President's visit to Warm Springs stirs political speculation
President plans a trip to Pensacola and the west coast ending at the Little White House in Warm Springs to tour infantile paralysis research and receive an honorary degree in Athens. The visit amplifies talk of southern economic issues and a key Georgia senate race with candidates Camp McRae and Talmadge pursuing distinct platforms amid shifts in the New Deal alignment.
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Papa
Pensacola
Fila
Panama Canal
Gulf of Mexico
White House
Athens
University of Georgia
Gainey Ville
George
Vienna
Lawrence 8
Camp
U. S
North Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
William G. McRae
Atlanta
New Dealer
McRae
Townsend
Talmadge
TVA probe continues with dam tour across Tennessee Valley
A delegation led by Heffernan plans a five day trip to inspect Norris Dam and other TVA facilities. They will visit dams from Norris to Pickwick Landing, with stops at Muscogee Shoals, Sheffield and Florence, Alabama, and hold open hearings in Knoxville. Roosevelt discussed agency negotiations with directors after meeting Lilienthal.
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Lilienthal
H. A. Morgan
Roosevelt
Washington
TVA Aces
Commonwealth
Sou- Utility Corporation
Ifernan
Committee ‘Ly
Norris Dam
Hiwassee
Chattanooga
Chicka- Mauga Dam
Huntsville
Ala
Guntersville Dam
Wilson
Pickwick Landing
Mussele Shoals
Sheffield
Florence
Alabama
Heffernan
Roosevelt Bid To Attend Alabama Deep Sea Rodeo
Governor Graves announced he invited President Roosevelt to attend the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo August 8–10 and to speak at Mobile's free foreign trade zone dedication. The president would arrive after a Gulf coast cruise and may also attend the fourth corps maneuvers on the eastern Mississippi coast involving about 35 000 soldiers. The trade zone dedication was postponed to a later date.
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Montgomery
Ala
Graves
Roosevelt
Alabama
Former Choctaw representative O B Christopher dies
O B Christopher Choctaw representative in the Miller administration died at his home in Butler late last night Funeral services will be held at 10 a m tomorrow Devane of Silas reported Christopher recently was defeated for the state senate by P M Devane of Silas for the Choctaw Wash and Clarke counties seat
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Butler
Ala
O. B. Christopher
Miller
tomor-Christopher
P.M. Devane
Silas
Ate
Choctaw
Wash
Clarke Counties
Four Injured in Langdale Auto Truck Collision
Four persons were injured in an auto truck crash in Langdale Alabama. Two victims Miss Adelaide of Roanoke and Miss Rhes Burns of Wedowee were hospitalized in Wedowee with internal injuries.
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Langdale
Ala
Adelaideth
Roanoke
Rhes Burns
Wedowee
Market rally offsets midyear setback in New York trading
The market regained ground after a midyear decline as copper and other metal groups spurred buying. U S Steel, Anaconda Copper, General Electric and Dow components led advances while trading slowed on the sell side. Total shares traded reached about 1.6 million with notable gains across major names including Bethlehem Steel and Sears Roebuck. Sheep prices showed soft to steady declines for spring lambs.
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Victor Rubank
New York
Coppera
Olla
U. S. Steel
Anaconda Copper
American Telephone
General Electric
New York Central International Harvester
J. J. Case
Johns Manville
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
American Smelting
Kennecott Copper
Pennsylvania
Western Union
General. Motors
Beethlehem
Sears’ Roebuck
Weatinghouse
Boeing
Union Carbide
Woolworth
Cotton Futures Steady Amid Mixed Market News
Markets show a strong resume in New York with stocks and bonds at improved levels and a late rally lifting curbs and staples. New Orleans and Chicago reports note higher grains and firmer cotton, with July futures closing about 14 to 16 points higher and spot middling at 9.21.
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New York
Jocal
New Orleans
Chicago
Draly Cece
Coocase Ecooe Apesoees
Sueve
Isiacpcisnnes
BEEN
Sincere
NEW York Cotton
Dee
Cottonseed Meal Prices Firm In Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed firm in Memphis with July through February contracts listed. Quotes: July 22.75, August 23.30, September 24.05, October 24.40, November 24.50, December 24.80, January 24.70, February 25.00. Sales 3,600.
