Young Hight leads central Methodist youth service
Duncan Hunter led a youth service at Central Methodist focusing on finding one's place in God’s plan. Dr. J. D. Hunter urged young people to seek their calling, whether in medicine law ministry or business, and to dedicate themselves to God’s work with testimonies of reconsecration and future life commitments.
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Central Methodist
Duncan Hunter
J. Hunter
Jesus
J. D. Hunter
Bismark
Christ
God
Wall Street Holds Steady After Inflation Talk From London
Markets show limited movement as inflation talk from London tempers gains in raw materials and shares. Oil, copper, and textile markets show modest activity while rail bonds slump and gold buys rise in London.
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Ettate Sugant
New York
Wall Street
London
Tes
Goodyear
U. S, Rubber
Sears
International Harvester
Standard of N. J
Texas Corp
American Smelting
Dupont, McIntyre
Dome
Eastman, Penney
Johns Manville
New Plant for Mobile by American Cyanamid
Governor Bibb Graves announces that American Cyanamid and Chemical Corp of New York has contracted for a substantial land tract in Mobile to build a manufacturing plant. H L Derby confirms the Mobile site as the first unit will start at once producing sulphate of alumina for paper and water purification with expansion planned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
New York
Mobile
H. L. Derby
Revival Has Great Start at Ninth Street Methodist
Revival services at Ninth Street Methodist draw large crowds with both morning and evening attendance. The evangelist declares Christ transforms individuals and society, urging personal contact with Christ to shape world relations. Tomorrow's message titled The Glorious Gospel of Christ. Daily children and youth services precede main meetings.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
Christ
Evangelist
Decatur Community News Roundup Updates
Fr iday community prayer service cancelled. Local residents noted for health updates include Little Glindon Julian recovering from measles and Emily Anne Peebles improving after an appendix operation. Revival services close at Central Methodist Church with young people finale.
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Emily Anne Peebles
Mooresville
Benevolent Society Hospital
Revival at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Grows Rapidly
Revival services at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church draw a large congregation as Rev. Vernon Rich preaches on the Finished Product of Sin from James chapter 15. He warns that lust conceived leads to sin and death with homes destroyed, and promises a later talk on A Remedy for Sin. Daily services at 10 am and 7 30 pm feature a 30 minute song service directed by W R Wallace and tonight's topic You Cant Get Away With It.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Vernon Rich
James
Rich
W. R. Wallace
Rev. Rich
Revered Cowell to Lead Midweek Baptist Service
The Central Baptist church mid week prayer and Bible study will be led by Rev. John C. Cowell Jr this evening. He will start the first epistle of Peter while larger crowds already attend studies in the first epistle of John and more are expected for Peter.
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Central Baptist Church
John C. Cowell, Jr
Peter
Two Games To Be Played Tonight In Local Softball Schedule
Two games are set tonight at Benson. At 7 30 the Cooper Wells team, coming off a rough season, faces a rejuvenated Decatur Iron and Steel. The second game matches Parks Grocery and River on rely in a well matched contest.
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Benson
Cooper-Wells
Decatur Iron & Ie
Ms A5
Parks Grocery
River On Rely
Carter's Liver Pills Promise Morning Energy Boost
The ad claims Carter's Liver Pills purge two pounds of liquid bile from the liver to restore vitality each morning. It markets quick relief from sour mood and fatigue, asserting the liver becomes cleansed and daily performance improves.
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Carter
Markets at a Glance and Cotton Futures Report
June 15 New York markets show mixed moves with bonds soft, metals firm, and foreign exchange quiet. New Orleans and New York cotton futures closed steady to higher on July through May contracts with spot middling at 8.33.
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New York
Storling
Chicago
New Orleans
N. Y
Cotton closes steady higher in New Orleans spot market
Spot cotton in New Orleans on June 15 closed quiet but 6 points up. Sales totaled 134 bales with low middling at 7.17, middling at 7.42, good middling at 8.97. Receipts 597, stock 707,798.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with June 20.65 July 20.85 Aug 21.10 Sept 21.80 Nov 21.90 Dec 22.15 and Jan 22.25. Sales totaled 1,300 contracts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Bid
In New Orleans on June 15, cottonseed oil markets closed steady with prices listed for bleachable prime summer yellow at 7.60 nominal and prime crude at 6.37 1 2 6.62 1 2 nominal. Futures quoted 742B Sept 737B Oct 7.32B Dec 7.30B Jan 7.32B. B bids noted.
