Murphy May Get U S Job in Roosevelt Era Politics
Washington rumor cites Frank Murphy as a possible choice for a federal post after Michigan governors term ends. Potential roles include Supreme Court seat or Attorney General as Homer Cummings retires, with Robert H. Jackson linked to the AG vacancy and Murphy favored by some for the solicitor general post.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Supreme Court
Gene
Murphy
Roosevelt
Congress
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Homer S. Cummings
Mr. Roosevelt
Cummings
Robert H. Jackson
Morgan Analysis on TVA Dams and Tennessee Flood Protections
Morgan cites Chattanooga to argue that without TVA dams the Tennessee River city would need its own levees, which TVA has lowered. a sudden flood could cause heavy damage due to overtopped defenses.
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Morgan
Chattanooga
Tenn
TVA
Tennessee
Bach
Policy disputes over TVA cost accounting and flood control
Morgan testified before a congressional committee criticizing TVA cost allocations. He argued the by products theory favored power at the expense of flood control and navigation. He cited Norris Dam as an example where stark differences in cost bases shaped the final TVA recommendation of 49 million dollars versus 24 million.
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Congress
Morgan
TVA Board
Norris Dam
Morgan Committee
David E. ‘Lilienthal
TVA
Reid Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Premonition saves 34 pupils as ceiling collapses
Dollie Board, a 60 year old Joplin Missouri grade school teacher, says a message from God told her to move the children out of the room. Moments later the ceiling collapsed in the primary room, crushing desks. The WPA built wing was condemned by the school board after the cave in.
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Dollie Board
Joplin, Mo
Miss Board
Onds
Markets slip as light turnover fails to spark confidence
Wall Street shows subdued trading with about 350000 shares changing hands, marking one of the lightest sessions since August. Leaders stayed cautious as year end tax prompts restrained activity while steel and auto shares faced softer trends amid labor and industry signals. Cotton futures and cottonseed油 markets in New Orleans reflect weaker foreign demand and thinning buying support.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Italy
France
Chrysler
General Motors
Nash
New Orleans
Liner Delayed by Shipping Strike in Le Havre
Paris reports a general shipping strike at Le Havre delaying the giant Normandie despite a government order requisitioning 50 vessels. The strike adds to Daladier's political woes as boat trains fail to depart Paris and officials delay new departure times.
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Paris
le Havre
Ner Normandie
Daladier
French Line
Butter Prices and Market Notes from Chicago
Butter prices in Chicago show 676000 with weaker demand and peg prices at 4222. Refrigeration costs listed as 23 3 4, standards at 23 1 2, firststate at 3 1 4, and other prices unchanged. Market notes reference December 3 but lack full context.
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Chicago
Prohibitionist Father Slain. Son to Be Charged with Murder
Robert Bready 29 who boasted of a career of drinking will be charged with murder in the confessed slaying of his father Dr Russell H Bready 62 near the minister’s parsonage in Bainbridge. Prosecutor Leslie S Reid announced the case today in Chillicothe Ohio.
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Robert Bready
Leslies. Reid
Russell H. Bready
Bainbridge
Markets at a Glance New York Dec 3
Markets mixed with leaders idle and bonds steady as U S governments gain ground. Curb market narrow with some utilities under pressure while foreign exchange steady and sterling slightly higher. Cotton weak abroad, sugar improved and steady in the spot market. Coffee down on European selling. Cattle and hogs show no market due to strike.
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New York
U. S
Nashville Livestock Prices Report December Market Summary
Nashville Tennessee cattle market shows steady to strong demand versus last week. Good fed steers bring 8.25 to 9.00, yearlings to 9.50, other cattle 7.50 down, vealers to 11.00, hogs around 6.70 to 7.35 per hundred, and sheep steady with ewes and wethers at 8.00 to 8.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Dept
Strike Ends in Kenosha as Nash-Kelvinator Sitdown Fades
Recruited automobile workers at the Nash-Kelvinator plant in Kenosha Wisconsin concluded a sitdown action today ending a period of labor tension. Details indicate the stoppage influenced plant operations and worker negotiations with the company.
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Kenosha
Wis
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Baptists Rally at Bethel Church Tuesday December 6
Morgan county Baptists gather at Bethel Baptist Church one mile east of Hartsdale for a missionary rally. All preachers deacons W M A workers and active members urged to attend with a picnic lunch. Program includes devotional talks rounds on the Cooperative Program and Hundred Thousand Club, prayers and missionary addresses.
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Baptists
Morgan County
Bethel Baptist Church
Hartsdale
Betha Stedham
Hundred Thousand Club
Dewitt Prince
D. FP. Green
Church Repainting Plan of Forest Chapel Methodist
The Women s Missionary Society of Forest Chapel Methodist Church plans to repaint the interior of the century old church. The society formed three months ago and has 17 active members meeting weekly to organize the redecorating effort.
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Women's Missionary Society of
Forest Chapel Methodist Church
Mississippi alcohol dealers and federal taxes statistics
Mississippi reports 1,463 federally licensed liquor dealers in the state. They pay over $36,000 annually to the federal government and operate amid enforcement by state and federal authorities.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Internal Revenue Collector
Merryman to sail to see Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman announced plans to sail on December 14 to spend Christmas with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Chateau La Croe. The duchess Wallis Warfield of Baltimore is her niece.
