Cotton crop gains pace in October 1 report
Agriculture department estimates this year's cotton crop at 11.61 million bales of 500 pounds gross weight, with ginnings to October 1 totaling 6,030,940 running bales. Last year 4,232,068 and 1934 4,962,384. State figures show varied conditions and production prospects across Virginia to California.
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Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
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Missouri
Tennessee
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Mississippi
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Arkansas
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United
Russia Warns Nations to Stop Backing Insurgents Over Spain
London reports a Soviet ultimatum threatens to abandon neutrality and openly aid Madrid’s government if Portugal Germany and Italy do not halt support for the Spanish insurgents. The move risks a deeper Europe rift as Britain and France seek to restore the neutrality framework. League officials call the situation gravely serious.
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Europe
Spain
Moscow
Madrid
Portugal
Germany
Italy
Neutrality Committee
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
Geneva
Leon Blum
League
Labor Chiefs in Convention in Washington
President William Green urged AFL unity as the executive council met to draft a report on the schism that led to the suspension of ten unions tied to John L. Lewis's committee for industrial organization. The report will be shown to the November Tampa convention. talk of reconciliation faded as Lewis dismissed plans for a peace meeting.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L. Chiefs
Federation
Unons
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Tampa
Fla
Lewis
United Mine Workers
DROWNING AT DOCKS DURING NOON RECESS IN NEW ORLEANS
Eight year old Harry Tholborn wandered from his school at noon to the Mississippi docks and drowned after slipping into the river. His mother said he was told to stay on school grounds for lunch. A longshoreman later recovered the body of 31 year old insurance solicitor Marcel J Nores from the river after he had complained of ill health.
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New Orleans
Harry Tholborn
Mississippi River
Clarence Tholborn
Marcel J. Nores
Nores
Bank of France Cuts Rate Sparks 7 Billion Franc Rise
Paris reports the Bank of France lowered its discount rate to the lowest socialist Blum era level and revealed a 7 000 000 000 franc increase in its wide revenues valued at about 359 424 000 dollars.
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Paris
Bank of France
Blum
Alvin York Reflects on War Fears and Legacy
In Pall Mall Tennessee on October 8, Alvin York, famed as a World War I hero for singlehandedly disabling a German machine gun unit, says he still hates war and fears a new conflict within years. He notes his pride in 1918 yet hopes to keep America out of future European turmoil, while General Pershing called him the greatest civilian soldier.
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Pall Mall
Tenn
Alvin Cullum
York
Argonne
Europe
America
John J. Pershing
Lady Investor Shouldn't Wed Bankers Thinks
Memphis Tenn Oct 8 Roy S Johnson Newkirk Okla banker told Mortgage Bankers Association delegates from 37 states that single lady investors should remain unwed to avoid investment losses. He praised Home Owners Loan Corp while urging government withdrawal from mortgage financing to restore private lending balance.
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Memphis
Tenn
Roy S. Johnson
Newkirk
Okla
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Johnson
RFC
Federal Housing Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Board of Governors
Louisiana Gets Charles Frazier Headed For Death Row
Charles Frazier, described as the toughest man in the Texas penitentiary, was extradited from Huntsville to Louisiana to face possible execution for the 1933 prison break murder of a guard. He was moved from Eastham prison farm to Huntsville, then handed to Louisiana officers under a heavy escort, while governor Allred warned to watch him. Twelve convicts escaped Louisiana penitentiary in 1933. Frazier is among those still sought.
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Houston
Tex
Charles Frazier
Louisiana
Frazier
Eastham
Grapeland
Huntsville
James V. Allred
Allred
Texas
Desperado
Louisiana Penitentiary
Flood control work of year at high level
Army engineers said drought eased spring flood risk in the lower Mississippi valley. They expect protection from existing flood control works, with rapid progress on authorized projects including dredging expansions of the Atcha area, and total funding reaching hundreds of millions since 1927.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Overton
Atcha
Death trap at Belle Ville estate fails to fire
In Warsaw Virginia authorities probe a death trap at the Belle Ville entrance. A loaded shotgun with a string trigger was set to fire as a car passed. The device misfired when the foreman, Howard B. Scott, drove in and the gun toppled free without firing. Investigators seek the authors amid scarce clues.
