Ford Sales Outlook Dims in Mississippi Amid Suit
Mississippi automobile agents report Ford car shortages as Tod Miller seeks 12 million dollars in penalties from Ford Motor Co for alleged criminal conspiracy to violate gun taxes. W E Pate and other dealers doubt shipments will resume until case ends. The suit names all Mississippi Ford dealers and local banks, alleging restraint of trade and a resale price agreement.
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Jackson
May
Ford
Mississippi
Tod Miller
Ford Motor Company
W. E. Pate
Miller
Ford Contern
Des Moines Police Plan Stock Parade for Bootleggers
Des Moines police chief James Cavender says bootleggers will be paraded in Puritan style stocks through downtown. The plan includes large stocks, placards, and warning signs on police cars to emphasize illicit liquor dangers and deter future arrests.
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DES_MOINES
James Cavender
Cavender
Cayenger
Rain Baby Wolf to Trail Own Kin
A continuation describes a baby wolf from a prairie pack likely to grow with the wild call. Mr Black warns wolves may kill other wolves and the cubs must stay near human dwellings to survive. The text imagines a name Rover for the cub, a tame label for a wild animal.
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Mr. Black
Rover
Texas Apple Tree Brought Back Home
The Helm apple tree, once nearly smothered by weeds on a Lee county hill, has been rediscovered and propagated. Madison and Lexington merchants revived sprouts from its roots, naming the progeny Helm apples. The fruit ripens in mid summer, is large and red, and bears early without tall trees.
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Helm
Mr. Helm
Lee Countr
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Madison
Texas
Lexington
Lee County
Mr. Madison
Davis Mountain
Ramsey
Uurseryman
Austin
Isle of Pines
Eree
Old Helm Rome
A .m
Bait and Boll Weevil Deception Play Across Fields
Article fragment describes lures and scents used to trap boll weevils, including perfumes and flavors. Warnings surface about breath and methylamine tests, with farmers warned not to confuse themselves with cotton blossoms while carrying their lures. It notes millions of boll weevils per acre and the prospect of farmers facing the pests this spring.
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Milady
Oil tanks at Pearl Harbor disputed over payment terms
Washington May 8 The Doheny oil group opposes filling naval tanks at Pearl Harbor without a government payment guarantee. Special counsel say such payment would affect pending civil and criminal cases, including charges against former Interior Secretary Fall. Doheny says they will fill as contracted if not affecting suits. Pan American Petroleum offered to fill at $5 million cost with government reimbursement guarantee, which was rejected.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Doheny
Frank Hogan
Alfier
Hogan
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Hopper Fighters Get Federal Advice
The Department of Agriculture warned that a fungus disease would not effectively exterminate grasshoppers in Texas and Oklahoma. It urged use of poison mixtures containing arsenic to control the pest as a more reliable method.
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P Ress
Washington D. C
Mar
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Jewel Messenger Saves Gems From Bandits in Chicago
A 19-year-old jewelry courier named Jimmy Glass halted a jewel robbery at Morris Bomash store by fleeing to his office to report the incident. He had delivered a wallet of unset stones when two robbers looted $25,000 worth of stock. Police officers encountered the scene after he escaped, saving his firm’s stones.
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Universal Service
Chicago
Jimmy Glass
Jimmy
Morris-Bomash
Iei
Youth Held as Head of Thieving Gang After School Burglary
A 15 year old youth, known to detectives, is held in the city as alleged leader of a petty thieves gang. Police say the group attempted to burglarize Crockett School on West Commerce Street Thursday night. Detectives Robison, Walling and Tittlepage pursued and captured him after his companions fled.
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Juid
Crockett School
West Commerce Street
Robinson
Walling
Tittlepage
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