Budget clash deepens as Taft and Roosevelt trade figures
President Roosevelt and Senator Taft clashed over balancing the multi billion dollar budget. Roosevelt cited savings of about 8 million yearly while Taft argued for larger cuts and highlighted added payrolls in agriculture and federal agencies. Reorganization efforts aim to boost administrative savings to about 25 million.
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Roosevelt
Sen Taft
Ohio
Harold D. Gaid
FDR
Taft
National Planning Board
Disaster Loan Corporation
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Smith
Federal Works Agency
PWA
WPA
Federal Loan Agency
Coast Guard
Lighthouse Service
National Defense
Tennessee Valley Authority
Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Veterans
Adjutant General Cited for Contempt in Georgia
Adjutant General John E. Stoddard and Lieut. Col. J H Skelton were cited for contempt of court as a Fulton county deputy sheriff dropped orders on the Georgia National Guard chief. The exchange remained courteous as Stoddard resisted accepting orders he said interfered with obeying Governor Rivers martial law over the state highway department last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I John E. Stoddard
J. H. Skelton
Fulton County
Georgia National Guard
Stoddard
J. Jon Nelms
E. D. Rivers
State Highway Department
Conviction Upheld in Burglary Case In Alabama
Alabama Court of Appeals affirms 12 year burglary sentence for Charlie Avinger. The court holds an occupied hotel room qualifies as an inhabited dwelling house under a 1935 purgury statute, driving the harsh penalty of not less than ten years or death.
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Ala
Alabama Court of Appeals
Charlie Avinger
Bankhead Receives Report On Alabama Democratic Meeting
Speaker Bankhead of Alabama was endorsed unanimously for the presidency at the Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee meeting. The report was presented by Senator Hill and Representative Steagall, both of Alabama, who attended.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee
Senator Hill
Rep
Steagall
Wall Street ends mixed as late cover supports slight gains
Leading issues faced early weakness with steels rails and utilities slipping. A late rally lifts steels motors and aircrafts with about 600000 shares traded as short covering and thinner offerings trim losses and push some indices higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Markets at a Glance for New York and Chicago
Markets at a glance show mixed but steady activity. Foreign exchange remains quiet with some currencies improving. Cotton is steady while steel and copper trade remains brisk. Chicago wheat closes higher while corn declines and cattle rise modestly with hogs down to tops around five dollars and fifty.
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New York
Wall Street
Bombay
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady after early declines
New Orleans trading shows cotton futures erasing early losses with closing levels 2 to 4 points higher. January price ranges from 11.15 to 11.29, mid-month around 11.22, with May around 10.85 to 10.92 and other quotes near 10.53 to 10.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady In Memphis Trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with 41 percent grade. Prices listed for Jan 30.00 May 28.65 July 26.45 Sept 26.75 with sales of 2,000 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
New Streamlined Station Under Construction for Decatur General Tire
Construction started today on a streamlined station for the Decatur General Tire Company at the Lee and Bank streets intersection across from Brock & Spight Wholesale Grocery. Athens Lumber Company handles the build with occupancy planned by March 1. cost for improvements is $5,000. The edifice will house a retreading plant and tire sales and service now run on lower Second Avenue by E. W. Kennedy, with wings on both sides and rear, becoming the only fully streamlined station in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Tire Company
Lee and
Bank Streets
Brock & Spight
Athens Lumber Company
Lower
Second Avenue
E. W. Kennedy
Vanderbilt Line Coach Dutch McIntosh Resigns
