Farm Board Eyes Georgia Help to Raise Cotton Prices
Washington October 22 The Farm Board discussed a plan to use state agricultural departments and Georgia market agencies to administer farm relief. Senator Harris, Max I. McRae and A D Jones offered Georgia’s services to streamline marketing and avoid dealing with numerous local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Board
Bureau of Marketing
Georgia
Harris
Max I. McRae
A. D. Jones
Bureau of Markets
Ex Senator Warns Navies Are Brandished for Courtesy
MEMPHIS Tenn Oct 22 Former United States Senator Hamilton Lewis Illinois told a Rotary Bar Association meeting that promises by marine nations to cut navies are only a brandish of international courtesy. He warned naval limitations conferences mean little, predicting the next war will be by air and chemicals and urging public support to disarm hatred first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
United Rotary
American Bar Association
Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
League of Nations
Wilson
London
Genoa
Lausanne
Geneva
Hopeful Of Escaping Long Terms In Prison
Seven National Textile Workers union members appeal state supreme court after murder and assault convictions tied to the Gastonia textile strike. East coast leaders received 17 to 20 year murder sentences. Gastonia defendants 12 to 15 years for murder and 6 to 7 years for assault. Bond set. appeals allowed with dates pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
O. F P
Aderholt
M. W. Barnhill
Fred Erwin Beal
Lawrence
Mass
Clarence Miller
New York
Joseph Harrison
Passaic
N. J
George Carter
Mizpah
Gastonia
Svith
William McGinnis
Louis McLaughlin
K. Y. Hendricks
Barnhill
Beal
Miller
Harrison
Carter
McGinnis
Federal Farm Board proposes plan to raise cotton prices
The Farm Board says current cotton prices are too low and favors orderly marketing. It plans to lend unlimited funds to cotton growers via cooperatives under the Capper Volstead Act to hold back production and stabilize values, with a target of 16 cents per pound on graded cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Tobacco policy splits Virginia Methodist conference vote
The Virginia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South urged ministers be allowed to use tobacco, adopting a memorial 170 to 132 despite objections. Clergy argued over conscience versus morals with critics warning of tobacco promotion to youth and social hypocrisy.
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Richmond
Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference
Lee G. Crutchfield
W. B. Jett
Collins Denny
Ernest Stephen
Notaries Commissioned in Raleigh Names Named
Notaries public commissioned include Miss Nell Bradshaw of Spruce Pine Jos G Corey of Wiliamston Phillip R Moale of Asheville Miss Willie Maye Morrison of Hickory D F McGougan of Tabor and J M Stallings of Zebulon.
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Notaries
Raleigh
Nell Bradshaw
Spruce Pine
Jos
G. Corey
Williamston
Phillip R. Moale
Asheville
Willie Maye Morrison
Hickory
D. F. McGougan
Tabor
J. M. Stallings
Zebulon
Methodist Hosts Begin Arriving For Western NC Conference
Delegates to the 40th annual Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South arrive from towns across the region for sessions at Wesley Memorial church October 23 28. Dr Dred Peacock will give the principal address on Trinity College history since 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Gharch South
Wesley Memorial Church
Conference Historical Society
Dred Peacock
Trinity College
Concord
John Creener
Virginia
Rockingham
Caswell
Guilford
Alamance
Chatham
Randolph
Uwharrie River
Yadkin Or
Pee Dee River
South Carolina
Million Pounds Tobacco Sold At Winston Monday
Winston-Salem buyers contracted over a million pounds of tobacco Monday at peak prices averaging 19.33 per hundred, the season high. Although Monday’s sales were lighter today, weed quality shows clear improvement over the first three weeks of the season.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Storm Warnings Issued for Southern Ohio Region
The weather bureau issued storm warnings for southern Ohio with disturbances moving northward. Forecasters expect strong southeast winds to shift to southwest this afternoon, then west tonight in the southern display area, affecting the Virginia Capes to Sandy Hook corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Sandy Hook
Ohio
Display
People’s Army Breaks Through Nationalist Lines Near Wuhan
Hankow China Oct 22 AP reports the Kuominchun led by Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang has breached nationalist lines at Chengchow driving toward Hankow and Wuhan cities. The advance seized Sincheng fifty miles south of Chengchow as fighting rages along the Lunghai and Kinhan railways with reinforcements and supplies dispatched northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
Kuominchun
People’s Army
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chengchow
Wuhan
Sincheng
Henan
Kinhan
Lunghai
Hon- Khow
Hinhan
Edison Content If He Has Widened Understanding and World Happiness
Dearborn, Mich October 22 Thomas A Edison expresses contentment if his work widened humanitys horizon and increased world happiness. At a dinner in his honor with President Hoover Edison thanks the audience and praises Henry Ford as a friend while noting the night honors thinkers and workers of the past and present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Dearborn
Mich
Thomas A. Edison
Hoover
Henry Ford
Hoover Dedicated Ohio River Lock System Shaft Ceremony
President Hoover dedicated a white granite shaft at Eden Park Cincinnati marking the completion of the Pittsburgh to Cairo Ohio River lock system. He praised engineers and laborers, paid tribute to Burton and Longworth, and noted expected benefits to commerce as crowds watched from the bluff and radio nationwide. Governor Cooper welcomed him and the ceremony continued with a Cincinnati visit and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Park
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Hoover
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Hoover E
Ohio Valley
William E. Merrill
Rodgers
Theodore E. Burton
Nicholas Longworth
First
Inland Water Ways Commission
Cooper
Conley
West Virginia
Mr. Hoover
Sampson
Kentucky
Louisville
Perpetual Light To Honor Edison
In Newark New Jersey a 100 foot steel tower with an 18 foot bulb replica and 8006 gold lights was dedicated to Thomas A Edison. The 11-day North Jersey observance marked Light's Golden Jubilee and ended with Edison turning on the lights in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Menlo Park
North
New Jersey
Edison
Dearborn
Mich
Edison Pioneers
Airman Hops Off Alone for London in Monoplane
Billings cattleman W F Diteman climbed into the monoplane The Golden Hind at Harbor Grace Newfoundland, took off for London with no announcement, leaving only a note. Officials estimated 165 gallons of fuel would suffice barring accident as the craft vanished into fog over the coast.
