Record cotton crop forecast reaches new peak
Washington report says this season’s cotton crop will total 46 627 000 bales, the largest ever, surpassing the 1914 record of 16 135 930. The gain since September’s forecast is 817 000 bales as of October 1, with 61.3 percent crop condition and strong picking progress. Senator Robinson urged federal aid to the slump struck South, suggesting banks or the Federal Reserve could provide support, amid criticism of the department’s high yield estimates and potential congressional revision.
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Washington
A. P
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
South
Coolidge
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Federal Reserve System
Robinson
Congress
New Orleans Cotton Prices Slide on Gov Report
Cotton prices fell sharply on the local exchange as government data showed a crop yield of 16 627 000 bales and a 61.3 percent crop condition on October 1. The drop, about 600 points since September 8, wiped out last week’s gains amid widespread liquidations.
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New Orleans
A. P
United States cotton crop prospects rise on warm weather
Estimates indicate a U S cotton crop of 36 627 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, 817 000 bales above September prospects. Warm late September weather boosted progress reducing frost risk, with Oklahoma still lagging due to cold wet conditions. Leaf worm damage noted. Texas largely matured with defoliation exposing cotton to wind and rain amid a picker shortage. Northern Georgia reports a late crop aided by good weather, with weevils not severely threatening. Continued on page fourteen.
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United States
Oklahoma
Texas
Georgia
Secretary Jardine Sees Adequate Credit for Cotton Crop
Secretary Jardine told Edward A. O Neal that the nation has sufficient credit resources to meet the current and possible peak cotton needs. He attributed fears to panic, urged confidence, and said cotton storage is sound collateral. Banks and federal agencies stand ready to support cotton farmers through intermediate credit banks and local credit associations if demand rises.
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Washington
A. P
Jardine
Edward A. O'Neal
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
South
Department of Agriculture
Intermediate Credit Bank
Fonck Flight Failure Spurs French Press Critique
Paris October 8 The Fonck air flight from New York to Paris failed after heavy preps drawing accusations that American dollars drove the project. French sources say Captaine Fonck bore responsibility, contrasting with nine government subsidized French flights this year costing under 12000. Private firms supplied planes while government backed pilots and organization.
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Fonce
Gotham
Paris
U. S
I. N. S8
Fonck Air
New York
Fonck
Sikorsky
Argonaut
L'Oeuvre
Pellitier Daisy
Pekin
Arrachart Brothers
Bassora
Persian Gulf
Girier
Puarig
Omsk
Siberia
Challe
Bender-Abbas
Persia
Death Stalks In Blockaded Chinese City Wuchang
The historic city of Wuchang faces starvation and bombardment as 250000 residents remain trapped across the Yangtze. Rescue attempts have moved only about 40000 refugees. a northern siege and Cantonese plan threaten further catastrophe with October 10 set as a new phase in the struggle for control. Reports cite possible 20000 casualties around Kiukang and Fuyang Lake amid ongoing fighting.
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Hankow
China
A. P
Wuchang
Yangtse
Red Cross
Mercy
East
Sun Chuan Fang
Sun
Kiukang
Foyang Lake
Detectives Chase Fugitive Radio Operator in Los Angeles
A police squad led by Charles Reimer rushed to an outlying point after receiving word that Kenneth G. Ormiston, key witness in the Aimee Semple McPherson case and a fugitive, was hiding there. Reimer said he expected to bring Ormiston into custody.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Charles Reimer
Asa Keyes
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Reimer
Temple
Stinnes Properties to Merge into American Firms
Berlin Oct 8 The Stinnes estate assets built by the late Hugo Stinnes will be transferred to two new American corporations controlled by the Stinnes family A 25 million loan will be floated in the United States to pay about 20 million owed in Germany and to establish a working zone for the new companies The coal mines plants and transport facilities owned by the family will be placed in a single holding company while a second company will cover unrelated interests
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Berlin
A. P
Hugo Stinnes
Stinnes
United States
Germany
Queen Marie in Paris Plans Distinctive U S Wardrobe
Queen Marie of Romania shops in Paris for her U S trip with a focus on original costumes rather than evolving fashion trends. She negotiates style with fashion priests while trunks fill the hotel hall awaiting final approval. Princess Ileana accompanies her mother on shopping runs as Prince Nicholas frets over neckties.
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A. P.J
Marie
Romania
United States
Ileana
Prince Nicholas
Atlantic
Widow wins heavy damages in railroad death case
A federal jury awarded Mrs. Ruby Henry Gulledge $50,000 for the death of her husband John W. Gulledge a Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad freight conductor who died after attempting to board a Delta Point Louisiana train on July 25 1925 The suit claimed the railroad used a baggage coach as a caboose and lacked adequate grab irons This is described as the heaviest federal court award in recent years Mrs Gulledge was represented by Huey P Long and Henry Sevier with Stubbs and Thompson for the railroad The case may appeal if a new trial is denied
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Ruby Henry Gulledge
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Delta Point
Gulledge
Huey P. Long
Shreveport
Henry Sevier
Stubbs and Thompson
United States Court of Appeals
Chandler to Face Trial in Statutory Assault Case
Greene C. Chandler prominent Shreveport man is set to go to trial the week starting October 18 on a charge of attempted Statutory assault against Miss Myrtle Nash near Forbing last April. District Attorney Blanchard says Chandler will be arraigned next Tuesday and the case is among the first on the docket.
