Decatur's Diary Highlights Local Happenings and Visits
Loyd enjoys a hunting trip while Mrs. Tom Chandler visits relatives in Hunt Wille. Eugene Morrow travels to Tennessee on business. A newborn, Robert Donald, arrives to Mr. and Mrs. RF L Live ly on December 7. Several locals, including Brad Lindsey, Dave Diamond, Gil Crane, and Nelle Gilchrist, appear in city notes. American Legion officials including Daniel J. Doherty plan a Mid-winter Conference visit to Alabama. community members attend various trips, illnesses, and events around Morgan County.
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Tom Chandler
Hunt
Daniel J. Doherty
American Legion
Det
Alabama
The
Tromery
Final Board Meeting Held by Chamber of Commerce Board
The chamber of commerce held its final regular board meeting of the year on Tuesday afternoon with one member absent. Officials reviewed November activities and discussed plans for the January annual meeting. Industrial matters and county exhibits were noted to showcase progress.
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Chamber of Commerce
Falrville High Basketball Outlook Fair Says Coach Long
Coach Long says Falrville High basketball prospects look fair with star center Linton in his final year. Other standouts include Jack Wilson Billy Douglass Milton Dumas and Trimm as 15 players vie for spots after coach O Barr injury.
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Falrville High School
Spurgeon Long
O'Barr
Linton
Star Center
Sunday School at Westminster Church Plans Tree Event
At the regular monthly meeting of the class teachers of Westminster church Sunday Primary is which will be held on Thursday evening, Dec. 23, at 7 o'clock. Teachers report all classes are unusually active in various good works and the Sunday school shows increases in members and new lines of endeavor.
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Westminster Church
NC Theatre Owners Oppose Mixed Movie Casts
Pinehurst North Carolina December 8 theatre owners from North and South Carolina adopted a resolution at their annual convention opposing mixed race casts in motion pictures. Advocates of the resolution argued for equal social status in film appearances.
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Pinehurst
N. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Weom
Somerville Woman Seriously Ill After Accident
Mrs. W. H. Turney of Somerville described as seriously ill at Infirmary today following a Tuesday night accident.
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W. H. Turney
Somerville
Marsden buys large Stuart pecan package by parcel post
A fragmentary notice shows a transaction where Mrs Jno H Peebles of Alabama receives a large Stuart pecan package via parcel post. Names and places are partly readable but the full details are unclear.
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Stuart
Jno
H. Peebies
Railroad taxes advance to aid Alabama schools
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company is paying state, county, and city taxes totaling about $800,000 to ease an acute school funding situation in Alabama. President J. B. Hinl has authorized early tax payments to provide Christmas money for teachers and others who rely on railroad taxes.
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Alabama
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
J. B. Hinl
Morgan County Medical Society Elects Officers at Bank Building
The Morgan County Medical Society will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 at the Bank building to elect officers for the coming year. Dr. H. D. Greer hosts. Dr. Kelliennaeyear is president, Murphree secretary.
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Morgan County Medical Society
Bank
H. D. Greer
Kellie Enn Ae
Murphree
Cooperation Urged to Help Business Sways Roosevelt Cabinet
In a Works Telegram interview Swope urges cooperation to restore confidence amid recession. He says there is no place for reprisals and cites past summers with abundant crops and good prices as basis for prosperity. He supports revising undistributed profits and capital gains taxes.
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Works-Telegram
Swope
Roosevelt
Police Reporter Weds Heiress in Seattle Society Page
A three column photograph in the Seattle Times society section announced the engagement of Miss Nanon Grinstead to Ensign William Calhount Thompson Jr U S N of Dublin Georgia.
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Seattle
Nanon Grinstead
Seattle Times
Ensign William Calhount Thompson, Jr
Dublin
Railroad Pays Large Local Tax Bill to Limestone County
Elmer L. Vinson Limestone County tax collector smiles as the L and N Railroad submits a single tax payment of 23583.66 covering state county and school taxes for the year. The amount is about 900 dollars higher than last year.
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Athens
Ala
Dee
Elmer L. Vinson
Limestone County
L. and N. Railroad
Revelations to Be Studied at Grant Street Church
The Grant Street Church of Christ invites the public to a Wednesday class on the Book of Revelation. The first lesson is tonight at 7:30, with weekly meetings to continue until the study ends. Participants are urged to bring notes and avoid speculation, pursuing truth with the slogan Let any man speak as the oracles of God.
