Organized farmers fear Taft labor decision impact
Supreme Court ruling allows labor unions to be sued under antitrust laws. Agricultural leaders call it the greatest blow to organized labor and fear it endangers farmers coop movements. Senators note potential damages if cooperatives discipline members or reject grain deliveries.
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International News Service
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Organized Farmers
United States
Congress
Farage
Ae Ea Farmers Coopera
Pick
Farmers Cooperative Association
Senators Target Coal Price Fixing Probed by Senate Panel
Senate Republican Borah indicates the labor committee will probe charges by retail coal dealers that Secretary Hoover approved a soft coal price fix with operators. Senator Walsh backs full public light on a May 31 Hoover conference with Ferguson and Stephens, claiming a $3.50 per ton price response after an initial $1.75 mine price.
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International News Service
Washington
Hoover
Senate Labor Committee
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Massachusets
Senate
Ilicente
Hor Borah
W. Ferguson
Chicago Coal Merchant's Association
Roderick Stephens
National Retail Dealers Association
Ferguson
Stephens
Government agents abroad target war contract fraud suspects
International dispatch reports government agents sent to Europe to locate men sought in war contract fraud probes who fled the United States. The federal grand jury in Washington pursues indictments as officials keep cases and identities guarded amid ongoing secrecy.
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International News Service
Washington
Federal Grand Jury
John Lewis’. Phillips
Notice to pay arrears for Albany Decatur Daily
The wrapper asks readers to check the payment date and settle in arrears or risk a stop notice. It requests sending a check to Albany to support continuing the newspaper business.
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Decatur Daily
Georgia Republican chairman held on $25,000 bond
Georgia lumberman and chairman of the Georgia republican committee was withheld, although Phillips is at liberty on $25,000 bail following his arrest on a warrant issued by the department of justice. The new division of accounting, created by Attorney General Daugherty, with James Cameron of New York in charge, will begin to function in a few days and is expected to hasten the campaign against war grafters.
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Georgia
Georgia Republican Committee
Phillips
Lberty
Department of Justice
Daugharty
James Cameron
New York
Dan Sutherland
Congress
Alaska
Daugherty
Department
Southerland
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Prayer Meeting Canceled at Westminster Presby Church
Services Called Off. There will be no prayer meeting at the Westminister Presbyterian church Wednesday evening due to services at the Tabernacle.
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Westminister Presbyterian Church
Tabernacle
Tucker Revival Draws Thousands in Enforcing Law Sermon
Nearly two thousand listeners attended Rev. Tucker’s sermon urging strict enforcement of laws and duty of citizens to back officers. He warned of civilization slipping into money and pleasure, warned against bootleggers, and compared modern excess to the Titanic’s doom. Personal workers tally rising salvation interest at noon services near factories.
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George Tucker
America
Rev. Tucker
Pénalasion
Tucker
Silk Mill
Mr. Brown
Charles A. Wyatt
Red Rountree Returns Home From Vanderbilt
Walter Rountree, formerly in the Vanderbilt University medical program, returned to his home in Hartselle from the Twin Cities. He starred last season for Vanderbilt football and is noted for his baseball skills, likely to play in the Hartselle game today.
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Walter Rountree
Vanderbilt University
Twin Cities
Hartselle
Walter
Vanderbilt
Court Rules City License Fee Invalid for Birmingham Drivers
Montgomery June 7. A state license statute is exclusive for Birmingham motorists and prevents a city from charging a separate 2 fee of one dollar. The Court of Appeals ruled that municipalities cannot impose additional license charges beyond the state mandate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Old City Commission of
Birmingham
Court of Appeals
Toto
Weather Update for Alabama Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy tonight with passing showers possible. Thursday expect local showers and continued mild temperatures across the state.
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Alabama
Military Unit in Valley Is Planned
Col. H. A. Moon head of the state military department and assistants left by automobile for northwest Alabama to complete plans for organizing the third later 133d engineers. The battalion is allotted to northwest Alabama with tentative plans for Florence Huntsville Athens.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. A. Moon
State Military Department
Northwest Alabama
Florence
Eld
Huntsville
Athens
Alabama
Cotton Market Opens Steady as Rain Prospects Boost Prices
The cotton market opened steady in New York with 5 to 1 point gains on Wall Street and commission houses buying amid private rain reports and unsettled Southwest weather. New Orleans and local traders led selling, and after an initial rise the market faced profit taking in new crop months.
