Decatur's Diary Highlights Local Events and Travel
A bustling Decatur column notes Judge Lynne's sermons at Central Baptist in the pastor's absence, plus local visits by Mrs. Forney Steenson and Junie Houston. Scout meetings, church services, travel to New York and points in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico are mentioned alongside civic notes about arrests, licenses, and motor tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Seybourn Lynne
Central Baptist Church
James Allen Smith
Dothan
Aeas
Negro First Baptist Church Resumes Services
The Negro First Baptist Church, under its pastor, resumes worship after suspending services in cooperation with the health department to stamp out infantile paralysis. Members are urged to attend church tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro First Baptist Church
Health Department
Welch Indicted on Murder Charges at Talladega
Bright textile union men were indicted on first degree murder accusations by a special grand jury probing the July 22 rioting near Samoset Textile Mills. Two men died and 17 were wounded. Eight men held in jail include Homer L. Welch, United Textile Workers organizer, detained in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talladega
Ala
Bright Textile Union
Samoset Textile Mills
Homer L. Welch
United Textile Workers
Birmingham
Puddler Jim Returns to Mills in Sharon Celebration
Senator James J. Davis revisits Sharon Pennsylvania to speak at a city celebration. He recalls youth in the mills wearing the pud dler garb of the pittshed ironworker days, appearing in overalls with a sweat towel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Davis
Sharon
Davis
Sharon Mills
Falls At His Wife's Feet
Rep Marion A Zioncheck, 34, a Washington state congressman, plunged from a fifth story window in his re election headquarters. An inquest was scheduled. his wife and brother in law described a sudden, incoherent act foreshadowed by warnings from a psychiatrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Zioncheck
William Nadeau
Washington State
National Capital
Maryland
Highride
Otto Mittelstadt
Nadeau
Edward D. Hoedemaker
W. H. McFarlane
Zionchéck
Marion
Zioncheck funeral attendance by Wash. and Oregon reps
Speaker Bankhead names three Washington and one Oregon congressmen to attend the funeral of Marion A Zioncheck. Washington’s Knute Hill M C Wallgren and Martin F Smith join Oregon’s William A Ekwall, sent by wire to the house sergeant at arms. Zioncheck died after a depressive episode and planned to withdraw from the Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Ala
William B. Bankhead
House
Washington State
Oregon
Committee of Representatives
Marion
A. Zioncheck
Knute Hill
Wash
M. C. Wallgren
Martin F. Smith
William A. Ekwall
Bankhead
Zioncheck
Washington
Congress
Seattle
U. S
Marion A. Zioncheck
Maryland
Post Office
Poultry Prices and Truck Availability in Chicago Market
Chicago market notes show five poultry trucks and twenty four trucks available. Prices for hens range from 4 1/2 to 18 1/2 pounds, with hens under 4 1/2 pounds at 17 1/2, leghorn hens at 14, Plymouth and white rock varieties at 20, and colored breeds at 19. Fryers from Plymouth and white rock also listed.
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Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock Springs
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Summary
Markets at a Glance reports stock firmness in New York with rails advancing and bonds steady. Curb stock, oils, and utilities rise. foreign exchange improves while gold and sterling edge higher. Chicago wheat futures rise on bullish Canadian data. corn follows, cattle and hogs steady, sugar and coffee closed.
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New York
Chicago
Liverpool Cotton Prices Down In Quiet Market
Spot cotton in Liverpool shows a quiet market with prices lowered by one point. Quotations list American grades from strict good middling at 7.71 to strict low middling 6.71, with other mid grades extending to 6.41 for low middling.
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Liverpool
Arg
Classified poultry terms and weights list
A fragmented OCR item lists poultry breeds and weight ranges. It mentions colored broilers layer roosters turkeys ducks and geese with varying weights and descriptors such as heavy old and young, and notes terms like leg horn roosters and small White.
