Decatur to Build Packing Plant and Abattoir
Directors of Decatur Ice and Coal announced plans to begin construction within 30 days on a modern packing plant and abattoir beside the current Line street unit. The new facility will include a refrigeration core and will provide a local market for farmers livestock, addressing a long felt need championed by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Decatur Ice and Coal
Line Street
Ice Company
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Siemtale Tili Soe Caepee
Chamber of Commerce
TVA Power Survey Completes Across Tennessee Plants
The survey covered a plant checked yesterday in Jackson Union City Trenton Milan Covington and owned units. Data will go to TVA headquarters where rate engineers assess feasibility of the proposed hookup with a projected TVA pool of power near Pickwick Landing. Participants included statistician W Seymour valuation engineer EB Muir and senior fiscal accountant F G Whitney.
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Jackson
Union City
Trenton
Milan
Covington
TVA
Pickwick Landing
W. Seymour
EB. J. Muir
F. G. Whitney
Resolution Targets Cotton Processing Tax Suspension
A House resolution proposed by Rep Martin of Massachusetts seeks to suspend cotton processing tax collections pending Supreme Court ruling. The plan would fund tax payments from work relief funds until the issue is decided, as cabinet textile committee studies industry aid.
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Washington
Cabinet Textile Committee
Supreme Court
House
Martin
Mass
Workman Killed at Southern Kraft Mill
Louis O'Neil Moore a 24 year old Prichard resident and night worker at the Southern Kraft Paper Mill at Magazine Point died in a Mobile infirmary from injuries after being crushed by machinery. He was rushed to the hospital shortly after 1 am with chest injuries.
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Mobile
Ala
Louis O’neil
Red) Moore
Prichard
Southern Kraft Paper
Magazine Point
Markets At A Glance From New York And Chicago
Markets at a glance show steady stocks with gains in alcohol and specialties. Bonds narrow while rail obligations rise slightly. Foreign exchanges firm with sterling at new 193f high. Cotton steady, sugar and coffee higher on foreign buying. Chicago reports wheat firm with corn up on drought concerns. Cattle steers reach 12.60, hogs advance late.
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New York
Bankhead
Jean
Chicago
Bankhead predicts 12 cent loan by week end
Senator Bankhead of Alabama forecasts a 12 cent loan for the current cotton crop by week’s end. He cites confidential information in Congress and says the AAA amendments and Bankhead act will be approved in conference and sent to the President. He defends the loan as necessary and rejects claims it is excessive.
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Bankhead
Washington
Ala
Mio
Comrade Saves Condemned Boy From The Chair
In Trenton New Jersey August 14 a comrade intervened at the last moment to save John Favorito a 25 year old Edgewater mechanic from the electric chair for participating in a holdup slaying. The state prison warden received a note from Charlies Weise stating he would assume the blame in the Wyborny murder case and Governor Hoffman acted on the clemency request.
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Trenton
N.J
John Favorito
Edgewater
Favorito
Englewood Cliffs
Charlies Weise
Closter
Ciine Savencanee
Humble Angler Becomes Beav er Lake Hero in Drowning Recoveries
Horace Jacobs, a Black fisherman from Beaver Lake, is famed for recovering bodies from the lake bed using a home made drag. He has aided grief torn families on multiple drownings, earning quiet respect as he fishes for his livelihood.
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Boty
Tae Chenault
Beaver
Bn Saas Ie Seo
Jacobs
Beaver Lake
Horace
Pip
Pastor and Family Return to Decatur
Pastor Rev. Peter M. Dennis his wife Mrs Dennis and William returned to Decatur after ten days visiting Monteagle Sewanee and Chattanooga. In Monteagle Mr Dennis addressed the mission and spoke to Rev P N McDonald of Monteagle. Dennis chairs leadership training for Alabama diocese.
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Peter M. Dennis
Dennis
William
Decatur
Monteagle
Sewanee
Chattanooga
Téwn
Diocese of
Alabama
P. N. McDonad
Montaneery
Dicvans of
College Summer Terms End Friday
College summer terms end this Friday with special sessions and registration details for current students. Administrators urge timely completion of coursework and advising before the break, noting campus offices will have limited hours.
Mrs Mary Sykes Dies in Courtland at 92
Funeral rites for Mrs Mary By num Sykes 92 who died Saturday in Courtland are announced. She served as an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and earned fame at Chippewa and Lund Lane. Her lineage traces to Eliza Moore and to Alexander Spotswood founder of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe.
