Socialists Expect Large Gains From 1932 Campaign
The Socialist party eyes a strong year with Norman Thomas campaigning nationwide and Chicago headquarters boosting publicity. Roosevelt and Smith back Lehman in New York while Debs era totals are recalled. Oklahoma and Ohio emerge as battlegrounds with cross-party shifts and reform talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Price
Associated Press
Washington
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Far East
League of Nations Commission
Japan
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert H. Lehman
John Boyd Thacher
Smith
Albany
Roosevelt
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Donahey
Oklahoma
East
Middle West
Why Plants Turn Leaves and Flowers at Smithsonian
Experiments at the Smithsonian Institution seek to determine why plants turn their leaves and flowers. Photosynthesis is believed to produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in chlorophyll tissues when exposed to light. The intensity and wavelength of light are also important factors.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Customs receipts rise in Charleston on sugar imports
Charleston customs receipts for the just closed fiscal year rose over 50 percent from the prior year, setting a local office record. About 90 percent of the total came from Cuban sugar imports.
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Charleston
S. C
Cuba
No Law to Oust Mayor Walker Faces Ouster Suit
Albany report on ouster charges against Mayor Walker. John J. Cartin counsels that no law exists for removing the Manhattan mayor. Walker seeks writ of prohibition to bar Governor Roosevelt from pursuing charges or removal.
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Albany
N. Y
Walker
John J. Cartin
New York Supreme Court
Ellis Staley
Manhattan
Roosevelt
Reverend William Ringold Harrison Dies at 80
The Rev. William Ringold Harrison, 80, longtime Arkansas Methodist pastor, died Monday after a brief illness. Surviving are five sons H. T. Harrison James J. Harrison Kenneth Harrison W R Harrison and G C Harrison and two daughters. He was father to Bat Harrison a Little Rock lawyer and public speaker and James J Harrison a former Home Insurance vice-president and civic leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
William Ringold Harrison
Arkansas
H. T
James J
Kenneth Harrison
W. R
Atlanta
G. C
Seattle
Washburn to Visit Pennsylvania Family on Texan Trip
Alex H. Washburn publisher of The Star will leave Monday night on the Texan for a three weeks visit with his parents and brothers at Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. He will be away from the office during the trip and return with possible local news updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
The
Star
Texan
Wilkes- Barre
Wisconsin scientist claims UV-treated tubercle vaccine
Madison based report says William D. Frost of the University of Wisconsin has developed a vaccine derived from tubercle bacilli exposed to ultraviolet rays. It reportedly aids immunity to tuberculosis after 29 years of study though it is not a cure.
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Madison
Wis
William D. Frost
University of Wisconsin
Beavers Fined $100 For Liquor Offense In Municipal Court
John Beavers was fined 100 and costs after arraignment on transporting liquor. Albert Powell and Thurman Landers, charged similarly, were released on city attorney motion. Officers trailed a bootleg car from city limits to a downtown residence, seizing six and a half gallons of liquor. R. T. Muldrow's case continued. Charley Hill fined 10. The Orkin Jewelry Co and Ritchie Grocery Co received judgments in civil actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beavers
Albert Powell
Thurman Landers
Beavers
W. S. Atkins
John Turnery
Clarence Baker
J. H. Russell
R. T. Muldrow
Charley Hill
Poor Farm Turned Real Producer in North Carolina
Thomasville North Carolina B F Payne has transformed one of the poorest farms in the state into a productive operation. Over 18 years he sold 140412 pounds of tobacco for 43498 77 and averaged about 2416 dollars yearly from tobacco alone. Payne emphasizes soil selection fertilizer bed care priming curing storage and grading.
