Detroit Manufacturer to Move Auto Seat Cover Plant
Walter L. Fry of Detroit says his company will relocate manufacturing to Columbus Georgia due to labor policy and high rates, with headquarters to remain in Detroit. He cites a 1937 gross of 1,317,000 and only 5,000 profit, blaming strikes and motor-industry interruptions for losses and high prices. He notes labor absorbed about 1.68 of every 2 dollars of output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Walter L. Pry
Roosevelt
Murphy
Columbus
Fry
Mrs Gridley Dies in Alabama Car Crash
Mrs Gridley was killed when the automobile left Highway 31 near Perdido and overturned several times. Roy Gridley, injured, was described as satisfactory at Atmore General Hospital. The Gridleys had been returning to Birmingham from a weekend in Fairhope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
Roy Gridley
Birmingham
Perdido
Atmore General Hospital
Gridle
Gridley
W. E. Griffin
Stapleton
31 KINGS Continued From Page One
A whimsical census style list for Decatur mentions numerous surnames and local details. It notes many Deans, Grooms, and other common names, with references to weather, occupations, and daily life. The piece blends humor and a mock population sketch with scattered international mentions.
Dance to Death in Kaysville as Cow Dies
In Kaysville Utah on June 14 Otto Ludwig reports his cow died after collapsing during a dance event. The incident details are sparse with the animal's cause unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaysville
Utah
Starmer Otto Ludwig
Ludwig
Markets Rally With Mixed Leads Amid Railroad and Steel Drift
Wall Street moved unevenly with slight gains and losses in a tepid session. Rail bond weakness due to hoped federal relief weighed on sentiment while steel and carmakers showed modest resilience. Export activity and late buying left the index higher by about 9 to 11 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Washington
Commission House
Congress
Bethlehem Steel
U. 8S. Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
Western Union
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Smelting
Westinghouse
General Electric
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Union Carbide
American Telephone
International Business Machines
Eastman Kodak
Standard Oil
N. J
Consolidated Edison
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Goodyear
Carnegie-Illinois Company
U. S. Steel
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Steady in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures (41 per cent) closed dull in Memphis. Closing prices for June through January show 20.75 for June, 21.25 for July, 21.50 for August, 21.75 for September, 22.10 for October, 22.10 for November, 22.30 for December, and 22.40 for January with 900 sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Report
Markets at a Glance notes steady stocks as rail buying mischief continues. Bonds mixed with late rail upturn, curb narrow as industries resist rally. Foreign exchange firm with sterling and francs rally. Cotton higher while sugar softer and coffee easy as trade selling pressures spread. In Chicago wheat excited by damage fears and corn higher due to hogs. hogs down 10 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sterling and Frances
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady with small gains in New Orleans
The market ended with modest advances across futures contracts led by July and October positions. Open high and low ranges show mixed activity while spot middling prices sit around 8.29 with the N nominal note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report Delivers Steady Trends
Nashville Tenn June 14 cattle 150 calves 150 steady grassy steers and heifers 6.50 8.00 fat steers and yearlings to 9.00 beef cows and bulls 6.50 down cutter grades 3.50 4.50 vealery top 8.00 500 five lower butchers 140 300 lbs 7.95 8.80 sows 7.10 sheep 1000 indications around steady or 8.50 down for spring lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Ashville
Tenn
Poultry Prices Reported by Chicago Market
