Camp Horrors Report Spurs Hearing in Washington
Testimony from Misa Helen Boardman, former Red Cross worker, before Brig. Gen. Pillsbury details brutal conditions at 22 Mississippi food control project labor camps. Reports include beatings, extended shifts, intimidation, armed foremen, extreme heat, and a predatory commissary system that skimmed wages and charged for basic necessities.
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Washington, D. C
Misa Helen, Boardman
Red Cross
B. Pillsbury
Army
Mississippi
Stopped His Wife 8 Rheumatic Attack
A plagued husband notes his wife suffering weeks of pain and swelling. The ad promotes a “superb formula” claiming rapid relief within 24 hours and urges purchases for a bottle price with money back offer.
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Arigeisia
Change of Life Advice for Middle Aged Women
A fragment from a mall feature titled Dangerous Age discusses how middle aged women can overcome headaches backaches and other menopausal symptoms. It promises practical tips and reassurance that Change of Life need not be dreaded with timing around a 10 am session and endorsements from readers and a Mrs MacCeal.
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MacCeal
Utilities Club S Advocated And Regulation Debated
Fragmented advocacy for publicity of ownership in stocks and bonds, inter-company contracts, and holding company regulation by federal and state bodies. Roosevelt’s New Deal principles cited, Insull collapse noted as lesson. debate on public versus private control of utilities and rate policy.
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Glock
Federal Power Commission
Public Utilities Commissions
Prus Dent
Louisiana to Free Prisoners to Save Money
Baton Rouge Louisiana to free hundreds of prisoners to cut costs and because many are deemed not dangerous. Governor Allen's secretary said short term inmates will be released once recommendations from the penitentiary general manager are acted on. A list for minor offenses is being compiled for the governor. The penitentiary notes population doubling in four years and many sentences are light. Each freed prisoner receives transportation funds a new suit and $100.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Overnor O. K. Allen
Anager
General Ae
Sugar Flour Used as Explosives at Safety Congress
Washington reports that sugar and flour will be among everyday commercial products used to view a miniature factory during the twenty fourth annual safety congress in October. The expansion factory will contain 338 cabin feet. Safely men expect to learn first hand factors that cause dust explosions from several commercial products including cork slime wood and starch.
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Washington
D.C
Safety Congress
Roosevelt in Oregon Tour Details and Rail Schedule
President Roosevelt spoke at multiple points in Oregon including Portland and a farm gathering at Gresham. He advocated federal action on a major hydroelectric project on the Coalamora river and projected train arrivals in Sacramento at 4 10 p m PST and San Francisco at 7 10 p m.
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Roosevelt
Portland
Gresham
Oregon
Sacramento
San Francisco
Engineer to be named for new federal building site
Postmaster P. G. Lucas said on Thursday that he expects to hear from Washington regarding the appointment of an engineer for the ground survey of the new post office site. The government has been making inquiries and all indications point to an appointment within a few days. Local bidders competed for the work, the first step toward securing construction of the new 1,400,000 dollar federal building.
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P. G. Lucas
Washington
Lucas
Two-Pound Boy Kept Alive by Firemen at Hospital
A two-pound baby boy born at noon yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Main of Mast Street St Louis was kept alive at St Marys Hospital by a resuscitator using oxygen and carbon dioxide. Firemen were summoned after doctors notified the parents and the infant was taken to the hospital. Dr George Kans, the family physician, attended both mother and child.
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ST. Louis
Edward Main
Mast St. Louis
St. Mary's Hospital
Baby Mann
Gc. Kans
Heart Balm Suit Dropped In Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City a $5000 heart balm suit against Rev. Willard C. Dorsey was dropped two hours after he was named defendant in district court. The Memphis pastor, 28, had been serving as a minister after graduating from Phillips University, Raid Oklahoma. The action, filed yesterday by a schoolteacher, was withdrawn between 8:20 and 10:30 a.m. Notes indicate a summons was issued but not served.
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Oklahoma City
Willard C. Dorsey
Memphis
Kgation
The
Christian Church
Phillips University
Raid
Okla
Americans Told to Ignore Ethiopia Free Land Offers
The State Department cautions Americans not to join schemes promising free land and agricultural equipment in Abyssinia Ethiopia. Promoters claim favorable conditions, but officials say they cannot deliver and emigrants from the United States have failed to secure work.
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Ethiopia
Washington, D. C
State Department
Gota
Abyssinie
Oited
Abyssinia
Murder Suspect Believed in N Y City on the Run
Jesus Lopes, charged by complaint with the murder of Gregorio Sanchez, is thought to be in New York City. Sheriff Albert Hauser said authorities would seek an early indictment to start extradition, while noting no funds remain in the state treasury to bring him back, though he hopes money will be available by indictment time. Detectives say several witnesses named Lopes, though he has not been arrested for the slaying.
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la Yrthite
Ganryas
Roosevelt
Elibier
Sammel Insull
Chicago Magmiate
Simkly Lily Regula
Jesus Lopes
Gregorio Sanchez
New York City
Albert Hausser
New York
Lopez
Sanchez
Dimmitt Republicans Demand Creager Resignation as Parish Leader
Dimmitt county Republicans adopt a resolution demanding the resignation of Br B Creager of Brownsville as national committeeman for the Republican parish. The action cites Creager's alleged repudiation of John F Grants candidacy for Texas governor and accuses him of opposing the majority in recognizing Earl Towne as county chairman in Dallas. Towne was elected over T C Warren.
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BR. B. Creager
Brownsville
Texas
Dimmitt
Creager
John F
Recovering From Automobile Crash Near Fort Sam Houston
Representative Michael E. Heh and Ralph Rhody an air corps soldier were recovering Thursday from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on the Austin road. Mehl received first aid for a broken collarbone and other injuries at Station Hospital Fort Sam Houston. Rhody was treated for cuts and bruises.
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Michael E. Heh
West Graig Place
Ralp Rhody
Air Corps
Austin Road
Mehl
Station Hospital
Fort. Sam Houston
Rhady
Testimony Heard On Provation Request In Texas Oil Field
In Houston on September 22 1 the submission of testimony in a woman held for provation arises before a judge as counsel prepare to argue. The Texas oil field case proceeds with witnesses and legal filings shaping the provation request.
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Houston
Texas
Plane wreck at Kelly Field near Mitchell Lake injures none
Cadet Samuel B. Isenhman, student at Kelly Field, barely survives a landing that ends in a wreck two miles west of Mitchell Lake on Thursday morning. The pilot escapes injury. Nearby real estate ad copy appears amid the fragment.
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Kelly Field
Samuel B. Isenmanh
Mitchell, Lake
Hemoglobin’s Role in Blood Vitality and Health
A discussion on how hemoglobin supports oxygen transport from lungs to tissues, maintains blood color, and aids carbon dioxide removal. It links low hemoglobin to fatigue, paleness, weak digestion, poor appetite, and nervousness, urging a tonic remedy S S S to boost red blood cells and restore energy.
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Wabler
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