Jackson Day Dinners Set Across States
Washington reports that all Democrats will attend and hear President Roosevelt at Jackson Day dinners. Dinners cost up to 100 dollars in Washington with cabinet members and governors speaking at various venues. The event marks the New Orleans battle anniversary, not the president’s birthday, and features a formal menu and modest table decoration.
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James A. Parley
National Committee
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Wallace
Minls
Governor Rivers
Georgia
Little Rock
Ark
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Raleigh
N.C
New York
Lehman
Democratic Committee
New Orleans
Governor to Rule on Mooney Pardon After Inaugural Ball
California's first Democratic governor Culbert L. Olson prepared to hear Mooney's petition for a full pardon at a dawn session. No formal opposition to the petition had been reported as Mooney, at San Quentin, prepared to leave with the warden for the governor's hearing.
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Culbert IL
Olson
California
Mooney
San Quentin
Mooney Case Ends in Life Prison Term After 22 Years
A lengthy legal saga ends as Thomas J Mooney and co defendants face a final commutation after a 22 year fight beginning with the 1916 San Francisco bombing that killed ten and injured forty. Mooney faced death before a presidential commission and the U S Supreme Court.
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Mooney
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Market
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Israel Weinberg
Edward F. Nolan
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Billings
Weinberg
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Mooney's Long Fight for Freedom Ends in Victory
Mooney battled through five Supreme Court appeals and numerous efforts by governors Congress and state lawmakers to gain freedom. Despite dire predictions and a directed verdict of acquittal, petitions for pardon persisted. Olson’s 1942 election as governor marked a personal vindication and release for Mooney after years of imprisonment and activism.
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Estelle Smith
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Markets hinge on Washington as utilities lead gains
In New York trading on January 7 buyers favored utilities aircraft and specialty ties with modest shifts elsewhere. Transfers about 600,000 shares in two hours as Wall Street eyed Washington and the proposed relief funding. Utilities remained active on earnings and speculation that Congress may resist further private power competition. In New Orleans spot cotton closed 4 points higher amid quiet trade and mixed receipts.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Wall Street
Washington
Congress
New Orleans
New York Stock Notes and Commodities Roundup
A brief market summary lists mixed results across sectors. Utilities and aircraft resist selling while rails retreat. bonds stay narrow and cheap. power shares in demand. foreign exchange steady with sterling modestly higher. cotton steady with house buying. sugar uneven with European selling. coffee down on scattered liquidation. Chicago grains dip with wheat and corn lower amid general activity in cattle and hogs.
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Jan
Cotton futures close steady with small advances in New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 7, cotton futures finished lightly higher by 1 to 4 points. Front month contracts Jan and Mar traded around 8.40 to 8.50 while May and July fluctuated between roughly 7.80 and 8.10 amid modest activity and bids.
Bob Jones Revival at Central Baptist Church Draws Crowds
The Bob Jones revival continues at Central Baptist Church with sermons on Heaven, Perils of America, and The Final Judgment. Evening service focuses on Jesus is Coming and family themes are recalled from Dives and Lazarus. Many respond to the invitation, indicating acceptance of Christ.
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Central Baptist Church
America
Evangelist
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Jones
Dives and
Lazarus
Alabama
Christ
Store Robbed in Atlanta Cash Drawer Stolen
Two men armed with a pistol and a shotgun forced eight men and a woman to line up against a rear wall of a drug store. They rifled the cash drawer taking about 100 dollars and made the men turn over 9 dollars, according to police reports reported last night.
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Atlanta
Wheat Market Dips on Weak Moisture Hopes in Winter Belt
Market closes lower as moisture fails to materialize in the domestic winter wheat belt. Wheat ends 1 4 1 2 to 1 1 2 lower from Friday with May at 69 1 2 3 8 and July at 69 1 8 192. Corn falls 1 8 1 2 to 1 8 1 4 with May 53 1 8 1 4 and July 54 1 4 1 8. oats unchanged.
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Butter at 732 421 for the day with prices unchanged. Eggs totals 11 536 with weak demand. fresh graded extra firsts local 19 1 2 per dozen. Cars 20, firsts local 18 1 2, 18 3 4. Current receipts 18.
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Chicago
New Apartment House Under Construction at 405 Grant Street
Z P Watkins began work on a modern two story brick apartment at 405 Grant Street with E P Childs as contractor. The building will have four apartments and cost several thousand dollars. Ninety days are planned for completion in a prized residential area with local workers.
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Grant Street
E. P. Childs
Baby
Cotton prices rise at ten southern spot markets
New Orleans report shows middling cotton at 8.55 cents per pound, up four points from yesterday, with the thirty market day average at 8.45 cents.