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W. F. Diteman
Billings
Mont
Harbor Grace
N. F
London
Newfoundland
Diteman
Kinsman Seeks to Break Hubert Will
Chicago attorney Donald S. Milkes seeks to halt the $8 million charity bequest in Conrad Hubert's will. Trustees Calvin Coolidge Alfred E. Smith Julius Rosenwald may face an injunction in New York courts as Milkes claims Hubert was mentally incompetent and Milkes is among Hubert’s claimed next of kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donald 5. Malkes
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Julius Rosenwald
Chiacog
Conrad Hubert
Union Carbide and Carbon Company
Milkes
Hubert
Malkes
Communion observed by Western NC conference delegates
Delegates attending the 40th annual Western North Carolina Methodist Episcopal Church South session at Wesley Memorial Church will observe the Lord's Supper tomorrow at 8 o'clock. Bishop Mouzon will lead with conference elders assisting and hosts urged to provide breakfast for delegates. By 4 pm today 130 delegates had registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Wesley Memorial Church
Edwin Dpd. Mouzon
Adult Education Movement Seen Growing on Age Learning
Chapel Hill N C Oct 22 Recent tests show learning ability declines only slightly with age promising a rise in adult education. Morse A Cartwright executive director of the American association for adult education says continuing reading and library use will drive growth. He cites Edward L Thorndyke and notes librarians hold the key as libraries expand to serve adults. other speakers include D R Anderson Russell M Grumman Louis R Wilson and Sarah C N Bogle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
Morse A. Cartwright
American Association For Adult Education
Southern Conference On Education
University of North Carolina
Southeastern Library Association
North Carolina Library Association
Cartwright
Edward L. Thorndyke
Columbia University
D. R. Anderson
Randolph Macon Woman’s College
Russell M. Grumman
Louis R. Wilson
Charles H. Stone
North Carolina College For Women
Sarah C. N. Bogle
The
American Librarian Association
Cochet Defeats Karada To Win Osaka Match
Henry Cochet of France defeats Takeichi Karada of Japan in a hard fought Osaka clash. Cochet wins 7 5 11 9 as he evened the series at five matches each in the France series lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Henry Cochet
France
Takeichi Karada
Cochet
Briand Cabinet Resigns After Confidence Vote Loss
Paris reports the Briand cabinet defeated in the chamber of deputies by 297 to 288. The ministers immediately resigned following the vote, ending Briand’s government tenure on the date.
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Briand
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Farm Board Action Lifts Cotton Prices in New Orleans
The Farm Board said prices were too low and proposed lending to cooperatives for orderly marketing. Initial New Orleans trades rose one to one and a half dollars per bale before receding slightly, while New York opened with December and January cotton futures up over a dollar fifty a bale on the board's statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Farm Board
Ecotton Cooperatives
N. Y. New York
New York
Federal Farm Board
Stock Market Stages Comeback
New York stock market rallied after a week of declines with many shares gaining about 3 dollars. Trading slowed later, but the day closed with overall activity still moderate compared with the earlier surge.
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New York
Pantages Denies Attacking Girl
Pantages, the theater magnate, testified he did not commit the statutory offense against Eunice Pringle, a 17 year old dancer, in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantages
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Theater
Multi-Milionaire
Eunice Pringle
Chicago Millionaire Wife Jailed For Fake Holdup
Chicago socialite Mrs. Edwin C. Price admitted staging a February holdup to cover gambling debts. She named co conspirators including Morris A Barnett and Max Krakow as planners and Jack Baum and Ben Levin as the alleged robbers. Her husband sat through hours of questioning as authorities detailed the scheme and insurance fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edwin C. Price
Price
Morris A. Barnett
Max Krakow
Tariff Fight Over Fish Tariff Probed by Senate
Washington reports that the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Corp sought a reduction in the fish tariff. F W Brice testified he sent telegrams urging wire campaigns to finance committee members to lessen the tariff. Charles Evanson of the Connecticut Manufacturers' Association pressed for the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Senate
Charles I. Evanson
Inset
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Corporation
Senate Lobby Committee
F. W. Brice
Bingham
Charles L. Evanson
Senate Finance Committee
Evanson
Bryce
Senator Bingham
Edward Cooley
Busiess
Massachusetts Fisheries Association
United States Tariff Commission
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M. E. Parsons
Methodist
N.C
Historical Society of Conference
Dr. Peacock
Winston Monday
By James L. West
Associated Press
Northland
Helga Thorsteinsen
Reykjavik
Ireland
Walsh
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