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Grant Street Church of Christ
Record cotton yield and state production totals released
The census and agriculture departments released figures showing a record cotton yield and varied state production estimates. Virginia to Texas led with high acre yields and multi million bale outputs, while ginning totals for many states rose sharply compared with last year. New Orleans markets reacted with price advances after the forecast of 18,746,000 bales.
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Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
United States
Low
Negro Alumni and PTA to Meet for Play Plans
All members of the Alumni Association of the Negro high school are urged to meet the PTA tomorrow night to discuss plans for a future play. A cost of about 150 dollars is noted for the first grade.
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Alumni Association of the Negro High School
Snowfalls Reported in Elkmont Area
Captain Van Gilbert of the State Highway Patrol noted two inch snowfall at Elkmont today with ongoing light falls and unsettled road conditions. He remarked that the weather had stirred up teasing before and now the winter weather is proving persistent in the area.
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van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Elkmont
Four bales on one acre reported by Forman
James A. Forman, former Morgan county sheriff now farming near the eastern area, said Will Baylors Saylors harvested four bales of cotton from one acre. Forman noted Saylors previously reached over three bales, with the four bale figure now achieved on a single acre.
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James ‘A. Forman
Morgan County
Will Baylors
Saylors
Marshall County
Forman
Market Constrained Rally Lifts Stocks Amid Mixed News
A mild stock rally today lifted rails and industrial shares while utilities and oils lagged. General Motors, Chrysler and rubber stocks were subdued. steel, farming equipment, building materials gained. Wheat futures climbed with December contracts up modestly, and overall trading reached about 1.5 million shares as analysts weighed tax and wage bill prospects.
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Hy Victor Brubank
New York
Rae
Riedl
B Panlehem
Santa Fe Austral
Great North of Roebuck
Sears Roebuck and Co
Washington
Wall Street
South
Department of Agriculture
General Motore Corp
Wayne County
Michigan
Daily Market Summary from New York and Chicago
New York stocks firm in rails and steels with demand for cheaper rails, curb segment steady with specialties and utilities improving. Coffee weak on Brazilian sales. Chicago wheat prospects noted. cattle steady to 25 lower, hogs down 10 to 15 with top at 8.50.
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New York
Chicago
Feeder and cattle quotes steady with varied grades
Hog prices steady at 160 to 245 pounds with quotes around 7.50. Cattle values hold with No 1 fat grass cattle and heifers 1-2 to 5 cents higher for select types. No 1 common steers and heifers and No 3 cows traded 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cents. No 4 butcher cows 3 1/2 cents, No 5 bulls 3 1/2 to 1/2 cent.
Nashville Livestock Prices and Market Update
Nashville Tenn December notice reports cattle arrivals at the annual show with a steady regular market. Plain steer and heifer prices range 4.25 to 7.00, good fed stock 7.00 to 8.50, cows and bulls weak, hogs and sheep steady with varied weights and prices.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
al Re Dept' Agr
Catie
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Chicago December market report shows live poultry at 34 trucks steady. Colored birds rise modestly with Plymouth Rock White Rock and leghorn chickens up to 16 22 cents per pound, young ducks 4 1 2 up, geese 17 1 2 cents. Dress ed market stable with unchanged prices.
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Chicago
Egg market report from New York trading day
The New York egg market closed firm with total volume 22 738. Mixed colors and special packs traded around 27 1/2 to 28 cents. Standards and firsts ranged from 24 to 28 cents with various grades showing steady demand. Refrigerator special packs moved 20 to 28 cents and averages at 17 to 21 cents for other categories.
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New York
Dairy Prices Report New York December 8
Butter prices steady to firmer led by creamery demand with 11 867 pounds traded. Cheese quotes show slow activity with 143 308 price points and overall unchanged levels. Firsts and seconds for butter quoted in ranges. cheese scores range around 92 for the high end and 90 91 for firsts.
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New York
Wheat prices rise on brisk Chicago trading
In Chicago on December 8, late brisk advances shifted wheat markets from losses to gains. Rumors that Germany and France may buy U.S. lower grade wheats influenced sentiment and helped push prices higher.
