Farm Bureau Leader Defends 1938 Farm Program
Edward A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation voices support for the 1938 agricultural adjustment act in his annual address in New Orleans. He argues the law, with soil conservation and marketing agreements acts, stabilizes prices, offers commodity loans, and ensures ample supplies, while defending acreage reductions and proposing refinements to widen the program for all crops.
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New Orleans
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
Federation
America
Dixon to Retire After His Term
Governor elect Frank M. Dixon said his public career ends when his governor term expires in January 1943. He will be inaugurated January 16 in Montgomery and vowed his administration would be conducted with no eye to political futures.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Dixon
Montgomery
Student dies in class at Selma High School
Katie Mae Mills 15 of the Alabama Methodist orphanage died from a heart attack during a class recitation at Selma High School yesterday.
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Selma
Ala
Selma High School
Katie Mae Mills
Alabama Methodist
Federal net catches star in New York smuggling case
A grand jury probes smuggling links from Paris to New York and Hollywood as Albert N. Chaperau faces two indictments, George Burns pleads guilty to buying smuggled jewelry, and Mrs Elma Lauer wife of Supreme Court Justice Edgar W Lauer may face arraignment. Miss d Arville and Rosa Weber figures connect to the case as Burns leaves for the West Coast amid trial prep.
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New York
Collette d'Arville
U. S
Joseph L. Delaney
Paris
Hollywood
Albert N. Chaperau
George Burns
Burns
Alien
Chaperau
House of Detention
Elma Lauer
Supreme Court
Edgar W. Lauer
Gracie
Federal
Edgar J. Lauer
Mrs Nannie Holt Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Nannie Holt 65 died at 6 p m Monday at her son Willis Holt's Decatur Route 2 home after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are Brown funeral parlors. Final rites Thursday at Nebo church Limestone County with burial there. Survived by sons Willis Holt and others, daughter Allie Holt, sister Elsie Neeley, brother James Meredith.
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Nannie Holt
Willis Holt
Decatur
Brown Funeral
Ferry Street
Nebo Church
Limestone County
Nebo
Brown
Allie Holt
Elsie Neeley
Athens
James Meredith
Lawyers Debate Fate of Kidnapper McCall
Attorneys argued before the Florida Supreme Court over the fate of 21-year-old Franklin Pierce McCall condemned for kidnapping and killing James Bailey Cash Jr. They contend the sentence was improper because no jury trial was held.
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Tallahasser
Fla
Supreme Court
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash
Florida
McCall
WPA Workers Form First Aid Club In Alabama
WPA workers who completed a Red Cross course organized a safety club. The group will meet the second Tuesday of each month. J W Billiot chair man D E Slaughter co chair man Gilbert Lipscomb secretary J P Lipscomb treasurer. Of 146 in attendance 134 received certificates. Instructor H L Thornton said it was the state’s largest first aid class and the largest per unit in Alabama.
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WPA
Red Cross
J. W. Billiot
D. E. Slaughter
Gilbert Lipscomb
J. P. Lipscomb
H. L. Thornton
Alabama
McBride Low on City Bid Wins Municipal Project
J J McBride and Son De catur contractors submitted the low bid of 17 580 for remodeling the Johnston Street fire department and police station building into the electric department headquarter and distribution system. The contract covers a new front, interior offices, a garage, and air conditioning with additional bid items for office furniture and equipment. Fourteen bids were posted for equipment and seventeen for the overall project including three bids for remodeling.
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J. B. McBride
Decatur
Johnston Street
Municipal Light
Sheriffs in Parley Today Alaska Peace Officers Meet
Sheriffs elect and deputies attend a two day conference of the Alabama peace officers association. A mass meeting at Masonic Temple will address fighting subversive influences with speakers including Rep. Joe Starnes and FBI official E A Soucy.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Peace Officers Association
Masonic Temple
Charles J. Sharpe
Alabama Council of Women's Democratic Clubs
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Dies Committee
E. A. Soucy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
H. W. Nixon
Final roll call reports urged for county Red Cross drive
Mrs. Frank Kirby executive secretary announced that final reports are due in the annnval county wide Red Cross roll call within a few days. Solicitors in Decatur and other county points were asked to submit lists. So far 550 members enrolled, about one fourth of target.
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Red Cross
Frank Kirby
Al-solicitors-in
Decatur
Plans Charted for SBC Presentation in Nashville
Committers of the Southern Baptist Convention gathered in Nashville to chart plans for a presentation before the convention's executive committee meeting on Wednesday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Knife slaying inside Sing Sing ties to mistaken credit killer
In Sing Sing prison a day after John O Hara was shot, convict Matthew Kane 41 died from knife wound believed to be from a gangland hit aimed at Kane who had just left prison six hours earlier Kane resembled O Hara who was killed in Queens in a case investigators say involved mistaken identity and a revenge motive linked to a 1935 murder Kane had been in protective custody after the incident and had violated parole by visiting a tavern before returning to Sing Sing for confinement.
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Ossining
N. Y
John F. O'Hara
New York
Sing Sing Prison
Matthew J. Kane
Kane
O'Hara
Sunnyside
Queens
Manhattan
Thigpen, Noted Eye Ear Nose Throat Surgeon, Buried in Biloxi
Dr. William Grey Thigpen, 59, prominent southern ENT specialist who practiced in Montgomery, Alabama, was buried in Biloxi yesterday after dying Sunday at the Biloxi veterans hospital.
