Son of FDR Under Fire Over Church Contributions
Rev Howard Stone Anderson of the First Congregational Church testifies to the House Un American Activities Committee. He criticizes James Roosevelt for not contributing to a church and for gifts below $28 annually in most years, urging public leaders to support religious work to sustain Americanism. The minister is the first to submit suggestions for promoting Americanism.
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James Roosevelt
Howard Stone Anders
First Congress
House Committee In un-American Activities
A& Young
America
Anderson
Decatur High to Stage Crazy House Play This December
Decatur schools present a modern two night play Crazy House on December 8 at Riverside auditorium. The Beldinker family tops the plot with a trendy mother and grandmother and three spoiled children. A variety of entertainers will open and intermission features dance and musical acts by local students and teachers.
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Decatur Achoolsee Modern
Riverside Auditorium
Beldinker
Varidkia
Carl Conley
Lyn Ellmer
Charlotte Brothers
Willodean Martin
Mary Wilson
Jenice Lee Blackwell
Julia Holesapple
Betty Sue Yarbrough
Sarah Humphrey
Billy Joe Wallace
J. P. Vaughn
Bobby Hobbs
Jimmie Nix
Guy Penn
Betty Joyce McMeans
Betty Jane Doutitt
Dorothy Woodruff
Mary Claud Delmore
Fred Garnett
Delano Johnson
Fay Brown
Marie Mooney
Theo Ward
Winford Head
Sam Evins
Cuiliford Brothers
Mary Ann Brown
Clyde Scott
Lee Stockton
G. P. Banniza
Charles Murphy
Markets Rise Then Ease After Morning Gains In New York
Air crafts led a stock recovery with many leaders moving over 2 points at midday as trading broadened to about 1,000,000 shares. Profit taking trimmed gains by close while speculative buyers anticipated a technical rebound after four declines. Tax selling slowed and sentiment was hopeful with waning foreign concerns. Turkey prices showed firmness with varied gains for dressed and boxed birds.
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New York
Market snapshot shows stocks firm and commodities mixed
New York stocks firm led by aircrafts while bonds held steady as U S government and franc notes advance. Sugar improved on support, coffee bought, cattle and hogs weaker, hogs down, cattle down about 25, poultry firm in Chicago with hens 4 1 2 cents.
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New York
Deco
U. S
Chicago
Local hunter bags 11 point buck near Moulton
J and Hogan, a well known local sportsman, bagged an 11 point buck in the national forest near Moulton today weighing 177 pounds. Hogan said the hunt began this morning and his gun jammed first, the deer wheeled and ran, he fired again hitting it. The animal was slowed by the second hit and finally down after four more shots. The deer drew attention on the car running board when brought in this afternoon as about 400 hunters were in the forest today.
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J. & Hogan
National Forest
Moulton
Hogan
Girl Wounded in Shooting at Walton Home
Miss Dorothy Whaley remained unchanged in condition after being shot at Cecil Walton’s home Saturday afternoon. Coroner Bev Howell ruled Walton died by suicide after the shooting. Miss Whaley and her father Herman Whaley had gone to Walton’s 906 Twelfth Avenue East to reconcile after a Friday fight.
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Benevolent Society Hospital
Dorothy Whaley
Cecil Walton
Bev Howell
Walton
Miss Whaley
Herman Whaley
Twelfth Avenue East
Man wounded in Hillsboro quarry shooting improves in infirmary
J W Whitehead the victim of a Friday night shooting near Hillsboro is recovering at Baugh's Infirmary. His right arm was amputated at the wrist. Whitehead and Charles Regan face murder charges. Regan is held in Lawrence county jail at Moulton.
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J. W. Whitehead
John Thompson
Hillsboro
Baugh’s Infirmary
Whitehead
Charles Regan
Regan
Lawrence County
Moulton
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis market
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with 22.50 for December and 22.45 for January. Prices shown for February through July range from 22.65 to 23.60, with 2,500 bales traded.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cattle and hog prices in Nashville market report
Nashville market report shows cattle 200 head steady with plain to good cattle trading 6.50 to 7.50 for medium to good steers and heifers, yearlings to 850, beef cows and bulls 6.00 down, cutter cows 3.25 to 4.50, top vealers 10.50. Hogs 300 not established. Sheep steady. fat lambs to 50, mutton ewes to 3.00.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. B. T. Agri
Chicago Wheat Futures Edge Up on Dull Gains
Chicago December wheat rose briefly as traders weighed reports of reduced domestic acreage and lower prospective U S winter yields. Futures closed mixed with gains centered near 1 8 to 3 8 cents. December at 64 1 2 8 8, May 67 1 8 67. corn eased, oats rose slightly.