Chicago market notes for June 14 show live poultry prices with 43 trucks. Hens firm while chicks remain weak. hens under 5 pounds at 18 1 2. Broilers colored 17 1 2. Plymouth and White Rock 18 1 2. leg horn under 2 pounds 15, 2 pounds 16. Fryers colored 17 1 2. plus Plymouth and White Rock 18 1 2. Springs colored 18 1 2. Plymouth and White Rock 19 1 2. springs bareback chickens 15. Other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans today cottonseed oil closed steady with futures quoted across months. Prices show July at 7.41B, September 7.32B, October 7.27B, December 7.23B, January 7.25B, with bids indicated as B bid and nominal figures cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices and Totals
New Orleans market closed dull on June 14 with 11 points decline. Sales reached 34 bales. low middling 7.11, mid 8.36, good middling 8.91 cents. Receipts 3,065. stocks 707,719.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cotton Trend Shifts Wheat Spurring Cotton Buying
New Orleans June 14 A faint wheat rally spurred responsive buying in cotton as traders priced futures and monitored market cues. The brief note indicates early activity with supporters watching for stronger price signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Arrest hoax confuses Texarkana sheriff on bank robbery trio
Texarkana Arkansas June 14 Sheriff Ace Griffin puzzled by a New York telegram claiming that Charles Chapman Floyd Hamilton and Ted Walters were in custody. The three suspects tied to the Bradley Arkansas bank heist and an $18 000 Minden Louisiana robbery are federal fugitives listed with DOJs public enemy and Dyer act charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Ace Griffin
Lewisville
New York
Charles Chapman
Floyd Hamilton
Ted Walters
Ned Stewart
Griffin
New York City
Federal Court Building
Chapman
Hamilton
Walters
Bradley, Ark
Minden
Bank and Trust Company
Department of Justice
Shreveport
Three Men Are Killed In Pennsylvania Roadhouse
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania police investigated a gang related double shooting at a roadhouse. Three men Leonard Adducci Peter Biscietti and Gustine Starace all of Philadelphia were shot in the head and found in and near the tearoom and check room. A bloody hat was found about 200 feet from the tearoom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
Louis
Buono
Lester Lucas
Louis Buono
Leonard Adducci
Peter Biscietti
Gustine Starace
Philadelphia
Biscietti
Starace
Adducci
Butter and Eggs Prices In Chicago Markets
Chicago market report lists butter at 1,482,052 pounds with various grades and prices from extras to standards. Eggs priced at 24,179 pounds with fresh graded and local firsts, cars and current receipts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wheat futures rise on rust fears in Chicago market
Chicago wheat futures climbed amid renewed worries over black rust damage, pushing prices up several cents in Chicago and Winnipeg. Traders feared northward spread into Canada even as brisk profit taking trimmed earlier gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Winnipeg
Canada
Thompson Named New Docks Post at Mobile
Frederick I. Thompson resigns from Alabama docks commission and is elected director of Mobile free trade zone at the state docks. He serves two years earning $500 a month. Frank P. Folmar is named to fill Thompson's vacancy on the three member commission. The free trade zone opens July 4 allowing foreign ships to unload and process goods without duties until entry into the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
Alabama Docks Commission
Mobile State Docks
Thompson
Frank P. Folmar
Docks Commission
Grain futures figures from a historical market brief
The record shows yesterday's finish with July and Sept prices for corn and oats. July 3-8-5-8 and Sept 81 1-8-3-8 refer to price codes, while corn 3-8-3-4 up and oats 3-8-7-8 adva indicate advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adva
Three Suspects Held After Greensboro Robbery Attack
A Greensboro posse of 300 to 400 arrested Alfred Williams after a Saturday night attack on city librarian Mrs. Alex Waller. Eddie Harris is questioned, Oscar Holman held for protection. Fingerprints to Kilby prison for comparison. search continues for another intruder and a kitchen assault suspect. The men are negro and from Hale county, with Sheriff Hollis coordinating the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Ala
Calvin Hollis
Alfred Williams
Alex Walter
Williams
Hale County
Hollis
Eddie Harris
Oscar Holman
Holman
