Wacky Winter Weather Stuns Denver and West
Frustrated skiers report unseasonable warmth as storms fail to materialize. Across Denver and nearby states, rain replaces snow, flowers bloom early, and tourists stream westward while ranchers contend with dry pastures and evaporating stock ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Minnesota
Utah
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Mojave
Colorado
California
Washington
Seattle
Mount Rainier
Oklahoma
Highest Court Rules Against Wire Tapping
The court ruled against wire tapping after Art Metal Works of New York challenged testimony about bribes related to the Manton trial. The decision found Evans Case Co lighter infringing none of Art Metal patent. A Madison oil case ended evenly due to Justice Butler's death.
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Ment
Circuit Court
Art Metal Works, Inc
New York
Manton
Evans Case Company
North Attleboro
Mass
Madison
Supreme Court
Pierce Butter
Congress
Robert H. Jackson
Veteran aviator pleased by plane test flight
Martin Jensen, a veteran aviator, toured a new plane of his own design during a test flight at James Island airport with engineer John F. Nycum. About 500 spectators witnessed the craft reach 110 mph cruising speed and 40 mph leading speed using a trial propeller.
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Charleston
S. C
Martin Jensen
James Island
Jensen
John F. Nycum
Court Ethics Cites Courtesy in Albuquerque Ticket Case
Police Judge E C Gober suspended a one dollar fine on a car ticket after describing professional courtesy. The defendant listed as the fighter of a Santa Fe magistrate.
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Albuquerque
E C. Gober
Santa Fe
Flashes In The News Continued From First Page
A city discovers it cannot collect the tax difference from a house owner who was taxed for a single lot. Strauss, now in Cleveland, will receive a $291.10 Christmas present. Neb City Iowa Nebraska City reports rapid cash tax collections forcing early closings by County Treasurer C L Kelly. Le Mars Iowa Farmer Herman Schultz loses a load of fence posts when his trailer burns en route to town, leaving only the trailer frame.
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Strauss
Cleveland
Nebraska City
Neb
C. L. Kelly
Kelly
LE Mars. Ie
Herman Schultz
Schultz
King George in France as war blends with frontier action
King George visits the Maginot line amid allied units and decorations as British and French forces confront the front. Reports note shipping losses with several vessels sunk or damaged and Britain easing wartime controls to aid Finland while spy activity rises at home.
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Briich
Immingham
Holland
Vinga
Kabinda
Goodwin Sands
Irish Sea
Ussukuma
Reuters
Capetown
South Africa
George
Maginot Line
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Order of the Bath
Gamelin
Alphonse Joseph Georges
Duke of Gloucester
Lord Gort
New Deal Crop Controls Backed by Farmers in Referenda
Washington reports indicate cotton, burley and flue cured tobacco growers voted for marketing quotas and strict control next year. Final tallies show 803,095 for quotas to 79,928 against, signaling stronger support for farm programs as 1940 campaign approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Great Plains
Springfield
Wallace
General Revenue Fund
Feud Sparks Ten Minute Gun Battle Wounding Six in Kentucky
In Pineville Kentucky a long standing grudge between the Williams and Helton families erupted after a hog killing. A ten minute exchange near Dorton Branch railroad depot left six wounded. Three suspects were jailed without charges. others faced injuries with varying severity.
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Pineville
Martin Green
Dorton Branch
Kentucky
Charles Helton
Arthur Williams
Luther Williams
Mitchell Helton
Charles
Carl Williams
Arthur
Ault Bradley
Sheriff Green
Williams
Helton
Green
Labor Board Clashes Spark July Debate Over Wagner Act
House labor committee aides prepared for August hearings after sending thousands of questionnaires to employers and workers involved in Wagner Act cases. Dozens of controversial reviews and hundreds of subpoenas were issued as the panel sought to shape amendments before Congress resumes. Some members fear revisions could ease collective bargaining rules and influence next year’s campaign, sparking intense intra party maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund M. Toland
Smith
Virginia
Senate
House Labor
Labor Board
Rehearing Denied in Clements Open-Books Case
Orleans parish court of appeals denied Conservation Commissioner Ernest S. Clements a rehearing on opening the department's books for inspection. The ruling reverses Judge Moise, allowing audit-access while underway. Clements has 30 days to seek supreme court writs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Orleans Parish Court of Appeals
Ernest S. Clements
Harold A. Moise
Frank S. Shattuck
Supreme Court
Citizens Voluntary Committee
Can
Cotton Prices Rise to New Season High in New Orleans
Heavy buying by domestic and foreign interests pushed cotton futures higher with Dec and Jan contracts closing up 14 to 20 points. Spot cotton closed steady with 21 points up as sales reached 4,820 and receipts and stocks reported at 14,105 and 750,613 respectively.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures wobble as profit taking trims gains
New York trading opened firm but by midday prices eased with gains of 1 to 2 points. Southern reports of lean cotton repossession sparked profit taking while export subsidy cuts abroad tempered strength. December and July contracts moved to 1059 and 9.64 respectively.
