Decatur Social Roundup Weathers Holiday Visitors
Decatur residents hosted relatives and friends over Christmas and New Year. Notables included Z P Watkins and daughters at Ridge Springs with brother Will Watkins in Birmingham. The list spans Jacksonville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Midland, Memphis, Russellville, Hope, and Birmingham with church, family, and social gatherings across the week.
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Z. P. Watkins
Ross Dublin
Louise Watkins
Ridge Springs
Mr. Watkins
Will Watkins
Birmingham
Five Enlist in the Army Panama Invitation
A Decatur recruiting notice offers 18 to 35 year old single men with reading ability a chance to join the U S Army in Panama. Boston and Fletcher recently returned from a two year Panama tour and are visiting Decatur on furlough. Interested men may contact Mr Boston or Mr Fletcher at the Decatur Recruiting Station.
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Second Avenue
Tur
Vogel V. Pletcher
Fifth Avenue
Decatur
John L. Pepper
Eva
Riley B. Moore, Jr
Courtland
Howard C. Bowling
Railroad Street
Panama
Boston
Fletcher
Texas
U. S. Army
Relief bill cuts and enlistee costs debated
Reported figures show a proposed relief bill totaling 123 million dollars or a cut of about 123 000 men from a 300 000 enrollment. House appropriations committee aims to trim about 89 million, citing savings claimed by COC officials of 35 million from this year's appropriation. Economies may come from rations and clothing funds plus repair of camp machinery. Per enrollees, cost drops one cent from roughly 50 cents.
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House Appropriations Committee
COC
Morgan County Singing Convention Set for January 8 9
The winter meeting of the Morgan County Singing Convention will be held January 8 and 9 in the new auditorium at Morgan County High School in Hartselle. A number of outstanding singers have promised to appear on the two day program including the “tie and Prof Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Hartselle
Tie
Prof
Shaw
Smith Will Be Honored for Year of Birmingham Growth
Rev. James Allen Smith, pastor of West End Baptist, honored Sunday for his first anniversary in Birmingham. Since his transfer from Decatur Central Baptist, church rolls grew to 430 new members and Sunday attendance rose to 700. Financial progress followed with debts paid and $1000 mortgage paid. J. W. Pryor to lead program with several church leaders as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allen Smith
West End
Board of Deacons
Henry T. Rogers
W. B. Henley
Woman's Missionary Society
W B. Rogers
Felix W. Wood
W. O. Oliver
Building Fund
L. C. Wood
Young People's Department
Unknown Quantity Charlie Williams Seeks Senate Seat
Charlie Williams former chief appraiser of the Federal Land Bank runs on farm knowledge. His campaign lacks northern Alabama enthusiasm and his progress remains unclear until ballot counts. Local organizers urge voters to register and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Williams
Federal Land Bank
Alabama
Williams
Senate
Resignation Accepted in Bucharest Forms New Government
King Carol accepted the resignation of Premier George Tatarescu and commissioned Octavian Goga of the National Christian Party to form a new government in Bucharest on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Carol
George Tatarescu
Octavian Goga
National Christian Party
Revolta Takes Lead at Hollywood Beach Open Golf
Johnny Revolta of Evanston Illinois shot a one under par 69 to overtake the leaders and take the lead in the Hollywood Beach Hotel Open Golf Tournament in Hollywood Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Fla
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Til
Proposal for Federal Wheat Insurance Corporation
A plan to create a federal parsear capitalized at 100000 under the Department of Agriculture would insure 75 percent of a farmer’s wheat production against weather, insects, and disease with optional purchase. Expenditures capped at 20 million annually, premiums as low as 0.3 bushel per acre, payable in grain or cash, with indemnities in grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Pope
Farm security loans under tenant program expand nationwide
The farm security administration reports loan machinery active in 21 states with state and county committees preparing to receive applications. A $10 million fund from the last congress funds loans as applications are studied. only a few counties will be funded this year due to limited allocations, with an application window of two to four weeks per state. Kentucky 334,060 North Carolina 527,586 Tennessee 416,191 Virginia 213,967 Alabama 615,581 Florida 61,623 Georgia 635,003 South Carolina 406,165 Arkansas ?
