State to widen Bee Line in Limestone County project announced
State Highway Director C J Sherlock Jr announced agreement with Pike county officials to pave 33 729 miles of road at an estimated cost of 500 000 dollars using federal funds to cover half the cost. The plan aims to straighten and widen the Bee Line and may require new road locations as funds become available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Sherlock
Montgomery
Ala
C. J. Sherlock, Jr
Pike County
Later House Actions Highlight Education and Political Reform Debates
The House approved a constitutional amendment section allowing the State superintendent of education to succeed himself and debated a “Little Hatch” bill to bar public employees from holding party offices. The measure was postponed after mixed amendments, with Rep Beck arguing for party control reforms and to avoid one party dominance in elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Constitution Committee
Superintendent of Education
Supreme Court
Bruce Henderson
House
Rep
W M. Beck
Beck
Roy Mayhall
Winston
H. H. Golson
Wetumpka
Legisla
Oes
Merrill
John Robinson
St. ‘Clair
Hayse Tucker
Mark Hodo
Jefferson
Pat Eh Pe
Wall Street hopes lift markets on European peace talk
New York traders priced in a potential settlement plan as Hitler met British ambassador Henderson and spoke with envoys from France Italy and Japan. Transfers topped 750000 shares as indices rose about four points amid renewed optimism for an end to the Danzig dispute. In Nashville cattle and hog markets showed mixed results with steady to higher prices for select classes and top vealers reaching around 10 dollars.
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New York
Wall Street
Hitler
Henderson
France
Italy
Japan
Danzig
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
Markets at a Glance in New York Aug 25
Stocks rise on peace hopes amid brisk rallies while bonds are uneven with U S government issues leading a late recovery. Curb markets firm as industrials advance and foreign exchange remains shaky. Cotton and sugar trade uneven with Cuban selling and foreign buying. Coffee shows irregular liquidity with local trading. Chicago grain falls with wheat and corn down. Cattle steady in cleanup. hogs gain 10 to 25 cents, top price $6.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Sterlig
Chicago
Market closes with new modest declines in futures
Active selling in the final hour pushes futures lower amid weak European markets and a near steady close. Prices show declines across several contracts with December, January and later months trading around 8.3 to 8.6 with small net losses.
New York Cotton Futures End Lower After Late-Day Selloff
Prices closed at the day’s low while selling continued in the final hour. Futures finished 6 to 13 points lower with Oct, Dec, Jan, and May contracts showing small declines. Middling spot held at 9.11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
N. Y
New York
Woos
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Closing
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed dull with August at 21.85 cents per unit, and September 20.70, October 20.50, November 20.45, December 20.50.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed oil futures mixed steady quotes
New Orleans markets report cottonseed oil closing steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 5.70. Prime crude ranges 450 to 462. Sept. 509B, Oct. 5.18B, Dec. 5.33B, Jan. 5.41B, March 5.34. B-Bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Spot Cotton Closes Steady Upward 13 Points in New Orleans
Spot cotton in New Orleans on Aug 26 settled 13 points higher based on 15/16 inch middling. Sales totaled 2 468 bales while receipts reached 1 153. Low middling held at 7.71, middling 8.96, good middling 9.31 with stock at 357 882 bales.
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New Orleans
Poultry Live Prices Steady Across 55 Trucks in Chicago
In Chicago on August 25 prices for live poultry were steady across 55 trucks. Old geese and young geese showed no changes. other prices remained unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Butter Prices Steady at Chicago Market
Butter trade in Chicago August 25 shows 1,231,682 pounds available with steady prices. No change in the market tone as buyers and sellers negotiate near current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Senate Advances Clerks Salary Increase Amid Bill Rush
Senate on motion by Senator Watkins Johnston of Tuskegee speeds a measure to raise the supreme court clerk salary from 2400 to 3000 dollars. Lawmakers jump to track-limit and other judiciary pay bills before any reading. Both Houses adopt a resolution to recess about September 15 to 25 for committee study of a new state code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins Johnston
Tuskegee
Senate
Supreme Court
Wheat Prices Slip Amid European Hesitation Sparked War Fears
Grain markets in Chicago and North America fell after Europe showed hesitancy on the brink of war. Wheat closed 13 8 1 3 4 cents lower from yesterday with September at 68 1 2, December 68 1 2 5 8. Corn and oats also declined.
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Chicago
Europe
Roosevelt Presses Hitler for Peace as April Message Reaches
Roosevelt urged Hitler to pursue peaceful settlement with Poland and Germany while rejecting a Munich style division of Czechoslovakia. He proposed non aggression pacts, trade, and disarmament conferences, and pledged U S backing to peaceful solutions if both sides cooperate. The April message, delivered to Hitler before 10 15 pm EST, called for restraint and a path to world peace.
