All Outfall Sewer Lines In City Connected To Interceptor
Citywide sewer project completed as the interceptor carries sewage from east to west to the Tennessee river. Final tests await TVA hydraulic engineer H. Kimball’s arrival. turnover to the city pending. Interceptor about four miles long cost over a half million dollars.
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Decatur Daily
City
Dry Creek
Riverview Avenue
H. Kimball
Knoxville
TVA
E. R. Whitton
TVA Unaffected by Court Ruling in County
Federal Judge Gore ruled TVA projects in this county are exempt from an injunction, noting over 210 miles of transmission lines are completed or underway serving rural customers and the cities of Athens Elkmont Ardmore and Mooresville. Electricity was recently turned on rural lines completed last Friday.
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Athens
Ala
Gore
TVA
Nashville
Elkmont
Ardmore
Mooresville
Christmas Day Birth Anniversary for Athens Couple
December 25 marks Christmas Day and the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Alvis D Carter of Athens. Carter a prominent local grocery merchant, and his wife have lived together for over thirty years in the community.
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Athens
Ala
Alvis D. Carter
Mr. Carter
Negro High School Christmas Pageant Promised
The Decatur negro high school junior and senior departments present a pageant on Thursday at 2 30. The play centers on the birth of Christ. Instructors Walls and Thompson have worked hard to ensure success with special numbers by first grade students under Langford.
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Decatur Negro High School
Christ
Walls
Thompson
Langford
Wanted to Rent Furnished or Unfurnished Rooms Near Bank Street
Classified notice seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms for light keeping near Bank Street. Address Box 5. Daily rate not stated. FOR SALE Excavated dirt and sod at corner of Line and Walnut Streets. Will sell cheap if called for at once.
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Bank Street
Line and
Walnut Streets
Decatur Diary Reports Revival Plans and Christmas Activities
Decatur diary items describe the Cowell meeting at Central Baptist Church beginning January 11 with elaborate campaign plans. The young people department will lead Sunday services at Ninth Street Methodist and present a Christmas program. Multiple local residents and visitors are listed with holiday travel and church duties across Decatur and nearby towns.
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David Gibson
Central Baptist Church
Young People's Department
Ninth Street Methodist Church
F. L. Aldridge
West Decatur Methodist Church
Edith Maxwell Is Sentenced in Slaying Case
Edith Maxwell receives a prison sentence for the slaying she committed described as justifiable homicide. Judge Eura T. Carter sets bail at 15000 for the girl’s release while defense pleads to set aside verdict. The court delays the case against Edith’s mother Ann Maxwell, indicted with her, until March.
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Miss Maxwell
Eura T. Carter
Ann Maxwell
Edith
Trigg Maxwell
Carter
A. T. Dotson
Richmond
Christmas program at Mt. Tabor School next Wednesday
A Christmas program and tree will be given at Mt. Tabor School next Wednesday evening. Home Demonstration Club members plan a tree program and supper at Mrs. Tom Kyle’s home on Saturday night, December 19, with members and spouses invited.
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Home Demonstration Club
Tom Kyle
Mollie Black
J. A. Black
Mary Lydia
Dorothy Nell Ryan
Cedar Creek
Louise
Annie McCutcheon
Olbed Lukett
J. F. Luker
Roy Moore
Bobby
Hartselle
Rotten Pettit
Huskey
Elliott McCutcheon
Leon McCutcheon
New Hope
Wilma
Nola J
Leo Echols
Athens native McGee to join L and N engineering dept
Mark A. McGee son of Mr and Mrs H O McGee of Athens returns home after working as a construction engineer on government projects in Ohio He will join the engineering department of the L and N railroad with headquarters in Birmingham McGee previously helped build Wheeler Dam before moving to Ohio
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Athens
Ala
Mark A. McGee
H. O. McGee
Ohio
L. & N. Railroad
Birmingham
Young McGee
Wheeler Dam
Senate Votes Receipts Tax by Big Margin
Senator J. Miller Bonner of Camden a prohibition leader raised a point of order that the senate had voted to consider bills on the calendar for final passage and that Kellys motion was out of order. Bonners point was sustained by Lieut. Governor Thomas B. Knight Jr senate president who ruled that Kellys motion could not be considered at that time. The senate then recessed for 20 minutes.
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J. Miller Bonner
Camden
Senate
Kelly
Snator Bonner
Thomas B. Knight, Jr
Senator Walton Read Graves Letter On Tax Bill Debate
In Montgomery Alabama Senator Will Walton read a letter from Governor Bibb Graves stating the gross receipts tax bill does not cover new and used automobiles cotton or cottonseed, and that no tax would be collected on them during Graves administration. The letter was read after Senator Hayse Tucker challenged Walton, who claimed the governor had given assurances the provisions would not be enforced. The exchange ended with a humorous flare as Lt. Gov. Knight, railroading the debate, and administration spokesman Hardy Riddle clashed over the pace of the vote.
