Indiana Faces Feed Shortage Crisis in Drought Report
Government drought study warns Indiana will struggle to feed livestock this winter. Southern counties projected to yield less than one third of normal feeds, whole southern half about 50 percent. Statewide output near 75 percent of needs, with 62 000 tons hay import possible if credit and distribution are solved.
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Lawrence Sullivan
Washington
Indiana
Special Drought Commission
Hoover
American Railway Association
Illinois
How the Market Opened
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 The rise in progress Friday continued in the initial dealings on the New York Stock Exchange today. The majority of stocks rose fractionally with trading somewhat more active. United States Steel opened at 1714, up, on a block of 3,500 shares, and gains ranged to nearly a point with Vanadium, American Can, Westinghouse Electric, American Smelting, Fox Film A, American Telephone and Atlantic Refining advancing. Loewe's rose to 80, a new high, as amusements led. Utilities were steady to firm with Sinclaire easing fractionally. mercantile shares rose and rails improved led by Atchison 218. Railroad equipment demand grew. Baldwin paused after a 3-point rise Friday while Pressed Steel Car and related stocks firmed. United States Steel added to its initial gain on a 1,200-share block at 1714, buoying the list. Jewel Tea and Simmons Company rose more than a point each after the opening. shorts faced further punishment in Auburn and the issue advanced a point. Abandons Channel Swim by United Press CAPE GRIS NEZ, France, Sept. 6 Madame Brouwer, Dutch swimmer, abandoned attempt to swim the English channel after covering five miles.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Vanadium
American Can
Westinghouse Electric
American Smelting
Fox Film A
American Telephone
Atlantic Refining
Loewe
Jewel Tea
Simmons Company
Auburn
Temperatures by Hour At Morning Readings
Hourly temperatures show a progression from 63 at 6 am to 70 at 8 am and 75 by 9 am. Readings indicate a warming trend through the morning hours.
Argentina Leader Hands Power To Vice President
Buenos Aires protests and student demonstrations erupt as martial law is declared for thirty days. President Hopolito Irigoyen, 80, temporarily steps down, delegating authority to Vice President Enrique Martinez amid criticism from radical party members.
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NEA
Buenos Aires
Hopolito Irigoyen
Enrique Martinez
Radical
Martinez
Federal
Irigoyen
Congress
Air Display and Auto Races Highlight Indiana State Fair
Curtiss Wright aviators led by Dale Red Jackson perform at 2 p.m. with stunts and a refueling display while five dirt track auto races lure big purses. Voepel plans a record looping attempt in a glider as exhibits and concerts entertain crowds alongside prize beef sales and a Roepke Floral Co. display. Attendance trails 1929 figures but shows strong Friday admissions and closing-week prospects.
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Curtiss-Wright Flying Service
Dale
Red) Jackson
P.O. S. of A. Band of
Crawfordsville
Lyman Voepel
Voepel
James Lockwood
Wallonia
Roepke Floral Company
Indianapolis
U S May Benefit From Argentine Political Change
Washington observers believe Hipolito Irigoyen’s transfer of powers to Vice President Martinez could favor U S interests. They expect potential banking reforms, possibly modeled after Chile’s central bank and the U S Federal Reserve, and note the need for Argentina to stabilize its gold standard and economy.
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United Press
Washington
Hipolito Irigoyen
Martinez
United States
Irigoyen
United States Federal Reserve
Weather at 9 A M Winds and Visibility Report
At 9 a.m. the air shows a southwest wind of three miles per hour. Barometric pressure at sea level is 30. Temperature is 75. Ceiling is unlimited. Visibility is 10 miles. Field conditions are good.
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Southwest Win
Arctic Filling Stations Planned for Arctic Air Route
New York Sept. 6. An oil company announces plans to open filling stations in Baffinland Greenland Spitzbergen and other icy areas to supply planes and dirigibles operating an Arctic route from Europe to the United States.
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NEA
New York
Europe
United States
Baffinland
Greenland
Spitzbergen
Chicago Stocks Opening Report Sparks Mixed Early Activity
Chicago stocks opening shows varied results with utilities and transportation firms trading mixed. Aub Mot, Bendix Avia and Mal Hae Borgat among movers while overall indices reflect modest gains and losses as trade begins.
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Tel Util
Aub
Bendix Avia
Mal Hae Borgat
Political Boss to Face U S Charges in Gary
In Gary Indiana Ralph Bradford a volatile northern Indiana political figure faces federal charges after a morphine package allegedly mailed to his office was received by his secretary Martha Machecek who was promptly arrested. Bradford fled to Chicago but pledged to return to answer the charge, offering $5000 for information on the mailer. The case ties to Lake County politics and past corruption investigations and Bradford’s clashes with the local regular organization.
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Gary
Ind
Ralph Bradford
Indiana
Bradford
Martha Machecek
Joseph Walsh
Chicago
Oliver Loomis
Lake County
I Bradford
James E. Watson
Thomas W. Slick
M. Bert Thurman
National
Loomis
Watson
Paris Survey Says Women’s Attire Affects Textile Demand
Edward T. Pickard chief of the textile division of the U S department of commerce reports from Paris that American women’s refusal to wear fashionable petticoats and undergarments contributes to a global textile downturn. He cites two causes of overproduction: less textile use in homes and clothing and ongoing production by formerly consumer countries such as India China and Egypt.
