Labor Relations Act Changes Seen Inevitable By Congress
Washington December 20 The Wagner Act and wage hour law face major overhauls in the 1940 session with White House compromise a possibility. Hearings by House and Senate labor committees probe the National Labor Board as demands for amendments grow. Ramspeck calls for resignations and urges restructuring of the board. Debates on extending or ending board administration and wage hour changes loom as the session nears adjournment.
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Bauer
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
House
National Labor Board
White House
Westry
Senate
House Labor
House A
Rep
Ramspeck
Georgia
House Labor Committee
J.warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
Threeman
Madden
Smith
Eens
William M
Leiserson
Furnished Room For Rent In West Private Home
Classified notice advertises a furnished room for rent with optional meals in a private home at 634 Fourth Ave West, contact via phone 1119 R.
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Fourth Ave
West
Investment buying steadies market amid tax selling
In New York on December 29 investors absorbed selected issues to counteract tax selling. Many stocks closed lower with signs of limited vigor while some finished at Thursday's quotes. Daily transfers hovered around 1,000,000 shares for the third straight session. the domestic industrial outlook remained the main optimistic factor. Beef cattle rose to 6.00, canners and cutters 3.25-4.75, top dealers 12.00, hogs mixed with declines and sales up to 5.75 for 170-lb displays. Sheep steady with lambs and fat ewes showing modest gains and wide price ranges.
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Victor
Fubank New York
New York
Gotter
Chicago
End-of-year futures mixed in cotton market notes
N C Cotton New Orleans reports year end covering by fares and domestic sources. Closing prices steady to up modestly with Jan May and July indicating slight gains. New York fur futures close mixed with May, July and Dec figures shown as slight moves, while markets at a glance cite steady stocks and varied commodities.
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N. C
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report Keeps Prices Steady
Nashville Tenn December 29 cattle sales show salable 175 head with good clearance. Steers and heifers mix of fed and non fed stock with price ranges from 9.50 for heavy fed steers to 6.00 7.50 for common and low medium offerings.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Butter and Eggs Prices in Chicago Trade
Butter prices total 645 521 pounds with a 90 score at 28 3-4 and 89 28, 90 centralized car rots at 28 3-4 29. Eggs total 9 428 unsettled with fresh graded extras at 20 for extra firsts refrigeration at 14 3-4. standards 14 1-2. firsts 13 3-4. all other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Poultry Markets Report From Chicago Prices Listed
Poultry live prices in Chicago show 2 cars and 54 trucks firm with white rock hens 7 lbs up to 18 much. Prices for turkeys toms and capons vary with weights and age categories. under 18 lbs and other categories noted with specific figures.
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Poultry
Chicago
White Rock Springs
Grain and seed price report from Chicago market
Chicago prices list cash wheat across grades with mixed and yellow samples. Soybeans, barley, timothy seed, red clover, red top, and alfalfa show quoted ranges and nominals for futures-style commodity quotes.
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Chicago
Cash
Wheat futures end near unchanged as gains fade on Argentine crop doubt
Chicago trading ended with wheat futures roughly unchanged after earlier gains of over a cent a bushel. A semi official estimate that Argentina’s crop is the smallest in 23 years sparked buying, but selling returned in the final minutes. July wheat closed around 1.1498 dollars, corn mixed, oats slightly higher.
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Chicago
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in dull trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed dull with Jan 29.75, Mar 29.00, May 29.00, Jul 29.00, Sep 27.10 at f o b Memphis. Sales reached 800 tops.
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Memphis
Tenn
F.o.b
New Orleans Cotton Prices Steady on Dec 29
New Orleans cotton market closes steady with sales 1, middling 11.67 and middling 10.22 per hundredweights. Receipts total 884,935 bales as buyers show steady demand.
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New, Orleans
Cottonseed oil closes steady with mixed futures
In New Orleans, December 29 prices show steady activity for cottonseed oil with bleachable prime summer yellow trading near 5.0 cents. Prime crude bids at 6.00, while futures advance: January 6.45, March 6.58, May 6.72, and July around 6.82 cents.
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New Orleans
Petition for Athens to Tennessee border highway gains notice
Elkmont citizen GR Smith circulates petition requesting road construction from Athens to the Tennessee line via Elkmont and Pettusville. The plan would cut 13 miles from the 38 mile Athens to Pulaski route and state highway departments in both states reportedly view the proposal favorably.
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Athens
Ala
GR. Smith
Elkmont
Tennessee Rine
Pettus‘ville
Pulaski
Period quiet in Athens as holiday season passes
In Athens Alabama on December 29 a special report notes the quietest holiday season on record with fewer arrests and incidents than any year. Fireworks usage has also been minimal, not causing annoyance to residents.
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Athens
Ala
California Communist drive targets key industries in 1938 report
The House un American Activities Committee released a hidden California Communist report claiming a drive to recruit in oil, railroad, steel, auto, aircraft, and rubber sectors. It cites 190 to 200 members in those industries and a total state party membership of about 6,000 in 1938. Frank F. Merriam is labeled the Charlie McCarthy of California's economic royalists.
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Congress
California
House
D-Tex
Frank F. Merriam
Charlie McCarthy
Carlen Dies After Three-Vehicle Crash on Montgomery Highway
Joseph Carlen 28 of The Charlotte News died from injuries after a three car collision on the Montgomery Atlanta highway. Six others were hurt including Mrs Carlen who remained in hospital. the wreck involved Dr Bryan and his daughter Joyce. The crash occurred during a Christmas reunion trip with Carlen returning from Mobile.
