Girl Scout Troop One in Decatur to Reorganize
Miss Ray Mitchell of Birmingham guides the plan to revive Lone Pine Troop Number One in Decatur. The former 20-member unit has been inactive since last March with two new lieutenants elected and a meeting set to finalize reorganization and expand membership.
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Lone Pine
Girl Scouts
Decatur
Ray Mitchell
Birmingham
Girl Scout
Dixie
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mary Briscoe
Margaret Alexander
C. A. Moore
Clyde Secmatire
Bat Calvin Ty
Miss Mitchell
Josephine Puckett
Hartselle
Georgia State College
Macon
Walter Rothschild
New York City
Eight-Point Peace Plan Urged to Restore World Cooperation
An eight point peace plan urges revival of vital international ties undermined by disregard for others rights and opinions. It calls for strengthening justice based law humanitarian principles and strict observance of treaties as the foundation of global order. It warns that breaking agreements risks global anarchy and favors peaceful procedures and mutual understanding to modify or end treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Na- Hull
Inspection Made of New Buildings
T. C. Pace regional inspector of PWA projects visited today to inspect several new school buildings under construction in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Pace
PWA
Probate Notices for Frank and Buttrey Estates
Letters testamentary granted by Judge B L Malone in Morgan County in 1936. executrix Annie Moore requests all claimants present claims within the law. Also notices for J A Buttrey estate with similar deadline. claims to be presented or barred by law.
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Sam Frank
Probate Court
B. L. Malone
Morgan County
Annie (Frank) Moore
Mar
MAB. Cusste Ameren
Parole Application Consideration for Woodruff
Notice of parole on Woodruff to apply to the board of pardons at the next meeting for a parole. Convicted Oct. 8, 1926 for grand larceny and sentenced from 2 to 5 years.
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Woodruff
Board of Pardons
Decatur News Briefs From Church Events And Local Happenings
Community notices include Universal Bible Sunday at Ninth Street Methodist, district stewards meeting at Central Methodist, and a West End Baptist pastor decision to be announced. Also local sports talk on Rose Bowl captions, Christmas schedules, school holiday closure, prize-winning performances, and various county and city appointments and visits.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Chawrch
West End Baptist Church
Southside Baptist Church
I. W. Meyers
L. D. Patterson
First Methodist Church
John. C. White
Patterson
White
KingEdward VIII Faces Abdication Crisis Over Mrs Simpson
London crowds rally behind the king as Prime Minister Baldwin demands constitutional limits on marriage to Wallis Simpson. Churchill backs the king, while Conservatives split over abdication as Parliament supports the constitutional stance. Simpson remains abroad in France while the king weighs his love against empire.
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London
Baldwin
Mrs. Pson
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Simpson
France
Eam
Commons
Aleas
Mrs. Wallis Simpson
Fort Belvedere
House of Commons
Blois
Stanley Baldwin
Baltimore
Oe Ae Ae
Checks Paid County Teachers Today
Checks totaling about $20,000 were distributed to 203 county school teachers. Some visited Supt. George T. Woodruff’s office for pay, but most were mailed. The money covers salaries due teachers up to November.
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Supt
George T. Woodruff
Walsh-Healy contracts total $5.32 million awarded this week
The labor department reported 64 contracts awarded under the Walsh-Healy act for a total of $5,320,526 this week. The notices come from Washington and detail government procurement activity.
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Washington
Walsh-Healy
Labor Department
Funeral for Fred Trussell 19 Poisoning Victim
Funeral services for Fred Trussell aged 19 will be at Bethlehem church in Cullman County at 11 AM Monday. Coroner ruled the death a deliberate poisoning from carbolic acid as relatives cited despondency over job loss after being laid off from trucking work.
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Fred Trussell
Benevolent Society Hospital
Bethlehem Church
Cullman County
Max Love
McAfee
Young
Walter Trussell
Belford
Talmadge
Theodore
Decatur
Lewis E. Trussell
New Pastor Examined for Ordination in Morgan County
Rev. Bud Bynum, a young Baptist minister, passed a perfect exam before the Morgan County Baptist Association examining board in the Central Baptist parlors. He serves as pastor at Pleasant Hill, Belleview, and Macedonia West. Results go to Pleasant Hill for the ordination date within days. The session drew several churches and lasted over an hour, described as highly helpful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Bynum
Morgan County Baptist Association
Central Baptist
Bynum
Pleasant Hill
Belleview
Macedonia West
Decatur Club Reports Over $200 From Seal Sales
The treasurer Miss Clio Levin announced a little over $200 raised in the Christmas seal sale. The tuberculosis fund drive is sponsored by the Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club.
