Stock Market Mixed as Commodities Hold and Cotton Rises
U S Steel and Crown Cork lead modest gains while many major industrials hold steady. bonds remain popular. Cotton futures close steady with October near 11.38 and December around 11.42 as traders await crop news and new data on the 30 day crop outlook.
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Victor Eubank
York
Anjor
U. S. Steel
Bethlehemble Steel
Youngstown Sheet Tube
Loew's
Twentieth Cen- Fox
Warner Bros. Servel
Can Telephone
Westinghouse, Pont
Allied Chemical
Sout’ Rico Sugar
Fajardo
American
General’ Motors
Chrysler
Ebaker
Montgomery Ward
Ts Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Distillers
Schenley
Consolidated Son
North American
Anaconda
Kennecott
Standard Oil of Newey
Socony-Vacuum
Goodyear
Y. Central
Santa Fe
Unionific
Illinois Central
Liverpool
Commodities Mixed as Markets Hold Narrow Gains
U S loans steady at curb level and foreign exchanges quiet amid mixed signals. Wheat in Chicago eases on world weakness while corn stays firm with active shipping. Cotton in New Orleans trades narrowly above prior levels as hedging and demand support prices. Hogs drop 10 to 25 cents. cattle hold steady. Oklahoma reports a 106 degree state average temperature.
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York
U. S
Commission House Ester
Chicago
New Orleans
Oklahoma
Exciting Tales of War Life Second in Series
A vivid wartime diary fragment describes fighting actions near Adigrat and Addis Ababa. It recalls a lieutenant’s warning visit, night patrols, and a fatal sword strike. It notes fire, looting, and relief efforts as Ethiopian and Italian forces clash around the legations and city streets.
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Adigrat
Knat
Addis Ababa
Addis
Fves
Bill Cramp
Legation
Well Dressed Bandits Rob Bank in Vidalia
Four masked robbers entered the Darby Bank at Vidalia Georgia threatening pistol fire and forced the teller to open the vault. They escaped with about 552 dollars as a woman customer contended with the would be robbers and later provided a description to police.
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Vidalia
Darby
Livestock Market Summary Chicago August Prices
U S Department of Agriculture report shows hogs at 10 15 cents lower than Monday with top 11.60 and bulk 11.10 11.46 for different weight ranges. Cattle and calves demand steady with varied finishes, best early around 9.85. grassey types down to 5.00 6.50 7.00, stockers and feeders active. sheep and lambs mixed with natives 8.75 9.25 and Idaho Washington lots around 9.00 9.35. Fat cattle and hogs largely unchanged amid broad market shifts.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Idaho Rangers
Washington Rangers
Guards Spray 16 With Shot. One Dies in Incident
A deadly shooting incident ends with one person dead after guards spray 16 with a shot. The report mentions automobile tag plant dining hat print shops and machine shops as locations in the surrounding area.
Colorado prison thwarted escape plot by five inmates
Warden Roy Best reported that five prisoners at a Colorado prison were thwarted as guards confiscated two handguns and 100 rounds of ammo after a three week tip. The men were placed in solitary confinement and a hostage plan involving the warden was uncovered.
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Ganon City
Colo
Roy Best
Colorado Prison
Best
Colorado
Lemme Grose
Ray McVey
Charles Carlisle
Joe Bean
Joe Casey
Silent executions purge Bolshevik leadership ranks
Moscow reports 16 confessed conspirators were executed by firing squad after a 24 hour verdict period. Among the dead were Leon Kameneff and Gregory Zinovieff, once close to Stalin, linked to a plot to topple the government. The central executive committee declined mercy pleas.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
Moscow
Central Execution Committee
Soviet Union
Teon Trotsky
Zealot
Central Executive Committee
U. 8
Leon Kameneff
Gregory Zinovieff
Joseph Stalin
Kikola Lenin
Stalin
Kameneff
Zinovieff
Sergei Kiroff
Communist Party
Grand Jury Acts to Halt Slot Machines in Colbert County
In Tuscumbia Alabama a special grand jury under Circuit Judge C P Almon begins efforts to end slot machine operations and enforce liquor laws. The judge cites alleged tips to violators, notes 1000 establishments possibly selling beer or liquor, and urges public cooperation to protect youth and enforce all laws.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Colbert County
C.P. Almon
Almon
Grand Jury
Grand
Prohibitionists Qualified for Alabama Ballot in November
The Prohibitionist Party completed its qualification for the November general election as A F Lokey of Birmingham certified seven presidential electors to Secretary of State Howell Turner. The party will appear with its emblem the white rose on the ballot alongside the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant for the first time in years.
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Montgomery
Ata
A. F. Lokey
Birmingham
Howell Turner
Patternless Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A crossword style pattern with horizontal and vertical clues ranging from barbed spear to affirmative. Includes 60 plus entries such as grandparental prong and valley, plus tools, beasts, and nautical terms.
