Struggle Grows Over Roosevelt Program Ahead Of 1940 Congress
Washington reports a new public fight forms over the unfinished New Deal items as the 1940 congress prepares to reconvene. Administration leaders expect pressure to push measures like neutrality and lending programs, while Republicans forecast stronger opposition and a broader anti-Roosevelt coalition in the next session.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Scott Barkley
White House
Barkley
Austin
Martin
R. Mass
WPA
Labor Board
R Barkley
Mrs Lide Found Dead in Decatur Home
Mrs Bina Worth Side known in Decatur as a longtime resident died at her daughter’s home at 804 Ferry Street. The physician estimated death occurred about six hours earlier. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at the Jones residence with burial in City Cemetery. She leaves two daughters, a son, eight grandchildren, and a sister.
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Bina Worth Side
Decatur
John W. Jones
Ferry Street
Jones
E. V. Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
City Cemetery
Brown
North Carolina
David
Elizabeth Worth
C. K. Lide
Lide
Spain Buys American Cotton for Spanish Mills
The Export-Import Bank announced financing arrangements for selling 250000 bales of raw U.S. cotton to Spanish mills at 25000 bales per month. The bank provides 80 percent of credit with the rest by shippers. leading Spanish banks guarantee the credits. Dollar exchange will be available to meet maturities. eight quarterly installments begin six months after delivery. U.S. commercial banks handle documents as agents. Cotton to be shipped in American vessels.
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Washington
New WPA Rule Slashes Workers Across States
Washington orders state WPA offices to remove workers with 18 months or more of continuous service. Veterans exempt. By Aug 31 dismissals must occur and rehiring delayed for 30 days. In Morgan county 232 removals and 154 replacements reported. total area removals reach over 1,500. Harrington estimates 650,000 could be dropped by Sept. 1 under the act.
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R. W. Shepherd
WPA
Washington
Morgan County
Congress
Col
F. C. Harrington
Works Project
Harrington
Nearly 1000 View Contest Held by Boys Model Airplane Club
About 1000 people attended a Sunday event in Delano Park staged by the Boys Model Airplane Club. The contest, led from the Armory by state highway patrol and a school band, featured youths ages 10 to 18 flying rubber band powered planes for prizes donated by local merchants. Winning entries included R O G stick models and fuselage designs with top honors going to John Howland, Buddy Argend, Joel Alexander, Bonney Terry, and others.
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Delano Park
Boys Model Airplane Club
Armory
State Highway Patrol
Decatur
John Howland
Buddy Argend
Earl Pettey
Joel Alexander
F. C. Sheehan
John Howell
Bonney Terry
Korda
Bobby Pettey
Six Complete Life Saving Study Course
John Roberts completed instruct ing a Red Cross class in life saving Saturday at Seneca Pool Six took the course of study Ellis Fysal Red Cross national field representative in water safety and life saving will begin a class at the pool next Monday
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John Roberts
Red Cross
Seneca Pool
Ellis Fysal
Store Closed for Remodeling at Speake Warren and Ratliff
The Speake Warren and Ratliff Store closed today for interior remodeling. Work will continue and the store is expected to reopen by Tuesday.
New Amendments to Social Security Set Pay and Benefits
Washington August 7 In one of its final acts Congress broadened the social security program. Here are questions and answers on old age insurance as revised when President Roosevelt signs the new rules into law. The text explains deductions to Jan 1 1943 and 1949 and the 3 percent ceiling on wages up to 3 000 yearly. Benefits rise for early eligibles and may fall for late single claimants. An elderly worker aged 68 would gain a pension starting July 1 1940.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Elso
Plea for Life Given Board Consideration in Alabama
In Montgomery on August 7 Governor Dixon and the State Board of Pardons reviewed the clemency plea of 60 year old J. T. Jones a Russell County man condemned to die in Kilby prison electric chair. Jones shot himself after fatally wounding his wife and has chronic asthma and heart disease. Attorneys argued mitigating circumstances and jurors signed petitions for commutation while questions arose about the board’s authority in death cases amid constitutional amendments on pardons and paroles.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
State Board of Pardons
J. T. Jones
Russell County
Jones
Kilby
Alabama
J. B. Hicks
WPA
Hicks
W. R. Belcher
Pardons Board
Lawson
T. S. Lawson
Labor board order to rehire 5 Ohio workers hits appeal
Republic Steel challenges a National Labor Relations Board order demanding the rehiring of five Ohio workers involved in the 1937 little steel strike. Attorneys tell the circuit court of appeals the board's ruling is unwarranted by the facts and blame unfair labor practice findings on the company.
