Market Quotations Mixed On Wall Street And In Cattle Prices
Wall Street quotations were mixed with small gains in several blue chip shares including U S Gypsum Air Reduction Julius Kayser Johns Manville Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck. Cattle futures showed steady to higher bids while beef and lamb markets remained uneven amid ongoing price activity and sector fluctuations.
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Wall Street
U. S. Gypsum
Air Reduction
Julius Kayser
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
Sears Gebuck
Allis Chalmers
A. S. Smelting
Cerro de Pasco
American Smelting
Silver King
du Pont
Westinghouse
Cont‘Genetal Can
Eastman Kodak
Consolidate Gas
American Telephone
Western Union
Treasury
London
Montreal
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Report
Liverpool reports show spot market moderate with prices up three points. American cotton values rise with good middling 7.38 and various grades from 6.15 to 7.08, with May July October and December futures listed and markets closed quiet and steady.
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Liverpool
Wan
New Orleans Cotton Market Quiet. Quotations Reported
New Orleans on April 30 reports cotton market quiet with quotes: low 11.57 middling 12.42 good 12.67. Receipts listed at 5,686 and stock figures noted.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Sane
New York Cotton Futures Close Steady
New York April 30 cotton futures closed steady with a slight advance of one cent. Market observers noted limited activity as traders waited for fresh guidance amid thin trading conditions.
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NEW York Cotton
New York
Cottom
Butter Eggs and Fresh Graded Produce Market Notes
Fragmentary market data lists butter eggs and creamery scores with various grade descriptors and measurements. It notes steady extras and packed firsts with numeric tallies, alongside references to storage and centralized standards for carrots and related produce.
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Spe
Poultry Price List Fragment Shows Varied Weights and Ages
OCR fragment lists live weights and ages for multiple poultry types and products. Entries include 2 carloads and 5 lbs categories, under 21 and 19-18 weights for rock fryers and broilers, leghorn hens and roosters, turkeys, ducks, capons, and young birds with assorted prices and weights.
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Young
Potatoes Mixed Prices Reported in U S Shipments
Chicago on April 30 reports varied potato markets with old russets weak and dull while new varieties show slight strength. Prices range from 1.90 to 2.10 for old stocks and 2.90 to 3.00 for Alabama Bliss and other varieties.
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Chicago
U. Sg
U. S
Alabama Bliss Samant
Wheat futures tumble amid erratic Chicago trading
Wheat futures in Chicago show erratic moves with tight open high low ranges and mixed closes as traders weigh weather and demand signals. Livestock futures report strong buying across hogs with prices near or above 9 dollars for various weight categories amid active packing demand.
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Chicago
President Bans Such Testimony in House Hearing
The president objects to parts of General Kilbourne and General Andrews testimony on the Canadian border deeming them not aligned with administration policy. He warns future executive approval is needed for public printing of executive session remarks and cautions against revealing plans affecting U S Canadian relations. The note follows Canada seeking public data on U S army plans after Kilbourne’s testimony.
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Canada
Atlantic
West Indies
Army
Navy
State Department
United States
Charles EB. Kilbourne
McSwain
Tary
Military Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
High School Play Caught on the Rebound Heading to Riverside
The senior class presents Caught on the Rebound at Riverside auditorium the night of May 1 directed by Mrs. Wilard J. Brown. Rehearsals are underway with 11 outstanding seniors in the cast.
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Riverside Auditorium
Wilard J. Brown
New Measures 710 Be Offered By Alabama Recess Committees
Four Alabama recess committees report 68 days of study, 26 bills begun and 50 measures considered with salaries around 540 dollars per member plus mileage. They propose budget measures, tax tweaks, and education and highway reforms, but key questions on a sales tax and reapportionment were not voted.
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William L. Truby
Associated Press
Montcombery
Ala
Thomas E. Knight
Hardy Riddle
Senate
Harry Walker
House
Fletcher
Clint Harrison
Simpson
Wellborn
Bonner
Lusk
Delaney
Hillars
de Vane
Tax Commission
Bibb Graves
Alabama
State committees propose tax, highway, school reforms
A state legislative panel reports unanimously on highway and tax reforms. The highways group led by Senator Walton seeks cheaper passenger car tags and tighter signage. Education sub committee backs 4.4 million dollars for schools and redrafting of the school code. Agriculture backs higher extension service funding and license system. A separate ad valorem review by Chichester Swift and Segrest estimates a 6 million revenue loss from a $2,000 homestead exemption and suggests separate blanks for personal and real property to boost annual revenue by about 2 million.
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Sion
Walton
Wright
Agriculture
Coleman
John Chichester
Swift
Segrest
Death of Pioneer Mrs John D Wyker
City honors longtime community leader Mrs John D Wyker who served as Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs president from 1900 to 1902 and worked in churches schools and charitable groups. Officials say her courage and devotion inspired members to continue federation aims as the annual convention proceeds.
