Millions Pour Into Coffers of Utility Magnate
Washington and August 20. The Senate lobby committee tallied 13 million dollars flowing into the private accounts of Howard C. Hopson and J. I. Mange, heavy profits from power companies under their control. The panel mocked Marvin McIntyre and noted Frederick S. Burroughs billed witness fees. Contempt warnings closed the session as Hopson faced tough questioning.
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Washington
Howard C. Hopson
Senate
King
J. I. Mange
Long
Marvin McIintyre
Hopson
Hopse
Frederick 8. Burroughs
Markets report from Baltimore and Philadelphia Aug 21
Baltimore livestock and produce market reports show cattle at 850 head with varied steers cows bulls and feeders. calves 100 head steady at 9.00-9.50. hogs 200 head down about 25. sheep and lambs 1,100 head strong to 25 higher with rail lambs at 9.90 and truck lambs around 9.25. Philadelphia eggs and dairy prices steady with butter and grain feeds listed. live poultry prices for Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Philadelphia
Local Market Prices for Flour and Related Goods
Local wholesale and retail market listings show flour prices by bag size from 12 to 98 pounds with patent and short patent brands. Prices range from 5.25 to 6.35 per barrel equivalents with additional figures for corn meal feed, dairy feeds, and specific animal feeds.
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OWE
Eae
Btorr
Unos
Market closes higher as steels lead gains on Aug 21
New York stock market shrugged off legislative worries and moved forward with steel and other key industrials in the lead. Wheat tops grains with strong commodities. cotton rises on favorable loan policy prospects. bonds drift up, currencies steady. Selected closing prices include Allied Chemical 162, General Electric 32, General Motors 42, Union Pacific 9934, U S Steel 447%.
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New York
U.S
The
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
At Arts
Unlyster
Consol
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Standy Oil
N. J
Union Pacific
Steel
Woolworth
Grain futures and cash quotations from Chicago and Baltimore
Closing grain prices show wheat futures at Sept 89 1 2 to 92 with May 93 5 8. Corn Sept 74 1 2 to 5 8 and Dec 56 1 4 to 3 8, oats Sept 27 3 8, Dec 28 3 4 to 7 8, rye Sept 43 3 8, Dec 45 1 2. Cash wheat No 2 hard 1.03 1 4 to 1 04 1 2. No 2 mixed 91. oats No 3 white 27 3 4 to 28 1 2. Baltimore No 2 red winter wheat spot 83 bid. Winchester Markets report wheat 75 cents a bushel, yellow corn 90 cents, white corn 93 cents. all at mill delivery.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Claims of money and liquor used in primary defeat
H H Walton of Louisiana former candidate for the twenty seventh Senate district filed a petition in Spottsylvania County Circuit Court alleging that money and intoxicating liquors were used with irregular election practices to defeat him. He claims a dead man’s ballot and a signed sample ballot were recorded as part of more than 200 illegal ballots. Walton seeks to have the election set aside after losing to S Bernard Coleman by about 13 votes out of more than 7000.
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Fredericksburg
H. H. Walton
Louisia
Senate
Walton
George Allen
Spottsylvania County
Bernard Coleman
Allen
Fleet To Hold 1936 Maneuvers Off Panama Canal
Washington August 21 The fleet will hold its 1936 maneuvers in waters off the western end of the Panama Canal Col Henry L Roosevelt announced Fleet Problem 17 will be staged in the Panama Western Central America coast area The heavy cruiser division may circle South America and other ships will visit Atlantic and gulf ports The fleet sails from the west coast late April and finishes war games at the end of May.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Henry L. Roosevelt
Panama-Western Central America
South America
Atlantic
Gulf
West
Ethiopian ruler fears worldwide conflict and seeks sanctions
Addis Ababa reports a tentative policy to press financial and economic sanctions against Italy if war occurs. Britain aims for a strong Geneva stand and possible American cooperation as the cabinet plans an emergency session amid notices of protective measures for troops and a secret Haile Selassie wealth fund to fund defense.
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Ethiopia
Stanley Baldwin
Geneva
League of Nations
Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Legation
Simla
Haile Selassie
Menelik
Adua
Mussolini
East Africa
League
Greatritain
Paris
Europe
France
Britain
Associated Press
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt Says Nothing On Italo Ethiopian Crisis At Press Conference
The State Department declined comment on British and French moves to gain American cooperation. President Roosevelt gave no reaction to foreign policy questions, simply smiling and saying there was nothing to say at this time.
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League of Nations
Foreign Office
George Lansbury
Lloyd George
Ramsay MacDonald
State Department
Ray Atherton
Washington
Britain
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
League
London
Paris
Roosevelt
Forest Fires Roar Unchecked In Nova Scotia
Halifax reports fires tearing through Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. At least 44 homes and numerous farm buildings destroyed along with thousands of acres of timber. Over 5,000 men battle the flames under merciless sun with no rain forecast.
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Halifax
N. S
Maritime Provinces
Nova Scotia
News Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Clause Removed From Guffey Bill
The Senate eliminated from the Guffey coal stabilization bill the clause that would exempt bituminous producers complying with the measure from the anti trust laws.
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Washington
Senate
Mrs Aikin Attending National Gift Show in New York
Mrs. Aikin heads to New York for the National Gift Show at the Hotel Pennsylvania to select holiday and winter merchandise for the Colonial Art and Craft Shop on East Piccadilly Street. Kenneth Pugh shows improvement after tonsil surgery at Dr Hawthorne’s office. Zelma Leitch returns home after visiting the Stouffers. Dr Humston visits Kentucky relatives with grandchildren. Katie Evans visits Valley Avenue hosts in Washington.
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Kenneth Pugh
Raymond Pugh
Allen T. Hawthorne
Zelma Leitch
Frankfort, Ky
Mrs
Cc. D. Stouffer
Valley Avenue
F. A. Humston
Louisville
Lexington
Clyde Christian
Richmond
Ashby Stouffer
Funeral Plane Built Nearby
In Hagerstown Maryland a plane used to fly the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post from Point Barrow to Fairbanks was built for Pan American Airways about two years ago at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown. It had operated in Alaska since.
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Hagerstown
Joe Crosson
Arctic
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Fairbanks
Alaska
Pan-American Airways
Fairchild
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