Ex NRA chief warns against excesses of competition
Donald Richberg former NRA head urges the U S to curb unrestrained competition to preserve economic essentials. He says moral legislation cannot replace flexible compensation and calls for national unity on economic freedom and union. Thomas Thatcher urges press to curb publicity around sensational trials and curb sensationalist coverage.
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Boston
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
American Bar Association
Kiive
Thomas D. Thatcher
United States
Hauptmann
Bidgood Named Possible Successor to Denny at Alabama
Aug 25 in Montgomery Gov Graves, head of the Alabama University board, raised Dean Lee Bidgood as a possible successor to Dr George H Denny whose resignation was tendered this year. Graves noted Bidgood’s selection as chairman of the strike board in the red ore mine dispute.
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Montgomery
Dean Lee Bidgood
University of Alabama
Bibb Graves
University
George H. Denny
Alabama
Dean Bidgood
Graves
Center Plans Be Discussed At Local Methodist Church
Harteelle area students will gather at the Methodist church at 8 o'clock tonight as Professor W. T. Joran of Decatur High School and Gilbert White of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce outline plans for a University of Alabama branch center here. Committees and local officials have worked weeks with Dr. Sam J. Hocking urging location, to offer two years of college work.
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Harteelle
W. T. Joran
Decatur High School
Gilbert White
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
University of Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Sam J. Hocking
University Extension Department
Flood Toll Reported in Korea Central Floods
The Korean government reports 403 deaths and 156 missing in recent central floods. It says 563 injured and nearly 7,000 houses destroyed or washed away. The August 25 release details the scale of the disaster.
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Shoul
Korea
Demand to unseat negro delegate shocks Selma post
In Selma Alabama on August 25 a demand that a negro delegate to the state American Legion convention in Huntsville be unseated was wired to state officials. The Selma post executive committee warned it would withdraw all affiliations from the Alabama department unless the convention acts to unseat the delegate. The telegram was signed by the committee and by Marion A Spinks, post commander. E H Cravens Jr of Tuskegee Post 150, seated at the convention, represents a post drawn largely from negro veterans at Tuskegee Institute.
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Selma
Ala
American Legion
Huntsville
Marion A. Spinks
E. H. Cravens, Jr
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute
Legion Chooses Boyd For Alabama Commander at 1937 Convention
In Huntsville Alabama Taylor Boyd of Sylacauga was elected state commander for next year at the Alabama American Legion convention. Gadsden won the 1937 convention bid with 201 votes to Montgomery's 136. Miss Gene Matthews was crowned Miss Alabama and will go to the national pageant in Cleveland. The event drew about 6 000 spectators for a torch parade and beauty show with a large crowd enjoying a Big Spring park barbecue after the sessions.
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Huntsville
Ala
Taylor Boyd
Bulacauga
American Legion
Gadsden
Montgomery
Alabama Department
Sylacauga
Deartment
Francis Maron Inge
Gene Matthews
Legion Post
Big Spring Park
Matthews
Cleveland
Alabama
FDR mid west survey to be ready soon with drought relief plans
The article notes President Roosevelt plans a mid west survey with no audience speeches but broadcast impressions possible. Federal agencies advance drought relief, corn seed loans, and seed supply plans for next spring. WPA officials see funds from a $1.425 billion relief act, with potential increases to rural rehabilitation and flood control allocations.
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West
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Commodity Credit Corporation
WPA
Congress
Hopkins
Middle Western
Ice pick death case reviewed in Alabama court
The St Clair county jury hears the roadside killing of George W. Stokes of Cedartown Georgia. Testimony links Howard Craig of Los Angeles to the murder as Stokes, dying beside the Bankhead highway, identified the man with the boots. Birming ham salesmen C E Massey and L E Stark testified.
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Pen City
Ala
George W. Stokes
Cedartown
Howard Craig
Los Angeles
C. E. Massey
L. E. Stark
Birmingham
Stokes
Craig
Decatur’s Diary Highlights Local News and Events
Decatur residents attend horse shows and meetings while Goodyear managers arrive for business. Local projects include a livestock market drive and courthouse brickwork in nearby counties. Community notes cover remodeling, Rotary secretary change, Legion conventions, and upcoming revival services.
Riff Exile Abd El Krim Supposed Escape Rumor
Aug 25 report says the Ministry of Colonies ordered an inquiry into rumors Abd El Krim exiled Riff leader escaped from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Le Matin cites possible flight to an unknown destination. officials say no telegrams confirmed the escape yet.
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Paris
Ministry of Colonies
Abd- El-Krim
Isle of
Reunion
le Matin
Indian Ocean
Morocco
Gangster Bolten jailed in St Paul three year terms
Byron Bolten once part of the Barker Karpis gang received four concurrent three year sentences from federal district Judge M. M. Joyce in St Paul. He had previously sent 15 underworld associates to prison.
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ST. Paul
Byron Bolton
Barker-Karpis
M. M. Joyce
Wanted White Housekeeper at 1517 15th Ave
A classified notice seeks a middle aged white housekeeper. Applicants should apply between 4:00 and 7:00 p m at 1517 15th Ave South.
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15Th Ave
South
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