New Orleans Cotton Exchange Hails Government Exit From Cotton Business
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange calls the government withdrawal from active participation in the cotton market the most encouraging feature of the year ending July 31. The pool dissolved, loan cotton stocks fell by about a billion bales, and southern mills bought 5.6 million bales. Japan led foreign buyers with 1.516 million, Britain 1.466 million, while Rio de Janeiro grows from a tiny 1858 population to over a million residents.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Platache
Arket
Southern Mills
Japan
Great Britain
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Relief From Constipation
Medical opinion supports diet over medicine for health. Kellogg's All-Bran provides bulk to soften stool and aid bowel movements, supplying vitamin B and iron. Consume two tablespoonfuls daily. adjust as needed for stubborn constipation. Sold by grocers. made in Battle Creek by Kellogg.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Death deemed unavoidable in auto accident
Albert Ivey twenty of near Start was fatally struck on the highway as he crossed after alighting from a truck. Coroner Dr. T M Sayre ruled the death unavoidable. Ivey died of a fractured skull and a broken left leg at Mosley’s clinic after the crash. Father Charlie Ivey arrived from Sicily Island. funeral plans incomplete.
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Albert Ivey
Start
T. M Sayre
Richland Parish
Mosely
Charlie Ivey
Monroe
Sicily Island
Concordia Parish to get WPA markers in Ferriday Monterey Vadalia
Three towns in Concordia parish Ferriday Monterey and Vadalia were tentatively chosen by the Works Progress Administration to receive markers. The markers will display the town name and the distance and direction to the nearest airport.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Works Progress Administration
Monterey
Vadilla
Farewell Party Honors Rice at Local Theaters
Staff members from the Paramount and Capitol theaters hosted a farewell dinner dance for Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Rice at the Three Mile, as Rice leaves Monroe for Meridian Mississippi to resume theater management with the Saenger Theater.
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Paramount
Capitol
Three Mile
Harry C. Rice
Meridian
Miss
Rice
Saenger Theater Corporation
Monroe
Deaths Mrs Steadman Pennuell
Funeral services were held for Mrs Steadman Pennuell who died after a short illness in a Shreveport hospital. Rev Mc Fadden officiated at Alabama Presbyterian church with burial in Sibley cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Elva and Arlene and two sons Ralph and Jim.
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Steadman Pennuell
Choudrant
Shreveport
Alabama Presbyterian Church
Rev. McFadden
Ruston
Sibley Cemetery
Pennuell
Elva
Arlene
Ralph
Jim
Sawmill Worker Injured At Tendal Lumber Plant
W D Capshaw a Tendal Lumber employee in Tendal was badly hurt when his right arm was crushed at the sawmill He was moved to the Vicksburg sanitarium for treatment the paper says
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Tallulah
W. D. Capshaw
Tendal Lumber Company
Tendal
Vicksburg, Miss. Sanitarium
Woman in Jail After Alley Stabbing in Toney's
Willie Jackson, 22, was stabbed in the neck in an argument in Toney's alley Thursday afternoon. He showed improvement on Friday as Pearl Collins, held in the city jail, faces charges for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon and fighting. Officer Grayson arrested Collins immediately after the stabbing. witnesses say an argument preceded the attack.
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Willie Jackson
Toney's Alley
Pearl Collins
Jackson
B. H. Grayson
Kiwanis Hold Weekly Luncheon in West Monroe
West Monroe Kiwanis Club members met at the First Baptist church for a Thursday noon luncheon. Lieut. Gov. W D Cotton of Rayville and Dr F K Hirsch spoke on district convention plans in Tupelo Mississippi this September and on the importance of attendance. George W Welch presided over the meeting with a large turnout.
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West Monroe
Scout leaders visit Farmerville troop encampment
Olan H. Black scout executive of the Quachita Valley council and A. C. Morris soil conservation project manager joined Boy Scout Troop 16 at its recent campout by Mose Pearson pond north of Farmerville. Local scouts hosted the visitors during the encampment.
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Farmerville
Olan H. Black
Trotzky under police probe in Norway over alleged intrigue
Norwegian authorities investigated exiled Russian leader Leon Trotzky amid claims of political activity after asylum was granted following his deportation from the Soviet Union. Reports note meetings with foreign visitors and chats with Paris during strikes, with his home reportedly entered recently.
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Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Paris
Trotzky
Christiansand
Jonesboro Methodist Church Homecoming Set for Aug 23
Jonesboro Louisiana announces the annual Methodist church homecoming will be held August 23. Committees are appointed to invite former members and arrange the program. Rev. G A Morgan will lead the services.
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Jonesboro
Methodist Church of
G. A. Morgan
Judge Atlee Dropped From Impeachment Charges
The Pennsylvania House, by a two to one vote, rejected reviving impeachment against Judge Benjamin Atlee for remarks made in sentencing a Black prisoner who assaulted two girls. The judiciary committee found no impeachable offense in telling the prisoner lynching would be justified if he had, and Atlee apologized, saying his remarks were aroused by the crime's gravity rather than the defendant’s race.
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Harrisburg
House of ‘Representatives
Benjamin
Atlee
Judiciary ‘General Committee
House Committee
WPA sewing project in Winn Parish yields 1635 garments
In Dodson Louisiana on August 7 the Winn parish sewing project of the WPA reports about 1635 garments completed under supervisor Mrs. L. Anderson.
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Dodson
Winn Parish
WPA
Slower Expansion In Trade Noted In Dun and Bradstreet Review
New York Aug 7 slower expansion in retail trade attributed to drought in some areas was noted by Dun and Bradstreet in its weekly review. The mercantile agency also reported further extension of buying in wholesale markets from the six year peak in late July. Trade shows and exhibits buoyed activity near 1929 levels with weekly transactions 25 to 30 percent above a year ago. Unsettled weather and drought regions restricted activity in breuth ridden areas.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Mercantile Agency
City Court Sentences Harper for Corn Larceny
James Harper, a Negro, was sentenced to six months in jail by Judge W. M. Harper in city court yesterday after being arrested by Officer L. G. Parker on a charge from Leo and John Wagner. The Wagners reported Harper stole corn from their northern city field.
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James Harper
W. M. Harper
L. G. Parker
Leo
John Wagner
Drunk and Disorderly Fined In Local Court
In a brief arraignment, two individuals were fined seven dollars and fifty cents each for drunken and disorderly conduct. No further details given on identities or case numbers.
Soothing Blue Star Ointment Prompts Quick Skin Relief
An ointment described as soothing and non burning dissolves into the skin to deliver medicines deeply and rapidly target itch and eczema. It claims to ease symptoms on the arm, leg, and foot rash with comforting effects.
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Cotton Mart Review
Rio de Janeiro
Dionne
Dr. Dafoe
Guins
Chubby
Yvonne
Marie
Annette
Emilie
Cecile
Shanghai
Taffetas
St. John Electric Co
Piedmont
Saxonia School
Lux
Jayson
Phoenix
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