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New York
South
United States
Cotton Prices Rally in Liverpool Spot Market
Liverpool reports spot cotton quiet with prices up 29 points. Quotation range shows American grades from strict good middling to strict low middling, while futures closed about 25 points higher with contracts including Dec Jan and March at varied levels.
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Liverpool
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on December 11 the cottonseed oil market closed steady with bids and quotes showing nominal levels. Prices listed include bleachable prime summer yellow 673N and prime crude 5.75, with futures items for Dec 620B Jan 620B March 6.368 May 6.47B and July 6.583, reflecting a stable trading day.
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New Orleans
Wheat and cattle futures ease as markets sway on moisture outlook
Chicago wheat sugar futures rose modestly on moisture relief concerns. December wheat up to 1 cent, May to 3. The day also covered USDA market reports with salable hogs at 15 to 25 cents lower, cattle and calves unevenly steady to 25 cents lower, and sheep trading slowly with fat lambs bid lower than Friday.
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Chicago
USDA
Potatoes Mixed in U S Market on Saturday and Sunday
Chicago reports mixed potato trading with Nebraska Triumphs weaker and most sections dull. Idaho Russel Burbanks U S No 1 fetch 1 75 to 1 90 per cwt with U S No 2 at 1 32 to 1 35, Colorado Red McClures 1 65 to 1 75, Nebraska Bliss Triumphs 1 95 to 2 00 for U S No 1, washed 1 95 to 2 00 for 85 to 99 percent U S No 1 unwashed 1 50 to 1 55, Minnesota Round Whites 1 25.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Nebraska
Idaho
Burbanks
U.S
Colorado
Red McClures
Nebraska Bliss
Minnesota
Sugar Futures Drift Lower Amid Mixed Contract Quotes
Sugar futures soften with No 3 slipping 6 to 7 points. 20,400 tons traded. March contracts at 1.86 billion, May 1.90 billion, July 1.93 billion. No 4 declines 5 to 6 points, March at 1.50 billion. The Ogden to Lucia Utah trestle spans the Great Salt Lake as the world’s longest railroad bridge. Road follows a 12 mile trestle then 15 miles on salt bed foundations. Campaigning against Governor Earl K Long escalates.
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Ogden
Lucia
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Market Report Decline Marks Stocks and Commodities
New York stock markets slide with steels leading the retreat while bonds and wool show weakness. Foreign exchange mostly steady to slightly firmer, cotton firm, sugar soft from Cuban liquidation, and metals quiet as steel operations decline. Chicago grain and livestock values trend lower with hogs down to five dollars and fifty cents.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
New York Stocks End Mixed As Year End Tax Selling Dominates
Stock market moves were weak with early rally attempt failing and fractions slipping to around two points. Transfers totaled about 550000 shares as declines predominated. a few gains appeared late while brokers noted year end tax selling and foreign liquidation pressure. United States Steel reported best November shipments since May 1937, and London tin prices rose after restrictions were removed. Montgomery Ward projected the busiest Christmas trade since 1929 and higher early next year.
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New York
United States Steel
London
Ministry of Supply
Montgomery Ward Monthly Bulletin
Poultry market figures in Chicago steady across carloads and hens
Chicago on December 11 reports a steady poultry market with 1 car and 37 trucks inching along. Hens range 41 2 to 121 2 for various weights, with leghorns, broilers, turkeys, and ducks noted across color varieties and weight classes.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Leghorn Roosters
Butter And Eggs Prices In Chicago Market Report
Butter steady at 671 296 creamer y grade 93 score and other figures show varied centric values. Eggs supply weak with graded and firsts tallies. current receipts at 153 4, refrigerator exports 151 4, standard 15 and firsts 141 4.