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Richmond
Belle Ville
Virginia
Howard B. Scott
Brockenbrough
Scott
William Bryant
Com
Confederate Veterans of State Gather in Baton Rouge
Louisiana Confederate veterans meet in Baton Rouge for an annual reunion amid aging ranks. Only a small contingent attended, about twenty, as they hold discussions and business, with an automobile procession planned through the capital led by General O. W. Gillette and Governor Richard W. Leche, possibly the last such gathering.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
O. W. Gillette
Richard W. Leche
Mother Fights Plan to Split Stork Derby Money
Toronto mothers debate sharing a prize pool up to 775000 as the stork derby nears October 31. Mrs. Matthew Kenny claims her 12 births in the 10 year contest will keep her ahead, while Mrs. Grace Bagnato moves to organize a shared payout approach.
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STORK
Toronto
Mrs. Kenny
Congress to welcome many new members in congress outlook
Washington reports that defeats, retirements, and deaths ahead of the new session ensure many new faces in Congress. Democratic and Republican patterns show sixteen Democratic senators renominated, nine Republican incumbents renominated, with losses including Oklahoma Senator Gore and Michigan Senator Couzens. Independent Norris of Minnesota seeks a separate run with administration support, while Minnesota’s Benson moves to a governorship. four incumbents retire including Huey Long’s widow, and others.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Gore
Oklahoma
White
Maine
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Norris
Minnesota
Benson
Huey Long
Louisiana
Costigan
Colorado
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Keys
Dean Receives Life Sentence In Black Legion Murder
Dayton Dean, named to have been the trigger man in the Black Legion murder of Charles A Poole on May 12, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Circuit Judge Joseph A Moynihan in Detroit. He pleaded guilty to murder and testified for the state as 11 other Black Legion men were convicted last week. He said he was glad it was over and hoped no one else would get into the same jam.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Charles A Poole
Joseph A. Moynihan
Michigan
Dean
Moynihan
Social Security Grants Announced to Fifteen States
Washington reports grants totaling 8.3 million dollars for October through December to support public assistance programs. Funds cover aid to the blind, the aged, and needy children with Louisiana receives 172,616 for children and 259,612 for the aged.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Louisiana
Right of death by own action issue in Florida
Miami, Fla. Oct. 8. Judge Trammell ruled it is not an offense to attempt self destruction as a man faced third such charge. A woman was sentenced to three months for the same act. State Attorney Worley will appeal to seek Supreme Court guidance on whether old English law applies. Authorities say over $15,000 yearly is spent aiding health seekers who seek love or sympathy by poison.
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Miami
Fla
W. W. Trammell
Florida
G. A. Worley
Trammens
Supreme Court
Worley
Swedish ocean flier rescued after mishap
An American China clipper carried five newsmen passengers to Manila when it landed in Honolulu at 6 43 am local time. In Ireland near Valentia Kurt Bjorkvall was rescued after forced down on a New York to Stockholm flight. His plane was damaged, the trawler Imbrin saved him and radioed Bjorkvall was safe and healthy. His mother Maud Dickson is mentioned.
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Manila
Valentia
Irish Free State
Kurt Bjorkvall
New York
Stockholm
la Rochelle
France
Imbrin
Bjorkvall
Ireland
Maud Dickson
Bjork
Roosevelt son not satisfied with Fokker deposition
Elliott Roosevelt said he would seek counsel in New York over statements by Anthony Fokker in a munitions deposition. He denied contracting to sell military airplanes to Russia for a 500000 dollar commission and insisted his rights as a private citizen were infringed. Senate munitions committee head Nye called the incident closed, noting no sales were made and no illegal act.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Senate Munitions Committee
Texas
Fort Worth
New York
Fokker
Munitions Committee
Roosevelt
Russia
United States
Gerald P. Nye
Committee
Nye
Another Sex Death Charged to Aguilar
In Pueblo Colorado the second clubbing death of a woman is attributed to Frank Aguilar a 36 year old WPA laborer Sheriff Lewis Worker identified him as the man who beat to death Mrs Sally Crumpley of Kansas City Kansas and suspected in the slaying of Dorothy Drain. Miss Drain’s sister Barbara 12 was also beaten on the day Dorothy was killed.
