Uniform baseball to be adopted by major leagues
Chicago reports that a uniform baseball will debut next Friday in Philadelphia. Presidents of the two major leagues and John Shibe will approve the new ball, with all three minor leagues aligning to the same specifications for pennant campaigns next season. The move aims to standardize play and batting across leagues.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
John Shibe
Philadelphia Athletics
Will Harridge
International
Pacific Coast
American Association
Harridge
Chuck Klein
Jimmy Foxx
Heydler
Legion Chief to Visit Birmingham in National Address
Commander Edward Hayes of the American Legion plans a three city tour arriving in Birmingham by plane Sunday January 7. He will address the Birmingham Athletic Club then visit posts in Anniston and Dothan with many local Legionnaires planning to attend and hear his program for the national department this year.
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Edward Hayes
American Legion
Alabama American Legion
Birmingham
Hayes
Birmingham Athletic Club
Anniston
Dothan
Joseph M. Pettey
National Department
Reduced License Charge In Effect In Athens
City privilege licenses due since January 1 with a continued reduced schedule making the average license ten dollars for business and professional men The Athens city council plans to abolish privilege licenses within the next two or three years due to profits from the light and water plant
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Athens
Ala
Miss Nell Terrell Guest of Mrs. Cliff Cohley
Miss Nell Terrell of Valhermosa is visiting at Canal Street home of Mrs. Cliff Cohley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Terrell
Valhermosa
Cliff Cohley
Canal Street
Cash Relief Checks Saturday Mornings
Welfare officers urged cash relief recipients to pick up checks each Saturday morning at the old Ashford and Watkins store on 4th avenue south. Checks not collected by noon Saturday would wait until the next Saturday. Previously unclaimed Saturday checks were sometimes distributed on Monday or Tuesday, but that practice is discontinued.
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Ashford and Watkins
4Th Avenue
South
Compliance Board To Hold Meeting
The local compliance board of NRA will meet Friday night at 7 30 at the Chamber of Commerce offices on Bank street to hear complaints, announced by Secretary Bryan McAfee.
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NRA
Chamber of Commerce
Bank Street
Bryan McAfee
Belle Mina Farmer Slaughters Thirty Hogs For Home Use
John R. Witt, a master farmer from Belle Mina, killed thirty hogs this year with an average weight near 300 pounds. The meat products will be kept for home use and marketed. Workers are busy preparing the meat for keeping and sale.
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John R. Witt
Belle Mina
Tax collections reflect gain in Alabama December reports
Alabama tax officials reported December gasoline tax collections of 707 919 dollars for November sales, up 13 percent from December 1932. Tobacco tax receipts for December reached 132 326.68 dollars, rising from November by 10 - and part of this funds the educational trust. Near beer sales yielded no revenue for the third straight month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Tucker
Major Tucker
Educational Trust Fund
Funeral Services for Leonard Bradley in Cullman County
Leonard D. Bradley, 34, died Wednesday morning at Benevolent Society Hospital after an emergency operation. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at Corinth graveyard in Cullman county with Brown of Decatur in charge. He leaves a widow and four children. The body was moved from Joppa to Decatur for surgery, but he died at 3:30 am.
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Leonard D. Bradley
Benevolent Society Hospital
Corinth
Cullman County
Brown
Decatur
Joppa
Southern Bell official tours Decatur for inspection
F L Woodruff assistant to the president of Southern Bell Telephone Co arrives in Decatur for a brief inspection trip of the Shoals section. He began with the company as a telephone installation worker and will also visit the Shoals before departing.
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F. L. Woodruff
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Decatur
Woodruff
Shoals
All Day Harp Singing at Rural Grove on First Sunday
An all day harp singing event is planned at Rural Grove on the first Sunday in January starting 3 PM with preaching at 11 AM and a noon dinner on the grounds. Singing resumes in the afternoon and the public is invited to attend with well filled baskets.
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Rural Grove
Dillman Carded for Next Week Card
Chris Jordan, matchmaker for the American Legion post, seeks an opponent for Joe Dillman for next week's mat card in Birmingham. Dillman draws fans with dates and exhibitions, and Jordan plans top heavyweights to diversify his light weight cards amid recent bookings issues.
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Chris Jordan
American Legion
Joe Dillman
Joe
Chris
Dillman
Jordan
Alabama
Birmingham
Income tax returns mailed in Alabama for 1933 year
About 25 000 income tax returns will be mailed in January for Alabama's first state tax after voters approved it last July. Returns are due by March 15 for 1933 income, to fund $16 million of bonds. Officials will sign 107 000 bonds, with a special device allowing 20 signatures at a time.
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Montgomery
Ala
Roy C. Billings
Income Tax Division
Tax Commission
J. H. Hard, Jr
B. M.miller
S. H. Blan
Jarman
Hardius
Local businessman H H Hunter returns from Memphis
H. H. Hunter, a well known local business man, has returned from a business trip to Memphis.
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H. H. Hunter
Memphis
Lady For A Day shines in Princess Theatre engagement
The film Lady For A Day is praised as a standout of the year and a destined classic. Apple Annie’s New York Times Square tale, aided by Warren William and May Robson, arouses humor and pathos as a spirited romance unfolds with a mayor and governor at a staged farewell to a Spanish Count.
