Harvest Labor Swamps Highland District With Peach Picking
Nashville reports a flood of harvest labor flooding Highland Orchard area as Elberta peach shipments begin. Hundreds of unemployed workers arrive seeking jobs, prompting warnings to only come if a definite job is guaranteed by phone or mail. Local papers note outsiders crowding Howard County, with Nashville rail and highway routes active as shipments start under Pacific lines.
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Highland
Nashville
Nashville News
Star
Charles Ferguson
Nashville Paper
Ster
Howard County
Wirl Pacific
Graysonia
Nashville & Ashdown
Mispour Pacific
Cotton markets steady with minor weekly changes noted
U S Department of Agriculture bulletin shows July 11 17 cotton activity fairly active with limited price movement. Midling 7 8 inch across ten markets July 17 at 8 5 16 cents, down from July 16. Exports July 17 about 6.7 million bales. apparent U S supply July 1 about 7.1 million bales. Domestic consumption June 455 388 bales. Premium staple cottons upheld slower demand with premiums largely unchanged.
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Memfhis
U. 8
Dept. Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Bureau of Census
Bullfights Lose Ground For Mexican Popularity
TIA JUANA Lower California Bullfighting is fading from prominence as boxing takes its color from the sport, says Lamberto Alvarez-Gayou district athletics director. A shortage of top toreadors and waning crowds at erenas contribute to the decline, with revival pinned on a Mexican torreador who can charm caballeros and win arena applause.
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Tia Juana
California
Lamberto Alvarez-Gayou
Gayan
Beyou Seid
Rueal Cabalieras
Black Bears Rampage Through Falls Church Town
Panic gripped Falls Church as two Alaskan bears broke free from chains and roamed the streets for two hours. Three men were clawed but injuries were not serious. women and children hid inside as armed locals chased the bears. One bear was shot dead and another captured. the animals had been exhibited in town after being hunted in Alaska by E.R. Makely.
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Falls Church
E.R. Makely
Alaska
Dr. J. Howard
Homer Sumpter
EB. C. Carter
Navy Balloon Wins National Elimination Race in Akron
The United States Navy balloon piloted by Lieut. T. G. W. Settle won the elimination race in Akron, finishing about two miles ahead of the Goodyear Zeppelin. The Navy entry covered a total of 215 miles, with the Goodyear balloon landing near Stevensville, Ontario.
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Akron
Ohio
United States Navy
T. G. W. Settle
Marilla
Navy
Stevensville
Ontario
Ravcher
Escaped Convicts Captured After Auto Crash Near El Dorado
Shreveport officers identify two escaped Louisiana penitentiary inmates as W. C. Gerds and W. D. Lambert after a Friday night auto collision near El Dorado. Gerds is in critical condition. Lambert to Louisiana. A third man, Jack Howard, later captured and held for investigation. Police say items in the car link them to Louisiana robberies.
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L Dorado
Stindsy
Here
Shreveport
W. C. Gerds
W. D. Lambert
Louisiana
Lwan
Gerds
Lambert
Jack Brown
Jack Howard
Person Farm
Tucker
Tom Slaughter
Howard
Missouri Pacific
Hall Flying For Crusaders, He Says
Havana to New York pilot J. Goodwin Hall says he flew from Roosevelt field to Havana in eight hours and 35 minutes and plans a return flight Monday. He aims to set intercity records for the Crusaders an anti-prohibition group, not rival Captain Frank Hawks. He hopes to fly to Miami after a brief stop in Havana then back to New York.
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Havana
J. Goodwin Hall
New York
Cuban
Roosevelt Field
Santiago
Twin
Miami
Hall
Frank Hawks
Lum
Crusaders
Cyrus E Eaton Defeated in Steel Merger Battle
Cyrus E Eaton, Cleveland capitalist who opposed the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. merger with Bethlehem Steel, resigned Monday as director and executive committee member. His opposition, aided by a court appeal after his faction ratified the deal, has left him in danger of losing his seat in the company, ending a stirring steel industry finance battle.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Cyrus EB
Eaton
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Monday
Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel
Vothe Steel Industry
Nashville Victory in Intercity Golf Tourney
Nashville won the intercity golf tournament held Sunday in Nashville with Prescott second, Hope third, and Magnolia fourth. Team scores were Nashville 1189, Prescott 1216, Hope 1223, Magnolia 1927. Hearn Latimer of Nashville was medalist with 75. Next Sunday players from the four cities will proceed to Magnolia to complete the tour started two weeks ago at Frescolt.