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Bryan
Joyce
Brown
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph Carlen
Charlotte News
Montgomery-Atlanta
Carlen
Charlotte
Mobile
T. &. Horton
Helen
Atlanta
J. H. and
H. G. W.oodall
Stenographers' Pay Ranges Revised In Proposed Scale
A reading shows multiple stenography positions with current pay and proposed increases. Principal typist, junior, senior, principal stenographer, stenographic secretary and stenographic reporter all show adjusted bands from lower to upper limits.
North-South war veterans visit for Alabama football game
General John E. Andrew and General J F Howell arrive in Montgomery for the North South football clash. They greet warmly and will place a wreath on the Confederate monument at the statehouse as a symbol of friendship and share a box at the game.
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Montgomery
Ala
R EB. Andrew
Quincy
Grand Army of the Republic
Atlanta
J. F Howell
United Confederate Veterans
A. Tns
John E. Andrew
Ill
J. F. Howell
G. Acr
Alabama
Athens College to Build Hosiery Mill on Campus
Work starts next week on a 199 by 60 foot campus building to house a hosiery mill run by Athens College students to fund their education. The $11 000 project, awarded to Chambers Lumber Co, should be in operation by the spring semester as part of multiple new campus buildings responding to rising student numbers.
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Athens College
Chambers Lumber Comf Party of
Athens
Alabama pig crop tops records in 1939 report
The Alabama crop reporting service says 1939 pig production set a record with a larger spring and fall crop, up over last year and 55 percent above the 1928-37 average. The report highlights rising interest in livestock production in the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Sawmill Fire Sparks Neighbor Rescue Tear-Down Plan
In Blain Pennsylvania on December 29 a fire at John Barnes' sawmill forced neighbors to tear the building apart to save it. They confined the flames to a 20 foot slab and now plan to reassemble the structure.
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Blain
John Barnes
Dafoe May Resign Guardian Post Of Dionne Quintuplets
In Callander Ontario Dr Allan Dafoe signals possible resignation as guardian to the Dionne quintuplets born May 28 1934. Premier Hepburn says retirement rests with Dafoe though he remains the quintuplets physician. other guardians declined comment and arrangements reportedly hinge on government welfare responsibility.
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Callander
Allan’ Oe
Dafoe
Mitchell Hepburn
St. Thomas
Dr. Dafoe
Oliva Dionne
Quints to reunite with parents as Dr Dafoe retires
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe, guardian of the Dionne Quintuplets, resigns from the guardians board. The Ontario government must accept the resignation. An agreement aims to unite the quints with parents and seven siblings by mid next month with Dionne and Judge Valin and Percy Wilson as official guardians.
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Toronto
Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Board of Guardians
Ontario
Dafoe
Henri St. Jacques
Oliva Dionne
North Bay
Ont
Percy D. Wilson
Highway projects announced today across Jefferson county
The State Highway Department unveiled a 900 126 improvement program for Jefferson County with 657 231 funded by the state and 242 895 by local sources. Projects include paving 2.3 miles of U S 31 toward Birmingham, 1.89 miles on Green Springs to Edgewood Lake, 1.13 miles on Bankhead Highway, 3 miles from Hamilton Slope toward the top of Shades Mountain, drainage work on U S 31 from Homewood to Shades Mountain, and roadside improvements from Cozy Corner through Trussville. The Homewood to Shades Mountain segment may see curve eliminations and relocation of the highway.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson
State Highway_Department
The
U. 8
Birmingham
Lewisrg
Green Springs
Edgewood Lake Road
Bankhead Highway
85Th Street
Cozy Corner
Hamilton Slope
Ee Aeeding
Homewood
Shades Mountain
Cozyer
Trussville
Highway Department
Dixie anticipates record tourist boom this winter
New Orleans reports show unprecedented tourist influx to the South due to the European War. Ship bookings to Havana, the Canal Zone, and Central American countries rise as Americans seek winter escapes south of the Rio Grande.
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New
Orleans
Southland
Havana
Canal Zone
Ace
Rio Grande
New Orleans
Miami
Dixie
Decatur’s Diary illness and community notes index
Lonnie Black is ill with flu. Rev. L H Knight to preach on The Great Incentive at Westminster Presbyterian. Many locals travel, visit, or recover from illnesses. New Year services planned at Temple Lighthouse and Southside Baptist. A number of weekend social and church events noted alongside ongoing health updates and community happenings.
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L. H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Temple Lighthouse Church
Rev
C. T. Patten
Bebe H. Patten
Ellen Cornelius
Southside Baptist Church
German Sub Torpedoes British Battleship. Three Are Dead
The Admiralty announced a German submarine torpedoed a British battleship, causing damage and killing three sailors. The attack followed a German claim that a Queen Elizabeth class battleship was torpedoed west of Scotland. Officials offered no further details on which ship was hit or the time. The Queen Elizabeth class includes five ships built before World War I and rebuilt later, each armed with eight 15 inch guns.
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London
Admiralty
Scotland
Jutland
Valiant
Diphtheria Case Reported in Morgan County
County health officer Dr. L. R. Murphree announced a diphtheria case in the Gandy's Cove area raising Morgan County's year total to 15. The patient is a six year old white girl and there has been one diphtheria death in the county this year.
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L. R. Murphree
Gandy’s Cove
Morgan County
Grisham Visits Athens After 19 Years Absence
Frank Grisham of San Diego California returns to Athens to visit his brother Milton C Grisham a notable farmer and rural mail carrier. He left nineteen years ago to join the navy and later found success in California oil ventures.
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Athens
Ala
Frank Grisham
San Diego
Cal
Milton C. Grisham
Mr.Grisham
Navy
California
Toastmaster Program to Begin at 7 30
The event opens with a toastmaster program at 7:30 this evening. Attendees are invited to join in for the scheduled activities and reflections.
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Decatur Clinic
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