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Roosevelt
Hitler
Munich
Czecho-Slovakia
Ignace Muscocki
Poland
Germany
United States
Bie
Europe
North Atlantic
Hull
White
House
Hiver
Trinity School Extends Campus And Adds Facilities
Prof. E C McDaniel returns from Peabody College as Trinity School grows to a senior high with enrollment near 398 last session. A new high school building combines gymnasium and auditorium, six classrooms, library, and offices, plus a vocational building and a teachers home. Three new teachers join, Kenneth Quarnell becomes athletic director and plans football practice next week.
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Trinity
Nashville
Peabody College
Trinity School
Eleanor Green
Wylodine Brooks
Kenneth Qurnell
Qurnell
Fuehrer Studies Peace Options After Roosevelt Plea
The Reich chancellery examined direct negotiations arbitration or conciliation this morning. An expected negative reply would imply Roosevelt’s plea went to the wrong address and should have gone to England, according to Deutsche Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuehrer
Reichs Chancellery
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
Roosevelt
England
Peace Efforts Persist Amid Polish German Tensions
Reports from Berlin and London indicate efforts to force a peaceful settlement of Germany's demands on Poland. Hitler meets with Britain's ambassador as Britain and France stand firm, while Poland pledges to fight to defend Danzig and its allies. Roosevelt's appeal is unlikely to spur mediation, and Mussolini offers no clear stance as tensions rise across Europe.
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Associated Press
Poland
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Britain
France
London
Lord Halifax
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Russia
Danzig
Albert Forster
Free City
Senate
Soviet
Warsaw
Tokyo
FDR
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
Ignancer
Moscick
Rome
Mussolini
United States
Vittorio Emanuele
Gsarene
Confed veterans split on looming European crisis at Colorado reunion
At the Confederate veterans reunion in Trinidad Colorado aging leaders voicing opposing views on war in Europe. General John W Harris predicts no war for years while General Homer T Atkinson fears war near term. General J F Howell backs aiding Poland with France and Britain if invaded. A parade closed the reunion the first ever held this far west.
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Trinidad
Colo
Aug
America
John W. Harris
Oklahoma City
Hitler J
J. F. Howell
Bristol
Tenn
Harris
United Confederate Veterans
Poland
France
Great Britain
Hitler
Atkinson
Order of the Stars and Bars
England
United States
Little Miss Doris Compton Birthday Party
Doris Compton celebrated her fourth birthday at her grandparents home in Hartselle Route 4 on Wednesday afternoon August 23. The party featured games, gift opening, cake and ice cream for twenty six guests with souvenirs of Mickey Mouse balloons and candy as guests departed.
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Doris Compton
T. F. Pettit
Hartselle
Route 4
Roberta Compton
Pettit
Charles Ray
Sid Calvin
Martin
Joe Allen Williams
Billie Britt
Joyce
Wanda Eubanks
Josh Vaughn Dobbs
Louise Day
Vernie
Arvil Drain
Martha and
van White
Louise Hopper
Mesdames Chester Blankenship
Bert Ward
Walter _Millican
Calvin Martin
Ernest Ray
Sidney Martin
Howard Williams
Luther Britt
Mack Eubanks
Joel Dobbs
Tom Pettit
Gladys Pettit
Seven Die and Seven Injured in Texton Auto Crash
Texton Texas August 25 seven persons were killed and seven injured in a collision between an automobile and a truck near Texton. Victims include C O Neal 68 of Belton and six others Crake M E Coker 34 Gayle Boynton 34 and his wife 32 Mrs W L Thompson 30 and her two children Jerry 6 Jackie 7 of Goldsmith Texas The Texan lies about seventy miles southwest of San Angelo.
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Texton
Tex
C. O'Neal
Belton
M.E. Coker
Crake
Gayle Boynton
Goldsmith
W. L. Thompson
Jerry
Jackie
San Angelo
Non aggression pact rumors mirror Nazi diplomacy says officials
Reports from Bucharest and Budapest spark claims of a near signature on a Hungary Romania non aggression treaty. Moscow and London weigh in as Britain eyes a wartime pace while U S neutrality preparations rise. Japan reportedly shifts from its alliance with Germany as war looms in Europe.
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Poland
Bucharest
Hungary
Romania
Budapest
Supreme Soviet
U. S
Russia
Germany
United States
Europe
France
Italy
Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Moscow
Paris
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Japan
Aaa
Decatur's Diary Items From Community News Briefs
Decatur society notes report hospital departures and visits, church services, revivals, and local events. Many residents including Mrs. Stewart and infant, Miss Roan, Rev. Gordon, Dr. Wyle, and Earl Lee are mentioned along with attendances at farms bureau, baptist and methodist activities, and local travel notices.
Army Revolt Crushed in Santiago Chile
Chile's left wing government announced the army revolt was crushed. General Ariosto Herrera, a leader, was captured while former President General Carlos Thanes fled. The uprising began in the Tacna artillery regiment and drew support from other units as government defenses were fortified in central Santiago.
