Hoover Emphatic In Stand Taken He Writes Borah
President Hoover writes Senator Borah that the United States will not be bound by European debt coordination or forced into any combined action. London officials deny a bound Anglo French accord affecting US debt settlements and stress independence in negotiations.
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Hoover
Boran
Washington, D. C
United States
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
London
Washington
Britain
Princess Theatre Improves Screen For Talking Pictures
New projection and aperture plates installed at the Princess Theatre enhance lifelike proportions and enlarge the screen about two feet on each side. The updated equipment eliminates the silent film blank left edge and ensures undistorted viewing from all seating areas. First film to benefit is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm showing Monday and Tuesday.
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Princess Theatre
Dahnke
Crescent Amusement Company
Princess the Etre
Princess
Crescent Chain
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Heat Wave Pushes Toward 100s Across the South
Atlanta reports 99 degrees at 1 10 pm as heat records fall in Georgia Alabama and nearby states. Forecasters expected 100s with no relief in sight as Limestone county records a heat related death and Decatur nears a state high.
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Atlanta
Tifton
Montgomery
Alabama
Eufaula
Mills Hyde and Hurley Targeted by Senator Robinson
Senator Robinson called Mills Hurley and Hyde the three musketeers of the Hoover administration. He accused them of neglecting official duties to make partisan speeches as Hastings sought to print Hurley’s Columbus speech. He said they aimed to discredit Democratic platform candidates.
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Washington, D. C
Mills
Hurley
Hyde
Senate
Robinson
Hoover
Hastings
Del
Columbus
River Down to 5.4 Feet Amid Ongoing Fall
The Tennessee River continued to fall today and reached a gauge of 5.4 feet, according to the government observer.
Explosion on oil tanker in Mississippi River costs life and injuries
One man died from burns after explosions rocked the Raleigh Warner tanker near Good Hope Mississippi River. Three others were fatally burned, four missing, and additional crew members were severely burned while the ship burned. Names include Brasmussar 20 of New Orleans and patients J. DuBois 20 Clarence McMason 19 and Walter Wright 48.
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New Orleans
Raleigh Warner
Mississppi River
Good Hope
Brasmussar
J. DuBois
Clarence McMason
Walter Wright
Stamps Melody Boys At Delite Tonight
The Stamps Melody Boys could not reach West Side Methodist church for last night’s singing due to a wreck. The Bonanza Quartet provides a special singing at the Delite theatre tonight with all singers present and books. C. E. Lowery in charge. Burgess and Fossett perform a 30 minute concert after the singing.
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Stamps Melody Boys
E. T. Burgess
W. O. Fossett
West Side Methodist Church
Bonanza Quartet
Delite Theatre
C. E. Lowery
Burgess
Fosset
Hart to Study in Chicago for Doctorate
Rev Ernest N Hart of Westminster Presbyterian Church will leave Sunday for Chicago to pursue courses toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Subjects include Philosophy of Religious Education and Modern Preaching Methods. Morning services will be held by Westminster with a rotating schedule through late July and August before Hart returns to Decatur.
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Ernest N. Hart
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Hart
City
Westminster Church
D. A. McRight
Sheffield
W. S. Strong
Kentucky
Berry Copeland
W. R. Spight
Rev. Hart
Decatur
Cotton market gains as prices hover around five cents
The cotton market regained ground today with middling seven eighths cotton at Decatur valued about 5.10 to 5.15 cents per pound.
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Decatur
Weather clash over St Swithin day 40 day forecast debated
Two weather traditions spar over St Swithin day July 15 and the next 40 days. The Weather Bureau sees variable swings and expects more rain into September while the ancient legend links rain to the saint’s feast.
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Washington
U. S. Weather Bureau
St. Swithin’s
Weather Bureau
St. Swith‘n’s
Bureau
United States
Northwest
Baltimore
Albany
St. Swithin
Pending relief bill may be saved despite veto threat
President Hoover warned Congress to accept the bill’s publicity clause for Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans or bear responsibility if he vetoes. Senate and House conferees clash over the clause as the $2.122 billion measure moves back to conference with demands to remove publicity provisions.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Senate
Board of ‘the
Finance Corporation
Representative Rainey
House
Garner
Reconstructon Corporation
Child Dies After Colitis Attack in Decatur Area
Wallace Davis, age 1 or 2, son of Mr and Mrs E L Wood of Decatur route 3, died Thursday afternoon at Benevolent hospital after an attack of colitis. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Shiloh cemetery with interment at the site. Brown directed.
