Big Savings From Changes In Social Security Act
Frank K. Dunn reports amendments to the Social Security Act will save businessmen and workers about 905 million dollars over three years. Key changes freeze Old-Age Insurance tax at 1 percent for three years, cap employer taxation at the first 3,000 dollars of wages, and extend coverage to seamen and certain bank employees. Benefits reduce over time and begin January 1, 1940 with new methods to compute monthly payments and added survivor protections.
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Frank K. Dunn
Social Security Board
Kiwanis, Lyons and
Rotary Clubs
Lyons Hotel
React
Dunn
So- Becurry
Bard
Bureau Internal Revenue
Convicts Lose Parole Power Under New Alabama System
Alabama's 6000 plus inmates face no parole or pardon options as Governor Dixon signs a bill creating a new independent three member pardons and paroles board. The constitutional amendment bars the governor from pardons and paroles and shifts authority to a legislature guided system. the governor must appoint the board within 60 days. The old board of pardons is abolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Dixon
Constitutional State Board —of
Markets in Uneasy Stir Amid War Time News
European financial markets showed extended war time controls and Wall Street prices fell by 1 to 3 dollars in leading issues. The British pound swung, trading near 4.29 dollars at one point, while U S government bonds declined and grain markets fluctuated on war prospects. Wheat rose early, then varied as futures moved with confidence in peace or war.
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New York
Wall Street
United States
Chicago
British Stabilization Fund
London
Four Forgery Counts Against Cullman Man
Floyd Nichols of Cullman faced four forgery indictments from the Morgan county grand jury after returning from Montgomery. He had just completed a six month sentence at convict camp Number Four for a prohibition violation. The four checks cashed at local stores totaled 16, 5, 6.25 and 5 dollars, all allegedly drawn on Ben A. Byford.
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Morgan County
Floyd Nichols
Cullman
Montgomery
W.T. Willoughby
Candler Pittman
Willoughby
Nichols
Marshall County
Ben A. Byford
City Delinquent Tax List Prepared for Sale
A list of city property owners delinquent in taxes was prepared at city hall to be advertised for sale. The sale of the property is set for Friday September 22. Officials noted the delinquent count is the smallest in several years.
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City Hall
Funeral rites held for Genie Cobb spinal meningitis victim
Genie Lois Cobb eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elbert Cobb Falkville Route 1 died Sunday morning at Benevolent Society Hospital from spinal meningitis. County health officials say it is the county's first fatality from the disease in two years. Funeral services were conducted at Falkville Baptist church with burial in Falkville cemetery. Pallbearers included Tye Cobb Fred Cobb Willard Blankenship R C Dutton Louis Dutton and Verner Richardson. Survivors include the parents grandparents and Mrs Exer Lawrence.
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Genie Lois Cobb
Elbert B. Cobb
Falkville
Route 1
Benevolent Society Hospital
Falkville Baptist Church
Brown
Decatur
Tye Cobb
Fred Cobb
Willard Blankenship
R. C. Dutton
Louis Dutton
Verner Richardson
Earl Cobb
Exer Lawrence
Mooresville Woman Shot Dead. Husband Charged With Murder
Hattie Slaughter, 28, was killed in their Mooresville home at 5 30 Sunday morning. Oscar Slaughter, 34, was arrested nearby and jailed in Limestone County Athens. He allegedly said I had to kill her and was found in the kitchen with gunshot wounds to the temple and shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie
Mooresville
Oscar *Slaughter
Limestone County
Athens
Slaughter
Martin T. Whitt
E. M. Biles
Whitt
No word yet on party job in Alabama
Mrs. A. Y. Malone Alabama Democratic National Committeewoman and Dothan postmaster returned from Europe and said she was not prepared to discuss her party position under the Hatch law. She noted war tensions during a European trip from August 16 and observed German preparations.
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Dothan
Ala
Europe
A. Y. Malone
Alabama
Democratic National
London
Germany
Confessed Slayer Scheduled to Die in State Prison
Harvey McGraw of Pensacola Florida confessed killer of two Montgomery Alabama men is scheduled for execution in the electric chair at the Florida State Prison on September 4 He murdered Charles D Wilkinson and Clifford T Mann after holding up a filling station near Milton and forcing them to drive into Florida Three Jacksonville men are also to be executed on the same day.
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Raiford
Fla
Harvey McGraw
Pensacola
Montgomery Ala
McGraw
Charles. D. Wilkinson
Clifford T. Mann
Milton
Alabama
Florida
Jacksonville
Blame Placed on Congress Over Neutrality Act
Boston August 28 Louis Johnson assistant secretary of war said failure to repeal the neutrality act and lift the arms embargo aided the German war effort. He called the embargo a discrimination act that favored Germany and warned the republican democratic bloc shared responsibility for the crisis threatening world peace.
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Boston
Louis Johnson
Congress
Germany
Roosevelt
Johnson
PTA Council Chair Urges Ticket Sellers Check Up
Mrs. L. P. Troup chair of the PTA council that oversaw advance ticket sales for the Tennessee Valley Horse Show at Benson Field Friday night asks sellers to check up promptly. A final report will be sent to show officials.
