Youth Missing After Sailboat Capsizes in Lake Michigan Storm
Rescue squads combed a 20 mile Lake Michigan shoreline from Michigan City to Gary for Lawrence Carlson 20 of Muskegon owner of the 18 foot sailboat Sonja after the craft capsized in heavy waves leaving two companions Glenn Smith and Frank York stranded and later rescued. Smith reached Ogden Dunes and York Gary hospital with Carlson still missing three waterside youths battled the fierce lake Monday night before help arrived.
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Michigan City
Ind
Lake Michigan
Here
Gary
Lawrence Carlson
Muskegon
Mich
Michigan
Glenn Smith
University of Ilineis
Frank York
Chicago
Tuesday Smith
Ogden Dunes
York
Smith
P. R. Anderson
Sonja
Coast Guard
Land
Carlson
Build Up that Skinny Child with Grove's Tasteless Tonic
An old advertisement urges parents to enrich a thin child’s blood using Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, claiming it supplies iron and quinine to boost appetite, energy, and rosy cheeks. The copy promotes quick results after a few days and endorses the tonic as harmless and reliable for half a century.
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Grove
Cotton Control Meetings Set for September
Secretary Wallace announced meetings to discuss a 1934 cotton crop control program will be held September in Atlanta Memphis and Dallas. Attendees include producers cooperatives congress members agriculture commissioners ginners and spinners as plans for control are explored.
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Washington
Atlanta
Memphis
Dallas
Wallace
Cooperatives
Congress
Commissioners of Agriculture
Oil Companies Back NRA Plan in Homer Field
Oil firms in the Homer area pledge support for the NRA. By Septembers first they plan to hire more workers and reduce hours. Standard Oil adds seven workers to the share the work program. Local concerns, including 80 on the honor roll, commit to cooperation with about 25 new workers. The report also notes cotton caterpillar damage in Claiborne parish and Red Cross officers elected at a parish meeting.
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Homer
Homer Field
NRA
Standard Oil Company
Claiborne Parish
The
Red Cross
City Hall
Parish
A. A. Smith
W. J. Flury
J. H. Gully
Crawford Gray
Emmett Spears
Joe Farrar
C. F. Finley
L. M. Graves
W. M. Roberts
L. R. Tanner
W. J. Greer
L. W. Ferguson
T. D. Johnson
H. O. Robinson
Jimmy Ware
Lon Hays
Mae Bailey
Lamont Seals
E. A. Campbell
J. Melton Oakes
P. C. Rogers
G. G. Nelson
M. J. Haynes
Ben Green
Ben White
H. L. Nelson
Ike Brinker
Claiborne
the Red Cross
Penetro Sunburn Remedy Promises Quick Pain Relief
The ad asserts Penetro penetrates sunburned skin to reach deeper injury and rapidly ends pain. It markets jars priced at 25c 50c and 1.00 with claims of addressing redness blisters and feverish skin effects.
Cotton Control Plan Sought by Cotton States
In Birmingham Alabama leaders urge Secretary Wallace to restrict the 1934 cotton crop of 9.3 million bales by compulsory gin operation limits. A resolutions-based plan, led by Henry D Wilson of Louisiana, proposes 65 percent of the 1930-32 average as the target, arguing gin control can curb output.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
United States
Commissioners of Agriculture
Henry D. Wilson
Louisiana
Funeral Cost Claims Must Be Filed Soon
Veterans burial cost claims must be filed by September 16 for expenses tied to deaths before March 20 1933. Per parish service officer H B McClendon claims for deaths after March 20 must be filed within six months, with $75 allotted. He seeks contact with Mose Johnson to receive compensation once papers are signed.
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H. B. McClendon
Veterans’ Service
Quachita Parish
McClendon
Mose Johnson
Three Escaped Convicts Arrested Near Kilgore
Three escaped Texas convicts were captured by local officers and rangers in Kilgore Texas on Aug 29. Sam Wells, a 10 year robber with firearms inmate, was shot and critically wounded while attempting to flee. Also seized were Cecil Flemings sentenced for automobile theft and Lucky Eddie charged with robbery with firearms. The escape occurred on Aug 16.
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Kilgore
Texas
Sam Wells
Cecil Flemings
Lucky Eddie
North America Uses Half World Timber Despite Population Share
North America, home to about one twelfth of humanity, consumes roughly half of the world s timber supply. This imbalance highlights the region s vast reliance on wood products and the global impact of its demand.
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North America
Body of Henry Moore Recovered Before Emergency Truck Arrival
The body of Henry Moore, 20, a Union parish resident, drowned in a bayou near Bastrop last week, was recovered at noon Monday as dragging failed. The Legion’s emergency truck, dispatched with Capt. J. W. Faler in charge, arrived almost simultaneously, but the body had just surfaced and rescue was complete. Monroe crew returned home with equipment. this marks the first call-out for weeks.
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Henry Moore
Bayou
Bastrop
Union Parish
Legion
J. W. Faler
Monroe
Arrest of Jesse Davis for Wheel Theft
Police arrested Jesse Davis at 1 AM Tuesday and jailed him on charges of stealing an automobile wheel and tire. The wheel was reported missing from a local vehicle.
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Jesse Davis
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Co. B. Braun
O. M. McNeill
Emma Alexander
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