Kilby
Ben Brown
Brown
Waller
Jeff Martin
Ten Accepted For U S Army
The local U S Army Recruiting Station announces ten young white men tentatively accepted for the Regular Army. Names incl Ford Willis Ralph Robertson Murdock and others with assignments to Fort Benning or the Hawaiian Islands. Vacancies remain in Panama Canal Zone and Fort Benning. call or write Recruiting Station Decatur for qualification details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Ford Willis
Tuscumbia
Robert M. Springer
Rogersville
Noah E. Thornton
James W. Smith
Cullman
George A. Neville
Trinity
Raymond C. McDowra
Decatur
Theron A. Mote
Willard Davis
Courtland
C. G. King
Austinville
Juddie A. Morrow
Eva
James H. Bedingfield
Tanner
Messers
Willis
King
Morrow
Fort Benning
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Columbus
Georgia
U. S Army Recruiting Station
Factions collide as UAW suspends officers in purge
Homer Martin uses emergency powers to suspend five UAW officers amid a bitter internal split within the CIO affiliated union. Four vice presidents and secretary treasurer George Addes face removal, with Desmond Garst named temporary replacement as a Detroit trial looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Martin
United Auto Workers Union
Martin
International U. A
Japanese Fleet Advances Toward Hankow After Nanking Breakthrough
The Japanese said their fleet moved 15 miles up the river from Nanking Anhwei provincial capital in a surprise night attack. From Anking they faced a 215 mile drive to Hankow ahead of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
Nanking
Anhwei
Anking
Wyle to Lead Devotions at Alabama Convention Banquet
Dr and Mrs Edwin Wyle attend the 53rd Alabama State Convention of Christian Churches in Anniston. Dr Wyle will lead devotions at all sessions and speak at the Alabama Layman's League banquet at the Hotel Jefferson Davis on Wednesday evening. Census shows 1942 blind deaf mutes in US and 169 in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Wyle
Anniston
Decatur Community Notes and Local Updates
Frances Ray improves after a sudden bout of colitis. Rev J F Ray to speak on Revelations at First Baptist mid week service. Capt Raymond Brown returns home from Biloxi hospital. St Pauls Lutheran teacher training group meets 7:30. Billy Duncan attends Washington and Lee University events. Malaria and colitis illnesses noted among residents. Fort Stephen Decatur dedication tickets roll out. strong turnout expected. Local voters travel to polls. run off intrigue includes Limestone sheriff hopefuls. State patrol issues, absentee Morgan county vote analysis. Various visits, meetings, and business calls across Decatur and surrounding areas.
Kidnapper pleads guilty in Cash case court action
Franklin Pierce McCall 21 pleaded guilty at arraignment to kidnapping James Bailey Cash Jr for ransom a capital offense and admitted killing the five year old Princeton boy in a case heard by Judge H F Atkinson A grand jury indicted him on one kidnapping for ransom and two counts of murder with trial set pending defense counsel assignment McCall was guarded by 18 deputies and hinted he preferred the electric chair to a life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
George A. Worley
Cash
McCall
H. F. Atkinson
Atkinson
Balloting expands liquor ban to 24 counties statewide
The public service commission race pitted W. Clint Harrison against Arthur Heustess. Steagall, longtime congressman and chair of the banking committee, introduced the guaranteed bank deposits bill and backed major New Deal monetary acts. Farmer, new to politics, relied on agrarian support in the Wire Grass district with James E. Folsom backing him. County races will be decided across Alabama’s 67 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
W. Clint Harrison
Arthur Heustess
State Board of Administration
Steagall
Congress
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Farmer
James E. Fols
Bridge contract awarded for B-Line project details
The state highway department awarded a $52 797 contract to W C Howton Contracting Company of Birmingham for the concrete sub site of a new bridge across the Warrior River near Kimberly on the Birmingham Decatur highway. The steel super structure bid remains unawarded pending approval from the U S Bureau of Public Roads. Nashville Bridge Co Nashville Tenn submitted the low super structure bid of $51 990.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
