Mistake Murder Spurs Hunt for Industrial Racketeer Lepke
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey calls Louis Lepke the most dangerous industrial racketeer in the United States and orders a dead or alive manhunt. A reward of 25000 dollars, plus 5000 by federal agents, is offered as Dewey and investigators pursue Lepke across the east, with leads placing him toward Cuba or California after the Isadore Penn slaying and fears of an organized purge of former gang associates.
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Louis Lepke
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Dewey
Lepke
Higdon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ard
Isadore Penn
Bronx
Penn
Jolly
Philip Orlovsky
Jacob
Gurrah
Shapiro
Orlovsky
Hile Gurrah
Ortovsky
New York
East
Cuba
California
Alabama Cities Press for State Aid Conference
The Alabama League of Municipalities released Governor Dixon's letter urging a conference next week to secure more state revenues. Birmingham commissioner J M Jones and Selma mayor Lucien Burns pressed for aides to join, while the league urged militant action if needed. Dixon offered to confer and asked lawmakers with problem familiarity to assist in forming an agreeable program.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama League of Municipalities
Dixon
J. M. Jones
Birmingham
Jones
Forthcom
League
ES Reid
Yougie
Ister Ins
Jeague
Bills Await Votes to Shape 1943 Tax Bills
The measures would cap salaries for tax collectors and assessors at 4000, with any enactment delayed to 1943 and contingent on a state constitutional amendment. Reversals mean the bills do not affect current terms for probate judges until 1941 and require voter approval.
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Proeto
Pension
Market pauses as stocks drift with mixed signals
New York trading opens with a largely inactive list and fractional declines. The day shows few clear catalysts as earnings news and potential near term boosts temper cautious sentiment amid modest volume and mixed bond performance.
Markets at a Glance From New York and Chicago
Markets at a glance show ease in New York stocks with slow Weyline leaders and narrowed bond activity as Japanese loans develop. In Chicago, wheat and corn rise on crop reports while cattle hold steady and hogs weaken. foreign exchange stays quiet with steady rates in Boston.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
Cotton futures close with modest gains in New Orleans
Cotton futures rose on trade and covering in New Orleans on July 29 with all active months closing higher by 2 to 8 points. Oct to July contracts showed small advances, while prices ranged from lows near 9.04 to highs around 9.08 for the day.
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Congress
U.&. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Western Union
Anaconda
Air Reduction
Gypsum
Phelps Codre
Goodyear
Orleans
Cotton Prices Edge Up in Southern Markets
The average middling cotton price in ten southern spot markets rose by 5 points to 9.33 cents per pound. The thirty market days average stood at 9.87 cents.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close lower in Memphis trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis on July 20 closed lower with August at 20.00 cents and later months at 19.50 to 19.75 cents. Trading activity listed as 800 units with contracts for August through March.
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Memphis
Tenn
Spot Cotton Closes Quiet in New Orleans
Spot cotton in New Orleans on July 29 closed quiet with sales of 915 bales. Prices ranged from low middling 8.20 to middling 9.35 and good middling 9.90 per hundredweight.
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SPOT
New Orleans
Spot Cotton
Butter Market Report From Chicago
Butter prices and egg counts show 1,305,370 units of butter and 18,536 eggs reported in Chicago trading. No prices available in the notice.
