Veterans Promise Bonus Payment to Soldiers
In New Orleans veterans heard Congressmen pledge that adjusted service certificates would be paid shortly after January when Congress meets. The crowd cheered as critics and supporters of President Roosevelt traded broadside remarks, with Governor Eugene Talmadge and Major General Smedley Butler among those speaking.
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New Orleans
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Quantico
Bacon at 8 a pound was luxury for colonial housewives
Prices during the American Revolution reached extraordinary highs. Bacon sold for up to $8 a pound in Continental currency, beef at $1,500 a barrel, horses $2,400 to $5,000 each, cattle $933 to $3,000 a head, and seventy bushels of oats sold for $2,551, as reported by Butchers' Advocate.
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Continental Congress
Eye Fails to Read Line Stops Doomed By Words
MINNEAPOLIS Minn The eye goes blind at least three times while reading a line of type Tests using a camera by Dr. M A Tinker show the average reader hops along a line five times and is blind for a fiftieth of a second between hops The best readers stop three or four times per line while poor readers may stop twelve times
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Minneapolis
Minn
M. A. Tinker
University of Minnesota
Oaks Hill Cemetery dues appeal by officers
At a recent meeting the Executive Board notes funds are zero to maintain the cemetery and many members have not paid dues. Please be prepared to pay when the 1935 call is made. We aim to keep the entire cemetery in good condition and request members’ support to prevent unkept lots. Mrs. L. LaRoe president Miss Dora Scales vice president Mrs. Earl Myrick secretary treasurer.
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Oak Hill Cemetery Association
L. LaRoe
Dora Scales
Earl Myrick
Sec
Federal workers fear Supreme Court rulings loom over jobs
Washington reports policy makers worry the Supreme Court could shake agency powers. AAA and TVA workers doubt their programs. NRA staff shrinkage deepens as wage hour codes stall. Steel and coal board roles linger on edge while new boards await funding.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
You
Borah
AAA
High Court
TVA
National Labor Relations Board
Economic Security Board
Coal Board
Railroad Retirement Board
Huey Long
Huey
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
NRA
Walsh
Edison Estate Valued at Three Million in 1931
Newark New Jersey The Edison estate was valued at 3 000 000 dollars at his passing An intermediary accounting was filed Oct 18 1931 with Common Pleas Judge Dallas Flannagan in Orphans court as reported Tuesday by the Newark paper.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas Alva Edison
Common Pleas
Dallas Flannagan
Orphans’ Court
Water Burner Sparks Scientific Debate in Dallas
C H Garrett claims an electrolytic water burner could replace gasoline with 92 percent efficiency, while critics note electricity cost. The piece also surveys polar wind experiments, silk worm thread dyes, a mastodon fossil exhibit in Texas, and a church youth program urging wider participation and Sunday services at 6 20 PM.
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C. H. Garrett
Dallas
Garrett
Sperti Sun Lamp Aims Vitamin D via Violet Rays
Dr. George S. Sperti demonstrated before the Electrical Illuminating Engineers of America in Cincinnati a sun lamp said to avoid sunburn while converting ergosterol to Vitamin D. The device uses a mercury arc inner tube and tungsten outer tube with glass filtering to pass vitamin-building rays and block skin-burning violet light.
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George S. Sperti
Electrical Iluminating Engineers of America
Cincinnati
Sperti
Wrecking Begins In Clearing Land For Enlarged Fair
In Dallas demolition started on part of a 26 acre tract around First Avenue to enlarge the Fair Grounds for the Texas Centennial Central Exposition. Over six homes are being torn down and more properties will be removed as owners and the city negotiate condemnation. The Alamo replica and the women’s rest room near it are slated for destruction, with plans to reconstruct the replica in the 1936 park area. A $16,000 sanitary sewer system is being laid as foundational work, ahead of schedule.
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Dallas
First Avenue
Park Board
Preacher Dr Truett Draws Big Turnout In Sherman Evangelistic Campaign
The column notes a Monday opening service in Sherman for Dr George Truett of Dallas leading a ten day evangelistic campaign. It highlights a strong sermon on prayer, a church program by the ladies, and a contrast between helpful Christians and the so called Joy Killer. It records 240 in Sunday school with high adult and youth attendance and 60 percent of intermediates staying for church.
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Sherman
George Truett
Dallas
Truett
Educator Donates 25000 to Aid Pupils in Bank Losses
Dr Henry J Gerling superintendent of schools in St Louis pledges 25000 from his personal funds to reimburse 20000 students for losses tied to the closed Savings Trust and National Bridge banks. He made the offer Sept 10 after a court ruling denied preferred status to the children's claims.
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Gerling
Auto Loans Offer Immediate Car Financing in Sherman
If you need money or want to refinance car payments to lower the monthly amount, this finance firm offers any amount and term with no delay. Bring your license, receipt, and car for inspection. F. W. Creager, Manager, 117% S. Travis St. Sherman.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Sherman
Visitors Invited for Sunday Service Singing
The church invites out-of-town visitors to sing during Sunday worship. Call Mrs. Guy Hamilton to arrange an opportunity to render special music and join in worship. The church is eager for visitors to worship with them.
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Guy Hamilton
Titles Are Offered Men With Money
Postal authorities investigate a claimed American nobility scheme after William Chandler of Atlanta received a letter from J. P. Feinach offering titles such as duke or marquis for cash payments. Prices ranged from 200000 for baron to 1,000,000 for duke with promised prefixes or titles and a call for rapid action.
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Atlanta
William Chandler
J. P. Feinach
Washington
Chandler
J. P. Reinach
Mayflower Hotel
Typewriter Carbon and Related Supplies Highlighted
A Sun office listing emphasizes typewriter carbon and pencil carbon along with typewriter paper as essential writing supplies.
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Sun Office
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