What This Iowa Farm Strike Is All About
Sioux City reporters describe Iowa farmers picketing highways to block movement of farm goods in a bid to force higher prices. Milo Reno, head of the National Farmers Holiday Association, argues farmers must set price levels by cost of production and resist deflation. The strike, tied to a milk boycott, aims to halt surplus flow until economic justice is achieved.
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Sioux City
Iowa
America
Milo Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Iowa Farmers’ Union
Reno
Sioux City Territory
Boston
Bunker Hill
Hope Sees Heavy Tourist Traffic On Highway 67
Hope Star survey shows 80 cars from 15 states pass through Hope in two hours on an average day 640 daily tourist parties by this route expected to rise with Highway 67 completion. Northbound travelers pass Walnut street to Missouri Pacific. fourteen Hope service stations cater to motorists while officials expect paved routes and increased through traffic from Dallas Little Rock Nashville and Hot Springs after completion.
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Hope
Broadway
Ohio
Hawaii
Arkansas
Walnut Street
Missouri Pacific
Newsboys
Hope Star
Hope-Emmet
State Highway Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hope-Texarkana
Dallas
Little Rock
Nashville
Hot Springs
Four Die and Five Hurt in Gulfport Wreck Near Pass Christian
Four persons were killed and five others injured when three cars collided in West Pass Christian near Gulfport Mississippi early Monday. The dead include Henry Crutcher circulation manager of the Jacksonville Florida Journal and Miss Mabel Marie Morgan of Branchville South Carolina and two unidentified Black individuals.
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Gulfport Miss
West Pass Christian
Here
Henry Crutcher
Jacksonville Florida Journal
Mabel Marie Morgan
Branchville
South Carolina
Pilot Strike Averted In National Air Races Controversy
The threat of a pilots strike over prize money was resolved Monday by a compromise between the pilots and race officials ahead of the National Air races. Four pilots sped east toward Cleveland at speeds over 250 mph in the trans continental race from Los Angeles led by Colonel Roscoe Turner of Hollywood California.
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Cleveland
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Hollywood
Calif
Tom Cox Robbed at Broad and Elm Streets in Texarkana
Local resident Tom Cox was robbed at gunpoint Friday night at Broad and Elm in Texarkana. A man described as dressed like a porter took a bundle with clothes and Cox’s pocket book containing $12.50.
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Tom Cox
Texarkana
Broad
Elm Streets
1 Cox
Review of Week's Cotton Market in Memphis
The cotton market Aug 20 to 26 showed high activity with end week quotations about 1115 points above Aug 19. Prices on Aug 26 were about 259 points higher than Aug 1 and 183 points above the prior year. foreign and domestic demand improved and transactions rose. Spot sales by ten markets reached 98,076 bales for the week. exports by Aug 26 ran about 340,000 bales for the season. July spinning spindles averaged 19.8 million, down from 25.8 million last July.
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Memphis
U. S. Dept. Agr
Bureau of the Census
Weaffier Bureau
United States
Ease In Mortgage Situation Noted With Bank Plan
Washington report says Franklin W. Fort chair of the Home Loan Board notes a noticeable easing of the mortgage situation as plans advance to open capital stock subscriptions for 12 loan banks. The board hones arrangements for district subscriptions and names directorate appointees. one bank is slated for Little Rock.
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Washington
Franklin W. Fort
Home Loan Board
Little Rock
Sheriff Bowerman Locked Out of Pants After Illness
Sheriff George Bowerman of Napoleon Colorado is recovering from appendicitis and ordered to rest. His wife locked up his trousers to keep him home, leaving the sheriff on the jail porch in pajamas and a bathrobe until the doctor lifts the ban on his clothing.
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Napoleon, CO
George Bowerman
Schools Set to Open Fall Term on September 12
Blevins and McCaskill schools announce fall term start dates for 1932 33 with classes to begin Monday September 12. Students in Wallaceburg township to classify at Blevins September 2 and Redland township grades 9 12 meet at McCaskill September 1 for placement.
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Glen Coker
Blevins High School
Blevins, McCaskill
Glenn Coker
McCaskill
Blevins
Wallaceburg Township
Blevins High
Redland Township
Blevins School
H. L. Lay
Woman Drowns Self and Daughters at Alabama Lake
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Mrs William Simmons 25 wife of a watch repairer took her three daughters to a lake and drowned herself and two of the children after telling them to come and watch how to baptize a person. The coroner could not find a motive. The eldest daughter, 10, escaped by wading to a nearby island.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
William Simmons
Jimmy Walker's Brother Succumbs
George F. Walker of New York, an insurance broker and younger brother of Mayor James J. Walker, died early Monday in a private sanitarium after TB treatment. He was 47. Governor Roosevelt announced that charges against Mayor Walker to be heard Monday would be postponed until after the funeral.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
George F. Walker
New York
James J. Walker
Roosevelt
Albany
Walker
Woman in Saugus Poll List Questioned Over Age
A Saugus voter notice shows a 70 plus woman listed as 50 years old in 1930 after 60 in 1928 and 50 for two years, according to the assessors’ book. The discrepancy emerges as the new town poll list is issued.
