Senate weighs curb on cotton market gambling
The Senate agriculture committee studies tighter cotton marketing rules to curb manipulation. Proposals include abolishing futures trading or tightening licenses and neutral oversight, with support for measures from an agriculture subcommittee that urged reforms such as ending st raddles and requiring control committees and a federal designation of contract markets.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Caraway
Connally
Agriculture
Federal Commission
Obedient Officers Betrayed Jeweler by Crooked Warrant
Rome reports two slick crooks posing as carabineers arrested a jeweler and handed him to real officers. They then looted the shop of gems valued at about 100,000 dollars before the ruse collapsed.
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Rome
Italy
Carabineer
Frank Cones Seeks County Treasurer Nomination
Frank Cones of 3642 Coliseum Avenue announced today his candidacy for the Republican nomination as county treasurer. He operates a realty and finance firm at 615 People's Bank building, serves on the county council, and has long civic involvement. He previously ran unsuccessfully for the post two years ago. He is a member of Masonic, Knights of Pythias and Red Men lodges and the Methodist church.
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Frank Cones
Coliseum Avenue
Cones
People’s Bank
Masonic
Knights of Pythias and
Red Men
Methodist Church
Donor of $500,000 La Porte Building Leaves Bequests
Maurice Fox, La Porte manufacturer who died last week, left bequests to Holy Name hospital Civic Music Association Women’s Association Fox memorial park and La Porte Charity circle as beneficiaries in his will filed for probate in the La Porte circuit court.
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Bu Times
LA Porte
Ind
Maurice Fox
la Porte Circuit Court
Holy Name Hospital
Civic Music Association
Women's Association
Fox Memorial Park
la Porte Charity Circle
Wilbur illiteracy plan faces criticism as political gesture
Washington March 6 Interior Secretary Wilbur’s bid to cut illiteracy before the April 1 census draws fire from Florence Cureuse Hanson of Chicago secretary treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers. The letter labels his proposal a political gesture and cites tenure at Leland Stanford University.
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Wilbur
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Florence Cureus Hanson
Chicago
American Federation of Teachers
Leland Stanford University
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Swift & Companys
Swift & Company
Strauss
L. Strauss & Company
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