Referee Suggested to Settle TVA Audit Battles
Rep. Barden proposed appointing a referee to resolve disputes between the comptroller general and government departments during TVA audit hearings. TVA auditor Tuloss said fights with agencies often resume, suggesting Congress act as referee or that the attorney general decide issues. Cassidy, linked to Alabama Power, was questioned about copying confidential TVA report.
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Washington
Comptroller General
Rep
Barden
TVA
Stuart B. Tuloss
General Accounting Office
Tuloss
Attorney General
Congress
May
Francis Biddle
Biddle
James E. Cassidy
Beasley
Alabama Power Company
Cassidy
Army Engineer Corps
Christmas lights go up on Bank street and Second avenue
Decorations under way as merchants groups expect to switch on by Saturday night. Dillard Clardy handles Bank street lighting contract while Lyons Electric Co. covers Second avenue. Second avenue adds a center arch eight feet higher than sides. Alabama Power wires mid street. Bank street lights remain horizontal.
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Bank Street
Second Avenue
Merchants’ Committees
Dillard Clardy
Lyons Electric Co
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Girl Wins Blue Ribbon at National 4-H Congress
Louise Johnson of Calera Alabama was named a blue ribbon winner at the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Lead judge Elizabeth DeLong noted that instead of selecting a single healthiest boy and girl, several high scoring individuals were named to the blue ribbon group.
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Chicago
Louise Johnson
Calera
Ala
Elizabeth DeLong
Seeking Second Hand Bicycles Tricycles And Furnishings
A public notice describes a season when many seek used bicycles tricycles furniture and stoves. Citizens are invited to find second-hand items suitable for home and daily use during this period.
Dancer Ends Plane Voyage On Transcontinental Flight
Johnny Jones, a vaudeville dancer turned non-stop flyer, completed an 80 hour 37 minute flight from Los Angeles to New York Roosevel t Field setting a distance record for light planes. His 676 pound two extra tank loaded craft averaged 91 mph over a route via Yuma Tucson El Paso Fort Worth Nashville Cincinnati Pittsburgh to New York. He claimed the trip cost less than a cross country car ride and had fuel to spare for four hours.
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New York
Johnny Jones
Doug Corrigan
P Coiadinal
Ambel Bean
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
Jones
Yuma
Tucson
el Paso
Fort Worth
Nashville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Bendix
New Jersey
Richard E. Byrd
Corrigan
Dr. John B. Sewell Dies at 76 in St Francisville
Dr John B Sewell died at his home in St Francisville Louisiana on Wednesday morning after a long illness He was 76 Funeral rites will be held today and burial at St Francisville Cemetery Masons will conduct graveside services He was a Vanderbilt graduate and practiced in Decatur during the 1880s yellow fever epidemic Later he moved to Pratt City and then Louisiana He is survived by his widow Linnie Suggs Sewell and two brothers Charles Taylor and Jessie Quimby Sewell both of Decatur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Sewell
St. Francisville
Masons
Sewell
Trinity
Vanderbilt
Decatur
Pratt City
Louisiana City
Linnie Suggs Sewell
Charles Taylor
Jessie Quimby Sewell
Alabama bids due for four county bridges
Bids to construct about 175000 dollars worth of bridges in four Alabama counties will be opened December 16 by the state highway department. Projects include a concrete and steel bridge over Atlantic Coast Line tracks at Ramer in Montgomery county and a concrete bridge across Town Creek near Chavies in DeKalb county.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Montgomery County
Atlantic Coast Line
Ramer
DeKalby County
Town Creek
Uchavies
Fort Payne
Scottsboro
Marion County
Hamilton
Haleyville
Coosa County
Rockford
Sylacauga
Farm Tangle Will Be Aired In Palmer Alaska
Walter Pippel of the Matanuska colony petitions a U S district court to decide if he may operate outside the colony marketing cooperative. The suit questions whether the contract binds him to the cooperative or allows independent selling he did in Anchorage and other Alaska railroad points. Judge Hellenthal will hear the case this month.
