Cotton crop forecast shows 77,000 bales rise in 1933
The December report from the Agriculture Department pegs 1933 cotton production at 13,177,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up 77,000 from November 1 estimates. Yield averages 209.40 pounds per acre, highest since 1914 except 1931, with 30,144,000 acres to harvest and cultivated area up 12 percent from 1932. Running bales are likely about 400,000 fewer than the 600 pound bale figure due to weight differences.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Crop Reporting Board
Federal relief agency purchases 6050 hogs in markets
The federal surplus relief corporation announced it is buying 6,050 hogs across markets today. President Harry L. Hopkins said it has purchased 14,060 head in recent days and will continue purchases as long as relief needs persist.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Harry L. Hopkins
North Carolina Job Service Sees 112111 Unemployed Registered
Capus M Waynick reports 112,711 unemployed registered in 100 offices up to last Saturday and forecasts 150,000 by tomorrow night. Office network placed 5,121 people last week, totaling 19,127 since program began.
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Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
North Carolina Prohibition Plans In Secret Session
The executive committee of the United Dry forces of North Carolina held a secret session with Dale Burgess, campaign director for the November 7 election on the 21st amendment. Plans for future prohibition campaigns in the state were understood to be developing.
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Raleigh
The
United Dty Forces of
North Carolina
Dale K. Burgess
NBA Hearing Delays Price Increase Proposals
The NBA postponed a hearing on proposed price increases from December 17 to January 9 citing lack of properly authenticated evidence of warranted increases. The move suspends action while officials review filings and arguments.
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NBA
Dark tobacco markets to close amid price complaints
Governor Pollard met with tobacco traders in Richmond to halt all dark tobacco markets effective immediately until further notice. Delegation praised the move as a remedy to low prices and supported a future drive to reduce grower costs and adjust plans for the next year.
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Dark Marts
Richmond
Pollard
Thevernor
LeVey Named President of Southern Association of Colleges
Nashville AP reports Frank LeVey president of the University of Kentucky elected to lead the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities for the coming year, succeeding W R New Duke University president.
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Mevey
FEW Nashville
Tenn
Frank LeVey
University Ofentucky
Southern Nation of Colleges and Undary Schools
Duke University
Goodman Leads Biltmore Open After 18 Holes
Johnny Goodman, Omaha amateur and holder of the American open crown, shot a 35 36 for a 71 to lead the early finishers in the $18,000 Biltmore Open at Coral Gables. Strong field includes professionals and notable amateurs vying for daytime advantage.
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Goodman
Baltimore
Coral Gables
Fla
Johnny Goodn
Omaha
Der
Havana Braces as Soldiers Patrol City Amid Political Turmoil
Heavy detachments of soldiers move into midtown Havana as President Ramon Gray San Martin and other leaders endure a sleepless night. Talks unfold between Grau regime figures and opposition groups while stores close and tensions rise over a 50 percent Cuban‑native labor rule and a Cuban electric company dispute.
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Havana
Ramon Gray San Martin
Grau
Antonio Guiteras
Interior and War
Fernandez de Medina
Roosevelt and conferences stir old party lines
In Beverly Hills a reader jokes about Roosevelt speaking to a partisan crowd on stabilization and gold standard while predicting another conference. The note mocks the press and hints at a whisper of conspiracy around theW U S and the conference’s “goat.”
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Mr. Roosevelt
WU. S
Oversubscription of Treasury Notes Pleases Officials
Washington reports strong oversubscription to the year 2 percent Treasury note issue. Gold prices rose for the seventh straight day to 34.01 an ounce as RFC cautions foreign gold purchases are not enough. White House announced the oversubscription and Treasury closed books at 4:30 p.m. with officials noting the issue’s significance amid debt financing concerns.
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Washington
Treasury
RFC
Presit Roosevelt
Yestery
Jones
O. M. W. Sprague
White House
Claims Politics In CWA Project Reported In Raleigh
Captain Tom C. Daniel state commander of the American Legion says complaints arrive from across North Carolina that politics and discrimination affect civil works job allotments. He cites auditors denied work despite training while untrained relatives of politicians get posts, and relief recipients still drawing civil works funds. He plans meetings in Asheville and a hospital inspection at Oteen.
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Raleigh
Tom C. Daniel
New Bern
American Legion
Daniel
Akron Lawyer Shank Sentenced To Die In Arkansas
Mark H. Shank of Akron Ohio was sentenced to die in the electric chair on February 2 1934 for one of four poison murders he was accused of committing. He remained in the death house at Tucker Prison Farm Benton Arkansas.
