Tobacco prices show slight rise in bright leaf belt markets
Raleigh reports slight uptrend as Wilson sells 936,266 pounds at 10.82 per hundredweight and anticipates about 1.0 million pounds on the floors at an estimated 11.00. Tarboro and Rocky Mount buyers push demand with expected averages around 11 and 1.50 to 11 respectively, while Greenville and Goldsboro show lighter activity and steady averages.
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Raleigh
Wilson
Tarboro
Rocky Mount
Yesteray’s
Greenville
Goldsboro
Washington
Kinston
NRA Aids 196 Elizabeth City Workers In August
The NRA provided employment to 196 residents in Elizabeth City during August and boosted payrolls by 817,725.88 dollars. About seventy percent of the town’s businesses, with a population around 10,000, operate under NRA codes.
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Elizabeth City
NRA
Tobacco farmers push 20 cents price goal in state wide protest
About 2,000 eastern North Carolina growers crowded a Raleigh meeting to demand 20 cents per pound for the 1933 tobacco crop. They urged Governor Ehringhaus to close all warehouses until prices rise and called for federal action to raise prices, including processing taxes or licensing. Delegates were named to press the Washington demand.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
J. Y. Joyner
la Grance
Dr. Joyner
Washington
Ira C. Blackwood
South Carolina
Josiah W. Batley
Frank L. Hancock
J. Bayard Clark
Bailey
Roosevelt
NRA
A. M. Johnson
Johnston County
J. ¥. Joyner
la Grange
Turmoil Hits Eastern Turkestan as 150 Die in Clash
Authorities report 150 killed in heavy fighting between Tungans and Kirghiz tribes in eastern Turkestan near Simla India. Casualty toll announced amid ongoing clashes and instability in the region.
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Simla
India
Turkestan
Knox, father of Chicago Daily News publisher, dies in Grand Haven
William E. Knox, father of Col. Frank Knox publisher of The Chicago Daily News, died last night in Grand Haven Michigan. John Cudahy the new American ambassador to Poland arrived in Gdynia en route to Warsaw.
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Grand Haven
Mich
William E. Knox
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Gdynia
Poland
John Cudahy
Warsaw
Roosevelt boards Astor yacht for weekend cruise to capital
In Poughkeepsie New York President Franklin D Roosevelt departed at 12 15 p m from the docks aboard Vincent Astor s yacht for a week end cruise to the capital The move follows Roosevelt s plan to travel by sea to reach Washington D C for weekend engagements with officials and events during a notable presidential outing.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Prediction of Lower Cotton Crop in Memphis Area
The Commercial Appeal forecasts the cotton crop for the Memphis region will decline by 10 to 20 percent due to boll weevil infestations. The prediction is based on scattered reports from county agents planters and major cotton companies.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gas Prices Rise In New York as Rates Increase
New York August 31 The Standard Oil Company of New York will raise service section and tank wagon prices by one half cent per gallon effective tomorrow. The move follows a similar margin increase and affects gasoline and related fuels. Local distributors and motorists should expect higher pump prices as the new rates take effect.
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New York
Welles to Receive Cuban National Merit Cross
Ambassador Orson Welles will be decorated with the great cross of the national order of merit of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Cuba's highest honor, announced by President Despedes.
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Welles
Avana
Finner Welles
United States
Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Deo Despedes
Army modernization funds held up pending Geneva talks
Secretary Dern said the Army's plan to spend about 870 to 880 million dollars to modernize ground and air fighting equipment is paused to observe outcomes of the Geneva arms conference.
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Washington
Dern
Ford products barred as NRA stance prompts state delay
Emmett Hunt, Tennessee state purchasing agent, says no Ford purchases until Henry Ford joins the NRA. Bids on future buys will be limited to NRA dealers, reflecting Ford's current stance and Hunt's assertion that the Ford situation has drawn strong attention.
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Banford Products
Nashville
Tenn
Emmett Hunt
Ford
Henry Ford
NRA
Hunt
Doctor F M Register Named Caswell Training Site Head
Dr F M Register longtime Wayne county public health director has been chosen superintendent of the Caswell Training Site at Kinston and will assume duties tomorrow.
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Goldsboro
F. M. Register
Wayne County
Caswell
Kinston
Homorrow
Roosevelt Jr Returns From European Vacation Aboard Manhattan
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. sailed home from a six week European vacation aboard the Manhattan after saying he had a wonderful time.
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Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Europe
Manhattan
Lindberghs Honored In Private Audience At Amalienborg
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh were received in private audience by King Christian and Queen Alexandrine at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen. The meeting occurred as part of Lindberghs European goodwill tour with emphasis on aviation progress and international friendship.
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Lindbergh
Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles A. Lindbergh
Christian
Alexandrine
Amatienborg Castle
Yount Quits Post in Catawba County Superior Court
Russell M. Yount, clerk of Catawba county superior court for the past seven years, resigns announced by Judge Wilson Iick of Hickory. No reason given for the departure.
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Yount
Hickory
Russell M. Yount
Catawba County
Wilson Lick
Pearl Necklace Recovered In Winston-Salem Robbery Case
A jewelry theft from Mrs. John W. Hanes in May last year yielded a $15,000 pearl necklace and other pieces. Police tie the haul to J. T. Burns, alias Frank Cassidy, held on $18,000 bond with six accomplices, including his wife Myrtle Burns. The gang’s loot was found in a house serving as their robbery headquarters.
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Winston-Salem
John W. Hanes
J. T. Burns
Burns
New York
Canada
Frank Cassidy
Superior
Myrtle Burns
W. G. Myers
Jack
Irvin Myers
Tomie
Charlotte
Syracuse
N. Y
New York State
Lake Okeechobee Residents Urged to Seek Shelter
Fred C. Elliot of the state internal improvement board urged people in the Lake Okeechobee area to move to substantial structures as a storm in the Bahamas region could pose danger. The advisory stresses not securely housed individuals should find temporary shelter in sturdy buildings.
