Decatur plans cheese plant with Alabama Dairy Products Inc
Sixty seven Decatur residents have subscribed 10200 for a cheese plant to be named Alabama Dairy Products Incorporated. The venture aims to buy milk from local farmers and operate year round, with routes spreading up to thirty miles. Subscriptions may reach 12000 to 15000. stock sales are led by Welsh Dinsmore and Harry Klopffer, with a stockholders meeting at the Chamber of Commerce offices.
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Decatur
Welsh Dinsmore
Harry Kloppfer
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Dairy Products, Incorporated
Tennessee
Courtland
Moulton
Hillsboro
Hartselle
Somerville
Limestone County
Rs. Dinsmore
Kloopfer
Ardmore
Law
Watch Your Ciggies If Visiting Boston
Massachusetts law enforcement plans tighten on cigarette imports for out of state visitors after September 1. Tax Commissioner Henry F Long announced a list of bootleggers to watch and warned that any person who brings cigarettes into the state becomes an importer thus requiring a license under penalty of a 25 dollar fine or up to 60 days imprisonment.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Henry F. Long
Timmeleo Rector to Fill Pulpit Here
Rev Louis Schenck of Tupelo Mississippi will be heard Sunday morning in St John s Episcopal church here a cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend
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Louis Schenck
Tupelo, Miss
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Abducted Convicts Lead Police Manhunt Across Illinois
Two convicts escaped Joliet prison after overpowering guard Elias Frew and abducting him and two Ohio tourists. They hijacked a car, forced a couple to drive, and fled toward Belvidere after a high speed chase ending in a collision. One convict, McQuire, held sentences for manslaughter and auto theft.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ohio
Joseph E. Band
Jake Mbeuite
Charles Emmerson
McQuire
Joliet
Iiliasn. E. Frew
Robert Lindquist, Jr
Chicago Heights
W. B. Rice
Bucyrus, O
South Dakota
Emmerson
Rice
Pistol Point
Belvidere
Mac
McGuire
Body found inside trunk at Atlanta terminal station
Police found the battered body of a young mulatto woman in a trunk that arrived from Washington D C. The victim wore a slip and bra and bloomers and lay face down with a blood pool under the head. Decomposition and bruising indicated death several days earlier. Fingerprint tests ordered.
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Atlanta
Washington
D. C
George Seeks Direct Cottonseed Aid for Farmers
Senator George of Georgia proposed direct payments to farmers as a substitute for the export subsidy. He telegraphed Secretary Wallace from Vienna GA urging outright payments of 750 dollars per ton on all cottonseed production to avoid greater government outlay.
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Washington
George
Georg
Wallace
Vienna
Kuhn Repeats Murphy Detroit Speech At Bund Hearing
German Bund leader Fritz Kuhn testified before the Dies committee that Attorney General Frank Murphy spoke at a Bund meeting in Detroit in 1936. Kuhn described the talk as about German citizens and denied praising the group, while noting relief funds were discussed.
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Washington
D. C
Dies Committee
Starnes
Ala
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Murphy
Bund
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Thomas
Dies
D.-Tex
D.-Ala
Germany
United States
Hitler
Whitley
Rhea Whitley
Governors split over moving Thanksgiving date to November 23
The Associated Press reports governors nationwide were nearly evenly divided on President Roosevelt’s plan to shift Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23. Most Democratic and several Republican leaders indicated definite or probable support, while several others from both parties opposed.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Mics Tadge
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Alabama
Arizona
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Colorado
Idaho
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
California
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
WAR GAMES WET AFFAIR IN FIRST ARMY MANEUVER
The weather dominated the second of a series of war games as 52 000 soldiers of the first army braved rain and hail across a 40 square mile field. Mechanized artillery and cavalry units worry the downpour could test high speed equipment under adverse conditions.
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John A. Aspinwall
Youth Suffer Broken Arm After Yard Fall
Don Poff seven year old son of Roy and Mrs Poff is confined to his home at 511 Grant street with a broken left arm received Wednesday afternoon. The youth was playing in the yard when he slipped and fell in the mud.
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Don Poff
Roy Poff
Grant Street
Coogan Accepts Share of Chaplin Earned Money
Jackie Coogan, once “the kid” in Chaplin films, received 126000 as his current share of earnings still remaining from his early career. His mother Lilian Coogan Bernstein and stepfather Arthur Bernstein received a similar amount under a court approved agreement in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Charlie Chaplin
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Arthur Bernstein
Selma Mayor Spars With Counties Over City Funding
Selma Mayor Lucien Burns criticizes county policies as harmful to city services. Senate panel approves bills to boost municipal revenue by 550000 from state sources, including gasoline tax and liquor profits, while lawmakers debate loss render and payroll bills.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Lucien Burns
Selma
Burns
Alabama League of Municipalities
Senate
Hayse Tucker
Frank M. Dixon
Emmett Hildreth
Greene
Verde Elmore
House Municipal Corporations Committee
Mark Hode
Jefferson
Ham City Commission
House Welfare Committee
J. M. Devers
Jackson
Devers
Frank Haynes
Franklin
Raymond Thomason
Jefferson County
Birmingham City
House Judiciary Committee
Perry Calhoun
Dothan
Roger Snyder
Senate Finance and Taxation
German Forces Dig In Near Polish Border
German troops advance into upper Silesia and dig in within 300 feet of Poland. A 40 mile border patrol reveals rapid trench work and bombproof shelters under tight security near Schoenwald as barbed wire and tank obstacles guard the frontier.
