Lewis Invites Wheeler to Speak at Miners Convention
Senator John L. Lewis invited Wheeler of Montana to address the United Mine Workers’ golden anniversary convention in Columbus Ohio on January 23. Wheeler, who once ran with a La Follette third party, accepted the invitation. The event could signal support or a policy critique of the Roosevelt administration.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Wheeler
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
Lewis
CIO
la Foillette
Tewis
Montana
Pittsburgh
League of Women Voters
League
City to acquire Alabama Power assets and accounts
The Alabama Power Co will transfer its interests in ranges water heater installations and related property to Decatur including the Danville road extension the Ingalls Iron Works extension and several service stations with estimated investments ranging from 44 679 to 3919 05 The city will also take over equipment for white way lighting on Keller Bridge and all wiring meter sockets switches on houses Taxes and licenses will be pro rated and the city will assume all power company accounts The sale follows a salvage value study and includes concurrent sale proceedings for the Scottsboro System and competing municipal distribution projects in nearby towns
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Lower Bank Street
Stone Lumber Co
Stephenson Brick Co
Patterson
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Alabama
White Way
Keller Bridge
Tennessee River
Power Company
Decatur
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Power Co
Tennessee Vale
t = te bama Power Co
Commonwealth-Southern
Tuity
Scottsboro
State Public Service Commission
Gunterville
Albertville
Hartselle
Russellville
Fort Payne
Court
Tennessee Valley
Rites Held for Mrs Carter Athens Matron
Rites for Mrs Henderson Carter 37 a prominent Athens matron were conducted at her residence by Rev Leon Macon pastor First Baptist church. Burial was in Athens cemetery with McConnel directing. She died Friday night at Society Hospital after a long illness. Surviving are her husband a daughter and two sons. Carter was formerly Miss Walker and was widely known in the county.
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Henderson
L. Carter
Athens
Leon Macon
First Baptist Church
Burlai
McConnel
Maestri and Long Machine Face Crucial Primary Fight
In New Orleans Jan 16 the Democratic primary pits Earl Long against rivals while Robert Maestri the city’s boss negotiates influence. Maestri’s power, built by Gov Long and Gov Leche, stands to be tested if Long loses the governor race. The campaign highlights Old Regulars Reformers and Long faction tensions amid questions about hot oil ties and open records.
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New Orleans
Long
Robert Sidney Milestri
Maestri
Long Machine
Earl Long
Huey
Maestris
South
Regular Party
T. Semmes
Walmaley
Long City
Sam Jones
Julius Caesar
Ers
Mr. Airey
City Hall
Market Briefs Mixed Action on Wall Street
New York stocks showed mild gains early but failed to gain momentum with about 450000 shares traded. Investors faced tax threats and potential business slowdowns, while bonds and commodities moved unevenly and many leading issues lagged on the close. Cotton futures fluctuated in narrow ranges with activity concentrated in hedges and transfers for forward positions.
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Victor Eubank
New York
American Woolen
Loft
International Mercantile Marine
U. S. Rubber
General Electric
Anaconda
Westinghouse
U. S. Steel
Douglas Aircraft
Union .Carbide
du Pont
Western Union
Bombay
Irregular stock trends and mixed markets in New York
Early quiet rally stalls as stocks falter and bonds show narrow gains. Foreign exchange rises with most rates improving while cotton remains nervous due to selling. Metals stay quiet with copper and other commodities soft. Wheat declines in Chicago while corn rises and prices edge lower toward the day’s end.
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New York
Bombay
Sugere-Hven
Chicago
Cotton futures ease on weekend liquidation in New Orleans
Cotton futures declined on Saturday trading in New Orleans as long liquidation dominated after the weekend. Prices closed steady with mixed advances and declines across the Mch May July Oct and Dec contracts, ranging roughly from 9.61 to 11.03 per unit.
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New Orleans
RTE
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on January 13 the cottonseed oil market held steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 95N and prime crude between 5.75 and 5.87 per 1-2. Futures quotes showed January 630B, March 637B, May 651B, and July 661B with bid and nominal notes.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices and Market Totals
New Orleans spot cotton closed steady with sales of 8 336 bales. Prices stayed at low middling 9.88 cents per pound, middling 10.98, and good middling 11.33. Receipts totaled 14 729 bales, stock held at 910 349 bales.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Prices
Prime cottonseed meal futures remained quiet with Memphis closing bids at Jan 29.69, March 28.25, May 27.55, and Sept 25.75. Sales volume 600 tons.
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Tenn
Memphis
Average Price Middling Tied to New Orleans Market
A brief note from New Orleans dated January 13 reports the middling grade price at 16 16 per unit with no further context or comparative figures provided.
