Decatur Notes Highlight Local Events and Visits
Decatur area items include Jack Smiley at home and Susan Bibb updates. Alabama Hosiery Mills players wear blue caps at Alabama Park. Cavaliers Club plans a June 18 dance at Carnegie Library. Mrs. Dreser and Mrs. Boyd visit, Rev Knight leads midweek prayers, and Fred Halbrooks travels for business. Multiple notices cover local births, deaths, church activities, plant closures, and various residents’ travels and health updates.
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Cavaliers Club
Carnegie Library
Death Probe Sought in Genevieve Augustin Case
Genevieve Augustin a 29 year old former Chicago art student was found dead in Monroe New York at the home of Gypsy Rose Lee's mother. Kay Ray a noted women’s clothing designer who once shared a New York apartment with Miss Augustin urged police to investigate.
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Genevieve Augustin
Chicago
Gypsy Rose Lee
Monroe, N. Y
Kay Ray
Miss Augustin
New York
WPA to Cut 481 Jobs in District One
Scarborough of WPA says about 120 workers will be cut in district one as part of a general reduction. Reductions begin June 15 and run to July 1, affecting projects with low material or sponsor participation and high federal costs. Some must be completed projects exempt from the order.
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RT. Scarborough
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Scarborough
Birmingham
Merchants urged to scout local supply and census Decatur
A reader argues for a Decatur chamber led partnership with merchants to map buying and selling locally. He suggests a census of goods, cooperative purchasing, and careful sourcing to curb high pressure out-of-town sales, stressing local tax support and community sustenance.
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Pecatur
Peddies
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
New York
New Orleans
Birmingham
Nashville
In Aberdeen A Teacher Invents A Fast Exam Corrector
James Watt inspired educator in Aberdeen proposes the correcto graph a device to grade 200 questions in five seconds. The machine uses five thousand pins to detect wrong answers and prints per student and per class statistics. It aims to speed grading far beyond the older manual method Snap E Chek.
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Leif Johnson
Central Press
Aberdeen
James Watt
SR. March
SR. March Ustrial
Evelt Junior High School
Harding
S. R. Harding
8. D
Jurors May Be In Session Next Week
Doubt was expressed today that Morgan County grand jury recalled Monday would finish its investigations until next week. Judge W. W. Callahan charged jurors to probe many law violations and warned that considerable time will be required for thorough investigations.
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Morgan County Grand Jury
W. W. Callahan
Our River Man Calls for Closer Trade Ties
Butler P. A. Hine urges mutual helpfulness among communities through increased trade, arguing railroads and highways blessed the region and that merchants benefit from closer relationships and shared profits.
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Butler P. A. Hine
Markets Hit Mixed Gains on Shipbuilding and Steel Shares
New York stock market opened higher on Specialities and shipbuilding issues, then drifted unevenly with gains in A S Rubber Montgomery Ward Spiegel Coca Cola and others. Chrysler Woolworth Sears General Electric and several rail and utility names lagged as wheat fell and shipbuilding demand rose briefly. Trading ran about 750000 shares.
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New York
A. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Spiegel
Coca Cola
Champion Paper
Proctor & Gamble
Celanese
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Cérro de Pasco
Standard Oil
N. J
Inspiration Copper
American Shipbuilding
General Motors
Wheeling Steel Corp
Wallstreet
New York State Public Service Commission
Consolidated Edison-N. Y. Steam Exchange
Markets at a Glance United States and Chicago Trading Summary
New York reports show ragged stocks with shipbuilding as a specialty. Bonds steady in high grades, curb trading light, foreign exchange steady with the franc lower. Cotton barely steady amid favorable weekly weather. sugar higher on covering. Coffee easier on weak Brazilian support. Chicago notes firm wheat awaiting government data, weak corn with contract stocks building, cattle strong to higher, hogs steady to strong with top at 11.50.
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New York
Chicago
Poultry market report from Chicago June 9
Live poultry steady overall with hens over 5 pounds at 5 pounds and less at 17 1 2 cents. White rock barebacks 19 cents, leghorn 2 pounds up 19, spring color 1 2 cents, Plymouth Rock 235 1 2 cents.
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Chicago
Georgia Amendments Sparkling Posturing in Gubernatorial Race
Dry campaigners faced opposition during two months of statewide stumping led by Eugene Talmadge former governor and new opponent. Talmadge withheld comment. The clash centered on six amendments core to Rivers program to align Georgia with Roosevelt including tax funded old age pensions and exemptions for homesteads up to 2000 and personal property up to 400. Talmadge charged liquor interests dominated Rivers administration.
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Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Rivers
Rivers Progam
Georgia
Roosevelt
Detroit tenants urged rent strike for united front
Mayor urged a 200000 tenant rent strike to obtain equitable rentals at a mass meeting in Detroit. The steel strike, now in its second week, has claimed eight lives as 73000 workers remain idle while reports of peace talks in Washington and Columbus offered the only cheer.
