Morgan County Reports High Rates in Lab Disease Survey
The June Tennessee Valley laboratory report shows Morgan County with unusually high positive cases of syphilis malaria and typhoid compared with the nine county district. District totals include 966 syphilis specimens with 119 positives and 377 Morgan County samples with 55 positives. malaria 428 district samples with 14 positives and 295 Morgan County samples with 10 positives. typhoid 231 district samples with 19 positives and 105 Morgan County samples with eight positives. The district lab serves Limestone Cullman Lawrence Jackson Colbert Marshall and Lauderdale counties.
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Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Morgan County
Morgan
Limestone
Cullman
Lawrence
Jackson
Colbert Marshall
Lauderdale
Senators in Secret Quiz Open Probe of Campaign Funds
The senate campaign funds committee opened a secret inquiry into alleged misuse of public funds. Chairman Sheppard of Texas said a complaint, tied to a gubernatorial candidate, may merit a formal investigation and possible public hearings in the state involved. A separate probe is active in North Dakota into irregularities in the Nye primary campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Sheppard
Tex
North Dakota
Nye
Reeae
TALMADGE PUSHES CAMPAIGN NOTE ON VETERAN PENSIONS
Former Governor Eugene Talmadge campaigned in Margar et Ga asserting support for World War veterans and criticizing opponents who voted in 1983 to remove 406000 disabled veterans from rolls and cut monthly pensions. He urged restoring veterans to CCC camps and home pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmadge
Margret
Eugene Talmadge
United States Senate
Veterans Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Authority battle over president's removal and back salary
Dr. Morgan sues the Tennessee Valley Authority seeking back salary of 29166 and a decree voiding a removal order. The suit targets executive authority itself, arguing the president cannot be sued, while TVA directors face implied accountability in an attack on the president’s removal. The case centers on scope of executive power and protection of the chief executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Authority
Fly
TVA
Dr. Morgan
David Lilienthal
Harcourt Morgan
White House
South
Central Press
Dr Charles Diel To Speak At First Presbyterian
Dr. Charles Diel president of Southwestern University Memphis will deliver the sermon at First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at eleven o clock. There will be no evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Diel
Southwestern University
Memphis
First Presbyterian Church
Church of God
Markets in turbulent wrapup as late buying trims losses
New York trading ends with a modest comeback after a sharp midday slide. The market faced a sizeable late decline with many blue chips still down and turnover around 1.5 million shares. Wheat and cotton showed mixed moves while bonds and foreign markets softened.
Cotton futures rally as weather tightens demand and limits contracts
New York trading shows cotton futures closing 11 to 14 points higher amid scarce contracts and larger than expected government acreage, driven by unfavorable belt weather. July through May contracts posted gains with open highs and near day’s end prices at top of range.
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Foreign Exchange
Steddy
New York
Cotton futures close steady with modest gains
In New Orleans trading July through May contracts closed steady with net advances of 11 to 12 points. Prices ranged with July at 9.16, October 9.24, December 9.24, January 9.80, March 9.80 and May around 9.18 to 9.80 as markets held firm.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures edge up on acreage data in New Orleans
Cotton futures gained modestly as traders covered shorts after the official acreage estimate of 26,904,000 acres was released. In late trading Oct contracts reached 9.11, Dec 9.17, Mar 9.28 and May 9.30, about 4 to 9 points above the prior close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
New Orleans
Cottonseed futures close steady in Memphis trading
Prime cottonseed futures closed firm in Memphis with July at 23.25, August 23.75, September 24.25, October 24.60, November 24.85, December 25.00, January 25.00, February 25.30. Sales 6,000.
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Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans Market Echoes Steady Oil Prices
Oil prices in New Orleans show a very steady close with crude values around 7.12 and 8.20 billion figures for July through January. Bid and asking data appear as 8-Bid and 8-A scribed alongside monthly codes, indicating a calm market tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bond and Stock Totals Reported For New York
Bond totals show 7,661,350 today with 12,413,080 previous day and 7,685,000 week ago. Year to date 915,465,4085 with prior years 1,752,777,000 and 1,871,268,900. Stock totals list 1,566,670 today and 2,775,420 prior day and 2,024,820 week ago. Jan 1 to date 128,522,788 with prior years 235,086,297 and 269,473,790.
