Unofficial Peace Talk in London Sparks Hope Amid Furor
Hudson and Dr Wohlthat held a private peace talk in London fueling political uproar in England. Prime Minister Chamberlain said the talks were personal and not government policy. Critics demand Hudson’s dismissal while some see the meeting as a possible shift toward conference negotiations.
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New York
London
England
Overseas Trade
R. S. Hudson
Hudson
Helmuth Wohlthat
Wohlthat
Field Marshal
Goering
Herr Hitler
Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Wolthat
Hitler
Municipalities Hint at Withdrawing School and Welfare Funds
Birmingham leader James M. Jones warns Alabama cities may pull support from schools and welfare agencies if the state legislature does not provide relief. He calls a Montgomery meeting to consider withholding all non classroom revenues, citing acute municipal fiscal distress and unfair state treatment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Alabama League of Municipalities
James M. Jones
Birmingham City Commission
League
Montgomery
Jones
Laula Dunn
A. H. Collins
Birmingham Commission
USHA Funds Restricted by Nathan Straus
Nathan Straus, administrator of the United States Housing Authority, announced that USHA funds will be restricted to the nation's income group and that the program will soon extend into rural farm areas.
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New York
Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
USHA
Kinney couple mark 73rd wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles D Kinney observed their 73rd wedding anniversary in Attleboro Massachusetts. They urged couples to marry young raise children and work hard as the key to happiness.
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Attleboro
Mass
Charles D. Kinney
Markets tumble after early gains on July 25
New York stocks showed an uneven day with early gains fading into declines after profit taking. Transfers hovered around 1,250,000 shares as the market swung from rally to setback amid mixed results in bonds oils and industrials while cotton and sugar moved on foreign and domestic demand. Chicago wheat rose on exports with corn and cattle holding steady to higher trends and hogs up modestly. Poultry prices in Chicago softened for hens and stayed steady for other birds.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Brazelton
Chicago
Cotton futures rise on buying and reports in New Orleans
Cotton futures advance sharply as local and foreign buyers push prices higher in New Orleans and New York. Near month contracts show tightness and demand from spot houses trade accounts and operators, with gains around 12 to 22 points and a firm New Orleans spot market.
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New Orleans
N.Y
New York
New Jeans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Trade
Cottonseed oil closed steady in New Orleans with bleachable prime summer yellow at 5.75 nominal. Prime crude ranged 4.50 to 4.87 for 1 2. futures listed Sept 5.21b Oct 5.29b Dec 5.42b Jan 5.47 March 5.54b.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton Rises in New Orleans Trade
Spot cotton closed twenty points higher in New Orleans trade on July 25. Sales reached 626 with prices at low middling 8.25, middling 9.40, good middling 9.95. Receipts were 3,120 and stocks 418,121.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with 2,800 sales. Prices listed for July 20 through February next year show values from 19.10 to 19.40 cents per unit and varied nearby contracts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Butter prices held at 1 229 460 pounds and eggs at 11 890 cases with steady close. Stopage packed extras 17 and other prices unchanged in the Chicago market report.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
U S Department figures show salable cattle 250 calves 150 across Nashville Tennessee. Markets mostly steady with plain steers and heifers 6.00 to 7.00, some feds up to 7.50. Beef cows 6.00 down, canners 3.50 to 4.50. top bulls 6.25. vealers to 10.00. Hogs salable 400 with open 25 higher, top 6.65. Sheep 400 with spring lambs 8.50, fat ewes 2.50. breeding ewes on sale locally.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Revival in European demand lifts US wheat market
Graen Chicago reports a wheat rally as European demand improves prices rose as much as 1 1/2 cents before selling renewed near close. Wheat finished 1 2 1/2 cents higher than yesterday with September at 61 3 8 to 1 4 and December at 62 7 8 to 3 4. Corn fell 3 8 to 7 8 cents with September 38 1 8 to 1 4, December 39 1 2 to 5 8, oats unchanged to 1 8 higher.
Morgan County Social News Highlights Visits and Returns
Miss Gladys Crawford returns home after summer school at Alabama. J T and Kathleen Horton visit Mr and Mrs Oval Hipp. Daisy and Elsie Crawford visit Mr and Mrs Dave Griffin. A G A and RA social held at Moon home. Davis and Nell Wright visit Nell Bolding Sunday. T J Briscoe returns after a week with Cecil Ward in Cullman. Morgan Holcomb and Arab visit J T Thompson. Roy Brown visit relatives in Arab. Ellis Shelton and Louise Shelton visit W J Briscoe. Frances Holmes also visits.