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Montgomery
Ala
Will Walton
Chambere County
Alabama Senate
Bibb Graves
Senate
Hayse Tucker
Tuscaloosa
Walton
House
Graves
State Tax Commission
Tucker
Max Rogers
Mobile
Hardy Riddle
Talladega
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Rogers
Riddle
Rayes
Knight
Supreme Court actions move Alabama tax bill forward
The Alabama Senate nears final passage of the Ellis one and one half percent gross receipts tax on retail sales and amusements amid votes on amendments. Administrations forces push to prevent sending the bill back to the House, while the Supreme Court released a series of decisions involving several circuit and appellate cases across the state.
Market Quotations Wall Street Developments on Year End Trading
Selective buying provided support but leaders stayed mostly shaky as year end shifts and tax selling influenced moves. Bonds grains and cotton were uneven while rubber futures rose and zinc gained. Transfers totaled about 1 900 000 shares with industry leaders and laggards listed.
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Victor Eubank
New York
U. S, Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck
Goodyear
Gen Motors
Chrysler
Gimbelworth
Douglas Aircraft
American Smelting
Westinghouse
Canada Dry
Newport Industries
Dairy and egg market report from Chicago trade notes
Chicago reports butter prices at 8,206 firm with various grade levels and scores ranging from 33 to 34 for extras and stand ards. Eggs listed at 4,467 steady with prices for extra firsts, current receipts, and refrigerator specials around 27 to 28 cents, including local car lots and graded fresh.
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Chicago
Cotton Trade in Liverpool Spot Market Dec 17
Liverpool reports December 17 liquidity in the cotton market with 11 000 bales traded including 8500 American. Spot business shows moderate activity and prices up by three points.
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Liverpool
Agricultural market report with live stock and potato prices
Slaughter steers and heifers 3 1 2 to 5 1 2 cents. beef cows 3 1 4 to 3 3 4. cutter cows 2 to 3 1 4. bulls 3 to 4 cents. Hogs 200 to 300 lbs 9.65. lighter weights 9.45 to 8.15. sows 8.15. Lambs and buck lambs cited. Potatoes on track 74. total shipments 488. russets steady with Idaho and Colorado prices listed.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Idaho
Former Ardmore Quarterback Visits Decatur on Business
Alton Smith former Ardmore high school quarterback and recent graduate spent a short time in Decatur today on business. He is well known for playing against Decatur's Red and Black and is a letter winner.
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Alton Smith
Ardmore
Decatur
Smith
Taxi collision at Second Ave and Moulton Street
A taxi driven by Charles Mahaffey and a second car operated by B A Turner collided at Second avenue and Moulton street at 7 40 this morning. No one was injured and both vehicles sustained slight damage.
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B. A. Turner
Second Avenue
Moulton Street
Locomotives Crash Hidden Signals In Dense Fog
Fog shrouds signals as two locomotives collide in a wreck that brings no passenger injuries. Trainmen feared high speed, but passengers awoke unaware, with none of the Pullmans or coaches derailed from the rails.
Funeral set for Philip Grizzard after Montgomery crash
Funeral services for Philip Grizzard of 412 Mildred Street Montgomery will be held there with arrangements to be announced. He leaves a wife three daughters Elizabeth Dorothy Catherine and a son Theo Jr two brothers Roy and Leonard and three sisters Roberta Hale Pete Burk and L J Rogers. His death follows a prior Grizzard tragedy when brother Ernest was killed responding to a Birmingham fire alarm in a truck car collision.
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Philip Grizzard
Mildred Street
Montgomery
Grizzard
Elizabeth
Dorothy
Catherine
Theo, Jr
Roy
Leonard Grizzard
Decatur
Route Four
Roberta Hale
Birmingham
Pete Burk
Trinity
L. J. Rogers
Yuma
Ariz
Ernest Grizzard
Birmingham Fire Department
Troop 4 Prepares for 1937 Events in February
Troop 4 held its weekly meeting with most boys present and two absent. After oath and roll call the group drilled for the first time as they training for February events including first aid relays tower building sack racing and drilling. Raven patrol scored the most points. meeting adjourned by stacking staves.
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Troop 4
Raven Patrol
Official Roll Of Church Completed At Ninth Street Methodist
Ninth Street Methodist church held a Monday night business meeting and completed the official roll for the new conference year by electing several officers. The roll lists A. G. Jones as general superintendent of the Sunday school and 15 secretary Barborough as steward chair. others include A. G. Jane John R. Butler Clarence Aday W. M. Griffin Cecil Julian Dr E E Beard and Kelly Watson as stewards. Mrs R B Ross president of Missionary Society Miss Evelyn Beard president of the young people's department Mrs A G Jones pianist and A G Jones as chorister.
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Barbrough
Fda
Stewards
A. G. Jane
John R. Butler
Clarence Aday
W. M. Griffin
Cecil Julian
E. Beard
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