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New Orleans
Jan
Nashville Livestock Prices Move Mixed in Cattle and Hogs
U S Department of Agriculture reports Nashville cattle auction steady versus week ago with steers and heifers 7.00 to 8.50, top fed steers to 9.50, beef cows down to 6.50, vealers to 11.00. Hogs steady 6.65 to 7.50 for 130 to 170 pounds, sows down. Sheep and fat lambs steady, fat ewes to 3.00. Grain markets in Chicago show wheat dropping 3 4 cent amid weak securities.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Chicago
Cottonseed Meal Futures Hold Near Steady
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed barely steady in Memphis. Closing prices for session showing 23.00 for January February and March, 23.10 for April and May, 23.35 for June, 23.50 for July, and 23.65 for August. Sales 1,400.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton futures close steady amid weekend covering in New Orleans
In New Orleans on Saturday and Sunday short covering lifted cotton again with early declines of over 50 cents a base seen on some positions. Final prices showed net gains of 1 to 4 points with January at 8.45, March 8.49 to 8.50, May 8.25 to 8.26, July 8.03, October 7.51, December 7.54. New March bid at 7.59 and May 1940 bid at 7.63.
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Union Ame
Sons
Acasked
Kiwanis Officers Assigned Duties For 1939
Twenty or more Kiwanis officers learned the year’s plans Friday afternoon in a meeting called by President John Caddell. Held in the Morgan County National Bank directors room, Kiwanians shared ideas and prepared for an active year. Russell K. Britton will leave Decatur in January to move to Wisconsin.
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John Caddell
Morgan County National Bank
Russell K. Britton
Decatur
Wisconsin
Rev Davis to Fill 1st Baptist Pulpit
Rev E L Davis of Birmingham will fill the pulpit at the First Baptist Church Sunday with morning and evening services. A congregational meeting is planned Sunday morning to name a pulpit committee to pursue calling a new pastor. Other services occur at usual hours.
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Birmingham
First Baptist Church
J. A. Chambers
Southside Baptist Church
Cottonseed Oil Prices Hold Steady With Seasonal Bleach Prices
Market report notes steady cottonseed oil with bleachable summer yellow at 7.20 nominal and prime crude at 6.05 to 6.25. Futures quoted Jan 6.95B, March 6.95B, May 7.50B, July 7.14B. Bid prices shown as B-Bid.
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New Orleans
Decatur's Diary Highlights and Local Notices
News notes from Decatur and surrounding areas include the execution of Salvatore Gati in New York for the 1937 Patrolman Wilson murder, with Leibowitz once defending him. Local visits report Mrs. J. C. Tidwell from Falkville recovering from burn injuries, and several church, nursing, and civic events across Morgan County.
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Samuel Simon Leibowitz
Scottsboro
Salvatore Gati
John Wilson
New York
New York State
Leibowitz
Negro High School Reconditioned for Monday Reopening
The Decatur Negro high school has been reconditioned and will be ready for use Monday, says principal C. J. Hurston. Ceilings on the main floor are reinforced and school work will resume Monday morning. Sunday school superintendents pastors and officials are asked to announce this in colored churches and meetings tomorrow.
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Decatur Negro High School
C. J. Hurston
St Ann's Men Observe Feast of Holy Name Society
The men of St Ann's Catholic church join Catholic men across America in observing the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. The Holy Name Society, a large lay Catholic group, is noted as the oldest such organization and will have a 8 o'clock mass with a communal communion and renewal of the Holy Name pledge.
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America
Holy Name Society
Holy Name
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Catholic Church
St. Ann’s Church
Burglary Rated One of Boldest Here in Years
Officers found a blue jacket and a shirt in the attic along with an 18 foot rope a bolt cutter and a brace and bit. Suits taken include two size 37 and two size 40. hats include seven and a quarter and six seven eights. brown crepe sole shoes size 8 C. Overcoats on roof were sizes 40 and 35. The thiefs also left tags from black zipper jackets and a box was knocked on the floor. Mr Speake cannot yet name the total loss until a minute check is complete.
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Speake
Dixon outlines rapid push for constitutional amendments
Dixon said constitutional amendments should pass in 10 to 15 legislative days during the interim. He noted bills reflecting his proposals are drawn and in his hip pocket. He was with wife Mrs. Dixon and daughter Launa, a Sidney Lanier high sophomore, while son Sam attends Tennessee school and will join later. The family will be among first children to live in the executive mansion in years.
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Launa
Sidney Lanier High School
Sam
Tennessee
Executive Mansion
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