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Washington
Death by self-inflicted gunshot ends life of bill collector
H. M. Skelton, 36, a bill collector, was found dead of gunshot wounds by a milk delivery boy in Tuscaloosa. A single barrel shotgun lay beside the body. Coroner S. T. Hardin issued a verdict of death by own action. Skelton leaves a wife and two children.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
H. M. Skelton
Bill Collector
S. T. Hardin
Skelton
Union Votes to Return Workers at Wisconsin Plants
Voters at all three Wisconsin plants backed a return to work. The union decided to end the shutdown and workers are set to resume operations on Monday.
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Ing
Wisconsin
Cotton futures close steady as declines spread across markets
New Orleans and New York notes show cotton futures finishing 12 to 19 points lower. Prices for December through July contracts moved with Dec around 8.49 to 8.38 and July near 7.82, while spot middling stays near 8.59.
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New Orleans
Cess
New York
Shipping strike disrupts Le Havre port operations
In North Africa’s Colony tensions rise as Italy fails to quell protests and fascist press intensifies coverage. A broad European crisis expands with a general strike in Le Havre delaying the liner Normandie despite a government order requisitioning ships. Bonnet meets the German ambassador and the British envoy respectively for the second time in 24 hours.
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Europe
le Havre
Normandie
Georges Bonnet
Count Johannes von Welczeck
Eric Phipps
Decatur Scouts Hold Meeting and Community Notes
The Wolf Patrol of Troop 16 met at the patrol leader’s home on Fourth Avenue East with Edgar Self in the chair. New member Prince Jones Jr joins the group which plans a patrol den as games follow the business session. Rev J Lee Collins of Athens Tenn leads an evangelistic campaign at the Church of God on Bee Line Highway starting Sunday.
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East
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James Dobbs
Archie Shropshire
James Whitten
Richard Huntley
L. W. Johnson
Prince Jones, Jr
Edgar Self
Church of God
Little Stone
Bee Line Highway
J. Lee Collins
Athens, Tenn
Collins
Infant Nell Fay Tunstall Dies at Home
Infant Nell Fay Tunstall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tunstall, died Friday evening at 5 30 at the family home. She is survived by her parents and one sister Maydell. Funeral services will be held Sunday.
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Nell Fay Tunstall
Ernest Tunstall
Maydell
Georgia Official Shot to Death in Georgia
Dudley Taunton, 28, state senator elect from the 23rd district and former Taylor county legislator, died in a hospital from shotgun wounds received at a fishing camp in Upson County. Sheriff Meeks said a man was arrested in connection with the shooting. Taunton told his mother before dying the shooting had no cause and that he was unarmed.
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Dudley Taunton
Taylor County
Ce Ae
Upson County
Meeks
Taunton
Funeral Service at Moss Chapel at 10:30
Morning service at Moss Chapel at 10 30 led by Rev Crumpton. Interment to follow, with Drinkard Howell directing.
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Crumpton
Drinkard-Howell
Cottonseed meal futures close in Memphis trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed quiet in Memphis with 41 percent protein. Dec price 22.00, Jan 22.10, Feb 22.35, Mar 22.65, Apr 22.65, May 22.70, Jun 22.80, Jul 23.10. Sales 1,200.
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Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans Cotton Price Dips Across Southern Markets
December 3 report shows middling cotton at ten southern spot markets averaging 8.33 cents per pound, down 14 points from yesterday. The decline marks a weaker market across the region with the average price for the past week down to 8.31 cents.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices Slip in New Orleans Trading
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed quiet down 12 points on steady activity. Sales reached 886 bales while quotations stood at low middling 7.22, middling 8.37, and good middling 8.92 with 8,322 receipts and a total stock of 753,179.
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New Orleans
Golden Wedding Date Observed for Shelton Couple
Mr. and Mrs. George Shelton of Trinity route one celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a large crowd and a delightful dinner. Attendees included Olen, Gorphie, Arther, Johnie, Huse, Charlie, Oakley, Jerry, Ennis, FE. Shelton families, Lill, Edna Morris, Joe Shelton, Green and Willie Childress, Dillie Hawkins, and Howard Threasher.
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George Shelton
Trinity Route One
Olen Shelton
Gorphie Shelton
Arther Shelton
Johnie Shelton
Huse Hawkins
Charlie Powell
Oakley Garner
Jerry Shelton
Ennis Shelton
FE. E. Shelton
Lill Shelton
Edna Morris
Joe Shelton
Green Childress
Willie Childress
Dillie Hawkins
Howard Threasher
Palmer weds fourth wife in Florida ceremony
Potter D Orsay Palmer of a Chicago family confirms a fourth marriage after a Thursday divorce in Sarasota. He produced a marriage certificate showing he wed Pluma Louise Lowery Abatiello 23, a waitress, at Punta Gorda by Judge W R Roberta last night.
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Sarasota
Fla
Potter D'Orsay Palmer
Chicago
Pluma Louise Lowery Abatiello
Palmer
Charlotte County
W. R. Roberta
Punta Gorda
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