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Nashville
Prescott
Hope
Magnolia
Hearn Lat-imer
Frescolt
Small Boy Drowns in Arkansas River at Lewisburg Ferry
Verlin Churchill an 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs P L Churchill of Stuttgart drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming with family at the Lewisburg ferry landing in Morrilton Ark His father and four siblings were present and the body was recovered after an hour of dragging the river before his mother rejoined the mourning family visiting their grandfather J N Churchill at Morrilton
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Morrilton
Arkansas River
Verlin Churchill
P. L. Churchill
Stuttgart
Lewisburg
T. D. Churchill
Tulsa
Okla
Uteele
Will Cook
Tom Reid
Morrillon
Churchill Famiy
Verlin
J. N. Churchill
Morristor
Swanky Caddies to Tote Clubs in St Paul Open
St Paul junior association of commerce launches the $10,000 open golf tournament July 24 26 at the Keller course with caddies in uniforms of white duck trousers and shirts Caddies will carry numbered bags and 60 Twin City women will supervise prize distribution in a dress up event.
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ST. Paul
World Powers Open Debt Meeting in London
London hosts the first session of a key conference to address Germany’s economic crisis and European recovery. French and German leaders show renewed fr1endliness as they share discussions on financial cooperation, political truce terms, and possible aid conditions. Dawes to London. Morrow to stay for further talks.
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London
England
MacDonald
House of Commons
Germany
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Bruening
Laval
Aristide Briand
Andre Francois-Poncel
Dawes
Washington
Morrow
Hoover
Great Britain
Castle
Department of State
Spaniard Studying U. S. Farm Methods at Florida
A Spanish student, 4 C. Pascual, enters the University of Florida to study sub tropical farming as practiced in America. A graduate of two institutions in Spain, he will conduct special research on growing cotton and tobacco. Pascual arrived under an exchange of scholarships and fellowships arranged by the Institute of Inter American Affairs with the Institute of International Education in New York. He is Florida’s first Spanish student under the program.
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Sainesville
University of Florida
America
C. Pascual
Institute of Inter-American Affairs
Insitute of International Education
New York
Pascwal
Florida
Boys State Ball Title Fight Here
The semi final of the American Legion Junior League baseball championship of Arkansas will be played at Fair Park Thursday July 23 as Monticello faces Hope. Hope has defeated other local teams and, if victorious, will meet the North Central division winner Hot Springs or Conway for the state title. The finals date and location are to be determined with August 3 or 4 possible dates at Conway or Little Rock. A formal program, invocation by Rev W A Bowen, and pre game ceremonies precede the game with players Barney Hami Rey Anderson Cecil Weaver and Terrell Cornelius involved.
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American Legion
Arkansas
Fair Park
Monticello
Hope
Victorius
Hot Springs
Conway
Little Rock
Rum Runners Use Poison Gas Screen Over Nantucket Chase
Coast Guard units chased a rum runner off Nantucket when the fleeing boat released a poisonous gas cloud to hinder pursuit. Two hospital patients, Stanley Zylinski and Arthur Zellars, were discharged after a month of treatment for the gas exposure among eight crew members affected. Commander Roderick S. Peteh of Woods Hole confirmed the gas screen was used on June 20 as the vessel laid a gas cloud and the pursuing boat fired across its bow.
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Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Coast Guard
Coast
Nantuckt
Confederate Vets Pensions Suspended After September
Hempstead county's Confederate pension rolls will receive no payments after September 1 until bonds are sold or tax receipts improve. About 110 local pensioners, each $50 monthly, face a total local impact of $5,500 monthly while state costs run to around $250,000. Board chair E S Greening and members John Kent and John Gard oversee the action announced at a courthouse meeting in Washington.
