Helicopter Vision From Stratford Engineer Sparks Flight Talk
Igor Sikorsky, Russian born aviation pioneer, told engineers at the Franklin Institute conference that helicopters will allow private citizens to fly their own craft. He described a future with cross-country speeds far exceeding autos and outlined wartime uses and potential rapid testing of secret machines now being built in the United States.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Adelphia
Stratford
Igor Sikorsky
New York
Franklin Institute
Sikorsky
Germany
United States
E. Burke Wilford
Philadelphia
100 Year Old Hat on Display at Alice Henry Millinery
The Alice Henry Millinery at The Woman's shop corner of DeSiard and Walnut streets displays a hat over a century old. Once worn by a Swartz family member from Jackson Mississippi, it now belongs to a Lieber family relative via Mrs. Lieber. The tan satin straw hat has a Marrow crown and lace edging with a black velvet bandeau and yellow velvet daisies.
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Alice Henry Millinery
DeSiard
Walnut Streets
L L Lieber
Swartz
Jackson
Miss
Sternay
Firemen Help Mail Out Red Cross Christmas Seals
At the Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health association offices, 7000 seals were prepared for mailing. Monroe firefighters, working day shifts after night duty, folded and packed the double-barred Red Cross seals to aid efforts toward eliminating tuberculosis.
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Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Monroe
Cotton futures rise to new highs on strong buying
Market reports from New Orleans show domestic and foreign buyers pushing cotton futures up to season highs with steady closes. Liverpool spot prices rose while futures in various months closed higher, and Chicago bean and potato notes reflect mixed demand and supply conditions.
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New Orleans
Tai
Liverpool
Butter And Eggs Prices Stand Steady In Chicago Markets
Butter prices at 564.381 with steadier market notes and creamery rates at 9 score, 27 1-4 to 89 and 2H 1-2 to 88 with 25 3-4 to 90. Centralized carrots quoted 27 1-4 to 1-2. other prices unchanged. Eggs at 3,592 with steady prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Purdy Hostesses Honor Laura Sevier Bride Elect
Tallulah Miss Laura Sevier is honored at a Purdy home party hosted by Miss Dicks Purdy and Mrs. Floyd Hanna. Guests enjoyed bridge with a fall flower setting, rice wedding-bell mementos, and a pink green salad service. Marguerite McDonald won high score. Miss Laura Sevier is engaged to Dan Donald.
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Dicks Purdy
Floyd Hanna
Purdy
Laura Sevier
Dan Donald
Bridge
Laura
Dan
Marguerite McDonald
Godfrey Williams
Charlotte Sevier
E. E. Warrick
Will Sevier
Ira Baxter
Lamar Lee
Ralph Lee
Billy Morris
E. P. Folk
Albert Sevier
W. J. Ward
Will Sevier, Sr
W. C. Malone
River Stage Flood Changes Across Major Stations
Hydrology bulletin reports 24 hour stage changes at sites including St. Louis Memphis Vicksburg Baton Rouge and Cincinnati with rises at several points and falls at others. Noted increases near Arkansas City Oh Ohio area and Tennessee locations reflect rising flood conditions across the Mississippi and tributaries.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Ee Ae
Angola
Baton Rouge
Wall Street Stocks Firm as Lenders Rally in Quiet Trading
New York reports firm stocks and a quiet rally by lenders while bonds show uneven moves. Scandinavian loans lead gains with steady foreign exchange and a firmer sterling. Cotton rises on trade and foreign support, sugar mixed on Cuban demand, copper and metals steady, wool prices soft as Wall Street selling persists.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stocks Rise on Selective Rally Amid Mixed Faces
The New York stock market saw advances from fractions to three points as deals slowed after a busier start. Prices hovered near the best in late trading with commodities higher and foreign markets showing revived tendencies. Traders weighed reports of possible U S lending programs for overseas securities against selling abroad and concerns over the Russian Finnish war.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Washington
Wall Street
United States
Chicago Grain Market Dips On Profit-Taking Amid Weather
Prices eased as traders took profits after yesterday’s highs. Unsettled southwest weather and light rains in hard winter wheat areas triggered liquidation. December wheat traded around 9.11 1/2 to 9 1/2, May near 8 7/8, corn opened near 53 27/8, May 34 7/8.
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Chicago
Livestock market report from Chicago details hogs cattle and sheep
USDA salable hogs 9 000 total 14 000 weights 230 lbs down to 160 240 lbs 5 55 5 75 top 5 80. Salable cattle 1 500 calves 500 bids 11 25 11 50 yearlings 11 75 few steers steady best around 10 50. Salable sheep 6 000 fat lambs in demand steady to strong good to choice wooled lambs 7 5 to 9 00.
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Chicago
USDA
Iaads
Thanksgiving Week Social Roundup Across Louisiana
A parade of guests visits Baton Rouge St Joseph Sicily Island Monroe and Vicksburg during Thanksgiving week with multiple families hosting relatives and friends. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Clarke Mr and Mrs Lynch and others visiting kin while church groups hold meetings and conduct studies. The piece closes with a fact about the king cobra noting it as the largest venomous snake at up to 18 feet.
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Daniel Lynch
St Joseph
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