Inflation and Dreuth Threaten Higher Farm Prices
The article discusses monetary tensions adapting to gold and silver, with Morgenthau and Roosevelt taking safeguards. It notes silver and gold valuations, potential dollar devaluation, and farm price supports via AAA measures like 10 percent wheat acreage cut and cotton loans at 12 cents a pound to bolster agriculture.
Confesses Poison Pie Killing Son in Pittsburgh
Stanley Grabowski 35 confessed to poisoning a pie that killed his 8 year old son Raymond and left another son 5 seriously ill. He admitted planning the act after a quarrel with his wife and wanted to get rid of the children and himself. He was treated in the county jail after fell ill while facing a morality charge.
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Pittsburgh
Stanley Grabowski
Raymond
Franklin T. McQuaide
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Poison Ivy Case Turned to Profit
A Rochester boy, eight year old Thomas McClure, turned a swelling poison ivy condition into a revenue source. He charged relatives and friends a look at his inflated features, turning the incident into a tidy sum as he plans to continue selling related items like typewriter paper and ribbons.
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Rochester
Minn
Thomas McClure
Thomas
Barnum
No Loss of Cotton Markets Seen in AAA Plan
Article based on USDA and Agricultural Adjustment Administration findings argues the South will not lose cotton markets to foreign producers. It states foreign output has increased but is near limits, American plantings rose similarly, and the AAA program aims to prevent surpluses while keeping demand balanced. Future comparisons with India Egypt Russia China Brazil to follow.
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Hearst
England
United States
The
New York Times
Treasury
Morgenthau
Shanghai
South Africa
Timbuktu
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
America
South
India
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China
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Handy Household Fixes From a Past Era
Quick tips on extending broom life with a cut stocking, easing nail drives by soap, tightening sagging cane chairs, sealing aluminum holes with a nail, loosening a rusty screw with heat, and preventing bottle leaks by dipping cork in paraffin.
Ventriloquist Joke Sparks Family Laughs
Penelope questions Percival about a childhood photo of his father. Percival recalls the moment the remark lands as a sharp, humorous cut in their lighthearted exchange.
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Percival
Penelope
Science Nibbles and Cosmic Curiosities
A digest mentions a light intensity device for reading, a 200 inch telescope replica being cast in Corning, a thought experiment reducing stars to raindrops, a two pound rocket planned to reach the moon in ten hours from 11 miles up, Belgians as senders, reptile body temperature tied to air, codfish vitamin D from sea lice, and a seismograph valued as a weather forecaster. The Sun offers printing and engraving at reasonable prices.
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Corning
N. Y
Hoe-dancers and Medicine Men Seek Better Nigeria Harvests
In Nigeria communities gather to perform traditional hoe-dance rituals and consult medicine men to invoke rain and ensure bountiful crops. Elders say the rites unite farmers and healers, hoping for favorable seasons and healthier yields.
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Nigeria
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