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Memphis
Tenn
Average cotton price across 10 southern markets today
The average price of middling cotton at 10 southern spot markets today was 9.13 cents per pound. For the past 30 market days the average stood at 8.52 cents.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed oil market closes steady with bleachable yellows
New Orleans notes steady oil bids with bleachable prime summer yellow at 8.25 nominal and ranges from 6.87 to 8.25. Prices listed for July through January show tight ranges ending at 8.04 to 8.05 billion bids.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures rise on acreage, securities rally
Bullish acreage estimates and a securities rebound lift cotton prices after a weak start. July contracts move to 9.02, October 9.12, December 9.20, March 9.29 and May 9.29, up 5 to 14 points from the prior close.
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New Orleans
New York Daily Totals Revealed for Dates Shown
City totals reported on July 6 show two-day and week comparisons with figures for the year and two years back. Cumulative January 1 to date stands at 895,361,005 while year totals reach 1,736,038,000 and 1,848,714,000 for the two-year comparison.
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New York
Dairy Prices in Chicago July 6 Butter up by two days
Butter quantities total 2,008,127 lbs over two days with steady demand. Creamery firsts score 88-89 with 23.1-4 and 24 cited. Begs 16,685 for two days, former grades mixed. Local markets show various grades and prices for firsts and extras, with current receipts and storage packed items noted.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Market Report
Poultry sales in Chicago show live prices at 42 trucks with steady to firm trend. Fryers colored sell at 16 1 2 cents, Plymouth and White Rock at 18 1 4 to 25 cents, springs colored 17 1 2 cents, Plymouth Rock 20 cents, White 20 1 2 cents. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth
Springs
Nashville Livestock Prices Report
Nashville Tennessee July 6 cattle 200 calves 150 all classes steady grassy heifers and steers 6.00 to 7.50 grain fed steers to 8.50 beef cows and bulls 5.50 down cutter grades 3.00 to 4.50 top wealers 8.50 hogs 400 all classes 10 higher
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Alabama Attorney General limits ABC board on medical alcohol dispensers
Alabama Attorney General Carmichael ruled the ABC board lacks authority to regulate acquisition and dispensing of beverages by physicians dentists and pastors for medical mechanical scientific or religious purposes. He also addressed refunds for near beer stamps and other rulings including homestead exemption licenses for chain stores tax and banking issues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Carmichael
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
David E. Dunn
ABC
John Greco
Birmingham
Tax Commission
Henry Long
Greco
Alabama
Long
Alf
Kobe Struck by Floods as 139 Dead and 141 Missing
Kobe faced severe floods with 139 dead and 141 missing reported by Comet News Agency. 60,000 houses damaged while Osaka, 20 miles away, logged eight fatalities as numbers from Tokyo and western Japan crest. The emperor and empress provided funds for flood victims.
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Kobe
Japan
Asia
Europe
San
Tokyo
Home Ministry
Yester- Comet
Osaka
FHA to insure $1 billion in new housing this year
Stewart McDonald told President Roosevelt the federal housing administration will insure one billion dollars of new building during the year, more than double last year’s total.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stewart McDonald
Federal Housing Administrator
FHA
McDonald
Shelby purge drive under way in Shelby County
In Memphis July a purge of Shelby County registration records began with a house to house canvass of names. A purge staff rented a special office and a dozen stenographers started typing registrations in the courthouse basement under W W M Fuqua appointed to oversee the investigation with Samuel Johnson directing preliminary work. The effort mirrors a concurrent purge led by Abe Waldauer of the star election board and involves pro Browning forces.
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Memphis
Tenn
Iate
Aeak
Sov
Gordon Browning
Shelby County
Shelby Young
W.W. M. Fuqua
Nashville
Samuel Johnson
Abe Waldauer
Anti Browning
Star Election Board
South Faces Economic Imbalance in New Deal Survey
The 17 point analysis to be transmitted to Congress highlights cotton dependence, low farm incomes, limited industrial growth, and chronic malnutrition as roots of southern economic woes. It notes high birth rates, absentee ownership, and underfunded education across the region.
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Mellett
Congress
Roosevelt
South
Hamilton
Birmingham
Ala
Certificates Awarded to 160 Graduate Nurses in Alabama
Certificates have been awarded to 160 graduate nurses after exams by the state nurses board of examination and registration. Applicants must be graduates of a three year nursing program or a senior high school. Among those certified are 24 from Mobile hospitals and 53 from Montgomery.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Nurses Board of Examination and Registration
Mobile
Montgomery
County Court Sets Non Jury Cases for Trial Week
Several non jury civil cases have been docketed for trial Monday in county court and non jury criminal cases set for Wednesday and Thursday. Judge Seybourn H. Lynne of Morgan county court will preside.
