Sayre urges national cotton council to expand markets
Assistant Secretary of State Francis B Sayre told southern cotton leaders planters processors and officials in Cleveland Mississippi to form a national cotton council and build larger markets at home and abroad through trade agreements. He warned that hoarding surpluses harms farmers and that relying onInternal stockpiles offers no real solution.
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Cleveland, Miss
Francis B. Sayre
National Cotton Council
Sayre
Federal Farm Board
South
United States
Three in Orleans Take Own Lives
Three people died in New Orleans on June 15 as police reported personal crisis cases. Thomas Carroll, 70, died after falling from a Charity hospital window following a malignant disease. William D. Grider, 70, a former restaurant owner, drowned after leaping from the Jackson Avenue ferry. his body was not recovered. Mrs Nellie Webster Fachan, 58, died after being pulled from the New Basin canal. police said she swallowed poison before leaping in.
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New Orleans
Thomas Carroll
Charity Hospital
William D. Grider
Mississippi River
Jackson Avenue
Nellie Webster Fachan
New Basin Canal
Cornell grad candidate Robert Faulk from West Monroe
Robert McClendon Faulk son of Clarence E Faulk of 207 McClendon Street West Monroe Louisiana seeks a bachelor of arts degree at Cornell University He is a Chi Psi member and former Ouachita Parish High School graduate He sang with the men's glee club and was a three year Cornell cheerleader serving as head cheerleader in his senior year He is a member of Sphinx Head and the Cornell Musical Club and served on his freshman advisory committee He graduated from Ouachita Parish High School four years ago.
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Robert McClendon Faulk
Clarence E. Faulk
McClendon Street
West Monroe
Cornell University
Faulk
Chi Psi Fraternity
Ouachita Parish
Cornell
Sphinx Head
Cornell Musical Club
Young Faulk
J C Penney Store Undergoes Renovation and Redecoration
J C Penney in DeSiard and North Third streets begins front renovations on both floors. A $600 ready to wear rug arrives for the next days, walls gain ivory casenite, trims and stairs receive two coats of varnish and stain, first floor sports green and terra cotta Johns Manville tile, balcony gains a new hardwood floor, and department layouts will be updated after refinishing. Manager H R Saenger and assistant W H Hendrickson say purchases from New York buyers reflect strong savings for customers.
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Johns- Manville
H. R. Saenger
W. H. Hendrickson
New York
Outbreak Suppressed in Hidalgo and Strawberry Aid Bill
Federal troops halted the first rebel flare in Hidalgo near Endo. In Baton Rouge the house appropriations committee reported unfavorably a 2.5 million dollar bill to pay Louisiana strawberry farmers one dollar per crate for 1937 berries. The bill carries support from local farming groups but faces House debate. Canada’s per capita cheese consumption rose to 3.37 pounds in 1936, totaling 37,193,000 pounds versus 39,634,000 pounds the year before.
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Mexico City
Hidalgo
Endo
Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
Louisiana
Charles Anzalone
Tangipahoa Parish
Pat McGrath
Orleans
M. J. Picciola
la Fourche
H. W. Leuissier
Catahoula
Anzalone
House
Louisiana Farmers’ Protective Association
Strawberry Farmers’ Union
Dominion of Canada
Debts owed to U S rise as June installments due
Washington June 15 debt data show war debts owed to the United States increasing by more than 100 million dollars as June installments fell due. Only Finland paid in full. Britain and others signaled willingness to discuss settlements. Interest unpaid totaled about 105 million, pushing total debt near 13 billion. Hungary proposed a debt settlement with about 30 annual payments without interest.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Great Britain
Anthony de Balasy
Hungary
Roosevelt
Congress
Lindbergh Receives Menacing Letters in France
French police guard a 20 mile Brittany coast after threatening letters target Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Lindbergh and family reside on Illice island awaiting completion of a new home, after moving from England and living with Dr Alexis Carrel.
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St, Brieuc
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Brittany
Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Illice Island
England
St. Gilda’s Island
Alexis Carrel
Accused Abductor Held in Shreveport
J A Davis a 24 year old local garage operator was arrested after resisting officers during a kidnapping probe involving Mrs Joyce Cook 20 of Shreveport. He admitted robbing a filling station for about 8 dollars and a car used in the auto theft was recovered near his capture. Highway robbery with firearms and two theft charges await, with kidnapping charges to be handled by the district attorney.
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Ared
United States Coast Guard
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Jamaica Bay
Coast Guard
Shreveport
J. A. Davis
Joyce Cook
Ted Cardwell
L. V. Smith
Davis
Cardwell
Norvell
Gibson Leaves Brussels Post
Gibson departs Brussels after farewell from high officials as he retires as United States ambassador to Belgium. He will sail from Southampton Friday. Joseph E. Davies named as his successor.
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Brussels
Hugh Gibson
United States
Belgium
Southampton
Joseph E. Davies
Ambassador Davies Has July Expectation
The excerpt notes Davies is expected in July and mentions his prior role as ambassador to Soviet Russia, indicating a pending assignment or visit linked to that tenure.
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Davies
Soviet Russia
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J. C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company
DeSiard and
North Third Streets
Monogram Coffee Company
Shreveport, Louisiana
U. S
Gibson
Mousseline de Soie
Oxfords
Alues
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