Senate rejects substitute cotton plan in price support debate
The Senate voted 56 to 26 to reject a Lee substitute to replace the compulsory cotton program in the ever normal granary. Dialogue on farm policy followed Wallace remarks, with senators contending fascism fears and asserting different views on the plan and regulatory reach.
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Washington
Senate
Lee
D-Okla
Wallace
Russell
Bailey
Secretary of Agriculture
Sea of Agriculture
McGill
D-Kans
Ranary
Minton
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wage Hour Bill Faces Bid to Endorse Delay in Congress
Roosevelt aides push to pass the wage hour bill in the House and the farm bill in the Senate before the December 22 special session ends. Debates over substitutes threaten swift action as leaders demand heavy conference speed. The AFL proposal for a 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum wage was rejected 162 to 131.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
White House
American Federation of Labor
Rep. Griswold
D-Ind
Labor Department
Labor Committee
Huntsville Officer Shoots Self With Police Chief Gun
T L Parley a 30 year old Huntsville cotton buyer was critically wounded after taking a pistol from Police Chief H C Blakemore and shooting himself in the city police headquarters. State Highway Patrolman Barrett said the act appeared personal and unprovoked. Parley, a former Anderson Clayton employee and local agent for another firm, was married with no children and his wife works at a local bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
T. L
Buster) Parley
T. Barrett
Farley
State Highway Patrol
H. C. Blakemore
Barrett
Parley
Blakemore
Student survey ranks Decatur high school film picks
Sixty one seniors in Decatur high school submitted a list of twenty recent films to Miss Mary Robertson for preference ranking. The summary shows varied ratings with Life of Emile Zola and The Good Earth near the top while others like Souls at Sea and Waikiki Wedding score lower.
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W. W. Benson
Decatur
Mary Robertson
Emile Zola
Paris
Waikiki
Christmas Program at New Center Seeks Community Attendance
The New Center school will host a Christmas program on December 23 featuring Santa Claus handing out gifts from the community Christmas tree. The public is invited to attend. The school has six grades, taught by three teachers, and is having an excellent year of progress.
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The
New Center School
Santa Claus
J New Center School
William Johnson Dies At 69 After Half Century In Railroading
Clifton Forge Virginia December 16 William Johnson Harahan longtime railroad figure dies at the Portsmouth Ohio railway hospital eight days before his seventieth birthday ending a half century in the trade.
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Clifton Forge
William Johnson
Harahan
Kespeake and Ohio Railway Hospital
Appeal Filed Over Utility Holding Company Law
The electric Bond and Share Company and 26 subsidiaries appealed to the supreme court challenging the constitutional validity of the 1935 act regulating public utility holding companies.
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Washington
Electric Bond and Share Company
Supreme Court
Soviet police seek missing couple in Moscow probe
Izvestia reports Soviet authorities are seeking and arresting Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson amid questions about their true identities and American citizenship. The State Department said the Robisons entered Russia on fraudulent passports and Trotskyists are linked to the affair.
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Mosciaw
Tavestia
Donald L. Robinson
American State Department
Izvestia
Moscow
New York
State Department
Tass
Schachtman
Information Awaited as Fraud Probe Unfolds
New York from December 16 reports a federal inquiry into alleged fraud tied to a couple. Authorities awaited information and details as the case developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duleny
Tage
Traffic Toll Mounting in Snow Sleet Crash Week
Severe winter storms cause numerous accidents across Pennsylvania with five confirmed dead and many injured. Air, road, and water travel halted statewide though conditions ease gradually. Philadelphia lows around 30 and Pittsburgh near 32 as Gulf storms threaten Texas to Florida coastlines.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Texas
Carrabelle
Fila
Gulf of Mexico
Hutson to Assist Madison County Grand Jury
Melvin Hutson, circuit solicitor, was ordered by Attorney General Albert Carmichael to Madison County to aid the grand jury investigations. Hutson said he knew nothing of the investigations beyond the request to serve. The grand jury, organized by the late Judge Paul M. Speake, sits under A. Lynne of Decatur while awaiting Schuyler Richardson's return from a Washington hospital.
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Melvin Hutson
Madison County
Albert Carmichael
Decatur
Schuyler Richardson
Washington Hospital
Richardson
Speake
Three Fire Calls Reported Across City Neighborhood Blazes
The fire department responded to three calls from Wednesday afternoon to night. A grass fire occurred at Jackson street 1000 block at 5 p m, another grass fire at Third street west 300 block at 6 p m, and a 4 flue fire at Second avenue 400 block at 9:45 p m with no damage reported.
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Jackson Street
Third Street
Second Avenue
Taft Liquidating Bank to Pay Final Dividend
Athens bank Taft liquidating, closed in 1991, will pay a final dividend to depositors on December 24 totaling 8.77 percent. Twenty percent has already been returned to depositors. The liquidation will close after the final dividend is paid.
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Athens
Ala
Spec- Taft
Japanese Naval Salute To Dead Is Without Precedent
Tokyo reports the Imperial Japanese Navy will detail a company of bluejackets to the Yangtze spot where Panay victims were killed in a naval salute described as unprecedented. Sailors from the Third Fleet in Shanghai will donate 5000 yen to U S Navy funds as an expression of regret.
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Tokyo
Yangtze River
Panay
Nanking
Admiralty
United States Navy
United States
Imperial Japanese Navy
Third Fleet
Shanghai
Admiral Mitsunami Recalled Over Panay Bombing
Rear Admiral Tiezo Mitsunami head of Japanese Naval aerial operations was relieved of his post following the Panay attack. Domei reported the government would punish those responsible and he was ordered to Tokyo. Observers noted most bombardments in China were by naval planes.
