Legislature adjourns amid reforms and heated battles
Alabama lawmakers wrap a long session with major reform laws and a new pardon board, plus a code adoption signed by Governor Dixon. Senate clashed over a state military board while House leadership shifted amid Abercrombie’s death and speaker pro tem Earl McGowin.
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Dixon
Alaa Ant Pee
David Graves
Ture
Roosevelt
House
Senate
AFL
John W. Abercrombie
University of Alabama
Congress
State Department of Education
Abercrombie
Hugh D. Merrill
Earl McGowin
Butler
Merrill
National Guard
H. H. Conway
Marshall
Markets in New York and Chicago Open Steady on July Fourth
Wall street opened in a narrow, listless drift with about 350000 shares traded. Advances in a few specialties steadied the market while London and New York quotes showed mixed signals. In Chicago wheat and corn rose, cattle and hogs traded higher, and cotton in New Orleans climbed on pre holiday buying with steady to higher closures.
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New York
Wall
London
Chicago
Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures stay firm in Memphis trade
Prime cotonseed meal futures in Memphis closed firm with July 21.75, Sept 20.35, Oct 20.15, Dec 20.10, Jan 20.10. Sales reached 4 100.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wheat Prices Jump On Market Revival Amid Belt Complaints
Chicago July 3 A sudden revival of buying lifted by group complaints from a bread belt. Wheat futures climbed with July advancing to 78 1 4 to 1 8 cents, September to 78 3 4 to 7 8, and corn and oats following higher on the session.
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Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Steady on July Market
Butter prices hold firm with 1,270,696 pounds reported. eggs receipts total 17,187 with grade listings showing Fresh graded extra firsts locally at 16 cents for cars and 16 1 4 cents for current receipts. Storage packed extras quoted at 17 cents as other prices remain unchanged.
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Nashville Livestock Prices Quiet Before Holiday Rush
U S Department of Agriculture reports salable cattle 100 and calves 125. Market steady, light pre holiday run with most cattle cows. Sales active and firm on slaughter classes while stocker trade remains quiet. Common and medium heifers and yearlings 6.50 to 8.50, dryfeds 9.00 down, bulls 5.00 to 5.50. Beef cows 5.50 down, canner and cutter category noted.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Diseases before marriage and anti unionization tensions cited
The Jackson representative urged suspension of the rules for immediate consideration of a third term resolution. Senators Simpson Crumpton opposed the anti unionization resolution. House sponsor D C Matthews and R L Hill pushed health department blood test bills, but an amendment to remove testing for women failed 37 to 42. Hill claimed the tests target syphilis while Sanderson warned cost to low income women.
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Jackson
James A. Simpson
Birmingham
A.L. Crumpton
Ashland
D. C. Mathews
Clarke
R. L. Hill
Marion
Health Department
Willkie Drives Campaign as Roosevelt Ambiguity Looms
Willkie moves to organize his campaign even as Roosevelt dodges a renomination hint. Wheeler, Stassen, and Simms join a 12 member advisory group amid party splits. Senator Johnson predicts a third party if Roosevelt secures the Democratic renomination.
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Minnesota
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New Mexico
Thomas B. Dewey
David 8. Tagalls
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Wheeler
John L. Lewis
CIO
Townsend
Doctor Shot by a Patient in Cleveland Suburb
Disgruntled former patient Abraham Vartanian, 40, of Akron shot Dr. Louis Karnosh a Cleveland psychiatrist at his home in Shaker Heights. Karnosh critically wounded with the bullet in his neck while answering a door ring. Vartanian surrendered an hour later and is held for investigation. Karnosh is a city hospital physician and author.
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Louis J. Ka
Shaker Heights
Abraham Vartanian
Akron
Vartanian
Karnosh
Pred W. Clarke
Dr. Karnosh
Carl Zicarelli
Akron Rubles Company
British air raids report selective German damage and losses
The air ministry and home security ministry report limited German damage in southwestern areas and Wales with no casualties, noting two prior heavy raids. A lone German bomber was shot down near the east coast, bringing to 24 the RAF tally of destroyed raiders since June 18. The Kiel harbour Scharnhorst was heavily attacked as it rested in a floating dock, while Munster endured a third consecutive night of raids with incendiaries observed.