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Little Wallace Davis
E. L. Woodall
Decatur
Benevolent Hospital
Shiloh Cemetery
Brown
Funeral Today for Pneumonia Victim Edward Franklin Justice
Funeral services are held this afternoon for Edward Franklin Justice, a pneumonia victim who suffered a stomach wound from an accidental pistol discharge by a young friend. The service begins at three o'clock at the Justice residence on 214 4th Avenue West, with interment to follow at City Cemetery.
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Littl Edward Franklin Justice
Justice
4Th Avenue
West
City Cemetery
Brown
Widow Mrs Emmett Motes Taken Home After Tragic Death
Mrs Emmett Motes widow of Emmett Motes who died in the Tennessee river on July 4th was removed from Benevolent hospital to her home on Railroad street in Brown's ambulance. She had been at the hospital for several days, the death of her husband having caused her illness.
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Emmett Motes
Tennessee
Benevolent Hospital
Railroad Street
Brown’s Ambulance
Eaiee Motes
Mrs. Anna J. Dupont Dies After Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Anna J. Dupont 79 died at her home on Jackson Street after months of illness. A Decatur resident for 40 years, she is survived by two daughters, a son, a sister, and five grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 am at the residence with Rev. E. N. Hart officiating. Entombment will follow at Decatur cemetery. Pallbearers listed: Phillip Humphrey, Alex Humphrey, Fred Tidwell, Gilbert Crane, H. B. Beard, B. L. Malone. Known husband C. V. Dupont preceded her in death.
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Anna J. Dupont
Jackson Street
Phillip Humphrey
Alex Humphrey
Fred Tidwell
Gilbert Crane
H. B. Beard
B. L. Malone
Sabine Dupont
Decatur
Martin A. Phelan
Chicago
Ill
Ben Dupont
Evansville
Ind
T. D. Sloven
Bowling Green, Ky
C. V. Dupont
John W. Sadler Called to Reward in Alabama
John W. Sadler, former Decatur resident, died at his Huntsville area home at 8 15 a m from cerebral apoplexy. Funeral at Mt Zion Baptist Church Monrovia at 9 00 a m July 16. Survived by wife Vara Nichols Sadler, father W A Sadler of Brownsboro, brothers Robert Oklahoma City Henry and Jimmie Lee Brownsboro, sisters Mrs James Fields Gurley and Mrs Claude Fields Brownsboro.
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John W. Sadler
Decatur
Huntsville
Alabama
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Monrovia
Vara Nichols Sadler
W. A. Sadler
Brownsboro
Ala
Robert
Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry
Jimmie Lee Sadler
James Fields
Gurley
Claude Fields
Payments on Street Tax Finish With Penalty Avoidance
Good payments of street tax, totaling $3.00, continued today as the final day without a 50 cent penalty. Payments at the railroad street city hall were brisk over the past two days as citizens settled the tax to avoid the penalty.
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Railroad Street
Ill at Bis Home
Rufus Peerson is reported ill at his home on East Lafayette street.
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Rufus Peerson
East Lafayette Street
President Hoover Cuts Cabinet Salaries in 15 Percent Reductions
President Hoover announced a personal salary cut of 15 percent and ordered cabinet officers to reduce pay by fifteen percent, lowering cabinet salaries from 15 000 to 12 750 dollars annually. The action came as part of broader cost-saving measures during a session in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Summer School Opens Second Session at Decatur High
The second six weeks of the Decatur Summer High School begins Monday July 18 at eight a.m. Most first six weeks courses resume with new offerings if demand exists. Mrs. W J Brown heads English, teaching courses, while Mr Jordan from Riverside teaches history and mathematics. All classes meet at Central High School.
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Decatur Summer High School
W. J. Brown
Central High School
Jordan
Riverside
Market Quotations for 1939 Series Metals
Neon quotations list New York and New Orleans prices by month for January through December with figures for each month and location. The data shows varying futures or spot values across months including January March May July October and December.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago Grain Prices Mixed in Sept Report
Chicago market figures show wheat at 4.83, corn at 32 and a half, oats at 19 in the September grain tally from the Chicago exchange.
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Chicago
New York Stock Market Summary
United States steel shares show gains as Bethlehem Steel and American Telephone and Telegraph align with a broad uptick. General Electric Westinghouse and major rail and utility stocks including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and New York Central move in uneven trading.
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New York
United States
Stee
Bethlehem Steel 2
American Tel
Tel
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric Atchison
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Germany
House of Commons
France
Great Britain
Edoard Herriot
Paris
Classified Act
Jones
Birmingam
Otto Moebes
Susan Fleming
Mercury
Limestone County
Democratic Platform
Charles Pommering
Ft. Thomas
Stamps
Melody Boys
Delite
Westminster
ST. Swithen
U. S
Charles W. Sparks
Indianapolis
American Legion of France
Marseilles
Francis al Brown
Sparks
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