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Detroit
United Front
Washington
Columbus
Plaintiffs’ Counsel Listed in Ongoing Case
The record names attorneys for the plaintiffs including Noble Russell of Decatur and W L Chenault of Russellville, alongside other local counsel.
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Noble Russell
Decatur
W. L. Chenault
Russellville
Miss Dorothy Kirk Visits With Relatives in City
Miss Dorothy Kirk of Columbia Tennessee visits relatives and appears in local notes listing poultry figures such as roosters turkeys ducks and geese with various weights and counts.
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Dorothy Kirk
Columbia, Tenn
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Quiet in London Market
The Liverpool market reports spot activity quiet with prices down seven points. American grades steady to lower with good middling at 7.62 and middling at 7.07, while futures finish subdued with July at 6.91 and Dec at 6.78.
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New York
Dee
Liverpool
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Markets
Butter and eggs show steady pricing in Chicago markets with butter at 18,078 units and eggs at 24,701 units, both unchanged. The report notes steady prices across the commodities with no shifts in the current trading period.
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Chicago
Potatoes Steady as Light Supplies Remain Tight
U. S. Department of Agriculture notes 91 cents per cwt for potatoes on track 268 with total shipments 1 175 old stock and light demand. Idaho Burbanks No 1 priced 2 10 2 15 with new stock California slightly weaker while Southern Triumphs sustain quality. Alabama Bliss Triumphs No 1 showing decay and price 1 50 1 75. No 2 0.90 1.10.
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Chicago
U. 8
Idaho Burbanks
California
Alabama
Chicago Livestock Prices Report for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
U.S. Department of Agriculture report from Chicago shows hogs at 190 to 300 pounds trading 11.30 to 11.50 top, sows 10-10.60, pigs to 10.50. Cattle and calves active with steers 10.50 to 12.50, best midweights 13.50, replacements 9.25 to 9.50, cows scarce and steady. Sheep open slow with lambs 12.50 to 18.00 and ewes 3.00 to 4.50, overall week opening activity mixed but steady to higher in spots.
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Chicago
U. 5S Dept. Agr
Texas
Parole Denied for Five Convicts in Alabama
Governor Bibb Graves granted one full pardon to Joseph W. Gossline of Mobile, 10 years for rape in 1933, while parole applications for five convicts including Pres Hardwick were denied.
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Bibb Graves
Pres Hardwick
Jefferson County
Joseph W. Gossline
Mobile
Gossline
Opelika Opens First State Liquor Store Today
Opelika residents may buy their first legal liquor today as Graves Shaffer announces the Opelika state store will open at 11 a m. Four truck loads arrived yesterday from Mobile and two more are due today.
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Opelika
Ala
Graves Shaffer
Opelika State Store
Mobile
Shaffer
Recaptured: Three White Women Escape Wetumpka Prison Farm
Hamp Draper announces three white women who fled Wetumpka prison farm Monday were tracked down after a three hour chase with dogs. Auburn reports 1,126 students registered for Alabama Polytechnic Institute summer session opening day.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hamp Draper
State Convict Department
Wetumpka
Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Suit seeks liquor license for Prichard cafe in Alabama
Tom Cleveland, operator of a Prichard cafe, asked the Montgomery court to compel the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to issue a retail liquor and wine license. He argued his location and seating met the Beverage Control Act requirements and that the license had been denied.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Montgomery Court Today
Tom Cleveland
Prichard Cafe
Cleveland
Beverage Control Act
Convicted Assault Defendant Edgar Dawson Given 50-Year Sentence
Edgar Dawson, a man identified as the assailant, received a 50 year term from a circuit court jury for a May 15 assault on a white woman and robbery of her escort after a night baseball game. Dawson denied the charges at trial and offered alibi witnesses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Edgar Dawson
Dawson
Fishermen Print Alabama Fish Laws For Daily Reference
Local fishermen request The Daily publish Alabama fish laws. The reprint lists game fish sizes and creel limits, non game fish, transportation rules, sale restrictions, and prohibited devices. The rules specify bass 11 inches minimum, bream 4.5 inches, crappie 8 inches, and daily limits of bass 10 and crappie 15 while total game fish not to exceed 35.
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Alabama
Prate Pond
Owneness Pie
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Fred Halbrooks
Hartselle
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Ardmore
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Emory University
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Lee Damsky
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Haleyville
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Route 4
Sam Knox
Hartsel
Mary Lois ‘Sanders
Ed Summers
Elmer Payne
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L. C. Breedlove
Neal Speake
Benevolent Hospital
J. F. Ray
First Baptist Church
W. H. Gregory
Morgan County
Lee Tehatant
Atre
H. L. Brown
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Nina Hodges
A. A. Griffith
Louise Bloom
Ed Templeton
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Lottie
Madgie McCutchen
Louisville
J. EB. Sanders
Fair
McAfee & Young Courteoms
Voice OF
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Victor Eubank
Columbia
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Notasulga
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Baker
H. A. Hopkins
Anniston
National Council of Administration
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Ensley
Alabama Elks Association
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