Appointment to Child Welfare League of America Board
Miss Laula Dunn state commissioner of public welfare is named to the Child Welfare League of America board of directors as announced by league president Dr C C Caratens The board includes 28 members. Another item notes 792 absentee ballots issued for a special senatorial race and about 400 counted so far in Montgomery County Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Laula Dunn
The
Child Welfare League of America
C. C. Caratens
New York
W. W. Hill
Montgomery County
Democratic Executive Committee
Bankhead Opens Warrior River Dam to Boost Coal Trade
Senator John H. Bankhead closed the crest gate at Lock 17 raising Warrior River water by 12 feet to lift transport on the Warrior coal field. In dedicatory remarks he tied the project to a long held dream for Alabama's waterways commerce.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Warrior River
Lock 17
Warrior
Bankhead
Marriage fixer sues for his fee in Malden case
Benjamin Gordon a 45 year old marriage fixer sues Mr and Mrs Barney B Brown of Chelsea asking the Malden district court to award him $600 for marrying Loretta Brown to Harry Stone a Malden liquor dealer. Gordon testified he arranged the marriage under an agreement to receive 500 plus expenses and that the Browns reaffirmed the deal at the wedding but later refused payment. He noted he has years of experience as a marriage broker though he is unmarried himself.
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Malden
Mass
Benjamin Gordon
District Court
Barney B. Brown
Chelsea
Loretta
Harry Stone
Gordon
Emma Fall Schofield
Broker Dowell Dies in Pelham Harbor at 53
William Shapard Dowell a cotton broker and former president of the New York Cotton Exchange from 1932 to 1934 died suddenly at his home in Pelham Harbor N Y He was 53 and had been in good health Dowell a Auburn Alabama native was associated with Weil Brothers in New York
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Pelham Harbor
N. Y
William Shapard Dowell
New York Cotton Exchange
Dowdell
Auburn
Ala
New York
Weil Brothers
Supreme Court to rule on federal utilities and taxation cases
The court planned to decide several petitions at a regulat w ay conference. Key issues include constitutional challenges to federal loans for publicly owned electric plants, proposed shifts to a prudent investment basis for rate making, a California railroad collision order affecting gas rates, and federal income tax collection from state employees liquidating state banks or insurance companies.
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Washington
Pass Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulat W Y
Alabama Power Company
Duke Power Company
Roosevelt
California
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Justice Department
Mystery of Pacific Yacht Abduction Ends in Tragedy
The 58 foot schooner Aaffe sailed from San Pedro with Morgan at the wheel and his wife Lillian Casanova aboard. Morgan’s crew mutinied after a two day voyage toward the Mexican coast. Horne and Spernak confessed involvement in Morgan’s disappearance as the coast guard towed the yacht Perseus to harbor. Mrs Faulding, aunt of the dead man, described a fearfully controlling husband during the voyage.
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San Pedro
Horne
Spernak
Morgan
Hanson
San Diego
Coast Guard
Perseus
Aaffe
Benjamin Harrison
New Orleans
Lillian Casanova
New York
Los Angeles
Faulding
Santa Barbara
U. S
Marshall
Qulien
Emma J. Faulding
Fort Wayne Police Test Drunk Drivers With Tongue Twister
Fort Wayne police have a new sobriety test using the tongue twister Around the ragged rock the ragged rascal ran. One mistake means another chance, but mispronouncing whersh the ragged rascal leads to jail for one motorist.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Jal
Big Bill Thompson Seeks Chicago Mayoral Run Again
Chicago's William H. Thompson, aka Big Bill, signals a 1939 mayoral bid after a long career marked by construction, graft accusations, and reform battles. He positions himself against the Kelly-Nash Democratic machine, touts past deeds, and exploits newspaper opposition to rally support for a Republican comeback in a city long under Democratic rule.
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William Hale Thompson
BR. WH. Hopkins
Gentral Press
Chicago
Barkis
Willin
William, Hale
Big Bill) Thompson
Big Billi
Windy City
Dr. Townsend
Father Coughlin
Big Bill
King George
Thompson
Cook County
Holiday Air Sees Mardi Gras Festivity in New Orleans
Thousands of visitors packed Canal Street and the French Quarter for the Sugar Bowl between Louisiana State and Santa Clara, with 40 000 to 45 000 expected for a 1 15 p m kickoff. Santa Clara arrived by special train amid California fanfare as police prepared for crowded revelry and potential disruptions.