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L. P. Troup
PTA Council
Tennessee Valley
Benson Field
France presses further appeal to Nazi leader amid war fears
Paris reports protracted talks over peace or war as Daladier drafts a second letter to Adolf Hitler to deter war and keep negotiations open. France enacts censorship measures, mobilizes preparations, and warns of blackout and evacuation steps while dismissing any Polish settlement via direct talks.
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Paris
Daladier
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
General Information Service
Information Service
France
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Last Day To Vaccinate Dogs Without Penalty In Morgan County
August 31 is the final day for dog rabies vaccinations without penalty per county rabies inspector Dr. R F South. Owners should keep rabies certificates accessible and display vaccination tags for 90 days. About 2000 dogs immunized so far in 1930 with decades of effort reducing rabies. Clinics not regularly held. groups of up to 10 dogs can be brought to deputy inspectors or to Dr. South at 14 East Moulton Street. Deputy inspectors named Jolley Collier and Tucker.
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R. F. South
South
Morgan County
Booth
Dr. South
East Moulton Street
T. V. Jolley
Jimmie Collier
Claude Tucker
London School Evacuation Drill Tags Gas Masks
A London school conducted an evacuation drill and tagged gas masks for pupils. Officials emphasize safety procedures and readiness for potential air threat scenarios in the school building and nearby premises.
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London School
Berlin imposes wartime rationing amid food shortages
Berlin residents face the new rationing system as households rush to register for staples including eggs potatoes flour and canned goods. Gasoline will be rationed after September 1 with proof of need required for car use and existing weekend limits continued.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Nazi
Germany
Bitcher
War scare delays DeKalb County school bond sale
An Alabama county cancelled an $80,000 DeKalb school building warrant sale after a European war scare unsettled the bond market. Officials said warrants normally at 3 percent would fetch no less than 4 1/2 percent, prompting the postponement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
R. L. Jones
State Department of Education
DeKalb Pounty
Johns
DeKalb
Three Cars In Odd Collision At Moulton Heights
A triple collision on the Moulton highway Sunday at about 3 PM involved cars driven by Willie McKinney H E B Halmark and L C Loosie. Highway patrolmen reported no serious injuries.
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Willie McKinney
H. E B. Halmark
L. C. Loosie
Moulton Heights
Moulton Highway
Evacuation Drill Delights London Children Amid Anxious Mothers
A million and a half schoolchildren in London and 30 other cities begin a dawn evacuation rehearsal. Children chant and mock danger while mothers walk beside them, anxious but supporting the exercise. By nine, teachers ensure provisions and ID tags are in place as plans to shelter evacuees in the countryside unfold.
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Drew Middleton
London
Britain
Alf
Liz
Seachiece
Early steps toward German Russian non aggression pact
European Bulletins reports Soviet Russia's parliament quickly endorsing the non aggression pact agenda after a four minute session in Moscow. Molotov received a large ovation as the chamber also discussed agricultural taxation and compulsory military service. Berlin cites Polish bands invading German lands in Pomerania and Silesia. London details a Downing Street street scare with rubber balls, not bombs, and Britain tightening naval movements in the Mediterranean and Baltic. Oslo notes Norway's general embargo on most exports. Berlin mentions a former French foreign official in a separate dispatch.
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Moscow
Russia
Molotoff
Henderson lands in Berlin as Britain replies to Poland crisis
Great Britain's Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson arrived at Semplehof Airport at 8 32 pm signaling the British reply to Germany's demands on Poland. He may return to London tomorrow and requested accommodations for his crew. German circles expect a possible immediate conference with the Fuehrer. Officials plan photographers at the chancellery by 10 pm.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Nevile Henderson
Semplehof
Poland
Henderson
London
Fuehrer
Britain Seeks Concrete Polish Solution to Polish German Dispute
Britain sent a note to Germany in reply to Adolf Hitler demanding Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Sir Nevile Henderson left for Berlin to deliver the message as Europe accelerates military preparations. Berlin circles report a plan for a constructive solution and possible mediation by Mussolini while Mussolini and Hitler discuss mobilization. President Moscicki backs Roosevelt’s conciliatory approach, Germany maintains high military readiness along the Polish frontier and observers note recall of London editors and cancellations of major speeches.
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Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Europe
Poland
Nevile Henderson
Hitler
Foreign Office
Berlin
Mussolini
Sir Nevile
Italy
Ignace Moscicki
Roosevelt
Rome
London
Warsaw
Tannenberg
Weather Update for Tennessee River Region
The Tennessee river gauge sits at 184 feet with a 90 degree high and 66 degree low in the past 24 hours. A trace of rain is reported. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expect fair weather tonight and Tuesday with gentle to moderate easterly winds and moderate temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Terry
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Siegfried Line
Balad
Brittan
Prehch
Bulletins
Nachtawsgabe
Marien Werder Today
Pomerania
Silesia
Downing Street
No. 10 Downing Street
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Baltic
Oslo
The
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