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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
4
Federal agents undercover at national gatherings catch counterfeiters passing bogus bills. After bootleg declines and prohibition repeal shrank the field, conv ention halls drew more scrutiny as agents posed as delegates and seized over 700 counterfeit notes. Fingerprints replace bitten nails as officials seek reliable traces.
Blanche Stone testified in Lancaster court about the death of Gladys Lawson known as the girl in red. The physician H C Zimmerly and his assistant Richard Parker faced charges of illegal operations after a night at the Zimmerly house in Mechanics Grove. Mrs Clara Crawford, sister of the victim, cried out as testimony detailed the moaning sounds and Zimmerly’s remark that she was gone.
Sandringham bulletin reports King George the sixth aged 70 is ill with bronchial catarrh and requires at least two weeks rest. The king remains at Sandringham as Queen Mary continues with engagements including Grace Moore at Covent Garden and royal duties at Buckingham Palace Windsor Ascot week.
Angelo Herndon, a negro communist, convicted in Atlanta of inciting insurrection under Georgia law, may not begin an 18 to 20 year sentence next week. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts granted a stay allowing liberty while he files a rehearing petition by week’s end. if filed, he cannot be sent to prison pending the court’s action at its October term. Herndon was arrested in July 1932 and the U S Supreme Court dismissed his Georgia appeal May 20 for lack of jurisdiction.
In Fulton criminal court Walter Cutcliff described as leader in Atlanta numbers game was given a twelve month term on the chain gang for operating a lottery. Heavily bonded at one thousand dollars he said he would appeal the conviction after sentencing.
Marion P. Tucker a 31 year old cement company salesman in Atlanta was startled from a nightmare he believed he was trapped in an overturned automobile and jumped from a third story window early today. He suffered a broken pelvis and multiple injuries after driving home from Chattanooga. His wife said he was prone to nightmares.
The market retreated at the open on concerns over Wheeler Rayburn bill and its death penalty clause for utilities but quickly recovered. Rail and industrials led gains while utilities regained losses. American Telephone Pacific Gas American Water Works United Corp Consolidated Gas rose with strong advances among major shares. Butter prices in New York stood firmer with creamery and extra grades showing slight gains.
Bleachable cotton seed oil futures fell with July at 10 31/32, September 10 32 a d October 10 20 30 and Dec 10 13 111 contracts traded including 30 switches.
Cotton seed oil in New Orleans closed steady with prime summer yellow at 9.95 to 10.10, prime crude 9.00 to 9.25, and deferred months listed as 9.90 to 9.93 for June through December.
At Moultrie Georgia on June 12 hogs weigh 240 pounds plus 8.00 per hundredweight. No 1 160 to 240 8.00. No 2 140 to 160 7.26. No 3 120 to 140 6.765. No 4 100 to 120 6.60. No 5 60 to 100 4.50. Sows 7.00. Stags 6.00. Yale naval unit sails for Caribbean cruise aboard destroyers Tatnell and Badger joining Harvard Northwestern and Georgia Tech crews en route. return by July 5.
A man exhausted himself in a long period of driving yesterday and suffered multiple injuries. He has a broken pelvis wrist foot and elbow dislocation. Doctors predict a three month bed rest. Mrs. Tucker awoke at about 3 am to news of her husband’s fall beside a cement walk near his apartment window.
Stocks show irregular gains in rails and declines in utilities. Bonds mixed with some improvements in governments. sugar and coffee falter, cotton fluctuates with late declines and close steady for the day. New York cotton June 12 sees quiet trading with minor losses, while New Orleans reports thin activity and slight price slips.
Liverpool cotton trading shows 7 000 bases with 900 American and prices slipping 2 to 7 points across several grades while futures close quiet. New York government bonds list a range of Liberty and Treasury issues with values quoted in 32nds and decimal equivalents.
In New York live poultry prices list chickens broilers and fowls with various percent ranges. In Savannah turpentine and rosin markets report sales receipts and stock values with today’s price quotes for multiple grades and firms.
Chicago June 12 markets show wheat closing weaker by fractions of a cent to percent, July contracts around eighty three and three quarters cents, corn down about a cent, with provisions largely unchanged. Sugar futures firm on covering and demand, with extended sugar act prospects discussed in Washington. Livestock prices mixed as hogs and cattle trend lower, with various weight classes reporting small declines and steadys in some categories.
Chicago poultry prices listed for June 12 show live birds mixed across categories. Leghorn hens and roosters trade around 14 to 1544 units, with turkeys and ducks noted at several points and price increases noted for some items.
New York producers report egg production data with 44 796 regular eggs and 23 percent mixed colors unchanged. Firsts number 24 and dirties No 1 at 42 pounds.
Chicago market note shows butter prices unsettled at 18 663 with creamery specials. Eggs demand steady with graded firsts around 23 percent and extras near 25 percent. Local receipts and storage packed firsts cited with various percent ranges.
The Associated Press reports Pope Pius XII announces a worldwide program joining Rome Catholic children in a universal act of communion to be observed globally starting August 15. The decree emphasizes unity, faith, and discipline across parishes and nations.
Police reported a man believed to be Benjamin R. Bradley, a Ga banker, disappeared from Atlanta and was later located near Lake Worth, Texas. Officials said the man in custody was not Bradley, while other regional mentions covered international notes about political leaders, stock schemes, and conflicts.
Ethiopia filed a strongly worded note accusing Italy of aggression near Tafari Kip frontier posts. The document cites injuries from an Italian incident and names victims including Madeline Stewart and Catherine Daniels, with others suffering burns and fractures.
Atlanta reports confirm Dr. M D Collins plans to seek retroactive $1 6 million federal aid for unpaid rural teachers by lobbying Washington. The Public Service Commission reopens hearings on rail freight rate hikes as a nationwide rail dispute looms. A sleepwalker injury in Atlanta Medical notes and a looming coal strike outline potential national impact. Governor Talmadge faces clemency denials over a 1934 murder case and a $200 reward is offered for a triple slaying in Taliaferro County. Abbeville sees a woman appointed sheriff pro tem with election soon.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with thundershowers possible Thursday afternoon. Temperature is expected to show little change. The early morning observation notes temperature, precipitation, and monthly totals, with standard meteorological figures for the period.
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