Great War Game Drills Mobilize Vast Eastern Army
The War Department plans two large practice battles with about 70 000 officers and men from the eastern seaboard. Manassas Virginia hosts 24 000 troops Aug 5 to 19 led by Major General James K Parsons. Plattsburg NY hosts 45 000 guardsmen and regulars under Major General Hugh A Drum. The 7th Cavalry Brigade will race 976 miles from Fort Knox to the Adirondacks to test mechanized versus horse forces in rugged terrain. The piece notes the New York National Guard cavalry, described as the worst cavalry, and the aim to study defense strategies against numbered foe forces.
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Maine
Virginia
Army High Command
Manassas
28Th National Guard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
New York State
New York
New England
Hugh A. Drum
France
War Department
Army
7Th Cavalry Brigade
Fort Knox
Lake Champlain
New York National Guard
Limestone County Pettusville Social News Highlights
Local notes from Limestone County show visits among Pettusville families including Winnie Hargrove Effie Holt and Alma Robinson visiting Salem and Elkmont residents. Many moves between Veto Pulaski Decatur and Athens feature social calls church attendance and family time with Pettus and Harlow households central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Hargrove
Effie Holt
Bessie Holt
Ruby Spence
Martha Spence
Alma Robinson
Ben Holt
Jerry Christopher
Salem
James Hobbs
Elkmont
John Hobbs
Detroit
Mich
Sue Phelps
Pulaski
Tenn
Ivan Pettus
Veto
W. B. Spence
T. W. Pettus
Henry Stanford
J. C
Shirley
Pink Thomas
L. E. Robinson
J. D. Harlow
K. C. Dunnavant
James Jackson
Athens
Carl Spence
Jennette
Paul Gene
Rosemary
John Robert
Alvin Bates
Willis Bates
Lola Pettus
Lena May Wallace
Decatur
Homer Dunnavant
Church of Christ
Selvin Allen
Iva B. Pettus
Joe Holt
Aaron Harlow
Lois Pettus
Effie Boyd
Joe Warren Boyd
Leslie Boyd
Atlanta
Classified Advertising The Practical Way to Buy and Sell
Classified advertising promotes practical buying and selling services with a contact phone number 46.
Markets Show Mixed, Slight Gains End Trading Sluggish
In New York on July 31 Victor Fabank reports scattered strong spots but overall reluctance to rally. Final hour saw improved tendencies and minor gains amid a drowsy session with about 500 000 shares traded. cottonseed oil closed steady with various bleachable and prime grades quoted and bid-ask ranges noted.
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Victor Fabank
New York
New Orleans
Cotton prices rise as market closes steady in New Orleans
Spot cotton closes with a 10 point gain as sales reach 1 084. Low middling 8.30, middling 9.45, good middling 10.00. Receipts show stock at 343 490. Trade buying and light hedging push futures higher with a 11 to 15 point net advance and steady close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Wall Street Roundup July 31 Mixed Bonds and Commodities
New York stock activity shows irregular leadership and uneven bond movement with mixed curb performance. Foreign exchange steady with a premium Canadian dollar, cotton firm, sugar improved, coffee higher on European and trade demand. Wheat and corn close lower to higher, cattle steady, hogs uneven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Cottonseed Meal Futures Hold Steady in Memphis
Memphis traders saw prime cottonseed meal futures close steady with August at 19.80, September 19.50, October 19.50, November 19.50, December 19.55, January 19.50, March 19.65 on a 1,600 bag session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Average Price for Middling Cotton Rises in Southern Markets
In New Orleans on July 31 to August 4 the average middling cotton price across ten Southern spot markets climbed twelve points to 9.45 cents per pound. The thirty market days average stood at 93.9 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Butter Prices In Chicago Market Report
The report lists butter and egg market figures with steady prices for creamery butter at various scores and moisture levels. It notes current receipts, storage packed items, and local egg prices with firsts and extras in mid July trade.