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New York
Poultry Prices Steady Amid Strong Live Market
Chicago markets report strong live poultry with 57 trucks. Leghorn broilers under two pounds bring 16, two pounds up 17, fryers colored 17 1-2, Plymouth and white rock 20, colored springs 19, Plymouth rock 21 1-2, bareback chickens 15-18. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Chicago live stock market brisk with firm prices
In Chicago July 8 the live stock market showed brisk activity with firm prices. Hogs under 250 pounds rose about 10 higher, with top 9.75 and good 170 240 pound hogs at 9.50 9.75. cattle and calves were strong with cutter cows and bulls up to 15 higher and lightweight steers around 11.00. Sheep and lambs were active with native spring lambs around 9.25 and higher demand for light sorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chlorine Gas Sends 80 Children to Pittsburgh Pool Incident
Chlorine gas escaping from a leaking tank at a North Side Pittsburgh swimming pool exposed about 80 children today. Twenty five were taken to two hospitals for treatment. officials said none are seriously ill. Guards moved the tank from a cellar as the wind drove fumes toward the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allen F. Stepnack
Two Injured as Truck Overturns Near Moulton Heights
A state highway department paint crew return trip to Decatur ended when their truck skidded on wet pavement near Moulton Heights at about 5 30 p m. J T Stevens suffered a dislocated shoulder and T N Widner bruises. O M Jenkins Hollis Mahafney and James Call were not hurt. All but Stevens returned to work the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Decatur
Moulton Heights
J. T. Stevens
T. N. Widner
O. M. Jenkins
Hollis Mahafney
James Call
Highway Department
Moulton
Stevens
Judge refuses to administer oath in Tennessee DA case
Criminal Judge Phil Wallace declined to administer the oath of office to Joseph Hanover, Gov. Gordon Browning's appointee for district attorney general in Memphis. He instead named Preston Battle as attorney general pro-tem, an assistant to the late Attorney General W. Tyler McLain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Phil Wallace
Joseph Hanover
Gordon Browning
Wallace
Preston Battle
W. Tyler McLain
Picnic Supper Set for Junior Board
M K Vickrey chairman of the junior board of stewards of Central Methodist church asks all members to meet at the church Monday July 11 at 7 00 pm for a motor trip to Woodall s for supper and the regular monthly meeting Transportation will be provided for all who are at the church at seven
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.K. Vickrey
Stewards
Central Methodist Church
Woodall’s
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Otto Biles
8Th. Ave
South
Four British bombers set record non stop flight to Ismailia
Four bomber type planes from Cranwell Lincolnshire completed a nonstop flight to Ismailia Egypt marking the longest distance flown by an organized unit. The July 31 arrival confirms a historic aviation record achieved by the British Air Service.
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London
Ismailia
Egypt
Cranwell
Lincolnshire
Ninety Thousand Americans Return To Farm In 1937
Auburn July 8 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that ninety thousand Americans returned to farming in 1937 amid ongoing agricultural programs and rural economic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Northwest plane crash kills one near Billings
A Northwest Airlines transport crashed off the field during takeoff near Billings Montana at 2 53 am killing one person and injuring seven. The deceased was Mrs N A Mackhap of Billings. Pilot Walter Bullock of Minneapolis and co pilot Lester Dean escaped injury. Five other passengers received minor injuries and were treated at the hospital.
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Billings
Mont
Northwest Airlines
Mackhap
St. Vinnie
A. T. Peterson
Northwest
Chicago
Walter Bullock
Minneapolis
Peterson
Lester Dean
al Niemeyer
Department of Commerce
Gary
East Elm Street
W.C. Bellenger
Ensign
U. S
North Hampton
Bremerton
Wash
Brislawn
Wallace
Idaho
G.tessum
Grand Street
New Probe Sought in Slaying of Negro Prisoner in Alabama
The NAACP asks Circuit Judge E M Cree to direct a grand jury to investigate the death of John Louis Smith a Black prisoner shot in the courthouse corridor after his conviction for carnial knowledge of a minor. H B Colburn held for murder was released after a no bill. Smith received 99 years in the penitentiary for the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Shortridge
E. M. Cree
John Louis Smith
H. B. Colburn
Smith
Alabama
Cotton production and acreage by state in 1987
Fewer averaged 179.7 pounds and lint cotton production reached 13,280,857 bales of 500 pounds each while cottonseed output averaged 5,867,000 tons. Cash income from cotton in 1987 totaled 684,622,000 for lint and 136,535,000 for cottonseed. Acreage and percentages of the 1937 baseline by state include South Carolina 1,313,000 acres 77 percent, Georgia 2,121,000 acres 89 percent, Florida 90,000 acres 75 percent, Tennessee 816,000 acres 82 percent, Alabama 2,190,000 acres 81 percent, Mississippi 2,726,000 acres 78 percent, Texas 9,960,000 acres 78 percent.
