Cotton crop outlook raises latest yield per acre estimate
The Agriculture Department's November bulletin shows an indicated U S cotton crop of 12.4 million bales and an average yield of 199.7 pounds per acre on 99.72 million acres. Gains over last month and year include higher state sums and new ginning totals, with Missouri and Texas among notable contributors.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Old Mexico
United States
Trains Collide Near Grant Killing Three Crewmembers
Three trainmen died and several injured in a collision between Louisiana and Arkansas freight trains near Grant 17 miles north of Jena on the Vidalia branch. Officials said one train likely ignored wait orders. wreckers were sent from Shreveport to recover the dead and injured.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Grant
Jena
Vidalia
H. G. Hunter
Portsmouth
C. C. Steelman
el Dorado
Ark
S. W. Wright
J. P. O'Brian
J. T. Edwards
John Alsup
J. S. Newsom
Dodger
Georgetown
Hunter
Behind the Scenes in Roosevelt Campaign Power Shifts
Washington report notes only one original brain trust member remains by 1936 campaign as Rosenman stays in background. Moley joins Roosevelt cause while Tugwell Johnson and Berle fade from influence. Rodney Dutcher reports.
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Brain Trust
Rosenman
Moley
Roosevelt
Tugwell
General Johnson
Berle
Roosevelt Brain Trusters Fading From Prominence
Washington dispatch notes that only Samuel J. Rosenman remained closely involved with Roosevelt in the 1936 campaign while earlier key brain trusters like Moley Tugwell Berle and General Johnson drifted from the inner circle. The piece traces their shifting roles and ongoing influence.
Train kills Dr Joseph Mayo of Rochester
Dr Joseph G. Mayo aged 34 son of Dr and Mrs Charles H Mayo of Rochester was killed when his automobile was hit by the North Coast Limited passenger train at a crossing two miles south of Cochrane Wisconsin. The car carried only a dog which died. the train dragged wreckage about a mile before stopping. Survived by widow and two sons David and Will.
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Alma
Wis
Joseph G. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Cochrane
Mayo
Mississippi River
Mayes
Chicago
Joseph Mayo
David
Will
Auto plunge near Covington fatal incident
An automobile left the road near Covington Louisiana and struck a tree killing W G Baker 39 of New Orleans Public Service Inc electrical foreman. His wife 35 was badly hurt with skull fracture and leg and arm injuries. Their son David 15 suffered minor scalp wounds.
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New Orleans
Covington
W. G. Baker
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Mrs. Baker
David Baker
Instructor's Wife Dies in New Orleans
Mrs. Deborah Doan Ellis wife of Professor J C Ellis superintendent of Jefferson parish schools died yesterday. A native of Lake Miss she is survived by her husband and their daughter Virginia Doan Ellis a student at Louisiana State University.
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New Orleans
Deborah Doan Ellis
J. C. Ellis
Jefferson Parish
Lake
Ellis
Virginia Doan Ellis
Louisiana State University
Farmers Seek Return to AAA
AAA spokesmen disclosed a definite decision to press for changes in the next Congress to revive crop control under the AAA. Over the weekend developments strengthened belief that New Deal crops policy may be revived despite the court’s ruling.
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Prospect
Washington
Administration
Congress
AAA
Supreme Court
Buck killed by ferry boat on St Lawrence crossing
Captain Matthew Farrell lade deer on his ferry Elmer W. Jones after ramming a seven point buck swimming across the St. Lawrence. He delivered the venison to Morris town game protectors who gave it to a hospital.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Matthew Farrell
Farrell
Elmer W. Jones
St. Lawrence
Morristown
Physician Dr Frank C Shute Sr Dies In Opeousas
Dr Frank C Shute Sr 56 longtime area physician died in Opeousas La last night He leaves two daughters Mrs R P Miles of Franklin Ms C and Miss Vera Shute of Opeousas a son Dr F Creighton Shute a brother J L Shute of Beaumont Texas and two sisters Miss Irene Shute and Mrs E H Dillon of Maringouin La
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Opelousas
Frank C. Shute
R. P. Miles
Franklin
Ss. C
Vera Shute
F. Creighton Chute
J. 1, Shute
Beaumont
Tex
Irene Shute
E. H. Dillon
Maringouin
Supreme Court to Decide Up to 27 Opinions Today
The U S Supreme Court met to issue up to 27 opinions on various disputes and to hear New Deal era public utility holding company law cases. Possible decisions include extradition of the Nei decker brothers to face charges tied to Travelers bank closure and the constitutionality of Iowa chain store tax on gross receipts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Deal
Public Utility
Neidecker Brothers
B. Coles
George W
Aubrey
France
Travelers Bank
Paris
Iowa
New York
Fire and assault as fascists press Madrid siege
Spanish Fascist Army advances on Madrid as Moors and legionnaires ford the Manzanares river south of the Toledo bridge. Insurgent artillery targets southwestern districts while thousands join front lines ahead of expected pushes into the capital.