Poultry Prices and Weights Reported in Chicago Market
Poultry market data from Chicago on July 31 shows live poultry totals by type, weights and prices. Hens over 5 pounds listed at 14 1 2, leghorn hens 11 1 2, broilers 2 1 2 pounds and under. colored birds 14 to 16 1 2. Plymouth Rock 15 to 18. White Rock 15 to 17 1 2. Fryers over 2 1 2 pounds colored 14 1 2. Plymouth Rock 17. White Rock 16. Roosters 11. leghorn roosters 10 1 2. ducks 4 1 2 pounds up colored 9 1 2. small colored 9 1 2. hens 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Chicago Wheat Markets Close Mixed With Steady Undertone
Wheat prices eased slightly after a July session peak in Winnipeg, with the Board of Trade showing a modest downturn yet maintaining a steady tone. September wheat at 65 7 8 to 66, December 66 3 8 to 1 2 higher. corn 1 4 lower to 1 2 higher. oats largely unchanged to 3 8 higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Winnipeg
Board of Trade
Nashville Livestock Market Report July 31
Salable cattle 800 and calves 200. Market opened mostly steady with some strength in cows. Fed steers mostly 0.75 down, some held higher. grassers 6.00 to 4.00. beef cows 5.50 down. canners and cutters 3.60.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Allocation Continued From Pace One and TVA Tax Plan
Norris and Sparkman issued a joint statement on TVA tax policy noting that revenue from municipal power sales should cover the taxes that private distribution systems would pay. They argued state legislation may require municipalities to pay the state and local agencies, and that multiple sums should be added to the bill’s fund to reflect TVA’s true in lieu of tax payments.
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Morgan
Tennessee
Sparkman
Norris
TVA
TVA Carpenters Strike Over Watts Bar Cofferdam
Knoxville July 31 Federated leaders Gordon Clapp TVA personnel director and Sam Roper meet over a 363 carpenter strike on TVA projects. Dispute over sheet steel piling work at Watts Bar cofferdam prompted the walkout last Wednesday with Iron workers assigned the task due to carpenter shortages.
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Knoxville
Gordon Clapp
TVA
Sam Roper
Birmingham
Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council
A. F. of L
Watts Bar
Spring City
Carpenters’ and
Iron Workers
Bipartisan Push Uncertain on Adjournment Deadline
Congress faces a tense stretch as House leaders push toward an adjournment but split factions threaten to delay action on housing, wage hour laws, and general routine bills. The Senate has advanced a housing measure expanding the US Housing Authority borrowing power while awaiting guidance from President Roosevelt this week.
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House
Ray Burn
Tex
Congress
Senate
United States Housing Authority
Barkley
Roosevelt
Local social notes in Morgan County community column
The Morgan County column records visits and family gatherings around Florence Eva and Decatur. Entries mention Mr and Mrs Levy McKee on a business trip, Theo McKee from Arab visiting, Lily Mac Oden visiting friends, Hilma Faye King with her grandfather, and several residents hosting or attending dinners and singings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy McKee
Florence
Stringer
Cecil Tanner
Auburn
Theo McKee
Harvey McKee
Dunreath McKee Jis
Jessie
King
Decatur
Lily Mac Oden
Frann
Wanda Self
Hilma Faye King
Jessie King
A. E. Smith
Dolorese
Anne Belle Hamiton
J. Taner
Carmen
Cleo
Lois Tanner
Malinda Lewis
Grandnear Floris
Martha Ann Holmes
Eva
Congress Bill Unites Lighthouse Service and Coast Guard
Washington July 31 The house passed and sent to the senate a bill to consolidate the lighthouse service and the coast guard under the president's reorganiza tion order with effect July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Lighthouse Service
Coast Guard
Market Report on Hog and Sheep Prices
Salable hogs 500, weights 180-225 lbs 5.70 down, 120-160 lbs 5.10, sows 4.90. Top hogs 6.15, bulk 6.25. Lighter hogs 4.50, 10 lb ers 6.0, heavier weights 5.70. Salable sheep 300, lambs 25-50 lower, spring lambs 6.00 down, sheep steady, fat ewes 2.00-2.75.
Britain weighs war risk amid Japan unrest and talks with Moscow
Prime Minister Chamberlain said fighting may be needed to end the global armament race but expressed hope for peace. Britain and France plan military missions to Moscow to begin talks with Soviet Russia as they seek a mutual assistance pact. He warned anti British sentiment in North China could hinder Tientsin negotiations. Danzig remains closely watched as the U S and Britain share similar aims but differ on Japan trade.
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Chamberlain
London
Britain
House of Commons
France
Moscow
Russia
China
Tientsin
Japan
Danzig
United States
Washington
Toll on Tobacco Prices Sparks AAA Talks
Southern tobacco growers pressed for price supports in Washington in a closed conference with Agricultural Adjustment Administration officials. After hours of talks no program was set, with options discussed including market closings and loans or subsidies. AAA noted prices at $14.18 per hundred pounds must fall to about $13.50 before a loan program could start under the farm act.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Landersville Annual Picnic Set With Notables
Landersville in Lawrence county hosts its annual picnic on Thursday August 10. Speakers include B L Malone Judge Seybourn H Lynne of Decatur and Congressman John Sparkman. A strong musical program and ample food are planned.