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International News Service
New York
Wall Street
Commission Houses
New Orleans
Work begun on Decatur streets resurfacing project
Work has started on resurfacing of the Decatur streets after the council awarded the contract weeks ago. The paving holes tilt and surface wear are being repaired with tar and gravel, with completion expected in both cities to bring Albany Decatur streets to excellent condition.
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Decatur Streets
Decatur
Ives
Albany-Decatur
Grocer Officials Plan North Alabama Visit
Four officers of the Independent Retail Grocers Association plan a North Alabama tour to organize retail grocers in communities without current associations. The Birmingham secretary's letter to Mayor James A. Nelson notes visits to Albony Decatur and other towns, with aims to form new local groups.
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Alabama
Re‘ark
Albony-Decatur
James A. Nelson
B C
Apperson
Birmingham
Independent Retail Grocers Association
Geromimo Club Elects Officers
The Geromimo Club organized for boys held a meeting at the Y Tuesday evening with full attendance. Officers elected include Douglas Anderson president Carl Carroll vice president Robert Warren recording secretary John Holland financial secretary Ernest Holtsford treasurer and Robert Holt sergeant at arms. The next meeting is at 7 30 Tuesday at H M Priest's office and all members are urged to attend.
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Geromimo Club
De Molay Commandery Meeting Set for Thursday Evening
De Molay Commandery will hold a meeting Thursday evening at a specified hour according to an announcement by A. B. Harvey, recorder.
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de Molay Commandery
A. B. Harvey
Child Dies of Jakié MeGar Aged 18 Months
Little Jakié MeGar, 18 months, child of Mr and Mrs J K MeGar of 1018 East Sherman street, died Tuesday afternoon at 5 o clock. Burial to be held today in City Cemetery at 3 o'clock.
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Jakié MeGar
J. K. MeGar
East Sherman Street
City Cemetery
Trio of Prisoners Escape From County Jail
Three white prisoners Hewlett Terry Allen Woods and Jack Evans escaped from the upper floor of the county jail by tunneling through a rusted floor and removing bricks near the south wall Then they dropped to the basement area where no inmates are kept Others chose to stay in their cells The escape occurred about 2 am with guards noticing an open door and a missing lower section of the jail wall No trace of the three has been found as sheriff search continues. Woods faces extra charges beyond illicit distilling.
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Hastile
Hewlett Terry
Allen Woods
Jack Evans
Woods
Albany Considers Additional Funding Bonds for Street Work
The Albany city council plans a new ordinance and election to authorize funding bonds totaling eighty thousand dollars. An earlier vote granted sixty thousand, but publication error requires a new election. Twenty thousand more funds will advance city street improvements already under way, reflecting civic pride and ongoing upkeep. A special session is set for tonight to finish carryover business.
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Albany
Woman Granted New Trial On Acid Attack Case
Mrs. Anita Cabel of Montgomery was given another trial by the court of appeals after a four month hard labor sentence for assault and battery in the carbolic acid attack on neighbor Mrs. Lelon Loftin. The earlier conviction followed a circuit court jury verdict.
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Montgomery
Ala
Anita Cabel
Tas
Lelon Loftin
Court of Appeals
Labor unions mobilize after wage board ruling
Railroad labor leaders vow a final fight over wage cuts as strike ballots go to more than 1,200,000 members of the railway employes department federation. B M Jewell condemns the wage board as biased claiming it cannot be impartial.
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International News Service
Chicago
Labor Board
Meeetaaes
Railway
B. M. Jewel
Railch
Jewel
Erie president doubts railroad strike then met with recession talk
In New York on June 7 Frederic Cerwood president of the Erie reads expresses disbelief in a railroad strike. He says workers have lost their senses and urges seeing the general recession across industries and the impact on purchasing power rather than wage figures.
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New York
Fredericerwood
the. Erie
Passenger Office Relocated for L and N Railway Inquiries
The Passenger Office has been removed from Morris Avenue and 20th Street. The Louisville and Nashville Rail Road Company moved its office to Suite 722-23 Broadway Mc Birmingham. Inquiries about fare schedules and accommodations now go through the new Birmingham address.
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Louisville and Nashville Rail
Ae Morris
Brovwit-Marx
Birmingham
Sala
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