Vanderbilt University line coach Russell Dutch McIntosh resigns effective Sept. 1 due to ill health after five years on the staff. Coach Ray Morrison says resignation not yet accepted. McIntosh, a Texan, weighed 20 pounds lighter last season and suffered asthma and hay fever, guiding several notable linemen at Commodore football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Russell
McIntosh
Vanderbilt University
Ray Morrison
Dallas
Southern Methodic University
SMU
Heermese-Vanderbilt
Iine
Commodore School
16 year old charged in manslaughter death case
Sheffield Alabama January 10 7 Sheriff Otis H McRight says Wyatt Jefferys 16 of Muscle Shoals is charged with manslaughter in the freezing death of George W Thomas 38 painter for the Tennessee Valley Authority The warrant was sworn by Chief Deputy R L McCor kle according to the sheriff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Ala
Otis H. McRight
Wyatt Jefferys
Muscle Shoals City
George W.thomas
Tennessee Valley Authority
Body Found Under Viaduct In Birmingham
George M. Gibson a 60 year old former hotel clerk was found dead today on railroad tracks beneath the Twenty Fourth Street viaduct in Birmingham Alabama. Coroner Gip M Evans will conduct a full investigation before issuing a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
George.m. Gibson
Twenty-Fourth St. Viaduct
Gip—M. Evans
Dodge widow to receive $1.25 million estate award
Detroit bulletin reports probate court awards Annie Dodge former Canadian telephone operator $1 250 000 from the estate of Daniel B Dodge who died in 1938 after a fatal injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Annie Dodge
Daniel B. Dodge
Nashville Livestock Prices Report From Nashville Market
Salable cattle 250 and calves 75 offered with mostly steady prices. Fed steers and yearlings quoted 9.60 to 9.50, good short fed 8.50 down. Beef cows around 6.00, hogs down 10 to 25 cents with 110 lb pigs 5.40. Sheep steady with few ewes and wethers around 8.25 and throwouts 4.50 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Dept. Agri
Poultry Prices Steady In Chicago Trade
Poultry live prices in Chicago on January 10 show steady demand with 34 trucks. Hens 4 1 2 Ibs up 15, under 4 1 2 Ibs 15 1 2, Jeghorn hens 11, Jeghorn chickens 9 1 2, Plymouth Rock 16, under 4 Ibs 6 1 2, white ducks 4 1 2 Ibs up 12, geese over 12 Ibs 11 1 2, other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springs
Plymouth Rock
Chicago market report shows butter and eggs steady
Chicago market notes butter prices at 92 31, creamery 93 score 311 232, eggs at 9 913 steady with fresh graded extra firsts at 19 1-2. Other prices unchanged as of January 10.
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Chicago
Wheat Market Closes Higher On Wide Price Swings
Chicago Wheat futures finished near session highs on January 10 with May at 1.02 1/2 and July 0.90 1/8, corn down 1 8 to 3 8, May at 56 58 1/8, July 58 5/8, oats up 1/4 as trade noted rapid moves across the pit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Miami Bank Fraud Suspect Arrested in Miami Beach
Federal officers arrested a Jersey City fraud suspect identified as William B Gizang 38 accused of defrauding Hudson County National Bank of 120610 over two years. FBI agent John W Vincent said Gizang fled New Jersey, carried 1 in cash and 200 in money orders. He admitted acquiring funds since 1938 largely in New Jersey and Broward County gambling dens.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Hudson County National Bank
Jersey City
N. J
John W. Vincent
FBI
William B. Gizang
New Jersey
Vincent
Broward County
Florida
Miss Lillie Seamon Dies at Home in town
Miss Lillie Mae Seamon, 36, died at 9 o'clock Tuesday night at her home 1320 1 2 Fourth avenue south after a long illness. Funeral arrangements announced by Brown Funeral Company. Survived by father J. Be Seamon two sisters Mrs Rastus Puckett Mrs William McMurry and three brothers William Lewis and Arthur Seamon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Mae Seamon
Fourth Avenue
South
Brown Funeral
Morgan man owns gruesome relic from Brooklyn tragedy
J. W. White of Hartselle Route 2 owns a nine inch knife used by a Brooklyn policeman who killed himself. The handle bears dried blood and was given to White by his son Lloyd White an undertaker employee who recently visited. The blade fragment is four inches.