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Saugus
Mass
Soviet Wool Harvesting System Lets Sheep Drop Wool
Moscow reports a new wool gathering method where sheep are given a preparation of heavy mineral salts to relax a synthetic nerve system, causing the wool to loosen so it can be picked off by hand without full shearing.
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Moscow
National Guards Leave For Camp From Hope And Texarkana
Soldiers from Hope and nearby areas compose Company A of the 153rd Infantry Arkansas National Guard boarding a special train at Texarkana at 8 30 Sunday for Camp McRae Little Rock. The unit’s officers are Captain John Duffie First Lieutenant Garnett Martin and Second Lieutenant Milton Eason. A full quota joined Guardsmen from DeQueen and Texarkana for a two week annual field training with about 1206 officers and enlisted men in camp Monday morning.
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Martin
Eason
Camp McRae
153 Infantry
Arkansas National Guards
Hope and
Texarkana
Camp
John Duffie
Garnett Martin
Milton Eason
DeQueen
Little Rock
State
Finalists Chosen in Island of Lost Souls Panther Woman Contest
More than 60 000 girls across the United States and Canada entered Paramount’s hunt for a Panther Woman. Eighteen finalists, aged 17 to 30, were chosen from 300 contests after tests reviewed by Ernest Lubitsch Rouben Mamoulian Cecil B DeMille and Norman Taurog. Final decision due Sept 1.
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Canada
Paramount
H. G. Wells
Paramount Studios
Hollywood
Ernest Lubitsch
Rouben Mamoulian
Cecil B. DeMille
Norman Taurog
Maxine Millard
San Antonio
Texas
Ruth Yoos
Ambridge
Gertrude Baker
Newark
N. J
Geneva Hall
Kansas City
Louise Lewis
Hope
Ark
Jane MacSmith
Camden
Maxine Land
Atlanta
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Birmingham
Ala
Mary Brooks Kirby-Smith
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lena Andre
Nashville
Clovis
New Mexico
Madeline Massaie
Williamsport
Verna Hillis
Detroit
Mich
Gladice Edmonds
Newton Center
Mass
Kathleen Burke
Chicago, Ill
Brett Ashwood
Lewiston
Maine
Spring Hill Youth Dies Here Monday
Tillman Turner fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Finley Turner of Spring Hill died at Josephine hospital at 9 oclock Monday morning after a relapse following rupture appendix operation He had been critically ill for two weeks rallied Friday and Saturday but worsened Sunday night funeral at Spring Hill 2 30 Tuesday with Rev Wallace R Rodgers First Baptist Hope in charge Survived by his mother and father and two brothers Morris and Roy Turner
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Josephine Hospital
Spring Hill
Wallace R. Rodgers
First Baptist Church of
Cotton Weavers Strike in England
In Manchester and across Lancashire two thirds of the cotton mill weavers joined a strike over wages and working conditions. Districts saw widespread walkouts with no serious disorders reported. Officials warned that a general strike could slash spending power for over 10,000,000 people in the Manchester area.
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Manchester
Eng
Lanshire
Lancashire
George Titt
Federal Infantry and Planes Storm Ecuador Capitol
Federal Infantry artillery and airplanes blasted into Quito to crush a revolt by supporters of president elect Neptali Bonifaz. The attack came from north and south, marking the first use of airplanes in an Ecuador battle.
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Quayaquil
Ecuador
Neptali Bonifaz
Brothers Reunited After 43 Years in Toledo Story
James and Charles Stewart, separated when James moved to the United States forty three years ago, were reunited in Toledo after James located his brother through Winnipeg police tracing railroad company records. Both had worked on the same Canadian engine prior to the separation.
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Toledo
Ohio
James
Charles Stewart
Canada
United States
Winnipeg
Cotton market soars as prices hit ten cents a pound
New Orleans officials attack the Farm Board and the American Cotton Co operative Association for speculative activity while Russell Clark, president of the New Orleans cotton exchange, testifies before the Shannon Congressional committee. In New York, cotton jumps to 10 cents per pound on bullish crop data marking a near 100 percent rise from June levels. October delivery closes with a minor gain as July futures dictate spot prices.
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New Orleans
Federal Farm Board
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Russell Clark
New York
New York Exchange
Ten Trial Cases Heard In Court Monday Morning
Ten trial cases were heard in municipal court before Judge A A Gentry. Five charged with drunkenness, two for disturbing the peace, one for simple assault and one for petit larceny. A state case with a jury was also heard. Notable entries include guilty pleas from Willie Dillard John Tufteller Sam Hodnett and others with fines of ten dollars and costs. Albert Dye was acquitted on a cigarette tax stamp charge.
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A. A. Gentry
R. T. Muldrow
Frank Smith
Smith
Willie Dillard
John Tufteller
Johnnie Cheatham
Gentry
Sam Hodnett
White
Alex Aubrey
Albert Dye
Monroe and
Carrigan
John Vesey
Blevins
Sterling Leads Ferguson by 3429 in Texas Dem Nomination
Governor R. Sterling holds a 3429 vote lead over Miriam Ferguson for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination based on returns from 251 counties with 19 complete. The latest tallies were released Monday at noon.
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Dallas
Sterling
Miriam Ferguson
Texas
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