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Arkansas
New Destroyers Take Over Patrol From San Pedro
Nine of the navy's new destroyers including the Porter Drayton Flusser Lamson Cushing Perkins Preston Smith and Mahan depart from San Diego to relieve patrols off San Pedro. They are to exchange ships with the Hopkins Williamson Childs Glimer Barry Fox Brooks Goff and Reuben James and are joined by MacDonough and Dale relieving Conyngham and Phelps at the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Navy
San Pedro
Porter
Drayton
Flusser
Lamson
Cushing
Perkins
Preston
Smith
Naval Base
MacDonough
Dale
Conyngham
Phelps
Illness Fatal To Macon Woman A. O. Norred 76
A. O. Norred, 76, died after a ten day illness at a Macon hospital. She recently moved from Weaver, Alabama, to Macon. Survivors include son Walter C. Norred of Weaver. Funeral and burial at Post Oak church in Alexander, Alabama, Wednesday.
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Macon
A. O. Norred
Weaver
Asia
Walter C. Norred
Post Oak Church
Alexander
Ala
Alabama steel up 63 percent next week workers not hired
In Birmingham and Alabama facilities production is rising to 63 percent of capacity next week at Republic Steel. The week prior saw an increase from 45 to 60 percent with expectations to hold through the first quarter of the new year. No new jobs are created due to minimal payroll recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Republic Steel Corporation
Dodd Leaves Berlin as Resigning Ambassador
Nicholas Dodd left Berlin for the United States aboard the Washington liner with Mrs. Dodd amid strained relations with the German government. The farewell lacked protocol, and Dodd did not meet Chancellor Hitler before departure. In St Louis, Methodist leaders described college students as more studious and less driven by religious skepticism than a decade ago, noting a rise in working students and concern for social issues.
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Berlin
William E. Dodd
United States
Dodd
Ham
Washington
Foreign Office
Dodds
ST. Louis
National Methodist Student Conference
Hiek D. Bollinger
Chicago
Wesley Foundation
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harvey C. Brown
Nashville
Ten
Parley Considers Reward Claimants
Governor Hoffman said it may not be necessary to hold further conferences with claimants to New Jersey's $25 000 Lindbergh kidnapping reward. He privately interviewed four of 31 claimants two weeks ago and gave no schedule for distribution decision. His term ends January 17 and he cited some claimants as needing no interview due to their well known activities.
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Trenton
N. J
Hoffman
New Jersey
Unemployment Census Director Reveals Preview Figures
John D. Biggers, unemployment census director, gave President Roosevelt preliminary estimates of last month’s voluntary registration. He declined to disclose the figures but said the first official results would be released Sunday.
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Washington
John D. Biggers
Roosevelt
Biggers
GM Cuts About 30000 Jobs Nationwide Including 20090 in Michigan
General Motors president William S. Knudsen announced today that employment in GM plants across the United States will be reduced by about 30 000 workers effective January 1. In Michigan the cut is about 20090 jobs.
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Detroit
Williams. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
United States
Michigan
Survey Maps U S Land Coverage At 47 4 Percent In 1937
The Geological Survey report for 1937 states that about 47.4 percent of the United States is mapped topographically. This figure reflects the extent of official map coverage and indicates progress in surveying the nation.
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United State
Geological Survey
Clipper brings Panay bombing film to Alameda
The China Clipper arrived in Alameda with Norman Alley and 4500 feet of footage showing the Yangtze bombing near Nanking. A United Airlines plane was prepared to fly the film east for public showing. Alley and family greeted the arrival as he planned to transmit the full story of the Panay incident.
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Alameda Calif
China Clipper
Panay
Orient
Norman Alley
Yangtze River
Nanking
United Air Lines
Alley
Hollywood
Western Union Denies Antitrust Conspiracy in Court
In New York on December 28 a federal court heard Western Union Telegraph Company deny allegations of an unlawful restraint of trade and seek dismissal of the government antitrust suit for lack of merit.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
NLRB Demands Ford Restore Discharged Workers
The National Labor Relations Board warned Ford Motor Company it will seek court enforcement unless Ford complies within ten days with an order to restore workers whom it discharged. The board ruled on December 22 that Ford violated the National Labor Relations Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
National Labor Relations Act
Year’s News Given Rating Year’s News Given Rating
The piece lists Alabama’s top ten stories of 1937 including end of Prohibition, Scottsboro case developments, and notable political and social events. Details cover the Scottsboro trials, sentences for defendants, and key figures like Hugo Black and Dixie Graves.
