Cotton crop outlook shows 15.5 million bales for year
U S Department of Agriculture reports a 15 543 000 bale cotton crop on August 1 based on 46 695 000 acres under cultivation with 69 6 percent of normal condition The board notes earlier harvests and regional yields while warning of possible boll weevil losses and regional delays may affect final production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Crop Reporting Board
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mass Meeting Set to Discuss Decatur Airport Plans
Decatur residents are invited to a mass meeting Monday night August 12 at 7 30 at Masonic Hall to discuss location construction and financing of a Class A airport. Kiwanis club public affairs committee urges attendance to consider aviation growth and future city needs.
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Decatur
Masonic Hall
John Patterson
Kiwanis Club
Avia
Fingers Hurt at Connecticut Mills Workplace
E Mills of Connecticut Mills sustained an injury to two fingers this morning when they were caught in machinery. After first aid he returned to work, the damage described as slight.
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Co. E. Mills
Connecticut Mills Company
Tariff Clash Looms as Senate Opens Extra Session
Washington Aug 8 The tariff fight dominates the coming Senate session with debates over the House measure from May and the influence of the Republican independents who may tip the balance. Democrats lean toward lower rates while regular Republicans push some industrial tariff revisions, and Borah’s defiant bid to limit to agricultural goods failed by one vote. President Hoover seeks a limited revision and the administration aims to move the bill before December.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Borah
Idaho
Finance Committee
Hoover
Congress
Smoot
Utah
Ted
Priceville Residents Seek Road Link To Somerville Decatur
Citizens from the Priceville neighborhood petition Decatur for aid to build a year round roadway joining with the Somerville Decatur highway. Estimated construction cost is about 2200 dollars with Morgan county to cover half if Priceville residents raise the other half. Local residents already contribute sums up to 200 dollars and 100 dollars and offer volunteer labor for the project.
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Priceville
Decatur
Somerville-Decatur
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Girl Stabbed by Intruder in Birmingham Bedroom Attack
Miss Mary Bryant, 17, a high school student, was stabbed twice by an intruder who entered her bedroom early today after she ignored a command to keep quiet. She was not seriously hurt. The attacker fled through a window and a pair of scissors found outside is believed to be the weapon.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mary Bryant
Tonsils Removed Behind Hospital Recuperation
Charles Rountree reports that the patient named Tonsils Removed is recuperating at Benevolent Ital after undergoing an operation to remove her tonsils.
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Charles Rountree
Benevolent Ital
Judge Thomas denies resignation amid bank scandal charges
Judge C E Thomas state superintendent of banks denies plans to resign after a Jefferson county grand jury recommends impeachment on six charges including malfeasance and misfeasance. He will defend his record and may hire counsel if tried before the supreme court. Attorney General Charley C McCall says the grand jury report is with the circuit court clerk and will inform his recommendations.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. E. Thomas
State Superintendent of Banks
Jefferson County
Thomas
Birmingham
Supreme Court
Charley C. McCall
Grand Jury
McCall
Whipping Charge Will Be Probed in Elmore County
Governor Bibb Graves asks Solicitor Huddleston to investigate allegations by 19 year old inmate William Nutter that Sheriff W C Holdbrooks and a deputy whipped him at Wetumpka jail. Nutter reports 15 lashes on June 1 and a second whipping on July 25 after an escape attempt. Holdbrooks denies the charge. Miss Ann R Davis prompted the review and ordered a cell change for Nutter.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Winston Huddleston
Elmore County
William Nutter
W. C. Holdbrooks
Holdbrook
Wetumpka
Ann R. Davis
Miss Davis
Holdbrooks
Nutter
Grand Jury
Huddleston
Seriously Hurt As He Hops a Freight
A young white man about twenty five years old, unnamed, is confined in Athens Alabama city jail with serious injuries after falling from a freight car. Officials are unsure how to handle the case.
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Athens
Als
Five Hurt as Cars Collide on Bridge Above Tracks
Five people sustained cuts and bruises in a bridge collision on Bee Line highway north of here involving a Whippet owned by Pat Brock and a Southern Sheet Metal Works Ford truck. Roy S. Groover, in a third car, struck debris and was unhurt. injuries ranged from blood loss to shock.
