Local notes span health visits court actions and travel
Decatur daily notes list residents visiting or working in town and surrounding areas. entries include Vance Townsend of Moulton on business, Miss Louvisa Ann Wade visiting Montgomery, and a probate office license issued to Eleanor Mac Rice and Ottis Henry Sanders. Several operations take place at Baugh's Infirmary with patients like Mrs. J. D. King and Esther Pate. A public notice about Guntersville navigation and TVA construction affects river traffic at Guntersville dam site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Mac Rice
Somerville
Ottis Henry Sanders
Guntersville Jock
Tennessee Valley Authority
Guntersville Dam
Eas
Local merchant attends funeral for uncle in Birmingham
Lee Damsky of The Darling Shop was in Birmingham today for funeral services of his uncle Harvey Damsky who died Monday night in Asheville North Carolina after an extended illness. Harvey was survived by family in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Damsky
Darling Shop
Birmingham
Harvey Damsky
Asheville
N. C
Brothers Reunite After 30 Years Separate
Dennis M. Thornberry of Arizona visits Thirdee South sisters Mrs J D Bradford and Mrs W D Dye after a three decade gap. Parents died in Coffee County, Tenn. Five siblings once, three sisters and a brother, scattered by wartime and work. Contact resumed five years ago via a national magazine inquiry, now a joyful reunion with Thornberry to stay about two weeks before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis M
Arizona
J. D, Bradford
W. D. Dye
Thirdee South
Thornberry
Dye
Bradford
Nordamny
Coffee County
Tenn
Far West
Markets Hold Steady As Spanish Crisis Eases For Now
New York stocks rose fractions amid a calmer Spanish crisis. Major issues advanced while a few fell from morning highs. U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and others attracted bids. National Steel General Motors Sears declined. Wheat fell while cotton rose. bonds steadied. Foreign currency markets were narrow and New Haven plan reviews weighed on sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Chrysler
Goodyear
Woolworth
Western Union
Consolidated Edison
Electric Power & Light
Anaconda
Kennecott
Cerro de Pas
New Haven
Fragmented OCR price notes for textile sacks
No. 1 and No. 2 entries show prices and quality terms for washed sacks. Mentions Alabama, triumph, and varied prices between 1.10 and 2.40 per unit. Ambiguous OCR yields unclear lot details and quantities.
Poultry Price Report From Chicago Markets
Chicago markets showed steady demand for live poultry. Prices for hens over five pounds ranged around 17 1 2, with various weights and breeds listed including leghorn, Plymouth Rock, white rock, and colored varieties, plus turkeys ducks and geese pricing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Plymouth
Leghorn
Roosters
Leghorn Roosters
Plans for daily vacation Bible school discussed at church
Central Baptist church hosts a discussion on the forthcoming daily vacation Bible school and asks all Sunday school teachers to attend. The pastor will present plans for visiting speakers and singers from Northwestern Bible School of Minneapolis next Tuesday and Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Northwestern Bible School
Minneapolis
Markets at a glance and cotton futures report
New York markets show firm stocks and mixed bonds with steady foreign exchange and improved sugar and coffee. Chicago wheat weak with larger crop estimate. corn steady to uneven. cattle steady. hogs steady to 10 lower. New Orleans cotton closes steady with small advances for July to May contracts.
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New York
U. S
Chicago
N. C. Cotton
New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Report
Liverpool cotton market quiet but steady as 6 000 bales trade includes 5 600 American. Quotas favorable with strict good middling at 8.23 and 7.93 for good middling. Futures finish unchanged with July at 7.20 and later months around 7.07 to 7.12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Butter and Eggs Prices in Chicago Market Report
Butter prices show steady at 25 215 with creamery specials 80 12 31 and extras 92. Firsts 88 89 priced 27 1 2 28 1 2, standards 90 by centralized carrots 29 3 4. Eggs at 47 485 weak with local extras 19 and fresh graded firsts and storage packed items ranging 17 3 4 to 20 1 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago
U S Dept of Agriculture notes show 44 on track 239 total shipments 924 old stock light demand slow supplies light prices per cwt. Idaho Buagett Burbanks U No 1 few sales 2.35 2.50 No 2 2.05 new stock best quality southern Triumphs stronger California stocks weaker Louisiana Bliss Triumphs U 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. Dept
U. S
Idaho
Hogs Cattle Sheep Market Report From Chicago Auction
Chicago auction results show 16 000 hogs with top 11.75 and 10.00 50 for bulk sows. Cattle 9 000 head with best yearlings 13.00 and grain fed calves 10.50 12.00. Sheep 6 000 head with native spring lambs 12.75 and California lambs 10.00 11.25, prices mixed to higher on fat lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. Dept
Knights Templar Meeting Set for June 3
DeMolay Commandery No. 14 Knights Templar will hold its regular monthly conclave Thursday evening June 3 at 7 30 o'clock All Knights Templar urged to attend on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMolay Commandery No. 14
K. T
Knights Templar
Louisiana Delegation Seeks 10 Percent Cotton Aid Increase
Washington report says on June 2 the Louisiana congressional delegation planned to present to Secretary Wallace a formal claim for a ten percent increase in 1936 cotton crop payments to Southern farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisiana
Wallace
Hurston Sales Company Moves Main Office to Decatur
The Hurston Sales Company, Inc. shifts its main office and sales room to Decatur at Bank and Walnut, retains Cullman and Tuscumbia branches, and names Joseph E. Hurston of Cullman as leader. A E. Plettner will head Decatur offices employing about ten, offering electrical appliances, lighting, wiring supplies, air conditioning, and general contracting.