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County Pension Board
Washington
Little Rock
Arkansas
Hempstead
E. S. Greening
Andi
John
Kent
Joh Gard
Arkansas Prosperity Highlighted by Governor Parnell
New York report details Gov Harvey Parnell and banker Steve Garwood in Little Rock presenting $15 million in Arkansas highway bonds. He claims highways excellent, tax burden eased by gasoline tax, and banking improved with 53 of 102 failed banks reopened. Agricultural credit associations expanded to $1.5 million capital and access up to $15 million through federal intermediaries. Interest rates cited fell from about 10% to around 6%.
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New York
Arkansas
Harvey Parnell
Sun
Steve Garwood
Bankers Trust Company
Little Rock
Ark
Chase National Bank
Charles S. McCain
Garwood
Halsey, Stuart & Co
Parnell
Mint Acreage Increases on Farms in California
Mint growing has progressed rapidly in Shafter district over three years from two acres to thousands of dollars in growers earnings this year. A modern electrically equipped distilling plant converts the unit into merchandise. The oil is contracted on a definite cash basis at the still.
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Shafter, Cay
Bank holdup in Green Bay leaves two police wounded
Police Chief Thomas Hawiey and Detective Gun Delloye were wounded in a Southside State Bank robbery by six men who got away with 1500 dollars. Two bank attendants were beaten, and the officers’ injuries were described as serious though not life threatening. In Miami, James Goodwin Hall refueled his Crusader on a 57 minute stop during a Havana to New York return flight, aiming to beat his speed record.
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Green Bay
Win
Lchief
Thomas Hawiey
Gun Delloye
Southside
Miami
Fla
James Goodwin Hall
New York
Havana
ME. S
Chinese Federals Prepare to Strike Over Canton Drive
Reports from Peiping and Tientsin indicate the Nationalist government plans a major offensive against forces allied with the Soviet Chinese in Canton. The mobilization signals a sharp escalation in the civil conflict as authorities claim intent to strike decisively.
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Peiping
China
Fall rests at ranch en route to prison near Santa Fe
Albert B. Fall former secretary of the interior rested Sunday at his Tres Ritos ranch after a 129 mile ambulance trip from El Paso Texas. He is to begin a sentence of one year and one day for accepting a bribe at the New Mexico state penitentiary in Santa Fe. His physician Dr J H Gambrell said the rest was advised to combat agitation over photographers at the Texas home. Mrs Fall and granddaughter Martha Fall accompanied him to the ranch. Mrs Fall would continue to Santa Fe, while other family members stayed.
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Three Rivers
N. W
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Albert B. Fall
Tres Ritos
el Paso
Tex
Fall
J. H. Gambrell
Hot Reception For Diamond Foiled In Catskills Raid
Eight men believed to await gangster Jack Diamond at a Catskills farm were arrested early Sunday as state troopers and New York detectives raided the property near Acra. One man drew a pistol but was disarmed. all eight are jailed in Greene County on weapons and assault charges. Diamond, recently acquitted in Troy, was not believed to be at the location.
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Catskill, N
Jack Diamond
Catskill Mountain
Diamond
Acra
New York City
Strultz
Car sped away as police halted suspect at Garla suburb
Fragmentary report states a vehicle sped off before police stopped the car in Garla suburb. Witnesses say the person named J. T. Cochran was in town, and the vehicle was abandoned near a Tan street area.
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J. T. Cochran
Garla
Tan
Jamestown Plane Ride Ends in Slain Suicide
On his eighty fifth birthday Sunday George Walylace invited an airplane piloting him for a ride. The plane reached 1200 feet when the pilot died, and Wallace crawled to the wing yelling a cry for help before leaping from the ship and tumbling toward the cemetery. No motive was determined for the suicide.
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Jamestown
George Waly Lace
Wallace
Hope Men See Cards win Two at Sportsmen's Park
Hope Men See Cards win two games at Sportsmen's Park on Sunday as the Cardinals edge the Giants 2 to 1 in each game, securing another National league contest.
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Charley Crusnce
C. Cook
Sportsmen's Park
Cardinals
Pein
Giants
Tinally
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Irving Thalberg
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