Tax Proposed to Raise Cash Parity Funds
Atlanta dispatch reports I W Duggan southern division director of the agricultural adjustment administration urged a processing tax on cotton as the most logical source for parity payments to farmers. He proposed funding by taxing cotton value used in manufactured goods with rates rising when cotton prices fall and fall as parity nears, with safeguards to prevent labor displacement and land shifts.
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Atlanta
I. W. An
Southern Division
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Triple- A
Duggan
Youth Admits Killing Two as Drunken Frenzy Revealed
A 16-year-old girl’s lover Frank Salazar confessed to killed parents of Wilma Kennedy and wounded two sisters at Miles Texas. He abducted Wilma Kennedy and fled to Austin where he was held awaiting death penalty pursuit by District Attorney O D Fisher. Salazar described a drunken rampage after tying Wilma and attacking occupants before stealing the Kennedy car.
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Austin
Tex
West Texas
O. D. Fisher
Frank Salazar
Wilma Kennedy
Paul Kennedy
Miles
Texas
Salazar
Kennedy Farmhouse
Lee O. Allen
Kennedy
Cooper-Wells Employees Get Real Presents
Cooper-Wells and Company local management announced a truckload of dressed turkeys from Chicago headquarters will arrive December 23 as Christmas gifts for employees. Several hundred birds will be distributed Friday afternoon in the plant shipping room and stored at Decatur Ice and Coal Company for those leaving town. Receivers will present a Christmas greeting card bearing their name. The plant closes December 23 afternoon for holidays and reopens January 2 with minimal staff for repairs and overhauls kept on duty.
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Cooper-Wells and Company
Chicago
Frank Yaney
Decatur Ice and Coal Company
Probers Seek Time Extension for TVA Inquiry
Chairman Donahey said the congressional committee investigating TVA would ask for more time to complete its inquiry. The panel has voted to adjourn December 21, with report due date slipping beyond January 3. Funds for the probe may be increased as the current $50,000 allowance is exhausted. TVA’s year end June 30, 1938 financials show a $310,171 loss in power operations.
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Washington
Donahey
Ohio
Congressional
TVA
House
E. L. Kohler
Alabama to inaugurate Frank M. Dixon with regional governors invited
In Montgomery on January 16 Frank M. Dixon will be inaugurated as Alabama’s chief executive. Invitations extend to eight southern governors and governors elect including Cone Rivers Hoey Chandler White Leche Johnston Maybank Browning Cooper. Inaugural parade plans progress with five bands already engaged and veterans section chaired by Major Luther Waller.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
W. P. Screws
Fred P. Cone
Florida
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Clyde H. Hoey
North Carolina
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Hugh White
Mississippi
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Olin D. Johnston
Burnett R. Maybank
South Carolina
Gordon Browning
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Luther Waller
Elks to Sponsor Toy Matinee at Princess Theatre
Decatur Elks Lodge No 655 will sponsor a toy matinee at 10 o clock Wednesday morning at the Princess theatre. Admission will be toys in usable condition for needy city children. G P Banniza Princess manager donates use of the playhouse and all staff donate services. The showing is Dickens Christmas Carol.
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Decatur Elks Lodge No. 655
Princess Theatre
G.P. Banniza
Charles Dickens
Comptroller Blocks FSA Hosiery Loans Despite Protests
Acting Comptroller General Richard N. Elliott vetoed 3.05 million dollars in FSA loans to five cooperative hosiery mills citing violations of relief appropriations and potential unemployment. FSA officials plan to present new evidence to challenge the ruling.
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Washington
Richard N. Elliott
Farm Security Administration
Elliott
FSA
Cumberland Cooperative Company
Cumberland Homesteads
Tennessee
Red House
W. Va
Penderson
N. C
Skyline
Ala
Industrial Company
Homestead Industrial Company
Bankhead Farms
Ellett
Westmoreland Homesteads
Pennsylvania
Tygart Valley
West Virginia
Congress
Westmoreland
Tygart
Final rites for Mrs. R. L. Rice at Valhermoso
Mrs. R L Rice 68 died after a short illness. Final rites held at Valhermoso church with Rev R L Archibald officiating. Burial in Valhermose cemetery directed by Drinkard Howell. Survived by husband two sons Hugh and Comer Rice three daughters Mrs Janie Husky Emma and Bertie Rice. Pallbearers listed. Flowers arranged by local helpers.
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R. L. Rice
Valhermoso
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Decatur
Valhermose
Drinkard Howell
Leon
Herbert
Esco
Owen
Cortellace
John Mack Chunn
Seldon Hardage
Dewey Day
Flowers
Sarah
Grace
Annie Mae Chunn
Irene Clemons
Bertie Murphy
Essie Hardage
Gladys Williams
Norene Garrison
Winter Grips Europe as Siberian Cold Drops Temperatures
Icy northeast winds from Siberia sweep Europe from Scotland to Greece with snow and sleet. London’s temperature plunged from 42 to 26 F in 24 hours, marking the coldest day in ten years as snow covered Scotland and England reaching South London.