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Chicago
Public Notices Reach From Auction to Storage Lien
Notices include a public sale of a blue horse mule if unclaimed, a private sale of used furniture to C EB Mills Furniture Co for 56, a storage lien sale of a 1935 Ford Coach at 180 Jackson Street Monroe, and probate court actions in Ouachita Parish Louisiana with details of heirs and administrators.
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MY Place
Winnsboro Road
Frank Tichel
Robert H. Tyler
Melissa Elizabeth Tyler
State of Louisiana
Parish of Quachita
Fourth District Court
Wilburn J. Tyler
C. EB. Mills
J. Tchell
D. I. Garrett
Jackson Street
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
A Storage, Inc
Central Service & Storage, Inc
M. Johnson
District Court OF Type
United States
Western District OF
Monrof
Bastrop Hardware Co., Inc
United States District Court
Madison Street
Bastrop
Morehouse
Loouisiana
Harrington Addit'a
City of Bastrop
Morehouse Tarish
Ouachita National Bank
Ordinance 4040 Local Option on Licenses for Alcohol
Ouachita Parish adopts Ordinance 4040 to submit to Ward Six voters the option to license or prohibit production, manufacturing, sale, and consumption of beer and other alcoholic beverages, with Precincts in Calhoun, deadline December 19, 1939, and election procedures including ballot text and officer appointments.
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W. A. Mills
O. Henry
Ward Six
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Whepfers
Registrar of Voters
Ouachita
Ouachin Parien
Touachita Parish
A. M. Lowery
Board of Supervisors of Election
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Monroe
A. D
EE. H. Hill
E. H. Hill
State OF
J. L. Warren
Insal
Masonic Lodge
Calhoun
Finley's
Ouachita Perish
Louleiena
Enie
Guachita Parsh
To-Wit
Mesoiiie Lodge Buiiding
Caelhoar
Lonatiane
Preettict
Bersice
Lousiana
Precinela
Seid
Mabonto Lodge
J FP Purdy
Addie Fuller
A. M Lowery
Uty
Mony
Ouacha Parish
Atkins
Quachite Parish
Lillian E. Collins
Mise Lilian Collins
Card of Thanks for Family Bereavement Messages
The Stovall and Tisdale families express sincere thanks to relatives friends neighbors and organizations for kindness sympathy and floral and funeral home services after the deaths of Eben M Re tit Jeremiah Hendrix and the twin babies Annie Clarke and Annie Cletore Tisdale. They specifically praise Rev. C Smith Rev. N By Smith and Dixie Funeral Home for ongoing support and care during bereavement.
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Eben
Dali Funeral Home
Henry Martin
Ben Martin
T B Allen
W KH Norman
Haif
Jim Norman
Charlif Norman
Dixie
Jeremiah
Hendrix
Flora Desight
WFPF
Stovall
Rev. C . Smith
Dixone Funeral
Annie Clarke
Annie Cletore Tisdale
N. By
Smith
Dixie Funeral Home
W. R. Tisdale & Family
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Denver
Ehnach
Harvey Mont
McDonald Pass
Continental Divide
Helena
Mont
Frontier
Britain
Finland
Pirot
Clements
Chicago Grain
Earl K. Long
Monroe, la
Lewisiaha
Poe Sigle
Beliof Bowes
Pitney
Asid
J. P. Purdy
I. R. Hogan
J. E. Bryan
C. Kennedy
Finley's Service Station
Alice Pipes
Louise Wilder
J. ¥. Foster
Earl Garland
Hogan
J £. Bryan
C Kennedy
Sherif
Finley
Alice Oommissioner
Louise Srilder
J. Poster
Chere
Sheri
Rinek
Logisena
Egaitine
Lanyess
A. D. Ior
Warren
Locisiens
Fee
R Hogan
Bayan
D. F. Foster
Thies
Lillian E Collins
Eee
Vetera and Merit of Board of Supervisors
Dee Burton
Edward Lee Hardin
J. T. Shell
D. J. Garrett
Beal
H. G. Prophit
H. H. Blanks
Classification Index
News-Star
Morning World
Wworld
Star—World
Dreesmekine
Saleumen
Creage
Farma
Wendrix
Madame North
Payehle
Poliman
Three Mile Ino
Route 40
News- Star
World
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