubt
In a duplicate bridge column a North player doubts three no trump after both sides hold even suits. He opts to play the heart game, executes ruffs and cashes, and still makes eight tricks. The lesson remains that three notrump often was the natural contract.
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North
East
Bridge problem solution in next issue
South opened with a spade and North raised to four spades after a two clubs response and West doubled. With South passing, West must choose among pass double or bid again. the best result is determined by the given hand and signaling. The deal shows AQ9532 None 496 &KQIBTSA Dealer Qi AQJ6 A107 A1053 with duplicate-N. S. vul 109853 Qt 32 K 1086 K74 KJ.
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South
North
West
Reed sues Bauman for 150000 over alleged theft of wife
Phenix New York March 17 Reed files suit against Bauman seeking 150000 damages after Mrs Reed, recently divorced from Peter F Reed, is accused of losing affections. Simultaneously a Columbia University student poll shows seniors foresee a five year average salary of 3900 dollars.
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Phenix
Arix
New York
Columbia University
B C Floyd Dies at Home in Trinity Route 2
B C Floyd 86 retired farmer of Trinity route two died Monday night after a long illness. Funeral services at Hopewell church 38:30 Wednesday led by Rev H C Aabirinen and Rev Edw H Sults. Survived by two sons E C Floyd T A C Floyd. four daughters Mrs Joe Vickory Mrs Vester Quate Mrs R L English and Mrs A E L Hayworth.
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B. C. Floyd
Trinity
Route Two
Hopewell Church
H. C. Aabirinen
Edw. H. Sults
High Point
Mount Zion M. P. Church
Joe Vickory
Pleasant Garden
Vester Quate
Greensboro
R. L. English
A. E. L. Hayworth
Angler Catches Chicken on Line in Nebraska
West Point, Nebraska resident Jim Neary went fishing but landed a chicken instead of a fish. He tossed his gear over a fence, regretted it, and watched a laying hen swallow hook bait and sinker. Neary shrugged, saying he preferred chicken to fish.
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West Points
Neb
Jim Neary
Neary
Martha Raye's Mother and Manager Secretly Wed
Martha Raye's mother and her business manager Maybelle Hooper Reed known as Mrs Peter Bauman disclosed they wed a month ago in Hollywood. The couple confirmed their marriage and happiness after two suits over lost love earlier.
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Martha Raye
Hollywood
Mra Peter Bauman
Maybelle Hooper Reed
Reading organic distress signals signals and diagnosis
An advertisement explains that every organ shows distress signs guiding diagnosis and that doctors rely on years of study and experience while medical advice may be hit or miss. It then suggests letting a physician read distress signals and a druggist fill the doctor’s prescription at Cut Rate Drug.
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Webber
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Boyer
A&p Bread
Waldorf
S. Main ST
White House
Campbell’s
Main ST
GREAT
A. &P. Tra CO
Lint Dodgers
Cane Womble
Florenee Nance
Emile Avant
Annu4y
Ann Elizabeth Conan
Dodgers
Mildred Neswain
Elose Sel TR
Zabeth Mendenhala
McKenney
Declarer
William EB. McKenney
American Contract Bridge League
D. A. Dowdy
Spemionea
Efird
Marshall Field
Foint
LUX
Mann's
Alkaselter
Peruna
Zic
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