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Thomasville
N. C
North Carolina
B. E. Payne
Payne
Atkins Re elected Hempstead County Democratic Chairman
W S Atkins, Hope attorney, was re elected chairman of the Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee at Hope city hall by a one vote margin 16 to 15 defeating N R Lewis of Mine Creek township. Frank Y Trimble was chosen secretary and replaced W Homer Pigg as committee man from Hope Ward Two. Harley White was appointed to fill Ward Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Atkins
Hope
Hempstead County
Democratic Central Committee
Hope City Hall
Atkins
N. R. Lewis
Mine Creek Township
Frank Y. Trimble
W. Homer Pigg
Hope Ward
Mr. Trimble
Charles Renfro
W. E. Cox, Jr
Fulton
Washington
Ward Four
Central Committee
Harley White
State Penitentiary Board
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co
Lackaye Actor Dies at 70 in New York Home
Wilton Lackaye famed for villain Svengali in Trilby died early Monday at his New York residence in his 70th year. Born 1862 in Loudoun County Virginia, his stage career began in 1883 as Lucentio in Francessa da Rimini at Star Theatre. He starred as Svengali from 1895 onward and revived the role in 1907 and 1921, with notable turns as Fagin, Carlyle, and Telfer in major plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilton Lackaye
Maine
California
Madison beauty quits marriage amid dire threats and lies
Mrs. Ann Louise Drewson, a 27 year old Madison beautician, seeks divorce from George H. Drewson Jr claiming he is a habitual liar and an attempted poison death orchestrator. The divorce was granted amid her accusations of deathbed statements and threats of self harm. In Columbus Ohio a geographer notes Ohio would submerge first at the Miami River confluence if sea levels rise, needing about 440 feet to be below sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Ann Louise Drewson
George H. Drewson, Jr
Columbus
Ohio
State of
Miami River
Love Triangle Sours as Lancaster Acquitted in Miami
The first of six stories traces a Florida love triangle amid glamour and tragedy. Captain William N. Lancaster, former British pilot, faced murder charges in the death of Haden Clarke, Miami journalist, but the jury acquitted him. Mrs. Jessie Keith Miller, famed aviatrix, had pursued both men, with Clarke alleged as the victim’s ally. The case drew strong parallels to the Libby Holman tragedy in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
William N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Jessie Keith-Miller
Lancaster
Clarke
Libby Holmas- Smith
Ab” Walker
North Carolina
Captain Lancaster
Keith Miller
Mrs. Mollie Gilbert Dies Pioneer Resident of Washington
Mollie Gilbert 77 longtime Washington resident died at the family home Sunday afternoon at 4 20. She was sister of Mrs. W P Agee Sr of Hope. Funeral and burial were in Washington Monday at 11 conducted by Rev J L Leonard First Methodist Church. She leaves two brothers Jim Dugger of Washington and A G Dugger of San Antonio Texas, two daughters Mrs Elbert Smith of Washington DC and Mrs Ernest Horton of Pittsburgh Kansas, and two sons Jim Page and Bob Patterson both of Washington.
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Mollie Gilbert
Washington
J. L. Leonard
First Methodist Church of
Jim Dugger
A. G. Dugger
San Antonio
Texas
Elbert Smith
Washington, D. C
Ernest Horton
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Jim Page
Bob Patterson
Air Institute Opens at Akron University
The Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute opens at Akron University with funding from the late Daniel Guggenheim. Research focuses on aerodynamics meteorology and structures with emphasis on airship science. A large vertical wind tunnel aids experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Daniel Guggenheim
Transcontinental Derbies Open National Air Races at Cleveland
The 1932 national air races open in Cleveland August 27 to September 5 with four derbies spanning the nation. Eastern and western wings meet in Cleveland after multi city legs from Washington, D C, Los Angeles, and beyond. Prizes total about 16 000 dollars plus lap awards, Bendix trophy race offers 15 000 dollars in purses and plaques. Maj. James H. Doolittle defends the Bendix title with rivals including Russell Boardman and Maj. Alexander de Seversky in aircraft capable of 290 mph.