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Philadelphia
Republic Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio
Little Steel
Circuit Court of Appeals
President Roosevelt Signs Minor Bill for Federal Courts
President Roosevelt signed a minor bill described by Attorney General Murray as completing the 1937 court program. The measure creates an administrative officer for the Federal courts.
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Washington, G. T
Roosevelt
Murray
Keen Johnson Leads Kentucky Governor Nomination Race
August returns show Democrat Keen Johnson leading in Kentucky's gubernatorial primary with 85,862 to 73,928 for John Young Brown among 1,178 of 4,307 precincts. Republican King Swope leads Cooper 22,209 to 14,801 as counting resumes after a Sunday recess.
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Louisville
Keen Johnson
King Swope
Kentucky
Johnson
Richmond
John Young Brown
Lexington
U. S
A. M. Chandler
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
State Federation of Labor
AFL
CIO
Brown
United Mine Workers
Swope
Cooper
The
Courier-Journal
Administration Plans to Maintain Farm Price Supports
Washington officials approved a plan to keep artificial price supports for major crops via the Commodity Credit Corporation with a $119 million appropriation, bringing total loan authority to about $250 million for surpluses in wheat, corn, cotton, wool, and dairy. Loans target price stabilization, with wheat loans averaging 61 cents a bushel, and roughly equal funds earmarked for wheat and corn loans while the rest covers other commodities. The CCC already holds about $550 million in cotton loans, though demand is unlikely this season as market prices exceed loan rates.
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Washington
Aug. T
Congress
Commodity Credit Car
Laymen's League Meets Tonight at St John's Parish House
The Layman's League meeting scheduled for Tuesday night will be held tonight at St. John's Parish House at 7 30. Melvin Hutson will speak on Courts of Justice in Relation to Christian Citizenship. The public is invited to attend.
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Layman's League
St. John’s Parish
Melvin Hutson
Courts of Justice
Hope's Honeymoon Protests Hit Dewey Over Secluded Marriage
Nyack New York Aug protests flood to District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey over the secretive marriage of Hope Dare and Dixie Davis. The couple wed in Nyack and vanished under detective protection while Dewey and Davis face ongoing scrutiny from police and officials.
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Nyack
N. Y
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Rockland County
Hope Dare
Dixie Davis
Miss Dare
Davis
Dutch Schultz
Walter Liebert
Clarkstown
George W. Dorsey
Dewey
Emanuel Goldstein
Davie
New City
Julius Davis
Julia Ricker
David S. Wicker
Los Angeles
Machines of War Geared to Fast Pace
European war machines accelerate for August maneuvers as total readiness rises. Polish Danzig dispute eases slightly after Warsaw hints at negotiating customs issues with the free city authorities. Smigly-Rydz warns Danzig is Poland’s lifeblood, while Britain monitors German Italian drills along with peacetime maneuvers across Europe and Africa.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Free City
Poland
Danzig
Krakow
Edward Smigly-Rydz
London
Britain
Pomerania
Silesia
Moravia
Piedmont
Lombardy
Royal Air Homes
England
George VI
Belgrade
Europe
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Far East
Ichang
Yangtze River
Hankow
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Ex Decatur Citizen Sam Winton Dies in Texas
Former Decatur businessman Sam Winton died suddenly Friday at his Mercedes Texas home. Survived by wife five daughters and one son, with brothers Robert and Joe Winton traveling from Decatur and Somerville to Mercedes for funeral arrangements. He once served on the Decatur City Council and was a prominent local businessman.