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Tallahassee
Fra
Aus
Fred C. Elliot
State Internal Improvement Board
Lake Okeechobee
Bahamas
Boy Scouts Rescued After 2 Day On Mountain Ledge
Three scouts Robert Glenn Tyler Grey and William La Due spent two days on a 40 foot ledge on Wallface Mountain near Plattsburgh New York before rescue. A 225 foot rope and air support guided them to safety as they suffered hunger exposure and freezing winds. Pilot Fred McLane of Lake Placid located them after Robert La Due sped for help. They described a two foot wide sloping ledge and a broken rock that left them stranded briefly before rescue.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Wallface Mountain
Robert Glenn
Tyler Grey
William la Due
Plattaburgh
Parrow
la Due
Fred McLane
Lake Placid
Robert la Due
William
North Carolina River Project In New Public Works Plan
Washington reports the public works administration has assigned 70 million dollars to the war department for riv ers and harbors work across 90 projects nationwide. The plan includes Cape Fear River dredging and bridge work from North Carolina to South Carolina, with multiple intracoastal and Great Lakes connections. The program aims to provide 40 000 man years of employment.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
War Department
Ocean Inlet
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian Islands
Puerto Rico
Army Chief of Engineers
Cape Fear River
N. C
Winyah Bay
St. Johns River
Charleston
Accomplishments of NRA During August
August NRA activities include approval of 18 permanent codes and about 25 hearings on code changes. Hugh S. Johnson cites 2,000,000 workers rehired under codes, with 10,000,000 under NRA code systems. July and August saw codes for textiles, clothing, metal, and other industries with September dates for auto, hosiery, and oil orders.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
NHA
Sleeping sickness toll in St. Louis rises with health complications
A post mortem study by St. Louis University scientists, released to Surgeon General Cumming, shows 80 percent of sleeping sickness fatalities involved preexisting conditions. Hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure are common complications. Over the latest day two deaths were reported and 42 new encephalitis cases diagnosed.
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Louis
St. Louis University
Hugh S. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Associated Press
Washington
Cumming
Mass Meeting Postponed After Death of Brother of IWA Leader
The mass meeting scheduled for tonight by the Industrial Workers Association is postponed due to the death of a brother of D. Bradley, president of the organization, announced this afternoon.
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Industrial Workers Association
D. ¥. Bradley
Indian's Mohawk attempts rescue buck from Watkins Glen ledge
A Mohawk chief in tribal dress tried to free a seven point buck trapped for six days on a rocky ledge in Watkins Glen gorge. A rope lowered him 50 feet to the ledge but he could not reach the frightened deer. Park officials halted the attempt and consulted the conservation department. Workers camouflaged a bridge and laid salt to lure the animal toward escape. The rescue effort paused until permission to proceed was granted.
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Watkins Glen
WN. Y
Watkins Glen State Park
So-Lat-Donawee
Game
William Back
Conservation Department
Drive to Open Factories to Unemployed in September
NRA head Hugh Johnson reports August gains in employment and launches new drive to widen factory, mine, and store doors to the jobless in September. Efforts focus on permanent coal and retail codes and bringing Ford plants under the automobile code as Green cites 2,000,000 idle already in work since March. Ford must sign by September 6 to retain Blue Eagle status.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Blue Eagle
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
NRA
Labor
William Green
Americ Federation of Labor
Green
Boston
Ford
Detroit
Ex Soldier Offers Life For Fight On Sleeping Sickness
Herbert Brown a 27 year old ex soldier in Baton Rouge offers himself as an experimental subject in the battle against sleeping sickness He says he is tuberculosis victim unable to work and wants to do something useful before he dies He asks St Louis doctors to be informed of his offer.
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Baton Rouge
Herbert Brown
Brown
St. Louis
Hitlerism Denounced By Former American Official
Former American envoy James W. Gerard arrived in New York aboard the Conte Di Savoia and urged U S recognition of Russia. He defined Hitlerism as a crusade against intelligence and warned of three possible paths to power including monarchy civil war or general war.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Europe
Conte di Savoia
Russia
United States
Vote Day Laws Void Improbable But Possible in Ten Weeks
Washington ae 31 A three to one repeal majority signals potential void of the Eighteenth Amendment within ten weeks as 24 states have favored repeal. Vermont and Maine prep for early September votes. more states may join before November. If 12 of 15 states vote before November 8, repeal could abolish prohibition by December 5 or 6.
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Washington
New England
Vermont
Maine
Nevada
Wyoming
Unnamed Hero Praised Amid Huey P. Long Punch Tale
In New York on August 31 the saga of who punched Huey P. Long continues with prominent figures denying involvement. Alford J. Williams, Clarence Chamberlin, Police Chief Steve Webber, Robert B. Thomas, and Kenneth M. Murchison all level denials, insisting they were not the culprit though some acknowledge the mystery arouses curiosity and commentary in rival papers.
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New York
Huey P. Long
Kingfish
Sands Point
Alford J. Williams
Navy
Fordham
The
Daily News
Sueker
Clarence Chamberlin
Steve Webber
Port Washington
Long Island
Robert
Thomas
Park Avenue
New York Herald-Tribune
Kenneth M. Murchison
New York Times
Corn eating contests and women voters praised in Beverly
A garbled note from Beverly California jokes about corn eating contests as a fad after women gain the vote. It mentions Secretary Wallace promoting corn contests and compares them to bridge while making light remarks about politics and party actions.
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Beverly wiLia
Calif
Wallace
Tone Joe
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Kansas City
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