Pound Sterling To Break Tether On Franc Amid Roosevelts Policy
Treasury sources say Britain plans to abandon the pound’s peg to the French franc to protest President Roosevelt’s inflationary program. London reports Chancellor Chamberlain disagrees with Montagu Norman on maintaining a high pound, shifting away from the dollar and franc linkage as the World War context wanes.
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London
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Montagu Norman
Bank of England
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France
England
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Santa Claus
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Bill” Stevenson
Hutchison
Jimmy
Alabama
Representative McDuffie
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Walter C. Teagle
Robert. Stewart
Standard Oil
Indiana
Teagle
NRA
Jimmy Moffett
Herbert Hoover
Moffett
Johnson
Barney Baruch
Walter B. Edge
G. O. P. Boss
Hoover
Teagile
Addicks Talk Heard By 400 In Court House
About 400 business leaders filled the court house as J E Addicks NRA Alabama representative answered questions on codes. He explained how codes are drawn and said the blanket code covers most issues though some technical points remain unresolved. He noted a reported $12 weekly minimum wage but could not confirm it officially.
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J. E. Addicks
District Recovery Board
NRA
Alabama
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Planning
Warhanaes
Hugh Johnson
Washington
South
Probation System Endorsed by Judge Kennamer
In Montgomery Alabama Judge C B Kennamer cites the probation program as successful. For the year ending July 1 records show 1042 individuals under supervision with only 2.5 percent violating terms and being fined or penalized.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. B. Kennamer
U. S. District Court
Carmichael Opens In Lawrence Soon
Archie Carmichael, candidate for Congress from Tuscumbia, will start his speaking tour in Lawrence with a Monday morning event at Moulton at 10 o clock during the opening of court.
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Archie Carmichael
Congress
Tuscumbia
Moulton
Miss Loreng Jones Heads to Century of Progress Exposition
Miss Loreng Jones will depart Friday morning for Chicago to visit the Century of Progress Exposition.
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Loreng Jones
Chicago
Death of Hartselle merchant Roberts at 72
Roberts, Selle merchant in Hartselle for 15 years, dies after two months illness aged 72. He is survived by his wife, three sons J L John W and E R all merchants in Hartselle, two daughters Mrs J W Lindsay of Danville and Mrs S W Dent of Memphis. Funeral from residence at 10 Saturday morning with Rev Roy Hewlett and Rev Aldridge. Interment in Hartselle cemetery.
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Roy Hewlett
Aldridge
Danville
Hartselle
Mahatma Gandhi Sentenced to Year in Yerada Jail
Poona India August 4 AP Mahatma Gandhi jailed for one year on charges tied to the planned civil disobedience campaign for Indian independence. The frail leader was briefly free, then arrested after refusing release conditions must stay in Poona and abstain from political activity. Gandhi and 33 devotees were taken into custody Wednesday.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandi
Yerada
Idian Millions
Mahatma
Malone's Campaign Tour Across Alabama Falls in Line
Judge Bayard L. Malone campaigners into Decatur Athens Ardmore Elk Monto Tanner Jackson Scottsboro Paint Rock Huntsville and Scottsboro with a sound amp to reach voters. He spoke at Trenton Paint Rock Valley and a Presbyterian barbecue and planned Colbert and Lawrence counties stops Saturday.
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Edward B. Almon
Decatur
Athens
Ardmore
Elkmont
Tanner
Morgan County
Jackson County
Scottsboro
Judge Malone
Trenton
Paint Rock Valley
Huntsville
Woodville
Paint Rock
Judge Malonenegra
Tennessee Valley
Roosevelt
Malone
Colbert
Lawrence
Thomas Rutledge to Run Walker Horton Patton Abstract Firm in Athens
Thomas Rutledge, manager of the Thomas Abstract Co. of Decatur, will operate the Walker Horton Patton Abstract Company in Athens in the future. The Thomas and Walker Horton Patton firms will continue as separate units, with Thomas retaining operations in his existing company. Rutledge is noted for years of experience in abstract and title work.
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Rutledge Thomas
Thomas Abstract Co
Decatur
Walker-Horton- Patton
Athens
Thomas
Thomas Company
Laboratory dispatches 18 anti rabies treatments to Alabama counties
Tennessee Valley Laboratory yesterday sent 18 anti rabies treatments to points in Madison Lawrence and Winston counties. Fourteen packets were sent to the family of O D Criqe Hazel Green and two were sent to Huntsville. Two were ordered from Haleyville and another treatment went to Moulton. No histories accompanied the requests.
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Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Madison
Lawrence
Winston
O. D. Crique
Hazel Greet
Huntsville
Haleyville
Moulton
Car Stolen on Second Avenue
A modern cut-down Ford was stolen from a parking place on Second Avenue Thursday afternoon. The vehicle belonged to a Limestone resident whose name was not learned. Police reported ongoing investigations into the theft.
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Second Avenue
Wohl's Return From Chicago Buying Trip Signals Fall Stock
Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Wohl have returned from an extended buying trip to the Chicago markets. They believe business conditions will be vastly improved this fall and purchased large quantities of fall wearing apparel.
