Athens College campaign plans outlined at Decatur meeting
The Athens College drive was mapped at a Decatur gathering. Mrs L D Patterson led the event with Dr K R Naylor and others outlining a $60,000 debt payoff, $100,000 endowment boost, and a new dormitory as the school, nearing a century of women’s education, seeks strong support from districts across Alabama.
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Athens College
Mra
L. D. Patterson
L. O. Stout
BE. R. Braswell
W. F. Price
Decatur
Roanoke
K R. Naylor
North Alabama
Mee Teane Morris
Birmingham
Albertville
R. L. Fowler
Oneonta
Anniston
D. Bernhard
French Craddock
Sylacauga
Bessemer
Hamilton
Tuscaloosa
H.H. Maxwell
Northport
Aldridge
Roosevelt aims to boost housing and tax reform in session
Three weeks of the special session focus on housing administration and federal mortgage insurance to spur private construction. Treasury officials foresee budget balancing steps while Morgenthau limits near term pumping. Railroads seek a large freight rate rise amid coal and energy policy.
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Roosevelt
House Ways and Means
Harrison
Mississippi
Morgenthau
Jesse Jones
RFC
New York
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Chicago
The
Coal Commission
Decatur Notes Report Local Visits and Events
Mrs J A Walker was moved home from Baughs Infirmary. Service info at Sixteenth Avenue Church of Christ. Numerous visits and births listed with residents of Decatur and nearby towns. Ballots for January 4 special primary arrived. three candidates named Heflin Hill Williams. Louise Wynn discharged from Baughs Infirmary after operation. Frank Hendrix had surgery at Baughs Infirmary.
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Church of Christ
Senate
Hugo Black
J. Thomas Heflin
Lister Hill
Chas. W. Williams
Louise Wynn
Hartselle
Baugh's Infirmary
Jones Declares No Low Mood Amid Recession Fears
Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, says there is no true basis for a depression. He spoke at the 52nd annual New York Southern event, insisting that despite recessions and fears, the nation has not reached a low mood.
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New York
Dee
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New York Southern
Atlanta Flag Salute Rule Hit By Supreme Court
A twelve year old student challenges an Atlanta public school rule requiring flag salutes. Dorothy Leoles, backed by her father, argues the policy violates religious beliefs as Jehovah’s Witnesses. the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the expulsion for refusal and the case seeks Supreme Court review.
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Supreme Court
Atlanta
Board of Education
Dorothy Leoles
George Censoy
Jehovah's Witnesses
Dorothy
Georgia Supreme Court
Drow Street
Montague Rebuffed From Open Bid Despite Form
John Montague loses invitation to the 1 matchy open in February while the rival Sanes who beat him in informal play earn bids along with 35 of the nation’s top golfers.
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San Francisco
John Montague
Babe Ruth
Monty
xBions
Mrs Hamilton Dies in Los Angeles at 80
Mrs. John D. M. Hamilton Sr mother of RNC chairman John D. M. Hamilton Jr. died at the home of another son Hale Hamilton in Los Angeles after two months of illness following a stroke. She was 80.
Wage Hour Bill Returns to Committee
Representative Cox of Georgia predicted the house would send the wage-hour bill back to the labor committee for rewriting. He warned that reopening the measure could end it.
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Washington
Cox
House
Labor Committee
Benson predicts Roosevelt third-term bid in 1940
Portland reports Elmer A. Benson former Minnesota labor governor told an interview that President Roosevelt would be nominated for a third term in 1940.
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Portland
Ore
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Dust spread heats soil to quicken cotton maturity
Ruasiang farmers hasten cotton maturity by spreading coal dust over soil. The dark coal ash absorbs more heat from the air than the lighter soil, accelerating crop development.
Fried Chicken Tax Changes Dominate Gov Show On Dec 4
In Beltsville Maryland and Washington the day features two main items. Poultry professors report a color mating system affecting chick outcomes and hen roosters shaping yard segregation. A House tax subcommittee previews six revenue changes impacting corporate deductions and gifts for charitable and educational purposes.
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Eddie Gilmore
Beltsville
Washington
Sea Vinson
Vinson
Pittsburgh Paralyzed by Dirt Laden Smog Haze
Pittsburgh residents endured a cold damp smog with a mile high pillar reported by observers. Wind was weak and unable to clear the smoke, leaving the Golden Triangle dark and traffic snarled at many intersections.
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Pittsburgh
Hearing on Mitchell negro discrimination postponed
The Interstate Commerce Commission indefinitely postponed a hearing on Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell's complaint that the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway discriminated against him as a negro. The December 10 Chicago session was called off because Mitchell could not attend during Congress's special session after he filed the complaint on September 2. He alleged he was forced to move from a first class to a second class car on a Chicago to Hot Springs train near Memphis.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Arthur W. Mitchell
D-Till
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago
Mitchell
Congress
Rock Island
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
Sailor Peter Renskers Dies in Harbor Fall Burial Today
New York resident and former Netherlands born sailor Peter Renskers died after falling from a barge into Buffalo harbor. A veteran who saved 30 people during nearly four years at sea and as a lakeman and barge captain, he will be buried today at the local cemetery.
