Eagle Badge to Local Boy at Decatur Rally
Tennessee Valley Council announces a February celebration with drill bandaging relay fire by friction tower building and stretcher races. Ten troops compete in Decatur while the council holds a December 22 court of honor featuring an Eagle Badge for Jimmy Bloodworth and advancement applications urged.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Decatur
The
Lyons Hotel
J. W. Wyker, Jr
Amos Clanton
Athens
T. T. Hackworth
Florence
Court House
Jimmy Bloodworth
Gasoline Meter Ordinance Adopted in Decatur
City ordinance requires retail gasoline pumps and tanks in Decatur to have standard meters for true measurement. Non dealers’ containers must also use meters and readings be inspected and recorded. Tampering is forbidden with penalties including fines up to 100 dollars and up to 60 days’ imprisonment. Adopted December 3, 1936.
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Decatur
Alabama
City of
H. O. Troup
Harris
Decatur Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Rube Robinson of Huntsville visits Decatur on business. J L Dekle of Swainsboro arrives to visit daughter Mrs Russell Speake. Daily notices cover births, illnesses, hospital transfers, church events, and a broad range of local errands and social visits in Decatur and surrounding towns.
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J. L. Dekle
Swainsboro, Ga
Russell
Betty McGehee
John McGehee
Athens College
Frank M. Church
Civil Service Exam Set in Decatur For Clerk Carrier
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for a substitute clerk carrier 65c an hour in the Decatur post office. Applications close December 11 1936. Requirements include age 18 to 44 height and weight standards with military preference. Bona fide Decatur post office patrons receive preference. Information from Decatur post office or Atlanta district office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office Service
Decatur
U. 8 Civil Service District
New Post Office
Atlanta
Post Office
Fifth U. 8
Civil Service District
Ordinance Requires Meters on Gas Pumps in City
City council discusses metering gas pump operations and delays on fireworks building permit. They authorize use of sinking funds to cover bond payments, push collections on delinquent licenses, deny reimbursements for a gas tank incident, appoint E. R. Whitton as interceptor sewer pumps superintendent, approve November minutes, and authorize about $4,000 for current bills including police cars and a patrol grader.
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General Sinking Fund
First Avenue
E. R. Whitton
Tennessee Valley Authority
Police Department
Hartselle Social Circles Share Club Meetings
Hartselle events report Culture Club entertained at Mrs C I Lee home with co hostesses. Alabama Day program featured William Gorgas paper and poetry reading. Dinner at First Methodist praised Rev Chitwood and Dr Lazenby.
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Culture Club
C. I. Lee
Hickory
L. N. Whitman
A. B. Jackson
I. Lee
W. T. Stewart
Alabama
Robert Sobotka
William Gorgas
Pierce Pattillo
EF. H. Sharpley
Martha Lillian Whitman
First Methodist Church
M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
J. H. Chitwood
W. P. Snuggs
Perry Orr
Chitwood
Emmett Bridges
Review Club
I. V. Griffin
Main Street
Max Sobotka
Seybourne Lynn
Griffin
A. H. Stephenson
Nashville
C. A. Thompson
Ann
R. G. Cowell
Huntsville
A. Blair
J. F. Stewart
Elliott Peck
J. F. Stewart, Jr
Birmingham
Hartselle
Methodist Missionary Societies
Central Methodist Church
Mattie Simpson
W.S. Poole
L. H. Houston
Raymond Duncan
Cecil Johnson
Jim Cain
W. L. Groover
Earl Riggs
J. E. Stone
King Edward and Mrs Simpson Divorce Question Divides Public
The piece surveys varied public sentiment on King Edward’s proposed marriage to Mrs Simpson. Some support a royal match while others oppose or fear the implications for royal titles and tradition. Echoes of wartime leadership and recent visits color opinions as observers debate formality and happiness of the monarch.
