Dixie Planters Start Plowing Up Cotton Crop
Atlanta June 28 Farmers began reducing cotton acreage under a federal plan to bolster prices. James Allen of Newton signs the reduction agreement and plows under cotton as extension officials say southern pledges may exceed the 10 million acre target. Georgia farmers show broad support amid improving market prices.
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Atlanta
Dixie Planters
Federal
James Allen
Newton
C. A. Cobb
Harry L. Brown
State Extension Service
Athens
Georgia
World's Largest Cotton Farm Joins With Local Tenants
Greenville Mississippi reports one of the world's larges cotton plantations declares itself ready to cooperate with tenant farmers and humble homesteaders as the page continues on the eighth page.
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Greenville
Miss
Loan forms for agencies ready
Washington dispatch reports federal public works administration loan forms prepared to help cities counties and private agencies tap a 3.3 billion fund. Forms await state administrations to start work and Roosevelt’s return to set nominees for state administratorships.
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Washington
Federal Public Works Administration
Ickes
Roosevelt
Rambling Anecdotes From DeSiard Street and Beyond
A collection of light vignettes featuring townsfolk such as Harold Monk the domino player and N. E. Dawson. Anecdotes describe fashion prompts, chatty conversations, aerial dusting against boll weevils, a solo flight by Dr. N. G. Gaston, and local escapades including a seven and a half pound bass catch at Lake St. Joe and a hard boiled egg finding in West Monroe.
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H. Guerriero
DeSiard Street
Harold Monk
N. E. Dawson
N. G. Gaston
E. C. Paulus
H. T. Layne
Sam Jones
Forsythe Park
Ross Banister
Herb Ryland
Mr. Banister
Benjamin J. Breard
Lake St. Joe
West Monroe
Secret Notes Reveal U.S. Threat to Quit War Over 14 Points
Washington dispatches reveal secret October 1918 telegrams showing Colonel Edward M. House warning Lloyd George and Georges Clemenceau that Wilson would not join peace talks unless the 14 points and freedom of the seas were included. House indicates he would inform premiers of possible congressional questions if peace terms diverged, prompting France to drop elaborate objections to the plan.
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Washington
Mt Wilson
Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Edward M. House
Wilson
Europe
House
League of Nations
Congress
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
State Department
George
Clemenceau
Roosevelt man's message awaited at London meet
London June 28 The world economic conference awaited Assistant Secretary of State Raymond Moley seen as bringing from Washington medicine to cure many ills of the assembly The lobby chatter labeled him head of Roosevelt brain trust with high expectations for his visit He was reported to meet Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Cordell Hull but did not appear
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London
World Economic Conference
Raymond Moley
Washington
Roosevelt
Moley
Ramsay MacDonald
Parley
Cordell Hull
Professor Moley
Missouri Pacific Officials Leave City After Staff Changes
Announcement from Little Rock details Missouri Pacific railroad staff reshuffles affecting local personnel. H. D. Reaves will move to Little Rock as assistant general freight agent, with Dennis L. Carter shifting to Detroit to take the same role there. A. M. Harris will fill Reaves’ vacancy, R. S. Betts moves to El Dorado, and R. S. Crossman becomes Betts’ successor in Monroe.
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Little Rock
Missouri Pacific Railroad
H. D. Reaves
Dennis L. Carter
Monroe
Arkansas Capital City
Carter
Detroit
Mich
Reaves
A. M. Harris
el Dorado
R. S. Betts
Jelling Ships Out as Mother Ship for Lindbergh Expedition
The tramp steamer Jelling, after three years roaming the world, departs Philadelphia as the mother ship for Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. They plan a flying survey of a proposed northern air mail and passenger route to Europe via Labrador Greenland Iceland and Denmark. The Danish flagged vessel will establish bases and stock provisions for fliers along the route in a courtesy to Denmark's territorial rights.
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Philadelphia
Seven Seas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Denmark
State Tax Load series informs Louisiana readers
The News-Star and Morning World publish a recurring series on state tax matters each Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. An expert writer explains how the state and its agencies collect and disburse revenues from various taxes and licenses, helping readers understand taxation and spending.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Morning World
Tropical Storm Warning Issued in the Caribbean
The weather bureau issued an advisory noting a powerful tropical disturbance moving northwest about 100 miles west of Port of Spain Trinidad. The system lay about 1 800 miles southeast of Miami, with officials noting Florida has never been hit by a hurricane in July. Pan American Airways reported minimal damage and a small diameter storm skirting the Venezuela coast before entering the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Washington
Port of Spain
Trinidad
R. W. Gray
Florida
Gray
Pan American Airways
Orinoco River
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
John Nelson Elected president of Rotary International
John Nelson, former editor and publisher of Canadian newspapers, was unanimously chosen as president of Rotary International at the 24th annual convention in Boston. Rufus F. Chapin of Chicago was re elected secretary. Nelson's nomination came from Fred Saunders of Montreal with seconding from Joseph Diver of Jacksonville and Fong Foo See of Shanghai.