Cotton futures ease in New Orleans and New York trading
Cotton futures closed barely steady with declines of 7 to 8 points in New Orleans and steady to mixed in New York. Volumes show Oct Dec Jan Mar and May contracts trading around 11.92 to 12.08 as spot middling prices held at 12.63 with the crop report due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Fabank
Associated Press
New York
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Commission House
Allied Chemical
New Orleans
Chicago Market Opens Mixed as Sept and Dec Futures Edge
Chicago session shows Sept contract at 1.11 to 1.12 with a high of 1.12 and a low near 1.10. December futures linger around 1.11 to 1.12, signaling slight gains amid narrow trading range.
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Chicago
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Butter trades at 12 037 units with no session and unchanged prices, eggs at 8 538 units also with no session and no price change. Market round up notes steady commodities in Chicago.
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Chicago
Potatoes Mixed in US Shipments With Mild Price Shifts
U S Department of Agriculture reports temperate changes in potato markets. California white rose and western triumphs show weakness or steadiness, while western russets and eastern cobblers edge weaker. Idaho bliss price stands at No 1 washed 2 90 per cwt and unwashed 2 80 amid moderate supplies and slow demand in early August.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
California
Idaho Bliss
Livestock Markets Report from Chicago
Hogs practically no buyers today as Chicago market activity remained light and prices showed little movement. Early bids were weak with sellers cautious as traders awaited comparative prices from other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. 5 S. Dept. Agt
Steers and cattle trade up as yearlings lead demand
Cattle buyers mix extensive divestments with a strong yearling and light steer market. Trade closes healthy with largest receipts since December 1934 as stockers and steers see 25 to 50 cent gains while fat cows and bulls trend lower. Sheep and lambs show steady native lambs and weaker other grades with top lambs at 10.50.
Farley Calls Detroit Anti Meeting A Dud
Democratic Chairman James A. Farley dismissed the Detroit anti Roosevelt gathering as a dud. He said the few prominent attendees had already opposed Roosevelt so often that their stance was no longer news.
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New York
James A. Farley
Detroit
Farley
Roosevelt
Belle Mina Sunday School Held At Methodist Church
Sunday school services will be held at Belle Mina Methodist church tomorrow. The church has been closed several weeks due to infantile paralysis making its appearance in Limestone County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle “Mira “Methodist Church
Limestone County
Body of Elijah Seale Sought As Father Detained
In Knoxville Tennessee police drag the Tennessee River for 16 year old Elijah Seale after a note from him to his father Lonnie Seale says he jumped from Henley Street Bridge. The Reverend Lonnie Seale is detained for questioning as authorities investigate the apparent suicide.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lonnie Seale
Tennessee
Elijah Seale
Tom Moore
Henley Street Bridge
Seale
Elijah
Powell Named Co-Chairman in Roosevelt Campaign
The Good Neighbor League announced that Dr. A Clayton Powell pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has been appointed co-chairman of a Negro leaders committee to aid in the Roosevelt campaign.
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New York
Good Neighbor League
Roosevelt
A. Clayton Powell
New York City
Insurance chief to audit reorganization of California firm
Alabama official Frank Julian said Attorney General A. A. Carmichael is en route to Los Angeles to investigate the reorganization of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Julian
Alabama
A. A. Carmichael
Los Angeles
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California
King Alfonso Enters Germany by Auto for Olympic Games
Former King Alfonso of Spain arrived in Germany by automobile this evening and is expected to attend the Olympic games. The trip is described as official but no formal arrangements were announced.
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Berlin
Alfonso
Spain
Germany
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R. H. Jervis
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Frank Vaughn
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Las Vegas
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Tex
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Reg Dukeminier
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R. R. Holder
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Benevolent Society
McAfee and Young
D. H. McClellan
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Decafur
Wheeler Smith
Evelyn Siviey
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Fred Eugene Vickers
Rt. 2
Norma Mae Roberts
R. L. Stephe
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Baugh’s Infirmary
Bankhead Chase
State Highway Patrol
Otto Gilchrist
J. D. Collier
G. W. Collier
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First Christian Church
Alma Schauber
Johnnie King
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B. A. Blankenship
Benevolent Society Hospital
Bud Vinson
West
Union University
Jackson, Tenn
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S“Autry
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Welch
Puddler
Jim
Mills
Wall Street
American Can
Continental
Western Union
Gulf States Steel
United States Steel
North American
Johns Manville
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Will Rogers
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