Decatur Graduates Map Post School Plans Amid Draft Uncertainty
A survey of 22 graduates shows half expect college or technical study this summer or fall including API Auburn Alabama, Huntington College, Judson College, Birmingham Southern. several plan work in Decatur or elsewhere, some consider marriage or travel, and draft status influences choices.
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Decatur
API At
Auburn
University of Alabama
Claude McBride
Dick Sull
API
Margaret Ann Norwood
Thomas Hurst
David Chandler
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Henry Hanson
Ben Bloodworth
Sylvia Green
Alabama College
Montevallo
Mary Jo Reeves
Birmingham
Birmingham Southern
Conservatory
Huntington College
Montgomery
Wendellyn Gray
Shirley Braswell
Huntington
Judson College
Marion
Ala
Marie Ryan
Birmingham Southern College
Elouise Long
Tennessee
Mancy Wilson
Sue Emens
Lazelle Roper
Juanita Simmons
Joy Delmore
Gladys Hodge
A. J. Coleman, Jr
Tennessee Junior College
Ol’ Miss and
Stirly Law
Doris Gunn
William R. Love
Bertha Mae ‘Timberlake
California
Debate on Cost Measures Hints at Market Unrest
The analysis warns that weakening price controls could erode purchasing power and prompt savings withdrawal to buy goods. It predicts a price bubble that will burst after a buyers strike or panic, with potential reopens of wage disputes and cuts to famine relief. Estimates show hefty consumer costs from textile loopholes and rolling back clothing price caps, plus large outlays to drop meat dairy and poultry controls.
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OPA
Miners win unemployment claim after steel strike
A state board of appeals ruled that about 3 600 Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad miners are entitled to unemployment compensation for time idled during the nationwide steel strike last March. The decision was 2 to 1 with R C Stobert of Birmingham dissenting. Frank Broadway, director of the state industrial relations department, will review the decision with his adviser.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Board of Appeals
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
R. C. Stobert
Birmingham
Frank Broadway
State Industrial Relations Department
Jewel theft at Kronberg castle involving Army couple
Investigators report Major Salb and Col. Pierce led a two week probe into the disappearance of jewels once owned by Princess Sophia. Colonel Durant and his bride Captain Nash were linked to the theft and questioned with a lie detector as inventories and locker's key were revealed.
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Germany
Salb
Ralph W. Pierce
Chicago
War Department
Durant
Army Officers
Kronberg Castle
Hudson
Minneapolis
St. Paul
WAC
Britain
Queen Victoria
Sophia
Hesse-Darmstadt
Captain Nash
Nash
LaSalle Hotel
Truman Must Act Soon On Case Bill As Senate Alters Provisions
Lawmakers describe a divided path for emergency strike control legislation. The bill grants authority to seize strike-bound industries and draft workers, while the Senate version removes draft power and tightens other provisions. House leaders warn time is short before Wednesday’s deadline.
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House
Truman
Senate
House Rules Committee
Sabath
Market ends week with selective gains amid thin trading
After a week of irregular declines the stock market steadied in Friday’s session. The 60 stock average slipped 1.1 points for the week but advanced on Friday as some issues led gains. Earnings, dividends, and potential splits boosted selective issues while rail losses and bond-market nerves weighed on others.
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New York
Associated Press
Santa Fe
Hiram Walker
Chrysler
American Telephone
American Water Works
International Minerals
American Wooler
Preferred
Chicago & North Western Preferred
New York & Harlem
Cotton futures rise on late session buying amid hedging
New York June 8 futures firmed late with gains of 50 to 90 cents per bale as heavy covering pushed prices higher. Trading remained volatile as Washington price control talk swayed sentiment while traders weighed domestic consumption and crop prospects amid dry weather needs.
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New York
Washington
Fight mapped against Klan in Georgia civil suits
Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook announced plans to file civil suits to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan within days. Gov. Ellis Arnall ordered action to break up the Klan, and Cook said sufficient information exists to wage the legal battle. He also intended to seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Justice and would coord with U.S. Attorney Tom Clark for federal help.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Ku Klux Klan
Cook
Ellis Arnall
U.S. Department of Justice
U. S
Ral Tom Clark
Epes Opens Fight to Gain Freedom in Murder Case
Samuel C. Epes of Richmond Va will launch a court bid in Columbia to overturn a life term for the year old murder of his schoolteacher wife Mary Lee Williams Epes. State Sen Edgar A Brown leads the defense asserting the state failed to prove murder by overdose of sodium amytal and that she died in an apparent accident.