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Chicago
Wheat Market Rises in Chicago Trade on July Wheat
Wheat gains extend for a second day in Chicago trading. Prices advance 4 to 5 cents from Monday lows with September at 65 3-4 and December at 66 3-8. Corn and oats also rise with September corn at 42 1-4 and oats up 1-4 1-2.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report From July Forty Nine
Nashville Tenn July 29 Us Agr Salable cattle 50 calves 50 including fresh receipts stock salves Killing classes well cleaned up Compared a week ago fed steers and heifers steady medium grades weak to 25 lower lower grade and cows 25 50 lower bulls steady to weak stock cattle steady to 25 lower yealers steady Bulks Good fed steers and yearlings 8.00-9.00 top 9.50 grass steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 cutters 5.00-5.0 cows mostly 6.00 down cann ers and cutters 3.50-4.50 most bulls 6.25 down top vealers 10.00 Salable hogs 100 Steady Good and choice 170-225 lbs 6.85 120-160 lbs 5.20 sows 4.00 Market for week 5-40 lower sows 75 off Salable sheep 50 Steady For week spring lambs 25 lower sheep steady bulk spring lambs for week 7.50-8.50 top 8.75 throwouts 6.00 down fat ewes 2.00-2.75 north went breeding ewes 9.00-1000 per head
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Decatur Boys Club to Box Jackson Team Monday Night
The Decatur club prepares to host a Jackson Mississippi boxing squad featuring two champions. Local hopes rest on a large, eager lineup as a meeting at 1 PM at the Armory seeks the best talent to face the invaders with bouts starting at 8 PM Monday.
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Jack
Dempseys
Billy Conns
Joey Archibalds
Fixto Pscobars
Decatur Boys Club
Jackson
Mississippi
B. F. Mims
Tommie Trussell
James Davis
Ray Farr
Howard Cook
Decatur Club
Armory
Bible School Hit in Chinese City in Air Raid
Chinese military dispatches report the American Southern Baptist Bible School at Wuchow in Kwangsi destroyed by a Japanese air raid on July 26. A Red Cross hospital and other facilities were struck. no foreign casualties reported.
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Chungking
China
Southern Baptist Bible School
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
Red Cross
Alabama publishes 20 page Look Over Alabama booklet
A 20 page pictorial booklet Look Over Alabama released by the Alabama State Chamber of Commerce highlights the state's industrial agricultural and recreational opportunities. It features over 75 illustrations with sections on agriculture, livestock, mines, forestry, power, transportation education and state parks and includes maps and travel invitations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Bellingrath Gardens
Azalea Trail
Gulf Coast
Defense fund hire sought in last supply bill
Washington reports a plan to add about 50 million dollars to defense spending, raising totals to roughly 1.7 billion. The appropriations subcommittee favors funds for Army Air Corps activities, new air bases, and possibly part of Roosevelt’s 25 million request for strategic materials, plus a new aeronautical research lab at Langley Field.
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Washington
Congress
House
Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
Aeronautical Research
Langley Field
United States
Anne Adams Pattern 4200 Childs Outfit For School
A pattern advertises Anne Adams Pattern 4200 with junior and misses sizes 10 to 18. It describes a gay shirtwaist and skirt in matching fabric and a long sleeved striped shirtwaist with a dark wool skirt. Materials listed include yardage for 39 inch fabric and blouse and skirt portions. Orders are to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
N. Y
Decatur Daily Roundup Includes Visits And Local Notes
Decatur’s diary lists visitors from Santa Monica Florence and Atlanta. Local church announcements invite young men 25 to 30 to a class and a county education official will teach a Sunday school. Police court handled four cases with fines for overparking and a liquor violation.
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Homer Britton
Central Baptist Church
Decatur
Irwin J. Quinn
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
US policy on treaty talks with Japan discussed by Hull and Pittman
Secretary Hull and Senator Pittman signal no immediate negotiations for a new treaty with Japan. They caution against rushing, noting Japanese actions in coming months will shape future talks. Senator Van denberg urges orderly discussion toward a treaty affirming American rights in the Orient.
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United States
Great Britain
Pittman
Hull
Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Department
Orient
Britain begins gradual naval mobilization for August maneuvers
Britain moves to mobilize naval power and summon reservists as August and September promise tension. Tokyo touts a German Japanese trade pact amid fears of closer ties with Rome Berlin axis. Britain warns Japan over anti British demonstrations as 12 000 reservists report for duty and 1 000 000 on arms by year end.
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Britain
Japan
Germany
France
United States
Tokyo
Italy
Orient
China
King George
Irish Republican Army
Home Office
Senate Debate Over Lending Bill Atmosphere Turns Turbulent
Senate session ends near midnight amid angry exchanges between administration aides and opponents. House Democrats caucus to decide support for lending measure to raise housing authority borrowing from 800 million to 1.6 billion, with Gavagan and Woodrum removing party pledges. caucus adopts resolution backing FDR program while criticizing Republicans, aims for harmony though some call it a fizzle.