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Boston
John Nelson
Rotary International
Nelson
Institute of Pacific Relations
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Rufus F. Chapin
Chicago
Chapin
Fred Saunders
Montreal
Joseph Diver
Jacksonville
Fla
Fong Foo See
Shanghai
China
Equal Pay Demands Spread In Textile Industry Hearings
Labor groups press for a $14 weekly minimum wage under the industrial control act at the Commerce Department hearings. United Textile Workers President Thomas F. McMahon urges a 35 hour work week and no wage differential between northern and southern mills, amid ongoing code discussions.
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Washington
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
Commerce Department
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt ship stalled by fog near Roque Island Maine
President Roosevelt remains fogbound in Lakeman Bay near Roque Island Maine delaying his planned race with the Amberjack II and extending a pause before continuing to Campobello Island New Brunswick. Norman H. Davis travels aboard the destroyer Bernadou en route to report on Geneva talks.
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Pulpit Harbor
North Haven Island
Roosevelt
Campobello Island
N. B
Lakemans Bay
Roque Island
Maine
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Mr. Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Bernadou
Rogers Has His Say at Beverly Hills Studio
Rogers recalls lunch with Udet and Falconi discussing parachutes and wartime choices. He notes Udet, a German ace with 63 planes, survived by parachuting after his plane was shot down. The talk contrasts past aviation fear with modern air feats to entertain audiences.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Udet
Falconi
Mussolini
Germany
John Ewing Made Director by Publishers
J. L. Mapes of the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal becomes president, succeeding James G. Stahlman of the Nashville Banner who becomes chairman of the board at the 31st annual Southern Newspaper Publishers' association convention in Chattanooga. Walter C. Johnson of the Chattanooga News is reelected treasurer for his twentieth consecutive year.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
J. L. Mapes
The
Beaumont Enterprise and Journal
James G. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
Stahlman
Association
Mapes
Walter C. Johnson
Chattanooga News
Associa
Move Opened Against School Book Trust
Florida Governor Dave Sholtz and a state senate committee push a plan to form southern states that would publish and print their own textbooks to challenge a so called school book trust. A conference in Atlanta is planned with governors and committee members attending. The aim is a full inquiry into alleged control of book prices contracts school board elections and administration of school affairs.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Dave Sholtz
Florida Senate
Atlanta
Florida
Senate
Two New States Join Wet Banks in Vote Tuesday
West Virginia and California move toward repeal of the eighteenth amendment as states vote through the year. Pro and anti prohibition factions forecast the outcome with Alabama and Arkansas set for July and a string of states listed for dates into November.
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Washington
West Virginia
California
Florida
Missouri
Montana
Utah
Nebraska
South Dakota
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oregon
Texas
Veremont
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Idaho
New Mexico
Arizona
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
States move to repeal 18th Amendment buy-in grows
One third of the 48 states have voted to strike the 18th amendment from the constitution. West Virginia and California made early steps toward repeal as supporters push for nationwide change.
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West Virginia
California
Heat Bakes Nation With Record Scores and Fatalities
Central and southwestern states endure extreme heat with Illinois reporting at least seven heat deaths. Chicago hits 100.1 degrees for June’s high, while Phoenix reaches 108 and Alva 105. Rain arrives in Kansas and Kansas City easing temperatures and sparking crop damage reports.
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Associated Press
Mother Nature
Chicago
Illinois
Phoenix
Ariz
Alva
Okla
Kansas
Kansas City
Monroe Day sales to feature era of low prices
Retail merchants of Monroe Louisiana sponsor a semi annual Monroe Day with special low price offers across most stores. President Herbert Fink says prices will reflect old levels despite rising commodity costs and urges the public to attend for a final chance at era of low prices. Theater tickets accompany each purchase as part of the profit sharing event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Louisiana
Herbert Fink
Merchants’ Retail Division
Mr. Fink
Monsroe
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Hook Howell
C. E. Woolman
U. S
Missouri Pacific
Betts
Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis Seereeene
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Eeeenneee
Natchez Seeneeee
Angolaene
Tawnenene
Ouachita
Camden
Seer Renee
Ee Tenes
Lindberghs
World Rotary Clubs
Rogers
Yours
John D. Ewing
John Ewing
Ass’n
School Book Trust
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