Unified Enforcement Hailed By Alabama Beverage Board
Chairman E Roy Albright called for unified enforcement of liquor laws by state federal county and city officials at a conference in Montgomery The ABC Board reported net liquor store profit of 83421955 through Oct 31 and outlined revenue shares to cities counties and the state along with employment and spending figures from licensed establishments.
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Ala
Alabama
E. Roy Albright
State Control Board
Albright
Roy Albright
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
A. L Staples
Mobile
ABC Board
Owever
Licen‘sees
ABC
Stokowski Bids Farewell as Personal Life Raises Interest
The Philadelphia Orchestra conductor, recently divorced in Las Vegas from his second wife Evangeline, waved his baton toward a new operatic project after two prior marriages. He relaxed at home in Las Vegas on an old rose couch wearing tent leather slippers as he eyed his next film job.
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Ee Eae
Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Las Vegas
Evangel
Decatur Community Churches Schedule and Local Updates
Local churches announce services and lessons with topics including The Inevitable Cross and The Bond in Christ. Members and visitors are urged to attend Sunday worships, Sunday school, and midweek prayers, with several congregations reporting health updates and community events.
Cotton Bill Faces Delays and Amendments in Senate
Debate over the farm bill shifts to cotton and grain with sixteen amendments on the first eight pages. Senators critique Secretary Wallace while discussing discretionary powers and possible shifts to a domestic allotment plan to curb crop control.
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Senate
Wallace
Bankhead
Ala
Copeland
Secretary of Agriculture
McNary
Ore
Lee D. Okla
Lee
Wage hour bill battle shifts to resist revision
Supporters pressed to preserve the battered wage hour bill after a House vote and new proposals as Northern Southern tensions flare over regional differentials. The AFL executive council drafted labor standards recommendations as the House Labor Committee backs a single administrator under the Labor Department with other changes already made since the Senate passed the measure last summer. House deadlines loom around Christmas with a vote possible by December 13.
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Rules Committee
American Federation of Labor
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Senate
Bankhead
House
Mrs. L. P. Rayer Recovers After Wrist Fracture Fall
Mrs. L P Rayer of 13th avenue west is recovering at home after a fall from back steps caused a wrist fracture. She was taken to Baugh's Infirmary Thursday afternoon and stayed overnight.
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L. P. Rayer
13Th Avenue
West
Baugh’s Infirmary
White House Lunch Story Ends With Broiled Chicken
A Kennedy visit to the executive mansion leads to a light hearted lunch tale about President Roosevelt offering a lunch menu. Kennedy and aides assess the meal with humor noting the broiled chicken and later a request for scrambled eggs, ending with a large brown half of chicken.
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Dee
White House
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
James
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Calin
College Aid Plan Discussed at Athens Conference
A conference at Athens College focused on raising 200000 for the institution. Dr. Harry Denman of Birmingham presided and was joined by Dr. M F E Lazenby, Mrs. L O Stout, and Mrs. L D Patterson. Denman recently appointed women lay leaders across districts and many leaders were expected to attend.
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Athens College
Harry Denman
Birmingham
M. FE. Lazenby
Decatur
L. O. Stout
L. D. Patterson
Athens
City Tense After British Guard Detains Suspect
British police held a suspect under guard as violence erupted in the city. An American businessman, Vincent Read, was punched in the face by Japanese officers when he refused to move. The mood remained dangerously tense throughout the night.
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Vincent Read
Editorial Attacks on Big Three as Europe Seeks Security
AP and Italian press condemn Britain France and the United States amid rising military moves. Ti Popolo D Italia accuses democracies of planned economic strangulation of have not nations and urges timely armed preparation. The piece targets Anglo American trade talks and warns of economic pressure and blockades.
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France
United States
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Mussolini
Milan
Italy
Germany
Japan
Ti Popolo D'Italia
Diice
China
British Army Chief Shakeup Moves Younger Leaders
London reports a drastic army overhaul as Leslie Hore-Belisha, 43, pushes to speed reorganization. Major General Viscount Gort becomes supreme army head, replacing Sir Cyril Deverell. Sir Ronald Adam named deputy chief of staff. Opposition feared from army circles, yet public sentiment favors modernization.