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Santiago
Chile
Ariosto Herrera
Savehied
Carlos Thanes
Ibane
Herrera
Tacna” Artillery Regiment
Two Men Held for Snatch of Youth in Decatur
Emmett Rollins said two Birmingham men were arrested in Decatur for kidnaping Billy South a 17 year old Birmingham youth. Detectives from Birmingham pursued the case and the suspects waived extradition. Harrell admitted parole from a three year federal sentence at Chillicothe Ohio.
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Decatur
Miss
Emmett Rollins
Mississippi
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Rollins
Hollins
H. R. Levans
F H. Harrell
Billy South
Harrell
Federal
Chillicothe
Storm Claims Five Lives in Oklahoma and Texas
A destructive windstorm killed three people in Northern Oklahoma and two more in Texas. Lee Floyd, 12, was crushed when lifted by wind near Vinita. Clyde Shover, 22, died as his barn collapsed. H B McFadden, 70, fatally injured at Lake Ponca. John Fisher, 61, Atoka, died after a falling tree hit him in McKinney.
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Miami
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Lee Floyd
Vinita
Clyde William Shover
H. B. McFadden
Lake Ponca
McKinney
Tex
John B. Fisher
Atoka
Governor Dixon Pushes Immediate Release of Funds in Power Debate
Governor Dixon told Works Administrator John Carmody that funds held for nine Alabama projects including the Birmingham hospital and eight State Teachers College projects should be released immediately. He backed the Booth law as not affecting those projects and sought legal review to confirm.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
John Carmody
Alabama
Roy Mayhall
Winston
Booth
Mayhall
Carmody
Birmingham
State Teachers College
Dixen
Birmingham Hospital
PWA Suspends Alabama Projects After Senate Bill 300
Public Works Administration disclosed unpaid grants totaling 680000 were invested under Works Administrator John Carmody. Carmody suspended nine Alabama projects amid a state law requiring private power systems before public power programs. Total grants 1218527. 540068 paid. 45 percent of project costs funded by grants, 55 percent by loans. Governor Frank M. Dixon signed SB 300 amid two dissenting votes.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
John M. Carmody
Alabama
PWA
Carmody
Senate
Frank M. Dixon
Model Airplane Contest Set in Delano Park
Twenty eight planes entered for a model airplane contest in Delano Park on Sunday afternoon. The Boys Model Airplane Club will stage the event starting at 2 30 with emphasis on takeoffs rather than previous events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano Park
Boys Model Airplane Club
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Limestone County
Loyd’s Drug Store
Glenn Strange
Bob Baker
Universal
Victor Eubank
Nashville Livestock
Moscicki
Homer T. Atkinson
Petersburg
U. GC. V
Little Miss
Decatur’s
William Stewart
Benevolent Society’ Hospital
Peck
Charles Johnson
Falkville
Benevolent Societys Hospital
H. S. Hardwick
Hartseli
Benevolent Society Hospital
Nellie Clark Roan
Imogene Halbrooks
Montevallo
Vance A. Gordon
Westside Presbyterian Church
Ewert H. Wyle
Eugene Walp
Dick Walls
Austinville
Earl Lee
Z. R. Carpenter
Austinville Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Carlisle Blackwell
Sam Wilds
Carolina
Tennessee
Mrs. S. B. Rose
Mrs. W. E. Wilson
Huntsville
Carl Wiggins
Central Baptist Church
Homer Britton
The
Virginia
Clovis Babbé
Birdie Comerford
Cleveland
Ohio
Mrs. Comerford
Dr. Bryer
Eugene Mize
Linda Sue
T. C. Almon
James Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Hopkinsville, Ky
Ruby. S. Jones
Earl Williams
Salon
American Legion Auxiliary
Tutwiler Hotel
E. H. Puettner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. T. Town
Earl Hargrove
Veto
Baugh’s Infirmary
Morgan County Farm Bureau Federation
Cold Springs
Margaret Harris
Annie Gus Murphey
Mary Louise Otte
Sim Howell
W. W. Callahan
T. Cc. Almon
Seybourrn H. Lynne
Wallace Meadows
J. W. Elliott
Barrett C. Shelton
O. B. Smith
Elna Frazier
Gus Pool
Irwin J. Quinn
Marjorie Russell
Curtis Gover
BE. W. Philips
Mls
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
Ardmore
J. A. Chambers
Bethel Church
I. G. Safley
Wedsworth Street
Southside Baptist Church
Willie Maude Crutchield
Will
Hot Springs
Ark
W. E. Waterhouse
Baptist Training Union of
First Baptist Church
Manuel
Woodlawn
Fhdgar Landers, Jr
Hillsboro
B. F. Thomas
Florence Canterberry
Ruben Runge
Route 1
LeRoy Freeman
Laceys’ Spring
C. E. Glasgow
Danville
Thomas
Lacey’s
Wiley King
Willie Johnson
Lacey's Spring
Edith Holt
J. T. Crow
Decatur Daily
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