Cotton prices report with mixed grade figures
The notice records middling cotton at 10.62 cents per pound with an 7 to 8 inch staple and a southern designated category at 10.80 cents a pound. Average prices are shown over a 30 market day period.
Market Fluctuations Rise as Wheat Prices Drift in Chicago Trade
Nervous price swings marked the wheat pit as Winnipeg strength and rains reshape expect actions. Wheat closed 1/4 to 5/8 lower. May 98 3/8. July 96 1/8. Corn rose 1/8 to 1/2, May 57 5/8. July 57 7/8, while oats advanced 1/8.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Nashville Livestock Market Report
U S Department of Agriculture data from Nashville Tennessee shows steady demand for cattle and hogs with a mixed week. Slaughter cattle and yearlings bring 9 25 to 9 50 for top fed, common and medium cattle 6 25 to 8 00, cows 3 50 to 6 50, vealers up to 12 00, hogs 4 50 to 5 60, light pigs 4 10, sheep 6 00 to 8 25, fat ewes 2 00 to 3 00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Mrs. Mary Porter Dies at 87 in Courtland Area
Mrs. Mary E. Porter, 87, a well known Lawrence county resident, died at her home on Courtland route 1. Funeral rites are set for 1 p.m. Sunday with burial in Smryvna Cemetery. Rev. Silas Lang will officiate. burial directed by Brown. She is survived by daughters Effie P. Cain of Milwaukee and Flora E. Letsch of Courtland route 1, a son Walter H. Porter of Cincinnati, and 10 grandchildren.
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Mary E. Porter
Lawrence County
Courtland
Smryvna
Silas Lang
Brown
Porter
Effie P. Cain
Milwaukee
Flora
Automative Lines Lead New Year Industry Push
New York January reports show auto plants racing to a January production record with 111,830 assemblies versus 67,510 prior week and 66,005 in 1939. Steel, textiles and related lines run on autumn buying momentum while war orders abroad show little change.
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Frederick Gardner
New York
Chicago Grain Boards
Rn Gepe Oe
Search crews locate remaining hikers after long trek
Two climbers Post and Jackson joined searching teams today after all had to walk miles to reach civilization. Funk and Dickson arrived close to help, with Post reaching aid shortly before nightfall and others straggling in until early today.
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Post
Jackson
Funk
Dickson
Four Die as Small Plane Crashes in Cornfield
A Detroit headed plane carrying Mrs Mary Borowicz her son Leonard and daughter Joanne and pilot William Maycock crashed last night near the Detroit area. The party intended to fly to Phoenix Arizona for health treatment. Coroner Lashmet identified the three Borowicz family members and said a checkbook and letter bearing Mrs Borowicz name were found near the bodies. Debris included a broken propeller located about a hundred yards from the wreckage.
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Casey
EB. A. Lashmet
Cumberland County
Detroit
Mary Borowicz
Leonard
Joanne
William B. Maycock
West Virginia mine disaster toll deepens grief
Funeral scenes in a small West Virginia town reveal the nation’s worst mine disaster since 1928 as families endure three nights of mourning. Lights burn in evacuees’ homes while those who escaped offer comfort to sorrowing women, and children cope with missing fathers and brothers.
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West, Virginia
Mather
Moe the Gump Snyder Returned to Jail on Bond
Moe the Gump Martin Snyder once husband of Ruth Etting is jailed again after a retrial bid. Judge Thomas L Ambrose ordered his return to custody with a $25 000 bond following a district attorney appeal to the state supreme court seeking a re hearing of the new trial order.
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Los Angeles
Moe the Gump
Thomas L. Ambrose
Martin (the Gump
District Attorney's Office
State Supreme Court
District Court of Appeal
Ambrose
Snyder
Decatur Diary Notes Illness and Local Happenings
District update of Decatur residents with illnesses and recoveries includes Horace Sheats improving after flu, Pastor Lindsay Allen to fill Grant Street Church of Christ pulpit, and other health and home news across Morgan County towns. Various visits, transport concerns, and PTA meeting set the local scene.
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Horace Sheats
West Moulton Street
Lindsay Allen
Grant Street
RITES injured in three vehicle crash near Birmingham
A three way collision on Bankhead Highway 19 miles northwest of Birmingham killed S. P. Rake Straw of La Grange Georgia and injured Joe W. Ellard of Littleton Jesse Dyke of Wylam and John Henry Jerkin of Sayre. In Pratt City Dorothy Gober and her husband C W Gober were involved in a separate collision with a freight train resulting in her death and his minor injuries.