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Sam Winton
Decatur
Mercedes
Texas
Robert Winton
Joe Winton
Somerville
Winton
Randolph Ryan
Florette
Sidney Neher
Roberta Winton
Billy Pay
Martha Winton
Samuel Winton, Jr
North Carolina
New Decatur
Death of R. G. Ross A Decatur Resident
Robert G. Ross, 61, a longtime Decatur resident, was found dead in his Olive street home after a long illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at the home with Rev. C. L. Dobbs officiating. burial in City Cemetery directed by Brown. Survived by brother Thomas E. Ross of Decatur, niece Mrs. Paul Tims of Fairfax, and nephew Frank Ross of Fairfax. Pallbearers named and former L. & N. Railroad employee.
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Robert G. Ross
Decatur
Olive Street
C. L. Dobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Ross
Thomas E. Ross
Paul Tims
Fairfax
Frank Ross
W. H. Nance
Roy
Charles Lee
Wyatt Price
Harry Lewis
Hollis Lee
L. & N. Railroad Company
Mother Saved Once By Plea Then Plunges To Death
In New York on a Saturday 11 year old Frank Kantor pleaded with his despondent mother Miriam Kantor 32 not to kill herself. She later left the Bronx apartment and jumped six stories to her death amid two years of financial reverses. Isadore Kantor husband says despondency lingered.
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New York
Mummy
Frank Kantor
Miriam Kantor
Norman
Ruth
Beaverhill Strikes Iceberg Off Newfoundland Coast
The 503 foot Beaverhill freighter of Canadian Pacific bound from Montreal to London struck an iceberg early today about 100 miles off the Newfoundland coast in dense fog. The ship reported no water ingress and continued underway. rescue craft and coast guard patrols stood by as other ships moved to assist if needed.
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Boston
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Montreal
London
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Ausonia
Beaverhill
Montclair
Champlain
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Canadian Pacific
Radiomarine Corporation
Chatham
Mass
Gin Montreal
Antwerp
Canadian Pacific Steamship Service
New York
Line
Bea
Two Bodies Found in Burned Roadhouse Near Cleveland
In Cleveland Tennessee on August 7 the bodies of siblings R. L. Blankenship 23 and Opal 25 were found among the charred ruins of a roadhouse just outside the city. Police Chief A M Trotter noted operator Blair suffered cuts and burns escaping the blaze and investigators are probing the fire’s origin amid belief of a revenge plot.
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Cleveland
Tenn
R. L. Blankenship
Opal
A. M. Trotter
Blair
Trotter
New Postmaster Robert Sheppard to Assume Duties
Robert T. Sheppard, recently named by President Roosevelt as postmaster at Decatur, will take office Tuesday after his commission arrived from the Capitol. He will assume operation of the office tomorrow.
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Robert T. Sheppard
Roosevelt
Decatur
Sheppard
Capitol
Leche and Weiss Indicted in Hot Oil Case
Former Louisiana governor Richard Webbser Leche and hotel owner Seymour Weiss were indicted on charges tied to the Connally hot oil act. The trio included Buford, an East Texas oil operator, with further indictments naming others over tax and fraud allegations.
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New Orleans
Richard Webbser Leche
Seymour Weiss
Leche
Weiss
Frank Murphy
Washington
Preeman Buford
Dallas, Tex
East Texas Refining Company
Louis Lesage
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Lesage
Buford
Rodessa, L Ol
Shreveport
Texas
State Conservation
Orleans Levee Board Renames Airport After Shushan
The Orleans levee board orders the airport name changed from Shushan airport to New Orleans airport after Abe L. Shushan failed to attend a meeting regarding a $496,000 bond refunding fee paid following his October 1935 presidency. The airport was completed before Huey P. Long’s death.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Shushan
Abe L. Shushan
Huey P. Long
Weather Angles From Tennessee River Readings
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 20.1 feet and fell. Temperatures ranged from 72 to 87 degrees in the last 24 hours with partly cloudy skies over Alabama. Tuesday forecast calls for clouds and scattered showers with southwest winds along the coast, and Tennessee expects partly cloudy skies with light showers, warmer east and cooler in the extreme west.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Ana State University
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