Cotton acreage data show shifts in 1937 states
The report lists acreage by state with gains in Oklahoma and Texas and large increases in California and Florida. It notes Sea Island and American Egyptian varieties, first Nevada planting, and ongoing boll weevil impact. Ginnings and cultivation percentages by state are provided.
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Oklahoma
Texas
California
Sea Island
Florida
Georgia
Arizona
Nevada
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
States
Lower
Old Mexico
United States
Kudner Hears Grand Jury Indictment in New York Murders
Mrs Ethel Kudner accompanied District Attorney Dodge before a grand jury that indicted Robert Irwin in New York for the murders of Kudner s sister mother and a lodger. Irwin claimed he hunted her before the killings. Chinese Japanese fighting escalates near Shanghai and Nanking tensions rise as sources warn of further actions. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek and Nanking authorities retreat to Kuling amid the crisis.
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Ethel Kudner
Dodge
Robert Irwin
New York
Peiping
Shanghai
Domei
Nanking
China
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuling
Kiukiang
Army Warns of Skirmish Near Marble Bridge
Chinese soldiers said fighting began at midnight when Japanese night troops tried to seize the marble bridge over the Yingting river. The Chinese withdrew to Wanpinghsien as Japanese artillery opened at dawn. Japanese sources deny bombardment of Wanpingh sien and accuse China of starting trouble. Japan keeps about 7,000 troops in Peiping Tientsin area under Boxer protocol interpretation.
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Yingting River
Wanpinghsien
Japan
Peiping-Tientsin
China
Peiping
Marco Polo Bridge
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Peiping-Hankow
Mae West Marriage Document Emerges From Milwaukee Record
A yellowed marriage license application dated April 11, 1911, lists Mae West and Frank Wallace. Wallace’s suit includes letters the actress said he wrote, expressing love and asking to be recognized as her husband, plus a claim to community property.
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Milwaukee
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Wallace
Miss West
Heat takes toll as record temperatures sweep cities
Seventeen deaths were linked to the heat or heat related events with one fatality attributed to a contributed factor. Thousands sought relief at beaches in New York and Chicago. New York recorded 92 degrees marking its hottest day of the year while Chicago sweltered from 90 to 97 degrees. It was the warmest July 7 in 63 years for the city.
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New York
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Eyewitness report on Marco Polo Bridge conflict near Peiping
A war correspondent describes the Marco Polo Bridge area west of Peiping, noting Japanese and Chinese forces in a tense stand. He reports artillery bombardment, casualties, and shells pounding Wanpinghsien, with peasants and soldiers fearing escalation while Chinese insist on talks or prepare to continue fighting.
Kitten Saves Shipboard Cat Becomes Staten Island Resident
A stray black kitten aboard the British freighter Sandgate Castle prompted a rescue as the ship burned and was abandoned near sea. Ellen Haines of Staten Island claimed the cat Sandy after being saved by the President Pierce and now resides in Staten Island with her seafaring finder.
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South Africa
Sandgate Castle
Pierce
Ellen Haines
Staten Island
N. Y
Kitty
Ellen
Jonah
Sandy
Thaden on Earhart Flight and fatalist outlook
Mrs Thaden recalls Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan near disappearance. She notes Earhart’s lifelong wish to circle the world and a fatalist view common among pilots. Thaden, previously with the air commerce bureau, plans to resign to care for her two children Patsy and Bill.
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Noonan
Claim Agents Open Shreveport Meet in July Convention
Railway claim agents from the southwest gathered in Shreveport for the opening of a three day convention of the Southeastern Railway Claim Agents association. It is the 23rd annual meeting of the group. The convention will be called to the...
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Shreveport
Southwest
Southeastern Railway Claim Agents Association
Pine Bluff Leaders Prep Address on Bird Nesting Change
President B. F. Smith will issue the order at 10 o_clock and Mayor Sam Caldwell will deliver the welcoming address. The petrel is reclassified from seabird to nester of underground burrows on land, overturning long held beliefs.
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B. F. Smith
Pine Bluff, Ark
Sam Caldwell
Beating Eyewitnesses Describe Overpass Riot
Testimony in the labor dispute recounts hoodlum crowds under the overpass. Beresford uses a police term to describe the men, while reporters recount chaotic fighting around the overpass and injuries to Frankensteen and Reuter. Policemen observed from below as the violence unfolded.
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Laurence A. Knapp
Labor Board
Beresford
Louis J. Colombo
Ford
Frankensteen
Reuter
Dearborn
Pepper Inquiry Delayed to October in Louisiana Case
A grand jury investigation and trial for Miss R. Jessie Pepper, 17, charged in the fatal shooting of her school chum Miss May Elvin Allen, will be postponed until October. Judge J. W. Jones of Natchitoches announced the delay today.
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H. Lester Hughes
Miss Pepper
Coushatta
R. Jessie Pepper
May
Elvin Allen
J. W. Jones
Natchitoches
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Dick Foran
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