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Hyman Wohl
Chicago
Mrs. Wohl
State allocates 12 million for road building in Alabama
Funds total 12 million after a government grant of 8 million and 4 million federal match. Morgan county among 55 counties submitted for work, with no definite project details yet. North Alabama focus centers on Decatur to Tuscumbia highway as 30 miles remain to be paved amid heavy traffic.
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Morgan County
Alabama
Morgan
Bureau of Public Roads
North Alabama
Decatur-Tuscumbia
Muscle Shoals
Decatur
Tuscumbia
Martial Law Likely In Cuba Over Transport Strike
President Machado issued an edict threatening to suspend constitutional guarantees and declare martial law unless the seditious transportation strike ends. Omnibus drivers led a 10 day protest over high permit fees. the action spread to taxis street cars and other tradesmen in sympathy.
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Havana
Machado
Special meeting to discuss applying recovery act to newspapers
Granston Williams secretary of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association says the board will meet in Chattanooga tomorrow to consider plans to implement the national recovery act in newspaper operations.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Granston Williams
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Today
Scottsboro Case Talks Between Judge Horton and Knight
Judge James E. Horton and Attorney General Thomas E. Knight Jr discussed future trials of the nine defendants accused of assaulting Victoria Price and Ruby Bates on a Jackson bound freight train. Patterson remains the only executed defendant, with a new trial granted for insufficient evidence. witness Gilley returns to Alabama for use in upcoming hearings.
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James E. Horton
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Scottsboro
Athens
Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Jackson
Morgan County
Heywood Patterson
Horton
Patterson
Gilley
California
Alabama
Mystery death victim funeral today in Arkansas
The body of Miss Matilda Stewart, 33, was found in a Morrilton farm well. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. at Moulton Heights Baptist church in Roselawn cemetery. Authorities reported possible accident or self harm, with an autopsy undecided.
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Matilda Stewart
Priest
G. M. White
Eleventh Avenue
West
A. J. Stewart
Andrew
Wesley
Mary Ann
Lucy Stewart
Morriston
Associated Press
Roosevelt Takes Hand In Strikes
President Roosevelt acted on the Pennsylvania coal strike after receiving a report from Hugh Johnson. He designated Johnson and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins to study the dispute and was determined to protect the national recovery program from interference.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Hugh Johnson
The
Recovery Administration
Johnson
Frances Perkins
Tennessee Locks Awarded $64,000 for Tennessee River works
The War Department allotted $64,000 for the operation of locks and dams on the Tennessee river above River ton Alabama for the current fiscal year. The sum added to an unexpended balance of $9,113.17.
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Washington
War Department
Tennessee River
Riverton
Ala
Social Director Frances Woodruff Visits Decatur
Mrs. Frances Woodruff director of social service for Limestone County was in Decatur today on official duties.
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Frances Woodruff
Limestone County
Decatur
County Farm Agent Reports Land Measured for Cotton Cuts
H Gibbons says progress is made in measuring land and reviewing cotton cuts. Four beats in Morgan county have been checked and approved with final reports going to Washington. Government checks to about 4 000 farmers are due within three weeks to reimburse growers for this year's destroyed cotton and retired fields.
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H. Gibbons
Washington
Morgan County
Navy man targets ten mile stratosphere flight
Commander Settle of the U S navy said he expects to launch a solo balloon from Soldiers Field tonight aiming for a ten mile altitude. He will consult the weather bureau and plans call for moving the balloon to the field and inflating at sunset.
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Chicago
Settle
U. S. Navy
Soldiers Field
Weather Bureau
Funeral set for J. E. Stephenson near Danville
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at two o clock for J. E. Stephenson near Danville. The services are at Johnson's Chapel with interment following in the chapel cemetery. The Masonis will have charge at the grave.
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J. E. Stephenson
Danville
Johnson’s Chapel
4-H Girls Set for Auburn Assembly on August 22
One hundred fifty leaders of 4-H Club girls will descend on Auburn on August 22 for the annual event. The AP report notes preparations and expected activities for the gathering at the Auburn location.
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Auburn
Als
Fumes Spread In Lower Floors Of The Big Building
New York August 4 The stock exchange closed early as fumes filled the lower floors. Officials initially blamed a leaky ammonia pipe then suspected gas bombs were tossed into the ventilation. Police began an inn and evacuated five lower floors.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Mayo Brothers Face Kidnap Attempt at Estate
Guards on duty at the Mayo family estate after a reported kidnapping attempt on Dr Charles W Mayo's nursery. Miss Langseth, nurse for three children aged 2½ to 6, heard an automobile approach and saw a man try to enter the locked nursery before fleeing.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers
Cher
Mayo
Charles W. Mayo
Marie Langseth
Dr. Mayo
Seats
Reduced Rates For Students in Southeast Rail Travel
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved fall student fare reductions on L. E&M Mobile & Ohio and N. C. & Mt. L. Railroads. Round trips on standard rates will be one and a quarter times fare, and one and a half times fare for reduced-rate round trips. Rates apply to college points with a return limit of June 30.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
L. É& Mu
Mobile & Ohio
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