Montgomery Merchants Hear Tax Plan Details at Capitol
In Montgomery on December 23 merchants met with state Tax Commission Chairman Henry Long to learn how the Ellis gross receipts tax will be administered. The briefing covered exemptions, deadlines, wholesale versus retail sales, radio equipment, auto parts, and pre January 1 sales, with a plan for a formal instruction letter to merchants by January 15 and a potential court challenge to resist payment.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Ellis
State Tax Commission
Mobile
Birmingham
Henry Long
Long
Tax Commission
Couple Being Hunted Today in Kentucky Kidnapping Case
A coal operator from New Tazewell Tennessee and a 17 year old University of Kentucky freshman are sought by police in Kentucky Ohio and Tennessee. Vivian Lee was abducted after a Bell County High School banquet. Warrants accuse A G Cawood of abduction and detention. Aloah Lee identified the suspect's car.
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Pineville
New Tazewell
Bell County
A. G. Cawood
Lee
Walter B. Smith
Aloah Lee
Cawood
Aleah
Vivian
John Sewell
Middlesboro
Aloah
Sewell
President Frank to Face Open Hearing on Charges
The Wisconsin Board of Regents Executive Committee set January 6 and 7 for an open hearing on charges against Dr. Glenn Frank, president of the University, in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Board of Regents
Glenn Frank
Early Christmas Service Planned at St Pauls Lutheran
An early Christmas service is scheduled for Christmas morning at six o'clock at St Pauls Lutheran Church. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Repeal Vote Not Unlikely Says Browning Refers Referendum
Governor-elect Gordon Browning told interviewers he would sign a statewide referendum bill on prohibition if the legislature sends it to him. He warned he would veto any measure legalizing liquor in counties voting local option unless the state has voted for repeal. Browning said liquor store revenues would go to the general fund and proposed a cigarette tax change tied to bootlegging. he suggested a 1-cent tax cut only if cigarettes drop to 15 cents a pack.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gordon Browning
Browning
General Fund
WPA workers begin holiday in ten counties
Three thousand four hundred WPA project workers in ten counties laid down tools for a holiday period that runs until Monday morning. Of the total 375 are in Morgan county. District headquarters personnel of more than 80 will also take the holiday, with checks already distributed after completing monthly assignments.
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WPA
Morgan County
R. T. Scarborough
Hull urges world to follow Americas toward lasting peace
Secretary Hull urged the world's nations to learn from 21 American republics at the Inter American Peace Conference. He warned war must be destroyed or it will destroy us and touted a pact for peace, closer economic and cultural cooperation, and a non isolationist course for the hemisphere.
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Buenos Aires
Hull
United States
Roosevelt
Americas
Hemisphere
CCC Camp Recruit Dies at Moulton
Burn L. Odom, 24, CCC camp recruit stationed near Moulton, died at Irwin-Dyar Hospital from a heart attack after an appendix operation. The Lawrence county recruit, stationed 16 months, was shipped by rail to his Ellisville Mississippi home for funeral and burial.
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Burn L. Odom
CCC
Moulton
Brown Funeral Company
Ellisville
Miss
Odom
Irwin-Dyar Hospital
Lawrence County
Simeon Fess Dies of Heart Attack at 75 in Washington
Simeon D. Fess, 75, former Ohio senator, died of a heart attack in a Washington hotel after arriving from Cleveland. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1922 to 1934, lost his bid for a third term to Vic Donahey, and later wrote Ohio history after leading Antioch College.
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Washington
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Cleveland
Fess
Senate
Margaret L. Walsh
Ohioan
Charles 8. Fess
Bankhead
Tor
Vic Donahey
Donahey
Simeon Fess
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
Phone Company Challenges Alabama Gross Receipts Tax Increase
Southern Bell Telephone Company filed in U S district court to invalidate the 1935 Alabama law raising the gross receipts tax from 2.5 to 4 percent and sought a refund of 188 840 dollars paid under the higher rate. The act was challenged as discriminatory excessive and confiscating property without due process.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Bell Telephone Company
U. S
Alabama
Decatur High School 1936 Class Reunion Scheduled
The first reunion of the 1936 Decatur High School class is set for tonight at Miss Marjory Irwin's home on E Cherry Street. All members are asked to arrive by 7 30. The class had 100 graduates last spring and most have returned to the city after pursuing studies.