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Hore-Belisha
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Gort
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Ronald Adam
Adam
Social Army
Mirror
Tiger
Pew Army
Commodity loan activity shifts with cotton price drops
Brokers keep prices high enough to profit from cotton but the exchange shows a slide to eight cents per pound or less. The Commodity Credit Corporation reports loans on 2 774 000 bales at 8.43 cents, with private word suggesting higher figures. Trade circles link private holdings to expected price rises or congressional action, implying fewer spot sales and lower hedging commissions for brokers.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Street Reopens After WPA Paving Cuts Dust
Second Street West is open to traffic again after weeks of closure for thoroughfare conditioning funded by the city and the WPA. Residents along the street had long complained of dust, now alleviated by the new paving project.
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Second Street
Alabama public service weighs cotton freight rate scale
The state public service commission considered evidence in response to a citation against Alabama railroads to determine whether to set a freight rate scale for cotton. Perkins J. Prewitt outlined a $25 000 campaign to rally Alabama support for the Rose Bowl trip of the University of Alabama. Birmingham News reported Dr Quy E Shavely resigned as president of Birmingham Southern College. Bids on 15 miles of paving in Muscle Shoals area to be opened December 16 include five miles on the Lee highway and 10 miles on the Wheeler Dam road. Fire at E E Forbes and Sons Plant Company in downtown Birmingham caused less than 500 dollars damage. six companies responded to the alarm.
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Ala
State Public Service Commission
Alabama Rail
Perkins J. Prewitt
Birmingham
All Alabama
University U Ma
Pasadena
Calif
Florence
Muscle Shoals
State Highway Department
T. Newsom
Wheeler Dam
Town Creek
Cross Roads
E. E. Forbes & Sons
E. Forbes
Markets News Snapshot From New York and Chicago
MARKETS NEW YORK DEC 3 Stocks firm with steels leading a further rally Bonds higher as secondary rails demand grows Curb steady with specialties driving upturn Foreign exchange mixed with narrow changes Cotton improved aided by trade and New Orleans buying Sugar higher on spot demand Coffee easier due to foreign selling CHICAGO wheat uneven amid Argentine damage Corn higher driven by larger export business Cattle about steady hogs steady to 25 higher with top at 8.75
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New Orleans
Chicago
Hog and cattle market notes with prices and grades
Unfinished hogs discounted as cattle markets show steady activity. Prices range for hogs from 25 cents higher to 7.70 for 245 to 300 pound grades and 7.45 for 120 to 160 pound grades. Beef cattle include No 1 fat grass cattle and various steers, heifers, cows and bulls with typical price differentials.
Nashville Livestock Prices Report from Tenn. Market
Cattle 200 head and calves 100 with steers and heifers steady to 6.00 for plain types, good fed steers to 8.50, beef cows 5.50 and down, vealers 11.00 top. Hogs 400 with 130-160 lb at 7.40 to 7.50 and up to 245 lb at 8.30. Sheep 50 with fat lambs 8.50 and fat ewes to 3.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Dept
Miss Holm Peeved Now New York Divorce Plea Read
New York December report on actress Miss Holm Jarrett denying divorce charges by Arthur Jarrett as childish. She cites romance with Billy Rose and aims to quiet talk about marriage. The couple’s dispute centers on alleged conduct causing public contempt.
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Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Arthur Jarrett
Billy Rose
Mr. Rose
Denver
Rose
Miss Holm
Jarrett
Hollywood
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Flatbush
Officials pledge strong enforcement of Alabama alcohol law
Mobile officials and state officers adopted a resolution promising hearty cooperation in enforcing Alabama's alcoholic beverage control law in both wet and dry areas. Cecil Bates, Mobile city commissioner and Alabama League of Municipalities president, urged stricter action after earlier complaints that cities receive 20 percent of revenue but bear 90 percent of enforcement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Cecil Bates
Mobile
Alabama League of Municipalities
Deputies Destroy Two Large Stills on Wilson Mountain
Morgan County deputies Henry Fowl er and Simon Garrison yesterday found and destroyed two stills on Wilson mountain. One still held 400 gallons and the other 100 gallons. Three white men seen nearby fled with a 300 foot lead and escaped after a mile chase.