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Elmer W. Peterson
Madrid
Foreign Legionnairos
Mazanares
Toledo
Segovia
Manzanares River
AFL Hopes Break in Lewis Revolt as Labor Leaders Seek Unity
Washington November 9 AFL leaders expect a peace path after the garment workers and other unions were suspended over the committee for industrial organization. David Dubinsky of the Ladies Garment Workers signals a Tampa vote while the federation weighs reinstatement.
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Joseph L. Miller
Washington
American Federation of Labor
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Executive Board
John L. Lewis
Garment Workers
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Tampa
Fla
David Dubinsky
Ladies’ Garment Workers
United Mine Workers
A. F. of L. Craft Lines
Pittsburgh
Steel Organization
William Green
Federation
Former Judge in Caddo Parish Dies
Shreveport La Nov 9 Pi A Jack Murff aged 15, former district judge of Caddo parish, died yesterday of a heart attack. A native of Attala county Mississippi, he moved to Bossier parish as a youth, taught school and practiced law at Benton before coming to Shreveport. He is survived by his widow and three children Jack Murff Jr, Mrs Francis Kincade of Shreveport, and Mrs Margeret Murff Rogers of Jackson Mississippi.
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Shreveport
Jack Murff
Caddo Parish
Attala County
Mississippi
Bossier Parish
Benton
Francis Kincade
Margeret Murff Rogers
Jackson
Miss
Five Dionne Quints Appear With Mother in Public
Mrs Oliva Dionne appeared with her five famous daughters at the Dionne nursery for the first time in public Without any formal arrangement the quintuplets played with toy wagons outside the home in Callander Ontario on a Sunday outing Spain France and United States brief items report political and legal tensions and a historic sword theft in Scotland involving Sir William Wallace museum theft by four masked men
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Callander
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Dionne Nursery
Stirling
Scotland
Sir William Wallace
National
Wallace Museum
Four
Republicans to Deliberate Policy Outlook at Conference
Governor Alf Landon and National Chairman John DM Hamilton plan a conference this week to discuss the future policy direction of the Republican Party in New York.
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New York
Republican Party
Alf M. Landon
John DM Hamilton
Bodies found after overturned truck in Romania
Pi Three casks rolled from an overturned truck near Chisinau scattering bodies and prompting police to arrest a crematory manager accused of selling over 40 bodies for scientific use.
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Bucharest
Romania
Chisniau
Leche to Lead Grid Invasion From LSU to Birmingham
Governor Richard W. Leche will lead 2,500 LSU cadets and supporters on a mass football trip to Birmingham to face Auburn. Transportation is free for cadets and the band. non military travelers pay $6. Six special trains are planned via Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, Illinois Central, to Holly Springs and Frisco lines. Mike the tiger will accompany. Train departures begin Friday.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Huey P. Long
O. K. Alien
Louisiana State University
Birmingham
Auburn
Mike the Tiger
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Hammond
Illinois Central
Holly Springs
Miss
Frisco
Cotton Prices Rise On New Deal Victory Outlook
New Orleans reports a bullish week for cotton with prices up from 31 to about 150 per bale. Trading activity centers on government crop estimates and private forecasts ranging around 12 million bales, while cooler weather signals potential yield cuts in the northern belt.
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New Orleans
New Deal
Commission House
Man Arrested in $90,000 Forgery Case
In Jennings Louisiana a man named Prudhomme Hebert of Nacogdoches Texas was arrested in a forged $90,000 check cashed at the Jennings branch of Calcasieu National Bank. The check drawn on Dr Louis Hebert of Lake Charles is linked to the suspect who allegedly received 15 000 in cash a 30 000 certified check and 45 000 in deposit credits. Hebert was arrested and the sheriff said all but 5 000 was recovered from the scheme.
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Jennings
RPA
Prudhomme Hebert
Nacogdoches
Tex
Comer
Calcasieu National Bank
Bob Broussard
Louis Hebert
Lake Charles
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Moley Rosenman
Columbia University
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Columbia
Cordell Hull
NRA
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Ronto
Osgoodillar
Secntztonts
Charles Vane
Queen Street
Eichtean Corptttors
Toronto
Heamne En T
J. G. Mayo
Kenny
Mrs. Graziano
Gus Graziano
Fine Buck
High Court
Legion
F. L. Hopes
Quins
Lansing
Mich
Frank Fitzgerald
Don McDonald
Detroit
Blum
Leon Blum
Henri Dekerillis
Sale
Hollywood
Charlies Partlow
Chic
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Hugh White
Lowndes County
House of Representatives
Thomas J. Blewett
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