Power Offer Made by Beco to Bessemer
The Alabama Power Company and the Birmingham Electric Company proposed to city authorities a plan to replace TVA power in the Birmingham area. If accepted, Bessemer and Tarrant City would buy TVA delivered rates from the two utilities. Mayor Jap Bryant favored TVA but approval rests with Bessemer and Tarrant City councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham Electric Company
Tennessee Valley
Birmingham
Thomas W. Martin
Alabama Power
E. Oakes
Birmingham Electric
Tarrant City
PWA
TVA
Jap Bryant
Biram Electric
Bryant
Building survey underway on Alabama schools
State Department of Education staff has spent two days surveying current school buildings in Montgomery and three weeks compiling data from a prior Decatur visit. The study will map needed repairs, identify obsolete structures for possible abandonment, and outline modern building needs. Participants include A. R. Meadows Clyde C. Pearson and M. H. Killingsworth with prior surveys in Selma Anniston and most Alabama counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Decatur
A. R. Meadows
M. H. Killingsworth
Clyde C. Pearson
Selma
Anniston
Alabama
Men of Church to Meet Friday Night
All ten members of St. John's Episcopal Church are to gather Friday at 7 30 pm at the parish house to discuss the annual horse show and appoint committees. The show is set for the last week in August with the exact date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Chhurch
Strike sieges continue as unions press four state fights
Across Cleveland and Detroit unions escalate actions during a wave of violence and police limits. In Cleveland workers protest a 500 yard strike zone around Fisher Body with pickets at homes. In Detroit 29th day of CIO UAW strike with 50 officer protection and a furious clash at the Fisher body plant. In Colorado Green Mountain Dam deputized workers patrol after mass mobilization. In Barre Massachusetts troopers guard a plant amid scorn for scabs and threats of bloodshed, with Governor Saltonstall warning of real danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
Green Mountain Dam
Colo
Joan H. Lee
Summit County
AFL
Detroit
General Motors
Arthur Byckham
South Barre
Mass
Barre Wool Combing Co
Barre
Leverett Saltonstall
Boxing Champion Petey Sarron Injured in Auto Crashes
Former world featherweight titleholder Petey Sarron was bruised but not seriously hurt when the car he rode in overturned after a tire blowout near Gardendale. His companion Robert L. McCain died at the scene. Homer Lee Chambler of Tarrant City died later from injuries from a separate crash near Mt. Pinson. four others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Petey Sarron
Sarron
Robert L. McCain
Gardendale
McCain
Homer Lee Chambler
Tarrant City
Mt. Pinson
WPA Supervisors to Feel Axed in Major Cutback
Washington officials disclosed plans to remove about 11,000 administrative workers from WPA rolls over the next two to three months. Dallas Dort testified before a House subcommittee that administrative staff would fall from 30,500 to around 20,000 by September end, with state totals listed including Alabama 100 Florida 215 Georgia 250 Mississippi 75 South Carolina 105 Tennessee 130.
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Washington
WPA
Congress
Dallas Dort
House Appropriations
Work Project Administration
Dort
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Being Baptists Rain On Singers Does No Damage
Members of the First Baptist choir rode an open barge for a river excursion when a downpour soaked them. They laughed it off despite no shelter and drenched clothing as a lightning bolt struck the nearby Decatur Box and Basket Factory. Reverend W E Waterhouse recalled the incident with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
W. E. Waterhouse
Highway Bridge
Decatur
Rev. Waterhouse
Congress fights to adjourn as housing bill dies
Washington notes a frantic push toward adjournment as Congress limits debate on the 800 million housing bill and wage hour amendments. President Roosevelt warns taxpayers will bear costs if relief workers shrink, while the House passes a shrunken deficiency appropriation and awaits Friday’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Bankhead
Senate Foreign Relations
Mexico
Rep. Raburn
Texas
Roosevelt
Senate
Supreme Court
Bill
Lightning Strikes Decatur Box Plant in Devastating Fire
A corrugated metal building at Decatur Box and Basket Company was struck by lightning during a heavy storm last night. The blaze destroyed the main mill, damaged equipment, and likely surpassed fifty thousand dollars in losses with some coverage by insurance. Firefighters battled flames for nine to ten hours, aided by city water and power crews, as the plant’s interior and stock suffered extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Box and Basket Company
C. H Barter
Box and Basket Company
Decatur Fire Department
City Water Department
City Electric Department
Alabama Power Company
Irvin Rogers
Bee Line
Page Hight
ICC to overhaul nations freight rate structure
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans a years long general investigation of class rates and classifications to revise and simplify the freight rate system. It will cover regional and intra territorial rates, exclude Mountain Pacific territory, and address South to North rate concerns while not delaying a separate favorable rates case for manufactured goods.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Mountain Pacific
Commission
Charlie D. Mahaffie
A. Commission
House Group Trims Budget Dramatically in Economy Push
Washington reports the house appropriations committee cut the final session budget from 215 million to 53 million and rejected added funds for public buildings and stock market regulation. Defense allocations were reduced, including civilian pilot training and research, while navy yard improvements and a Pearl Harbor drydock plan were kept with new contracts authorized.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Spee
