Roosevelt Seeks Budget Outlook at Relief Funds Parley
President Roosevelt convened a high level budget conference with Hopkins Ickes Tugwell Bell and others to shape next year’s federal relief and Works Progress Administration spending. The group weighed the four billion dollar relief fund and the path to align income and expenditures with federal budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Aefiasty L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Ickes
Daniel Bell
Tugwell
Agriculture
National Council
Tekes
Tubwell
of Congress
Peace proposal sparks heated debate in Ethiopian war
Reported last Tuesday, a peace proposal drew strong discussion as Italian forces push in the Ethiopian theater. General Graziani said renewed drives were planned with more Caterpillars and Ford tractors to break Ethiopian defenses near Addis Ababa. Scenes along the front showed heavy traffic of military vehicles advancing amid dust and smoke.
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Ethiona
M@mperor Haile Selassie
Ras Desta
Lake Margherita
Dolo
Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
Sindiee
Gee
Oie
Ana
Addis Ababa
Nce
Esse
Ford
Grazian
Tulane coaches to stay as new report circulates
Reports claim Ted Cox and Lester Lautenschlaeger will be retained as head coaches at Tulane University after the athletics board notified of a decision to hire a new football coach. The Journal and The Atlanta AP dispatch note alumni and board reactions as the Southeastern wave of news spreads.
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Ted Cox
Lester Lautenschlaeger
Tulane University
Cox
Lautenschlaeger
Athletic of Control
Atlanta
Tulane
Thenas Story
Hhe
Southeastern & Wave
Jackson Big Help as Western Team Star in Alabama Game
A report notes Jackson delivers a major contribution helping the Western team in a Birmingham game. The piece highlights his pivotal role and the overall team effort during the contest.
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Jackson
BIG Help
White Fruit Cake Recipe Passed Down by Ella
A reader recalls a guarded family recipe for Ella's White Fruit Cake shared from a mother's desk. The text lists ingredients, mixing steps, and baking directions, ending with icing and holiday decoration guidance.
Market Quotations Wall Street Feels Mixed Amid Mining Slump
The market displayed irregular trading with scattering gains but mining stocks weighed on sentiment. Silver prices fell to the lowest level since March, with London metal shifts and thin Treasury buying helping keep futures quiet as December to October quotes hovered around 6.15 to 6.17 for key contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
American Smelting
Cerro de Pasco
International Nickel
Howe Sound
Kennecott
Anaconda
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Sears Roebuck
Woodworth
Consolidated Gas
London
New York
U. S. Treasury
Cotton Prices Drop on Light Receipts in Liverpool
Liverpool December 16 Cotton market shows no receipts with moderate spot business and prices down thirteen points. American strict good middling 7.05? middling 6.75. strict middling quotations noted.
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Liverpool
Potatoes Trade Slows as US Shipments Dip Over Weekend
U S Department of Agriculture notes dull demand for potatoes in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday with 504 shipments Saturday and 32 Sunday. Prices show modest declines with Idaho and overall US No 1 and burbanks varieties quoted at about 1 60 to 1 77 per cwt. Supplies remain moderate and the market weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. 8
Idaho
Rusist
Missing New York youth sparks police search and family doubt
Caleb Milne a junior, reportedly left with about four dollars and planned a luncheon with Frederic at 1 pm when he vanished near Gracie Square New York. Police search found no trace of a man named Green. grandfather doubts kidnapping, says perhaps he stayed away while family ties and court records show prominent Milnes.
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Caleb
Frederic
Louise Tarbell
Gracie Square
86Th Street
Fast River
Green
Butter Prices Steady in Chicago Creamery Market
Chicago market notes show butter steady with 6 233 pounds traded as creamery specials noted at 33 1 234 cents per pound. Firsts and seconds quoted with varied prices across grade levels, unsettled extra firsts at 28 and refrigerator extras at 21 to 25 cents.
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Chicago
Poultry Market Report from Chicago Prices by Weight
Chicago market report lists live poultry prices and dressed turkeys for various weights and breeds. Hens, leghorns, rocks, and colored varieties show values around 18 to 20 cents per pound for live birds and higher for dressed turkeys with young hens near 30 cents and old birds near 28 cents, including No 2 turkeys at 23 cents.
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Chicago
Plymouth
Rock Springs
Eapons
Steady Native Assessed At Ten Point Seven Five
Report notes steady condition of native stock with a strong bid near 1085 while slaughter prices hold around 4.25. Market observers cite solid demand and favorable balance for buyers and sellers amid cautious trading.
Clemson to Play Extra Contest In 1936 Schedule
Clemson College released its 1936 football slate adding Kentucky and Louisville as opponents. Mercer was dropped, increasing games to ten, with home and away sites noted for Duke Wake Forest Georgia Tech Citadel and others.