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Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
John D. Wyker
W. A. Gresham
L. P. Troup
Second Proposal Names Fact Finders for Scottsboro Case
A second proposal calls for naming a nine member fact finding commission to review the Scottsboro cases. The letter to the governor asks for an unconditional pardon and liberty for the nine defendants, noting the Supreme Court remands and urging a halt to further trials. It references Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, Kilby prison, and a push by an anti American group to influence public opinion and politics.
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Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Scotteboro
Lesbo- Wits
Jackson County
United States Supreme Court
Haywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Kilby
Albert Carmichael
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Scottsboro
Patterson
Norris
Price
Alabama
Horton
Decatur
J. E. Horton
Moscow
State of
Bishop McDowell
Legislature Opens Ten Day Session With Education Boost
The Alabama legislature opens a ten day session with measures from the recess finance and taxation committee to add roughly 2 million dollars for education over last year. Representative Chichester proposes daylight saving time from April’s last Sunday to September’s last Sunday.
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Educational Trust Fund
Chichester of
Birmingham
Alabama
Stranger Held For Investigation In Alabama Vagrancy Case
Sheriff Emmett Holt detained a man who gave the name Alfred M. Smith 35 of Pennsylvania on the Chattahoochee river backwaters on vagrancy charges. Authorities sent fingerprints to Washington and reviewed letters addressed to Marie Smythers of Baltimore before further action.
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Opelika
Ala
Emmett Holt
Alfred M. Smith
Pennsylvania
Chattahoochee
Holt
Washington
Smith
Marie Smythers
Baltimore
Alabama senate ends recess with jury qualification and alienation bills
Bills introduced to limit jury service to qualified voters and to outlaw alienation of affection and seduction suits. Senator J Miller Bonner said the jury measure aims to exclude Negroes as far as possible citing Wilcox County. Senator Edgar Russell’s proposal targets suits for alienation of affection breach of promise and seduction for persons over 21.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
J. Miller Bonner
Wilcox
Edgar Russell
Dallas
Russell
Bonner
Wilcox County
U. S. Supreme Court
Paving Project Surveys On East Hartselle Pike Initiated
State highway engineers begin preliminary surveys for a 10 mile East Hartselle pike paving project at a $60,000 acre cost. Contracts by Probate Judge B L Malone and the county board of revenue with state officials set the plan. Hartselle city officials will cooperate by street improvements as the asphalt road, 20 feet wide, nears Lacey's Spring.
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Hartselle
B. L. Malone
County Board of Revenue
Lacey's Spring
Senate actions span education, veteran bonus, and civil service
The Alabama Senate considered an appropriations bill for higher education matching 1933-34 cash levels, referred a veteran World War bonus proposal to committee, and introduced civil service and salary bills. A resolution backed the Frazier Lemke farm refinancing bill before adjournment.
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Shelby Fletcher
Madson
Floyd Moneyham
Montgomery
Congress
Knight
Simpson
Jefferson Equnty
Birmingh
James
Sheriff Reports Suspect Smith Displayed Musician Claim
The sheriff said Smith claimed he was a musician and showed several sheets. Arrest revealed a shotgun and a suitcase in the Gugous. He had not shaved for a week and his hair was long and unkempt.
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Smith
Decatur Diary notes visitors and local goings on
Decatur diary reports visits from J W Brown and family to Flint relatives, plus Monroe Michigan and Parkville callers. Gladys Ryan improves at Nashville home. Send a Dime letters appear with postal receipts rising in Denver. Williamson wears overcoat despite heat. Ed Taylor hosts barbecue May 9 at Andersons camp for Governor Graves and lawmakers. Ryan homebound in Nashville. Four police court cases heard. Army recruiting openings at Fort McClellan and Fort Benning announced for men past 18.
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Ed Taylor
House of Representatives
Anderson
Lake Jordan
Bibb Graves
House
Senate
PF. D. Wheeler
Army
Infantry
Fort McClellan
Ft. Benning
Two Arrested as Still Is Raided on Trinity Mountain
Sheriff's deputies raided a 150 gallon still on Trinity mountain Monday afternoon arresting two men. They destroyed four gallons of whiskey and 200 gallons of beer and charged the men with manufacturing whiskey.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Trinity Mountain
Progress report on Decatur housing program details March April
Officials of the better housing program in Decatur released figures on progress for March and April. The census shows 2 871 homes visited with 1 648 tenants and 1 183 owners. 40 vacant properties. In the residential survey, repairs and improvements included 1 794 paint jobs and 747 carpentry tasks among others.
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Better Housing
Decatur
Sweepstake Probe Brings Accusations in U S Mail Fraud Case
The post office department issued its largest fraud order to date charging persons and firms tied to lotteries and sweepstakes abroad with using the U S mail. The action targets foreign sweepstakes operators and related entities under suspicion of mail fraud.
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Washington
Post Office Department
United States
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Court of Appeals
Arnold
Hamner
Ak Wallace
Iron
St. John
Ite
Isatoe Coleman
Raswe
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Informa
Decatur’s
J. W. Brown
Joe Ann
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Bill Powell
Monroe, Mich
Robert M. Buford
Flint
J. A. Isbell
Parkville
Gladys Ryan
D. L. Ryan
Nashville
Denver
George Williamson
Mr. Williamson
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