Cotton Option Payments Set to Reach 600000 Farmers
Washington reports farm administration will release six cents per pound cotton options to about 600000 growers holding 2400000 bales of government cotton. About 48000000 dollars expected to be distributed as checks while options are phased in, with four cent option payments for early exercises and direct mail checks after audit.
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Agriculture Department
Farm Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Irish Blue Shirt Leader Finally Lands in Jail
Westport Mayo December reports the arrest of General Ben O Duffy the blue shirted co leader of United Ireland after clashes with police. He faces possible arraignment before a military tribunal with a month detention while the case is prepared. Ernest Blythe more likely to replace him if detained. Cosgrave to preside at United Ireland party meeting.
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United Ireland Party
Eamon de Valera
League of Youths
Ernest Blythe
William T. Cosgrave
O'Duffy
Cosgrave
Westport
Officials Decide Not to Reopen Industrial Recovery Act
Washington officials after six months of operation decide not to reopen the Industrial Recovery Act for amendments at the coming session of Congress. Expected moves include a 30 hour work week bill and potential repeal of section 7A while Wagner seeks a permanent labor board. Johnson warns against both extremes and urges careful action.
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Congress
Wagner
Labor Board
Washington
D-N. Y
National Labor Board
Statu
Tory
Hugh S. Johnson
Foreign exchange rallies as gold price rises in New York
The Associated Press reports foreign exchanges rallied as the RFC boosted domestic gold to 34.06 dollars per ounce, first rise since December 1. Sterling rose to 5.14 and the franc slipped to 6.16 cents in Paris, reflecting a weaker dollar and leaner currency supply.
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RFC
Associated Press
London
New York
Paris
Government raises gold price five cents to 34.06 an ounce
Washington reports the government hikes the gold price to 34.06 an ounce, the highest since December 1 and the first increase amid heavy foreign gold purchases estimated at over 35 million dollars. London price stands at 32.48 dollars per ounce.
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Washington
United States
London
Unusual December Weather Ranges Across Nation
Weather bureau notes a rare December pattern with snow sleet rain fog and a tornado in Louisiana. Four killed and nearly twenty injured in a Louisiana timber camp as a northwest storm disrupts Oregon Washington and Alaska coastal areas while Montana and Montana towns report frigid readings. Seattle hovers near 40 degrees as a southern low pushes northeast amid changing temperatures.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Montana
Seattle
Havre
Helena
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
Dry Goods Association Reports Survey Showing Recovery Gains
The National Retail Dry Goods Association announced it sent results of a survey to President Roosevelt. The poll shows many leading merchants believe the recovery drive is gaining ground with confidence it will bring further improvement. The NRA is led by Lew Hahn and comprises about 4,500 department and specialty stores.
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New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Roosevelt
NRA
Lew Hahn
Walter C Foote Dies in Atlanta
Walter C Foote chairman of the board of Foote and Davies Company printers and a leading Atlanta citizen for many years has died in Atlanta on December 18.
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Atlanta
Walter C. Foote
Foote and Davies Company, Printers
Lindberghs Land in Charleston on Homeward Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at the Charleston Navy Yard at 2 18 p m on the final leg of their 28000 mile tour spanning the Atlantic twice. They then departed Miami at 9 48 a m for New York amid fuel for a possible non stop eastward leg and spoke briefly with Jefferson Caffrey Roosevelt's representative before their flight.
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Charleston
S. C
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
New York
Charleston Navy Yard
Fla
Charles L. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindberghs
Miami Beach
Jefferson Caffrey
Roosevelt
Cuba
Greenland
Europe
Africa
South America
Bay
Associated Press
Tornado Claims Four Lives in Louisiana Camp and Plantation
A southwest tornado struck a Caddo parish lumber camp and nearby Soda Fountain plantation injuring 19 and killing four. Victims included Mrs. H. B. Tress, 28, and two Black workers at the Grayson camp and Charlotte Hill, 75, at the Soda Fountain plantation. Eleven wounded at the camp and eight at the plantation. Debris and stripped clothing described as the storm flattened cabins and altered the scene.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Grayson Lumber Camp
Here
Soda Fountain Plantation
Eleven Arrested in Chicago Plot Riot
Police identify eleven men and one woman as communists or sympathizers linked to a Sabbath riot in Chicago. The clash followed a parade by about 3,000 Arabinians in native costume, leaving scores injured and prompting court hearings.