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Chicago
Germany
France
United States
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with December 20.65 cents and prominent January through July prices in the 19.6 to 19.85 cent range. Sales totaled 2,300 contracts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton futures close steady with modest gains
New Orleans reports cotton futures finished steady with net advances of 7 to 9 points. Trading shows Dec at 8.06 to 8.08, Jan around 8.03, Mar near 8.10, May about 8.11, July 8.15, Oct 8.19 to 8.18, and Dec futures at about 8.22.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans Market
In New Orleans today cottonseed oil closed steady with prime summer yellow quoted at 7.00. Prime crude ranges from .75 to 5.87 with December 657B and January 659B. March at 6.66B and July at 6688. B-Bid shows steady demand.
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New Orleans
Congress in Action on Farm Bills and Appointments
Farm Senate and house vote on amendments to crop control bills. Housing figures John L. Lewis William Green and Fed chair Eccles invited to committees. Railways Senate panel studies measures as both houses weigh farm bill amendments. Senate labor committee backs Nathan Straus for housing post.
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Associated Press
Senate
House
John L., Lewis
William Green
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Rails Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Nathan Straus
Bossy Gillis Beaten by James Carens for Mayor
Boston voters elected James F. P. Carens over three term mayor Bossy Gillis by 4336 to Gillis’s not provided. Carens, a former city solicitor and Newburyport native, campaigned quietly while Gillis held rallies and faced criticism over public conduct. Gillis presided over disputed stunts such as allowing cows on the high school lawn.
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Boston
Carens
American Legion
Gillis
Bill would legalize liquor sales in wet Georgia counties
Georgia Rep. Ross Thomas of Chattooga introduces a bill to permit liquor sales in counties that voted 60 percent wet. Retail sales would be in unbroken half pint packages at privately owned stores with one outlet per 5,000 residents. Licenses: $200 retail and $1,000 wholesale, plus $1 per gallon excise tax.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House of Representatives
Ross Thomas
Chattooge County
Assembly
FBI Agent Snow Hears Transfusion Hope He Fails
Kansas City reports that blood transfusions failed to improve Federal Agent Henry A. Snow's condition after a shooting while officers pursued an extortionist Monday night. Sheriff James L. Williams declined to reveal FBI secrecy as the investigation continues. Roy Palmer drew his revolver upon spotting a stranger in a parked car, which led to the confrontation.
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Kansas City
Henry A. Snow
James L. Williams
Roy Palmer
Drivers from same New York address clash then reconcile after crash
In Marshalltown Iowa two cars with New York licenses collided at an intersection. The drivers, living in the same apartment building back home, eyed each other then advanced with fists but their temper cooled and they smiled as they drew closer.
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Marshalltown
New York
Christmas seals aid Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Officials of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Decatur report strong response to tuberculosis Christmas seal sales. Proceeds fund equipment and facilities at the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Flint, the area's first modern treatment effort for TB. The sanatorium now has 30 beds after adding five last year.
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Professional Women's Club of
Deceatur
Morgan County
Flint
North
Alabama
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Decatur
Dodd resigns amid Nazi regime disfavor in Berlin
William E. Dodd declared in Berlin that he faced real discouragement while performing his duties. His resignation had just been announced. Dodd, once considered persona non grata by the Nazi regime, had openly criticized the Azis.
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William E. Dodd
Berlin
Dodd
Azis
Evacuation Urged as Nanking Prepares for Assault
Shanghai reports Japanese authorities urge all foreigners and noncombatants to flee Nanking amid imminent hostilities. Consul generals in Shanghai relay the warning to ensure nationals leave the Chinese capital fast. Japanese forces claim advances along the Yangtze with land and naval operations, narrowing in on forts near the river.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Suemasa Okamoto
United States
Clarence Gauss
Yangtze River
Tsingkiang
Cold Florida worsens misery as freezing wave hits Midwest
A sweeping cold spell returns to Florida worsening crop damage while a southward plunge from the Rockies reaches eastern Colorado and Kansas and moves toward the upper Mississippi Valley. Buffalo endures a snow storm with a 47 mph wind from Lake Erie and the worst storm there since 1927. In Michigan Paw Paw’s $850000 municipal power plant was toppled by the dam as 30 inch snowfall melts and raises rivers.