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The
Hurston Sales Company, Inc
Decatur
Bank and
Walnut Streets
Cullman
Tuscumbia
Joseph E. Hurston
A E. Plettner
Morgan
Lawrence
Colbert
Farley Receives Kisses From Six Pretty Girls In Arkansas
Postmaster General Jim Farley stopped in Pine Bluff for a breakfast today and was kissed by six members of the local high school color guard who presented roses. Farley smiled and urged the gesture to become a permanent reception formality at future visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Jim Farley
Farley
Indispensable Aids to Bible Study Talk at Central Baptist
Rev. John C. Cowell Jr will discuss Indispensable Aids to Bible Study at the Central Baptist church mid week Bible class at 7 45 tonight. The series resumes after two weeks with visiting speakers in deferential respect to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Cowell, Jr
Central Baptist Church
Old Time Revival at Church of God on Sixteenth Avenue
An old time revival tent meeting is held each evening at the Church of God on Sixteenth avenue east. Services begin at 7 30 o clock with Evangelist W E Hooks preaching. Pastor A J Murray welcomes the public. Sunday school is at 10 a m and preaching at 11 o'clock Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Sixteenth Avenue
East
W. E. Hooks
A. J. Murray
Free-for-all during arraignment disrupts Alabama theft case
In Birmingham nine men arraigned on interstate theft charges engaged in a brawl after being placed in a cell with a witness, U.S. Commissioner Louise O Chariton presiding, two U.S. Marshals slightly bruised during the incident. In Cullman bids will soon be asked for a 25-bed hospital by the Cullman Medical Society. In Birmingham Eugene Buck Connor fine tuning traffic stance urges no-parking tags, while highway chief H H Houk describes maps and four month revisions during road progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
U. S
Louise O. Chariton
John Sizemore
Sizemore
U.S
Cullman
Ala
Cullman Medical Society
Cullman-Gunters- Ville
Maxwell Field Picked as Hurricane Study Station
Maxwell Field near Montgomery Alabama named as one of four weather stations for intensive hurricane condition study by George Clark weather observer at Macon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field
Here
George Clark
Macon
Blacktop paving starts on Gadsden Anniston highway
The state begun laying a black top surface on the Gadsden Anniston highway starting at Wellington and pushing toward Gadsden. A full force of workmen and equipment is assigned. The road had previously been surfaced but the foundation proved faulty and broke down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Gadsden-Anniston
Wellington
Gadsden- Anniston
Educator J M Starke Honored At 50th School Anniversary
Governor Bibb Graves and Representative Lister Hill attended a banquet honoring Dr. J M Starke. He was the guest of honor at the event marking the 50th anniversary of his private boys school in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Lister Hill
J. M. Starke
Starke
Hill sees little chance protests change hospital site
Representative Lister Hill of Alabama says protests before the U S veterans administration are unlikely to alter the plan for a 1 million dollar hospital in Montgomery. He notes the site decision would stand despite opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
Lister Hill
D.-Ala
Alabama Issues New Official Road Map By Highway Department
Montgomery June 2. Copies of Alabama's new official road map were issued today by the highway department to guiding motorists and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Highway Department
Hunger strike at Fort Oglethorpe CCC worker speaks
Phillip A. Baumgartner a 37 year old Fort Oglethorpe CCC clerk on hunger strike says he modeled his fast on a Tennessee man Jackson Whitlow who fasted recently. He claims the act will draw public attention to the Fort Oglethorpe situation and notes his beard is a personal choice after 17 days of striking. Baumgartner was discharged from his post about a week ago.
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Atlanta
Phillip A. Baumgartner
Fort Oglethorpe
CCC
Sungerstriker
Stopping Oak, Tenn
Jackson Whitlow
Whitlow
Baumgartner
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Mon
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State Board of Health
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Bova
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Grant Street
Henry Abe
West Moulton Street
Janes G. McAlpin
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Mont
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Shelbyville, Tenn
D. W. Steenson
Mt. Hope
Robert Bowman
Nashville
Sam Foster
Jacksonville, Fla
Mr. Foster
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Hutson
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