Well Known Citizen J F Halbrooks Dies After Long Illness
J F Halbrooks, a longtime Decatur resident and former L N Railroad employee, died at 8 this morning at Baughs Infirmary after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Bethel church near Hartselle with ministers E P Collier and I W Myers. burial at Bethel cemetery under McAfee and Young. He leaves two sons, six daughters, 36 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a brother, Rev J H Halbrooks of Somerville. pallbearers listed.
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J. F. Halbrooks
Decatur
Baugh’s Infirmary
Bethel Church
Hartselle
E. P. Collier
I. W. Myers
McAfee and Young
Bethel Cemetery
Halbrooks
L. & N. Railroad Company
R. C
F. E. Halbrooks
A. C. Martin
Monroe
Blackburn
Athens
Gus Thomas
Vinemont
Clyde Murphy
F. M. Lee
J. D. Burns
Somerville
City judge cites fraud in Missouri primary report
The Missouri primary of last August faced blunt findings by Circuit Judge Robert J. Kirkwood who said officials revealed open and blatant fraud. The report notes government efforts should focus on relief of distressed areas rather than disputes.
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City Grand
Missouri
St. Loui
Robert J. Kirkwood
Europe
Tom
Simpson Arrives in Rouen Ahead of Cannes Visit
Wallis Warfield Simpson, linked to King Edward VIII’s crisis, arrives incognito in Rouen by night from London aboard the New Haven. She goes on to Cannes with a small party. the hotel confirms no registration is required. An actress and photographer are briefly involved in a minor incident outside the hotel.
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Rouen
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward of
England
English Channel
London
Cannes
Hotel de la Poste
Paris
New Haven
Diéppe
King Edward Growing Tired of Mrs Simpson
The Baltimore Sun reports from a trans Atlantic interview that King Edward is "just a little tired of Mrs Simpson" and that the affair may end soon. The piece cites an unnamed English informant of high position who notes that many others have been involved in the controversy.
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Wales
King
Mrs. Simpson
Edward
Harry Pollitt
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Simpson
Market Gains Show Some Recovery On Wall Street
Today's stock market displayed modest recovery signs as encouraging business news gave a tonic to many sectors. Shares led by aircrafts and oils showed solid advances with firms like Douglas Boeing United North American Aviation Curtiss-Wright Sperry Wright Aeronautical Sea board Oil and others rallying. Major gains also posted by Gulf States Steel Montgomery Ward Spiegel May Stern Consolidated Edison International Paper & Power preferred International Hydro Electric Santa Fe Southern Pacific American Locomotive General Railway Steel Westinghouse Air brake Paramount. In a narrower group U. S. Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler North American Anaconda Kennecott Schenley Goodyear Westinghouse Loews N Y Central Pennsylvania and duPont lagged some.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Douglas
Boeing
United
North American Aviation
Curtiss-Wricht
Sperry
Wricht Aeronautical
Seaboard Oil
Standard of N. J
Amerade
Texas Corp
Pure Oil
Ohio
Gulf States Steel
Montgomery Ward
Spiegel-May-Stern
Consolidated Edison
International Paper & Power Preferred
International Hydro-Electric
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
American Locomotive
General Railway Steal
Westinghouse Airbrake
Paramount
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
North American
Anaconda
Kennecott
Schenley
Goodyear
General Eredric
Westinghouse
Loews
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania
duPont
Live Stock Market Prices and Ranges
Grassy slaughter steers and heifers at 31 to 5 1 2 cents per pound. Meaty yearlings and steers up to 1 2. Beef cows 3 1 4 to 3 3 4 cents, some fat cows to 4 1 4. Cutter cows 2 to 8 cents, strong weights 3 1 4. Thin shells 2 1 2 cents down. Medium bulls 3 to 4 cents. Veal calves 2 1 2 to 5 cents. Heavy feeders about 5 cents. Hogs 200 to 300 pounds around 9.55, 305 lbs up 9.25. 160-195 avg 9.00. 130-155 lbs 8.00. 125 lbs down 7.25. Sows 8.25. Half fat and unfinished hogs discounted. Lambs ewe and wether 7 to 12 cents. Plain lambs 5 1 2 cents. Culls 4 cents and down.