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Shreveport
A. P
Greene C. Chandler
Myrtle Nash
F E. P. Mills
L. C. Blanchard
Chandler
Mr. Blanchard
Miss Nash
Forbing
Hughes
Chicago
Tobacco tax constitutionality challenged in Louisiana suit
Lionel's Cigar Store of New Orleans files injunction against W N McFarland and the tax collector over a one cent per ten cents tax on tobacco retail prices. Judge W Carruth Jones hears arguments as both sides seek a quick path to the Louisiana Supreme Court by early November. Attorneys George Guion and James Bruns represent plaintiffs. Percy Saint for the state.
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Baton Rouge
A. P
Louisiana
Nineteenth Judicial District Court
W. Carruth Jones
Lionel’s Cigar Store
New Orleans
W. N. McFarland
State Supreme Court
George Seth Guion
James Henry Bruns
Percy Saint
Norris defense claims new statement in Norris murder case
Defense of Rev. J. Frank Norris says it obtained a new favorable statement from Carl Glaze the 12 year old witness in the murder case. Prosecutor Sam Sayers rejects the claim and the boy’s mother stands by the original story.
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Fort Worth Tex
A. P
J. Frank Norris
Carl Glaze
Sam Sayers
Special Prosecutor
L. E. Glaze
George E. Hosey
R. K. Hanger
Glaze
Chester Collins
Lufkin
Sayers
North Carolina man wounded after downtown gunplay
Forest Juneau, 45, was found seriously wounded after shooting his wife during an argument on a downtown street corner. Police consider the wounds personal safety related. Juneau reportedly fired two bullets into his own body and eluded capture for 46 hours without medical treatment.
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New Orleans
A. P
Forest Juneau
Juneau
Florida hurricane relief hinges on new financing
Frank A. Chase of the American Savings Building and Loan Institute says relief hinges on a $5,000,000 financing effort for property owners economically submerged by the hurricane. He outlines three groups among sufferers and urges a loan fund to help the third group with $150 to $500 credits. He notes a rift between Red Cross chair John Barton Payne and Florida officials over damage estimates.
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Washington
A. P
Florida
Frank A. Chase
Kansas City
American Savings Building and Loan Institute
John Barton Payne
National Red Cross
St Paul Man Elected President Of National Restaurant Assn
George M. Staughton of St Paul Minnesota was elected president at the closing session of the National Restaurant Association eighth annual convention held in Atlanta on October 8.
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Atlanta
George M. Staughton
St. Paul, Minn
National Restaurant Association
Trio Shot 10 Die After Prison Break in Aiken County
A mob stormed the Aiken jail in S.C. early today seizing three Black suspects two men and a woman from the Lowman family and shooting them to death in a nearby pine thicket. Sheriff H H Howard had died in 1925 raiding the Lowman home.
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TRIO
Aiken S. C
Aiken
Clarence
Demond Lowman
Bertha Lowman
H. H. Howard
Aiken County
Sam Lowman
Demond
Clarence Lowman
State Supreme Court
S. T. Laneham
Rupert Taylor
Nellie Robinson
Robinson
Demon Lowman
Bud Stillman Plans June Wedding to Lena Wilson
Bud Stillman heir to millions says he cares little for New York society regarding his fiancée Lena Wilson from Canada. He aims for a June marriage and wants the approval of banker James A. Stillman. The couple met as youths and Lena, an old fashioned girl, enjoys hunting and canoeing while not smoking or drinking.
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New York
A. P
Bud Stillman
Lena Wilson
Canada
James A. Stillman
Stillman
Princeton University
Miss Wilson
Bud
Misa Wilson
Princeton
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
James A. Stimp
Negligent homicide charge in Chambless death
A negligent homicide charge was filed in Tyler Texas against F C Nagle Jr after a crash near Tyler killed W B Chambless and severely injured his wife. Nagle bonded $1500 awaiting Smith County grand jury action. The car carried five Shreveport youths to a Centenary S M U game. wreck occurred at a railroad crossing en route.
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Shreveport
A. P
Tyler
Tex
F. C. Nagle, Jr
W. B. Chambless
Alex Pope
Nagle
Smith County
Texas
Dallas
Chambless
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Ruby Gulledge
Mississippi
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Enencene
Alexandria
Eateese
Ouachita
Camden
Anacenes
Momtoc Posses Escoreve
Blanchard
Mangham
Norris
Story
N.C
ST. Paul
South Carolina
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