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Senate
United States Housing Authority
Gavagan
N. Y
Woodrum
House Banking Committee
Royal special to Scotland amid holiday secrecy
A royal special train was kept secret for a week long Scotland holiday with a palace spokesman noting it would depart Monday evening. French police arrested a newspaperman linked to propaganda and a senate stenographer tied to secret testimony. In Shanghai British Japanese troops faced off over barbed wire as friction increased. The cabinet passed decree laws offering cash prizes to boost birth rate and extending parliament’s life to June 1942.
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Scotland
Jean Amourelle
Senate
Shanghai
Onde
Four Killed in Car Crash Near Beech Grove on Highway 41
Four members of a Coffee county family died when their car hit a parked truck on Highway 41 near Beech Grove. Victims include D. T. Lewis 67 and his wife 58, son Clebert Lewis Church of Christ minister, and Hilary Cooper. Marvin Lewis 29 injured. The crash occurred after the family left Beech Grove for a Detroit visit. Driver George Pullen 30 said the truck battery failed and a warning light was placed on the truck.
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Coffee County
Highway 41
Beech Grove
D. T. Lewis
Nat Hill
Lewis
Clebert Lewis
Church of Christ
Hilary Cooper
Murfreesboro
Detroit
Mich
Dora Davis
Davis
Manchester
J. W. Orr
George Pullen
Water Company Cuts Rates for 1400+ Alabama Homes
The Alabama Public Service Commission announced rate reductions for over 1400 residential electric customers of the Alabama Water Service Company in southeast Alabama. Effective August 1, about half of the customers in Andalusia Opp Elba Samson Brundidge Frisco City and smaller communities in Covington Coffee Conecuh and Monroe counties will be affected by the final step in the residential rate action plan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Water Service Company
Alabama
She Commission
Toay
Andalusia
Opp
Elba
Samson
Brundidge
Frisco City
Covington
Coffee
Conecuh
Monroe
Gordon leads Szwedka at Mount Pleasant in national links final
Phil Gordon of Oakland California stands one up on Andy Szwedka of Pittsburgh after nine holes in the 36 hole final at the Mount Pleasant Club in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Phil Gordon
Oakland
Calif
Andy Szwedka
Pittsburgh
Mount Pleasant
Senate Votes To Kill Administration Highway Plan
The administration faced a near complete defeat as the senate moved to wipe out the proposed highway program. A 40 to 38 vote defeated an amendment tying WPA pay to skill, while housing measures faced delays and possible shelving amid broader reform and relief legislation battles.
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Senate
WPA
House Banking Committee
House
Rayburn
Tex
Congress
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Ed Tiller
Dorothy Kelley
Camp Winnataska, Ret
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Danville
Nannie Stovall
Elvis
Coy Crowe
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Eugene Widner
Clyde Kelsoe
Miss Cleo Dutton
Mrs. Haywood Dutton
16Th Street
Mary Keenum
Mary
Josie Milner
R. A. Lee
Columbus
A. G. Jones
Grant St
Benevolent Hospital
Larry Joe Yarbrough
7Th Ave
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W.L. Spearman
Claud Hart
Russell Humphrey
St. Louis
Elmer Sharp
McAfee+Young
Sixth Avenue South
Lucile Lamon
Pauline Lamon
Bearline Mitchell
Baugh’s Infirmary
Ardmore
Tennessee
Jim Henderson
Somerville
Route 2
H. F. Sherrod
Benevolent Society Hospital
Juanita Ragan
Hillsboro
Harry Bublin
Ann Trotman
Madison
Huntsville
Margaret Morris
Decatur Negro Singers
Lakeside
Col.) Park
Rev. Turner
Shoemake Quartet
C. L. Cobbs
Atlanta
Baptist World Alliance
Cobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Jewell Cox
Somerville Road
Rosine Cox
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