Douth Warned Cotton Costs Must Be Cut
W L Clayton, a leading world cotton factor, warned Houston audiences that the South risks losing its dominant market as exports have fallen over 50 percent in ten years. He urged three steps: defend reciprocal trade, abandon government cotton control except soil conservation administration, and produce better cotton at lower cost.
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Houston
Tex
South
W.llayton
Clayton
Foreign Trade Association
Roosevelt
Card arrives 21 years after mailing in Peekskill
In Peekskill New York a postal mishap delivered a 1917 notice inviting George Clark to a Boy Scout meeting where he would receive a liberty bonds selling medal. The card, dropped near his home, finally reached him 21 years later. Meanwhile in London British teachers are to be trained for a keep fit campaign and a national college of physical training is planned on a 220 acre site at Merstham Surrey.
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Peekskill
Someoane
George
Clark
London
Britain
College of Physical Training
Merstham
Surrey
Tactics Chess Becomes Nazi Military Training Game
AP Feature Service reports in Burlin that a militarized chess variant called Tactics is used in Hitler's Reich. Produced under army auspices, it trains tactical thinking with 121 squares, 18 pieces per side including tanks planes and an eagle as the mate piece. The game, promoted by the Labor Front, has sold 75,000 sets in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlin
Reich
Warden Johnston Links Crime to Insanity at Alcatraz
James A. Johnston, warden of Alcatraz, described crime as "overlapped by insanity" in a 2000 word paper to the American Psychiatric Association. He painted a spectrum from quiet to violent inmates, noting delusions of persecution and various mental disorders, and urged psychiatrists and wardens to work together for reform.
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Howard W
Johnston
Matson withdraws from race to regain WPA support
E G Matson, candidate in the Democratic primary for constable in Hannibal Missouri, withdraws from the race to return to WPA rolls. He says he needs WPA work to support his five motherless children after his name was dropped from WPA lists following his filing.
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Hannibal, Mo
E. G. Matson
Constable
Matson
License Debut in Birmingham Driver Lacked License
A Birmingham motorist said he had driven five years without a license and did not know one was required. He received a fine of 17 dollars and 50 cents.
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Birmingham
Eng
WPA Program: Hopkins Defends Works Initiative in 1930s
Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, argues in Survey Midmonthly that the works program is a key step toward long term economic security. He concedes weaknesses like limited reach and low wages but says future reforms, unemployment insurance, and a steady economy will improve planning and wages. He lists five criticisms and refutes them, stressing progress over the past five years.
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New York
June
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Current
Congress
Hopkins
Washington
Seventy Trips From West Coast In Aged Auto
Eighty-year-old H. A. Coursey of Santa Monica and his wife reached Greentop after completing their seventh trip from the west coast in a ten year old car. Coursey joked about letting the lines fall over the dashboard once they are out of Los Angeles.
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H. A. Coursey
Santa Monica
Calif
West Coast
Los Angeles
Courtsey
Errol
Fractions complicate York estate division
In York Pennsylvania on June 9 an auction or division of the $959 estate of John Benedick faced a mathematical hurdle. Judge Harvey A. Gross allocated the estate among 109 heirs and grappled with fractions such as one seventh of two thirds of one seventh plus one twenty fourth.
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York
John Benedick
Harvey A. Gross
Baby Dies After 50 Days Sleep in Niagara Falls
Eighteen month old Elsie Palazzo died in a hospital today after sleeping for 50 days following an April measles illness. Doctors diagnosed the later condition as meningitis. The report also notes statistics that the typical air traveler is over 40 and travels for business.
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Niagara Falls
No. Y
Elsie Palazzo
Fasteeth New Powder Keeps Teeth Secure All Day
Fasteeth is advertised as an improved powder that holds false teeth firmly, prevents slipping, and eliminates a gummy or pasty feel. It promises fresh breath and all day comfort, praised by users and dentists, with three sizes sold at druggists.
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Hague
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Norman Thomas
Ar Caney
Phil A
Dallmeyer
Ames
Missouri
Anil
Missouri Association of Public Utilities
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