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Clemson
D. C
Clemon College
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Duke
Durham
Wake Forest
Charlotte
N. C
South Carolina
Columbia
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Citadel
Kentucky
Lexington
Furman
Body of Dead Girl Identified Today
Edmond Okla Dec 16 Charles Stevens Maysville farmer identified the body of a girl found near here as his daughter Lucille Stevens Comer second wife and third probable victim of Chester Comer the slain madman The bodies of Ray Evans attorney and civic leader and Elizabeth Childers Comer first wife of the crazed slayer have been recovered Comer wounded fatally by Oscar Morgan Blanchard mar is suspected in the disappearances of L A Simpson and his son Warren 14 Comer was in Simpson s car when shot by Morgan
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L. A. Simpson
Farmer
Warren
Comer
Simpson
Morgan
Breed Your Own Coat Urges Women to Raise Minks
Billy Rose of New York, a pet shop owner, urges women to raise their own mink fur coats. He notes he has sold two pairs of minks at 150 dollars per pair and says the animals are easy to care for, costing only two cents a day to feed, delivering a handsome fur coat in return.
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New York
Billy Rose
Rose
Milne disappearance hampers federal agents in New York case
A justice department spokesman said federal agents investigating Caleb J. Milne IV, who vanished Saturday from a New York apartment, were handicapped by delays and the New York police not sharing an essential letter. Agents say they only learned of the case Sunday afternoon despite early notice to police.
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Woodstock
Mrs. Milne
Associated Press
Caleb
Federal
New York
Caleb J. Milne
Boston
Washington
Justice Department
G-Men
Milne
Impressive White Christmas Pageant Held At First Methodist
One of the loveliest Christmas programs presented Sunday at First Methodist church in Athens. Directed by Mrs. W. C. Chambers and Miss Mary Martin, with lavish decorations by Paul Rudolph. Miss Robbie Nell Christopher led the main pageant role. other cast members included Miss Ruby Braly and Miss Mildred Rudolph. Choirs, organ, and offerings supported the Alabama Methodist Orphanage and superannuate preachers, raising several hundred dollars.
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First Methodist Church
W. C. Chambers
Mary Martin
Paul Rudolph
K. L. Rudolph
Athens College
W. F. Johnson
George Rogers
Robbie Nell -Christopher
Amos Christopher
Ruby Braly
Bailey Braly
Madonna
Mildred Rudolph
Daisy Braly
Nick Nichols
Merle Cartwright
Sara Hunter
Billy Chandler
R. C. Allen, Jr
Thomas Griffis
Edwina Powers
Marvin
Alabama Methodist
F. G. Peer
Tenn
Gertrude Roberts
Lincoln
County
Thelma Wilson
Wilson Dam
Chicago Market Reports Mixed Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
U S Department of Agriculture market summary from Chicago shows hogs at 21 000 head with direct 8 500 down up to 10 lower than Friday average. Sows 10 25 lower. top 9 65. Cattle 14 000, calves 2 500 with grain fed steers scarce and mostly 25 lower. Sheep 13 000 opening slow and weak to 25 lower on fat and feeder lambs.
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Chicago
U. S, Dept
Behind the Scenes in Washington by Rodney Dutcher
The article discusses Supreme Court Justice Roberts, Pepper’s influence on his appointment, and the Pepper-Roberts connection. It notes Alf Landon’s rising bid for the Republican nomination and Vandenberg’s strategic stance on Roosevelt’s 1936 chances. Frank, a key New Deal figure, plans to quit the staff in January for financial reasons.
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Rodney Dutcher
NBA
Ashington
George Wharton Pepper
Owen Josephus Roberts
U. S. Supreme Court
Roberts
Pepper
Hoosac Mills
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Philadelphia
Atlee Pomerene
Elk Hille
Senate
Silas Strawn
Chicago
Hoover
John J. Parker
Alf Landon
Landon
Col
Frank Kunoz
Arthur Vandenberg
Sou
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Frank
New Deal
New York
AAA
Chester Davis
RFC
Decatur Notes Mixed Events Highlight Holiday Week
Decatur items report Yone McKnight's return from Ward Belmont Nashville for Christmas, funeral attendance for Mrs. James M. Brown, theatre contract news with G P Banaiza linking Princess Theatre to major studios, nurse Georgia Woods' marriage plans, new baby Richard Calvin to the Lee family, and staff changes at Rainey's Beauty Shop. Local crime, transfers, stolen auto on Church Street, football banquet timing, basketball prep at Decatur High, PTA toy drive, highway patrol return to Montgomery, and hospital updates complete a busy local update.
Lindy Not To See Snatcher
New York reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh vetoed plans for Hauptmann to confess on the electric chair scene. The Daily News says the idea arose after Hauptmann’s conviction and would have featured Lindbergh present during execution. Gov. Hoffman’s death-house visit to Hauptmann spurred reconsideration.