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Pueblo Colo
Frank Aguilar
WPA
Lewis Worker
Dorothy Drain
Aguilar
R. ©. McMurtree
Last-Minute Briefs From Around the World
SELDOVIA Alaska Oct 8 Alaska's first woman legislator Flying Nell Scott was elected without a single campaign speech. WASHINGTON Oct 8 The habits of the shrimp are being studied at the bureau of fisheries. STE ANNE DE BEAUPRE Que Oct 8 Fire swept through more than a dozen frame dwellings at the shrine site. FREE CITY OF DANZIG Oct 8 Nazis purging opposition virtually wiped out the Social Democratic organization in the Free City.
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Alaska
Flying Nell Scott
Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Ste. Anne DE Beaupre, Que
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Free City
Danzig
Widow inherits bulk of Jesse Straus estate
The will of Jesse Isidor Straus filed in surrogate's court leaves the bulk of his estate to his widow Mis Irma Nathan Straus. In other news, two Italian statesmen arrive in New York aboard the Conte di Savoia, one the new ambassador to Washington on a formal mission and a priest on vacation.
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New York
Jesse Isidor Straus
France
Mis
Irma Nathan Straus
U. S
Italy
Washington
Bent
New York Harbor
French government opens direct inquiry into Social party leaders
Paris reports the government has launched a direct judicial inquiry against Colonel Francois de la Rocque and other leaders of the Social party after raids on Nationalist organization centers.
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Paris
Francois de la Rocque
Social Party
Editor Clark Howell Jr. rests after abdominal operation
Oct 8 Atlanta report says Clark Howell Sr. editor of the Atlanta Constitution and Democratic national committeeman from Georgia is resting fairly comfortably in a hospital after an abdominal operation. In Dallas Mrs. O K Allen widow of the late Governor Allen recovers in Baylor hospital from a sudden illness while visiting Texas centennial events with her family.
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Atlanta
Clark Howell, Sr
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Allen
Dallas
Tex
O. K. Allen
Winnfield la
Baylor Hospital
Soil conservation payments to farmers outlined in meetings
Agricultural soil conservation officials will hold a series of meetings across Louisiana in the next two weeks to explain and facilitate the payment procedure for farmers participating in the conservation program.
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Baton Rouge
Agricultural Soil Conservation
Art Bush Freed After Calhoun County Slaying Charge
In Anniston Alabama on October 7 Art Bush was acquitted of murder in the August 10 killing of Pat Hicks a white posseman at his rural Calhoun County cabin. Testimony from white witnesses described Bush as a "good negro" by his supporters and character witnesses.
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Anniston
Ala
Art Bush
Pat Hicks
Calhoun County
Tangipahoa murder indictments ensnare two men
In Amite Kinchen Bridges of Ponchatoula is indicted for murder in the slaying of Viola Caraway, a waitress seeking to end an affair, after she was stabbed before her workplace. Bridges survived a self inflicted throat wound found on a highway. The grand jury also indicts Eustis Thornhill of Kentwood for murder in the September 1 Kentwood shooting of Earl Wilkinson, who Thornhill says he shot in self defense.
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Amite
Tangipahoa Parish
Kinchen Bridges
Ponchatoula
Viola Caraway
Bridges
Kentwood
Earl Wilkinson
Thornhill
Traffic squad tallies 179 tickets in eight hours
New Orleans police traffic squad used stop-watches to time car travel through restricted zones with a 15 mile per hour limit. After eight hours, officers issued 179 speeding tickets as they compared actual speeds with the timed interval.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt and Landon Resume Campaign Push Across States
Roosevelt and Landon renewed campaign activity as they head toward the November election. Landon departs Topeka for a 2400 mile tour beginning with Chicago address on public financing while Roosevelt heads west on a nine day Midwest trek. He plans speeches in Omaha and Chicago and will swing through Kansas and New England. California’s Dr Francis Townsend said he will vote for Landon, indicating cross party support dynamics.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Landon
Topeka
Chicago
IL States
Midwest
Rocky Mountains
New York
Omaha
Kansas
New England
California
Francis FE. Townsend
Repre
Shirley Temple Sued for $1,000,000 in Hollywood
Hollywood, Oct. 8. Jack Hays, film producer, files a $1,000,000 suit claiming he trained Shirley Temple and secured exclusive services for two years. Named co defendants include her parents George F Temple, Twentieth Century Fox, and California Bank and Trust. Hays cites Temple's rise from child actor to a five million dollar value and earnings of two million by age the top box office rank.
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Shirley Temple
Jack Hays
Shirley
George F. Temple
Twentieth Century-Fox
California Bank and Trust Company
Hays
Thecome Plaintant
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