U S Consumers Face Need to Battle Foreign Market Edicts
Washington reports warn that U S buyers must oppose foreign controls on rubber and eight other key commodities costing over 1 billion annually. E C Holt notes exports from Ceylon and Malaya may shrink next year while price fixing and production limits threaten American industry and consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
E. C. Holt
London
Ceylon
Holt
Star From the Southwest Intrigues New York Fans
New York audience hears about Ary Lewis, a scintillating star from the southwest, whose recent performances spark chatter and excitement among spectators and critics alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
A. P
Ary Lewis
Houdini Falls Ill During Detroit Stage Appearance
The magician Harry Houdini collapsed at a Detroit theatre after his opening performance last night. Doctors reported abdominal injuries from a prior act and stated he is believed to be suffering from appendicitis.
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Detroit
A. P
Harry Houdini
King
Leo Drezza
Frank Tinney
Beeved Houdini
Calhoun Fair Awards Highlight Record Exhibits
Awards announced by E. R. Strahan show Calhoun fair's top prizes across cotton, corn, sweet potatoes and club contests. Winners include L. H. Peevy for cotton, Bruce Brooks for cotton club and Bruce Smith for corn, with exhibits sent to Shreveport for the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Shreveport
L. H. Peevy
J. T. Austin
Howard Brooks
Murphy J. Foster
William Norris
Choudrant
I. R. Hogan
A. E. Smith
Cotton Club
Bruce Brooks
J. M. Bullock
Elvin Bayles
Leon Hogan
Corn Club
Bruce Smith
Earl Brooks
Rat Campaign In Tennessee Leads To Jail
Two professional rat killers James Booth and J T Strait are held in Nashville jail, pending transfer to Paducah Kentucky authorities who say they took money under false pretenses. The men claim their work in Paducah was legitimate.
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Nashville, Tenn
A. P
James Booth
J. T. Strait
Pied Piper
Jackson
Local firms wary after rat campaign wanders through Monroe
The men named in the preceding wire visited Monroe months ago and staged a similar rat campaign. After they left, local firms showed some dissatisfaction though no charges have been filed here yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
California alimony martyr sentences self to life in prison
Samuel W Reid, once hailed as California alimony crusader, has locked himself in a life term by refusing to shave or speak, declaring he will remain imprisoned until he pays the alimony the court ordered. He has endured fourteen months in Willows jail, shunning guards, fellow inmates, and contact with the outside world to protest alimony payments.
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California
Sacramento
Samuel W. Reid
Lifornia
Reid
Coun'gail
Willowsid
Glenn County
C. F. Purkitt
Glen Court
Cotton marketing conference in Birmingham attracts Alabama leaders
In Birmingham Alabama on October 25 representatives of farmers banks and commercial interests met with Eugene Meyer chairman of President Coolidges cotton committee to discuss marketing arrangements for the unsold portion of the current cotton crop.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. P
Alabama
Eugene Meyer
President Coolidge
Plans Adopted for New First Baptist Church Building
Members of the First Baptist Church voted to accept plans for a new building to be erected on the south lot. The project costs about $70,000 with an auditorium to follow later. The completed program aims to create a premier church home in north Louisiana. Architect is Dr. Harvey Beauchamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Louisiana
Harvey Beauchamp
Permits on Gain in La Salle Field During the Week
Permits for drilling in the La Salle field rose by ten in the past week, issued by the Department of Conservation. Operations are scattered across sections 29 1E 7 10 2E and others with several rigs active or planned. Horace Fletcher of Natural Gas and Fuel Inc suffered a serious leg injury after a tractor mishap and was transported to a hospital in Alexandria for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Brooks
Urania
Tullos
la Salle
Department of Conservation
Oir
Hartanze Oil Company
Shreveport Oil Company
Pendargis
R. G. Wooten
King
Horace Fletcher
Natural Gas & Fuel Inc
Alexandria
Fletcher
River stage readings across Mississippi and Ouachita basins
The bulletin reports river stage figures with changes: Vicksburg 40.6 rising 0.4, New Orleans 12.2 rising 0.5. Red River at Shreveport 18.0 falling 2.2, Alexandria 19.3 falling 2.3. Ouachita at Camden 8.0 rising 3.7 and Monroe 13.7 falling 0.2.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Praise for Calcasieu ship channel praised by Shipping Board official
W. B. Hill of Washington D C praised Lake Charles for building the Calcasieu waterway after touring the new ship channel. Hill, one of seven commissioners of the United States Shipping Board, spoke during a visit as a guest of the local dock board.
