World food supply remains sufficient for human needs says UC professor
Professor C Plehn of the University of California Economics Department argues global population growth is unlikely to exhaust food supplies. He notes famine in China and India stems from high birth rates and limited farming, but asserts American balance between population and food and advancing farming methods prevent a crisis.
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C. €. Plehn
Department of Economics
University of California
China
India
America
Fifteen Cent Advance on Crude From Two Oil Fields Is Posted
A Texas company posts a 15 cent increase on all crude grades in Arkansas and North Louisiana fields effective today Caddo and DeSoto rise to 1.25 Bull Bayou to 1.20 Crichton to 1.05 and Smackover to 0.90 cents The move comes after several price cuts in the area and does not list Haynesville Homer Bellevue or KE Dorado.
Sunnie Newman Faces Eternal Triangle Crisis in Monroe
Police say Sunnie Newman, described as a negro man from Clayton, La., shot Loward Davis at 1013 Oak Street in Monroe at 2 a.m. The shooting followed disputes over Newman’s wife Lier Newman. Davis was treated at St. Francis sanitarium for non life threatening injuries.
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Monroe
Oak Street
Loward Davia
Lier Newman
Clayton
Natchez
Miss
Davis
St. Francis Sanitarium
Naval officers fined for wreck near Point Honda California
Two naval officers with long meritorious records face penalties after seven destroyers ran aground near Point Honda in September. Captain Edward H. Watson loses 150 merit numbers and Lieut Commander Donald T. Hunter loses 100 numbers after a naval court martial, approved by top officials who called the penalties inadequate but noted service records. A Louisiana sheriff's notice follows, detailing a public sale of seized logs under a writ of fieri facias.
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Associated Press
Washington
Point Honda
Calif
Edward H. Watson
Prade
Donald T. Hunter
Delphy
Watson Wan
Hunter
J. L. Latimer
Andrew Z
Cleveland Poised to Host G O P National Convention
Cleveland officials press the new 6.5 million municipal auditorium as an ideal convention venue with 18 000 seating capacity on main floor and balconies. The hall offers extensive dressing rooms and press facilities while Mayor Kohler grants free use to either party.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fred Kohler
St. Clair Avenue
Scripps Maintenance Suit in Detroit Court
Hearing on the separate maintenance suit filed by Mrs. Ruth Devoy Scripps against James E. Scripps was expected to conclude in circuit court. A cross bill by James E. Scripps seeks an absolute divorce from Ruth Devoy Scripps.
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Detroit
Mich
Ruth Devoy Scripps
James E. Scripps
Wilson E. Scripps
Scripps
Crop and Weather Summary by Department of Agriculture
The department notes cooler trends in the southeast with freezing confined to extreme northern South Carolina and no readings below 32 in the lower Ohio valley. West Gulf areas saw near freezing, gulf coast readings around 50. Rain and wet fields hampered farm work in the south. winter track benefited in the southeast but rain hindered from the lower Mississippi valley westward. Sugar cane harvest in Louisiana was delayed and sugar yield remaining disappointing.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Ohio Valley
Missouri
West Gulf
Texas
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
End Rheumatic Pain Now Buhler Oil Remedy
A vintage ad touts Buhler Oil for rheumatic pain claiming rapid skin penetration and quick relief. It asserts toxic bowel poisoning causes joint inflammation and notes widespread user approval with money-back guarantees. Local stores and druggists promote the product.
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Collens’ Puasa
New South
iFoulk’s Drug
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Old Mart Chiefs Trying to Solve Woods System
New York December 27 market reporters study the system linked to Lieut Osborne C Wood son of Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philippines who allegedly made 700000 to 800000 by Manila to Wall Street cable speculation. The tipster service claimed Wood received nightly telegrams and paid 1.00 a month for tolls with daily cable analysis and buy or sell advice. Tolls reportedly ranged from a few dollars to 80 a day and the last message was December 19. Secretary of War Weeks said he ordered Wood to cease operations because the amounts involved exceeded the young officer's probable responsibilities.
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New York
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Wall Street
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Manila
Wood
Young Wood
Weeks
Newton Mass
Navy Enlistments to Be Maintained at Present Strength
Washington December 27 The house sub committee drafting the naval appropriations bill is expected to recommend maintaining the present enlisted navy strength of 86 000 for the next fiscal year beginning July 1 Hearings are underway and the panel plans a January bill release Admiral Eberle chief of operations testified with a report on the Honda destroyer district to aid the sub committee in its hearings
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Washington
House
Admiral Eberle
Honda
Northeastern Area Opened by Well in Union Says Old Scouts
Reports from Palmer and Davidson’s Well No. 1 Frost Johnson lease 17-23-1E Union parish confirm it is a producing oil well. The discovery in Union will trigger drilling as leases rush to develop new field under the 1723-1E standardization. Estimated output runs 150 to 200 barrels per day. Meritt No. 1 in Webster parish awaits tanking and final range.
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Frost- Johnson
Union Parish
Monroe
Frost-Johnson
Louisiana
Union
Frost Johnson
Oil Fields Gas Company
Merritt
Webster Parish
Alabama Candidates Declare Re-election Plans
Four Alabama representatives filed formal announcements with the secretary of state to seek another term. Huddleston in the ninth district faces potential opposition from William L. White of Birmingham, while Allgood Almon and Bankhead seek re-election in their districts. All must announce by month end.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Huddleston
M. C. Allgood
E. B. Almon
W. B. Bankhead
Huddleston
William L. White
Birmingham
Priscilla Dean Tod Browning Team Set for Drifting
Universal City screens Priscilla Dean and Tod Browning reunite after past successes in Outside the Law The Virgin of Stam boul and Under Two Flags to star in Drifting a screen version of Wm A Brady stage hit at the Saenger theatre tomorrow The Orient tale follows a woman in Shanghai who rises from vice to virtue amid revolting scenes temple fires escapes and a dramatic emotional arc centered on love and resolve
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Dean
Wm. A. Brady
Saenger Theatre
Orient
Priscilla Dean
Shanghai
Dividend of Eighty-Eight Percent Voted by Coal Company
New York Dec 27 Receipts by stockholders of checks worth 46 dollars per 50 dollar par share disclosed the Lekirk and Wilkes barre Coal Company voted on December 18 last a dividend of 80 percent.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Lekirk and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Star Learns Fencing for Spider and the Rose Role
Gaston Glass spent two months mastering fencing for his part as Don Marcello in The Spider and the Rose at the Saenger theatre today. The production features Youth's Dream with a local cast and a duel scene with Robert as the Governor of California's son in early mission days.
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Gaston Glass
Saenger Theatre
Mr. Glass
Don Marcello
California
Robert
McKim as Mendozza Highlighted as Realistic Conspirator
A fictional portrayal casts McKim as Mendozza, a conspirator who seizes brief rule over a country, portraying a highly plausible sequence of events and motivations. The piece emphasizes realism in the character’s manipulations and power grab.
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McKim
Mendozza
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