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Leroy A. Simms
Associated Press
Munga
Alabama
Scottsboro
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Mobile
Dixie Graves
University of Alabama
Rose Bowl
Decatur
Clarence Norris
Olen Montgomery
Willie Roberson
Eugene Williams
Roy Wright
Morgan County
Ozie Powell
Heywood Patterson
Andy Wright
Charlie Weems
Patterson
State Supreme Court
Pattersons
Samuel S. Leibowitz
New York
Shantung Front Rises as War Spreads Toward Tsingtao
Provincial forces under War Lord Han Pu Chu hold White Horse mountain west of Tsingtao after retreating from Tsinan. Shanghai observers question a Han–Japanese deal while central troops move toward Talan and Lincheng. The Panay recovery mission sails to Nanking as US consuls aboard await directions amid mounting Sino-Japanese tensions.
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Tsingtao
Shantung
Han Pu-Chu
White Horse Mountain
Tsinan
Shanghai
Han
Central Army
Talan
Lincheng
Kiangsu
Tokyo
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Hankow
Ivan Twosimo- Luganets-Orelsky
Red Army
China
Russia
United States
Oahu
Yangtze River
John M. Allison
James Espy
A. A. McFayden
Nanking
Hohsien
Panay
Washington
Japan
Nippon
America
Market declines and year low prices on Wall Street
A cautious session in New York stocks saw many leaders hit new lows for the year while a few aircraft and gold mines attracted buying. Steel and motor shares fell sharply as tax selling and upcoming congressional action weighed on sentiment. Transfers traded about 2.2 million shares as the market drifted with little upside.
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New York
Wall Street
Jackson
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Inland Steel
Anaconda
Westinghouse
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
International Harvester
U.S. Gypsum
Loew's
Allis Chalmers
American Tobacco
Consolidated Edison
Goodrich
American Can
General Motors
Chrysler
Wright Aeronautical
Douglas Aircraft
Consolidated Aircraft
Glenn Martin
Dome Mines
Market Wrap: Stocks Slip as Steel Sharply Falls
New York reports a broad stock retreat led by steel shares with a weak tone across bonds and rails. Curb markets slip while utilities stay pressured. cotton declines on Wall Street selling, sugar and coffee show modest moves. European selling noted. Chicago futures extend weakness in wheat and corn with strong hogs.
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New York
Wall Street
Southern
Chicago
Sweet potato starch produced commercially in high quality
High quality starch is manufactured commercially from sweet potatoes. The note highlights scalable production methods and potential market impact for food and industrial use.
Hogs Steady Prices Amid Mixed Hogyard Terms
Market notes show hogs steady with weights 160 to 245 pounds. Entry quotes feature 7.50 and 6.95 in unclear lines. Some unfinished hogs appear discounted amid scattered price terms and inconsistent catalog text.
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Ennai
Scsssacvacascuuss Wawsy
Cattle price rundown by grade and type
Cattle steady with No 1 fat grass cattle and beef type selling at Sea to Te levels. No 2 common steers and heifers bring 1 to 2 and up to 5 cents. No 3 low cutters and cutters quoted 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cents. No 4 butcher cows offer 3 1/2 to 4 cents. No 5 bulls bring 3 1/2 to 0.5 cents.
Nashville Livestock Market Prices Report
U S Department of Agriculture market notes from Nashville Tennessee show cattle 200 head steady. steers and heifers mostly 5.00 to 6.50 with good quality 7.00 to 8.00. cows and bulls 2.75 to 4.00 for cutters. vealers up to 11.00. Hogs 300 head steady with weights 130 to 380 pounds at 7.45 to 8.10. sows to 7.05. Sheep 50 head steady with fat lambs to 8.00 and fat sheep 2.00 to 3.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on December 28, cottonseed oil held steady with varying futures quotes. Bleachable prime summer yellow quoted at 6.90 nominal, prime crude 5.75 to 5.87 1 2, and nearby contracts Jan 6.70B Mar 6.59B May 6.61B July 6.65B Sept 6.70B Oct 6.72B.