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Newport Lake Charles
A. P
Lake Charles
Hill
Washington, D. C
United States Shipping Board
New Calcasieu Waterway
Record cotton crop forecast at 17 454 000 bales
Washington October 25 predicted the largest cotton crop ever grown at 17,454,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. The forecast exceeds the October 1 estimate by 827,000 bales and tops the previous record by over a million bales. Reports from across the cotton belt indicate production is statewide.
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Wshington
A. P
Department of Agriculture
Government crop forecast and ginnings underscored by modest market dip
New Orleans reports the government projects 17 545 000 bales of production and 8 722 066 bales of total ginnings as of October 1, with prices barely moving. December 12 15 down 25, January off 23, March down 20, as traders expect firmer reaction after interior totals emerge. Government crop estimate raised by 827 000 bales in two weeks.
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New Orleans
A. P
Cotton yields rise as defoliation accelerates picking progress
The department reported a year surpassing expectations with lint cotton yield around 176.8 pounds per acre, about 8.3 pounds above October 1 estimates. Heavy yield and record acreage drive larger production while leaf worm defoliation and warm weather speed boll maturation and picking. Ginning through October 1 reached 8,722,066 running bales, below last year's 9,518,946.
Cotton Prices Plunge on Record Crop Forecast in New York
New York Cotton market slumped as prices fell about 1.50 a bale to record low since 1921 after the government forecast the largest crop on record at 17,454,000 bales, sparking market confusion.
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New York
A. P
Record Cotton Crop Estimate Marks Historic Volume
The crop reporting board notes the largest U.S. cotton crop in history with an estimated 17,454,000 bales ginned so far. Low price and scarce pickers, especially in the western belt, may leave lower grades unpicked and final totals uncertain as harvest progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crop Reporting Board
Cotton gin count tops eight million bales in -year harvest
Ginning totals for this year reach 8,722 066 bales as of October 18 in Washington with the early agricultural report noting strong activity in the sector. The data continues on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Jack Frost First Fall Visit Delights City
Monroe awoke to the first autumn frost coating roofs and vegetation lightly. The light frost caused little damage, mainly to delicate plants, with the fall season in northeast Louisiana marked by mild weather and absence of severe storms seen farther south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Monroe
Louisiana
Riot Guns Halt Convict Break at Missouri Prison
Seven convicts suffered buckshot wounds during a prison break at Missouri State Penitentiary. Two are said to be dying as guards and a negro trusty were injured. A two hour siege ended with tear gas ineffectual and rioters subdued by riot guns. Most inmates were serving 5 to 25 years for robbery or assault.
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Jefferson City
A. P
Missouri State Penitentiary
Wynes
A. C. Wekkenberg
J. H. Freeman
Freeman
Dawkins Named Assistant to Senator Broussard in Washington
C C Dawkins Jr longtime News-Star reporter will move to Washington D C to join Senator Edwin S Broussards private secretary staff. Dawkins born Monroe May 1905 a Ouachita parish native educated at Ouachita Parish High School and Washington and Lee University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Ouachita Parish
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Monroe
News-Star
Washington
Ex Gov Bilbo Seriously Ill in Florida Hospital
Former Mississippi governor Theodore G Bilbo, a potential candidate for next year, lay in a Jacksonville Florida hospital in serious condition after an appendix operation. Doctors cited low blood pressure and subnormal temperature as complicating factors and said survival of the next day or two would determine his chances of recovery.
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T. C. Bilbo
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
A. P
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Northern New Jersey Swept by Winds in Nature of Tornado
Northern New Jersey faced severe winds today with Patterson reporting a small tornado. High winds struck Asbury Park Camden and Trenton. telephone poles snapped trees uprooted and Camden suffered unroofed houses and injured residents from flying debris.
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N. Jersey
Newark
N. J
A. P
New Jersey
Patterson
Asbury Park
Camden
Trenton
Queen Marie's Western Rail Tour Begins Tonight
Queen Marie of Romania travels aboard ten special railway cars for a two month western itinerary. She stops at Albany Syracuse Buffalo and Niagara Falls with radio talks from WGR and visits museums churches and art galleries while accompanied by her children and retinue.