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New York
The
Daily News
N. J
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ee Ee Ee
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Col. Lindbergh
Harold G. Hoffman
TVA Defense Set For Debate Today On Nationalization Case
The article notes debates on federal and state powers over taxation and land condemnation. It highlights a Supreme Court decision declaring a Vermont income tax provision invalid for taxing nonresidents more than residents, with Justice Sutherland authoring the majority opinion and Justices Stone Brandeis and Cardozo dissenting. It also mentions upcoming cases on the Alabama Power Co attack on the TVA act, a Louisville land condemnation for slum clearance, and other New Deal measures.
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Alabama Power Company
Louisville
Utilities Holding Company
Guffey
Washington
FOL Tva
Vermont
Preme
Sutherland
Stone, Brandies
Cardozo
Vermont Supreme Court
Willis Bradley Pneumonia Victim in Falkville
Willis Bradley 51 died at his Falkville home after a week with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at Ebenezer in Cullman County at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, with the Rev. I W Myers of Falkville Baptist Church in charge. Bradley, a L and N Railroad employee, is survived by his widow two sons Edward of Vinemont and Claud Bradley of Falkville and two daughters Mrs Rosa Yarbrough of Vinemont and Mrs Grace Holmes of Falkville.
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Willis Bradley
Falkville
Ebeneser
Cullman County
I. W. Myers
Falkvile Baptist Church
Drinkard
Mr. Bradley
L. & N. Railroad Company
District elects committeemen to lead cotton program
More than 150 farmers gathered at Morgan county courthouse to elect beat committeemen for the coming year. Named were B. E. Braswell Austinville J E Gunn Trinity Joe Taylor Robinson and J M Russell Decatur Route 3, to oversee Decatur Lanes and Trinity areas. Other beats will elect leaders this week said W H Gregory county farm agent.
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Morgan County
B. E. Braswell
Austinville
J. E. Gunn
Trinity
Joe Taylor Robinson
J. M. Russell
Decatur
Lanes
W. H. Gregory
Two Laundry Drivers Snatched During New York Strike
In New York on December 16 two laundry van drivers were abducted as a strike began. Nax Arling, 35, was forced into a car with six men. his helper escaped. Moments later Louis Kensternbaum, a fellow driver for the same laundry, was seized by six men believed to be the same assailants. The violence followed an expiration of union agreements at midnight Friday.
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New York
Nax Arling
Louis Kensternbaum
Arling
Big Business Criticizes Freedom Tradeoffs
T. M. Ornburn of the American Federation of Labor warned in Washington that the so called freedom sought by big business would allow exploitation of women and children and would enable wage cuts and longer hours for workers.
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Washington
T. M. Ornburn
American Federation of Labor
Local visitors frequent Decatur area town today
Today many residents and visitors were noted in the city including Mrs J Wiley Owen’s mother from Decatur and Tyler from Lacey Springs. Webster Strangland of Falkville, Lloyd Marks of Danville, H H Speer of Cullman, and Ayer of Strickland Paper Company in Birmingham were seen in town.
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J. Wiley Owen
Decatur
Webster Strangland
Falkville
H. H. Speer
Cullman
City
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Pulane Coaches
Birming
By Brandon Walsh
King Pestures Syndicam, Inc
Great Britain
Syghen
Th.le
Sister Mary's
Mary E. Daguenea
Ella
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
Case
Evans Products
Chrysler
Weatinghouse
Montgomery Way
Douglas Aircraft
Public Service of New Jersey
Texas Corp
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Frederica Milne
N. Y
Caleb Milne 2Nd
Caleb 4Th
J. P. Morgan and Company
Civic Repertory Theater
Athens
Decatur’s
Yone McKnight
A. F. Redman, Jr
Courtland
Ward- Belmont School
Nashville
William McDermott
Frances McDermott
Leo Baker
Edwin McDermott
James M. Brown
G. P. Banniza
Princess Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Banaiza
M-G-M Group
Paramount
Warner Bros
Universal
United Artists
Georgia Woods
Benevolent Society Hospital
Jacksonville
Tex
R. A. Lee
Richard Calvin
Kate Goree
Rainey
J. T. Tanner
Carmen
Cleo
Lois
Cecil
Rock Creek
R. P McEntire
F. G. Estridge
Tennessee Valley Authority
Guntersville
Huntsville
Batridge
8. T. Nichols
Church Street
Decaturch
Athletic Association
Decatur High
Ogle
Third Ward
Parent-Teacher Association
P.T. A
Every
H. L. Thornton
State Highway Patrol
Montgomery
Emmett Phillips
Chamber of Commerce
Huntaville
D. I. White
Gilbert White
Frances Owen
Harteelle
Lindy
Snatcher
TVA
Tyler
Lacey
Lloyd Marks
Danville
T. Ayer
Rareeenalves Strickland Paper Company
Amingham
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