Treasury plans to issue clarifying statement on silver prices
Treasury officials prepare a clarifying statement ahead of Senate action on a monetary bill. The statement may answer questions on domestic and foreign silver prices, the $2 billion stabilization fund, and gold pricing. The pace mirrors ongoing political maneuvers as lawmakers debate extending powers and stabilizing the dollar.
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Senate
Frank Murphy
Congress
Stabilization Fund
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Morgan County Pines Community News Recaps Visits
Friends and neighbors in Morgan County Pines share social visits and birthday celebrations. Dave Collings is improving and home from the hospital. Mr and Mrs William Fowle were guests of Mr and Mrs Russell Peck. A large crowd attended a birthday dinner for Mrs Doc with many gifts.
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Dave Collings
William Fowle
Russell Peck
Coleman Morrow
Hartselle
Jim Gurley
James Lynn
Tom Crawford
Connie Mack Shows Big Improvement After Illness
Philadelphia on July 4 76 year old Connie Mack manager of the Athletics is reported to be showing marked improvement in health after a gall bladder ailment. Roy Mack son says father is still very sick but improvement is evident. Connie was stricken six days ago en route to Boston and was brought home on a stretcher for treatment.
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Philadelphia
Connie
Philadelphia Athletics
Roy Mack
Boston
Nazi diplomacy and Bulgarian visit shift focus to Danzig tensions
Report notes Danizg rests as world watches Nazi claims over Danzig falter. Hungarian Bulgarian readers travel for events while Werth arrives in Berlin to review maneuvers. Kiesselvanoff and family arrive. Bulgaria nears closer ties with Germany amid calls for collaboration. Goering inspects Rechlin air force station as 10 000 recon troops drill.
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Danzig
Henry Werth
Berlin
Georges Kiosselvanoff
Bulgaria
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Free
Germany
Poland
Kiesselvanoff
Rosenbach
Berchtesgaden
Anothing
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rechlin
Smiths Leave Syracuse for Baton Rouge Embezzlement Case
Dr. James Monroe Smith former LSU president and his wife boarded a chartered plane in Syracuse bound for Baton Rouge to face embezzlement charges. Louisiana state police Major Roden and Special Investigator Clemmens accompanied them after surrendering in Brockville. They traveled by car from Brockville to reach the New York airport, then by air toward Louisiana with a planned mobile return.
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New York
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Tbilisiana
Floyd Bennett Airport
Syracuse
N.Y
Baton Rouge
Newark
N. J
Smiths
Murphy Roden
Louisiana State Police
Bryant Clemmens
Brockville
Ont
Mardy Roden
Louisiana
Roden
Bryan Clemmons
Smith
Canada
United States
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
German Military Intelligence System Described as World’s Best
Dispatches praise the German army's intelligence system as a monumental maneuver near Bad Wildungen. It is hailed as the best in the world, with technical apparatus noted as superior, citing lessons from the Spanish Civil War.
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Bad Wildungen
Georgia faces holiday toll with multiple traffic deaths
A string of fatal incidents across Georgia and nearby states is tallied. Among the dead are Hawkinsville painter Joseph Bag by George Cobb and Athens trooper W H Jones charged with murder. Nine children die in traffic and drownings in distinct incidents.
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Georgia
Jim Hill
Pulaski County
George Cobb
Hawkinsville
Joseph Bagby
Cobb
Athens
W. H. Jones
Herbert Daniel
Cleveland Rainey Palmer
Juniper
Columbus
University official and spouse held by customs in Canada
Smith and his wife were stopped near Watertown then led away from Brockville after waivers were signed. He proclaimed innocence and vowed to fight charges of misusing university funds while Canadian authorities escorted them from Brockville to a resort town. A LSU plane carried the officials.
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Watertown
Brockville
Smith
Death Probe Opened In Cullman County
Investigators probe the death of James Watson a 20 year old Shannon youth found dead on the back seat of a car two miles south of Cullman. Companions Clifton Smith and Byron Echols are jailed for inquiry. An autopsy was performed and toxins tested to determine poison involvement.
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Cullman
James Watson
Shannon
Clifton Smith
Byron
Echols
Smith
Fohols
Watson
Cullman County
H. W._Nixon
Eehols
Bee Line Highway
Woman Killed in Fourth of July Car Crash in Gadsden
A car carrying a Gadsden holiday caravan to a Mentone sunrise dance went off a highway between Fort Payne and Valley Head. Mrs Oliver Minton 25 died at the scene. George Glover 19 and Frances Mitchell 22 died at the hospital. Minton 29 Oza Glover 26 and Mrs Margaret Hall 27 were in critical condition.
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Gadsden
Ala
Fort Payne
Valley Head
Mentone
Oliver Minton
George Glover
Frances Mitchell
Minton
Declaration of Tolerance and Equality Observed on Independence Day
A 1939 Fourth of July pledge reaffirms that all men are created equal and denounces bigotry. The text recalls the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as guiding principles, pledging lives fortunes and honor to defend liberty and equal rights for all Americans.
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America
George Washington
United States
Abraham Lincoln
United States of America
Decatur's Diary Highlights Local Fire and Holiday Movements
Crossed wires on Twelfth avenue set insulation aflame near Delano Park around 2 PM. Johnston street company answered the alarm. Local residents and visitors from Athens, Limestone and Madison counties were noted in daily business and holiday travel, with twelve people fined in police court for traffic and minor offenses.
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Twelfth Avenue
Delano Park
Johnston Street Company
Weekend Socials in Morgan County Highlight Local Youth
Miss Aileen Barwood visited Miss Frances Holmes and a party at Louise Shelton’s home featured many local teens. Cecil Crawford and Crawford Holmes stayed with relatives while families hosted Friday and Saturday gatherings.
