Drought Worsens Across Southern States Straining Crops
The drought hit Georgia, Virginia, the Carolinas and Tennessee hardest with drag effects across Alabama Florida and Mississippi. Cabbages beets and potatoes suffer while watermelon crops face concern and farmers await rain to salvage planted and growing crops. Cotton fairs in Louisiana and tobacco faces the principal losses across the region as conditions vary by state.
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Planta
Georgia
Virginia
Carolinas
Finnessee
Alabama
Aad
Routh
United States
Weather Bureau
Florida
B. Marmon
University of Tennessee Eastville
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weevil Damage Greatest Last Year
Washington reports the Bull weevil damage to cotton rose slightly from 1934 to 1935 but stayed below the average. The annual Department of Agriculture summary cites a 4.26 percent yield reduction in 1934 and 28.6 in 1933, with broader impacts from other insects, moisture, and plant diseases totaling significant losses to output and seed production at 4,729,000 tons.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pool Champion in Visit Here Tuesday
Fred B. Hall, pool expert and card shark, will demonstrate skill at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Greene's Billiard Parlor on Front Street. Hall has shown newspaper clippings claiming he is an exhibition pool champion and card expert.
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Fred B. Hall
Luesday
Greene's
Billard Parlor
Front Street
Hall
Industry Signals Recovery In Early Week Trading
New York observers saw signs of recovery across trade and industry with capital goods firms, railroads, and construction buyers boosting equipment and steel. Auto makers eased into lower gear while gains in farm income and soldier bonus spending suggested future car demand. Power, carloadings, and retail activity outpaced last year, lifting earnings outlook and dividend actions despite a slight stock market dip to 60.7 on light volume.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Sweet Home Row Social Notes and Local Visits
Thomas of Blevins filled his regular appointment here Saturday night and Sunday. Dozens of local residents and visitors from Kilgore and Hope attended family events, church programs, and a Midway singing, with numerous households hosting guests and sharing meals. The brief item notes a single statistic: only 2 percent of Indians living in America have incomes exceeding $509 a year.
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Thomas
Blevins
Ben Woodson
Kilgore
Texas
Margaret Grimes
Bettie Conner
Mary Eason
Hope
Enesty
W. R. Campell
A. A. Wide
F. H. Huskey
Ruth Huskey
Richmond
Harold Huskey
A. & M. College
Magnolia
Mollie Wilson
Horace Jones
Tulsa
Okla
Ho OH. Puskey
Experiment
Jim Carman
Carman
S. D. Yarberry
Zack Stoic
Tom Stone
Ethel Mae
Algie Thomnas
Oscar Montgomery
Edward Gremis
America
Girls Tortured in Prostitution Trial Witness Testimony
Thelma Jordan testified before Justice McCook about brutal punishments used by Luciano syndicate members. She described feet and stomach burns with cigarettes and tongues cut for those who talked, and threats by Ralph Liguori aimed at Nancy Presser to prevent testimony. The witness said Benny Spiller’s friend revealed Lucine as the head of the operation.
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New York
Supreme Court
Philip J. McCook
Charles Lucky
Luciano
Thelma Jordan
Thomas B. Dewey
Mace
Dewey Investigation
Woolworth
Combinan
Jean Martin
Ralph Liguori
Nancy Presser
Ralph
Nancy
Combination
Benny Spiller
Spiller
Lucilne
Genesis of the grain in ancient Eurasian steppes
The first grains of wheat sprang from Asia's steppes thousands of years ago. This wild wheat became the Genesis of the grain still used today.
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Asia
Norman Thomas Nominated Again by Socialist Party
Norman Thomas received the Socialist presidential nomination for a third time at the Cleveland convention, with George Nelson named as vice president. Thomas, previously the 1928 and 1932 nominee, won by an overwhelming voice vote amid divisions with the New York Left and Old Guard factions. The platform discussion was postponed to Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Norman Thomas
George Nelson
Polk County
Wisconsin
Nelson
Thomas
New York
New York “Old Guard
Harry W. Laidler
League For Industrial Democracy
Daniel Webster Hoan
Milwaukee
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Eriti
Cars
Tol.e Tex No Oil Company
Tom Kinser
Floyd Porterfield
Tig
Jackson
Eds
Gallon
John 5S
Gibson Drug Company
Rexall Store
Hope, Ark
Fifth Avenue
George Palmer
Joan Williamson
Mrs. Langhan
Little Rock
Arkansas Corporation Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Arkansas
Hope Basket Co
Orville W. Erringer
Sweet Home
Elmer Brown
Evan Teith
Southern Ice Company, Inc
Santa Marta
Columbus
Lsconrs Mrees Tenacce Co
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