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New
Orleans
New Orleans
Louisiana Meats
Santa Clara
Baton Rouge
California
Broncos
Bayot
Louis
Miss
Buck Shaw
Canal Street
War Opposed by Students at Vas Sar College Convention
The American Student Union at Vas sar College adopted resolutions opposing U S war preparations and arms shipments to Spain and Japan. They favored cooperation with diverse American opinion to block war supplies, oppose conscription, and support Nye-Kwale bill provisions while condemning the Oxford pledge.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
United States
Spain
Japan
Vassar College
Oxford
Reading
Social Security Tax Increase Planned for 1940
The article notes a tax structure with two percent for wages up to 3000 and one percent by employers and workers, already raising over 340000. the rate stays for 1938 39 but will rise by half a percent for both sides in 1940.
Unemployment Fund Benefits Set for 1938 Workers
About 300000 workers may claim a share of Alabama’s $8 million unemployment fund tomorrow if job loss occurs. Maximum benefit equals half of wage up to a $16 cap for 20 weeks. Employers with eight or more workers pay 2.7 percent payroll tax plus 0.3 percent to the national social security program.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Social Security
Wall Street ends year with cautious relief and slim gains
The New York market closed the year with tame gains and slow trading after a cautious session. Aircraft stocks led small advances while many names fell. investors awaited President Roosevelt’s Congress message for 1938 trade outlook and tax considerations. Exports totaled 31,646 bales for the day.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Stas Dene
Ickes
Hig
Congress
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Wright Aeronautical
Curtiss-Wright
A.” Glenn Martin
Dome
McIntyre
Goodyear
Woolworth
Inland Steel
DuPont
Allied Chemical
American Can
Johns Manville
Union Carbide
J. I. Case
American Metal
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Locomotive
Phillips Petroleum
Sears Roebuck and
Reynolds Tobacco
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Trading
Markets at a glance show mixed activity with stocks and aircrafts selling, oils slightly higher, and currencies steady as the franc advances. Cotton uneven with liquidation, sugar lower on hedge selling, coffee steady with trade buying. in Chicago wheat easy awaiting the new year, corn firm on export demand, cattle about steady and hogs up 15 to 25.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Steady With Mixed Cattle Trade
Nashville Tennessee cattle and calves numbers mix with a quiet market. Cattle ranges show steers and heifers at 5.00 to 6.75, fat steers up to 7.50, beef cows 3.50 to 4.50, bulls up to 6.00. Hogs remain steady with 160 to 200 pound at 7.75 to 7.85, 200 to 250 at 7.50 to 7.60, heavier pigs down, sows at 6.50. Sheep and fat lambs steady. lambs up to 8.00, ewes 2.00 to 3.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Cotton futures close lower in shortened New York session
N. C. Cotton New York reports cotton futures closed one point to three lower in a shortened trading day on December 31. Trading activity was light as the year ends with prices pressured by market sentiment and nearby supply concerns.
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N. C. Cotton
New York
Cotton Trend Narrow in New Orleans Futures
In New Orleans on December 31 cotton futures moved within a tight range as traders awaited clearer market signals. Prices showed little daylight movement and market activity remained subdued amid year end trading.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Prices Mount in Southern Markets
In New Orleans the average price of middling coton today across ten southern spot markets stood at 8.33 cents per pound. The thirty market day average was 8.16 cents.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans trading the cottonseed oil market closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.95 nominal. Prime crude ranged 5.75 to 5.87, with futures for Jan at 6.638, Mar 6.658, May 6.68, Jul 6.75, Sep 6.73, and Oct 6.75.
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New Orleans
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Trade
Chicago December 31 live poultry markets show 20 trucks steady with hens at 4 1 2 pounds up to 21, under 4 1 2 pounds 19, horn hens 16, geese at 17 1 2, dressed market firm with prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Dairy Prices Update Eggs and Receipts Noted
Prices for dairy products and eggs listed with local grades and current receipts. Local 26 firsts and local 24 firsts noted alongside 23 and other price points.
Ward Closures at Chicago Hospitals Over Infant Deaths
Dr. Orris Fishbein of the AMA says two Cook County Hospital maternity wards were closed for disinfection after the deaths of three infants from diarrhea in the past week. Autopsies show bronchial pneumonia as the immediate cause, though diarrhea traces are noted. Dr Herman Bundesen cites differing conclusions and ongoing investigations at St Elizabeths Hospital.
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Chicago
Orris Fishbein
Ican Medical Association
Cook County Hospital
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Fishbein
Bundesen
Oe Elizabeth's
Baptists Set All Day Morgan County Meeting at Shoal Creek
The Morgan County Baptist Association will hold an all day session at Shoal Creek Church Thursday starting 10:00 a.m. The program includes devotions by Rev. Dewey Crow, lessons on the Book of Mark by Rev. Frank T and Rev. Jesse F. Ray, a sermon by Rev. John C. Cowell Jr., and gospel music planning led by Rev. Homer F. Britton.
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Morgan County Baptist Association
Shoal Creek Church
Dewey Crow
John Mark
Frank T. Smith
Mark
Jesse F. Ray
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