Primaries Across Four States Stir Voter Campaigns
Ohio Nebraska Idaho and Arkansas voters pick Senatorial candidates and party hopefuls for 38 House seats four governorships and many state offices amid New Deal tensions. Key battles feature Burke versus Bryan in Nebraska and West versus White in Ohio with White backed by Bulkley Baker and others. Incumbents seek renomination as Mississippi farmers shift from cotton to livestock and hay.
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Ohio
Nebraska
Idaho
Arkansas
Roosevelt
E. R. Burke
Charles West
White House
Burke
Charles W. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Arthur F. Mullen
Democratic National Committee
A. V
Vic” Donahey
West
George White
Senator Bulkley
White
Bulkley
Cleveland Democratic Organization
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Simeon D. Fess
Fess
Nominaton
C. Ben Ross
J. Marion Futrell
Howard A. Reed
Mississippi
U.S. Stock Exchanges Ordered to File Registration Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued initial rules for exchanges and listed securities, requiring registration of exchanges and corporations. Public access to information will grow as firms disclose specified data, though Kennedy cautioned the rules are not investor safeguards. Officers and major holders must report trades from November, with profits funneled to the company treasury. Exemptions apply to certain securities and foreign government issues.
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Washington
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Protest Filed By Fruit Growers Over Leader Removal
Martinsburg West Virginia August 14 A resolution by the West Virginia Horticulture Society protesting the removal of E Lee Goldsborough as president of the East Central Fruit Growers Association was sent to President Roosevelt and Congress. The East Central includes growers in West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania Delaware and Maryland. Goldsborough was named president at the January organization meeting and his dismissal was announced in a letter from George H Stevenson of Production Corporation parent of the East Central shortly before offices moved from Baltimore to Hagerstown Maryland.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia Horticulture Society
E. Lee Goldsborough
Shepherdstown
East-Central Fruit Growers Association
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Congress
Hast-Central Association
George H. Stevenson
Production Corporation
The
East- Central
East-Central
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Wheat acreage rises in North Carolina this season
North Carolina farmers expanded wheat acreage by about 16 percent this season but agricultural statisticians report yields fall short of the ten year average.
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North Carolina
Foreign Agencies May List Securities for Investor Protection
A speaker argued exemptions for foreign agencies listings to shield American investors from potential losses if overseas issuers fail to register. The remark stressed ensuring access to international securities while maintaining safeguards against risky listings.
Weekend Guests and Visitors In Hagerstown Area
Local social notes list Miss Laura Smeak and several Hagerstown guests visiting relatives and friends including the Beachleys Henesys and Troupes. Multiple gatherings feature visits among families in Maugansville Halfway and Malligansville with extended relatives from New York and Middleburg. The Sisterhood of the First Brethren church held its monthly meeting Thursday night.
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Laura Smeak
Hagerstown
Lois Beachley
Irene Henesy
Gladys Cook
Ralph Brandenburg
Frank Showalter
Maugansville
Alvey Showalter
Helen Leatherman
Halfway
Pauline Troupe
H. M Troupe
John Cook
Nevin
Alvey Cook
Edna Hoover
Hoover
John Bell
New York
Willian Beachley
Paul Horst
Albert Zeger
Ruby
C. BE. Shank
Homer Sprecher
Jane
J Alvey R. Cook
Gladys
Sisterhood
The
First Brethren Church
Stanley Neal
W. H. Beachley
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Lydia E. Pinkham
New Holland
Solvaa
Holland
Melland
Holland Furnace CO
Washington St. HL
Atwey, Dist
Mer
Chicago
Act
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Frederick Road
Reid
W.H. Beachley
Annie Showalter
Mallligansville
Walter Swisher
Middleburg
Holsom
Orange American Gas
Maine
Florida
Texas City
Texas
Americar Waneres
Ana
American Oil Company
Amoco-Gas
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