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Olumbia
S. C
Samuel C. Epes
Richmond
State Supreme Court
State Senate
Edgar A. Brown
Fin
Mary Lee Williams Epes
Jacksonville
Fla
Army Air Forces To Display In Decatur Caravan Exhibition
Army Air Forces bring an 11 trailer mobile exhibit to Decatur for two days behind the city armory. Capt Warren E. Reid leads 23 enlisted men 11 officers and two WACs in this goodwill and recruiting display open 3 to 10 p m daily with additional air force combat pictures 7 15 to 10 30 p m. The RAF tactical command aims to show the nation urgent need for skilled technicians to operate future defense weapons. Caravan stops precede Decatur in Cullman.
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Army Air Forces
Decatur
Army
Army Air Forces Tactical Command
Warren E. Reid
Mammouth Air Force
Decatur Armory
Fourth Avenue
Air Force
Reid
Army Air Force
RAF Tactical Command
Cullman
Initial Heat Wave Strikes East Midwest Boosts Cooling Trend
The Associated Press notes the season's first heat wave peaked on the East Coast with New York reaching 85.4 degrees and Chicago at 87. A mass of warm air from the Southwest moved east, bringing lower 90s in the Midwest and Mississippi Valley before a cold front from Ontario and Hudson Bay cools the Great Lakes region by Sunday and Monday.
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Midwest
New York
Arizona
Utah-Nevada
Rockies
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
H. A. Downs
Illinois
Ohio
Great Lakes
North Central States
Downs
Ontario
Hudson Bay
English girl seeks pen friends in Decatur Alabama
A 17 year old English girl, Miss Kaye Wainwright of 39 Bowfield Rd, Firth Park, Sheffield, Yorks, England, asks the Decatur city clerk to print her name address and age in a newspaper ad for pen pals from nearby ages. She expresses interest in America and its people and promises to respond to all inquiries.
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Decatur
New Decatur
Ala
America
Kaye Wainwright
Bowfield Rd
Firth Park
Sheffield
Yorks
England
Kathryn McRae
Falls Church
Motorcycle Strikes Auto Here Saturday
Minor Peevy of 701 Railroad Street was treated for head injuries after his motorcycle hit a parked car in front of the Veterans Administration building on Ferry Street. Police say he was traveling north toward the courthouse at 12 15 Saturday when the crash occurred and was taken to the hospital by Brown's ambulance. The accident was investigated by City Policeman W H Parker.
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Peevy
Railroad Street
Decatur General Rosal
Veteran's Administration
Ferry Street
Brown
W. H. Parker
Macedonia Sing Plans Announced Memorial Singing Near Decatur
The annual memorial singing at Macedonia nine miles southwest of Decatur will begin June 23 at 10 A M. Tennis Sparkman, leader, announced. The Homeland Quartet of Decatur will perform on Sundays program and again Saturday June 22 at 8 P M. Loudspeakers will be on the grounds and lunch will be served at noon. All are invited.
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Macedonia
Decatur
Tennis Sparkman
Homeland Quartette of
Decatur Navy veterans and local notices headline
Local notices report Lesley Owen Jr and Olen D Lott discharged from the Navy after 22 and 23 months with overseas service and battle stars. Church and community items include Rev William P Lockwood sermon, births, moves, police additions, hospital updates, and upcoming events.
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Lesley Owen Jr
S 2c
Union Grove
Navy
Olen D. Lott
Pacific
NAACP Tries to Clear Jury Exclusion Claim in Maury County
In Columbia Tennessee the NAACP and local authorities clash over alleged systematic Negro jury exclusion. Thurgood Marshall leads a push to overturn indictments of 26 Black residents, while District Attorney General Paul F. Bumpus defends the jury process and maintains no race-based exclusion.
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Robert N. Studevant
Columbia, Tenn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Joe M. Ingram
NAACP
Maury County
Thurgood Marshall
Paul F. Bumpus
Bumpus
Alexander Looby
Ramjet Engine Sets Speed Record in Flight Test
The Navy reports a 70 pound ramjet engine nicknamed the stovepipe has flown at speeds above 1400 mph during pilotless tests. The device, developed with Johns Hopkins aid, requires rockets for initial speed and promises 2000 to 3000 horsepower with no moving parts.
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Washington
Navy
Johns Hopkins Laboratory
Folsom aides, cabinet vacancies fuel Alabama political chatter
Beech says he has no state job in mind and will stay on the farm. Rival candidates Poole Boozer and Sherlock appear in talk of a new highway head and revenues chief. Boswell and Wilkinson also figure in possible posts. Sparks faces two cabinet vacancies as Norton and Dowling depart for new roles.