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Chicago
United States
Napa
Chicago wholesale dairy prices ease and hold steady
Butter 816,092, steady, prices unchanged. Eggs 4,121, easy, fresh graded extra firsts 29, refrigerator extras 23, standards 22 3-4, firsts 22 1-2, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
TVA debate on dam power role sparks flood control clash
Congressman Wolverton and TVA official spar over the law requiring power generation at four dams Guntersville Chickamauga Pickwick Wheeler. Estimates claim reservoirs would flood fertile land worth over 3 million annually, while TVA argues to protect Mississippi Valley crops and reduce flood damage.
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TVA
Woodward
Guntersville
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Wheeler
Tennessee Valley
Mississippi Valley
Wolverton
Debate on liquor statute delayed in Alabama high court
The Alabama Supreme Court postponed arguments on the validity of the state beverage control act to December 23. Horace Wilkinson of Birmingham sought the continuance due to illness. The case came from Jefferson County where Judge John Denson upheld the state stores system.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
High Court
Wilkinson
Jefferson Circuit Court
John Denson
Community house heater donation acknowledged
Mrs. A. Z. Bailey president of the City Mission Board expressed appreciation for a circulating heater donated for the community house on West Market Street. A second heater is needed for the Fourth Avenue South community house and donors are asked to contact Mrs. Bailey at 510 or Miss Lucy Bell at 576.
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A. Z. Bailey
City Mission Board
W. Market Street
Fourth Avenue
Bailey
Lucy Bell
Miss Liberty Repaired in New York Harbor Return Planned
The Statue of Liberty will emerge from a several month repair period on December 15 wearing a new iron hoopskirt. The hoopskirt supports the copper folds of her gown after 52 years in New York Harbor and is among several replacements made.
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Miss Liberty
New York
Statue of Liberty
Wreck Victim 18 Still Unconscious
Mitchell Savage 20 of Nashville remained unconscious at Benevolent Society hospital after a car crash on Bee Line highway near here. He suffered a severe head injury possibly a fractured skull. Miss Frankie Young 20 and Miss Beatty Miles 14, both of Nashville, were cut and bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Mitchell Savage
Nashville
Frankie Young
Miles
Bee Line Highway
Here
Benevolent Society Hospital
Savage
Young
Neyland Signs Seven Year Football and Athletic Director Contract
Major Bob Neyland agreed to stay as Tennessee football coach and athletic director for seven more years. President James D. Hoskins announced the deal as a five year extension with two years remaining on the current contract. Hoskins declined to disclose the financial terms but indicated a possible salary increase and expressed satisfaction at the continued leadership for the athletic program.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Bob Neyland
University of Tennessee
James D. Hoskins
Neyland
Hoskins
Roosevelt Visits Chapel Hill Amid Rain and Crowds
President Roosevelt spoke at the University of North Carolina forum under the Carolina Political Union. A rain-soaked day forced a move from Kenan to the sports hall, with 7 000 to 10 000 capacity, as 24 000 expected attendees crowded in. Frank P. Graham escorted Roosevelt to a flag-decorated rostrum while Young Voit Gilmore presided and Governor Hoey lauded him as the first citizen of the world.
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America
Columbia
D. C
Chapel Hill
Carolina Political Union
Kenan 8
Frank P. Graham
Young Voit Gilmore
Winston- Salem N. C
Clyde R. Hoey
Rockefeller club pilots crowd control at excavation site
A newly opened bulletin board and warning whistle guard a dig area where Rockefeller, amid hate threats, organized a 35000 membership card club. The motto De Beste Stuurlul Staan Aan Wal appears on cards sent from coast to coast. Rockefeller moved from a knot hole in the fence after being ordered away and added a woolen canopy over Rockefeller piazza to shelter spectators. Windows are lowered during blasts to allow sidewalk foremen to monitor the excavation below.