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N.oe
Peter Renskers
Renskers
New York
Netherlands
Five eastern players named to AMN America team
New York World Telegram announces 1937 AMN America team with five players from the east and one each from the west and south. Notables include Monsky of Alabama at center and Wojcierchowicz of Fordham at quarterback, joined by figures from Villanova Pittsburgh Texas A and M Yale Dartmouth California.
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Southwestern
Southern College
New York World-Telegram
Binds
Wysocki
Villanova
Souchiak
Pittsburgh
Mat Pittsburgh
Barbarisky
Baraat
Routt
Texas
A and M
Monsky
Alabama
Wojcierchowicz
Fordham
White
Colorado
Frank
Yale
McLeod
Dartmouth
Chapman
California
Boy Dies at Sea During Desperate Naval Operation
A 19 year old deck boy Arthur Duffy died at sea after a failed operation aboard the British freighter Antonia. Navy surgeons in Honolulu diagnosed mastoiditis and appendicitis as the illness and pressed ship officers into service.
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New
President Hayes
Arthur Duffy
mid-Pacific
Antonia
Navy
Honolulu
Downtown stores urge customers to carry purchases to curb union activity
Twelve downtown Los Angeles department stores urged shoppers to carry their own Christmas purchases to help combat what circulars described as an unwarranted invasion of labor organizers. They accused Dave Beck of Seattle of trying to disrupt delivery service.
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Dave Beck
Seattle
A.-F.-L.teamsters’ Union
Alabama Ad bids for Rose Bowl exposure and state fund
Plans to advertise Alabama at the California Rose Bowl game proceed after a 2000 state fund was approved. Governor Graves pledged the money and urged Birmingham’s Perkins J. Prewitt to accelerate the publication, with a total campaign budget of 25000 for Pacific Coast advertising and small county and city contributions.
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Ala
Alabama
California
Graves
Perkins J. Prewitt
Birmingham
Prewitt
Birmingham Farmer Dies of Wound From Bale Incident
Martin Calloway a 2% Payette County farmer died in a Birmingham hospital from a bale wound in the abdomen sustained when he was shot while working on his farm.
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C. A. Sides
Fayette County
Calloway
Birmingham
Ala
Martin Calloway
Payette County
Accidental death verdict in Callie Pritchard case
Coroner Gip M. Evans rules the death of 43 year old Callie Pritchard former Tallapoosa Georgia resident as accidental after the car he rode collided with a freight train at a suburban crossing. The vehicle was carried about 100 feet from the crossing according to witnesses. Pritchard reportedly operated a night spot east of Birmingham.
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Ala
Gip M. Evans
Callie Pritchard
Tallapoosa
Pritchard
Here
Huntsville grammar school contract awarded to local firm
In Huntsville Alabama the east Clinton grammar school project received a $68,800 bid from Daniel Construction Company of Birmingham. R Hugh Daniel vice president says construction will begin next week.
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Birmingham
Ala
East Clinton Grammar
Huntsville
Danial Construction Company of
R. Hugh Daniel
Markets drift with limited rally amid slow Saturday trading
New York markets showed quiet strength with only fractional gains for top issues as leadership faded. Traders eyed a farm bill to boost rural demand while export and crop news remained mixed and activity ran about 500,000 shares. Wheat and corn futures rose modestly with sizable open interest notes.
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Howe Sound
Anaconda
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Lone Star Cement
Owemel Illinois
Monsanto Chemical
Westinghouse
Duy Pont
U.S. Smelting
Philip Morris
American Can
Air Reduction
Santa Fe
American Telephone
N. Y. Air Brake
Market Wrap: Commodities Mixed As Steady Stocks Weigh
New York reports show stocks steady while farm implements rise. bonds gain modestly. curb market up overall. Foreign exchange steady with sterling and franc higher. cotton down. sugar and coffee show gains on trade and Brazilian selling. Chicago grains steady to firm with wheat near steady, corn firm on export demand. cattle nominal and hogs slow but steady.
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New York
Chicago
Cottonseed futures steady with steady quotes in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 4 cottonseed markets remained closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 7.05 nominal and prime crude 5.75 to 6.00. Futures quote range listed: Dec 6.63B, Jan 6.64B, March 6.65B, May 6.68B, July 6.73B. B-Bid.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close dull in Memphis trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures for Memphis closed dull with 100 tons sold. January 19.75, February 19.60, March 19.75, April 19.70, May 19.75, June 19.65, July 19.65.