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Department
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Duncan Hunter to Fill Pulpit at Central Methodist
Duncan Hunter of Gadsden will preach at Central Methodist church in Decatur Sunday at 11 am and 7 30 pm. A Vanderbilt senior and upcoming ministerial student at Yale, he has led youth meetings during the revival and preached in Gadsden and nearby churches. His Decatur roots include former Central Methodist pastor J D Hunter.
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Duncan Hunter
Gadsden
Central Methodist Church
Hunter
Decatur
Central Methodist
Vanderbilt
Yale University
J. D. Hunter
Woodward ordered to pay $30,000 yearly alimony
New York July 8. Orator Francis Woodward of Leroy New York, who settled $1,000,000 on his first wife in the 1929 divorce, has been ordered to pay his second wife Mrs Mary Trask Woodward thirty thousand dollars a year alimony.
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New York
Francis Woodward
Leroy
N. Y
Mary Trask Woodward
Alabama Senators Accept Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Invite
Joseph H. Lyons federal customs collector said Senators Bankhead and Hill of Alabama accepted invitations to the 1938 Alabama deep sea fishing rodeo to be held August 8 through 10 in Mobile.
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Mobile
Ala
Joseph “H. Lyons
Bankhead and
Hill
Alabama
Supreme Court Rules Seizure of Marble Boards and Pin Games
In Tallahassee Florida the supreme court ruled that marble boards and pin games may be seized and destroyed if their owners and operators are arrested and convicted.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Supreme Court
Jurors Study Graft Charge In Harrisburg Governor Case
A grand jury investigation of primary campaign graft and corruption charges against Governor George H. Earle and 19 associates was ordered to determine whether the inquiry should proceed. Judge H Schaeffer announced the decision after conferring with Carl B. Shelley and Attorney General Guy K. Bard. Margiotti had opposed the probe amid 1927 legislature graft allegations.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
H. Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Thct
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Guy K. Bard
Shelley
Bard
Farle
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
U. S. Senate
Reprieve granted for Curtis Cobb in Alabama case
Governor Graves issued a 24 day reprieve for Curtis Cobb, a Jefferson County Black man slated for execution July 22 for rape. The governor cited doubt about the crime, citing an affidavit from the victim’s physician saying the offense was not committed, and noted objections from the state auditor and pardons board member.
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Montgomery
Ala
Graves
Curtis Cobb
Jefferson County
J. R. Payne, Jr
Cobb
Pardons Board
Payne
Charles F. McCall
Pardons ’Board
Hundreds to Take 3 C Test for CCC Camps
Several hundred applicants for CCC enrollment were examined at the Civic Center on Ferry Street. Physicals were given by Army doctors and successful candidates will be sent to camps in multiple states. Morgan County's quota is 50 white and four negroes. Applicants from nine counties attended.
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CCC
Civic Center
Ferry Street
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Carlton Kelley
Morgan County
Regional economic strains drive emigration debate
The article notes regional economic difficulties and a proposal to move three to six million people to other sections. Russell, Alabama textile industrialist and state chamber president, argues such displacement won’t solve Southern issues and may shift overpopulation to new areas. The emergency council discussed unfair freight rates and tariff gaps affecting oleomargarine and jute, plus Souths reliance on protected markets for imports and free markets for exports.
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Viato
Russell
Alabama
State Chamber of Commerce
Emergency Council
Leighton Bank Opens After Remodel Gala
The Tennessee Valley Bank at Leighton held a formal opening yesterday afternoon from 3 to 5 o clock to mark remodeling of the old building. About 200 visitors attended, hosted by Mrs B D Fennell Mrs J C Fernell and Mrs R L Layton. Refreshments and flowers from Leighton residents added festive touches. The bank expanded its old structure added a new vault and equipment with T J Cottingham president Taw Adams vice president D F Green board chair and J S Wyatt cashier attending from Decatur.
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Tennessee Valley Bank At
Leighton
B. D. Fennell
J. C. Fernnell
R. L. Layton
T. J. Cottingham
Taw
Adams
D. F. Green
J. 8. Wyatt
Tennessee Valley System
Decatur
Private sale eyed for Etowah bond issue near Gilbert ferry bridge
Etowah county officials consider selling a $90,000 bond issue to private investors at lower rates than government bonds. The issue would match a public works grant for the Gilbert ferry bridge construction near here.