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United Press
Edward T. Pickard
United States Department of Commerce
Parisian
Pickard
Indi
China
Egypt
Court Order Makes Film Star 200000 Richer
Los Angeles reports that Jean Harlow real name Harlean Carpenter McGrew obtained a permanent injunction to protect a 200000 trust fund from modification by her estranged husband Charles F. McGrew II. A prior temporary injunction had been granted. Harlow and McGrew divorced on cruelty and intemperance grounds, but the decree was set aside by improper service. A new hearing is scheduled.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Charles F. McGrew II
McGrew
Chicago
Miss Harlow
Harlean Carpenter McGrew
Coste Starts For New York From Bowman Field
Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte departed Bowman field at 7 37 a m in their sesqui plane Question Mark en route to New York after a welcome in Louisville. They flew from Dallas to Louisville slowly as Coste wished to admire the country and recoup from their Paris to Dallas dash for the Easterwood prize of 25000 dollars.
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United Press
Louisville
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Dallas
Coste
Speed-in-drinking record breaks two-quart beer time
ARIS reports a world record in Paris where John MacGrath of Oklahoma City downed a two-quart beer in 12.15 seconds, surpassing Jack Frost who held the Harvard-aligned mark at 17 seconds. The event, set in a tourist bar, features a rule that a emptied glass means no charge, while stopping early costs the price.
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ARIS
Jack Frost
Harvard
John MacGrath
Oklahoma City
Frost
MacGrath
Paris
Uv United Press
Observance Sought on Constitution Day in Indiana
Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution seeks a state wide Constitution Day observance for September 17. Mayors and Governor Leslie urged to issue proclamations and citizens to display the national emblem. Churches asked to observe September 14, and schools to hold exercises and urge essays on the federal Constitution.
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Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Harry G. Leslie
Clarence Cook
Indianapolis
Circus ends long sit in Muskogee town
In Muskogee Oklahoma on September 6 Archie Thompson age 14 left his tree after 1,275 hours while his brother Billy age 13 refused to come down as a circus ended its stay in town.
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Muskogee
Okla
Archie Thompson
Billy
Rich Wets Are Flayed by Dry Wets
Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism, told Ohio Methodist Episcopal church conference in Oxford that a small group of financial wizards blocks prohibition sentiment. He cited senate lobby findings and Wet leaders claiming the eighteenth amendment and prohibition curb alcohol.
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United Press
Oxford
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Ohio Methodist’ Episcopal Church Conference
Cherrington
Senate Lobby Investigation Committee
Clew to Lost Polar Explorers Found in Tromsoe Report
An Arctic trapper returning from east of Spitzbergen found a small scientific instrument, a glass-tipped tube eight to nine centimeters long, which Tromsoe experts say may have belonged to the Italia polar expedition. One Italia member was rescued. another was blown away with the dirigible’s balloon.
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United Presa
Berlin
Italia
Ulstein
Tromsoe
Spitzbergen
Dr Wilhelm Petterson Claims Oxygen Cures Drunkenness
Berlin reports Dr Wilhelm Petterson asserts oxygen treatments can cure drunkenness by restoring normal metabolism. He says drink causes defective metabolism and that inhaling oxygen gradually weakens the desire for alcohol through his experiments.
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NEA Service
Berlin
Wilhelm Petterson
Doff the Old Lid Don the New One Fall Hat Values
A note on seasonal changes as children shift from summer play to reading and schools reopen. Indianapolis stores offer two hats for the price of one, promoting men’s and women’s headwear amid fall fashions and rising prices as summer fades.
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Aestate Fair
Indianapolis
Relief ship arrives at Santo Domingo amid hurricane death toll
Santo Domingo, Sept. 6 relief ships reached the devastated city as the death toll rose to about 2,000 with 6,000 wounded. Hundreds burned on funeral pyres and survivors struggled to clear wreckage while the Dominican government placed Mario Fermin Cabral in charge with dictatorial powers to organize aid and rationing.
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Santo Domingo
Francisco Escovar
Correspo
Dominican Republic
San Juan
The
Republic
Island
Villa Duarte
Bocachica
Bocachia
Bonao
United States Marine
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Duarte
Ozama
City Plight After Caribbean Hurricane Destruction
Captain Antonio Silva, Red Cross relief director, reports Santo Domingo left in ruins after a hurricane. He describes mass cremation due to debris and lack of water, electricity, and food. President Trujillo leads relief efforts under martial law as outside aid is urgently needed.
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Antonio Silva
Red Cross
United Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
San Juan
Porto Rico
Trujillo
Davis Plans Long Senate Run After November
Labor Secretary Davis announced he will not resign before the November election when he is expected to be chosen as Pennsylvania senator. Initially slated to retire July 1, he postponed to September 1 and now, with Hoover's approval, delays again awaiting a successor decision.
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Scripps-Howard
Alliance
Pt. 6
Labor
Davis
Pennsylvania
Senate
Hoover
Pencil output shows high literacy via factory stats
Washington reports that the census of manufactures finds 842,780,160 wooden pencils produced nationally last year, averaging about seven pencils per person. The figure underscores the nation’s industrial activity and literacy potential, highlighting manufacturing capacity and consumption.
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0. S
United Press
Washington
America
Census Bureau
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