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Memphis
Tenn
Average middling cotton price at ten Southern markets
Average price of middling cotton today in ten Southern spot markets was 7.88 cents per pound. The thirty day average stands at 7.89 cents.
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New Orleans
Cotton prices drift lower in brief New Orleans session
Cotton prices eased in a short New Orleans session amid hedging and weekend liquidation. Dec closed 7.98, Jan 7.97, Mar 8.04, May 8.07, Jul 8.10, Oct 8.11. Turnover 25,300 bales. open commitments 489,150 bales, down 4,650 from yesterday.
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New Orleans
New York
T&t
Commodity Exchange Administration
Wheat market quiet. prices rise fractionally in Chicago
In Chicago on December 4 a quiet wheat market saw prices edge higher at times amid mild profit taking and modest demand, with traders noting cautious activity and subtle gains despite overall steadiness.
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Chicago
Staves Headed to Argentina From Decatur Plant
Co. C. Miller of Swift and Company Chicago inspects and ships twelve carloads of barrel staves to La Plata Argentina. Staves produced at Holland Blow Stave Co. Miller makes two annual Decatur trips for the company. Slaves are shipped to Swift packing plants in South America.
Final system of 19 detention reservoirs proposed on Tennessee tributaries
Kurtz defended a plan of 19 detention reservoirs on Tennessee tributaries over the TVA flood control plan. He said all TVA dams have flood control value, but his system would not aid floods on the Mississippi or Ohio. Testimony came Thursday. Albert B. Crane, NY consulting engineer, urged TVA directors to follow the law, stressing power development.
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TVA
Kurtz
Mississippi
Ohio
Albert 8. Crane
New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Cities Challenge TVA Power Blockade Suit
In Nashville 15 Tennessee municipalities pressed to end TVA power limits as Chancellor S A Marable of Clarksville prepared to rule on the constitutionality of a legislative act. The Kentucky Tennessee Light and Power Company seeks to halt Clarksville's $250000 bond issue and TVA contract.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
TVA
S. A. Marable
Clarksville
Marable
Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Company
Retirement letter from W W Benson Deputy Superintendent
W W Benson announces retirement after eighteen years serving the Decatur schools. He notes the growth and progress of the system, expresses gratitude for support from boards and superintendents, and pledges continued reliance on colleagues for the remainder of the school year.
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Decatur
Greater
W. W. Benson
Baby Drowns in Milk Pail Near Watertown
Ruth Munger, year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Munger farmers on Belleville Road south of Watertown, drowned today in a milk pail. Mrs Munger rinsed the pail left nearly full of water on the kitchen floor then went upstairs and found the child head down in the vessel. Dr Carl Alden could not revive the infant.
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N. Y
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Donald Munger
Belleville Road
Munger
Carl Alden
Roosevelt Cuts Vacation Short For Dental Healing
President Roosevelt abruptly ends a southern trip to Washington for urgent dental care after learning the gum around a tooth removed November 18 was slow to heal. He trims three days from his schedule, including fishing cruise time and Georgia layovers, to reach the capital by Monday evening.
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Fla. de
Roosevelt
Washington
Georgia
Mail Robbery Loot Is Large New Work
Post office inspectors reported a theft of 11 mail bags from a United States mail truck. Five bags were recovered from the East River with contents including $7,000 in currency and an item of jewelry. Police continued search for the six missing pouches as investigators noted most loot consisted of non negotiable securities.
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Oral Reserve Bank
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Peter Schieb
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Civil War Fronts See Renewed Air Attacks and Retaliation
Insurgent war planes renew attacks on the central front as the Spanish Civil War tightens. The Aragon front sees the government respond with a mass air attack on Almudevar.
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Rumania
Yugoslavia
Aragon
Almudevar
Siushan Attacked While Aiding Nuns Near Shanghai
The British steamer Siushan was riddled by bullets while attempting to rescue nine French Canadian nuns marooned on Tsungming Island near Shanghai. Captain N McMillan kept the wheel safe while the crew faced heavy fire. Japanese forces threaten Nanking and Chinkiang as actions expand near Shanghai and Hangzhou.
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Patrolmen Aid Blaze Fight on Hartselte Joppa Road
State highway patrol members assisted in battling a blaze near the Hartselte Joppa road after being alerted by Patrolman Sanders Pusch. The force adapted from traffic duties to help contain the fire as TVA lines reported the situation.
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Yes
TVA
Hartselte- Joppa
Deanna Durbin Turns Fifteen Without Mink Gift
In Hollywood on December 4 1939 Deanna Durbin marks her fifteenth birthday. Her family the James Durbin clan could afford a mink coat but decline the gift saying they are not mink minded.
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Hollywood
Deanna Durbin
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