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Gleiwitz
Germany
Upper Silesian
Poland
Bor
Schoenwald
U S To Take Over Cotton In Government Move
Secretary Wallace said the government would take title to more than half of 11 420 000 bales loaned to growers to implement the cotton rubber exchange with Great Britain. The Commodity Credit Corporation would extend loans on the 1938 crop to 1940 and take title to 5 270 000 bales of 1937 crop, with additional sales to Spain France and Switzerland for war reserve.
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Washington
Wallace
Great Britain
Commodity Credit Corporation
Government Loan Corporation
Spain
France
Switzerland
Britain
Submarine Squalus Raised Again After First Salvage
Portsmouth N H August 17 A U S navy salvage crew hoisted the sunken submarine Squalus from the mudbank for a second time The lifting rings appeared above the stern at 1 05 p m EST as foam cascaded signaling the craft raised 60 to 80 feet from the mud to expose the hull and salvage gear
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
Local amateur entomologist finds rare puss-moth caterpillar
Paul J. Waite brought a rare puss-moth caterpillar to the Daily Office on Wednesday afternoon. The specimen was found by neighbors under a tree at 1200 Fifth Avenue South and identified by Mr Waite. The moth later becomes a butterfly.
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Paul J. Waite
Waite
Fifth Avenue
Walte
Time Now Is Ripe For Nazis Leaders Hint Today
Europe watches Poland face escalating Nazi demands over Danzig and German plans for greater issues beyond the Free City. Berlin hints direct talks but voices warn of pressure on 1,000,000 Germans in Polish regions as Warsaw targets Nazilam control and espionage arrests rise. First 500 report for naval training and wartime manpower plans precede broader conscription steps.
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Associated Press
Europe
Poland
Danzig
Berlin
Germany
Munich
Free City
Nazilam
Cxecho- Slovakia
Sudeten
Konrad Henlein
Southampton
League of Nations Mandate Commission
Geneva
Belef
Britain
Holy
Decatur and Hartselle Directors to Attend NFLA Meeting
E L Haley of Decatur secretary treasurer J C White Decatur Route 2 and J F Osborn of Hartselle Route 2 will travel to New Orleans for the NFLA annual conference August 24 and 25. Officials from 262 associations will discuss Federal Land Bank relations and farm loan operations in Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi.
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E. L. Haley
Decatur
J. F. Osborn
Hartselle
Decatur and
Hartselle National Farm Loan Associations
New Orleans
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank of New
Federal Land Bank of
Federal Land Bank
The
Harrington Seeks Political Ban on WPA Staff
WPA Commissioner Harrington interprets a relief act to require dismissal of any WPA employee involved in politics even as campaign workers for constables. The amendments address charges of undue political activity among WPA personnel.
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Washington
WPA
Harrington
Floods widen in Alabama as rivers rise in Selma area
Floodwaters receded slightly at Pratttville and east Selma as the Alabama river remained above danger in Selma. Rescue crews aided over 30 boats while about 76 homes in Cahaba basin and Fresher creeks area were flooded. Fireman M. B. Chisom was killed and Engineman E. D. May were injured when a work train locomotive derailed on a waterlogged fill between Pratttville and Montgomery.
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Prattville
Ala
Alabama
Selma
W. Winn
Red Cross
Cahaba Basin
Chisom
D. (Dent) Mayharry
Here
Montgomery
Milstead
Tallapoosa
Centerville
Cahaba
Mucreater
Coosa
C. S. Overstreet
Brewton
Conecuh River
Murder
Mobile-Montgomery
Wire Falls
Threat of Disease Affects Prattvill e After Flood
Thre at of disease emerged in Prat tville Alabama as floodwaters receded causing one death and extensive property loss. Selma downriver faced near danger as the Alabama river rose above safe levels. A main water supply pipe blew out in town prompting Autauga county health officer Dr. G Newton to urge boiling water from artesian wells to guard against typhoid.
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Prattville
Ala
mid-Alabama
Selma
Alabama
G. Newton
Autauga County
Severe floods threaten Alabama towns after tropical storm
From Autauga to Wiltrumpka the Alabama drainage basin soaked by up to six inches of rain. Selma faced a crest near 54 feet while Montgomery and Wetumpka recorded rising levels. Highways flooded but passable, a dangerous power line fell into a flooded district, and Prattville hospital staff cared for five relocated patients.
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Autauga Creek
Duial
Orready
Alabama
Montgomery-Wetumpka
Selma
Dielmers
Winn
Coosa
Wetumpka
Montgomery
Miller's Ferry
Birmingham - Montgomery
Red Devil
Alabama River
Highway Patrol
Mobile Montgomery
Fort Deposit
Prattville Hospital
G. M. Taylor
Weather notes for Tennessee river and Alabama coast
The Tennessee river gauge reached 18.8 feet and rose. Temperatures ranged from 75 to 84 degrees with 0.82 inches of rain recorded. Alabama outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers in the east tonight and partly cloudy Friday with local thundershowers near the coast. Winds from the west to south along the coast remain moderate to fresh. Tennessee may see scattered showers tonight with little change in temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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