Roosevelt Seeks Farmer Aid in Cotton Plan Changes
President Roosevelt urges cotton farmers to join new option plans allowing destruction of up to 50 percent of planted land, with minimum 25 percent offered. Two contract forms, option-benefit and cotton option, detail payments from six to twenty dollars per acre plus market-price cotton on held-in-trust. Administration projects up to 100 million dollars in rental payments if uptake remains strong.
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Cully A. Cobb
Janta
Wallace
Prisoner Confesses Grayson Bank Robbery After Capture
Wells confessed to Sheriff J W King after being jailed in Caldwell parish Louisiana. He named accomplices Jack Hilton and George Sheppard from Texas and Arkansas. One robber fired on Baygent at Monroe causing severe injuries. Baygent later survived. Officers tracked the trio after they abandoned a car following a tire blowout.
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Grayson
Wells
Caldwell Parish
Columbia
J. W. King
Jack Hilton
George Sheppard
Texas
Arkansas
Baygent
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Olla
Tarver
Baggent
King
Frank Cline
Ouachita Parish
Lincoln Parish
W. R. Broadway
Boots and hats worn in Ouachita Parish holdup trio identified
The sheriff's department in Columbia says Wells is related to several men with the same name arrested in Ouachita parish on bootlegging charges. Hilton and Sheppard are described with ages, heights, weights, and hair colors. The suspects wore light shirts, dark trousers, and no coats. A coupe with yellow wire wheels, licensed to E W Ortega and bought in Alexandria, was used. no theft of the car reported.
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Gibson Bros
Homer
Broadway
Columbia
Wells
Milton Coverdale
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Alexandria
Hilton
Sheppard
E. W. Ortega
Trains Through Monroe Attract Attention In Forestry Run
Twelve government forestry service trucks from Atlanta arrived in Monroe on their way to Camp Beauregard near Alexandria. A DeSiard road filling station sold 142 gallons of gas in minutes. Local Red Cross officials report on a Bastrop visit by Harry A. Kenning, who will lead an examiner training course July 24 to 26 at Morehouse parish city. A state wide Methodist conference opens Monday at Mansfield college with Monroe figures led by S. M. McReynolds. A bakery meeting was held in Hotel Virginia with bakers from Rayville Winnsboro Tallulah and others attending, called by J W Rohr.
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Government Forestry Service
Monroe
Atlanta
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
DeSiard Road
W. C. Holstein
Red Cross
Richard W. Thrush
National Red Cross
Bastrop
Harry A. Kenning
Kenning
Morehouse
A. C. Volk
Morehouse Parish
Methodist Church, South
Mansfield College
Mansfield
S. M. McReynolds
McReynolds
Virginia
Rayville
Winnsboro
Tallulah
Louisiana
J. W. Rohr
Past Press
Baptist and labor code topics dominate Louisiana Bakers meeting
The Louisiana Bakers association discusses industry labor code and the proposed six hour day federal program. Rev. L. T. Hastings of the First Baptist church will preach at Olla tonight at the Baptist encampment, with Rev. L. C. Bauer conducting services at Central Baptist church at 7 45 p m in Hastings's pulpit here.
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L. T. Hastings
First Baptist Church
Olla
L. C. Bauer
Central Baptist Church
Hasting
Bove Held for Murder as Court Hears Case
In a crowded courtroom Judge Thigpin ordered merchant Bove held for murder after Dr. Parsons testified Miss Harring’s body showed wounds and contusions. Bove claimed Harring fell and struck her head. his wife and relatives supported him while the state presented its case and the defense rested with two witnesses.
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Bove
Miss Harring
Thigpin
Woman Relates Nightmare of Plane Crash Rescue
A woman recounts a fatal plane crash at sea while three men and her survived briefly aboard a makeshift raft. The craft collapsed as the plane sank, leaving only Mrs. Rennie alive after a harrowing water ordeal.
Disappearance on raft leaves only husband and wife
A witness recalls a perilous raft incident where one man named Gillette vanished first without a word and soon the wife and her husband, identified as vice-president of Rennie Oil in Traverse City, were the last two survivors.
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Gillette
Rennie Oil Company
Traverse City
Birth Denied as Aimee Semple McPherson's Husband Questions Cable
Los Angeles dispatch reports Aimee Semple McPherson's husband David Hutton denying a cablegram announcing a nine pound son as a hoax. Hutton cites doctor’s notes and claims no reply from his wife, who is in Europe with publisher Harry C. Brandon handling statements.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Paris
David Hutton
Hutton
Harry C. Brandon
David
Mrs. Hutton
Europe
Angelus Temple
Glendale Blvd
Calif
Brandon
Free Trial Offer for Dr Hayes Blood Pressure Remedy
Relieve Blood Pressure Sends Treatment on FREE TRIAL. Sufferers write to Dr Hayes Association in Kansas City for a regular one dollar size of the prescription on absolutely FREE trial. Reports claim rapid relief, reduced pressure, better sleep, and improved stamina.
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Dr. Hayes Association
Coates House
Kansas City
J. H
Cincinnati
E. F
Paseo
Wash
Texas Bank
C. C
Gloucester
N. J
Washington
Hayes
Marital Dispute Denied by Hutton in Public Row
The couple’s reported marital difficulties are vigorously denied by Hutton, who rejects claims of strain or separation and maintains the relationship remains intact.
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Hutton
Agriculture department pushes over a dozen cot research surveys
The department of agriculture in IA advances more than a dozen projects and surveys seeking new uses for cot to expand agricultural applications and industry benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
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Oxfords
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