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Seybourn H. Lynne
Morgan County Court
Earl Hotelan to Speak in Decatur
Parl Hotelan executive secretary of the Alabama Temperance Alliance will fill the pulpit of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Sunday evening. A cordial invitation was extended to the public to hear him.
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Parl Hotelan
Alabama Temperance Alliance
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
R. D. Cook
Memorial Drive Methodist
Birmingham
Injury Fatal in Alabama Teen Dies from Creek Diving Accident
Albert Smith aged 16 of Gordo Alabama died in a Tuscaloosa hospital from a broken neck after diving into a shallow creek on July 3. Funeral services are scheduled in Gordo this afternoon.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Albert Smith
Gorda
Gordo
Alabama 18 Teams Enter Third Annual Semi-Pro Tourney
The Alabama 18 teams for the third annual semi pro championship tournament, July 10 to 17, were announced by Cliff Green. Contenders include Montgomery, Clanton, Andalusia, Elba, Independence, and more with Laborers and TVA Juniors among entrants. The champion advances to Wichita for the national event on August 10 as big league scouts attend.
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Peopre Ala
Alabama
Cliff Green
Green
Montgomery
Gus Felix
Clanton
Buddy Teague
Andalusia
H. P. Perry
Independence
P. E. Poole
Coco Company
T. ©. Harris
Clanton Blues
Burt Curlee
Tallassee Baseball Club
J. E. O'Brien
Martex Towelers
Fairfax
Sam Maron
Laverne Baseball Club
C F. Green
Opelika Mills
Jack Hood
East Tallassee
Lemmie Goss
Shawmut Indians
James
South
TVA Poisons Area As Crew Skims Shoreline In Dusting Flight
TVA malaria control crews dust shorelines from Rownd Island to Mooresville covering about 60 miles. The plane flies low to lay a green blanket of poison while crews inspect 165 barns outside the lake area for vectors and collect samples to detect malaria germs.
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Rownd Island
Mooresville
Callitan
TVA
Authority Propery
Malaria Control Division
C. D. Fabrer
Robert Lewis
Weary Sherrill
R. W. Livings
L. R. Murphree
Dr. Allen
W. J. Brown
A. E. Philen
Health Department
L. Chenault
Dr. E. M. Chenault
Eugene Chenault
John Chenault
Frank Chenault
Welch Dinspore
Battle casualties reported in China and Japan losses
The announcement states 510,109 bodies left on battlefields with 83,000 found in Nanking and vicinity in December and about 2,000 more near Shanghai in the prior three months. Japanese losses are listed at 36,629, though independent surveys are lacking and figures from both sides vary.
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Nanking
Shanghai
News' President Takes Bride Today
J M Patterson president of the New York News married Miss Mary King in a Bronx courthouse ceremony. Justice Cotillo officiated. The couple planned a Queen Mary honeymoon to Europe. Patterson had a prior divorce from Alice Higginbotham Patterson in 1928 after a 26 year marriage.
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New York
J._M. Patterson
New York News
Mary King
Chicago Tribune- New York News Syndicate
Supreme Court
Salvatore A. Cotillo
Bronx County
Th News
Patterson
Col. R. R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
William King
Chicago
Europe
Alice Higginbotham Patterson
Waukegan
Til
3-C Enrollment Held Here Friday
Enrollment of CCC applicants from several North Alabama counties will be held here Friday starting at 6 30 a m at the Civic Center on Ferry Street. Mrs Carlton Kelley director of Morgan county department of public welfare said Morgan county s quota was 50 white and four negroes. Quotas for the other counties have not yet been announced.
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CCC
North Alabama
Ferry Street
Carlton Kelley
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Morgan County
Decatur Notes Roundup of Local Socials and Visits
Bobby Johnson returns from Scranton season. families from Guntersville Columbus Rome and Pine Bluff visit Decatur. Local events include sewing circle prayer service midweek revival reports and a Tuesday preacher’s picnic. Henry Davis leaves for Columbia Tenn for family illness.
Barking Dog Whispers of Odd Still Raid Near Decatur
Sheriff J Street Sandlin and deputies raided a 400 gallon whiskey still six miles southwest of Decatur. A barking dog warned operators who fled as officers discovered 1500 gallons of mash and 400 pounds of copper and gear worth about 300 dollars. The still, built from thick boiler steel, resisted destruction.
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J. Street Sandlin
Herman Sandlin
Ed Blalock
W. E. Kilgore
Decatur
Governor White Seeks Dream Plan to Tax Exemption
Governor Hugh L. White aims to lift state and local maintenance taxes on Mississippi homesteads through three bills. He will deliver the plan at a joint session as lawmakers begin the third extraordinary session since his term began. The proposal exempts about 133 000 homesteads from levies except bonded debt payments, possibly applying to 1938 taxes.
