Short sales defended by stock market head
Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, testifies about short selling during market rises and crashes. He says exchange members were not against short selling but cannot confirm broad opposition or specific long-term policy. He recalls 1928 to 1929, notes large short accounts, and admits occasional shorts by himself in prior years.
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Exchaner
Whitney
Asa
Great Britain
Gore
Oklahoma
Tom
Harry
Jantter
California
Fletcher
Whitnny
Stock Exchange
Gaveens
Republican
Michigan
Couzens
Plan changes in state plan liquidation of insolvent insurers
In Austin on April 18, W A Tarver, chairman of the state insurance commission, urged the legislature to place liquidation of insolvent insurance companies under the insurance commission rather than district court appointed receivers. He criticized past practice of appointing receivers with no insurance background and cited expanded commission facilities and staff as enabling independent liquidation without difficulty.
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Iegislature
State Insurance Commission
W. A. Tarver
Lquidation
Tarvee
Ibank
Insurance Commission
Commission
Seed Germination High in State Tests
Seed tested by the state department of agriculture shows an unusually high germination percentage over recent weeks. Analysts attribute the rise to favorable harvesting conditions. More than 350 samples have been tested at the Lubbock station since January, with cotton seed, alfalfa, sorghum, millet, and Sudan samples dominant.
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Austin
State Department of ‘Vericulture
Seeu
Lubbock
New United States trade commissioner named for Berlin
Houston April 18 Rol and Walch former Housing News Papciman have been appointed as assistant trade commissioner of the United States Department of Commerce at Berlin. He is here on leave after serving the department in Caracas Venezuela.
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Houston
Roland Walch
Housing News Papciman
Naw
Lio
United States Department of Commerce
Berlin
Caracas
Venezela
Atk
Nasper Fair Readied for October 18 to 22 Dates
The Jags County fair board sets Nasper Fair for October 18 through 22 to avoid conflicting district fairs. The schedule spans from Monday through Saturday with events planned across the fairgrounds.
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Nasper Fair
Jabfer
Jagsff County Fair Board
Raporson
Anya Netter
Pauper Oath Refused as Man Admits Ownership
United States commissioner in the federal building refused to grant a pauper’s oath to Homaldo Serda after he admitted owning property including an automobile. The oath would have freed him from a $1000 fine and six months in jail from a prior October sentence, but Serda’s property disqualified him. His attorney and Commissioner Lockhart advised against continuing with the pauper’s oath proceedings.
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United States
Federal
Homaldo Serda
Bexar County
Paul A. Lockhart
Serda
Berda
Lockhart
Red Cross Flour Distributed in Local Flood Relief
Ballinger April 1. A carload of Red Cross flour for destitute families has been distributed. Two thousand pounds went to Winters, ten thousand to Miles, ten thousand to Rowena, and twenty thousand pounds remained in Runnels county capital. Frank Hickey, chairman of the Runnels Red Cross, oversees the distribution.
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Ballinger
Oty
Red Cross
Miles
Rowena
Runnels
Frank Hickey
The
Mob lynching of confessed kidnapper shocks Kansas town
In Atwood Kansas a mob overpowered Sheriff Bacon and deputies to seize Richard Read from jail. They hanged Read near an elm in a ravine after a funeral for Dorothy Hunter, while cars blocked the scene and owner names were cited as witnesses. The crowd dispersed as darkness fell. Read blamed his actions on another man, claiming he would not do it again.
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Saint Francis
Read
Colby
Selden
Franrie
Bacon
Inders
Prdirla
Richard Read
Dorothy Hunter
Ed Lyman
Mquar
Duke Read
Rexford
Beaumont Man Seeks Bench in frank judicial bid
Beaumont resident John H. Brooks lawyer and author declares his candidacy for associate Justice of the ninth court of civil appeals. He says he seeks the salary and honors, noting age may limit further reputation gains. Berkeley report notes California King adopts Delaware plan for study abroad allowing Germany or France year substitutions.
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Delaware
Berkeley
Calif
California
King
University of Delaware
Germany
France
Soviet Clash Hint Seen on North Manchurian Border
Tokyo reports Japanese military experts view Soviet mobilization on the Manchurian frontier as signaling an impending clash with Japan. A Foreign Office spokesman cites about nine divisions totaling around 70,000 soldiers, with concentrations in Pogranichnaya and Manchull districts.
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Tokio
Russia
Manchurian
Japan
Foreign Office
Viddivostok
Manchull
Pogranichnaya
Money to Loan ad aims to secure quick funds
A compact classified notice urges readers to use Light Close fled Money to Loan services to obtain short or long term loans. The fragment mentions Joan and a promotional angle targeting borrowers seeking fast cash.
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Joan
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