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Cleveland
America
Pacific
Atlantic
East
Washington
D. C
Los Angeles
Calif
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Ogla
Yuma
Tucson
Arizona
el Paso
Texas
Roswell
N. M
Lubbock
Abilene
National Capital
Winston-Salem
N. C
Spartanburg
S. C
Atlanta
Aviatrix
Joe Fields
Bradford Pa
Cecil Coffrin
Brooklyn
W. F. Cummings
Donaldsonville
Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Alan Eustic
New York
Wll
Maj
James H. Doolittle
Russell Boardman
Ocean Flier
Alexander de Seversky
Young Roosevelt to Join Hoover Campaign in U S
Theodore Roosevelt son of the late President and governor general of the Philippines said he would sail for the United States September 14 to help in the Republican drive for Hoover reelection. The Roosevelt name will be used in support of the Hoover campaign in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Coolidge
Coolidge, Baker and
Pershing
Hoover
Roosevelt
Manila
Philippine Islands
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippines
United States
Cotton Rises in Week Amid Steady Demand and Large Carry
The cotton market from August 13 to 19 showed higher futures and spot quotes about 30 points above August 12. Demand for spot cotton improved though most deals were small lots. supply remained held back by holders. US stocks July 31 stood at 9.7 million bales, with domestic consumption for the year near 4.9 million and world carryover estimates around 12.9 to 13.3 million bales, signaling a 1932 33 season outlook of about 24.2 to 24.6 million bales of American cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
U. S&. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
United States
New York Cotton Exchange Service
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Arkansas Seeks 4 Million in Federal Loans
Arkansas plans emergency loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation totaling 4 million dollars. Governor Farnell and labor commissioner W A Rooksberry prepare the request for early next week, with an RFC representative to meet state officials. Funds would finance completion of highways Nos 67 and 10 and finish the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
South Trimble
Arkansa
Arkansas
Clark County
Gordon
First National
Hope
Washington State Bank
Little Rock
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farnell
W. A. Rooksberry
Benton
Eaton Retrial Postponed to October Term
The retrial of Helen Spence Eaton for the slaying of Jack Worls was postponed to the October term of circuit court in DeWitt Arkansas. The delay follows a Supreme Court order for a new trial after Eaton, then 19, was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in the original trial. The postponement is due to the completion of a new courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt. Ark
Helen Spence Eaton
Jack Worls
Cicero Spence
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Mrs Thaden May Risk Endurance Flight Record
In Valley Stream New York Mrs Frances Marsalis and Mrs Louise McPherridge Thaden weigh a plan to fly to Cleveland for the National Air Show while holding a 19 hour air endurance record. If forced to land before Cleveland or on the return leg the record could be nullified by the flight rules requiring landing at the takeoff field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Stream
N. Y
Frances Marsalis
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Cleveland
No Enoch Arden Case In Small Texas Town
Apolonia Candelario is not the long absent husband Enoch Arden. While Candelario was jailed for liquor smuggling, his wife and the three Candelario children ran off with another man. Apolonia sought to reclaim her husband, children, and also his prize cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Fasg
Tex
Apolonia Candelario
Enoch Arden
Candelario
Apolonia
Government to spend 3.5 million on aeronautical field improvements
Washington reports the government plans expenditure exceeding 3,533,000 for aeronautical purposes. Most funds will support development of army fields nationwide, with the largest project at Bolling Field in Washington costing 615,000.
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N. Thomas
Lehman
Silent Coolidge
New York State
Joseph V. McKee
New York City
Akerman
McKee
James J. Walker
Curtin
N. Y. Supreme Court
H. T. and
J. J. Harrison
Washburn
Pennsylvania
T. B.” Protection
Flapper
Fanny
Jonca
Gladys Market
Powell and Landers
Sam Moore
Fred Markham
Albert Dyke
Orkin Jewelry Company
L. A. Keith
County Group
White
W. Lackaye
Svengali
Trilby
Haden
Jessie Keith- Miller
England
Australia
Libby Holman- Smith
NEA
irLondon
W. P. Agee, Sr
Air Institute
BY Oscar Nleiding
Young Roosevelt
Cotton
Clerk of
Federal House
Eaton
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