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J. W. White
Hartselle
Route 2
Brooklyn
Mr. White
Lloyd White
McKellar seeks amendment to TVA tax replacement bill
Senator McKellar proposed amending the Norris Sparkman TVA tax replacement bill to ensure full reimbursements to states and counties for tax values lost under the authority's program. The measure would authorize 10 percent of TVA gross power revenues to be distributed among states to reimburse counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKellar
Tenn
Norris-Sparkman Tva
Norris-Sparkman
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Local girl to model in New York
Miss Eleanor Vines daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Vines 405 Jackson street left Tuesday night for New York where she will model clothes for a large York firm in the Spring National Style Convention She has been in Bar Carrells Revue in Hollywood and attended dramatic school in the film capital She will also do commercial photography while in New York Vines was offered a contract by Earl Carroll to appear in his Hollywood Revue and spent a year in California She had screen tests by Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century Fox and is viewed as a potential screen star after returning to Hollywood to resume dramatic studies
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Eleanor Vines
W. Jd. Vines
Jackson Street
New York
York
Miss Vines
Bar Carroll
Hollywood
Film Capital
Singers Meet for Morgan County Convention Jan 13 14
The Morgan County Singing Convention will convene Saturday and Sunday January 13 14 at Moss Chapel with sessions beginning 10 o’clock Saturday. Music publishers Vaughn Music Co from Lawrenceburg Tenn Stamps Baxter Music Co and Parris Music attend. The Shaw Sisters of Birmingham and Deep South Quartet lead the program. Sunday sessions move to Hartselle High School. Deep South Quartet concert at Hart selle High Friday night.
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Morgan County
Moss Chapel
Vaughn Music Co
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Stamps Baxter Music Co
Parris Music
Shaw Sisters
Birmingham
Deep South
Hartselle High School
Carmichael seeks delegate post as Alabama politics shift
The report outlines Carmichael's bid for a four delegate position to the national convention amid Alabama political maneuvers. It notes Edwards Dixon and other figures, including Hill Bankhead and Steagall, as contenders or commentators as tensions over Senate committee control persist from the previous administration.
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Decatur
Miller
State Personnel Board
Ed Livingston
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama Law School
Dixon
Carmichael
Iran
Hill
Bankhead
Steagall
Senate
Rites Held for Hagood Infant in Lawrence County Cemetery
Funeral services for Curtis Ray Hagood eight months son of Mr and Mrs William Hagood were held at 11 am Wednesday at Ferguson cemetery Lawrence County by Rev W H Haddock with burial directed by Drinkard. The child died at home Tuesday morning at 7. Survived by parents a brother Hayes Hagood and grandfathers George Hagood and S A Randolph.
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Curtis Ray Hagood
William Hagood
Landersville
Route 1
Ferguson Cemetery
Lawrence County
W. H. Haddock
Drinkard
Hayes Hagood
George Hagood
S. A. Randolph
Huntsville Man Succumbs in City Jail
John Stubbefield a 37 year old textile mill worker from Huntsville Alabama died in a city jail cell. Coroner Gip M Evans ruled death due to acute alcoholism. Police say he was arrested last night on a drunkenness charge and found dying early today. he died before a doctor arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
John Stubbefield
Huntsville
Gip M. Evans
Stubbefield
Taxi firms face loss of service without new insurance
SEEK INSURANCE BIRMINGHAM Ala Jan 10 taxi firms warn city may be without service after Jan 15 unless the city commission and four major operators reach a liability insurance agreement. P Y Whitman spokesman said the ordinance effective Jan 15 leaves insufficient time to secure policy terms from home offices and arrange required coverage.
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SEEK
Birmingham
Ala
P.Y. Whitman
Sleuths Suit Decision Due In Topping Case
A New York federal court was to decide whether detective Harold Mayhew deserves a $5,000 bonus for evidence in the Henry J. Topping Jr. case. Mayhew said Topping paid $1,700. judges hinted no proof meriting a bonus. An affidavit alleged Mrs Topping and Cordova were intimate in Hempstead. Cordova seen leaving the apartment at various mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry J. Topping, Jr
Topping
Jayne Shadduck
Harold Mayhem
Clarence Galston
Gloria Baker
Josephine Thompson
Hempstead
Cordova
War updates from the Nordic and European fronts
British reports describe night scouting flights over northern Germany and RAF patrols near Frisian Islands to disrupt Nazi mine laying. Finnish Russian fighting slows after six weeks, with signs of renewed hostilities and massed Russian forces on the Karelia Isthmus. Hungary and Romania seek settlements amid tensions with the Soviet Union, Italy urging consensus.
