Deadline Near For States To Make Security Legislation Law
Washington action pushes states to join or fund unemployment insurance programs. The security board will certify laws by December 31 as states draft plans, offering a federal tax credit if joining. The model bill proposes unemployment benefits of half weekly wage with limits, two week waiting, and work history requirements.
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Henry Butler Freed After Mistaken Identity Shooting
In Birmingham on December 1 Henry Butler a Black steel worker was charged with assault with intent to murder after shooting Percy Nixon a WPA worker who he claimed looked like a brown possum. The judge found him a perfect witness and released him, Henry saying he would avoid possums in the future.
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Trunks for Women by 1940 Predicted in Coral Gables
Dr. J. Howard Crum of New York predicts that by 1940 women will wear only trunks on the beach and men will comment less on their mothers’ wardrobes. He says women value beauty of their bodies while men become less conscious of brief attire.
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New York
Conference On New Bookkeeping System Held In Decatur
State Department of Education officials led a regional conference in the Decatur Junior High gym on a new bookkeeping system. Dozens of superintendents and secretaries from 12 counties and nine cities attended, including leaders from Morgan, Lauderdale, Limestone, and Madison counties and several city school superintendents.
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Montgomery
M. H. Killingsworth
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W. W. Benson
Mary B. Connell
Geo. T. Woodruff
Morgan County
Carl Algood
Mattle L. Stockton
Jackson County
J. W. Powell
Florence
H. E. Williams
Lauderdale County
Ethel Herston
Nathaniel Almon
Lawrence County
Annie Mae
Athens pool completed as bath house planned
Athens Alabama reports the municipal swimming pool is completed and a modern bath house is under construction. The project signals expanded city recreation facilities for residents and visitors. Construction crews continue work on the bath house adjacent to the pool.
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Central Methodist Church dinner for board members and wives
The board of five at Central Methodist Church and their wives will attend a 7 o'clock dinner hosted by the chairman at the church. The event is planned with seaside imagery and will be fed from the city’s new twin reservoirs’ overflow waters.
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