Harcourt Morgan Speaking Tonight at Decatur Chamber Meeting
Dr Harcourt Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Authority will address the Decatur Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and election tonight. Five directors will be chosen from ten nominees. Morgan’s Decatur visit marks his first public appearance in the Valley in this role.
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Harcourt Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Roland H. Gray
Secip
Decatur
Arthur Morgan
Barrett C. Shelton
J. W. Clapton
Fussell Named 10 Federal Job In New Orleans Bank Office
W. W. Fussell, former local resident and former liquidating agent for Farmers and Merchants bank in Athens and a bank in Florence, is named treasurer of the federal intermediate credit bank of New Orleans. He will start December 18 and will base his headquarters in the region after an extensive banking career including Tennessee Valley Bank, City Bank, and First National Bank roles.
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W. W. Fussell
Farmers and Marchants Bank
Athens
Florence
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
New Orleans
Fussell
Tennessee Valley Bank
First National Bank
Pavement Work Begins on Sixth Avenue In Des Moines
A 61 1/2 mile street paving project on Sixth Avenue south will be paved with concrete within 10 days. Forty workers toil in the old cindered area where streetcar tracks were removed. Excavation deepens between Seventh and Ninth streets to prepare a solid sub base before paving begins.
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Sixth Avenue
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Dunn Construction Company
Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Wheeler
Colbert County
Tuscumbia
Women in County Begin Work Today on CWA Projects
A Montgomery based CWA memo confirms Morgan County projects including Morgan draft placement. In Hartselle workers start with school cleaning as Decatur and other county sites prepare for Tuesday assignments. The 261 women to be placed have extension to Wednesday. 160 come from welfare rolls and 101 from the national re employment office. Applications should be made at the re employment bureau in Albany city hall on Johnston Street.
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CWA
Montgomery
The
Civil Works Administration
Morgan
Hartselle
Decatur
Morgan County
Welfare
Old
Albany City Hall
Johnston Street
Four Killed In Crossing Crash In Snowstorm
A train struck an automobile in Bellefonte Pennsylvania during a snowstorm killing four people including Mrs. Steve Mattis and three children. Mattis son Earl and daughter Helen were hospitalized in serious condition after the crash.
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Bellefonte
Steve Mattis
Mattis
Earl
Nice
Helen
Burglars Active Again After Quiet Week End
After a lull, burglars struck Wohl's Department Store on Bank Street taking $10 in cash, suits, shirts, and suitcases. A rear window bar was loosened, a key hidden beneath the window aided access, and the thief fled by a rear door. Nearby Parsons Lumier Street also saw a break in with a smashed rear window, a ransacked safe, and small clock and rubber stamp taken. Police conduct a thorough investigation with no strong clues.
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Wohl
Bank Street
Browler
Parsons, Lumier . Street
President seeks continued funding for CCC into next year
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for more funds to extend the Civilian Conservation Corps for another year. The program operates in forests nationwide with over 300,000 recruits in 1,600 camps, costing about 400 million dollars in the first year and supporting about 1.5 million dependents on OCC payrolls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
OCC
Miss Mildred Hough Returns to Decatur
Miss Mildred Hough has returned to Decatur after a short visit to her parents at Lacey's Spring.
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Mildred Hough
Decatur
Lacey’s
Carmichael Enters Race for Alabama Attorney General
Albert A. Carmichael of Geneva County announced his candidacy for attorney general. At 38 he has served as Geneva County solicitor, senator, and on the Alabama Code Commission, and now is an assistant attorney general. He plans an active statewide canvass.
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Mellon
Aluminum ‘Trust
NRA
Colorado
Senate
Tariff Commission
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
White House
Pittsburgh Glass
David Reed
Mellon Company
Lili
Abdullah Entezem
Legation
J. C
Chicago
Albert A. Carmichael
Carmichael
Geneva County
A. H.carmichael
State Senate
Alabama Code Commission
Disturbances in Five Nations Roil Global Scene
Associated Press reports violence across Spain Cuba Austria China and South America. Spain faces a nationwide strike with 85 dead and hundreds wounded while Cuba sees renewed fighting in Havana after an expected accord. Austria endures a bomb sequence despite a Christmas truce proposal. Paraguay claims Chaco victories and China’s Fu kien province prepares to resist Nanking authority.
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Associated Press
Spain
Cuba
Havana
Austria
Dolfuss
China
South America
Paraguay
Chaco
People’s Government
Fukien
Nanking
Mrs Travis Callahan Taken to Hospital by Brown Ambulance
Mrs Travis Callahan was removed Sunday in Brown's ambulance from her home on Church Street to Benevolent Society Hospital for medical treatment.
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Travis Callahan
Brown's Ambulance
Church Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Bulb Solicitation to Begin for Park Projects
Workers from the women's division of the CWA start a house to house canvass Tuesday morning to collect bulbs shrubs and plants for park projects including planting along the Bee Line highway from city park to the Keller Memorial bridge. Citizens are asked not to remove plants from ground. trucks will collect gifts later and tools may also be donated. Other projects await state CWA board approval in Montgomery.