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Morgan County
Henry 8. Fowler
Simon P. Garrison
Wilson Mountain
Wreckage Found as Planes Searched for Navy Crew
Coast guardsmen and two plane squadrons combed Norfolk waters after a navy plane crashed. The sea yielded more wreckage while rescuers hunted for the two men who apparently perished.
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Norfolk
Grass Fire in Grant Street Block Ends Without Loss
A grass fire in the 200 block of Grant Street at 11:30 reported as out of control but caused no damage or injuries. Firefighters contained the blaze with no losses reported.
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Grant Street
Cottonseed Meal Prices Steady in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with Dec 20.00, Jan 20.00, Feb 19.85, Mar 19.86, Apr 19.80, May 19.60, Jun 10.80, Jul 19.75. Trade noted 200 units.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
Cottonseed oil closes steady with ble prime summer yellow at 7.05 nominal and prime crude 5.75 to 6.00. Futures shown: Dec 5.6058, Jan 6.63B, March 6.65B, May 6.688, July 6.72B. B bid noted.
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New Orleans
Orleans
New York Butter Prices Edge Higher Amid Market Trends
New York December 3 reports butter at 2 650 irregular creamery higher than extra 43 4 41 1 2 extra 92 score 40 1 2 firsts 88 91 scores 34 1 2 39 1 4 seconds 84 87 scores 32 33 1 2. Cheese total 102 800 firm prices unchanged.
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New York
Egg prices and quality categories in New York market
New York market report lists egg prices for December 3 4. Mixed colors special packs 27 1 2 to 29 standards 26 to 27 firsts 24 24 1 2. refrigerators specials 20 to 23 1 2 standards 19 1 4 1 2. firsts 18 1 2 3 4. seconds 18. mediums and dirties 17 1 2.
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New York
Culver to Coast to See Alabama vs California
T A Culver, a popular Decatur man, announces plans to drive to the Pacific Coast to watch Alabama play California. He seeks three companions to share travel costs and will buy the best available tickets. Interested parties should contact him.
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T. A. Culver
Decatur
Pacific Coast
Alabama
Crimson Tide
University of California
Somerville Board Holds Enthusiastic Supper Meeting
The Somerville circuit board of stewards met last night in Somerville for an enthusiastic supper meeting. Rev. R. F. McDonald is introduced as the new pastor. Attending were Dr. M. E. Lazenby, presiding elder of the Decatur district, and Dr. L. D. Patterson, pastor of the local First Methodist church.
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Board of Stewards
Somerville
R. F. McDonald
M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
L. D. Patterson
First Methodist Church
Hour Change for Evening Service at First Methodist
The First Methodist church calls attention to a new winter hour for the evening service beginning at five oclock. The young peoples departments will meet immediately after the preaching service.
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First Methodist Church
Train Fire Incident at Dolginov Station Sparks Poland Protest
Soviet news agency Tass reports a Russian train was fired on November 29 after the crew was locked in at Dolginov Polish station. The engineer detached the flaming car, saving the crew, as Poland was pressed for redress today.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Dolginov
Poland
Tass
River tragedy survivors return to work after loss
Four survivors of last Sunday's river tragedy, which claimed Jack Hunter, have returned to work. Julian McNeese, more seriously injured, resumed duties at Loyds Drug Company after hospital and home recovery. Troy Martin Bige Boggess and William Stewart also returned earlier in the week. Pneumonia was feared due to exposure. All faced severe colds and nervous shock.
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Mornig
Airports Become Community Recreation Centers Across Alabama
Asa Roundtree, Alabama aviation director, described a plan to convert small airports into recreation hubs with swimming pools and golf courses. He noted eight fields already equipped with facilities and five more planned, with W P A engineer Empter Smith having previously worked on the concept.
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Asa Roundtree
Alabama
National Association of State Aviation
Sump
Rountree
Empter Smith
Works Progress Administration
Washington
Roundtree
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