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Beech
Folsom
Joe Poole
Elbert Boozer
Chris Sherlock
Sherlock
Highway Department
Poole
Boozer
Anniston
Cullman Insurance
Revenue Department
Graves
Frank Boswell
Boswell
Kilby
State Prison Department
J R. Clark
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
Chauncey Sparks
E. B. Norton
U."s
Sparks
H. C. Pannell
Tuscaloosa
H. G. Dowling
Deaf and Blind Institute
Talladega
Sailors Near Shutdown Face Stalemate Over Work Hours
Negotiations to avert a looming strike stall as the NMU seeks a 40 to 44 hour sea week with paid shore leave and overtime rules. Operators resist, offering 56 hours at sea with pay while in port, while mediators propose partial pay for land time to ease the deadlock.
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National Maritime Union
NMU
Bankhead Remains in Serious Condition at Naval Hospital
Washington June 8 The naval hospital reported no change today in the condition of Senator Bankhead D Ala who had been seriously ill for more than two weeks.
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Washington
the Naval Hospital
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Cotton Prices Rally to 22-Year High in Week
U S Department reports mid grade cotton 15 16 inch averaged 28.19 cents a pound in 10 markets on Thursday up from 27.86 cents a day earlier and 22.76 a year ago. Ten market sales totaled 91 400 bales, with export bank approving a 20 million loan to Czechoslovakia to buy American cotton. Weather remains unfavorably affecting this year’s crop due to excessive rain and cool nights.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Export-Import Bank
Czechoslovakia
Weather Bureau
Governors and citizens call for reform in 1936 delegate selection
Handpicking Kirk Adams of Ozark and C. C. Faulk of Samson with Adams Hardwick and Covington protest the proposed committee selection and urge a special primary. The piece recalls 1936 protests when the district committee’s recommendation for A. Lynne to fill the Almon vacancy was overridden by the state committee and Governor Miller, leading to Carmichael's nomination.
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Kirk Adams
Ozark
C. C. Faulk
Samson
Adams
Hardwick
Covington
McCorvey
State Committee
District Committee
Eighth
Edward B. Almon
A. Lynne
Decature
Almon
B. M. Miller
A. H. Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Sixth Grade Added at Joe Wheeler
O S Hagerman acting superintendent of city schools announced a sixth grade class will be taught at Joe Wheeler school in September. The change interchanges grades between Ward one and Joe Wheeler, with Ward One handling grades one two three and five while Joe Wheeler takes grades one three four and six.
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Joe Wheeler
O. S. Hagerman
Hagerman
Ward One
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Pure Milk CO
Wall Street
Epes
The
William P. Lockwood
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jasper Graves
Hamil Clinic
Seldon Thompson
Gordon Bishop
French West Africa
John David
Bishop
Lena Harvey
Mrs. J. L. Steverson
Mr. Steverson
Chevrolet
Tommy Nixon
San Diego, Calif
W.H. Riethmaier
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs. J. H- Hendon
Memphis
Blytheville
Elsie Taylor
Decatur General Hospital
Austinville
Howell’s Ambulance
Holland Cook
West Moulton Street
Ralph Wood
West Branch
Michigan
Ruth Helen
Wood
Sarah Pitt
Charles Price
Ruth Blevins
Quentin ‘McCay
Gadsden
Eugene “Red” Aday
Horace Stanford
Charles Coker
Coker
Army Military Police
Stanford
Anna Smith
Denver
J. C. Conley
Grant Street
Janet Conley
Scottsboro
Mrs. Conley
Morgan County Tuberculosis Association
Central Methodist Church
Billy
Walker
Navy Seabees
J. A. Walker
Eighth Avenue East
Aleutian Islands
J. E. Means
Decatur 3
C. A. Moore
Oak Street
Dalton, Ga
G. L. Moore
J. W. Schrader
L. C. Sharp
Earl Sherrill
Decatur 1
Nat Rosenzweig
Mrs.l. Lesser
S. E Ryan
Decatur 4
Frank Emmons
Athens
J. H. Russell
Benjamin F. Teal
Bank Street Postoffice
Alabama Postoffice
B. T. Rister
Teal
Lonnie Black
Seventh Street
Davis Street
Osphal Shoemake
Culiman
Hugh's Infirmary
Frederick J. Baker
Eighth Street
Decatur Gener Hospital
Mae Wallace
Decatur 2
Andryne Reid
Vinemont 3
Nell Wright
R. Chandler
Fourth Avenue West
James Wilson
Nancy
Russville
Tanner
Bankhead
James L.rankin
Meadow
Dairies
Alabama
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