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Chicago
Died at Home from Heart Trouble
A person died at their residence early today due to heart trouble. No other details about identity, age, or location are provided in the readable text.
Administration pushes study of RFC loans
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration pushed a study of direct RFC loans to industry amid a flood of NRA aid applications. Jesse H. Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board consider methods to extend financing as Congress may be asked to amend the REC law. Jones cites bankers’ credit handling as a concern while RFC works to mobilize banks to sell government stock and notes to ease lending.
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Jesse H. Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
NRA
Congress
Winter Poultry Shipments Light in Georgia Markets
Georgia state bureau of markets reports winter poultry shipments are light and prices low. Despite weak demand, low prices have kept many fowls from losses, helping Georgia farmers weather the market downturn through December.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Bureau of Markets
Tobacco Sales Holiday Called in Two States
A tobacco sales holiday was declared in Tennessee and Kentucky pending a federal production control plan. Governors McAlister and Laffoon urged warehousemen and growers to halt sales and North Carolina's Ehringhaus signaled cooperation while hesitating on closing the Asheville market. Ripley Ohio suspended sales and Indiana warehouses near Madison prepared to follow Kentucky.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
McAlister
Laffoon
Virginia
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Asheville
Ripley
Burley
Ohio
Madison
Ind
Virginia Governor Eyes Barley Tobacco Market Holiday
Governor Pollard said he expects to proclaim a barley tobacco market holiday after evidence shows growers want it. The Virginia move follows low barley prices at Abingdon, the state’s only barley market, down to six cents from 14.7 cents in 1932.
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Richmond
Pollard
Virginia
Abingdon
Weather forecast by region across the South and Southeast
The forecast shows South Carolina with cloudy skies and probable interior rain tonight and Tuesday, cooler in the northeast, warming in the northwest. Georgia expects cloudy conditions with possible rain Tuesday and in the west and north tonight. Florida may see partly cloudy skies with possible rain in the west and south. Alabama remains cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday, mild temperatures overall. Northwest Florida reports cloudy conditions with probable showers in the west tonight and Tuesday.
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South Carolina
Interior
Florida
Aklabama
Light Season Temper Downturn Hits Spirits Market
Usually light this season due to a slump in consumer mood and weaker demand. Prices remain steady but forecasts point to cautious buying and slower turnover across the sector.
French Army Leaders Oppose German Armament Demands
Paris reports a secret session of war chiefs led by Gen. Maxime Weygand and ex-Premier Edouard Daladier. They surveyed Adolf Hitler's armament demands and flatly opposed them, preparing to send recommendations to the government.
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Paris
France
Maxime Weygand
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Whitler
France Rejects Germany Armament Request
Paris reports that Chancellor Hitler’s demand for a stronger German army was shredded by the French war council. The body laid the groundwork for a flat refusal. General Maxime Weygand attended as ministers prepare a final reply before presenting it to Berlin.
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Paris
Hitler
War Council
France
Germany
Maxime Weygand
War
Navy
Air
Berlin
Steamer rescues four flyers from crippled seaplane
Four French airmen adrift in a crippled seaplane for over 20 hours were rescued at dawn by the steamer Saint Marguerite about 80 miles south of Marseilles. Radio operator Capelin repeatedly sent S O S as pilot Kermal, mechanic Chevillard, and passenger Kotival struggled to stay afloat amid sleet and snow. The group boarded the Saint Marguerite and headed to Dizerta, Africa.
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Marseilles
France
Mediterranean
Saint Marguerite
St. Marguerite
Dizerta
Africa
Capelin
Kermal
Chevillard
Kotival
Marseille
Algiers
Funeral Services Held for Glynn County Health Officer
Funeral services will be held in Brunswick Georgia for Dr H L Arkridge Glynn county health officer who died yesterday in a Jacksonville Florida hospital of pneumonia He was 43 years old a native of Mitchell county Georgia and well known for his public health work having received two special degrees
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Brunswick
H. L. Arkridge
Glynn County
Jacksonville
Fla
Phinemonia
Arkridge
Mitchell County
Georgia
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