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California
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Piazza
48Th
49Th Street
New York Aviator Sentenced for Airplane Transport to Mexico
Clyde P. Clevenger an New York aviator was sentenced to 18 months in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to transporting two airplanes from the United States to Mexico to aid the Cedillo rebellion earlier this year. Judge C. B. Kennamer of Montgomery Ala sentenced him and dismissed a conspiracy charge under the U S neutrality act of 1937.
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Brownsville
Tex
Clyde P. Clevenger
New York
United States
Mexico
C. B. Kennamer
Montgomery
Ala
Benefit program at Negro Church in City
The rhythm band and chorus from the Negro high school perform at First Baptist Church on Vine and Grove to raise funds to replace glass in the church windows. A dressed hair parade follows with prizes for top ten and younger girls.
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Negro High School
First Baptist Church
Om Vine
Grove Street
Kiki Cuyler Named Manager of Chattanooga Lookouts
New Orleans December 6 report says Hazen Kiki Cuyler was signed as manager of the Chattanooga Lookouts on a one year contract. He replaces Rogers Hornsby as skipper of the Southern Association club. No salary details were disclosed.
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New Orleans
Joe Engel
Chattanooga Club
Southern Association
Hazen Kiki Cuyler
Chattanooga Lookouts
Cuyler
Rogers Hornsby
Tennessee Valley Laboratory November Report
The Tennessee Valley Laboratory reports 2,371 specimens examined in November. Diphtheria 92 specimens with 17 positives. Vincent's 24 with unknown result. Pneumonia typing 4 with 2 positives. Typhoid 84. Malaria 233 with 13 positives. Intestinal parasites 515 with 42. Syphilis 822 with 107. Gonorrhea 110 with 29. Tuberculosis 196 with 38. Rabies 3. water 119. milk 143. miscellaneous 25. Rabies treatments issued: 3.
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Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Vincent
Man Convicted Faces Commutation Request in Insanity Case
Jurors and officials weigh mercy for Brothers in a case framed by insanity defenses. Foreman W T Taylor asks for life rather than death, while witnesses include Brothers's son praising him in sobriety and Graves citing dogs tracking as key to the killer’s motive.
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Brothers
W. T. Taylor
Winford
Papa
Graves
Orr
Warren White
Bones found on Adamsville farm prompt county inquiry
Deputy Homer Badger said Jefferson county officers investigated human bones found on a local Adamsville farm. Farmer W. O. Donaldson brought the bones and an empty 32 caliber cartridge to the courthouse. The remains appeared to be an adult, including a jaw with teeth, part of a skull, and an arm or leg bone.
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Adamsville
Ala
Homer Badger
Jefferson County
Here
Badger
W. O. Donaldson
Decatur Diary News Sketches Local Officials Visitors
Local figures including H P Still W W Drake and H W Head of the Alabama eminent service visit Haleyville on business. Davenport and other residents travel for court and family events. A five day Bible conference at Central Baptist is announced. An attendance of 140 at a WPA safety class is reported. Legal and licensing updates appear among routine notices.
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H. P. Still
Ww. G. Drake
H. W. Head
The
Alabama State Eminent Service
Haleyville
WPA
H. JL Thornton
Status requisitioned stewards and destroyers reach Le Havre
Three destroyers arrived at Le Havre with sailors from Cherbourg base. Recalled specialists from other bases joined the crew to handle merchantmen in time of war.
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le Havre
Cherbourg
Receipts Rise for Baptist Home Mission Board in November
Atlanta dated report shows November receipts totaling 26 828 15 dollars, up from 22 139 30 last year. Secretary Treasurer J B Lawrence cited the increase and noted monthly totals.
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Atlanta
Baptist Home Mission Board
J. B. Lawrence
Great New Plymouth Car Delivers Value and Style in 1939
A Plymouth advertisement touts 1939 models with improved functional styling and high torque performance. It promises lower prices, bigger size, smoother ride, easy handling, and affordable monthly installments, claiming excellent value and ownership ease.