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Florida
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Buffalo
Lake Erie
U. S
James Spencer
Paw Paw
Mich
Review of Kiwanis Work in 1937 Scheduled
Decatur Kiwanis Club will review its 1937 activities in a noon meeting at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. The publicity committee leads the session and plans an end of year fund drive, noting over 750 dollars spent on welfare work this year. Congratulations are extended to Joe Wilder and G. P. Banaiza on December 10 birth anniversaries.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Joe Wilder
G. P. Banaiza
Drunk Driver Detained by State Patrol in Limestone County
State highway patrol officers picked up a drunken driver this afternoon in Limestone County. One other occupant was in the car.
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Limestone County
Alabama high school tourney to be held at Auburn March 3 5
The 1938 state high school tournament featuring 22 contests across dramatics public speaking writing music art and other subjects will be at Alabama Polytechnic Institute March 3 5 with 300 to 500 students expected. New events include library procedure machine shop work and violin.
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Auburn
Asla
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Leo Gosser
Gosser
November highway patrol report lists fatalities and damages
The state highway patrol reports 57 deaths from 565 traffic accidents in November. October fatalities were 70. Estimated vehicle damage in November reached 28,937 dollars with 11 persons seriously injured and 321 minor injuries.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
State awards 69 967 for Wilcox and Margengo bridge work
The state highway department let contracts totaling 69 967 for concrete and steel bridges in Wilcox and Margengo counties. Awards were given yesterday to J. Walton of Mobile.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Wilcox
Margengo
J. 3. Walton
Mobile
Odum Clothing founder W. W. Odum dies in Birmingham
W. W. Odum a 68 year old Birmingham merchant died today in a local hospital after a long illness. He owned the Odum Clothing Company and previously partnered in another downtown store. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Odum two children Mrs. Virginia Odum Watkins Billy and Andrew Odum all of Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. W. Odum
Odum Clothing Company
Alabama official opposes Belleau amendment in farm bill
Montgomery Alabama December 8 state commissioner of agriculture R J Goode condemned the Belleau amendment to the farm bill he says would bar using land diverted from cotton for other crops He urged Senator John H Bankhead to oppose the measure in Congress and urged urgent action against it.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. J. Goode
Congress
Goode
John H. Bankhead
Belleau
Alabama
Alabama Temperance Alliance backs dependable days
The Alabama Temperance Alliance condemns the state beverage control act as a failure and votes to support what it calls dependable days. Dr. L L Gwaltney of Birmingham, former president of the Alabama group, leads the backing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Temperance Alliance
L. L. Gwaltney
Birmingham
Two Baldwin Residents Die In Separate Incidents
In Fairhope Baldwin County two men died in separate incidents yesterday. Jesse Lyell Keller 39 a World War veteran and city road crew superintendent died from injuries after a truck he drove crashed south of Fairhope. Adolph Pierce 32 was found shot to death at his home near Marlow at South River Park. Acting coroner Dr C G Goddard ruled Pierce death by self inflicted causes.
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Fairhop
Ala
Gms
Baldwin
Jesse Lyell Keller
Here
Adolph Pierce
South River Park
Marlow
C. G. Goddard
Pierce
Governor Graves Heads South For federal aid jobs
Governor Bibb Graves said Alabama relief demands will grow this winter and will press for approval of pending federal aid projects to provide employment. He announced he would leave for Washington tonight to push the relief program.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Cherokee County Electric Lines Do Not Parallel
The state public works board announced at a meeting that Cherokee County Electric Membership Corporation will not parallel each other’s lines. The agreement surfaced during a network session on the cooperative.
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Cherokee County Electric
State Public Works Board
Cooperat
Athens Boy Scouts Hold Court of Honor at Junior High
The Athens Boy Scouts held a Court of Honor at the Junior High School Tuesday evening to award merit badges. Prof. H A Turner, chairman of the court of honor, presided.
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Athens
Ala
Athens Boy Scouts
H. A. Turner
Court of Honor
Man Held After Tobacco Theft Arrest at Brothers Store
City police turned a white suspect over to the county after an arrest for a cigarette theft at Brothers Store on Second Avenue. Officers McCall and Parker made the arrest.
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Brothers Store
Second Avenue
McCall
Parker
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