Appropriations Up Committee
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
London
Eng
Defense
National Defense
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pulaski Motorcade to Arrive in Decatur for Festival
Pulaski civic leaders say the Pulaski Motorcade will visit Decatur Thursday at 3 00 PM for the Second Annual Daily Festival. It will stop at Johnston Street and Second Avenue at 3 15 PM and at Bank and Vine at 3 30 PM with a city motor escort provided for the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Harrison
Pulaski
Decatur
Johnston Street
Second Avenue
Bank and
Vine Street
Funeral firm owner suffers burned hand from elevator rope
Lewis C. Brown of Brown Funeral Co. sustained a badly burned right hand when a rope on an elevator at the funeral parlors slipped and the control lock jammed. In a failed attempt to stop the lift he grasped the rapidly moving rope, causing the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. Brown
Brown Funeral Co
Brown
Elks barbecue planned at Cave Springs Thursday
Plans call for a Thursday afternoon Elks barbecue at Cave Springs starting at 1 PM. Proceeds will go to the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Cave Springs
Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatoriunty
Grady Nominated for Assistant Secretary of State
Henry F. Grady former dean of UC College of Commerce was nominated by President Roosevelt to head the reciprocal trade agreements section as assistant secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady
Washington
Henry F. Grady
College of Commerce
University of California
Roosevelt
Hatch Bill Signed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signs the Hatch Bill limiting political activity by federal job holders except policy makers. It bans campaign contributions from relief recipients and use of relief funds to influence votes. Violators face fines up to 1000 dollars and one year in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hatch D
N. Mo
United States
Murphy
W. V. Davidson Rites Held After Decatur Police Chief Death
Funeral services for William V. Davidson 68 Decatur resident were held at Central Baptist Church with ministers from Sixteenth Avenue Baptist and Westminster Presbyterian officiating. Burial followed at City Cemetery. Davidson was found with a gunshot wound near Grant Street and Riverside Avenue yesterday. police suggest suicide. He left behind four sons a daughter five grandchildren and several siblings. He previously served as Decatur police chief Albany police officer and later worked in real estate insurance and state investigative work.
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William V. Davidson
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Lewis H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Grant Street
Mr. Davidson
Riverside Avenue
Davidson
Edison Reynolds
Jesse Self
W L
E. N
Burton
Cordova
Douglas
Columbus
Bob Clark
H. L
Henry
G. O
Chattanooga
Harrison
Ben
Cleve
Mitchell Davidson
Shelbyville
Tenn
T. E. Dixon
T. BE
Ledford
H. W. Robinson
J. H. Hasty
Tennessee
Lamar Penney
Carlisle Blackwell
George Norwood
Charles Rountree
Will Wyker
C. Stockton
Albany
Two Youths Sentenced to Die in Massachusetts Killing
In Boston on August 2, two Somerville youths Wallace Green and Walter St Sauveur were executed by electric chair for the May 31 1938 killing of William Phillips during a 30 robbery. The firing of Mr X replaced the ailing Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mr. X
Somerville
Massachusetts
Robert G. Elliott
Wallace Green
Walter St. Sauveur
William Phillips
Tois
Green
Ralph W. Farrell
Stock Law Hearings Draw Thousands In Alabama City
Thousands of cheering and booing residents pack Montgomery for a heated hearing on a proposed statewide stock law endorsed by Governor Dixon. Proponents cite safety and conservation, while opponents urge local control and a referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Mahan, Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
House Forestry and Conservation Committee
James M. Granade
Chatom
Pp. F. DeVane
Silas
Jones
Walter B. Jones
Brooks Toler
Alabama
Granade
D. C. Mathews
Clarke
Mobile County
Mathews
P. F. de Vane
Haygood Paterson
Agriculture and Industries
NYA Funds To States For School And College Aid
Administrator Aubrey Williams announced approval of 27,465,319 in National Youth Administration allocations for the next school year. The funds split 13,494,164 for school aid and 13,971,155 for college and graduate aid to support part time jobs for more than 450,000 needy students across 1,650 colleges and 25,500 secondary institutions with state allotments listed for Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi South Carolina and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Williams
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Missippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Lions Committee Named by Wright
The Decatur Lions Club met in regular session and discussed a new method for electing new members. Plans were made for the September anniversary charter night with Billy Boswell Dr. G. H. Nungester and Sanford Cox appointed to the committee by President Leo Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Lions Club
Billy Boswell
G. H. Nungester
Sanford Cox
Leo Wright
Weather Summary for Tennessee Alabama and Florida
The Tennessee River stood at 19.6 feet and rising with 1.39 inches of rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 68 to 91 degrees as clouds linger over Tennessee and nearby areas. Light to moderate west winds along the coast with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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The
Associated Press
BOX
House Group
Hatch
W. V. Davidson
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Elliott
Rockview
Western Penitentiary
Paterson
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
T. Weller Smith
State Highway Patrol
NYA
Lions Committee
Wright
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