Cotton Crop Values Soar Across Ten Cotton States in 1933
Government figures show the 1933 farm value of 64 principal crops in the ten leading cotton states reached 1.362 billion dollars, up from 846 million in 1932, with total farmer income including government benefits and option profits at about 1.537 billion. North Carolina and Georgia show large gains, while Texas leads with 353.4 million. state-by-state shifts highlight major rises in cotton regions and overall farm prosperity amid federal support.
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Washington
Dee
Department of Agriculture
Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississipi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Agricultural Department
Cully Cobb
Southern Farm
Varied Weather To Greet Santa Claus On Ride
Santa’s Christmas Eve flight faces a wide weather map from a North Pole blizzard to mild southern seas. Forecasters warn of cold conditions in the northwest and snow in northern Midwest, while the Gulf states expect warm seventies and possible rain. Across the country, travelers prepare for a holiday mix of fog, rain, and frost.
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Santa Claus
U. S
Associated Press
Santa
North Pole
Montana Gateway
Pacific Coast
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Gulf Coast
North Atlantic Seaboard
Canadian
Middle
Great Lakes
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
No Adoptions at Junior League Hospital This Christmas
Charlotte reports 18 infants at the Junior League hospital are ill with whooping cough. Matron Miss Mary Brawley refuses visitation or adoptions during the Christmas period.
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Charlotte
Junior League
Mary Brawley
Crump predicts rise in honesty premium in business
Memphis congressman FE H Crump says as economic conditions improve a higher premium on honesty will emerge in the business world. He notes his belief in stronger integrity standards amid recovery.
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Memphis, Tenn
FE. H.crump
D-Tenn
NineYearOld Nancy Galloway Dies In Durham Auto Crash
Nancy Elizabeth Galloway, nine, of Durham, was killed in an automobile accident near Ruther Pordton this afternoon. The car carrying her parents Mr and Mrs E E Galloway and uncle E M Galloway left the highway and struck a tree.
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Ruther Pordton
Nancy Elizabeth Galloway
Durham
E. 'E. Galloway
E. 'M. Galloway
Finney pleads guilty in Kansas million-dollar forgery case
Ronald Finney, central figure in the Kansas million dollar bond forgery scandal, pleaded guilty before District Judge J P Heinz to several forgery charges after a failed insanity defense. Sentence was deferred until next Saturday.
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Pera
Kan
Ronald Finney
Kansas
P. H. Heinz
Missing Philadelphia girl found in wood near Anassas
Miss Marjorie revel, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Drexel of Philadelphia, who had been missing since yesterday, was found exhausted and in shock in a wooded area near here.
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Anassas Hanamas
Trac
Marjorie Revel
Anthony
Drexel
Philadelphia
Retail Tax Proposal Opposed By Code Authority
New York December 23 AP reports the retail code authority opposing a proposed two percent sales tax. The group argues the measure would force many retail merchants out of business.
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New York
Retail Code Authority
Federal Liquor Control Bill Delayed Until Revenue Plans Cleared
Washington dispatch reports the administration will not introduce a permanent federal liquor control bill until revenue measures are settled. Despite initial plans, Ways and Means delays and post-repeal production and distribution issues push the liquor bill to a later session. Stakeholders split between wet and dry states on federal regulation amid looming liquor taxes and ongoing recovery measures.
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Washington
Meress
House
Wen
Ways
Irman Doughton
D-Nc
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Congress
Christmas Codes Move From NRA to White House
The national recovery administration sent 50 codes to the White House for President Roosevelt’s signature, many major pacts including a construction industry code and a publishing and printing code. NRA officials withheld other details awaiting the president’s review.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
White House
Roosevelt
NRA
Farm Value Estimates Highlight 1933 Gains Across States
The department places 1933 farm value at 18.33 million for Louisiana and 23.73 million for Oklahoma with Texas at 126 million, noting a 42 percent rise nationally from 1932. Cotton and tobacco lead crops, with a long list of commodities showing improved income and better cotton belt conditions after plow-up campaigns.
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Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Department
Cotton
Antypea Stilheim
Winston-Salem Man Dies In Wreck Near Thomasville
Harry Harvey of Winston-Salem was killed when his car overturned two or three times on the Winston-Salem Thomasville highway today. Paul Younts and Welborn, also of Winston-Salem, were not seriously hurt. Sheriff Virgil Bodenheimer of Davidson County investigates.
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Thomasville
Harry Harvey
Winston-Salem
Harvey
Paul Younts
Welborn
Virgil Bodenheimer
Davidson County
Allotment Made for Forestry Work Across Five Southern States
The Appalachian Forest experimental station in Asheville announces a National Industrial Recovery Administration allotment of 98,905 to fund forest improvement work, research, and building projects from June 1933 to June 1935. Funds are allocated to North Carolina 35,050 South Carolina 25,250 Georgia 14,705 West Virginia 12,500 and Kentucky 11,350.
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Asheville
Appalachian Forest Experimental Station
National Industrial Recovery Administration
E. H. Frothingham
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Navy faces aviation shortfall as planes and pilots lag
Rear Admiral Ernest J. King warned in his annual report that adding 15 new heavy cruisers the Ranger carrier and the Macon airship strains the 1,000 plane program by 212 aircraft. He said the navy lacks 183 heavier-than-air aviators and training funds were cut, risking morale and future expansion.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Swanson
Ranger
Macon
Navy
King
Aeronautic
Naval and
Marine Corps
Millions Paid by Closed Banks Across North Carolina
North Carolina Banking Commissioner Gurney P. Hood reports total 1933 year disbursements of 8,030,379.83 to claimants tied to failed banks. Common claimants received 2,040,284.67. secured 5,444,861.39. preferred 492,854.72 with 124 banks involved statewide.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
Hood
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Ahoskie
Farmers and Atlantic Bank
Andrews
Merchants and Manufacturme Enc
Angier Banking and Trust
Asheville
Central Bank and Trust Company
Opnanear
Bank of Aulader
Beaufort
Beaufort Banking and Trust Company
Belhaven
Bank of Belhaven
Farmers Bank
Biltmore
Biltmore-Green Bank
Brevard
Brevard Banking Company
Youth Is Killed By Unloaded Shotgun in Harford Play Scene
In Hertford on December 23 an eight year old boy Clavis White was killed when an unloaded shotgun exploded in his brother Ernest's hands as they played. Ernest, thirteen, witnessed the accident which blew away a side of Clavis' face.
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Langy
France
Paris
Strasbourg
Pompone
Chamber of Deputies
Lagay
Lagny
Evereux
Cherbourg
Hertford
Clavis White
Clavis
Ernest
Extortion Plot Foiled In Rosenwald Case In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 23 a milk dealer, William Schultze, 34, was arrested after writing extortion letters to billionaire philanthropist Lessing J. Rosenwald. Detectives trapped him as an officer posed as Rosenwald, the letter writer sought $100,000 to fund a pasteurization venture. Schultze allegedly confessed motive was money for pasteurization business.
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Philadelphia
William Schultze
Thomas McCarran
Rosenwald
Christmas Observed in Bethlehem Amid Racial Unrest
Pilgrims from America and Europe gather in Bethlehem for Christmas observances despite a tense racial and political climate. The Latin patriarch leads processions from Jerusalem, with midnight Star of Bethlehem ceremony and Holy Infant display at the Church of the Nativity, followed by a service at the Grotto.
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Christ
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Beatitude
Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Nativity
Young Men's Christian Association
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