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Decatur High School
Marjory Irwin
E. Cherry Street
Christmas Eve Weather Forecast From Bureau
The Associated Press reports Alabama will have a fair Christmas Eve, a forecast welcomed by merchants for last minute shoppers. Northwest Florida shares the forecast, while Tennessee enjoys partly cloudy and warm conditions.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Farm Lands Moving Fast in Morgan and Nearby Counties
W. M. Chenault says Morgan and nearby counties see farm property change hands rapidly. His agency reports selling a farm per day in a week with tracts including 160 acres in Limestone County to H. D. Mitch ell, 60 acres near Rocky Ford to E. L. Pearson, and 91 acres in Lawrence County to G. E. Harris for $20 an acre. Most buyers plan to live on and develop the land.
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W. M. Chenault
Morgan
Mr. Chenault
Hobbs Horton Place
Limestone County
H. D. Mitchell
Mt. Hope
W. C. Stephenson
Rocky Ford
Morgan County
E. L. Pearson
Moulton
Lawrence County
A. V. Akin
Panama Canal Zone
G. E. Harris
Two People Die in Head-On Collision Near Flomaton
A head-on crash about a mile north of Flomaton killed Dr Ed Pounds of Atlanta and J F Douglas of Grand Bay. Six others, including Mrs Pounds and Mrs Douglas, were injured and hospitalized in serious condition. The two cars were wrecked beyond recognition as passing motorists found the scene while en route to Houston.
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Ocentury
Ala
Flomaton
Ed Pounds
Atlanta
J. F. Douglas
Grand Bay
Douglas
Pounds
Carroll
Houston
Texas
Quintuplets to spend Christmas with family at DaFoe home
Old Santa Claus grants a tender request as the Dionne quintuplets, two years seven months old, share Christmas Day with their parents and siblings for the first time. They will meet their five month old baby brother Oliva and follow the usual diet per Dr DaFoe. Ernest, the oldest, turns ten on Wednesday.
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Callander
Ont
Santa Claus
Rose
Noel
Dionne
DaFoe
Oliva
Ernest
Christmas Cantata Cast Rehearsal At Central Baptist
The cast of the Christmas cantata to report for a repeat performance at Central Baptist Church on Christmas Day at 3 p.m. with arrivals by 2 30. The programs included the musical Christmas King and Redeemer and King presented Sunday night and met with success drawing requests for another showing. Forty people make up the cast.
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Central Baptist Church
Authority 10 Launch Fight in High Court
Knoxville Tenn Dec 2 Attorneys for the Tennessee Valley Authority announced a sweeping appeal from Judge John J Gore of Nashville who granted 19 power companies an injunction and overruled motions to dismiss the suit The injunction blocks TVA from building new transmission and substations not underway or serving new power customers except rural areas The TVA will appeal to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati Ohio The court could dissolve the injunction remand the case or uphold TVA and move to the Supreme Court or try the case on its merits
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Knoxville
Tenn
mAttorneys
Tennessee Valley Authority
John J. Gore
Nashville
Gore
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
TVA
Alabama
Cismalee
Ee F
United States Supreme Court
Ashwander
U. S. Supreme Court
Memphis vows to press TVA fight despite court injunction
Mayor Watkins Overton says Memphis will continue its drive to secure TVA power. He asserts the injunction by Federal Judge Johnny J. Gore will not halt plans to build the city’s electrical distribution system and that Memphis will pursue appeals and protections of its TVA contract.
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Memphis
Tenn
Watkins Overtoner
TVA Bere Bem
Johny J. Gore
In-Junction
TVA
Stab Wound Treated At Local Hospital
Louis Lathan of 216 East Lafayette street was treated at Benevolent Society Hospital today for a chest stab wound received about 8 o'clock last night. Attendants said the injury occurred during a holdup but details were unavailable. He is not considered seriously injured.
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Louis Lathan
East Lafayette Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Lathan
Three Rescued by Japanese Vessel After Night at Sea
A Japanese boat rescued two girls and a young man after they clung all night to an overturned craft. Helen Briggs, 18, of Brentwood Heights died soon after being taken aboard. The fourth member swam for help and disappeared.
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Santa Monica
Helen Briggs
Brentwood Heights
Los Angeles
Tennessee River Gauge Rises as Mild Weather Continues
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 188 feet with no rainfall recorded. High reached 56 and low 38 in the past 24 hours as fair weather prevailed for Alabama, northwest Florida, Tennessee, and central regions. Expect continued clear to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Ueain
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