Final 1928 U S Cotton Crop Report Shows 14.373 Million Bales
The Department of Agriculture releases the final 1928 cotton crop estimate at 14,373,000 equivalent 500 pound bales, up from 12,955,000 last year. State yields and areas for harvest are listed, with total area 45,326,000 acres and abandonment around 3.4 percent. The lint yield per harvested acre is 151.8 pounds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
United States
Plunging Dive Delivers Ford Car Bargain
A Dixie Roofing employee named Craig made a headfirst dive into the Breard Motor lobby on Walnut Street to win a Ford coupe for $1 during the used car sale at about 8 03 am. A crowd gathered as 12 cars were sold and bids topped several vehicles, with expectations of 18 sold by night.
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Breard Motor Company
Walnut Street
Dixie Roofing Company
Craig
Auto Concern
National Legion Leaders to Visit Mississippi in January
National Commander Paul McNutt will spend New Year’s Day at the Gulfport veterans hospital, and National Vice Commander New White will visit on January 16 17. The visits were confirmed by Mississippi Legion officials W. C. Owen and Robert D. Morrow during a commanders and adjutants conference in Indianapolis.
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Jackson
Miss
American Legion
Mississippi
Paul McNutt
The
Legion
Veterans’ Hospital
Gulfport
New White
W. C. Owen
Mississippi Department
Robert D. Morrow
Indianapolis
Famous Thoxine cough remedy advertised as safe
An ad promotes Thoxine as a safe cough medicine free of chloroform or harmful drugs. It claims double action soothing irritation and stopping the cough instantly, superior to syrups. Sold by Tollens and other drug stores with a 60 cent to 1 dollar price.
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Tollens
House and Senate Split Over Boulder Dam Debate
Washington reports the house recessed for the weekend after passing the billion dollar postoffice treasury bill while the senate planned continued business centered on Boulder dam. Senator Johnson leads the house bill opposition and Senator Hayden argues against it as the dam debate hinges on government construction and Colorado river water distribution.
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Washington
Dec
Postoffice-Treasury
House
Senate
Boulder Dam
Coolidge
Congress
Senator Johnson
Cal
Ifornia
Hayden
Arizona
Colorado River
Drop Charges Lodged by Pair Here Friday
Clarence McNeely a 16 year old white youth who makes baskets released from a robbery charge after Sol Wilson a black storekeeper was released from a larceny charge. Authorities said the dispute over a small sum led to both charges being dropped as the best disposal of the case.
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Clarence McNeely
Sol Wilson
McNeely
Fatally Wounded Man Believed His Friend Betrayed Him
Joseph Francis Yost was shot twice by a man he thought was a friend John Hebren who operated a soft drink stand He died after saying Hebren fired and fled Police captured Hebren and charged him with murder The killing happened as Yost approached an alley near his home in New Orleans on December 8.
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New Orleans
Joseph Francis Yost
Yost
John Hebren
Hebren
John
Hebrew
Seven Grass Fires Reported In One Day
Seven grass fires were reported to the fire department between 9:57 a m and 6:33 p m yesterday with incidents at 207 Georgia street Third and Stubbs Fairview addition Bank of Lake Beulah Carlton street and Lee avenue Sherroure addition and 2500 Grand street all listed as set afire.
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Betwen
Georgia Street
Third
Stubbs
Fairview Addition
Bank of Lake Beulah
Carlton Street
Lee Avenue
Sherroure
Grand Street
Picture Wire Bandit Claims Fourth Store Job In New Orleans
Police believe the so called picture wire thief struck again in New Orleans. He held up Salvadore Ingrassa of the Lester shoe store on South Rampart street binding him with picture wire and escaping with 151 dollars after forcing the safe opening with a large bill. Ingrassa was knocked unconscious and later found by his brother.
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New Orleans
Salvadore Ingrassa
Lester
South Rampart Street
Ingrassa
Hemler and Fazer Freed After Court Drops Charge
Hemler and Fazer were released yesterday as the court dismissed fighting charges from a Thursday night disturbance. The judge noted the clash was minor and urged the men to forget their differences.
District Agents Meet to Standardize Annual Report Method
Floyd Spencer assistant director of the L and A extension division and Miss Ellen Le Noir district home demonstration agent led a district agents meeting in Minden Louisiana to secure a definite interpretation of the annual report questionnaire. A daily meeting by Agent Givens in the Shangaloo community aimed to boost interest in dairying.
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Cer
L. &. A. Extension Division
Ellen le Noir
Givens
Shangaloo
Estate heirs favor wives and daughters in will decisions
The document notes that modest earnings assist a woman’s ambition independence usefulness and contentment and not hinder marriages. It observes that the will often names wives over husbands or daughters over sons, with the estate valued at about 500,900 dollars.
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FORD
National Legion
H. L. Cauthorne
Chicago
C. D. Oppenheimer
Aeromotive Engineering Company of America
Walter Clausen
Los Angeles
Reserve Officers Association
W. S. Shaffer
Atlanta
Memphis
Crescent City
Strategy
New York
Willian
Bradford Merrill
M. Kaplan & Son
Adams Monroe, la
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest Duncan Holloway
God
Hemler
Faser
Minden
Floyd Spen
Mike John Department Store
Decoto
Multum
Espanol
Chrysler
de Soto
McFadin Motor Co
Grand and
Wood Streets
Monroe, la
Adap Was
Wady
Ford Levi
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