Roosevelt Visits Columbia as Senator Smith Skips Welcome
President Roosevelt spoke from the state house steps amid a heavy rain to a crowd estimated at 100000 in Columbia South Carolina. Senator FE D Smith was absent from a Democratic breakfast invitation dispute while Roosevelt recalled ties to Tillman and praised naval development with the Charleston Navy Yard. He heads to Chapel Hill for an honorary degree after a stop in Sanford North Carolina.
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Columbia
D. C
Roosevelt
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
South Carolina
State House
Washington
Warm Springs
Mr. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
FE. D. Smith
Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Jim Murray
Tillman
Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Charleston Navy Yard
Union
Johnston
Wilson
Sanford
N. C
Chapel Hill
University of North Caroina
Supreme court debates TVA act limits and child labor ban
Labor matters continued as the high court delayed final rulings on the Tennessee Valley Authority act and a constitutional amendment to abolish child labor after earlier rejection. The court also refused to hear Thomas J. Mooney’s habeas corpus plea for freedom from San Quentin prison.
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Hrst
Labor Board
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Schrimscher Tot Rites Held Today
Rites for Samuel Schrimscher four months old son of Mrs Ruby Gehrimscher were held at 10 this morning at the home 511 EF Wilson avenue Rev J F Ray conducted burial in Roselawn cemetery by Brown funeral service. The child died at the home at 3 30 yesterday morning.
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Panera
Samuel
Ruby Gehrimscher
EF. Wilson Avenue
J. F. Ray
Roselawn
Brown
Used Shoe Matinee for Charity at Decatur Theatre
For the benefit of Decatur Charity Council the Princess Theatre stage hosts a used shoe matinee Wednesday from one to five p m. Admission is a pair of usable shoes and donations are welcomed. G P Bansebs of the theatre noted that used pairs are wanted.
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Decatur Charity Council
the Princess
G. P. Ban- Seb
Market Rally Lifts Stocks As Turbulent Session Ends Mixed
A late run in steels and aircraft lifted New York stocks from doldrums with modest gains for favorites as volume faded. Transfers totaled about 2,100,000 shares for full sessions, the lightest since Sept. 22, while the foreign picture remained spotty and dull.
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New York
Markets at a Glance in New York Trading
New York markets show stocks easy and leaders sluggish while bonds mix with governments easing and industrials slipping. Foreign exchange steady with sterling stable. Cotton improves as trading houses buy, sugar weak on high quota, coffee lower, corn firm on higher Argentine notes, cattle steady to lower, and hogs down 10 to 25.
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New York
New Orleans cotton futures close steady amid varied bids
Cotton futures in New Orleans closed steady with slight declines and gains across contracts. December led at around 8.46 to 8.48, while March and May showed mixed movement between 7.75 and 8.08 as bids and offers fluctuated.
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New Orleans
Pec
Poultry Trade Report From Chicago Market
Poultry live in Chicago market reports show 17 trucks firm with hens weighing 4 1 2 pounds. The brief note indicates steady movement and stable prices in the poultry trade.
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Chicago
Poultry Live
Butter Prices and Grades Reported in Chicago Market
Butter market report from Chicago notes 480 389 creamery weak and specials with various grades and prices. Listing covers extras firsts seconds standards and refrigerator extras with bids around 22 to 30 per unit, unsettled fees and current receipts.
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Chicago
Stantfords
Cattle and hog market report from Nashville district
Cattle 800, calves 200. General undertone weak across classes. Plain and medium heifers and steers priced 6.50 to 8.00, some fed steers 8.50 or higher. Beef cows and bulls about 6.00. Top vealers 10.50. Hogs 400 head, 5 to 25 lower. weights 180 lbs and up 6.55 to 7.30, longhaul top 170 to 300 lb at butcher level. Sheep 25 steady. fat lambs 6.50 down. ewes to 3.00.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept
Gunbattle in Lawrence county ends with fatal shots
Coroners ruled deaths of A. F. Vines and A. M. Skelton as self inflicted. In Lawrence county John Thompson was fatally wounded in a gunbattle with Buddy Whitehead who lost an arm. Dennis Burrow was shot in Birmingham bus terminal as witnesses watched. Police held W. M. Naugher in Birmingham.
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Lawrence County
John Thompson
Buddy Whitehead
Thompson
Whitehead
Dennis Burrow
Oxford
Ala
Birmingham
W. M. Naugher
Carpenter
Neyland May Go to Florida Gators Rumor
Nashville banner reports Major Bob Neyland might meet Florida alumni in Jacksonville to discuss leaving Tennessee for the Gators. The story notes Neyland would be offered a new five year Tennessee contract, while he has previously said he wants to stay.