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Biloxi
Miss
William Grey Thigpen
Montgomery
Ala
Biloxi Veterans Hospital
Yardstick Debate Over TVA Rates and Costs
Representative Jenkins accuses TVA of false hopes for nationwide low power rates while J A Krug defends TVA pricing as a national influence. They clash over TVA costs, profits, and the 1939 dam revenue, with Krug noting private utilities face embarrassment but public benefit.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States
Ohio Republican
TVA
J. A. Krug Tva
Congressional Committee
Congress
Krug
Feng
Davis
Wilson
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Soup Bowl Set as Lions Meet Rotary December 16
The Decatur Lions Club undefeated football team prepares for the inaugural Soup Bowl game against the Decatur Rotary Club at Benson Field 7 30 p m Friday December 16. Coach Ogle drills a strong defense opposing Rotary stars Dent Green and Fuzzy John Peach while Bennie Malone and other Lions block the Rotary attack. Proceeds go to charity with tickets available from Rotary or Lions members.
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Decatur Lions Club
Decatur Rotary Club
Lions Club
Benson Field
Shorty” Ogle
Lions
Rotary
Dent Green
Fuzzy
John Peach
Rotarians
John
Ballentine
Ogle
Rutledge
Thomas
Notre Dame
Granite
Fordham
Bennie Malone
Malcolm Austelle
Earl Glenn
Sam Malone, Jr
New Morgan County Sheriff Willoughby Names Fresh Staff
Sheriff elect W T Willoughby announces a new Morgan county law enforcement team to take effect January 16 with chief deputy Candler Pittman and Bibb Humphrey among the deputies. Voight Willoughby will be tailor and Mrs Wilda Turney clerk as the office reorganizes at key county points.
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Morgan County
W. T. Cbi Willoughby
Willoughby
Candler Pittman
Falrville
Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
Fairview
Voight Willoughby
Wilda Turney
Ww. T. Lowe
Humphrey
L. and N. Railroad Company
A. W. Davis
B. BE. Davis
J. Street Sandlin
Vaihermoise
Hatwelle
Fowler's Cove
Decatur
Eden Visits the Capital on unofficial Washington trip
Anthony Eden arrived in Washington for a two day visit and denied any official mission. He planned informal talks with officials including Sumner Welles and a White House tea with Mrs Roosevelt. The visit included Mount Vernon and a trip to the Lincoln Memorial amid public greeting.
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
London
Debonair
Eden
State Department
Sumner Welles
White House
National Press Club
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Robert Eden
Colonial
Lincoln Memorial
Potomac
Edens
Baby dies of month old in Somerville home
Jimmy Taylor month old son of Mr and Mrs E W Taylor died Monday night at 8 30 in Somerville Route 1 home funeral services set for 2 30 this afternoon conducted by Rev S E Berry interment in Chapel cemetery Peck directing
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Jimmy Taylor
E. W. Taylor
Somerville
S. E. Berry
Chapel
Peck
New Obstacles Placed In Path Of Jews Today
Berlin decree restricts Jewish property removal from Germany after January 1, limiting travel with only essential personal items. It bars Jews from taking gifts or household goods abroad, while applying similar limits to non Jews and foreigners, as fines for Vom Rath’s death loom.
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Berlin
Ministry of Economics
Germany
Reich
Ernst Vom Rath
Paris
England
London
Vom Rath
Herschel Grynszpan
Westminster Church plans $4000 building improvements
The Westminster Presbyterian church board approved a cash funded program to veneer the brick building at Jackson Street and Eight Avenue and rebuild the tower. Work will start immediately and take 60 to 90 days depending on weather with contract letting after months of fundraising.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jackson Street
Eight Avenue
Work Resumed on Tuscumbia Project Amid Labor Dispute
In Montgomery Alabama on December 13 officials reported the Tuscumbia PWA school project would restart after a labor controversy paused work. Assistant state labor commissioner Lewis Bowen said the dispute between union and non union workers is resolved and wages were not involved. Labor officials and a U S labor department rep participated in talks leading to the adjustment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tuscumbia
PWA
Lewis Bowen
Graves
Bowen
Robert R. Moore
Sam. E. Roper
State Federation of Labor
U. S. Labor Department
International Parley Seeks Trade and Peace Amid Turmoil
The AP reports European diplomacy as Chamberlain resists pledges before talks with Germany while Daladier wins budget approval in France. The 21 American Republics push new trade projects and peace efforts as Schacht visits London and Memel tensions rise with anti Semite activity in Kaunas and new German restrictions on Jewish property.
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Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Europe
New World
Chamberlain
Foreign Press Association
London
Britain
Memel
House of Commons
Reichsbank
Hjalmar Schacht
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Lithuania
Kaunas
Berlin
Economics
Germany
Lima
Tennessee River Falls and Mild Southern Weather Update
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 169 feet with no rainfall noted. Temperatures ranged from a high of 67 to a low of 34 in the last 24 hours, while Alabama experienced partly cloudy skies and frost in the interior at night, followed by fair interior and partly cloudy coastal conditions. Tennessee remained mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a slight warming trend.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Malcolm MacDonald
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