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Clio Levin
Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Public mood sways as King Edward debates marriage fate
Amid crisis coverage UK leaders and papers weigh King Edward VIII's plan to wed Mrs Wallis Simpson. Archbishop appeals for nationwide prayers while Viscount Craigavon travels to London for cabinet talks and Baldwin seeks guidance. Opinion varies on abdication and a potential King’s party.
Mrs. Simpson Arrives in Cannes at Rogers Villa
Five suitcases and eight large trunks said to belong to Mrs. Simpson arrived in Cannes and were sent to the villa of New York socialites Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers. A Scotland Yard detective accompanied Rogers, while authorities kept the situation under tight scrutiny.
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Cannes
France
Blois
Associated Press
Vienne
Lyon
Great Emancipator and Atlas of Clues Puzzle
A list of scattered clues across numbers 1 to 57 with hints for words like president, steamer, and verbs. The mixed entries include definitions for a crossword style puzzle with vertical and horizontal prompts and several cross references in a compact, fragmented format.
Market Quotation Roundup From New York and Liverpool
Market notes from New York trading discuss mixed gains and losses across leaders including American Locomotive Baldwin Houston Oil and Pure Oil with 950000 shares changing hands. Declines touch U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler and others while a stock exchange seat sale tops 97000 with talk of new trading rules from the SEC next week. Liverpool cotton futures close steady with Dec 6.59 Jan 6.58 May 6.56 and other values.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Newport
Texas Gulf
Poor & Co
American Locomotive
Baldwin
Houston Oil
Standard Oil
Midland
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bell System
Liverpool
Markets at a Glance on New York and Chicago Trade
Markets at a glance show stocks steady and specialties advancing quietly in New York. Bonds are irregular while utilities firm. power and oil shares boosted. foreign exchanges ease with francs and sterling down. In Chicago, wheat eases on better weather and corn is irregular with liberal receipts. cattle steady and hogs steady to weak with top at $10.
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New York
Commission House
Wall Street
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady with small declines
New Orleans futures market closed with minor losses across the board. The Dec contract fell to 12.18, Jan 11.99, Mar 11.94, May 11.82, Jul 11.69, and Oct 11.20, vs prior levels as trading ranged and ended lower by about 5 to 6 points.
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New Orleans
Market livestock prices from a farm report
Grassy slaughter steers and heifers 3 1 2 to 5 1 2 cents. Meaty yearlings and steers up to 5 1 20. Beef cows 3 1 4 to 3 3 4 cents, few fat cows to 4 1 4. Cutter cows 2 to 3, some weights 8 1 4. Medium bulls 3 to 4 cents. Veal calves 2 1 2 to 5 cents, heavy vealers around 5. Hogs 200 to 300 pounds 9.55, 305 pounds up 9.25, 160–195 lbs 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, buck lambs 7 cents, plain lambs 5 1 2 cents, culled 4 cents and down.
Market Rates Lined In Ordinary Chicago Bulletin
A compressed Chicago bulletin lists closing figures with minor percentage changes for Dec 1 and Dec 5. The data show small fluctuations in rates including 1.24 percent and 1.25 percent across several columns, reflecting routine daily market updates.
Chicago Market News Quiet as Butter and Eggs Steady
Chicago reports butter at 7 546 and eggs at 3 961 with prices unchanged. Market brief notes steady wholesale quotations in frigid December.
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Chicago
Poultry market steady with varied weights and prices
Chicago market reports live poultry and dressed turkey prices by weight. Hens and roosters shown in multiple weight classes from under 4 to over 7 pounds, with colored, Plymouth Rock and white rock varieties listed. Dressed hens and toms follow steady pricing across young and old categories.
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Chicago
Springs
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Plymouth
Hog market report from Chicago U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Chicago, December 5 report shows hog prices mostly steady to weak with several loads of good choice 160-210 lb hogs at 9.25 to 9.85, around 250 lb butchers at 10.00, top quotes at 10.05, mediums about 90 lb pigs at 6.75, and good sows 9.15 to 9.35. shippers took 500 head, with estimated hold.