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Landersville
Lawrence County
B. L. Malone
Seybourn H. Lynne
Decatur
John Sparkman
Decatur Diary Reports Local Officials Visitors and Court Actions
J B Carrington WPA supervisor visited Franklin County on business. Mrs Sadie Gillespie and daughter Mary Kate returned from Knoxville relatives. A United States engineers boat docked at Bank street en route to Wilson dam. A truck caught fire on Wilson avenue and Skillington street but firefighters prevented damage. W B Williams of Danville Route 3 was here on business. Eleven people appeared in police court with fines for overparking drunkenness disorderly conduct and reckless driving.
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Sadie Gillespie
Mary Kate
Knoxville
Bank Street
Wilson Dam
Wilson Avenue
Skillington Street
Pin Removed From Tot’s Lung In Memphis Hospital
Relatives of Aubrey Hamner report the 3-year-old son of Mr and Mrs James Hamner of Northport is resting comfortably after a straight pin was removed from his left lung by surgery. The pin swallowed a week ago lodged in the lower lobe and the boy was first treated in Birmingham before transfer to Memphis.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Little Aubrey Hamner
James Hamner
Northport
Memphis
Nathan Chism
Hamner
Birmingham
Gambling ships defy state officer near Los Angeles
Four gambling ships anchored at Santa Monica and Long Beach remained in operation despite Attorney General Earl Warren warning last Friday that they would be closed within 48 hours as public nuisances. Courts say ships beyond the three mile limit fall outside California jurisdiction, while owners answered Warren by hiring nine airplanes to respond.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Earl Warren
Warren
California
Two Escape In Airplane Crash Near Opelikea
In Opalika Alabama two youths escaped serious injury when a small borrowed plane struck a tree and fell tail first into a thicket. Pilot James Brennan of Phenix City and passenger Woodrow Walker Jr of Centerville suffered minor scrapes and torn shirt remarks.
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Opelika
Ala
Early Henley
Brick Owen
James Brennan
Phenix City
Woodrow Walker, Jr
Centerville
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
A. L.lumpkin
Tuskegee
Young Walker
Whelchel seeks aid as Georgia schools face loss of accreditation
Representative Whelchel of Georgia told the house today that 157 Georgia high schools may lose their accredited standings this year due to neglect to provide necessary funds. He argued for federal aid to state school systems.
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Washington
Whelchel
D.-Ga
House
Georgia
Three Streamers Parade With Casino Open 24 Hours
Three long streamers flutter over the city as a casino proclaims it remains open around the clock. The banners emphasize the venue’s 24 hour operation, drawing attention to its continuous gaming hours and visibility.
Fisher Body strike disrupts GM plant gates clash
AFL CIO building trades workers at General Motors plants walk off since July 5 strike over skilled wage demands. A brief skirmish at Fisher Body Plant No 37 gates led to two arrests as pickets clashed with a worker at the gate. About 7,000 GM workers affected through unions and contractors report work halted amid stalled talks with James F. Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uaw-Cio
CIO
General Motors
Corporation
James F. Dewey
Dewey
Appeal in Medical Case Taken Today
The justice department asked the United States Court of Appeals to overrule a lower court decision that the American Medical Association could be prosecuted under the Sherman antitrust act. Justice Proctor had ruled medicine is a learned profession not a trade and thus not subject to antitrust provisions. The government contends the district court erred in its ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
United States Court of Appeals
American Medical Association
Justice Proctor
United States District Court
Brick falls from new building hitting laborer in Des Moines
A brick from a new Des Moines building struck Carl Dunagan, 38, on the head and bounced off. Doctors closed a scalp wound with three stitches. Dunagan reported only a small headache as his sole discomfort after the incident.
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Des Moines
Carl Dunagan
Grant Eliminated in Meadow Club Invite First Round
Bryan Bitsy Grant of Atlanta, fourth seed, dropped a 6-4 6-2 decision to Henry Prusoff of Seattle in the first round of the Groth annual Meadow Club invitation tournament held in Southampton New York.
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Southampton
N. Y
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Henry Prusoff
Seattle
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Douglas Bombard
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