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Ots Ala
Etowah County
County Board of Revenue
Gilbert Ferry
Mayor Harris ill delays Decatur council meeting
Decatur civil affairs postponed last night’s city council session due to Mayor R N Harris illness. Local notices include civic events at Church of God and Ninth Street Methodist. many residents travel for family visits, work transfers, and community activities across Decatur, Birmingham, Nashville, Florence, and Sherman Texas.
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City, Council
R. N. Harris
Local Notes on Travel and Personnel Shifts
Mrs. W. A. Sullivan returned last night from a long motor trip to the mid west and Canada. JD Whisenant of Wolfe Mountain visited today as a business caller. State Highway Patrolman A. Baines was reassigned to Guntersville for future stationing. Captain Van.
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Capt
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Gadaden
W. A. Sullivan
Mid-West
Canada
JD. Whisenant
Wolfe Mountain
Hichway
Baines
Guntersville
Maner Heads to Seattle for National Rally
Montgomery Alabama July 8 Pitt Tyson Maner president of the Young Seeeauside Clubs of America is en route to Seattle Washington for the organization's national rally July 14 16 Maner is private secretary to Governor Bibb Graves.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pitt Tyson Maner
Young Seeeauside Clubs of America
Seattle
Wash
Maner
Bibb Graves
Willkie Attacks Chattanooga Power Board Offer
Wen dell L. Willkie, president of Commonwealth and Southern Corp, warned that Chattanooga power board’s 6.2 million dollar offer for Tennessee Electric Power Co transmission and distribution facilities would harm security holders. He cited potential piecemeal sale, pressure on negotiations with Lilienthal, and risks to TVA and local ratepayers.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corp
Chattanooga Power Board
Tennessee Electric Power Co
Willkie
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Electric’ Power’Co
Chattanooga Board
C. & C. Corp
Tennessee Valley Authority
State of
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Public Service Commission
Tenn. Valley Authority
Tennessee Power Co
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Carl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Knoxville
J. D. Ross
Bonneville Dam
Three Questioned in Daughtry Slaying Probe
Statesboro Georgia reports three men held in Screven county jail at Sylvania in connection with the September slaying of wealthy Charlie Daughtry. Osborne Newton Lonnie Lanier of Rocky Ford and John Burns of Scarboro detained. a Negro also held in Savannah likely linked. Grand jury to reconvene Tuesday and further arrests possible.
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Statesboro
W. G. Neville
Screven County
Sylvania
Charlie Daughtry
Osborne Newton
Lonnie Lanier
Rocky Ford
John Burns
Scarboro
Screven
Savannah
Daughtry
Neville
Rial
Ae Daughtry
Albert L. Cobb
Joe Newton
Ralph Newton
Osborne
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Chandler
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du Pont
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Sears Roebuck
General Motors
Chrysler
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Kennecott
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Wright Aeronautical
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Jilly
N. Y. Cotton
N. C. Cotton
Leighton Bank
Decatur’s
Edna Hayman
Murray Jane Adderhold
Grady McDonald
Wava Joyce
Leila Dave McDonald
Nashville
Otto Winton
Kathryn
Johnny
J. B. McCutchen
Pete Wilder
Louisville
Chas McCutchen
Edgar Crane
M. L. Gray
Athens
Brown Funeral Service
L. C. Howell
Carlos H. Gafrett
R. B. Conner
T.B. Warren
Paris
Cecil Julian
Joppa
Knox McRae
T. E. McRae
Inéz
Evalee Mitchell
Collinsville
James Phillip Cardin
Martha Ruthe
Bessemer
T. B. Warren
Florence
Mrs. Grace Hough of
Lacey's Spring
Carl Jones
Cullman County
Cap Williams
B. F. Sweet
Public Works Administration
J. Street Sandlin
W. E. Kilgore
Tuscaloosa
Gilbert
George Tomlinson
Hartselle
Thursay
BTU
Woodall's
Moulton Road
Minnie Ross
Drinkard-Howell
Benevolent Hospital
Eleventh Avenue
East
Leonard Lee
The
Fifth Avenue
Harlon Wallace
Ofustinville
Dwell
T.R. Harrison
Sarah Osborne
Baugh’s Infirmary
Westside Presbyterian Church
G. P. Banniza
Sheffield
Hilda Kelley
County Department of Public Welfare
F. M. Dinwood
Vinemont
Rt. 3
H. Barman
Elkmont
H. P. Still
F. P. Sharpe
J. C. Blankenship
Johin Elistt
W. E. Siviey
Edward Siviey
Evelyn
Beatrice Biviey
Sherman Texas
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