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Ministry of Home Security
Wales
Channel Islands
Jersey
Guernsey
Britain
Royal Air Force
Scharnhorst
Kiel
Germany
Munster
Extra patrolmen to guide boat race traffic
Elaborate plans have been worked out by the state highway patrol for handling traffic during the celebration. The local office said nine extra patrolmen have been ordered to report here for duty Sunday for the boat races.
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State Highway Patrol
Tennessee river flotilla marks summer celebration
Betty continues to pageant as ticket sales surge. The Tennessee river flotilla on Saturday night draws about ten thousand spectators with a Sunday boat race expected to attract speed enthusiasts from the South. Birmingham fans may bring around one thousand visitors, and traffic officials brace for twenty thousand arrivals.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee
South
Birmingham
Wooley to Lead Morgan County Baptist Camp Sessions
Rev. Davis Wooley elected secretary of the Baptist Training Union of Alabama will head the young peoples conferences at the Morgan County Baptist Training Union Camp at Cole Springs July 14 to 13. Staff includes Rev. J. O. Richardson and Mrs. Richardson from Florence with plans for supervised recreation and devotional activities.
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Baptist Training Union of Alabama
Morgan County
J. A. Chambers
Bethea Stedham
W. B. Waterhouse
South
Morgan
County
Packard and wartime contracts push defense spending
The article details Packard aircraft motor work and a surge in U S defense contracts as army and navy orders total over 1 billion. Navy alone awarded 87 vessel contracts worth about 910 million with further equipment funds and base improvements in progress.
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President Roosevelt to Visit Hyde Park Home for Fourth
President Roosevelt plans to depart for his Hyde Park family home for the Fourth of July weekend and to-transfer the Franklin D. Roosevelt library to the government for housing his private and official papers. He expects to return to the White House on Monday.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevel
White House
Decatur News Highlights Homecoming and Local Events
Central Baptist marks its 120th founding anniversary with Homecoming Day. Rev. Homer Britton leads revival at Hartselle Baptist July 14 for two weeks. Dr. M B Lazenby to speak at Ninth Street Methodist, follow with quarterly conference. Local Red Cross and Independence Day observances noted along with travel and family updates.
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Decatur
Central Baptist
Homer Britton
Hartselle Baptist Church
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First Baptist Church
W. E. Waterhouse
Rumanians See Diplomatic Turmoil Amid Jewish Riots
In Bucharest and surrounding towns riots targeted Jews with many injured and reports of deaths. A German general visited Bucharest to meet a military mission as German and Soviet relations drew speculation. An official obituary appeared for Adolphe Gropper, a Sinaia hotel owner, amid the unrest.
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Bessarabia
Bucovina
Bucharest
Adolphe Gropper
Sinaia
Jassy
Two Gunmen Shot to Death in McAllen Hostage Raid
Two unidentified gunmen who earlier killed a woman hostage were shot to death today in a second battle in McAllen Texas. Police did not release further details as the standoff ended.
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Mcallen
Tex
Governors Praise Alabama Legislators In 1939 Session
Montgomery Alabama July 3 Governor Dixon commends the legislature for unselfish public service in Alabama's 1939 regular session. He says changes to laws were anticipated in the platform and that lawmakers acted as a unified group from every part of the state. He urges memory and respect for these sterling public servants.
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Ala
Dixon
Commonwealths
United States
Alabama
War News and Civil Unrest Across Europe and Allied Actions
Reports from the front describe Hungarian reinforcements toward Romania while Romania seeks axis protection. Border tensions flare in Dobruja and Transylvania amid skirmishes. In Romania anti semitic riots injure and unsettle the wealthy Jewish community. In Europe British raids strike the Ruhr and a German warship is damaged. Netherlands commander Kinkelman is sent to Germany as a POW after surrender. In Washington Roosevelt tightens export controls on vital war materials.
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Outlaws Hit by Firefight After Car Abduction
A pursuit across a road barricade left the gunmen who had seized the Davis car dead or captured as about 100 officers closed in. Mrs. D. Davis of Kingsville, 35, was shot while fleeing with her husband and another man. Deputies said the outlaws came from east Texas and fingerprints were used to aid identification.
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D. Davis
Kingsvile
Davis
Vickers
Texas
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