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Gladys Crawford
University of Alabama
J. T
Kathleen Horton
Oval Hipp
Daisy
Elsie Crawford
Dave Griffin
R. A
Zell
Bonnie Rhea Moon
Davis
Nell Wright
Nell Bolding
T.J. Briscoe
Cecil Ward
Cullman
Morgan Holcomb
J. T. Thompson
Roy Brown
Ellis Shelton
Louise Shelton
Frances Holmes
W. J. Briscoe
Sermon at Carey Baptist Church and Sunday Visits
Reverend Mallie Hargrove delivered a fine sermon at Carey Baptist Church on Sunday. The community reports good health. Local families and visitors share Sunday visits with relatives and friends across Limestone County and nearby towns.
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Mallie Hargrove
Carey Baptist Church
Audra. Pepper
Pinedale
Zera Smith
Dorothy” Vinson
John Griffin
Charlie Gates
Carter Smith
Pinedade
Cecil Black
Boy 18 Lost in Minnesota Forest Hunt
An adventuresome six year old boy Russell Jensen son of an Albert Lea packing house foreman was lost today in the dense Pau Bun yan State Forest with a posse of 200 men and CCC enrollees hunting.
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Laporte
Minn
Russell Jensen
Albert Lea
Pau Bunyan State Forest
CCC
Lending plan faces fresh hurdles over WPA wage scales
Controversy over WPA wage scales intensifies as Senator Murray abandons a bid to require prevailing wages and plans to attach the measure to the $2.49 billion lending bill. Supporters and opponents weigh the impact on Senate passage amid cost of living considerations and regional wage disparities.
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Senate
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Colo
Russell
D-Ga
McCarran
Pd-Nev
New England
North
Wagner
D-Ny
Taber
R-Ny
Doctor Lazenby to Lead Conferences Across Churches
Dr. M. E. Lazenby district superintendent of the Decatur district will visit Riddle's Chapel on the Tanner circuit Wednesday for 11 AM preaching and a conference after dinner on the grounds. He will preach at St. Martin's Chapel on the Trinity charge Thursday at 11 AM with conference after dinner, then Sunday at Moss' Chapel on the Flint circuit at 11 AM with conference after dinner. He concludes Sunday night at Memorial Drive Methodist Church with conference to follow.
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M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
Riddle’s Chapel
Tanner
H. E. Wright
Smlint’s Chapel
Trinity Charge
W. Brooks
Moss’ Chapel
Flint
William Warren
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Dentist Frees Petunia Plot Charge in Iowa Courthouse Lawn
Glenwood Iowa July 25 Judge dismisses complaint against dentist F M McCluskey over uprooting petunias from courthouse lawn finding no evidence of value. Justice J McPherron ruled no damages shown and the case ended.
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Glenwood
F. M. McCluskey
Justice of the Peace
J. McPherron
Dre Mc
Red Sox top White Sox as Grove nets 10th win
Boston defeats Chicago 3 to 2 in the opener of the series on twelve hits. Lefty Grove earns his 10th victory against two losses, while Joe Cronin belts a homer a double and a single driving in two Boston runs.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Lefty Grove
Joe Cronin
UC graduate returns from Germany after prison over poem
William Bardwell Curts, 21, a University of California graduate, returns to New York from Germany where he spent a month in prison for insulting the government. While a Heidelberg student he wrote in a beer hall guest book that Hitler has no wife the farmer has no pigs and the butcher has no meat in the Reich.
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William Bardwell Curts
University of California
New York
Germany
Heidelberg
Hitler
Reich
New Diagnostic Clinic Under Construction on Sixth Avenue
A one story brick veneer diagnostic clinic is being erected in the 700 block on Sixth Avenue East by Drs. H. D. Greer John C. Bragg Tom Gayton and W. H. Anderson. The $12 000 to $15 000 project includes a large reception room and suites and will be equipped with X ray lab and modern clinic gear. EK Childs is the contractor and completion is slated in about 90 days.
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Sixth Avenue
H. D. Greer
John _C. Bragg
Tom Gayton
W. H. Anderson
EK. P. Childs
Dixon opposes governor salary hike as bills move forward
Governor Dixon signals no support for raising the governor’s salary though a Senate bill would lift compensation from 6000 to 12000 per year. He questions a constitutional offices raise while action proceeds on a legislative council and other measures. The Alabama scene includes tariff and rural electrification bills, with various officials eyed for pay increases and new duties.
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Frank M. Dixon
Dixon
Alabama
U. S. Senate
Herbert Conway
Albertville
Tl Am
Indi
Cate
Xon
House
Finance and Taxation Committee
Lawson
Legislative Council
Amenae Uae
Suppo
Senate
Weatherford
Taeisingers
Charles County
W. M. Beck
TVA
Health food plan is debated at Pacific science congress
Berkeley July 25 The discussion on spiking white bread with calcium and milk solids to boost nutrition for low income groups was led by Dr H H Mitchell and contrasted with a Toronto survey showing deficits in calories protein iron calcium and vitamins A C and D The panel noted vitamin D from sunshine and the B complex aid nerves while Dr Chara described yato byo or rabbit fever in Japan caused by a tick and noting higher resistance among Orientals versus Westerners.