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London
Siberia
Europe
Scotland
Greece
England
Gun Purchase Contract Linked to Coster Musica Inquiry
A Boston lawyer testified that he drafted for F Donald Coster Musica a contract to buy Lee Enfield rifles for McKesson Robbins and Standard Oil of England. The probe into Coster Musica centers on missing assets amid a reported 18 million dollar drug firm shortfall and gun running theories.
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New York
Boston
Donald Coster
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Standard Oil
England
Frederick Wingersky
Ambrose V. McCall
Coster-Musica
Brien McMahon
U. S
Washington
McMahon
Arms smuggling probe widens as Musica dies in Brooklyn
Federal authorities opened a coordinated inquiry into an $18 million drug firm shortfall at McKesson & Robbins, with focus on arms smuggling links. Musica, aka F. Donald Coster, lay dead in a Brooklyn morgue as investigations begin, with agents detailing the case and potential blackmail connections.
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New York
Philip
Musica
McKesson & Robbins Corporation
Brooklyn
Cypress Hills
Queens
Antonio Musica
F. Donald Coster
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Noonan
Ruman
McKesson & Robbins
George Musica
George 5. Dietrich
Associated Press Moves Into Its New Building In New York
The Associated Press completed a move to its new 15 story Rockefeller Center headquarters, shifting from Madison Avenue with a dual operation for hours. Reporters editors and photographers worked from both sites while 1 350 newspapers received news via 285 000 miles of wires as the dual system transitioned smoothly.
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New York
Associated Press
Rockefeller Center
Madison Avenue
Washington
Little
Buzzie
Rev Jesse F Ray to Lead Ashland First Baptist Church
Pastor Jesse F Ray resigns from Decatur church after four years and one month to become pastor of Ashland Alabama First Baptist. Services begin January first with Christmas Day final messages and a concluding Wednesday service. Church finances show rising gifts and strong support in recent years.
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Jesse F. Ray
First Baptist Church
Ashland
Alabama
Christ
Ray
First
Decatur
Social Security Board Plans Expansion of Old Age Insurance
Washington officials say the Social Security board is prepared to follow its advisory council in broadening the federal old age insurance system. The board will submit next month to President Roosevelt a detailed expansion program. specifics remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Advisory Council
Roosevelt
State Patrolmen Nab Five Drunk Drivers in One Week
Patrolmen Cope and Daniels earned a reputation as hootch hounds after arresting five motorists for driving while intoxicated in a single week.
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Copeland and
Daniels
Gimp Snyder Trial Near Verdict In Hollywood Hills Case
Martin Snyder known as the Gimp faces a jury after a high profile trial over a 1930s crime spree. Key witnesses allege he drew a pistol on Alderman and fired at pianist Miss Etting as two women aided by a neighbor called police.
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Los Angeles
Martin
Snyder
Ondset
Eyeet
Ting
Characne Baenett
Alderman
Miss Etting
Snyler
Miss Bitting
Edithed
Iceman
Miss Snyder
Hollywood Hills
Charity Council Nears $2,500 Funds Goal
Decatur Charity Council moved nearer the target with $2,116.40 raised today plus several reports still due. Contributions are welcome at the Chamber of Commerce office and funds aid those unable to receive other assistance.
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Decatur Charity Council
Chamber of Commerce
Charity Council
Caskie to Head ICC for Year Beginning January 1
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced Marion M. Caskie was elected chairman for one year starting January 1 under a rotating chair policy. Caskie, born in Virginia and former Montgomery resident, joined the commission in 1935.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Marion M. Caskie
Caskie
Virginia
Montgomery
Ala
Chamberlain urges peaceful role with Germany seeks to avoid war
British Prime Minister Chamberlain defended policy after Munich and urged German cooperation for peace. He warned the United States about a proposed $25 million China loan as a dangerous political gesture and noted no frictions with Washington. European tensions rise with Italy and Hungary while Rome and Paris forecast limits on territory and Jews.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Nazi Germany
Europe
Munich
United States
China
Washington
Tokyo
France
Machiro Arita
Japan
Asia
Palestine
Great Britain
Hungary
Romania
Italy
Rome
Relazioni Internazionali
Institute For Study of Foreign Policy
Paris
Georges Bonnet
Britain
Mussolini
Tr Duce
Weather summary with mild temps and river level
Weather shows a 50 degree high and 24 degree low for the last 24 hours ending 7 this morning. Tennessee River at 17.1 feet remains stationary with no rain recorded. Frost noted in the south with temps 30 to 34 expected tonight and partly cloudy, warmer Tuesday. Winds along the coast east to southeast. Tennessee outlook calls for increasing clouds and warmth with possible rain in the west by night and continued warmer Tuesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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