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Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures steady in Memphis trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures for 41 per cent content closed steady in Memphis on December 28. Prices listed by month: January 21.50, February 21.50, March 21.05, April 20.90, May 20.90, June 20.80, July 20.15. Sales totaled 3,500 units.
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Memphis
Tenn
Poultry Trade Report From Chicago Poultry Market
Chicago December 28 live poultry trading noted by 44 trucks arriving with hens weighing four and a half pounds on average. Firm market conditions observed across the poultry segment with purchasers awaiting price directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dairy Prices in Chicago Market Report
Butter values listed for Chicago on December 28 show unsettled creamery specials at 93 score and various price tiers. Eggs totals of 2,566 reflect steady demand with refrigerator extra at 22 1 2 and standards at 22 1 4 while other prices hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wheat futures slide as December contracts near delivery
Chicago wheat prices tumbled on December month end selling. The decline followed concern that any uncompleted December contracts must be settled by physical delivery with nearly 5 million bushels outstanding. Declines also echoed weaker securities. Dec futures at 92 7/8, May 91 1/2, July 85 5/8 to 3/4.
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Chicago
Holiday travel sets record for Southeastern Greyhound
H E Sunderland station manager reports Decatur terminal sees largest holiday business in company history. He notes traffic through the terminal as the biggest ever with orderly crowds and no liquor issues. About twenty two buses pass through daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Sunderland
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines
Decatur
Mr. Sunderland
Captain Roberts to Get a Medal
War department officials indicated Captain Frank N Roberts would be recommended for a heroism decoration for his role after the Panay sank. After Commander J J Hughes was disabled Roberts, assistant military attaché in China, marshaled survivors on the Yangtze shore while other embassy staff took refuge aboard the Panay. Roberts' home is Oskaloosa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Frank N. Roberts
Panay
J. J. Hughes
Roberts
China
Yangtze
Americar
Nanking
Oskaloosa
Kans
Stamps Group to Appear in Concert at Hartselle
Announcement: the Stamps Southernaires will give a concert in the high school auditorium in Hartselle the evening before the Morgan County Singing Convention opening. The event drew attention as part of 1937 cultural happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamps
Morgan County
Hartselle
Stamps Southernaires
Baruch Says U.S. Not Desperate. Slump Could End
Berthard M. Baruch, New York financier, told reporters after meeting with President Roosevelt that business conditions were not desperate and the nation could pull out of the slump with wisdom and forbearance. He declined to clarify Roosevelt’s views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Berthard M. Baruch
New York
Roosevelt
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Wrendall Knight
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Harry Kloepfer
Miss Feith
Murfreesboro
Miss Frances Kloepfer
Dayton, O
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George Wallace
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R. A. Smith
Wirtselle
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the Daily
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C. L L. Dobbs
Rev. L. E. Town
C. L. Cobbs
Conrad Strickland
Constance
H. C. Russell
Lacey's Spring
Misa Jewel
J. Neill Nance
Mr. Hope
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Hal
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T. L. Baker, Jr
Hope
L. W. Shedd
Lacon
Baugh’s Infirmary
John Henry Jones
Charles Kortrecht
Lonnie Petty
Miss May Woodruff
Woodrow Simpson
J. A. Jones
Raymond Reagin
W. H. Ledbetter
Albert Jervis
A. D. Jervis
Pete Ryan
San Antonio
Omer Roan
Bud Willingham
Flint
M. E. Lazenby
Decatur District
Silas L. Ryan
Mary Lee
Louisville, Ky
Phil Vaughn
Yancey Vaughn
Atne
ARMY
Gress
Kanju Kato
Proletarian Party
Hitler
Montgomery
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Warren Tucson
Rochester
Minn
Anne Sullivan Macy
Polly Thompson
Bragos
Wilcox County
Dave Godwin
W. C. Casey
Lowndes County
Selma
W. C. Hall
Eupaula
H. L. McCullums
Furewall
Dean & Moore
Texaco
Gulf
Cuthbert
Eufaula Department
M—J. L. Bennett
First Avenue
East Lake
Bennett
R. J. Goode
Student Life
By Victor Fabank
Young Ducks
Decatur Livestock Hogs
New Orleans
N. Y
Captain Roberts
Washington,d. C
James L. Rankin Agency
Johnston Street
Rankin
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