Weather Roughly Normal Across Nation With Cold Alaska
U S weather officials reported temperatures near normal across the United States with no widespread extreme cold except in Alaska. Minot North Dakota recorded 1 below zero, while Yukon and Mayo Vermont showed severe readings. Alaska had much colder spots and warmer cities like Miami reached 83. Light snow fell around Lake Superior and rain in coastal areas.
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Chicago
U. S
Snag
Yukon Territory
Mayo
V. T
Dawson
Fairbanks
Alaska
Miami
Lake Superior
Sec
New Clock System Proposed for Alabama State Capitol
Max Peacock, Capitol custodian, urged replacement of 12 Western Union clocks at $195 yearly rent with 25 new clocks. He proposed a $785 master clock system that would operate electronically without wires and save rental costs, and the building commission quickly allocated funds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Max Peacock
State Capitol
Alabama
Western Union
Capitol
Capitol Building Commission
Peacock
The
Building Commission
Collector is Shot Negro is Arrested
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a loan company collector named Jack J. Wheat about 40 was shot by Alfred Thomas a Black man who answered the door with a shotgun. Wheat was wounded twice near the heart and collarbone and he remained in serious condition under arrest.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Jack J. Wheat
Alfred Thomas
J. L. Junkins
Thomas
Junkins
Wheat
Capital Outlay and Debt Service Funds Allocations Noted
Principally in Capital Outlay and Debt Service Account and Building Commission Fund ear marked for New Buildings and Equipment. A series of monetary figures follows: 1,293,714.00. 226,068.93. 1,500.00. 349.20. 12,056.46. 480,819.40. 23,477.42. 23,502.91. 77,424.98. 3,390.00. 10,546.33. 212.00. 116,132.90. 1,220.85. 12,433.53. 6,857.00. 27,800.00. 29,465.61. 79,388.13.
Profits Debate On Economic Committee Hearings
Congressional panel hears two accounting scholars from University of Michigan and Detroit amid claims that profits overstated by about 16.4 billion dollars over three years. Harvard economist Sumner Slichter faults accounting methods for not reflecting new price levels and perpetual changes, urging reforms.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
Harvard
William A. Paton
University of Michigan
George D. Bailey
Detroit
American Institute of Accountants
Senate-House
Congress
Sumner H. Slichter
Slichter
Sunday Visitors and Local Health Notes in Morgan County
Rev. Dewey Crow fulfilled his appointment here Saturday and Sunday and enjoyed Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oden and Harden Oden. Hospitalized Birmingham resident Haskell Oden after a brain operation. Local figures discuss profits and inflation with professors Harris and Slichter offering cautious views. Families connected to Tanner, Lewis, and Oden groups visit or host in Birmingham and Decatur areas.
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Dewey Crow
Roy Oden
Harden Oden
Haskell Oden
Birmingham
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U.S
Don Williams
Holider
E. Moulton
State’s Capitol
Oregon
California
Coscenncaes
Morgan County Board
OF Education
County Board of Revenue
V. S. D. A. Veterans’ Training
Decatur City Board of Education
U. S. D. A. Veterans’ Training
Avice Interes
H. R. Leeman
Carl L. Allgood
Notary Public
O. P. Stinson
White's Jewelry Store
2Nd. Ave
Aunt Mildred
Phil
Sranny
Lakes
Morgan County
Rock Creek
Tanner
Seymour E. Harris
Thon
W. H. Jennings
Arlin Blackwood
Martha Oden
Willard Oden
Lorenzo Gardner
Dennis Smith
Iain Lewis
William Lewis
Eloise Ford
Decatur
Thurman Ford
Jean Ralph
Lincoln, Nebraska
Louis Tanner
Eather Tanner
Donald
Holly Pond
Cecil Tanner
Elgin Childers
Don and
Clifton
Harts
Elle
J. F. Tanner
Ida Self
Eva
Linda Lewis
Dillehay’s Drug Store
Geant
Santa’s
Ww. T. Grant Co
Secon Ave
Decatur Typewriter Co
First Ave
Moulton St
McNaron
Tru
Sir Walter
Hanes
Second Ave
Arey
Greyhound
Jacksonville
ST. Petersburg
San Francisco
Louisville
New Orleans
Nashville
Denver, Colo
Reyhound
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