Scout Leaders In Conference Gather In Hot Springs Hotel Virginia
Thirty scout leaders from Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana attended an all day camp training conference at Hotel Virginia in Hot Springs. Harvey A Gordon national camping engineer and Harold W Lewman regional executive led the session with focus on developing camping leaders and boosting troop camping. Representatives included Norvela Shreveport DeSoto El Dorado Kickapoo Vicksburg Ouachita Valley councils with Stanley A Harris present. A troop camping course may be offered soon for council scouts.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Hotel Virginia
Harvey A. Gordon
New York
Boy Scouts of America
Harold W. Lewman
Memphis
el Dorado
Ark
Kickapoo Council
Vicksburg
Miss
Ouachita Valley Council
Stanley A. Harris
G. W. Simpson
Council
Shooting Air Rifles Banned In City Here
Citywide ban issued after numerous complaints about air rifle use. Police have seized four rifles and will confiscate any others found in operation. Officials cite harm to robins and aim to stop the practice within city limits.
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Robins
Chicago executive fatally wounded in Seguin office shooting
George W. Peck of Chicago, president of the Texas Hydro-Electric Company and the Texas Power Corporation, was shot and fatally wounded this morning in the office of A. J. Wirtz, a former state senator, in Seguin Texas.
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Seguin
Texas
George W. Peck
Chicago
Texas Hydro-Electric Company
Texas Power Corporation
A. J. Wirtz
Bachelor Doctor Helps 20 Students Through College
Oklahoma A and M beneficiary Dr. Guy A. Brewer of Garber funds college for 20 students and aided 35 more in earning degrees. He selects youths by friendship rather than grades, housing sixteen with a chap eron and supervising meals while bearing tuition and book costs. Most beneficiaries hail from Garber and nearby towns. Florida is wet with 30 000 lakes.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Guy A. Brewer
Garber
Maude Becker
Becker
Dr. Brewer
Nazis Tighten Grip on Austrian Border as Tensions Rise
Nazi leaders warn any use of force will be crushed. Reports say Dollfuss and Schuschnigg consider disarming the heimwehr while Prince Schoenburg-Hartenstein pushes for a civil defense under army police and gendarmerie. Catholic storm troops and heimwehr relations are strained amid raids on Nazi homes. Socialists are accused of offering arms to the Nazis.
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von Starhemberg
Dollfuss
Kurt Schuschnigg
Heimwehr
Prince Schoenburg-Hartenstein
Storm Troops
Catholic Storm Troops
Cake For President's Kin Uneaten After 54 Years
In LaGrange Indiana a fruit cake baked in 1879 for Cyrus Fillmore is preserved for Cyrus seventh seventh birthday. The cake, seven inches wide and two and a half inches high, rests in a glass container with a cream colored icing model of the Fillmore home featuring chimneys doors and windows. Silas Ridley owns the cake and is descended from Cyrus Fillmore.
Parent-Son Banquet Held at Local Church
Scouts of Troop 29 hosted a parent and son banquet in the basement of First Baptist Church. Speakers included Judge W. M. Harper, Rev. L. Hastings, and G. W. Simpson. The program featured fire by friction, signalling, and first aid demonstrations.
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First Baptist Church
W. M. Harper
Ouachita Valley Council
L. T. Hastings
G. W. Simpson
L. B. Pettit
Bill Meyers
Rev. Hastings
Miss Sanaren Taken To Caddo After Accident
Bertha Maude Sanaren of El Dorado Arkansas was moved from St Francis sanitarium to a Shreveport hospital after an ambulance collision in West Monroe on February 17. Physicians say she is improving but will remain under care for some time. her mother lives in Shreveport. Other victims have been discharged.
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Bertha Maude Sanaren
el Dorado
Ark
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Shreveport
Miss Sanaren
Eight Mail Contract Awards Made for Steamboat Routes
Washington February 26 The postoffice department announces eight contracts for mail carriage by steamboat in Louisiana effective July 1 for one year. Contractors include Ocnated Tamalet Plaquemine to Bayou Chene twice weekly 874 dollars annually and Thomas Ozio Morgan City to Joe Vido fishing camp twice weekly 1740 dollars.