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New Orleans
Livestock Prices Report From Nashville Auction
Cattle 200 and calves 150 noted with grass cattle weak to 25 lower while fat cattle hold firm. Plain and medium grassy heifers and steers 6.50 to 7.50 with fat yearlings to 9.00. Beef cows and bulls 6.00 down. cutter cows 3.50 to 4.50. Hogs 400 head, prices up dime. butchers 150 to 300 lbs 8.00 to 8.90, top paid for 170 to 250 lbs. Sheep 1,000 head with no market reported early.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Poultry market steady as prices hold in Chicago
Poultry live and supply trucks across Chicago run steady with 38 trucks on hand and prices unchanged as of mid June. Notable activity patterns show stable demand and consistent canny pricing across the market.
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Chicago
Wheat Prices Jump Then Dip In Active Chicago Trade
Chicago wheat surged 23 8 cents in the day's most active session, twice the recent average, before profit taking erased much of the gain. Winter crop estimates fell, with N C Murray placing the outlook at 730 to 750 million bushels versus 843 million late May. July and Sept futures closed near unchanged to slightly lower.
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Chicago
N.C. Murray
Interest rises for Morgan County fish rodeo June 22 23
The Morgan County Conservation Club hosts a fish rodeo Schedules run from 1 pm Wednesday June 22 to 1 pm Thursday June 23. Competitors fish Wheeler Lake Wilson Lake and tributaries. About 300 registrations already received with 75 from county ports. Prizes total about 20 in multiple classes. Tuesday night is registration deadline.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Conservation Club
Wheeler Lake
Wilson Lake
Jefferson
TVA Committee Reassembles in Knoxville July 11
The congressional TVA investigating committee recessed in Washington and will meet again in Knoxville on July 11. Chairman Donahey announced a chief engineer will be named but not disclosed until accepted. Staff hiring is paused. headquarters will be set up in Knoxville around July 4. Further hearings may occur in Washington this fall.
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Washington
Congressional
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Donahey
Ohio
Denaney
TVA
Roosevelt Act Expands Wage Hour Protections and Penalties
The act exempts certain workers including outside salesmen and service-establishment staff from wages rules while covering others in interstate commerce. It bans shipments by violators, prohibits firing or penalizing whistleblowers, and imposes liquidated damages equal to unpaid wages. Violations carry up to $10,000 fines and possible jail time, with first offenses limited.
Doctor A G Rice Named Tuberculosis Chief in North Alabama
The state health department in Montgomery announced that Dr A G Rice of Northville Michigan has been named director of tuberculosis control in North Alabama. Dr Rice previously served on the staff of the William H Maybury sanatorium Northville, succeeding Dr Kellie Joseph who has retired to return to private practice.
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State Health Department
Montgomery
A. G. Rice
Northville
Mich
North Alabama
Kellie Joseph
Rice
William H. Maybury Sanatorium
Powell named deputy sheriff replacing Sandlin in county office
Powell, a local attorney and Falkville native, will become chief deputy sheriff under Bud Davis and serve under Davis’s father B. B. E. Davis, succeeding J. Street Sandlin. Herman Sandlin, an unsuccessful nomination bidder, remains a deputy. Powell is a University of Alabama graduate making his first bid for elective office.
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Bud Davis
B. BE. Davis
J. Street Sandlin
Herman Sandlin
Powell
University of Alabama
Falkville
Wharton Sweet and Smith lead Alabama runoff returns
Unofficial returns from yesterday's run off primary in Jefferson County show R H Wharton winning the commission presidency with 21 335 votes Henry W Sweet leads associate commissioner race with 17 042 and R E Smith tops the commissioner race with 11 454 Harry B E Smith wins sheriff race with 17 379 and chief deputy Charlie McCombs has 15 353 votes. The legislature results list Mark Hod e and others leading in the first seven seats.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. H
Bob) Wharton
County Commission
Henry W. Sweet
Harry BE. Smith
Jenu
Commission
Wharton
R. E
Bob) Smith
Sweet
W. L. Adams
Smith
Charlie McCombs
Mark Hode
A Kaul
Ivy Gwin
Sidney Smyer
Sven Seemens
Welch Liae
Roger Snyder
J. Paul Meeks
J. R. Todd
George Frey
A. M. Romeo
Hamilton
George W. Ge
Willard McCall
Alabama Democrat runoff race tallies reported in statewide notes
Unofficial returns from 1492 of 2274 boxes in Alabama's Democratic runoff for the Public Service Commission show W. Clint Harrison 76761 votes and Arthur Heustess 72379. House banking panel chief Henry B. Steagall wins in the third district with 15425 to 11325 over J Hubert Farmer. Marengo County votes to legalize liquor sales in state stores amid uneven absentee box results. Clanton election disturbances prompt sheriff inquiry into absentee box seizure and missing votes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Public Service Commission
W. Clint Harrison
Arthur Heustess
Henry B. Steagall
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Steagall
J. Hubert Farmer
Dothan
Marengo
Marengo County
Clanton
Chilton
J. R. Hardy
City Mission seeks piano for new community center
Officers urge donations of an old piano or organ for use at the Putnam building center at 1337 Fourth avenue south. Services are planned at 7:30 tonight to support the opening event.