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Govo Ae Ag
Princess Theatre
Damon Runyon
Cosmopolitan
Madame la Gima
Times Square
New York
Apple Annie
Europe
Annie
America
Dave the Dude
Warren William
Kibbee
Dave
Spain
May Robson
Paul King Leaves Wednesday for North for New Position
Paul King departed on Wednesday to the North where he has accepted a new position.
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Paul King
The
North
Lone Eagles Mate Puzzle Clues From A Historic Page
A reader puzzle list presents horizontal and vertical clues with references to words like venomous snake Noahs boat and wine vessel. It asks Who is the woman in the picture and notes lines about husbands, flights, and various definitions across chemistry botany and geography.
Dempsey Hints Move to Make Garden a Fight Hub
Gossip says Jack Dempsey may become Madison Square Garden matchmaker. The article notes Garden losses for 1933 and half 1933, draws attention to Baer likely to fight Carnera, and questions boxing’s profitability amid waning wrestling and concert appeal.
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Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Madison Square Garden
Peacrser
Max Baer
Jack
Baer
Carnera
New York
4 H Club Meets At Gum Springs
The Gum Springs 4H Club held a recent meeting with Miss Rowe in charge. She spoke on making Christmas presents and demonstrated cheese making. The next meeting is scheduled for January 10. Officers include President Mrs Charlie Speegle and Secretary Mrs M M Kitchens.
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Gum Springs
Bus Petition Set For Hearing In Muscle Shoals
The Muscle Shoals Bus Service application for authority to operate in the Muscle Shoals area will be heard by the Alabama Public Service Commission on January 18. The plan covers routes from Muscle Shoals via Tennessee River highway to Joe Wheeler Dam, Town Creek, Lighton, and back via the Decatur highway.
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Montgomery
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals Area
Alabama Public Service Commission
Tennessee River
Joe Wheeler Dam
Town Creek
Lighton
Decatur Highway
Rainfall totals .35 of an inch in 24 hours
Rainfall measured in the 24 hours ending at 7 am reached .35 of an inch. No other weather details are provided in the readable text.
Miss Groenendyke to Lead World Wide Mission Band
Miss Ellen Groenendyke will lead the World Wide Missionary Prayer Band at Decatur Gospel Tabernacle Friday at 2 30. She will speak on Palestine and show curios from the land. At 3 45 a children's meeting led by Rev Norman E Tingley will include object talks drills choruses and stories with weekly ongoing sessions urged for all children to attend.
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Ellen Groenendyke
Decatur Gospel Tabernacle
Miss Groenendyke
Palestine
Norman E. Tingley
Tabernacle
River gauge reading shows stationary level at 3.8 feet
The Tennessee River remained steady today with a gauge reading of 3.8 feet as of seven o'clock this morning.
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Tennessee
Weather report shows 49 43 degree day in 24 hours
The weather bureau reported a maximum of 49 degrees and a minimum of 43 for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
Statewide survey on Alabama business under Roosevelt plan
The CWA leads an up to date survey of Alabama business under Roosevelt programs. H R Green will supervise data gathering across counties with six district supervisors and more than 225 assistant enumerators from reemployment lists. The work measures firms, employees, payrolls and receipts, comparing with 1928. A Jefferson county inventory census of residences values property.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Wder
Roosevelt
CWA
H. R. Green
U. S. Department Commerce
Department of Commerce
Green
Ben Porter
Decaturne Ci Montgomery
Irby Zeigler
Ham
James Mickler
Stewart Brooks
Mobile
Largue
Pensacola
Jefferson County
Car Loadings Rise in Southeast Amid Holiday Demand
In the week ending December 16, Southeast car loadings climbed to 84 021 from 80 317 the prior week and 79 594 a year earlier. Kenneth James of the Alabama Public Service Commission notes the rise is unseasonable and tied to Christmas purchases with gains in ore products livestock and forest shipments due to the Souths massive public works program.
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Montgomery
Ala
South
Kenneth James
Alabama Public Service Commission
James
Southland
Mt. Zion School To Present Play For Benefit
A play titled An Afflicted Family will be presented at Mt. Zion School Friday night. The cast will be drawn from the student body to raise funds for the school.
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Mt. Zion School
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Decatur Daily
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By Krenz
George Dunlap
Columbia
Stanford
Pasadena
Herbert Hoover
State Tax Commission
Leonard Bradley
RC. Billings
Lone Eagle
Snake
Noah
Myself
Young Dog
Cae
U.S
Mexico
Fred
Thorns
Lou Liliie
al Barabas
Barabas
Aoowdalliam Braucher
Mees Garden
Walter Neusel
Ray Impellittiere
Neusel
Impellittiere
Wyatt Barnes
Woolworth’s
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