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Aileen Barwood
Frances Holmes
Cecil Crawford
J. A. Crawford
Emliis Shelton
Murphy Julian
W. J. Briscoe
Hutchinson
Ruth
Morgan Holcomb
J. T. Thompson
Crawford Holmes
Oneonta
Elbert Holmes
Louise Shelton
Nell Bolding
Gussie Julian
Nell Wright
Wilma Wright
Geraldine Briscoe
Zell Moon
Ellen Seals
Margaret Densmore
Edith Julian
Myrtlewrit
Audrey Walker
Messrs
T. J. Briscoe
Russell Bolding
Warren Bagwell
Quentin Humphrey
Robert Wallace
Willard Hawk
Curtis Allbright
Bill Wright
Quentin Bagwell
Walter Hester
Ray Wallace
Quentin Wright
Willard Wright
Oscar Julian
Jack Crawford
Delmer Bagwell
Max Wallace
John Julian
Flying Hutchinsons Begin World Scroll Tour
The Hutchinson family plans Europe after signing a goodwill scroll with rulers of the Western Hemisphere. They have traveled 21 600 miles through North and South America, presenting the message to leaders including President Roosevelt and President Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico.
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Los Angeles
Hutchinsons
Western Hemisphere
George R. Hutchinson
Kathryn
Janet Lee
Washington, D. C
Europe
Roosevelt
Canada
South
Central America
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Asia
Africa
Community Notes From Oakville and Nearby
Lawrence County residents share gatherings at the Clarks and other families. A son was born to Albert Ferguson and Ozell Clark at Irwin Dyar hospital in Moulton. Local attendance at the Moulton singing included Eugene Hensley and Pauline Johnson and a Decatur visit by Jimmie Standridge and Baxter Clark.
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Edd Clark
Berlie Clark
Fred Folette
Ruth Lentz
Gene
Zola Clark
Alta Clark
Razzle Suggs
Aubry Dodd
Roy Copeland
Effie
Ida Copeland
Albert Ferguson
Ozell Clark
Irwin Dyar Hospital
Moulton
Clarence Aldridge
John Aldridge
Eugene Hensley
Pauline Johnson
Jimmie Standridge
Decatur
Baxter Clark
Germany Taught Hatred in Classrooms and Bombs in Playgrounds
Mrs. M. W. Graham told a San Francisco audience that German children learn racial hatreds in school while on the playground they are taught to handle bombs, illustrating the wartime indoctrination seen abroad.
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San Francisco
Germany
M. W. Graham
Young Victim Severs Freedom Twice in Hit and Run
In Boston on July 4 15 year old David Fleming who had been released from hospital on crutches after a previous hit and run suffered a new injury when struck again by a driver. He was admitted to the same hospital with a broken leg.
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Charles Adams
Floyd Adams
Cartersville
Georgia
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Carl Poole
Decatur
Tennessee River
Tom Kirk, Jr
Alexander City
James Gordon Collins
Columbus
Billingsley
Alex
Charles Walter Cooper
Montgomery
James Fred Colvin, Jr
Birmingham
Boston
David Fleming
Roosevelt Picnic at Val Kill Honored Fourth of July
The Roosevelt family planned a simple Fourth of July picnic at Val Kill in Hyde Park New York inviting a small group of neighbors and guests who arrived from Washington with the president to join the holiday gathering.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelts
Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt
Val Kill
NEA meeting hears Williams urge targeted youth aid reforms
San Francisco July 4 delegates of the National Education Association heard Aubrey Williams head of the National Youth Administration urge more individualized student treatment and new history courses. He warned of 4 to 6 million youths unemployed and out of school and criticized boards fearing current events impact. Reports noted a pageant for 15 000 delegates and a call for federal school aid as essential to national defense.
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San Francisco
National Education Association
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Association
Williams
Fie
Reuben T. Shaw
Philadelphia
Newest Belles of Tribe Make Debut in Alamogordo
Mescalero Apache debutantes, the Evans sisters Mescalero Apache, enter the final stage of a three day ritual in Alamogordo New Mexico as their fathers Paul and Charles Evans host 800 guests. Gifts include Indian jewelry saddles beaded costumes alongside silk underwear and stockings signaling a blend of tradition and reservation customs. The ceremonial courtship is expected to begin after dawn.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Evans
Paul
Charles Evans
Marble and Palfrey Fabyan Reach Wimbledon Semis
United States champion Alice Marble and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Cambridge Mass advanced to the Wimbledon women's singles semifinals. Helen Jacobs, four time American champion and last year's finalist, was defeated by Kay Stammers 6 2 6 2, looking pale and tired after early service errors.
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Wimbledon
Eng
United States
Alice Marble
Sarah. Palfrey Fabyan
Cambridge
Mass
Helen Jacobs
Britain
Pretty Kay Stammers
Berkeley
Calif
Jury awards damages over Evangeline cemetery desolation
In Crowley Louisiana a district court jury awarded a total of 20000 against Bennett Oil Corporation for damage to Evangeline cemetery. The verdict grants 10000 to W H Humphreys and 3333.33 each to Leah Jane Wilkins Kimbrough Houston Texas Louis Willie Parker and Frances Wilns as four plaintiffs.
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Crowley
Bennett Oil Corporation
Evangeline Cemetery
Crowley District Court
W. H. Humphreys
Leah Jane Wilkins Kimbrough
Houston
Tex
Louis Willie Parker
Frances Wilns
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R. C. Miller
J. & Ray
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M. E. Lazenby
Preachers’ School
Howell Turner
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Marvin Worley
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Charles Webb
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Charles Crowe
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H. A. Oden
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Kay Mathews
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J. T. Brown
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