Alabama City Commission Law Provisions Amended 1939
The act amends city government provisions, outlines elected officer penalties and forbids relatives serving as city employees, requires annual audits by a certified accountant, and mandates publication of audit reports. It preserves existing city structures while authorizing state examination of city books at governor approval. Approved August 16, 1939.
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Alabama
State of
Nao
Ror
Circcuit Court
John Bramdon
Boards
Boards of Public Works
Commission
Howe
John Brandon
Alabama 1939 Acts Validating and Regulating Public Bonds
Alabama legislature approves a 1939 act validating bonds issued by towns counties boards of education and institutions and confirming related proceedings. It authorizes electric service acquisitions and amendments to city government laws with immediate effect and sets hearing and appeal procedures.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Board of Trustees
University of Alabama
Board of Education
State of
Alabama
The
of Trustees of the University ,Alabama
Board of Educam
Ely
Misfortune's Champ
Earl Wolfe of Smithfield returns home from the hospital after surviving gangrene peritonitis and a streptococcus infection. He has endured six major operations including an upside down kidneys surgery and amputation of his left arm, reflecting a long, unlikely recovery.
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Uniontown
Earl Wolfe
Smithfield
Back to beauty basics for summer skin care
An article advises on back grooming and total body care after sun exposure. It recommends a daily regimen of bathing brush scrubbing, warm and cold showers, thorough towel drying, oiling the skin, and light talcum powder. For the nose it suggests rose water compresses and a cologne wipe to remove oil and brighten skin. Zinc oxide ointment at night is advised for redness.
Hartselle Doubles Tourney crowns champions in close five set final
The Hartselle Tennis Club concluded its Doubles Tournament with a five set final won by James Stephenson and Ray White over Horace Roberts and Leeman Gibson 6 3, 7 5 3 6 2. Earlier semifinals saw Roberts Gibson beat Oden Mitchell and Stephenson White defeat Wright Stephenson. Numerous local social notices follow including bridge party highlights and a long string of visitors and travels across Alabama communities.
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Hartselle Tennis Club
Charles Oden
Billie Don Mitchell
Matthew Wiggins
Sherill Williams
Grady Long
Willard Floyd
Douglas Summers
Duncan McCall
Charles Wright
Billy Stephenson
Hugh Penn
Leo Bateliff
W. J. Edwards
George Wesley West
Gurney Gene Lackey
Jack Bean
Oden
Mitchell
James Howell Stephenson
Ray White
Charles -Edward Wright
Stephenson
White
Soto
James Stephenson
Horace Roberts
Leeman Gibson
Gibson
Roberts
W. H. Black
Scout Board Sets Meeting Tonight in Decatur
The executive board of the Tennessee Valley council Boy Scouts of America will meet at the Tennessee Valley hotel in Decatur tonight. Dr. M R Moorman president announced a 7:00 p m Dutch supper opening. Representatives from Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia Athens Huntsville Hartselle Cullman Russellville Red Bay Moulton and Decatur are expected.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Decatur
M. R. Moorman
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Athens
Huntsville
Hartselle
Cullman
Russellville
Red Bay
Moulton
J. N. Jenkins
BPW Club Holds Picnic Thursday
The De catur Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its August picnic at Hatfield Lake Thursday evening. Members are asked to gather at 6 30. The club has 35 members, the largest since its organization nearly four years ago.
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Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club
Hatfield Lake
Seven girls inflate tires in Balboa prank
In Balboa California on August 29 seven girls amused themselves by letting air out of a parked car tire. Policeman Ralph Waterloo found an old fashioned hand pump and the girls took turns inflating the tire. They promised never again.
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Balboa
Calif
Ralph Waterloo
Aid Ordered for Alabama Farmers After August Flood Loss
W. W. Alexander the farm security administrator announced today that winter subsistence and seed for spring planting would be provided to Alabama farm families who lost their 1939 crops in the mid August flood, directing relief measures from Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. W. Alexander
Alabama
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Acts of the Legislature
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Booth
Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama Publc Service Commission
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Langan
Helen Follett
Frances Robinson
Elliott Howell
Harold Parker
Block
Mesdames
J. E. Stone, Jr
J. F. Stewart, Jr
J. W. Henderson
Coy Summerford
J. R. Stone
Eric Howell
Arthur Howell
Falkville
Cole Springs
Elree Martin
Kathleen Hood
Martha Glenn Rowe
Sue Moore
Jeanne Drinkard
Sarah Drinkard
John Cloud
Mary John Plemons
Valcosta
D. N. Macey
Donald Kyle
John T. Kyle
E. P. Thornhill
Morgan County
Arthur York
Asheville
N. C
John Cooper
Hilda Terry
Prentis Payne
Dallas
Texas
Katherine Barnard
Buford Kracke
Robert Quinn
University of Tennessee
Martha Witt Burleson
Shocco Springs
Odenville
Gadsden
Aaton Roberts
Hal Roberts
North Carolina
L. G. Martin
Inez Motes
Trinity
Birmingham
E. H. Sharpley
Carolyn Sharpley
West
Prince Chenault
Price Chenault
New York City
J.oanells
Hattiesburg
Jewell Chenault
Tuscaloosa
Marvin Littrel
Issac Chenault
Danville
R. E. Moyers
Baugh’s Infirmary
Main Street
J. E. Peck
Tennessee
M. J. Cooper
South Highlands
J. A. Howell
Elizabeth Houston
New York
Ethel Webb
Marshall
Mary Gilchrist
Donald Wesson
Rogersville
J. H. Thomason
Charley Thomason
Scotty Stone
John Straiten
Charlotte
Perry Orr
J. R. Howell
Benevolent Hospital
Joel Danner
Cullman County
Roy Hewlett
Warren Hire
Luther Roberts
Otis Gammill
London
J. E. Stone
Osler Langley
Phenix City
Joe Howell
J R. Howell
Scott
R.J. Scott
Ethiopia
Massachusetts
Scout Board
BPW Club
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