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Pat Brock
Southern Sheet Metal Works
Ford
Southern Railway
Bee Line
Here
Roy S. Groover
Hartselle
Groever
William Puckett
Floyd Jacobs
Mr. Brock
Lee Holland
Pattie Hicks
Athens
Brock
Decatur
Mr. Groover
Whiteside
Groover
Holland
J. Y. Hamil
Courtland Road
Puckett
Jacobs
Inter Frat Dance Planned By City Fraternities
Representatives of college fraternities in the city plan an inter fraternity dance on the evening of August 30 as a final social event before students leave for school. A brief meeting established committees on finance music decoration and invitations.
Local Pastor Rev J D Pickens Conducts Revival
Rev J D Pickens of Southside Baptist Church is in Lawrence county this week for a revival at Harmony east of Moulton. He will return home to fill the pulpit Sunday and prepare for a revival in Lawrence beginning August 18.
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J. D. Pickens
Southside Baptist Church
Lawrence County
Harmony
Moulton
Four Poisoned At Mobile Elks Picnic
Four persons were in hospitals and more than twenty others recovering at home from suspected food poisoning after the Elks annual outing for Mobile Orphans. The group ate at the picnic across Mobile Bay and were rushed back to Mobile by boat as ambulances were mobilized. all were expected to recover.
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Mobile
Ala
Elks
Mobile Bay
Kiwanis Club Reviews Civic Plans At Noon Meeting
Decatur Kiwanis held a noon gathering at the Y M C A with talks on a Monday airport mass meeting and the farm relations committee closure. W W Fussell outlined the August 22 farm meeting at the Masonic Hall and 75 to 100 farmers are expected to attend with a prominent Southern speaker.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
John Patterson
Decatur
W. W. Fussell
Masonic Hall
Kiwanis Club
Negro Is Fatally Injured In a Fall
Athens Alabama reports Israel Pikes a Black man from Meridian Mississippi fell from a twelve foot tower north of the city Wednesday afternoon. He struck his head and suffered a fractured skull as rescue efforts began. The site is a street under maintenance by a company with several city streets involved.
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Athens
Ala
Meridian
Miss
Center Springs Set for Revival Service Soon
Revival service begins at Cen section with activity rising in eastern county. Local residents show growing interest ahead of the upcoming meeting.
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Center Springs
Snook Weeps On Testimony In Theora Hix Killing Case
In Columbus Ohio Dr James H Snook testified in his first degree murder trial claiming self defense when he killed Theora Hix during a dispute in a car at a rifle range He cried openly as he described striking the blows that killed her and said he feared she would shoot him He also disputed claims of a poisoned sandwich and identified a bloodstained dress and a knife found in his car
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
Dr. Snook
Max Seyfert
Miss Hix
Theora
Three Girls Bound Over on Theft Charges in Alabama
In Athens Alabama three young girls named Blankenski Winnie Soots and Jennie Soots were bound over to await grand jury action. They remained in the county jail unable to make bond as authorities prepared the next step in the case.
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Athens
Ala
Anna
Blankenski
Winnie Soots
Jennie Soots
Morgan County Reports Prolonged Quiet in Local Beat
Sheriff B. E Davis said Morgan County remains calm for several days with no arrests. County residents are behaving themselves as law enforcement notes continued tranquility.
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Morgan County
B. E B. Davis
Cotton prices slide after govt report on crop size
New Orleans on August 8 reports cotton futures dropping about 3.00 per bale after a government crop estimate of 15,543,000 bales exceeded expectations. Prices fell from around 40 to 39 to 41 points based on the report, with trading resuming after a recess.
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New Orleans
Ness
New York Cotton Dives After Meat Crop Estimate
Futures in New York fell sharply as the August estimate for meat crops surprised traders. The surprise pushed down prices and triggered heavy selling activity on the market today.
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New York
Aug
Future
New York Cotton Today
GINNING REPORT Washington Aug 8 Cotton Ginned
Washington August 8 A cotton of this year's crop was ginned in the current season according to preliminary figures released today. The report notes progress in ginning operations across states with early indications of yield potential and quality trends for the season.
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Washington
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