U S Plans Rentals on Idle Cotton Lands Under 1934 35 Contracts
The Farm Adjustment Administration announced a cotton acreage reduction plan offering rentals on land taken out of production from under three to eighteen dollars per acre plus not less than one cent per pound on the domestic allotment. The program targets 25 million acres next year with a three and a half cent per pound baseline rent for past yields.
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Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Farm Administration
Oscar Johnston
Cotton Authority
Johnston
Czechoslovakia Offers Token Payment to United States
Washington Nov 20 Czechoslovakia proposed an 150000 token payment to the United States on 680812 due December 15 as part of a financial settlement.
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Fpfers
Ashington
Czechoslovakia
United States
State College head doctor ill after stroke in bed
The condition of Dr. Brooks, head of North Carolina State College, was reported very satisfactory today by attending staff. Family members who visited his bedside since his stroke ten days ago have returned home leaving Mrs. Brooks at the hospital.
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Ashington
Brooks
N. C
Colhead
Jury Finds Bill Against Dr. Wynekoop Voted On
A county jury reported that the bill charging Dr. Alice Wynekoop with the murder of her daughter in law was voted upon after evidence was presented.
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Thicago
Alice Wynekoop
Projects Approved Put 1,519 to Work Nationwide
Leigh November 20. A projects list approved today will place 1,519 people on payrolls across civil works sites nationwide. Total funding reaches about 140 thousand dollars according to Mrs. Thomas O Berry state works administrator.
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Leigh
Thomas O'Berry
President Velt and Ickes Target New Public Works Funds
President Velt and Secretary Ickes agreed on an allotment except 150000000 of the public works funds and are now estimating the size of a new public works appropriation from Congress.
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Arm Springs
Velt
Ickes
Roosevelt visit highlights federal board significance at Little White
In Springs Georgia on November bsevelt confirms focus on a commodity objective. Emphasis remains on the Little White House visit and the relevance of the federal board's presence to the event.
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Olds
Pee Springs
Bsevelt
Federal Board
Littl White House
Government Sets Price at 03 an Ounce
The government fixed the price today at 03 an ounce, marking the second rise in as many days. The move signals ongoing adjustments to the gold price policy under current markets.
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Washington
Widow Cleared in Clark Slaying Probe in New Jersey
In Glocester County New Jersey the grand jury investigated the death of Sheldon A Clark a wealthy Paulsboro resident. Audrey Smith Clark widow of the victim was not indicted and was released from hospital after suffering head injuries from a billiard cue before the shooting.
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Oodbury
N. J
Glocester County
Ad Jury
Sheldon A. Clark
Paulsboro
Audrey Smith Clark
Clark
Woodbury
Boy Kills Stepfather in Farm House Shooting
Joe Richard Wallace a 17 year old negro youth killed his stepfather Charlie Stewart with a shotgun at a farm on Eastway Drive. Stewart who was intoxicated threatened the family earlier today. Wallace was held for a preliminary hearing.
Mrs Ernest Fiertek Leaves for Palm Beach Honeymoon
Mrs Ernest Fierte formerly Madeline Astor Dick and her husband departed from New York for Palm Beach to begin their honeymoon after a marriage at Doctors hospital in Manhattan.
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York
Ernest Fierte
Madeline Astor Dick
Hulb
Mar
Doctors Hospital
Palmer, Fla
Assistant superintendent sentenced in Louisiana court
Assistant superintendent Louis A. Jones was sentenced by Judge Carruth to six months in jail for injuring Joseph Boudreauy of the state administration. The sentence was handed down in Ton Rouge and immediately approved by Governor C. K. Al.
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Entence
Ton Rouge
Louis A. Jones
State
Lay
Carruth
Jones
Ing Joseph Boudreauy
C. K. al
Park Criticizes Negro’s Lynching in Missouri
Jefferson City Mo Nov 20 AP Governor Guy Park denounces the lynching of Lloyd Warner a black youth in St Joseph stating there is no justification for mob violence. He notes press reports claim Warner confessed to a heinous crime punishable by death but rejects the mob action.
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Jefferson City
Guy Kd. Park
Lloyd Warner
St. Joseph
Municipal Lake Projects Pushed Ahead at Jamestown Park
Civil Works crews advance the Jamestown municipal lake project. A road gut finished, stone gutter laid, two tennis courts, a large pool, and outdoor auditorium for 2000 seats under construction. Plans include rustic boathouse, field house, stone fireplaces, two playgrounds and landscaping with 200 plus workers. Completion anticipated in 3 to 4 months.
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Jamestown
Greensboro Man Secures Stage Equipment Contract
The Greensboro city council awarded the contract to supply off stage equipment for the Paramount Theater re modelled after a recent fire. W. R. Taylor bid $5,617, the lowest of two bids. Peter Clark, Inc. of New York bid $8,898.