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CWA
Bee Line Highway
City Park
Keller Memorial Bridge
Montgomery
Bryant and Roper in Tampa on business trip
Benson Bryant proprietor of the Happy Feed store travels with A G Roper of an agtofe firm to Tampa Florida for a business trip.
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Benson Bryant
Happy Feed
A. G. Roper
Gtofe
Tampa, Fla
Parkville Business Callers Visit By West and Ticker
Addie West and Claude Ticker, prominent Parkville businessmen, were business callers today.
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Addie West
Claude Ticker
Parkville
Wiggerton Breaks Arm Starting Car
Merl Wiggerton of Eighth Avenue West fractured his arm Saturday while attempting to crank his automobile at Somerville. The crank slipped, breaking the bone just above the wrist. He was taken to Dr. A M Roan for setting and returned home.
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Merl Wiggerton
Eighth Avenue
West
Mr. Wiggerton
Somerville
Holiday period to begin Friday in local schools
W. W. Benson the superintendent confirms the Christmas holiday will run from December 15 to January 2. Classes dismiss Friday afternoon and resume Tuesday, January 2. An after Christmas session will last at least five weeks, possibly longer depending on funds.
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W. W. Benson
Benson
Don Lopezes Improve After Belle Mina Knife Attack
Mr and Mrs Don Lopez of Decatur were badly wounded Saturday when slashed by a knife wielded by Emry Pickett of Rog ersville near Belle Mina. Both are reportedly improving. Pickett also injured banker J E Hogan during the incident as he tried to detain the assailant and recover a purse.
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Don Lopez
Sherman Street
Belle Mina
Decatur
Emry Pickett
Rogersville
Lopez
Lopezes
J. E. Hogan
Pickett
Austinville 4-H Club Girls Meet at School Auditorium
The Austinville 4-H Club girls gathered Friday afternoon at the school auditorium for demonstrations in cheese making canning chicken beef and pork. Great interest was shown and several new members were added.
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Austinville 4-H Club
Florida Ship Canal Promises Global Seaway Rank
The Florida Ship Canal would create a vast seaway with reaches 400 to 1000 feet wide, a central 27 mile stretch at 250 foot bottom width, using sea level waterways and modern high and elevator lift bridges. It envisions parallel locks at each end, one large enough for battleships, the other for commercial ships, with fill and empty cycles of about twelve minutes.
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Florida Ship Canal
St. Johnsg River
Jacksonville
Snow Covers Large Parts of Nation Amid Winter Blast
Winter's first widespread snow hits from New England to the Great Lakes and Ohio River valley. The Pacific Northwest reports flooding caused by ram paging waters while New York ends up with a two inch storm and forecasts more snow and a dip in temperatures.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
New England States
Ohio River Valley
New York
Dr. Morgan to speak at Athens Chamber luncheon
Special TVA president Dr. Henry A. Morgan will address the Athens Chamber of Commerce at the Ross Hotel luncheon Monday. He will discuss Athens potential wholesale electricity procurement from TVA while current wholesale power purchases continue from Alabama Power Company. Nearby towns will send special guests.
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Athens
Ala
Henry A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Ross Hotel
TVA
Alabama Power Company
Holmes Here H E Holmes Trustee Visits Decature
H E Holmes a noted planter from Ryan's Cross Road and school trustee visited Decature as a business caller, signaling community engagement and local affairs.
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H. E. Holmes
Ryan's Cross Road
Decature
Cowboy Taken 10 Kansas Prison To Flee Mobsters
Hutchinson Kansas December 11 AP rushed from Oklahoma to forestall mob violence Jack Wisdom a Kansas cowboy wanted in three killings was brought to the Kansas state reformatory for safekeeping Governor Landon announced he would call out troops if needed National guardsmen were prepared Batteries were mobilized at Enid and Kingfisher Oklahoma after reports of a mob Wisdom was captured by authorities
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Hutchinson
Kas
Oklahoma
Jack Wisdom
Kansas Cowboy
Kansas State Reformatory
Landon
Topeka
Enid
Kingfisher
Okla
Murray
Wisdom
Oklahoma Guards Mobilized Over Pritchard Case Mob Fear
Oklahoma Governor ordered immediate mobilization of 189th Field Artillery at Enid and Kingfisher to prevent mob violence after the arrest of Wisdom for a $21.40 bad check. The body of Mrs. Pritchard was found near Kingfisher while Wisdom reportedly confessed to the killings.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Dec
National
We Guard
Okanaping
Wichita
Kas
189Th Field Artillery
Enid
Ind
Oklahoma
Pritchard
Wisdom
Leach Prairie
U.S. Highway 81
Murray
Pritchards
No Rainfall Recorded Over 24 Hours
No rainfall occurred during the 24-hour period ending at seven this morning. The report notes a dry spell with no precipitation measurements for the interval.
Baggell Discusses School Repairs with Decatur Officials
H B Baggell the well known contractor from Ryans Cross Roads visited Decatur today to confer with county educational officials on repair work for school buildings in overseas parts of the county.
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H. B. Baggell
Ryan’s Cross Roads
Decatur
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