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Postoffice Department
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Bayou Chene
Thomas Ozio
Morgan City
Jooe Vido
John Conaway
New Orleans
Burns
Burrwood
Theegne J. Oumac
Napoleonville
First Bridge
Fritz Heinisch
Merringsport
Mooringsport
Glassells Camp
Frank Jurgens
Allemands
Bayou D2
James Perera
Leonards Store
Peter Dyson
Pecan Island
Abbeville
California police try new type of lie detector
Berkeley police with Captain Clarence D. Lee and UC physics professor Milton A. Chaffee trial a Lee-Chaffee detector that activates emotionally via an electrical pickup and galvanometer, removing the need for arm pressure and allowing longer questioning periods.
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California
Berkeley
Cal
Clarence D. Lee
Milton A. Chaffee
Physics
University of California
John A. Greening
Hopi Child Burial Site Traced in Arizona Apartment House
In an Arizona apartment house built six centuries ago researchers traced the burial place of a Hopi child from the period. The discovery sheds light on ancient Hopi practices and site history.
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Arizona
Nine Dartmouth Students Die in Fatal Gas Poisoning
Nine Dartmouth students died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a furnace repair left a disconnected chimney pipe. Janitor Merton Little reconnected pipes and found the victims asleep Sunday. eight fraternities’ members were elsewhere for a bridge game.
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Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Edward F. and
Alfred H. Moldenke
Brothers
New York City
William M. Smith, Jr
Manhasset
N. Y
Edward M. Wentworth, Jr
Mt. Dora
Fla
America
de Masi
Little Neck
N.Y
Harold B. Watscen
Wilton
Wilmot H. Schooley
Middletown
John J. Griffin
Wallingford
Conn
Merton Little
Little
Clarks Clarks Bridge Party and Local News Notes
Washington birthday bridge party at Miss Dora Cooksey’s home with high score wins by Mildred Grayson and P. J. Goodnight. Social guests include Doyne Buffington Sentelle Johns Helen Thomas and others. C. C. Sheppard returned from Washington after representing the Southern Pine Association. Birth announced of baby girl for Elmer and wife with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Douglas.
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Clarks Bridgette Club
Washington
Dora Cooksey
Mildred Grayson
P. J. Goodnight
George Washington
Doyne Buffington
Sentelle Johns
Helen Thomas
Louise Buffington
Margaret Eglin
Thalia Ferree
H. O. Cooksey
Eddie Elgin
Howard Chapman
Herman Megison
Dick Fenton
Barney E. Howard
C. C. Sheppard
Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Sheppard
Southern Pine Association
J. W. McDonald
el Dorado
Will Neithery
Order of the Eastern Star
Elmer Douglas
John Douglas
Clarks
Headphones Cut Down Static By Dampening
Kansas City officials announced tests showing anti static headphones developed for pilots and ground station operators cut heavy bursts of static in wireless communication. A special dampened diaphragm limits oscillations with little loss of voice or code signals.
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Kansas City
Cotton market eases in New Orleans trading on Bankhead bill notes
The New Orleans cotton market fell in heavy activity with Liverpool cables weaker and lack of Washington news on the Bankhead bill. May 11.94 July 12.08 October 12.22, later slipping to 11.87 12.02 12.17 as investors cut bids. Exports 22,682 bales. Spot cotton closed 26 points down with mixed middling at 11.88.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Washington News
Alaspe
Cotton futures slip on liquidation amid Bankhead bill doubt
A $1.00 to $1.25 drop in cotton today stems from liquidation and selling driven by uncertainty over the final Bankhead bill provisions and weak grain and stock markets. May futures fell to about 11.91 with large intraday losses, later trimming to 12.05–12.26, while spot middling held at 12.10.
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New York
Cotton prices and futures at Liverpool market report
LIVERPOOL Feb 26 Cotton prices shown without receipts. Spot market steady with various grades listed in pence per pound. Futures closed quiet with March to January prices ranging from 6.16 to 6.21 pence, reflecting steady demand.
