Financier dies after vast grain wealth and court battles
Arthur W. Cutten, 66, famed as the little giant of the wheat pits, dies after amassing a fortune in grain trading. He fought a key price reporting case, won in the Supreme Court, and faced tax and reporting indictments still pending at his death.
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Arthur Cutten
Wheat Mart
Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Cutten
Grain Futures Commission
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Canada
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Guelph
Ont
Carillon
Europe
Balloon Soars to Stratosphere On Pioneer Flight
A 30 foot unmanned balloon built by Professor Jean Piccard lifted off from the University of Minnesota stadium bound for the stratosphere. It carries an automatic radio and ballast release to report altitude and release hydrogen as needed. The craft is expected to drift 400 to 500 miles with a letter tag guiding instrument disposition.
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Minneapolis
Jean Piccard
Memoram
Piccard
University of Minnesota
Weather Outlook Across States With Cooler East And Warmer West
Fair, cooler in extreme east Tennessee tonight. Thursday fair and warmer in the west. Virginia cloudy tonight then fair Thursday with rising temperatures except southeast coast. Kentucky fair tonight and Thursday, warmer Thursday. North Carolina cloudy with possible coastal showers, not as cool tonight, partly cloudy and warmer Thursday. Highs and lows noted for yesterday and last night.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
CAREER ENDS NAMED TRADER WHO MADE CHICAGO GRAIN FORTUNE
CAREER ENDS made his fortune in the Chicago grain pits by foreseeing market trends. He bought cheap and sold high, guiding his trading with sharp foresight into price directions.
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Chicago
Cutten
Walister Plans to Aid President
Tennessee Governor Bill McAlister pledged full support for the administration platform. He said it is too early to detail proposals but will vote for the ideas and expects Roosevelt to win re election with a substantial Tennessee majority. The Tennessee delegation remains divided on one issue.
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John Hightower
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Bill McAlister
McAlister
Roosevelt
Commodity price climb continues amid drought and heat
Farmers in arid western regions see rising prices for commodities as drought worsens crop prospects. Heat and dry weather push markets to near seasonal highs with July wheat over 95 cents and hogs reaching $10.50, while butter sits around 31 cents.
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Chicago
Virginians push to keep two thirds nominating rule at 1936 convention
Angry Virginia delegates appeal to northern and western allies to resist repeal of the two thirds nominating rule. The rules committee opens with 48 states debating administration plans for a simple majority. If approved, the decision heads to the convention floor tomorrow amid Massachusetts support for retention.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Virginia
Rules Committee
Massachusetts
Alcatraz Convict Stabs Capone in Prison
Alcatraz inmate James C. Lucas stabbed Al Capone in the back with scissors and was placed in solitary confinement as authorities study the incident Capone survived with a small back wound and refused to discuss financial aid requests. Capone remained in his cell and was said to have struck Lucas after the attack before a guard intervened. Capone, serving an 11 year tax evasion term, did not participate in last January’s three day mutiny in which Lucas was a ringleader.
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San Francisco
James C. Lucas
Alcatraz Island
al Capone
Chicago
United States
H. H. McPike
James H. Johnston
San Francisco Bay
Texas
Capone
McPike
Lucas
Johnson
Presbyterian Faith Traced By New Tennessee Moderator
In Maryville Tennessee Reverend Jere A Moore of Greeneville outlines Tennessee Presbyterianism origins back to 1777 with Dr Samuel Doak who organized the first church named Salem and became Tennessee’s first settled pastor. He notes 895 churches with about 64000 members and church property over ten million dollars plus endowments in the millions. He recalls early pioneer perils and Doaks swift rifle aided exhortation.
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Maryville
Tenn
Tennessee
Jere A. Moore
Greeneville
Presbyterian Synod of
Samuel Doak
Princeton
Virginia
Moore
Doak
Doakdale
Tennessee eyes Virginia and North Carolina budgeting gains
W R Ponder of the Tennessee Taxpayers Association says Virginia and North Carolina are five years ahead in county city and state government. He details centralized agencies supervising budgets audits and accounts and cites North Carolina and Virginia examples as models for Tennessee reforms.
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Ponder
North Carolina
Nashville
W. R. Ponder
The
Tennessee Taxpayers Association
Virginia
Local Government Commission
Tennessee
Death of Mrs. Sam G. Heiskell Rules Knoxville News
Funeral plans remain unsettled for Mrs. Sam G. Heiskell 67 whose body was recovered after witnesses saw her leap from the Henley street bridge into the Tennessee river. Coroner Dr. John Scott classified the death as self infliction with a probable instant water impact. Survivors include a Nashville niece Mrs. George Brentley. Born in Columbia Tennessee she served as state librarian at 18 before marrying Knoxville mayor Sam Heiskell and later served as Knox County representative.
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Knoxville
Sam G. Heiskell
Tennessee River
Henley Street
John Scott
George Brentley
Nashville
Union protest over mistreatment of Rockwood strikers
Rockwood Tennessee union organizer Edward F. Callaghan alleges Roane county deputies beat and mistreated AFL Hosiery Workers strikers and pickets during a three month strike at Rockwood Hosiery Mill. He sent a telegram to Secretary Perkins Governor McAlister and AFL President Green urging action. More than two dozen pickets including William J. Frazier were arrested after clashes as the mill operates at full capacity with about 600 workers.
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Rockwood
Tenn
Edward F. Callaghan
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Chattanooga
Frances Perkins
Hill McAlister
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roane
Callaghan
William J. Frazier
Nashville
President's Wife Gets Ovation Aids Campaign
Philadelphia June 24 The first Democratic women s campaign breakfast rose to its feet as Frances Perkins named Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt as a factor in the November election She praised Eleanor Roosevelt for her courage intelligence and outreach while urging support for the Roosevelt ticket at the women s gathering.
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Sigrid Arne
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Labor
Eleanor Roosevelt
Exhumed torso linked to missing Kentucky man case
Investigators in Kentucky sought to ID a decapitated torso found in a culvert near Eminence. Lucille Ackerman, 30, of Frankfort, was arrested on aiding and abetting charges and held on $5,000 bond. Authorities say the body resembled Jesse Roberts Jr., 22, who disappeared June 12 after plans to marry Ackerman.
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Frankfort
Eminence
Lucille Ackerman
Jesse Roberts, Jr
Fie
Miss Ackerman
Franklin County
L. Boone Hamilton
Roberts
Mrs Landon Busy Packing for Colorado Vacation
Ruth Cowan reports Mrs Alf Landon juggles questions from two young children as the Landon family prepares a vacation trip to Estes Park Colorado. The trip marks Alf Landon’s rising profile after his nomination while children Nancy Jo and John Cobb show more interest in a real train than the political bustle.
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Ruth Cowan
Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Estes Park
Colo
John
Jack) Cobb Landon
Landon
Kansas
Colorado
Supreme Court to Declare Laws Unconstitutional By New Deal Plan
Philadelphia June 24 AP a labor push for a constitutional amendment to curb Supreme Court power is presented to Democratic platform makers amid conflict over the Townsend old age pension plan. William Green AF of L pushes for two thirds vote to strike down laws and a 40 hour week plus continued public works. Farm groups O Nea l Grange seek crop controls soil conservation and revised reciprocity acts while farm credit and rural aid expand.
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Nathan Robertson
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Green
Congress
United States
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
L. J. Taber
National Grange
Farm Bureau
Grange
The
Agriculture Department
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Duffy
Alben W. Barkley
Joseph T. Robinson
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Barkley
London
Walister
Saras
Alcatraz
Sam Heiskell
Perkins
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs. Landon
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