W. C. Howton
Bristol Senior Bypasses Tradition for Will Based Trophy
Bristol Conn June 14 The Bristol High School seniors chose not to print the class annual as usual. Arthur Gardekas discovered the omission and took a lead role using a duplicating machine to produce copies selling at a dime each. His effort yielded a tidy profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briston
Conn
Bristol High School
Arthur Gardekas
Arthur
Rev J Vernon Rich Opens Huntsville Revival Series
Rev J Vernon Rich of Huntsville launches a revival at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist with a sermon on the words of Peter from Acts chapter ten. He stresses that true revival requires God to have His way, followed by prayer and service, and urges public attendance with services at 10 am and 7 30 pm nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Vernon Rich
Huntsville
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Peter
Rich
God
Decatur
Suit Filed by Candidate Over Beer Reference on Ads
G L Evers of Dadeville Alabama filed in federal court seeking 125000 damages from Advance Match and Printing Company alleging breach of contract and libel for a political advertising matchbook. The suit says inside cover cartoon was ribald and obscene and caused embarrassment during a dry campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
G. L. Evers
Dadeville
Ala
Evers
Tallapoosa
Evers’ Sult
Vacation Bible School Opens at Central Methodist Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Central Methodist Church will open Monday June 20 for two weeks. Miss Lucy Bell leads a staff to teach Bible study recreation handiwork and other subjects with classes for beginners primaries juniors and intermediates. Classes run 9 to 11 30 each weekday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Lucy Bell
Central Methodist
Britain Vinaroz and Castellon drive on Valencia
Vinaroz lies between Castellon and Barcelona at the northern tip of a coastal plain toward Valencia. Last April 15 access to the town passed to Francoist forces as they pushed the final phase of their drive on Valencia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinaroz
Castellon
Barcelona
Valencia
Francisco Franco
Alabama Education Chief Calls For System Analysis
Tuscaloosa June 14 Dr Albert H Collins state superintendent urged a searching analysis and critical evaluation of Alabama public schools. He spoke at a joint luncheon of the state education conference and the Alabama Institute of Parents and Teachers at the University of Alabama.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgia City
Lyons
Cain and
Abel
England
Holland
Britain
Glasgow
iBcott
Rome
Sharpe
Wiley
Boss
Gene Ahern
Dorydock
Walt
Somerset
RED Deer Hunt
Decatur’s
Frances Ray
J. F. Ray
First Baptist Church
Raymond Brown
Veterans Hospital
Biloxi
Miss
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. T. Town
Billy Duncan
Washington and Lee University
Frank Malcolm Martin
Wilma Bloodworth
P. H. Sandlin
Prospect Drive
Fort Stephen Decatur
J. O. Colvard
American Legion Post
Lammie Whitt
Athens
Whitt
Martin Whitt
Limestone County
State Highway Patrol
North Alabama
Supreme Court
Julian
Eva High School
Tuscaloosa
PTA
R. M. Stidger
Morgan County
Regina Whitt
Ardmore
Mrs. L. D. Whitt
Grant Street
George T. Woodruff
S.o.maner
Falkville High School
E.G. Hamilton
Priceville High School
Howard Malcove
Mrs. Raymond Hodges
Jeff Rowe
Falkville
Morgan County Board of Revenue
W. F. Owens
Wheeler
A. J. MacCulloch
Maydon McCulloch
McCulloch
T. E. Lovelady
Winston County
Hartselle
Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wallace Meadows
Third Avenue, West
E. C. Rivers
Ernest Hollinson
Route 4
E. C. Townsend
Fred Pentecost
Theodore Lindsey
Lacon
Wiley Cook
Somerville
Herbert Wright
Danville
Union Grove
Cecil H. Brooks
Ernest Simpson
Hal Whisenant
Orville Allen
Lasseter
Nashville
Robert Coker
Scottsboro
Benevolent Society Hospital
Ruby Emens
Sarah Pruitt
Points
Florida
The
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
John W. Jones
Vacation Bible School
Tennessee Valley Company
James L, Rankin
Sec’y-Treas
Tennessee Valley Bank Building
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!