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Plymouth
Youth Victim of Pneumonia in Hartselle
Aubrey Sparkman 20 a well known Hartselle resident died of pneumonia at Benevolent Society Hospital after falling ill Sunday night. Funeral services set for 2 PM Wednesday at Moss Chapel with Rev. William Warren and Rev. Frank T. Smith officiating. Burial by Drinkard Howell. Active pallbearers include Monty Black Jimmy Dial Coy Sparkman Roy Smith Carl Sparkman Arnold Doss Purvis Sparkman and James Harrell. Honorary pallbearers listed. Flowers arranged by Decatur and Albertville workers. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs L C Sparkman a sister Mrs Hilda Dial and grandparents.
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Aubrey Sparkman
Hartselle
Benevolent Society Hospital
Moss Chapel
William Warren
Frank T. Smith
Drinkard Howell
Monty Black
Jimmy Dial
Coy Sparkman
Roy Smith
Decatur
Carl Sparkman
Arnold Doss
Purvis Sparkment
James Harrell
Jack Bennett
Birmingham
Melvin Black
Robert Hargrove
H. C. McClanahan
Robert Griffith
R. Q. Rollins
Sterling Smith
R. BE. Wallace
Manager of Light Plant Arrives Here
Quince FE Eddins arrives from Birmingham to assume duties as manager of the municipal electric light and power distribution system. The experienced electrical engineer, formerly with Alabama Power Company for 19 years, was chosen by the city council on the utility board’s recommendation. Employment runs on a trial basis until July 1.
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Quince FE
Eddins
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
T. J. Cottingham
Harry A. Wyatt
James H. Johnson
Municipal Utilities Board
Peers Club elects officers for Christmas dance
The Peers club elected Allison Smith president Billy Duncan vice president Ray Childs re elected secretary Harry Sunderland re elected treasurer and Jack Mc Laughlin re elected scribe.
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Peers Club
Allison Smith
Billy Duncan
Ray Childs
Harry Sunderland
Jack McLaughlin
Aged Limestone Man W F Smith Dies At Ardmore
W. F. Smith a well known Limestone resident died last night at his son John W. Smiths home in Ardmore He would have been 98 next February Funeral services are set for Wednesday afternoon at the Ardmore Baptist church with burial in Malone cemetery He is survived by one son and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren
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W. F. Smith
Limestone
John W. Smith
Ardmore
Baptist Church
Malone Cemetery
Paper Plant Planned at Lufkin Tex for Newsprint Mill
Announcement of an immediate 6 million dollar newsprint plant at Lufkin Texas sparked government experts to discuss a regional expansion of the industry in southern slash pine areas. If it operates successfully the mill would make newsprint a major enterprise where the longleaf tree grows in abundance.
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Washington
Lufkin
Tex
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Gilbertsville Dam
Tennessee Valley Company
James L. Rankin
Sec’y-Treas
Tennessee Valley Bank Building
de Dixie Salvage CO
Moulton St
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Aveo
Roosevelt
Kiki Cuyler
Jim
Decatur’s
Melvin Hutson
Cullman County
Mrs. Lanier Royer
Tulsa
Okla
Neal Lee
Mr. Lee
R. W. Shepherd
Huntsville
W. L. Pettingill
Central Baptist Church
Eldridge Guire
Benevolent Hospital
Martha Faye
Flint
Alabama Brick and Tile Co
City Hall
Lundy Weinman
Priceville
Ed Templeton
Louie Friedman
H. Roy Clotfelter and Son
C. J. Mankenin
Louisville, Kentucky
M. E. Lazenby
Alabama Temperance Jance
Capt
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
W. E. Childers
Danville
B. C. Davis
Leesdale
Dewitt Hayes
Joe Haddley
Baileyton
J.D. Alvis of
Hezekiah Johnson
Somerville
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Jewell Shirley
Lloyd Edward
Charles H. Buster
Cullman
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Tunisia
France
North African
Andrea Ippolito
Riadar
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Eugenia Hodges
Helen Smith
Beatrice Smith
Elizabeth Freeman
Frances Ransom
Charleen Calloway
Albertville
Nora Walker
Annie Laurie Hughes
Aline Dial
Frances Hodges
Mr. Sparkman
Detroit
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Chrysler Corporation
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