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Palmer
Alaska
Matanuska
United States District Court
Walter Pippel
Rummenbham Corp
Og Tie Yor
Pippel
Anchorage
Hennepin County
Minn
Hellenthal
Ohlson
Orphans’ car sent from Limestone and Morgan counties
Two cars were sent to the Troy orphanage by Baptists of Limestone and Morgan counties. The load reached 618.13 dollars in value with over 35,000 pounds of corn and cottonseed meal. Churches and individuals from Athens Madison and nearby areas were thanked for the carload.
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Troy
Baptists of
Limestone
Morgan
L. Smallwood
The
Daily Today
Baptists
Hartselle
Baptist of
Athens
Round Island
Elk River
Concord
Willis Springs
Pleasant Grove
New Hope
Temperance Oak
Piney Grove
Fairview
Carey
Sardis Springs
Joe Anderson
Madison
Gordon Anderson
J. E. Hampton
C. N. Lawer
M. A.illips
Co. H. Lindsey
Officers Destroy Big Copper Still West Of Town
Sheriff's forces destroyed a 500 gallon copper still and poured out about 2 000 gallons of mash near West Flint Creek eight miles west of here at 2 30 yesterday afternoon. The still was not in operation and no arrests were made. Sheriff J Street Sandlin and Deputies Edgar Biajock and W E Kilgore participated in the raid.
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West Flint Creek
Here
J. Street Sandlin
Edgar Biajock
W. E Kilgore
Britain maps broad plans for defense
London reports Sir John Anderson outlines four steps to mobilize households for voluntary national service amid war threat. A compulsory registration may follow, with a nationwide household handbook, a master list of essential occupations, local national service committees, and a mid January recruitment drive.
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London
John Anderson
Privy Seal
House of Commons
John
Chamberlain
the Coun
Ministers of Labor
National Service
Gannett Urges Profit Sharing to Cut Strikes
Frank Gannett told a Senate committee that profit sharing would boost worker confidence and reduce strikes. He described a plan in which ten percent of profit is allocated to employees based on earnings over the prior five years, noting substantial wage dividends last year.
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Washington
Frank Gannett
Senate Committee
America
Gannett
Senate
Daladier to Seek Parliament Approval for Economic Mobilization
Premier Daladier announced plans to convene parliament on December 8 to obtain approval for his decree laws amid a failed general strike. He seeks a three year economic mobilization backed by radicals and right wing groups and vows punitive action against labor leaders. In Paris, labor unrest drew clashes injuring police and city officials while conservative leaders hailed the strike’s defeat.
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Paris
Daladier
Italy
France
Tunisia
Count Galezzo Ciano
Andre Apmreey
General Confederation of Labor
Station Attendant Abducted and Robbed in Montgomery
J. D. Hicks a young filling station attendant reported being abducted and robbed by two men who arrived in a car belonging to a regular customer. The vehicle was later found abandoned. Hicks said the men forced him inside after he asked about the car and he was released after $58 was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. D. Hicks
Hicks
Cost Of Feeding Inmates Of County Jail Averages 20 Cents Each A Day
Morgan county jail records show an average daily food cost of about 20 cents per inmate. The menu includes flour meat rice and vegetables with a variety of staples to maintain wholesome meals. Prisoner counts in November were 50 total with 33 whites and 17 Negroes. 26 whites and 9 Negroes were released, leaving 7 whites and 8 Negroes currently housed.
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Morgan County
Sheriff's Office
Herman Sandlin
Tennessee
Georgia
Liquor Control Case Appealed To Alabama Supreme Court
Horace Wilkinson a Birmingham attorney appealed to the Alabama supreme court challenging the validity of Alabama's alcoholic beverage control act. Circuit Judge John Denson had upheld the act's constitutionality, and Wilkinson's quo warranto suit against Matt Murphy aimed to oust the Birmingham Beverage Control Board member.