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New York
Queen Marie
Buffalo
WGR
Niagara Falls
Albany
Syracuse
Prince Nicholas
Ileana
Grand Central Station
Metropolitan Opera House
Loie Fuller
Opera
Paris
Philadelphia
Mothers’ Memorial Foundation of
Ira Nelson Morris
Biltmore
Atlantic
Vermont
Plaza Hotel
Alliance
Frank Buchman
Princeton
Calvary Episcopal Church
Samuel Shoemaker, Jr
Bucharest
Frederick Moore
Mary Hill Museum
Washington State
John G. Carroll
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shah of Persia Escapes as Bomb Routs Escort Auto
The Shah of Persia survived a blast that destroyed an escort automobile near Damavend in Mazandaran province. Several officers were killed and two injured as the vehicle, laden with arms and bombs, exploded though the Shah pressed on with his provincial tour.
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Shah OF Persia
Teheran
Persia
A. P
Mrs Andrews Accepts NYC Travel Bureau Post
Ambitious Mrs. Lincoln Andrews has taken a job with a New York City travel bureau. Her husband, the renowned prohibition administrator, says she will learn why he prefers the fireside after work instead of social nightly dabbling.
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Lincoln
Andrews
New York City
Money Worries Tied to Slaying by Potter in Illinois
W. O. Potter a 56 year old southern Illinois attorney killed five family members and himself citing money worries ill health and loss of his U S district attorney post as motives. The coroner's jury ruled murder and death by self inflicted act noting Potter believed his and a judge's official actions were under investigation. Victims included wife Myrtle 52 two daughters Eloise 16 and Lucille White 28 plus Lucille's two young children Phyllis 4 and Cynthia three weeks old. The baby was killed with a furnace shaker before Potter leapt into a cistern. Morris Potter 26 a son found the bodies after returning home. Funeral services expected Wednesday.
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Marion
Ills
A. P
United States
W. O. Potter
Southern Illinois
Potter
Morris Potter
Myrtle
Eloise
Lucille White
Phyllis
Cynthia
President can remove postmasters ruled by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in the Myers case from Portland Oregon held that the president may remove postmasters and other executives with Senate consent. Chief Justice Taft wrote that statutes restricting this power are void, upholding presidential authority.
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Washington
A. P
United States
Senate
Supreme Court
Myers
Portland
Oregon
Taft
James Williams Held Pending Inquest In Police Death
James Williams, a Black man, was held at New Iberia pending an inquest into the death of William Walker, a night police officer at Jeanerette who died in a New Iberia hospital from head wounds after an iron crowbar incident. Walker had served as a Jeanerette officer for years and leaves a large family.
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Lafayette
A. P
James Williams
New Iberia
William Walker
Jeanerette
Williams
Walker
Washington Storm Ties to Hurricane Force Winds
Washington felt hurricane like weather Sunday as officials reported one dead and 12 injured from high winds and heavy rain. Streets flooded up to seven feet, cars behaved like steamboats, and trees toppled while a 55 year old man was killed crossing a street. Rain continued with hail reported in the northwest section and winds remaining high.
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Washington
A. P
Two Killed in Oil Field Fire Near Beaumont
The New Sourlake field fire 25 miles west of Beaumont, Texas, killed Fred Tuff and another man, with Tuff’s body not recovered. Oil field worker T Chamberless died, while Ed Dauhon and J R Leleaux suffered severe burns. Ten hospitalized after 14 hour blaze that destroyed eight 500 barrel tanks, seven rigs, and all gear. A friction spark is blamed for starting the fire.
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Beaumont
Tex
New Sourlake Field
Here
Fred Tuff
Humphreys Oil Corporation
United States Bureau of Mines
Tuff
T. Chamberless
Ed Dauhon
Leleaux
Desperate chase ends as McDermott surrenders in Mellett case
Patrick Eugene McDermott, once a fugitive from Canton murder charges, was captured in Twin Rock Pennsylvania after a New York style hunt led by local detectives. The Canton News publisher Don R Mellett was shot July 18 amid threats over a crackdown on vice and crime. McDermott faces trial along with Ben Rudner and Louis Mazer, with Rudner's and Mazer's trials slated for December and November 8 respectively. McDermott’s arrest prompts expectations of new indictments and possible cooperation with authorities.
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Canton, CO
A. P
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Cleveland
Stark County
Ben Rudner
Massilon
Louis Mazer
Mazer
Rudner
McDermott
Twin Rock
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
P. B. McClintock
Tom
Bernard
Slater
McClintock
Patrick
Looth
Melletti
Canton News
Vice
Es!n Canton
Ten Police Department
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Calhoun Fair
Tennessee
Clem Whitaker
Baptists
First Church
N. O. Mart
C. C
Broussard
Royalty
Lancoin C
Illinois
Mellett
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