Liverpool cotton market reports steady prices and futures
Liverpool on December 4 reports 16 000 bales including 4700 American with spot business moderate and prices unchanged. Quotations list American grades from strict good middling 7.61 to strict low middling 6.11 with futures steady at Dec 6.59 Jan 6.58 May 6.56 Jul 6.52 Oct 6.26.
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Liverpool
Chicago Market Report Butter Eggs Prices Steady
Chicago market notes show butter at 8 991 unsettled with prices unchanged. Eggs at 4873 steady with extra firsts and current receipts plus refrigeration standards and extras listed, market appears stable.
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Chicago
Live poultry prices steady under wholesale market conditions
Chicago market notes show steady live poultry demand with hens and young birds up to 4 1 2 pounds gaining about 16 cents, roosters at 12, turkeys hens 17, young toms 14 1 2, old 13, No 2 turkeys 12, ducks white and colored up to 13, geese 12, capons 7 pounds up 19, dressed turkeys steady with hens and young at 21, old 18, toms 18, No 2 turkeys 15.
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Chicago
Springs
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Plymouth
Potatoes Steady as Demand Lags in Chicago Market
Chicago prices show potatoes steady with slow demand. Idaho russet burbanks US No 1 grade ranges 2.35 to 2.60 per cwt, US No 2 at 2.00, Washington russet burbanks comprising grade large around 2.60, with light supplies and bagged stock noted.
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Chicago
Idaho
U. 8
Washington
New Strikes Hit Auto and Allied Industries
The AP reports widespread labor action across auto parts and glass firms with clashes over meeting sites. Ford idle frames threaten the Lincoln Zephyr line while Goodyear and Briggs workers protest grievances. Marine and railway strikes affect 37,000 seamen and longshore crews, with jams on the Champlain and Santa Fe West Coast lines.
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Associated Press
Libbey-Owens- Ford Company
Ottawa
Iil
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Glenn W. McCabe
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
J. D. Biggers
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
Pittsburgh
Biggers
Toledo
McCabe
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Midland Steel Products
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
John House
Goodyear
United Rubber Workers
Clifton Slusser
House
Galveston
Tex
New York
France
West Duluth
New Duluth
New Duluth, Minn, Plants of the Coolerator Corporation
Santa Fe Railway
West Coast Lines
J. R. Hitchcock
Parade of Progress rolls through Decatur Saturday
A three mile parade of more than 50 General Motors cars and GM product samples will travel the Decatur route Saturday afternoon. Captain Van Gilbert says four motorcyclists will meet the parade at the Tennessee line to escort it to Birmingham, then another unit will follow to Montgomery.
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Decatur
General Motors
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Tennessee Line
Birmingham
Montgomery
Wisconsin Round Whites And Radored McClures Prices
U S No 1 items listed with prices 2 40 to 2 65 for radored McClures and 1 90 to 1 95 for Wisconsin round whites.
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McClures
Wisconsin
Midwest Livestock Prices Move Mixed Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago reports hogs steady to 10 lower versus Thursday with light weights holding up and top around 10.05. Cattle activity declines with small slaughter supply and steer and yearling prices easing. heifers around 11.25 and vealers 9.50 to 10.50. Sheep fat lambs remain active and mostly steady with prices 8.50 to 8.75 and a top near 8.90.
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Chicago
U. S
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Tuscaloosa
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Red Bay
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Hartselie
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L. D. Day
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W. A. Coney
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W. L. Jenkins
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Callie Lipscomb
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Thomas Stewart, Jr
D. M. Crow
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J. B. Robinson
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Willie Smith
Gum Pond
Bill Singleton
E. H. Smith
Tom Hamilton
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F. L. Aldridge
West Side Methodist Church
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M. M. Parker
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