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City Mission Board
Putnam Building
Fourth Avenue
South
New Bone Grafting Scheme Laid Bare
Surgery using shinbone splints to bridge six inches along the back aims to stop chronic backaches. Developed at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, it was reported at the American Medical Association meeting in San Francisco on June 15.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Gadsden Payroll Reaches Year High at Republic Steel
The Gadsden Times reports Republic Steel Corporation payroll in Gadsden for May was the largest of the year and May payrolls are expected to rise further in June.
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Gadsden
Ala
North Alabama youths urged to join the Regular Army
Young white citizens from North Alabama are listed as tentatively accepted for the regular army and sent to enlistment stations. Burns Miller go to Hawaii and Fort Benning. Kelley Hall to Panama Canal Zone. Gist brothers and Pounders to Panama Canal Zone. Recruiters urge 18 to 35 year olds to apply at Decatur recruiting office for details.
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North Alabama
Willie G. Burns
Albertville
Stanley Z. Kelley
Cullman
Jesse M
Meadows L. Gist
St. Joseph
Tenn
Bruce
Miller
Tanner
Joseph B. Hall
Hazel Green
Bufford Pounders
Thompson St
Florence
Young Burns
Hawaiian Islands
Kelley and Hall
Fort Benning
Gist Brothers
Young Pounders
Panama Canal Zone
Regular Army
U. S. Army
Post Office
Decatur
Senate and House Eye Railroad Loans and Unemployment Aid
Senator Hill of Alabama chaired a Senate debate on a proposal near eighty three million dollars for corn growers. A Senate resolution for a five hundred thousand antitrust inquiry was approved by the House while a move to probe radio industry monopoly failed. Wagner won White House clearance on railroad loan liberalization but passage this session seemed unlikely. leaders expect a separate unemployment insurance system for railroad workers to pass.
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Hill
Hill D
Ala
Senate
House
Labor, Commerce, Treasury and Justice Departments
Federal Trade and Securities Commissions
Wagner
N. Y
Senate Banking Committee
White House
Burleson Charged With Misuse of Office and Road Spending
The district indictment accuses Commissioner Burleson of letting dangerous bridges persist, excess intemperance during his term, and spending about 60 000 on a road per mile near his land while neglecting repairs elsewhere. It also alleges improper gasoline mixing with a relative and missing records, harming Morgan County property.
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Burleson
Morgan County
L. Martin
R. H. Burleson
Martin
Dance Revue of 1938 Stars to Dazzle Birmingham Audience
Mr and Mrs Jack Saxon lead a party of 20 from Birmingham to see the Dance Revue of 1938 at Princess theatre. Virginia McGraw and Joan Summer perform, both students at the Saxon studio. Miss Chelsa Maubry accompanies the numbers for the two dancers.
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Jack Saxon
Birmingham
Princess Theatre
Virginia McGraw
Joan Summer
Summer
McGraw
Chelsa Maubry
Differences of Churches Studied at St Louis Synod
At St Louis the Evangelical Lutheran Synod begins a 10 day meeting focusing on doctrinal rifts between two factions. Officials indicate no union with the American Lutheran church is planned but a closer relationship may be urged. The predestination dispute stems from 1881 when part of the membership formed the American Lutheran church.
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ST. Louis
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Absentee Ballots Cast in City Election Change Vote
Fifty-seven absentee ballots were cast today as residents prepare to vote next Tuesday on switching from aldermanic to a commission form of government. The measure faces unclear prospects as voters decide the city’s political structure.
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Decatur’s
Little Glindon Julian
Mrs. Cecil Julian
H. C. Allen
Atlanta
John H. Peebles
J. H. Chitwood
Betty Apperson
Madison
R. H. Walcott
Joe Sneed
George LaBoon
Virginia LaBoon
J. C. Shaddix
Laguna
James D. Hunter
Central Methodist Church
Central Methodist Revival
Robert Livingston
Grant, St
Montevallo
George Cassimuss
6Th. Ave. West
J. D. Royer
Lawrence County
Lewis H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Prospect Drive
W. T. Willoughby
Davis Evans
Brown
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
John Hardy, Jr
Judith Fay
Horace Bailey Akers
Loyd Strickland
Etha Faye
8. J. Smith
Otis Long
Hartselle
Happy Band Sewing Circle
J. M. Smith
Seventh Avenue
Cowell
Nashville. Livestock
Pecaturar
Vine
Second
Moulton
Grant
Moulton and West
Gates
Alabama Mills
Probers
Roosevelt
Harrison
ARMY
Seersucker
Batiste
Hargitt
E. F. Hargitt
Dillehay’s
Grant St
Bee Line Highway
Brown Domestic
Penney’s 3
Penney Company, Incorporated
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