New High Reached in Farm Surplus Reserve Levels
Washington D C June 12 U P The government held Commodity Credit Corporation loans and owned surplus crops valued near 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with loans and holdings in cotton corn wheat tobacco and other commodities. Loans total about 300 million with vast holdings of cotton and corn. Barley loans authorized for first time. cotton and corn loans expected around 9 and 64 cents per pound respectively.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Corporation
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Willace
Rare Documents Restored in Philadelphia
U P report says technicians preserved historic papers including wills of Benjamin Franklin Robert Morris and other Revolutionary War figures as well as court records dating from 1716.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Benjamin
Indiana Teachers College to train student pilots in summer program
Terre Haute Indiana June 12 the Civil Aeronautics Authority selects Indiana State Teachers College as a center for an expanded summer training schedule. Thirty young men will be chosen to begin next week through September 10 with free training for those who meet physical requirements. The program includes a 72 hour ground course at the college and a 35 to 50 hour flight course at Paul Cox Field yielding a private pilot certificate upon completion.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Defense
Indiana State Teachers College
J. E. Grinnell
Indiana State
Paul Cox Field
Morris Chapel Notes and Regional Visits
Isaac Underwood spends week in Madison with Mr. and Mrs. Plew. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Carr attend funeral of Mrs. James Padgett at Gambill. Ruby and Susalee Underwood visit Rosemary and Betty Carr. Dale Hale and Dean Hale visit Sullivan. Harold Underwood and Terah Underwood of Terre Haute visit relatives. Claude Knochs and family weekend in Fort Wayne with Virgil Noche.
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Isaac Underwood
Madison
Leland Plew
Nathan Carr
James Padgett
Gambill
Ruby
Susalee Underwood
Rosemary
Betty Carr
Dale Hale
Dean Hale
Sullivan
Harold Underwood
Terah Underwood
Terre Haute
Claude Knochs
Wekend
Fort Wayne
Virgil Noche
Visitors from many towns gather at Stevens home
Monday visits filled the Stevens residence with relatives from Linton Burris Chapel Edwardsport Parkdale Ark Alexandria La and nearby communities James Baker of Lyons stayed with his grandparents Lon Starks Guy and Ruth Gilligan of South Bend visited with their parents Jarvis Gilligan and family members from Marco Marco area and Pleasant Grove also hosted callers from Pleasant Grove and Burris Chapel Ruby Goodman and Elva Smith were among attendees
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O. J. Stevens
John Roach
Lem Goodman
Ralph Stevens
William Haussin
Linton
Willie Goodman
Ruby
Burris Chapel
Elva Smith
Edwardsport
Edwards
Orval
Parkdale
Ark
Wayne Eadwards
Alexandria
Milford Cole
Pleasant Grove
Jarvis Gilligan
James Baker
Lyons
Lon Starks
Paul Carrico
Near Marco
Guy and
Ruth Gilligan
South Bend
Lyons Items and Local Visit Notes
Miss Evelyn Davis visited relatives in Worthington Friday. Mrs. James Wilson returned home after a visit in Indianapolis. Miss Evelyn Kinnaman visited friends in Bicknell for the past week. Rev and Mrs Russell Taylor and family of Farmersburg visited here Wednesday. Roy Shilkett of Indianapolis spent a few days here visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Voris Carpenter and family were in Indianapolis Friday.
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Evelyn Davis
Worthington
James Wilson
Indianapolis
Evelyn Kinnaman
Bicknell
Russell Taylor
Farmresburg
Roy Shilkett
Voris Carpenter
Conscience Strong in 1836 Provincetown Pay Standoff
The Rev. John Bowes Dods of the Christian Union Society refused a $200 pay increase in 1836, saying he had no use for so much more money and lacked the conscience to ask or accept it, per WPA historical records.
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Provincetown
Mass
John Bowes Dods
Christian Union Society
WPA
Dods
Jobless office tabulates April 1 unemployment in Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana June 12 A tally of active applications on April 1 in the Terre Haute office of the State Employment Service shows 15561 job seekers. Among them 1148 are war veterans and 11164 men 418 other white workers 1835 women 144 other. The count aligns with a national census effort to assess unemployment services and needs.
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Terre Haute
Ind
State Employment Service
Malcolm Kennedy
Indiana Unemployment Compensation Division
Kennery
Indiana
Weather Bureau to Begin Long Range Forecasts
The U S Weather Bureau plans week ahead forecasts in a nationwide system with MIT Cambridge and Dr H C Willette. Weather data from across the nation will be gathered and charted to produce forecasts twice weekly for seven days ahead.
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Treas
F. W. Reichelderfer
Weather Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Larry Gage
The
Germany
Carl G. Rossby
Roosevelt
Teichelderfer
Navy
California
Southern Fruit and Vegetable
Washington
U.P
U. S. Weather Bureau
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
H. C. Willette
Local Residents Visit Friends and Relatives Around Town
Retta Gross visits Terre Haute to see daughter Rosemary in hospital. Rosemary improving. N S Berry returns home after visit in Lawrenceville. Hazel Malone of Newberry visits local friends. Charles Whalen spends day in Vincennes with family. Roark and daughter Barbara visit relatives in Linton. Carter and son visit with Bray and Sanders families in Linton.
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Retta Gross
Terre Haute
Rosemary Gross
Carl Carter
Epsom
Aaron Bray
Buddy
Barbara
Emil Sanders
Emil Jr
Vernon
Linton
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Hartine Bros
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