Roosevelt Pushes Quick Action to Block Spanish Arms Sale
Washington reports administration leaders seek rapid use of the neutrality law to ban sales of planes and engines to the Madrid government. President Roosevelt calls Case’s shipment legal but against U.S. interests as Pittman drafts a new amendment to make such munitions embargoes mandatory or discretionary ahead of Congress’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Cuse
Jersey City
N. J
Madrid
State Department
Case
Pittman
D-Ney
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Richberg Attacks Court Decision On Judicial Power
Donald R. Richberg former NRA administrator challenged four recent Supreme Court rulings in Chicago asserting the greatest danger to American government is unconstitutional extensions of judicial power. He urged amending court opinions rather than the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Supreme Court
Limestone Health Unit Reports Record Month
The Limestone County Health Unit in Athens Alabama reports November as the busiest month to date. Highlights include health talks publicity disease control sanitation work laboratory exams food sanitation and vital statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Limestone County Health Unit
Winter preserves spark ideas for thrifty fruit jams
The article outlines amber marmalade from oranges lemons and grapefruit plus cranberry jelly and honey cranberry preserves. It notes quick marmalade methods from the Bureau of Home Economics and adds variations using apples dried fruits pineapple and apricots for winter jelly and jam options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Home Economics
Notable Visitors From Danville and Morgan County
Business visitors C. G. Hardwick of Danville and L. T. Wagnon director of 4 H clubs in Morgan and Cullman counties were in town Tuesday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Hardwick
Danville
L. T. Wagnon
Morgan and
Cullman Counties
Traffic toll to be higher in 1936 police report
The National Safety Council warned Chicago and the nation that automobile deaths will rise in 1936. By New Year’s Eve the toll could reach 37,450, up about 5 percent from 1935, with 33,790 deaths through November 1936 versus 33,340 the year before. Gasoline use rose about ten percent through November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
W. H. Cameron
Cameron
Athens Post Office Sets City Christmas Record
Athens Alabama post office reports its busiest Christmas season on record. For six days before Christmas 34 800 letters were cancelled by machine and about 500 large letters by hand. Some 531 packages were insured with many uninsured, and total postal receipts rose over 1936 despite TVA payroll declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
C. W. Sarver
TVA
Fig dessert from Sister Mary’s Kitchen article
A recipe describes a layered dessert using fresh figs and whipped cream. It instructs peeling, slicing, sugar, and alternating fig and cream layers in a mold, then sealing and chilling with ice and salt or freezing for a firm mousse.
Pope Pius Faces Grave Night As Heartbeat Worries
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius, 79, endured a sleepless night with severe pain in a paralyzed leg from a blood clot. Doctors note slight improvement but overall condition remains very grave, with concern across the Vatican as mist shrouds the city.
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Vatican City
Pius
Paintiff
Vatican
Amanti Milani
Breakfast and luncheon menu notes with breakfast items
The text lists meals including orange halves, omelet, toasted bread, coffee, milk for breakfast and cream of broccoli soup, rolls, ginger pears, cupcakes, tea for lunch with inner dishes like carrot broccoli, baked potatoes, cabbage, salad, and coffee milk.
Apple Noodle Pudding for 12 Servings
A historical recipe using wide noodles butter sugar flour lemon walnuts raisins apples. Boil noodles with salt, cream butter with flour and sugar, beat eggs, add lemon juice and rind, fold in walnuts and raisins, mix with noodles, bake in moderate oven for an hour, serve with whipped cream and cherries.
Athens City Licenses Due in January
City licenses are due January 1 and must be paid during January. The Athens license is reputed to be the lowest for a city of its size in the state. City taxes were due December 1 with a low rate of $1.00 per $100 on 60 percent of property value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Swollen legs provide brief relief for sufferer
A brief respite came to a person with severely swollen legs as relief techniques offered only short moments of comfort. The fragment hints at ongoing pain and transient relief without naming individuals or locations.
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Dan Walden
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Decatur Daily
E. T. Gibbs
John R. Witt
Belle Mina
My Place
James J. Gurley
J. O. Flack
Chevrolet
Loyd Thompson
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J. EB. Privett
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Bromo Taylor
Sam . Lile
Trinity
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W. M. Watson
Homer French
Morgan
Lawrence Counties
Courtland
James Woodard
Will Long
Oliver Gobbler
J. B. Lee
Illinois
W. B. Ramey
Aaliens
W. B. Halbrooks
John L. Bean
I. V. Jolly
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone County
Lacey
Alder Organ Co
Milch Cow
J. P
Glasgow
Joe Watson
Carrie Wallace
J. E. Murphree
Emil Anderson
R. L. Wills
Ralph Smith
Florence
Homer Green
Falkville
Decatur Route 4
J. F. English
Poland
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W. L. Logan
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Delcoleo Lighting System
J. C. Tapscott
S. W. Page
Daily
Stagmaier & Company, Inc
Chattanooga
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Budapest
Archduke Frederick of
Hapsburg
Archduke
Alfonso
Spain
Richberg
Limestone Health Unit
Ino Strong Old Line Co Employers Insurance CO OF Ala Te Erry
Earl Glean
BY William Ferguson
NEA Service, Inc
Horace
Asia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
America
American Plains
Lady Oxford
Oxford
Lord Oxford
Asquith
London Literary Club
Athens Post Office
Commercial Printing Department
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