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Shanghai
Tiezo Mitsunami
United States
Panay
Domei
America
Mitsunami
China
Tokyo
Survivor recounts Meiping tanker attack by Japanese planes
In Shanghai hospital, PF Hayden Vines from Roanoke recounts the Meiping and three Standard river tankers under attack by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze above Nanking. He describes the bombing, debris, and crew scrambling for safety as ships attempted to reach the south bank.
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U. S
Pan
Yangtze River
Nanking
Hayden Vines
Roanoke
British American Tobacco Company
Shanghai
Yangtze
Meiping
Debria
Panay
Alabama Rhodes Scholars hopefuls named in state round up
Eleven Alabama students were examined by the state Rhodes scholarship committee for zone finals in New Orleans. Winners will be two entering zone finals. four receive scholarships. Contestants include Bear of Montgomery, Bir mingham, Ezell of Clanton, Garrett of Grove Hill, Going of Birmingham, No Gehee of Troy, Loeb of Birmingham, Hilt of Loosa, Street of Talladega, among others.
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Ala
Rhodes
New Orleans
Alabama
Co. Bear
Montgomery
Washington and Lee University
al Birmingham
John 8
Ezell
Clanton
Wake Forest College
Broox Gray Garrett
Grove Hill
University of Alabama
William F. Going
Birmingham
Bruce No- Gehee
Troy
Auburn
Robert H. Loeb
University of Ingham Hilt
Jonas Spiro
Loosa
Watson Street
Talladega
Davidson College
George H. Denny
Earl McGowin
Chapman
Manwell Lancaster
James Saxon Childers
W. M Rogers
Mobile election contest ruled by Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama supreme court ruled that the September 13 Mobile city commission primary could be contested by Winston F. Groom. Groom argued Hartwell failed to win a majority over R. V. Taylor and that irregularities and false counts were involved. The Mobile circuit court had thrown out the suit.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Mobile City Commission
Winston F. Groom
Harry T. Hartwell
R. V. Taylor
Hartwell
Mobile Circuit Court
Jubilee Singers to Be Heard Here in Decatur
The Gospel Jubilee Singers from St. Louis Missouri will perform Friday night December 17 at Decatur Negro High School offering a program of spirituals. The group has built a strong reputation in Decatur and many friends will attend.
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Gospel Jubilee Singers of
St. Louis
Decatur Negro High School
Decatur
Hypnosis Delay At Emporia College Party
Emporia Kansas December 16 Erwin Crellin a student at Emporia Teachers College was late for a school party. He and Vincent Davis were catching up on homework when Davis hypnotised Crellin and could not awaken him until well into the night. Crellin was studying abnormal psychology.
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Emporia
Kas
Erwin Crellin
Emporia Teachers College
Vincent Davis
Davis
Crellin
Mrs. Lorena H. Johnson Dies At 70 In Decatur
Mrs. Lorena H. Johnson, 70, Decatur resident, died at 4 15 this morning at a daughter's home. Her body was moved to Brown's then to her son's home. Funeral services will be at 2 PM at First Methodist Church conducted by Dr. Patterson with Dr. Price and Dr. Lazenby assisting. Interment in city cemetery. Survived by one son James Johnson president of Brock and Spight, two daughters Mrs Henry Sigman and Mrs C B Saunders, two sisters Mrs B E B Tatum and Mrs R L Jones.
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Lorena H. Johnson
Decatur
Henry Sigman
Canal Street
Brown's
James Johnson
Walnut Street
First Methodist Church
L. D. Patterson
W. F. Price
M. EK. Lazenby
City Cemetery
Brown
D. D. McGehee
N. R. Carrell
J. B. Flemmin
Julian Harris
F. H. Pointer
G. R
Judge Davis Out of the Hospital
Federal District Judge David J. Davis left Birmingham to recover at home. Doctors said he was improving and visitors were kept to a minimum at his residence.
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Judge Davis
Birmingham
Ala
Federal
David J. Davis
John W. Altman In Critical Condition In Birmingham
John W. Altman a leading attorney in Birmingham is in a critical condition at a local hospital. He has been ill for several years and is reported seriously ill today in Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
John W. Altman
Funeral services held for Mrs Lucy Gilbert Marks
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning for Mrs Lucy Gilbert Marks wife of a local businessman after a brief illness from pneumonia. The rites were at Riddle's Chapel with burial in Riddle Cemetery. The husband, son and three daughters survive.
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Lucy Gilbert Marks
Riddle's Chapel
Riddle Cemetery
Mother and stepdaughter share birth day in Murray
In Murray Kentucky on December 16 Mrs Virgil Rogers 35 became a mother and a grandmother the same day. Minutes later her stepdaughter Mrs Inez Cooper 21 gave birth to a daughter. Both families report all four doing nicely.
Confirmation of Panay attack reports by Hull
Secretary Hull announced that official reports confirmed Japanese aircraft machine gunning the Panay after bombing. He said diplomatic representations would supplement the note protesting the bombing. Survivors reported boats being strafed, with two wounded and gunfire on the Panay as it sank.
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Washington
Hull
Panay
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Far East
Dent Ae
State Department
Hunter departs Goodyear for Akron business trip
W. 8. Hunter of Goodyear Deca tur Mills leaves Saturday for a several days business visit to Akron Ohio.
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Akron
Hunter
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Ohio
Weather Chronicle Tennessee Alabama Forecast Fragment
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 188 feet at seven o clock with no rainfall reported. Temperature ranged from 56 to 72 degrees during the prior two hours. Alabama expected rain tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the east and south, wind increasing along the coast then shifting to northwest Friday. Tennessee forecast rain in the east Friday with warmer conditions elsewhere and diminishing winds Friday afternoon.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Atlanta
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By F. Hayden Vines
Mobile
Mrs. Johnson
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