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Birmingham
S. P. Rakestraw
la Grange
Joe W. Ellard
Littleton
Jesse Dyke
Wylam
John Henry Jerkin
Sayre
Pratt City
Dorothy Gober
Hillsview
C. W. Gober
Double Header Set for Heights High Rivalry
A doubleheader basketball game is scheduled at Moulton Heights gym tonight between Austinville High junior boys and girls and Moulton Heights high teams. The first game starts at 7:30. Both contests promise a hard fought rivalry.
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Moulton Heights Gymnasium
Austinville High School
Moulton Heights
Negro Teachers Meet in Morgan County at Hartselle
Negro instructors from Morgan County schools held their regular teachers meeting Saturday at the Morgan County Training School in Hartselle. County Superintendent Irwin J. Quinn addressed the group.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Training School
Hartselle
Irwin J. Quinn
Arctic Front Tensions Rise as Forces Refocus
Reports say red troops pulled from Liinahamari while Russian and Finnish units bolster the Salla front north of the Arctic Circle for a potential major engagement. In southeastern Finland the Mannerheim line repelled advances and invaders urge surrender within 48 hours as German help looms. A study by the Inter-American Neutrality Committee in Rio de Janeiro will seek ways to keep the Western Hemisphere free of belligerent action, citing the Graf Spee incident in Montevideo harbor.
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Liinahamari
Finland
Arctic
Salla
Arctic Circle
Mannerheim
Americas
inter-American Neutrality Committee
Rio de Janeiro
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Prominent Athens Woman Dies After Auto Crash
Mrs. M. Hollon aged 83, a well known Athens resident and mother in law of Probate Judge A. M. McConnell, died at her home shortly after noon from injuries suffered two weeks earlier in an automobile accident on Bee Line Highway five miles north of Athens. Funeral services set for 2:30 Sunday at her residence, with burial in Athens Cemetery.
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Hollon
Athens
Bee Line Highway
A. M. McConnell
U. S., Pitts
Leon Macon
Cemetrey
McConnell
Oil czar behind bars as Louisiana primary nears
In New Orleans former oil czar Rankin enters Atlanta penitentiary after pleading guilty to mail fraud tied to an $11,000 yacht gift to ex governor Leach. Five Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls pledge reforms to end graft and the Long dynasty amid ongoing probes led by Atty. Gen. Rogge.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Atlanta
Ear K. Long
Fluey
Do Ctor
William G. Rankin
Federal Penitentiary
Rankin
Richard W. Leach
Conservation Department
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
State Penitentiary
O. John Rogge
U.S
Washington
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
James A. Noe
Monroe
West Virginia to Sign Kern as Football Coach
West Virginia University moved to meet in a special session to name William F. Kern as head football coach. Kern, recently resigned from Carnegie Tech, would succeed Dr. Marshall Glenn who resigned after the 1939 season. Reported aides include Eddie Hirschberg Mike Nicksick and Frank Katz, all former Pitt players. Kern was in Charleston today with no comment from he or Athletics Director Roy Hawley.
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GreThe
W. Va
West V .University
al Tan
William F
Bill) Kern
Kern
Carnegie Tech
Marshall Glenn
Glenn
Eddie Hirschberg
Dartmouth
Mike Nicksick
Pitt
Frank Katz
Tech
West Virginia
John Bain Sutherland
Charleston
Roy Hawley
Solons Debate On Initiating Legislation Is Nonpartisan
The senator stresses the duty to take the initiative in proposing specific laws while agreeing with Barkley and the President that the matter should be examined in a nonpartisan way.
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Barkley
Mrs Summerford Hosts Cotaca Culture Club
Mrs Robert Summerford hosted the Cotaca Culture Club at her Falkville home for its regular meeting. The president led, minutes were approved, plans for an art exhibit were set, and forty dollars were appropriated to the grammar school library. Mrs J Titus Aldridge reviewed The Taming of the Shrew and Miss Sarah Drinkard spoke on Shakespeare. Nineteen members attended.
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Robert Summerford
Cotaca Culture Club
Falkville
J. B. Elliott
Grammar School
Sarah Drinkard
J. Titus Aldridge
Town Fire Levels Downtown Block In Redding Blast
Scores of Redding residents and 48 firemen fought a major blaze that leveled a downtown block after a mysterious explosion early today. William Clement, manager of the Pioneer Store, estimated damages over 1 million dollars, with other estimates above 500 thousand.
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Redding
Calif
William Clement
Pioneer
Obituary Notice Briefly Mentions McConnell Survivor
The obituary notes a deceased individual with one surviving daughter, Mrs. A. M. McConnell. The fragment references a daughter but lacks further details on the deceased or other family members.
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A. M. McConnell
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Moulton Highway
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