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Nashville
Tenn. Dee
Nashville Banner
Bob Neyland
University of Tennessee
Jacksonville
Fla
University of Florida
Neyland
Vols
Florida
Gator Athletics
Tennessee
Ford Aims to Clarify Anti-Trust Rules in Patents Inquiry
Arnold outlines a procedural inquiry into anti-trust enforcement, focusing on patent power and restraint of trade. The study selects automobile and glass container industries to illustrate typical situations, seeking guidance on monopoly definitions, non-disruptive policies, and constructive use of consent decrees.
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Partment
Arnold
Power official critiques TVA pricing and subsidies
Morgan claims yardstick rates understate true costs and alleges concealed subsidies. He cites Tupelo profit operations sold for 9500 and calls for a single TVA administrator replacing three directors. He notes construction, financing and water costs not counted and questions public price representations.
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Morgan
Tupelo
Miss
Japanese warships mass in Tongking Gulf shell Pakhoi
Blunt Shanghai reports Japanese ships massing in the Gulf of Tongking shelling Pakhoi near the Tonkin border. Observers say this signals a possible landing in South China though fronts in China and Spain were quiet.
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Gulf of Tongking
Pakhoi
Indo-China
South China
China
Spain
News strike begins today at Hearst papers in Chicago
Pickets gather as Chicago Newspaper Guild calls a strike of editorial and commercial staff at the Morning Herald and Examiner and Chicago Evening American. Management says papers will be printed and distributed as usual. 1,100 workers affected. claims of mass firings and demands for contracts and a no firing pledge.
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Hearst
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Morning Herald
Examiner
Chicago Evening American
American
Press Times
Don Stevens
Guild
Harry D. Wohl
Merrill G. Meigs
the American
Harry A. Koenler
Morning Examiner
American Federation of Labor
CIO Guild
Chicago American
The
Herald and Examiner
Labor Relations Board
Stevens
School workers to meet at Scottsboro
North Alabama attendance workers will meet in Scottsboro on Wednesday and tour the WPA Cumberland Mountain community. Welfare and WPA pins in the 12 counts to be rented have been invited. Delegates from Decatur include Miss Clio Levin, Mrs. W. R. Riley, Miss Hilda Kelley, and Miss Virginia Bayless, with participation from Morgan, Lawrence, Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Marion, Marshall, Jackson, Winston, and the three Decatur, Sheffield, and Huntsville systems.
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Cumberland Mountain
WPA
Decatur
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W. R. Riley
Hilda Kelley
Virginia Bayless
Morgan
Lawrence
Colbert
Cullman
Franklin
Lauderdale
Marion
Marshall
Jackson
Winston
Sheffield
Huntsville
Decatur Diary notes local hunt and community notices
Local hunters John W. Jones and daughter Nancy Worth Jones participate in the annual deer hunt in the forest reservation. The column lists visitors, church activities, illnesses, hospital visits, hospitalizations, and upcoming holidays with names such as C. T. Sewell, Rev. R. D. Cook, H. L. Kirby, and Mayo Clinic references.
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Forest Reservation
John W. Jones
Nancy Worth Jones
Sanatorium Trustees Schedule Meeting In Morgan County
The Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium board of trustees will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m The lineup includes Dr Erskine M Chenault chairman Dr J A Howle vice chairman Dr L R Murphree secretary and treasurer and Mayor J P Hodges of Hartselle The group also notes multiple local residents visiting hospitals and attending services.
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Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Erskine M. Chenault
J. A. Howle
Harteelle
L. R. Murphree
J. P. Hodges
Hartselle
Modern MM Comfortractor Display At Crow and Crow
Crow and Crow Hardware Co announces the MM Comfortractor display in Moline on Wednesday December 7, 1938. Minneapolis Moline designed the versatile 3 to 4 plow tractor with modern cabin features and a power take off for heavy belt work.
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Crow & Crow
Tratm
Widustry
Minneapolis-Moline
Crow and Crow Hardware Co
J. H. Crow
Buick Plant Shuts Amid Fisher Strike Settlement
Buick plant in Flint Michigan closes at 10 a m due to a shortage of auto bodies from the Fisher No 1 strike. Fisher local UAW leader Henry Wilson says action awaits an international board report before further steps. Homer Martin says the misunderstanding over pay method is cleared and appeal to Flint locals will occur tonight. Negotiations on piece work start Wednesday.
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Flint
Mich
Buick
General Motors Corp
Fisher
Detroit
Henry Wilson
United Automobile Workers
International
UAW
Homer Martin
Martin
Clemency Plea Heard for Jim Orr in Alabama
Governor Graves and the state pardon board heard the clemency pleas of Jim Orr Morgan county man sentenced to die in the electric chair Friday. The Bay Brothers case for Etowah county wife slayer was set for 3 30 p.m. Both convicted to die Friday. Orr allegedly shot a white man.
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Ala
Graves
State Pardon Board
Jim Orr
Morgan County
Bay Brothers
Etowah County
Orr
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