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Mirally
Germany
Royal Air Force
Frisian
Denmark
Igland
Sylt
Finland
Russia
Copenhagen
Karelia
Isthmus
Red Army
East Central
Geneva
Rudolf Holsti
League of Nations
International Organization For
Pinland
Aly
Hungary
Europe
Rumania
Soviet Union
Army And Navy Budget Proposals Include Large Training Funds
The proposed spending includes 28.2 million dollars for training in five regular army divisions, with later consolidation into two corps. FBI requests cover 155 additional agents, while coast guard funds focus on recommissioning inactive vessels for a wide neutrality patrol. Navy cuts of 0.5 million from 7.5 million would affect its shore station building program.
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FBI
Coast Guard
Cape Cod
Army
Navy
Decaturite social notes and city updates in 1940
Decatur social column lists visitors from Hunteville Moulton Clarksdale and Fitzgerald. Chamber of Commerce set to elect officers for 1940. church service at Memorial Drive Methodist to be led by P Thompson. Local residents face flu illnesses and promotions. multiple residents visited Decatur for business. two police court cases include petty larceny and drunkenness.
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Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
P. Thompson
Aid of
Stewards
Anti-Lynching Bill Faces Senate Fight and House Debate
The House received its first money bill for six months funding of the army navy coast guard and related agencies amid a broader debate on an anti lynching measure. Senators study federal finances as Republicans accuse Democrats of politics over the negro vote while the White House steers budget discussions.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Army, Navy
Coast Guard Bureau of Investigation
Harold Stark
Naval Affairs Committee
Western Hemisphere
Navy
Germany
Japan
Italy
Russia
White House
Democratic Steering Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Democracs
Senate
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Rep
Mitchell
Fish
N. Y
United States
Seccombe
Ohio
WPA
Endicott Johnson Shoe Plants Vote Against Unions in Johnson City
In Johnson City New York workers rejected union affiliation by a 12 693 to 1612 margin after a day of mass celebration as Endicott Johnson Shoe Corp faced a second CIO AFL contest. George F Johnson hospitalized with pneumonia remained ill as Charles F Johnson Jr praised the company loyalty and pledged to keep plants running. The company operates about a score of plants in the region and has a history of worker profit sharing and community benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
N. Y
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization Union
George F. Johnson
Johnson
Salvation Army
Charles F. Johnson
Labor Relations Board
George F
CIO
AFL
Frank McGrath
New York City
Harlan, Ky
Charles F. Johnson, Jr
City
Binghamton
Endicott
Owego
NLRB
Forbes
Enrollment for CCC Boys in Huntsville Exam
Forty four Morgan county white youths left Decatur at 6 30 Wednesday morning for Huntsville for examinations for enrollment in CCC camps. The county quota is 34 but 10 extra candidates were sent to Huntsville for testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Decatur
Huntsville
CCC
Crater Death Claim Paid by Two Insurance Firms
Mrs. Stella Crater Kunz has won a full indemnity of 20,561 dollars as insurers Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and Fidelity Insurance Company of Philadelphia settle the Crater death claim. The claim concerns Joseph Force Crater who disappeared in 1930 and was declared dead in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stella Crater Kunz
State Supreme Court
Joseph Force Crater
Crater
Wasedl
Emil K. Ellis
Lonely vigil kept by mother's body in New York
In New York on January 10 a seven year old boy Anthony and his sister Judith kept watch beside their mother’s body after she died of heart disease. With the father away at sea they lived on milk and cereal and slept in the same bed. A teacher later found the mother dead, believed to have passed at least 48 hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anthony Pizarro
Judith
East Second Street
Fernando
Manila
Anthony
Pizarro
Pizarro Dean
Duryea seeks habeas corpus to win freedom from asylum
Chester B. Duryea, 69, confined 25 years in an insane asylum, challenges his murder charge through a habeas corpus hearing begun yesterday in White Plains. His son's case recounts the 1914 death of the family millionaire father and continues today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Chester B. Duryea
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Priceville
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Falkville
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