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Montgomery
Ala
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama
John Denson
Jefferson County
Wilkinson
Matt Murphy
The
Beverage Control Board
Murphy
Denson
Dixon Talks With Solons Under Way In Alabama
Governor elect Frank M. Dixon and North Alabama legislators met in Birmingham to discuss school problems state government reforms and possible short legislative session. Bonner McGowin and others attended with plans for constitutional amendments reapportionment civil service and parole reforms. Meetings spread to Birmingham and Montgomery over the next week with lawmakers named from Lauderdale Limestone and Morgan counties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
North Alabama
Dixon
J. Miller Bonner
Earl McGowin
Chapman
MecGowin
Montgomery
Major Dixon
Lauderdale
Limestone
W. W. Malone
Athens
W. Young
George Bliss Jones
Florence
John E. Christopher
Lawrence and
Morgan
Norman W. Harris
Decatur
Ernest Graham
Courtland
Rutledge
Ss. Thomas
B. P. Collier
Textile problem becomes subject of parley talks
Textile manufacturers, labor and government officials met privately after three days of hearings over whether learners should be exempted from the wage hour law. Spokesmen said the stalemate must be broken and negotiations would resume next week.
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Washington
Embargo Shuts Chicago Livestock Trade After Strike
A railroad embargo on livestock shipments to commission men halted normal trading in the Chicago stockyards, strikebound for eleven days. A trading truce allows 8 000 international livestock show animals to be sold while CIO unionists permit handlers of prize animals.
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Chicago
CIO
Judges Err Identify Boy as Girl at Waltham Baby Show
In Waltham Massachusetts on December 1 a panel at Immanuel Methodist church crowned the "best all around boy" but discovered the winner Carol Ann Van Wart was a girl. She also received a prize for the "most personality" despite the mix up.
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Waltham
Mass
Immanuel Methodist Church
Carol Ann van Wart
Carol Ann
Abduction Sparks Wide Area Search Near Oxon Hill
Police and volunteers hunted today for 18 year old Mary Brown after Lucy Brown, 15, saw two young men abduct her into a small delivery truck on a road near Oxon Hill Maryland. FBI involvement was considered but federal charges not yet clear.
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Washington, Dee
Maryland
Ae Brown
Lucy
Mary
Oxon Hill
William B. Brown
Edward Johnson
FBI
Brown
Tobacco Country
Washington
Bernard Thompson
Lucy Brown
LaFollette Backs Legislation to Ease Regional Rail Rates
Senator Robert M. LaFollette urged Congress to pass clearly drawn measures to eliminate regional rail freight differentials. He spoke with Governor Bibb Graves about aligning Dixie rates with northern and eastern levels and predicted a growing economic brotherhood among midwest and southern farmers. The trip included stops in Florida, Pensacola, Lafayette, and Texas as he promotes the plan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Congress
Mid-West
Bibb Graves
Dixie
LaFollette
South
Jacksonville
Fla
Pensacola
Lafayette
Texas
Weather summary for Tennessee river region
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 17.3 feet and falling. Temperatures ranged 63 above and 32 below with no rainfall in Alabama. Expect partly cloudy skies and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions Friday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Tragic Freight Crash Kills 26 On Snowbound Bus
A Rio Grande Western freight train struck a loaded school bus near Salt Lake City in sleet and snow at a rural crossing. Twenty six youths died and many others were injured. the bus carried about 40 to 60 students en route to a high school.
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Salt Lake City
W. E. Spearman
The
Rio Grande and Western Railway
Sarah Bergstrom
Salt Lake General Hospital
To! High
Grant Young
FE. L. Reahmer
Mack Bateman
Mabel Smith
Mabel
Mack
Noted Texas financier Frank N. Crane is found dead
Frank Neal Crane, 76, prominent Texas capitalist and philanthropist, was found dead today in Corsicana. His throat was slashed near a running buzz saw. Justice of the Peace A. E. Foster ruled death by own action.
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Corsicana
Tex
Frank Neal Crane
Texas
Justice of the Peace
A. E. Foster
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