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Paramount Theater
W. R. Taylor
Greensboro
Peter Clark, Inc
New York
Knoxville Kid Testifies in Defense at Scottsboro Trial
Lester Carter known as the Knoxville Kid testifies for Heywood Patterson in the Scottsboro case defense. He describes meeting Victoria Price and Ruby Bates in Huntsville jail and details a Chattanooga to Stevenson train trip with the two girls and Orvel Gilley. The judge sustains objections over defense attempts to elicit inadmissible evidence.
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T. M. Davenport
Decatur
Ala
Lester Carter
Knoxville
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Victoria Price
Carter
Patterson
Bates
W. W. Callahan
Leibowitz
Callahan
Chattanooga
Price
Orvel Gilley
Irvel
Victoria
Ruby
Stevenson
Gilley
Head Of Chase Bank Proposes Change In Laws
Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of Chase National Bank, asks Senate to overhaul banking under 1933 act. Proposals include barring officers with investment ties from banks, restricting stock syndicates, tighter reporting on borrowings, and redefining affiliates. He cites past improper practices but urges perspective and reform to curb speculative gains.
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Washington
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Senate Stock Market Committee
Aldrich
Federal Reserve
Reserve
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Gors to Jacksonville
Miss Ruth Clinard left yesterday for Jacksonville Florida for a short visit.
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Gors
Jacksonville
Ruth Clinard
Fla
Hearing Set For Two Taken In Princess Anne Lynching Case
Rane Nov 29. Hearing for release of two alleged lynching participants at Princess Anne Oct 18 laid the way for Attorney General Lane to reveal evidence. Thompson and Adkins, escorted by deputies and guards, were among prisoners amid Salisbury mob clashes after 300 National Guardsmen arrived.
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Rane
Princess Anne
William Preston Lane, Jr
William H. Thompson
Irving Adkins
Luther Daugherty
Harry C. Martin
Baltimore
Robert R. Duer
Grand Jury
Thompson
Adkins
William P. Hearn
Shad Point
William S. McQuay
Pocomoke City
National
Steve Hopkins
Somerset County Almshouse
Ritchie
Annapolis
Big Thanksgiving Observed Across North Carolina
Raleigh and the state mark Thanksgiving as a general holiday with offices closed. Banks and most businesses shut. hunting sports and dances fill the holiday schedule. Governor Ehringhaus and President Roosevelt urge thanks in homes and places of worship as 8 000 prisoners are fed pork and given trimmed meals.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tomor
Ehringhaus
Roosevelt
Will Rogers on money racket politics and humor
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills that America goes serious before elections and again after, as both sides defend their views. He argues no one can change another’s mind and predicts the country will soon regain humor and balance after this current contentious spree.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
America
Grand Jury Report On Jail Spreads To Council Minutes
Guilford county grand jury reports crowded jail conditions in High Point and urges immediate action. The council ordered the findings spread on the minutes at a special meeting with no motion on action. Architect Harry Barton discussed expansion options, while City Manager Know interposed about a library space conversion costing 825,000 to 830,000.
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Guilford
Lions Club Outing Near City Hosts Oyster Stew
The High Point Lions club enjoyed an oyster stew at the H. A. Cecil farm on route two west of the city last night. About twenty people attended the informal gathering that replaced the fifth Thursday meeting of the month with a casual get-together and no program.
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High Point Lions Club
H. A. Cecil
Route Two
City to Enforce Privilege Tax Licenses with Police Aid
City Collector A. Lee Gibson stated at city hall that after December 1 arrests will enforce the privilege tax ordinance. Most purchasers have already obtained licenses, but enforcement will target those still delinquent.
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A. Lee Gibson
Lynch mob stringed and burned attacker in St Joseph
A 19 year old black man Lloyd Warnell confessed attacker of two women died when lynched by a mob of about 7000 at the Buchanan county jail. He was dragged from a cell, hanged from an elm and burned as officers and guards faced a violent crowd. A 21 year old white woman victim was left battered and tied in an alley.
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State House
Eastern Shore
Armwood
Somerset County
John B. Robins
Lane
Salisbury
Delaware
Edmund G. Monk
Washington
Wicomico River
Buchanan County
Warner
Otto Theisen
35Th Tank Company
Missouri National Guard
Guy B. Park
Theisen
State Highway Patrol
Northwest Missouri
St. Joseph
Leo J. Urbanski
Choate Heads U. S. Liquor Control Board
President Roosevelt created a federal liquor control administration with Joseph H. Choate, a New York lawyer, as head. An advisory board of four experts will aid Choate to administer the liquor code with government veto power while allowing industry self control.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Joseph H. Choate
New York
Choate
Liquor Control Board
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