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Benton
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Tucker Prison Farm
Lindberghs Reach Para Brazil On Natal Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at Para Brazil after a seven hour flight from Natal covering 1094 miles. They still faced 3378 miles to Miami and may have repairs done before continuing home for Christmas.
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Para
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Natal
Lindberghs
Miami
Fila
Airways
Col. Lindbergh
United States
Rio DE Janeiro
Amazon
South America
Public Works Allocates $41.6 Million for 63 Projects
The Public Works Administration announced 41 588 269 dollars for 63 non federal projects across 21 states. Included is an 33 948 000 dollar loan and grant to the Chicago sanitary district.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Chicago
Furniture Code Is Signed But Major Changes Are Effected
President Roosevelt approved seven new industrial codes including a furniture code effective December 11 and amended the draft to remove a factory installation ban. The code sets a 40 hour week with 45 hours peak, time and a half beyond 8 hours daily, and minimum wages from 4 cents an hour with a higher 30 cent rate in the southern area and cane seat chair factories. Johnson noted 1928 profits and 1932 losses, claiming the hour cuts will preserve and create jobs. The lumber code was amended to add broom and mop handle makers under a separate division with a 40 hour week and wages 24 to 40 cents per hour by region.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
State highway commission hears allotment appeals
The North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission heard delegations appeal for road funds today but had taken no definite action by mid afternoon.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Seven Die in Sault Ste. Marie House Fire
A fire in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan killed seven people who were sleeping in a single house. Victims include Mrs Genevieve Hibblen and her four children Jerome Jerome Catherine Ernest, Mrs Erline Orr and her daughter Constance. Albert Orr was away on a dredging project. The blaze started from an overheated stove and neighbors did not discover it until substantial damage occurred.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Genévieve Hibblen
Genevieve
Catherine
Jerome
Ernest
Erline Orr
Constance
Four Mounties Freed as Kromhout Crew Captured in France
Halifax dispatch reports four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers abducted by the Kromhout were freed by French authorities at St Pierre Mig, as Captain Ross Mason and crew were jailed there. Canadians seek extradition as authorities tally charges and whiskey aboard the ship.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
St. Pierre
Mig
Fot
Newfoundland
Hout
Canada
France
Lea to Appear in Court Again
Asheville dispatch reports Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt Solicitor Zeb V Nettles and Sheriff Laurence E Brown traveled to Nashville to witness the Tennessee supreme court decision in the Luke Lea case Col Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr were ordered to appear tomorrow in Nashville.
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Asheville
Dennis G. Brummitt
Zeb V. Nettles
Laurence E. Brown
Nashville
Tennessee Supreme Court
Luke Lea
Solicitor Nettles
Sheriff Brown
Nashville, Tenn
Luke Lea, Jr
Federal Tax Committee Proposes Higher Alcohol Taxes
The interdepartmental committee recommends raising taxes on distilled spirits to 52.60 per gallon from 1.10 and beer to 5 per barrel, with blended spirits taxed at 2.76 per gallon, up from 2.60, while rectified liquor would keep a 0.30 per gallon levy.
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Washington
Special
Inter Departmental Alcohol Committee
Congress
Biggs and Steed Testify in Bank Case Hearing
Greensboro report states John D. Biggs receiver for the Commercial National Bank of High Point and assistant E B Steed testified in the loan hearing before Special Master Kenneth Brim. Records identified cover statutory debts affecting the bank's undivided profits with dividends declared January 1 and July 1 1931. Hearing adjourned to December 19 due to lawyers' commitments in other courts.
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Greensboro
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank of High Point
E. B. Steed
Kenneth Brim
Shepherd's Tidings Travel From Bethlehem
The passage recounts shepherds hearing news of a child born to be savior of the world and Mary quietly keeping and pondering these events in her heart.
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Mary
Huey Long Spars Over Breakfast With Chase Bank Leader
Huey P Long recounts a breakfast with Charles S McCain chairman of Chase National Bank. Long claims McCain left early after ordering oysters steak fries and ice cream while Long paid. He says bankers often seek to take back value, noting a sale of Louisiana highway bonds followed by a slight drop in value.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Charles S. McCain
Chase National Bank
Senate Banking Committee
Louisiana
Long
McCain
New York
New Orleans
Senate
Wall Street
Charley
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