TVA Current for Memphis
TVA begins supplying electricity to Memphis as the Southgate substation starts at 7 30 p m making 6000 homes part of TVA service. The Joneses receive the first current at basic TVA rates plus a temporary 15 percent surcharge.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1938
Page
3
TVA begins supplying electricity to Memphis as the Southgate substation starts at 7 30 p m making 6000 homes part of TVA service. The Joneses receive the first current at basic TVA rates plus a temporary 15 percent surcharge.
The Morgan County probate court issues a tax notice listing delinquent taxpayers and real estate with owner unknown across multiple lots in Decatur and Hartselle. The notice cites specific lot numbers, subdivisions, and sums due including printer's fees, and directs appearances at the probate court beginning June 13 1938 to show cause why a decree for sale to collect taxes should not be made.
Bill Baron, a Texas man, is rescued from Yaqui captors after a dramatic jailbreak with Ellen Dale at the Montoya ranch in Mexico. Ellen and Bill form a complex bond as he contemplates work and love, while Don Julio and Felix pursue them. Ellen insists on keeping her bargain to work for her foreman as the cliffhanger ends.
In a sunlit breakfast setting Bill Baron confronts awkward desire as Ellen Dale, a film star from springtime orchards and daisy fields, greets him with a poised, musical charm. He stumbles through restraint, while Ellen playfully probes if he will begin wooing now after last night’s promises.
A fragment from Scott's Scrap Book by R. J. Scott describes pages confused and damaged as events or items are trampled. The readable lines note disorder and tangled summaries amid scattered clippings and notes.
Birmingham hosts the eighth annual national air carnival with 176000 expected spectators. The two day program includes stunt flying delayed parachute jumps speed tests and races formation flying by army ships and a Miss American Aviation contest judged by Henry King. Notables attending include Harllee Branch Oscar Westover H. Pratt Vincenzo Coppola and Cliff Henderson. Twenty two acts today and twenty four tomorrow feature a 25 mile speed race for light planes.
Oklahoma City June 4 In quarantine news Ernest G Albright releases a campaign card that invites no disturbance and offers a polite personal message. The front urges voters to keep opinions to themselves while the reverse side identifies the card as compliments of Ernest G Albright Democrat for Congress.
Puzzle presents a jumble of across clues including Presiding form of be in courts of law and various mêlée phrases. Entries mix with garbled fragments from the original puzzle and stray letters, offering a partial list of 34 clues and several broken words.
Mrs EB Kirkpatrick travels from Birmingham to be with her mother Mrs M A Bell. Ruth Hartselle visits cousin Mary Griffith near Hartselle this week. Harline Barnett ill with malaria fever at home. Marvin Carpenter family spend summer near Hillsboro for health reasons. H R Leeman plans Florence trip to attend school. Mrs Higdon ill in her home. Mr and Mrs O W Petty and family of Birmingham visit relatives en route to Pulaski Tennessee.
About 30,000 U.S. World War II veterans are under court guardians, with another 20,000 in mental institutions. The figures highlight the long term care needs of veterans and the burden on guardians and institutions.
Large crowds attend a revival meeting at the Baptist church led by Rev. Ralph Fields from Howard College, showcasing strong community interest and attendance.
General G Alberto Enriquez head of the Republic seeks to form a new government to replace the cabinet that resigned during the Ecuadorian Peruvian crisis.
The city reports that most milk wagon horses wear rubber shoes, reflecting a trend in equine hoof protection. Details on origins, adoption by dairies, and potential safety effects are mentioned but not fully elaborated.
In a drenched Kansas City course a lightning strike near the ninth green killed two spectators and injured several others. The 54 hole competition for $5,000 was halted after 36 players finished round one, with the event reduced to 18 holes that day and 36 more on Sunday.
Fred Snite Jr. the self-styled boiler kid, a 27 year old with infantile paralysis, plans summer trips in a specially built automobile fitted with a periscope. The device will let him attend pleasure drives and outdoor events denied since his illness began in Peiping, China two years ago.
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