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Jackson
Miss
Hugh L. White
Mississippi
White
Scout Bus to Make Weekly Trips Between Huntsville and Camp Westmoreland
Scoutmaster Lawson Davidson of Troop 4 reports a letter from W B Itfield of Huntsville about a Scout bus leaving Huntsville each Monday at 7 00 AM to transport Scouts to Camp Westmoreland near Florence. The bus will stop at Waco Pop station entering Athens at 5 30 PM and at the Tennessee Valley Hotel in Decatur at 8 00 AM to pick up Decatur Scouts before heading to Camp Westmoreland via Wilson Dam and returning after unloading.
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Lawson Davidson
W. B.itfield
Huntsville
E. Tennessee Valley Council of Boy Scouts
Westmoreland
Florence
Waco
Athens
Tennessee Val
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Camp Westmoreland
Wilson Dam
Trustees Board of Sanatorium Holds Regular Meeting
The board of trustees of Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium met Tuesday night at the sanatorium and disposed of routine matters. Members present include Dr. E. M. Chenault as chairman, Dr. J. A. Howle of Hartselle as vice-chairman, Dr. L. R. Murphree as secretary treasurer, J. P. Hodges of Hartselle, and William Watson.
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Board of Trustees
Morgan County
Fishing Licenses Explained By District Game Warden
H S Brown district game warden says there is misunderstanding about non resident fishing licenses. He explains residents need licenses only for fishing with rod and reel or artificial bait while non residents must have a license for any fishing.
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H. S. Brown
Hottest Day Reaches 97 Degrees This Afternoon
The temperature soared to 97 degrees at 1 pm today marking the year’s high. A prior 1 pm reading showed 93 degrees and Tuesday’s high peaked at 94.
Legion Post to Head Alabama Legion Convention in Montgomery
Montgomery Alabama July 6 The Montgomery Post of the American Legion will be led by Cater lawyer reelected post commander. The state has 120 posts with paid up 8088 members seating 972 delegates for the three day Alabama department convention with General Gorgas Post 1 Birmingham the largest with 42 delegates Scottsboro leading in membership gains and Harold May Florence vice commander aiding the northern area. Local committee plans barbecue for 1800 as posts bring families to the event.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Legion
Alabama
Cater
Gorgas
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Florence
Mobile
Harold May
Jackson County
Scottsboro
George Nye
Legion
Nationals and Americans Battle In Uneven Classic
In a tight ballgame, Lee and Hack star for the Americans with four hits each. Gehrig and Cronin drive innings, while Durocher and DiMaggio spark key plays. Medwick snags first Nationals hit, and DiMaggio steals second as the crowd roars.
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Ting
Lee
Hack
Herman
Roger
Cramer
Boston
Kreevich
Mccormick Gehringer
Averill
Mace Brown
Pirates
Nationals
Americans
Goodman
Medwick
DiMaggio
Ott
Dickey
Lombardi
Cronin
Gehrig
Brown
Foxx
Durocher
Rudy York
Détroit
Allen
Bob Grove
Red Sox
McCormick
Hopper
Gehringer
di Maggio
Bob Johnson
Athletics
Grove
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Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
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Guntersville
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Robert D. Garrison
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Ethel Tales
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Hixon
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Bill Bradshaw
Bobby
Columbus, Ga
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Areca i
Floyd Lawhorn
George Donald
Pine Bluff, Ark
Charlie Fuller
Gary
Marciadeane
Mrs
Yancey
Lacey Springs
Happy Band Sewing Circle
W. L. Spearman
Sixth Avenue
Tva Park
Tri-Cities
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W. FE. Halbrooks
Cora Feild
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Harry Porter
M. EB. Lazenby
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Marie
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Trinity
Chester Grantland
Bruce
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I. J. Rogers
Bailey Motor Company
First Avenue
Herman Troup
John McCutcheon
Union Hill
Tennessee
Mary Emma Gargus
Benevolenty#ociety hospital
Olene Tapscott
Hartselle
Benevolent Society Hospital
Drinkard- Howell
Hubert McCoy
Fifth Avenue
Nan Dean
W. H. Hogan
Elkmont
Roy Grooms
Nancy
Vicksburg, Miss
J. B. Fleming
Richard Coats
Lacon
Clio Lovin
Central Methodist Church
Lovin
Julia Lovin
St. Mark's Settlement House
Henry Davis
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Columbia, Tenn
Solons
Trustees Board OF Sanatorium
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