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Berkeley
Calif
H. H. Mitchell
University of Tinois
Mitchell
Pacific Science Congress
Frederick F. Tisdall
University of Toroto
Toronto
Hachiro Chara
Fukushima
Japan
United States
Chara
Occidentals
Peacemakers International renamed Knights of the Boston Tea Party
By unanimous vote the Peacemakers International organization here last week changed its name to Knights of the Boston Tea Party at a meeting yesterday. The Decatur unit leads the chapter with 35 members and aims to expand nationally, focusing on tracking tax money spending. Officials include Rev. F. L. Aldridge president Rutledge S. Thomas secretary S. Patterson, Dr. A. J. Dinsmore medical officer and R. A. Burleson national organizer.
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Peacemakers International
Knights of the Boston
Rutledge S. Thomas
Garner Family Reunion Held At Irvin Garner Home
The Garner reunion was held July 22 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Garner. A noon picnic lunch with lemonade and ice tea followed. Present were numerous Garner relatives including Mattie Garner’s sons John Sherrill and Roy Ida Coup and son Clarence Paul Garner and children James Earl Hollyce Dorothy Nell Jimmie Paul Invin Garner and children Ines and Irvin Jr Sam Garner and children Allie Mae Carl Eugene Jack Martha Geraldine and Sammue Oneal Garner and children Laurice Marcelleen Seybourne Clifford Dunaway and children Harold Julia Ann John A Garner and children Warren Sim R M Bailey and son Therman Garey Bailey and daughter Peggy W D Tanner Edward England Novin Jeffers Floyd Dean and Irvin Burns.
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Garner
Irvin Garner
Mattie Garner
John
Sherrill and Roy
Ida Coup
Clarence
Paul Garner
James Earl
Holjice
Dorothy Nell
Jimmie Paul
Invin
Childeen
Sim
R. M. Bailey
Therman
Garey Bailey
Peggy
W. D. Tanner
Edward England
Novin Jeffers
Floyd Dean
Irvin Burns
Hitch-Hiker Bookkeeper Faces Grand Larceny Charge
Edward C. Ray a 30 year old bookkeeper who fled from Mexico City to Mineola New York to face charges of stealing 700 dollars from a real estate firm payroll was jailed on a grand larceny warrant He disappeared March 23 was indicted a week later and finally surrendered via hitchhiking after failed attempts in Mexico City and Laredo Texas Ray admitted the theft and said he had to clear his mind.
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Mineola
N.Y
Mexico City
Edward C. Ray
Ray
Laredo
Tex
Wisconsin
Albert M. Demeo
Texas
Alabama Labor Federation seeks repeal of anti picketing laws
The Alabama state federation sponsors legislation to repeal anti picketing statutes and bar interstate sale or transport of convict made goods.
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Alabama State Federation of Labor Sponsorship
Decatur Notes Show Local Church, Hospital and Community Happenings
Rev W B Waterhouse returns from Atlanta to fill pulpit at Central Baptist both services Sunday. Local residents recover from operations at Benevolent Hospital including Hosey Ballew Stacey and Geneva Carr. The week features revival at Westside, a singing school, campus visits and attendance at multiple hospitals with various residents listed.
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Atlanta
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
New Market Methodist Church
Archibald
Canton Shameen blockade fears rise in Japanese plan
Reports say Japan plans to seal off Shameen Island in Canton using sentries at bridge entrances to search all entering or leaving the area. Foreign quarters are unaware of the move while a U S gunboat sails from Hong Kong to reach Canton ahead of river closure. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek warns of a Far Eastern Munich as Britain seeks clarity on British Japanese talks.
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Canton
Shameen Island
Shameen
United States
Tientsin
Ing
Kwangtung Province
Hongkong
South China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Government Party
Munich
Britain
Japan
Tokyo
Wagon and Auto Crash on Greenbrier Road Injures Four
State patrol reported a collision Sunday night about 10:30 on Greenbrier road involving a car driven by William Lewis and a wagon driven by Luke Grisby. Occupants Molly Grigsby and Edgar Betts, both listed as negro, suffered facial and head lacerations but were not killed.
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Greenbrier Road
William Lewis
Luke Grisby
Molly Grigsby
Edgar Betts
Notice of Sale Morgan County Alabama 320 acres mortgage
Legal notice states William Jasper King defaulted on a 1923 mortgage to The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. On August 17 1939 the West half of Section 19 Township 8 South Range 3 West totaling 320 acres will be sold at Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama for cash to the highest bidder. Auctioneer E L Haley acts as attorney in fact.
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Alabama
Morgan
William Jasper King
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
Morgan County
Alain
Decatur
County of
Federal Land Bank
Orleans
NEW Mortgagee
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H. P. Love
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A. G. Jones
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Cotaco
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