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Liverseal Liverpool
Ariee Fine Points
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans, cottonseed oil closed steady with values for prime summer yellow 4.60 to 4.75 and prime crude 4.00 to 4.25. March 4.70, April 4.75, May 4.88, July 5.10, Sept 5.25, Dec 5.59.
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New Orleans
New York
Foreign exchange rates steady in New York on Feb 26
The market shows steady foreign exchange with Great Britain at about 5.08 and 5.03 in various forms, France at 6.56 and 6.96, Italy around 8.51, and numerous demands and cables listed for Belgium Germany Holland Norway and others including Tokyo, Shanghai and Mexico City. Analysts note quotes for multilateral currencies and cross rates across major centers.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentine
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mexico City
Montreal
Traffic Increases On Saint Lawrence Inland Waterway
Cleveland Feb 26 Official figures show over 330 cargoes moved along the St. Lawrence inland waterway last year linking Great Lakes cities with Atlantic ports. inbound goods include wood pulp sugar and miscellaneous cargoes. outbound items cover grain flour coal iron and steel iron ore and automobiles. Heavier traffic expected as one company adds three ships to haul autos from Detroit to Boston.
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St. Lawrence Deep Waterway
Great Lake
Atlantic
America
Europe
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Newfoundland
St. Lawrence
Detroit
Boston
Market Summary Signals Broad Pressure Across Commodities
New York stocks remain under pressure with bonds and rails weak. Curb markets show weakness as Alabama and regional ties soften. Cotton trades lower amid selling. sugar declines with higher spot offers. Coffee gains as Brazilian markets stabilize. Chicago wheat declines on improved crop prospects. corn weak with May under 50 cents. Cattle steady with yearlings at $6.90. hogs rise 20 to 30 cents, top $4.95.
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New York
Chicago
USDA
New York Stocks Close Heavy Amid Mild Pessimism
The New York market showed nervousness with most leaders down 1 to 2 points and a heavy close. Transfers reached about 2,250,000 shares as declines spread from fractions to around a point while a few issues rose. Investors cited federal regulation, CWA spending cuts, investigations, and strikes as impacting sentiment.
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New York
Grain and Livestock Prices Fall in Chicago Markets
Wheat slips at open then steadies near limits as grain prices retreat on securities downturns and snow across the belt. Hogs strong with direct sales up to 20.30. cattle and calves mixed with varied weigh ranges. sheep and lambs show slow starts but firmer asking prices by midweek.
Poultry market quotes in Chicago firm on trucks
Chicago February 26 live poultry quoted by the market firm detailing prices for hens over 5 pounds and under 5 pounds, Leghorn hens, Rock broilers, colored varieties, barebacks, Leghorn chickens, roosters, hen turkeys and toms, as well as heavy white and colored ducks geese and dressers turkeys in various sizes and grades.
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Chicago
Rock Springs
Butter and Eggs Prices in Chicago Trade
Butter steady at 8.207 cents with creamery specials 93 score 25 1-4 to 26. Extras 92 at 25, extra firsts 90-51 at 24 to 24 1-2, firsts 88-69 at 23 to 25 1-2, seconds 86-87 at 22 1-2, standards 90 central car rots at 24 3-4. Kegs 12 387 steady, extra firsts 16 1-4 to 3-4, fresh graded firsts 16 to 16 1-2, current receipts 15 1-4.
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Chicago
Potatoes Hold Steady in Chicago Market Report
Chicago February 26 potatoes price totals show 173 on track 406 and 656 total US shipmen. Weekend shipments include 6 on Sunday with liberal supplies. Market remains nominally unchanged though weather affects car availability.
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Chicago
U.S
Sugar futures slip on easier tone in New York market
In New York at 2 p.m. sugar futures eased from firmer levels with March shedding from 1.60 to 1.54 and September from 1.70 to 1.66 as the overall tone turned easier. Markets closed barely steady, with March at 1.56 and later contracts around 1.67 to 1.75.
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New York
London-like Signs Prompt Brewers Prize Designs
In New York on February 26 call money held steady at 1 percent. Bankers acceptances moved little across periods from 30 days to 5-8 to 1-2 and longer terms. Prime commercial paper at 1 1-4. British brewers announce prizes for best inn sign designs.
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New York
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