Russia Starts Sale Pounds as U S Buys Million
The Soviet State Bank offered a million pounds at any price to depress the British currency amid a global dollar stabilization drive. Morgenthau bought sterling in the market after it fell to 4.91 dollars, with the rate rebounding to 4.96. France moves to devalue its currency in coordination with Britain and the United States.
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Man Tries Case by Telephone in Kentucky
Stanford Kentucky September report says Police Judge W J Duncan held a world record by trying a case over the phone. E H Cummins of Mt Vernon Kentucky could not appear to answer drunkenness and unlicensed coal unloading charges. Judge Carter arranged the call to Judge Duncan. the trial lasted four minutes with a verdict and fines of five dollars for drunkenness and fifteen dollars and fifty cents for a city license. Cummins paid and the money was to be remitted to Judge Duncan.
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Harriett Monroe Dies in Peru at 76
Chicago obituary reports Harriett Monroe a renowned poet and patron of American verse died in Arequipa Peru at age 76 after travels seeking literary clubs and electrical poetry. details describe a street accident involving a steam shovel and a damaged street intersection during her final trip.
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Child hurt as pole causes truck collision
A five year old girl was injured after scurrying from a pole that toppled onto a truck. Traffic was delayed for over thirty minutes while emergency crews responded and the scene was cleared.
Meeting in San Francisco Ends With No Agreement In Sight
SAN FRANCISCO September 26 A joint session of Pacific coast longshoremen and shipowners adjourned after noon with heads Harry Bridges and Thomas Plant remaining in executive session and no sign of an agreement.
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Coast Guard Searches for Missing Mackerel Boat Pronto
In San Pedro on September 26 the Coast Guard searched for the 58 foot purse seiner Pronto, overdue since last Monday. Owned by Captain John S. Kilentes of Seattle, the vessel carries a crew of nine and was fishing mackerel for the California Packing Company.
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France Studies Possible Ending Of Devil's Island
Paris reports that despite long opposition to ending the Devil's Island penal colony French ministers have debated abolishing Cayenne's prison system. Minister Mariat Moutet shows reluctance, while others push for reform to replace the settlement with more humane prisons akin to Dartmoor and Peterhead.
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High Water Threatens Texas Town After Floods
In San Angelo Texas on September 26 heavy rains have sent the North Concho River to the banks and as much as five million dollars in flood damage was reported last week. A mile wide Concho river north of the city was observed threatening homes and property.
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Holdup Mystery Baffles Police in Wisconsin
In Arcadia Wisconsin on September 23 two masked men entered the Ignatz Thomas home and abducted 16 year old Stanley Thomas from his alone. The pair took a dollar from a tin box, wiped fingerprints, and fled on foot after a tire in the family car went flat. Police search for a witness to the robbery.
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England's Private Bill Faces New Path to Passage
A private length bill in 1934 was branded morally bankrupt and the system in England now seen as more likely to become law. The settlement houses 6000 convicts with 800 attempting escape yearly, 550 caught regularly. Many of the rest die in the jungle or at sea.
Japanese Reinforcements Reported En Route to Shanghai
Japanese authorities announced strong reinforcements were sailing from Sasebo to Shanghai aboard eight destroyers with two hundred additional marines to bolster the local naval landing party. Separately in Denver cold winds caused snow and rain with temperatures plunging from 82 to 43 degrees and a death reported among a lineman repairing a searchlight.
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Canoeists En Route Nome Reach Point Canada
Shel don P. Taylor and Geoffrey W. Pope arrive in MacMurray Alberta after a five month journey from New York by canoe via the Athabasca River. They plan to winter at Chipewyan and resume next spring toward the Mackenzie and on to Nome.
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Silver Candle Sticks Play At Federated Church
The Federated Church dramatic group presents The Silver Candle Sticks with a Silver Offering on Sunday night at 7 45 P M Everybody is welcome to attend at the Federated Church.
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Advance Payment Discount for Subscriptions
Readers are offered a two dollar savings by paying for a subscription in advance. The notice encourages early renewal and outlines the lower price as an incentive to lock in the rate.
Baseball Scores and Standings Mixed from Early Season Play
Reported scores show American League games with New York 6 Philadelphia 5 and St Louis 8 6 Cleveland 2 7 Boston 3 Washington 0. National League results include Cincinnati 8 St Louis 2 and New York 3 Boston 2.
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United action urged to regulate transports and trailers
WELLAND Ontario September 23. Wentworth county council adopted a resolution urging collective moves by countries to have transport lengths and trailers and tonnage limited by provincial law. Councilor Charles S. Bird of Barton criticized long transports as excessive and noted financial constraints as a reason to economize and cut spending.
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