Federal plan buys corn as drought aids farmers statewide
Oklahoma reports light rains easing drought while officials outline use of the agriculture adjustment act to shield consumers. Wallacesaid the administration will act to protect the food supply and guard against profiteering as acreage and price questions are considered for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Wallace
Roosevelt
Two Dozen Forest Fires Rage In Northwest
A two dozen fires spread across western Montana northern Idaho and eastern Washington as 2000 firefighters battled in Selway National Forest Idaho. Planes delivering supplies were forced to return due to smoke obscuring emergency landings while Spokane suffered smoke with a fast moving blaze 10 miles northwest of the city threatening the river and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Selway National Forest
Former Convict Shot In Back In Philadelphia Street
Matthew Overnack a 27 year old pardoned bank robber from New Jersey was shot in the spine by two men in a south Philadelphia street. Police said one attacker fired then the pair fled leaving him on the sidewalk as he lay injured in a hospital no information was provided to identify the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Matthew Overnack
New Jersey
Overnack
R. F. C Seeks Large Sum Due Dawes Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation aims to recover 58,211,937 in principal and about 3,000,000 in interest on the 90,000,000 loan to the Central Republican Bank and Trust Company of Chicago known as the Dawes bank. Collateral is in RC hand, with 42 percent of loans repaid so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Central Republican Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
Dawes Bank
Reconstruction Corpora
Most of Vare's Estate To Family
William S. Vare, Philadelphia political leader who died last Tuesday, left his entire estate to his family in his will probated today. Minor bequests to charity noted. exact value in the millions will be known after a later inventory is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
William S. Vare
Execu
Byrd Rescued After Tractor Party Reaches Advance Base
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd is reported thin but in good spirits after rescuers reached his advance base. The tractor party led by Dr. Poulter drove through 75 hours of harsh conditions to relieve Byrd, who cites low temperatures and fumes from a kerosene stove as factors in his weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Amory H. Waite, Jr
O. K
Little America
Poulter
Arctic
Antarctic
Hey
Washington
Richard Evelyn Byrd
National Geographic Society
John Oliver la Gorce
Geographic Society
Charles Uv. W. Murphy
South Pole
Dr. Poulter
E. J. Demas
White
Demas
Dr. la Gorce
Three Duststorm Types Described by Weather Bureau
The weather bureau outlines three dust storm types. The whirlwind type lifts surface dust high in brief local events. The shift-wind type arises from opposing air currents causing local dust up. The straight-wind type features a steady wind creating longer lasting dust storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Livestock And Produce Market Report From Baltimore and Philadelphia
Baltimore market reports cattle hogs and sheep with tops noted and price shifts including steer top at 6.25 and hogs rising to 6.10 for 140-160 pounds. Philadelphia lists butter and live poultry prices with fowls and spring chickens quoted and dressed poultry values for various weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Steve Good
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Long Island
Stock Markets Rebound as Bonds Rally and Commodities Rise
New York August 13 Markets rose amid strong buying in U S government bonds after Saturday’s slide. Grains slipped while cotton climbed and the dollar firmed. Auto and industrials led gains with American Telephone Union Pacific Santa Fe U S Steel Goodyear and others advancing. Closing prices showed broad gains and a cautious bid on inflation prospects persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
American Telephone
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Steel
Goodyear
Armour
Case
U. S. Gypsum
DuPont
Howe Sound
Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Tojeka & S. F
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union: Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Regulations For Listing Stocks From The SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission released its initial rules for registering stock exchanges and listed securities. Detailed exchange trading procedures are required, with later expectations for registrants. The move shows a cautious, slow approach to avoid disrupting business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Chicago Grain Market Prices
Closing quotations show Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets with September December and May futures. Prices listed for corn include Chicago Sept Dec and May futures with Winchester spot and delivered prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Presbyterians At Massanetta All This Week
Presbyterians are gathering at Massanetta Springs near Harrisonburg for a Bible Conference running all week. An elders and deacons meeting is planned from Friday August 17 to Sunday night August 19 with speakers including Dr Black of Edinburgh Dr Lingle of Davidson College Dr Evans of California and Dr Kirby Page of New York City. Dr William E. Hudson oversees the Massanetta summer sessions calling the program second to none in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Bible Conference
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Black
Edinburgh
Scotland
Lingle
Davidson College
N. C
Evans
California
Kirby Page
New York City
William E. Hudson
America
Market Report Highlights Packers Prices and Dairy Feed Rates
Local market page shows patent brand bags priced per barrel across weights from 12 to 98 pounds with figures around 6.75 to 7.69 per barrel. Creamery butter and shell corn, cracked corn, and corn meal feed figures listed with cents per unit. Egg and dairy feed lines printed in dense tabular form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wave Gesee
Aearges
Cesvesee
Voakas
Ese
Eese Winery
Peewee Enone
Court Awards Fishback Dog Snitz in Magistrate Trial
Magistrate Frank Krebs ruled that Snitz the white Spitz belongs to James Fishback, who bought the dog from Cecil Peer two weeks ago, not to Miss Nannie McIntosh who claimed it as stray or stolen. Testimony spanned over a Saturday morning hearing and witness accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snitz
Frank Krebs
Krebs
James Fishback
Cecil Peer
Nannie McIntosh
Fishback
Miss McIntosh
Money Matters Improve for Municipal Finances
Chicago and nationwide reports show black ink returning to municipal ledgers with balanced budgets and tax collection gains. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation agreed to loan Chicago? board of education 22.5 million dollars to cover back salaries, signaling broader fiscal recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago Board of Education
Bradford Woman Jumps From Sightseeing Car at Niagara Falls
Mrs Ruth L Hyde a 30 year old Bradford Pa woman leaped from a Niagara Falls Ontario sight seeing cable car plunging 250 feet into the whirlpool below. Police and relatives identify her. bystanders Harold Brooker Jr and son witnessed the fatal plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara’ Gorge
Bradford
Ruth L. Hyde
Harold Brooker, Jr
Young Brooker
Arthur J. McKinley
Ont
McKinley
Modern Venus Snake Venom A Mystery
A science note says snake venom remains a puzzle as to why it is poisonous. It reports venom contains mucus and debris with elements like carbon sulfur and salts, yet chemists find no poison. Venom colors vary by species from white cobras to orange moccasins and green fer de lance.
Peak Prices In Chicago Market Doubling 1933 Peak Prices
Chicago markets show farm produce prices rising sharply with a bull movement. Last week peaks more than double 1933 lows, though Friday and Saturday saw declines. Wheat futures and corn deliveries surged from 1933 lows, fueled by inflation hopes and speculative activity in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
Teester Invites Faith By Snake Bite Test In Mountain Church
Teester a Holiness preacher from Sylva North Carolina told his flock why he let a rattlesnake bite him twice claiming Jesus told him to endure the venom. His swollen arm and near death days later did not deter him from speaking to a cabin congregation high on Cullowhee mountain thirty miles from town. He said the act was to spread God words not for personal glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylva
N. C
Teester
Jesus
Mountain
Cullowhee Mountain
U S Housing Program names regional directors
Washington August 12 regional state and district directors named to push the federal housing administration modernization drive. FHA administrator Moffett says building material prices remain generally below 1926 levels and that directors will lead local outreach through chambers of commerce and civic groups to encourage homeowners to borrow for modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
James A. Moffett
Mer
Moffet
Chambers of Commerce
Moffett
National Emergency Council
Donald R. Richberg
NEO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Y Dawes Bank
Vare
Winter
Massanetta
Market Report
Huils
Elinor Edmonston
Coney Island, N. Y
Ajj
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!