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Chicago
U. 8
S. Dept
Roosevelt rests aboard Indianapolis Returning from Buenos Aires
President Roosevelt, returning from the inter American peace conference, relaxes aboard the cruiser Indianapolis 3,300 miles from Trinidad. He plans to begin drafting the annual message to Congress and the budget. He and Uruguay's President Terra exchange farewell messages and praise Montevideo's reception as a marvelous display of friendship.
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U. S
Chester
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Indianapolis
Trinidad
Dent
Congress
Gabriel Terra
Uruguay
United States
Terra
Montevideo
Constitutional Plan of Government Is at Stake in Love Cri
Churchill questioned if any irrevocable step would be taken in the Simpson crisis without Parliament being informed. The piece argues the crime is a ruler refusing to accept the prime minister’s advice, outlining potential outcomes for Edward VIII if he refuses to give up Mrs Simpson or abdicate.
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Edward
Lib- Daily Express
Resinstamemen Press
New World Dominion
Simpson
Telegraph
Laborite Herald
The
News Chronicle
England
Churchill
Mrs. Simpson
James II
Britain
Reached By Edward and That Favors Cupid
An Evening News report notes Edward in good health amid a tense throne situation. A friend states possible constitutional battles remain, while Lord Rothermere warning against smuggling the king off the throne over the weekend.
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Edward
Cupid
Evening News
Lord Rothermere
England
New York Cotton Exchange Suspends Trading Holidays
The Board of Managers announced futures trading on the New York Cotton Exchange will be suspended on December 26 and January 2 due to Christmas and New Year holidays.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Board of Managers
Market Reports Show Mixed Cattle Gains and Sheep Declines
Over 1 000 head weekly turnout notes uneven gains with cattle firms lifting weighty steers to 12 1 2 dollars per hundredweight and tops near 12 50 while yearlings and lighter grades rise 25. Fat lambs fall 50 75 cents with top week at 9 35 and nearby natives around 8 90 to ship per cwt.
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Decatur’s
J. H. Spiegel
Pitt
Eddie Brietz
Louisiana State
Santa Clara
Mexico
Hoye Martin
Grover Sheats
Moulton Street
Messrs
Martin and
Sheats
Charles Couseles
Hunts
Joyce June Whitmire
J. B. Whitmire
Athens College
Ministerial Association
Central Baptist Church
H. B. Foster
National Re-Employment Service
Haleyville
Lonnie Roberts
Town Creek
George Hargrove
Veto
Priday
W. V. Neville
Trinity
J. M. Glasgow
H. P. Lyle
Somerville
Sam P. Lile
Grady Young
W. J. Brown
Mary E. Chenault
Nashville
Vanderbilt Hospital
Brown
John Blair
R. W. Hicks
E. R. Barclay
W. A. Tankersley
Lacon
D. A. Sharp
E. L. Beddingfield
Tanner Route 1
Aeanomes Wels Laboratory
Herman Mullica
Austinville
Maude Pay
D. P. Roan
Eva
A. M. Roan
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Weyland McGlathery
City
A. M. Barran
E. J. Russell
Falkville
T. C. Almon
Montgomery
George O'Brien
Southern Bell Tele Co
Birming
Georgia
Central
Tennyson
Edward Wally
America
Emma K. Aldridge
Center Grove School
O. C. Hipps
Hodges Crow
KJ. Russell of
W. L. Sparkman
Mr. Sparkman
Paul Almon Tucker
Ella Ray Gann
Decatur Box and Basket Factory
Pittsburgh
Huskies
Minnesota
R. W. Shepherd
Ray Crow
A. P. Morgan, Jr
Whitley Hotel
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Crow
Shephard
District One
P. H. Sandlin
Aaron Walton
Huntsville
A. A. Means of
Route 3
Burnie Lee
Neel School
Fred Sparkman
Oak Ridge School
Benson Field
Bess
Elizabeth
Duke of York
Cantebury
Church of England
London Times
Peor
U.S. A
American Telephone
Anaconda
Woolworth
Gulf States Steel
Stock Exchange
Decatur Livestock Market
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