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Mary Bynum Sykes
Courtland Side
Valley
Mnental
Battles of
Chippewa
Lund ‘Lane
Col. McDonald
Sykes
Eliza Moore
General LaFayette
Ornor
Alexander Spotswood
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
Youths Hurt In Car Collision Near Athens
An accident near Athens on August 14 injures a youth, with details limited as report notes McCurry. Authorities investigate cause and conditions of injuries at the scene.
WPA Program Expands in Morgan County With 52 At Hospital
The Works Progress Administration ramps up in Morgan County with 52 men employed at Society Hospital. Renovations begin on Moulton Heights and Flint school buildings as crews mobilize across the county. Relief rolls fluctuate as workers come on and off. Thomas Martin of Brong, head of a large family, is among those who sought and received relief through a local bureau substation.
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Society Hospital
Works Press Administration
Morgen County
Moulton Heights
Flint
Thomas Martin
The
Brong
Union
Relief Bureau
Correction by FDR Demanded Over Georgia School Relief
Telegrams report President Roosevelt asked by letter to state publicly that he erred regarding Georgia school relief funds. The dispute centers on whether common school appropriations were diverted to repay state debts while the federal government aided Georgia to keep schools open. Governor Eugene Talmadge rebutted, calling the president’s letter an accusation against Georgia.
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Ana
White House
Tabmeton
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge Peices
Unie
Talmadge Continu
Floods in Italy Kill 250 to 260 in Ovada Tragedy
Floods caused by a burst hydro electric dam near Ovada and the Orba river valley sweeped across northern Italy. Initial official tallies ranged around 250 to 260 dead with hundreds injured as mud and floodwaters filled square miles. Rescue squads and Fas troops searched ruined villages like Rossignone while Genoa faced damage from overflowing streams and wrecked ships.
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Italy
Officiela
Ovada
Faselat
Orba
Giley Aioe
Pera
Rossignone
Genoa
Concert to Mark Closing of Singing School at Oak Church
A concert will mark the end of the singing school at Oak Church this Friday evening starting at 7 30. Richard Wallace is the teacher. The school enrollment was extended and an invitation was issued to attend the concert which was expected to attract a large crowd.
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Oakehurch
Richard Wallace
Graves declines to interfere with civil service age
Montgomery Ala Aug 14 up Governor Graves denied a request from WF Matansel and rejected calls to block an executive amendment to the labor department bill. He said the civil service will not send the man's name to the senate for confirmation and that bureau heads will not serve on a mediation board. He favored two associate posts in addition to the commissioner. He planned to attend Elba’s annual homecoming the next day.
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Montgomery
Ala
Graves
WF. Matansel
Birmingham
Taylor
Mobile
Civil Service
Jefferson County
Senate
Department of Labor
Deat
Greaves
Elba
Sanatorium to Open on September 2
Those who pledged were urged to pay promptly to fund equipment for the opening. Attendees included W. O.
Hitchhiker Uses Gun Injuring Five In Arkansas
Five people were injured when a hitchhiker opened fire after asking a ride near Rock Arkansas. Two women identified as Mrs Carrie Wilson 25 and Miss Louise Denson 18 were among the wounded. The assailant fled on foot as witnesses described a rear truck ambush and a failed robbery attempt, with about 300 dollars in cash left with the shooter not taken.
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Ana Ae
Carrie Wilson
Louise Denson
Little Rock
Davis
TVA Grants Limestone Owners Extended Time
Athens Alabama August 14 Spectacular local notice states TVA extends deadlines for limestone owners allowing more time to respond or comply with actions regarding mineral rights and regulatory steps.
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TVA
Utility Drive Cost and Contempt Cited in Senate Hearing
A tense senate hearing features a discussion on utility charges and an "instanter" pena process. An attendee challenges a claim as a lie while warning of removal if not withdrawn. The exchange grows heated as officers threaten eviction from the room.
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Decatur Ice and Coal Company
Horate Jacobs
Mary Sykes
Courtland
Athens
McCurry
WPA
Morgan County
FDR
Talmadge
Eva Small
Newton
Wendell H. Sepomee
Coor
Small
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Ldiers
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Hitch-Himer
Rock, Ark
Als
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