Maxwell Announces Saturday Homestead Exemption Meeting
Morgan County tax assessor John M. Maxwell said claims for homestead exemption can be filed in person starting July 1 and due by October 1. Exemption saves about $13 yearly on a $2000 property. applies to state taxes only. Alabama Supreme Court ruled exemptions effective on percentages due October 1 and after. Tomorrow assessors from 13 north Alabama counties visit for planning. Attorney General Carmichael to give opinions on act clauses.
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John M. Maxwell
Morgan County
Maxwell
Alabama Supreme Court
North Alabama
A. A. Carmichael
Girl Would Aid Ensign in Navy Romance Fallout
Beulah Wollard Nash claims multiple marriages to support Chuck Nash Jr in regaining his Navy ensign status after being discharged for marrying while at the Naval Academy. She testified in a signed statement that her 1934 marriage to a Tech senior at Glenville, Georgia was to aid Nash and Charles Nash Jr in reinstatement. The case involves Elopement, annulling, and ongoing plans to appeal to the Secretary of the Navy in Washington.
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Baltimore
Beulah Gathleen Woolard
Navy
Gate
Tech
Glenville
Oren Anderson
Chas
Chuck) Nash, Jr
Chuck
South Mills
N. C
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Group continues as investigators probe Schick transfers
Investigators report that in 1935 Colonel Schick formed three Bahamas corporations and transferred 57,791 shares of Schick Dry Shaver stock as he allegedly sought Canadian citizenship. Prey notes the transfers left most of Schick Dry Shaver stock in these offshore entities.
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Investig
Schick Iember
Bahamas
Schick Dry Shaver Corporation
Prey
Schick
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues Across and Down
A compact crossword puzzle clue list featuring many standard entries. Across clues include Bachelor of arts abbr title of respect ventilate sly snare incline forward epic poem island in the Aegean sea fish of the Mediterranean self love and others. Down clues cover unlock retribution make less label dense inactive priest spiral of foot of a stain cow banter ardor Greek letter and related terms.
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Aegean Sea
Mediterranean
Ardor
J G Liles First Rural Carrier Celebrates 33 Years on Falkville Route
James G Liles, the first rural carrier on Falkville route one, marks 33 years of service since 1904. He has delivered about 3 270 000 pieces of mail across a 42 mile route, starting with horse and buggy and now on improved roads.
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Morgan County
Falkville
James G. Liles
Birmingham
Hartselle
Decatur
Eva
Jesse Liles
Liles
James
Jesse
Liles Brothers
Route One
Mr. Liles
Carrie
Parole for ex Birmingham banker Sam King at Maxwell Field
Sam C. King, former Birmingham banker, was released on parole from Maxwell Field federal prison camp and headed to Columbus Mississippi for a new automobile salesman job. The move was confirmed by prison authorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sam C. King
Birmingham
Maxwell Field
King
Columbus Miss
Alabama Pharmaceutical Association Meets to Close Three Day Conclave
Congressmen List er Hill and State Agriculture Commissioner R J Goode address the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association in Montgomery as members approve by law reforms to boost membership and public service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lister Hill
R. J. Goode
Alabama Pharmaceutical Association
Sam Watkins
Dora
Umpire Ben Levine Hit By Foul Tip In Selma Game
Umpire Ben Levine remained in satisfactory condition at Vaughan Memorial hospital after being struck on the head by a foul tip in the seventh inning of the Selma versus Mon game last night. He was taken to the hospital and had a fair night.
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Selma
Ala
Ben Levine
Mon
Vaughan Memorial Hospital
Levine
Markets Was Steft By Government Intervention
Markets show selective recoveries in a slow session led by utilities oils rails and specialties. Steel, motors, and copper lag but improve late. bonds gain, especially secondary rails. Notable names include Brooklyn Union Gas, Public Service of New Jersey, Consolidated Edison, General Electric, and Coca Cola among others. Carriers weak on freight data. Chrysler delayed.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Brooklyn Union Gas
North American
Electric Power & Light
American Water Works
American Power & Light
Public Service of N. J
Columbia Gas
Consolidated Edison
Western Union
Standard Oils of
N. J
California
Atlantic Coast Line
Great Northern
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
United Aiircraft
American Tobacco
Phelps Vers J. C. Penny
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
American Can
Kroger Grocery
Goodyear
Union Carbide
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Woolworth
American Telephone
du Pont
Anaconda
Kennecott
Cerro de Pasco
Chrysler
Cudahy Introduces Ever Ready Ham at Decatur Branch
Cudahy Packing Company announces a new ham named Ever Ready for its Decatur branch with manager J C Cella calling it the companys newest and finest product. He touts a perfected process that yields a tender ham and claims it loses only one third as much weight and needs one third less cooking time and fuel.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Decatur
J. C.cella
Cudahy
All Day Singing at Antioch Church
The annual singing will be held at Antioch church eight miles east of Somerville on Sunday. The program runs all day with dinner served at noon.
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Antioch Church
Somerville
Butter Eggs Prices Report From Chicago Market
Butter and eggs trade figures from Chicago on June 18 show unsettled butter at 93 score and 92 score, with various firsts and extras quoted. Egg prices list firm levels around 20 056, including extra firsts and storage packed grades, reflecting typical midweek market activity.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance in New York and Chicago
In New York on June 18, stocks remained steady with utilities higher in quiet trading. Bonds were uneven with Treasuries lower. curb, power and industrial shares bought. Foreign exchange steady as sterling and franc rose. cotton steady amid local and trade buying. Sugar faces uncertainty over legislation. coffee irregular with selling and commission house buying. Chicago markets show wheat down on Canadian rain, corn up with eastern shorts, cattle steady, hogs active 10-20 higher.
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New York
Treasuries
Chicago
U. S
Chicago meat market and steel strike rhetoric at mass meeting
At Chicago on June 18 the livestock market showed higher prices across hogs cattle and sheep with limited demand and steady to weak sales. Across steelworkers nationwide a mass meeting featured Kennedy denouncing industrial unionism and CIC leadership while Inland and Youngstown prepared to resume operations amid strike-linked tensions and a Johnstown rally planned by C IO officials.
Decatur Notes on Local Residents and Church Events
Local gossip lists visits and movements of Annie Louise Pruitt in Birmingham, R R Murphy in Decatur, J A Ryker from Parkville, and Mrs W D Carpenter moving to Birmingham. The Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church hosts a cottage prayer meeting, baptism candidates follow revival, and West Side Presbyterian plans an Missionary Society meeting.
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Annie Louise Pruitt
WPA
Birmingham
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Elizabeth Kilgore
Jackson Street
Missionary Society of Westside Presbyterian Church
Country Club Receives Fresh Paint At Valley Club
The Valley Country Club now presents a polished look after a new interior and exterior coat of paint directed by Bill Curtis. Mayor R. N. Harris is returning from New Orleans as part of ongoing club improvements.
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Cavalier
Valley Country Club
Harry Allen
Athens
George C. Curtis
Denver
Bill Curtis
the Valley Country Club
R. N. Harris
New Orleans
Cooking school draws large crowd at Morgan County show
A large audience attended the electrical appliance display at Morgan County High School in Hartselle. Sponsored by Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation and local dealers, the show features home and farm equipment and runs through Saturday night with a separate men’s program tonight.
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Morgan County High
Hartselle
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Decatur
Poultry Prices Mixed in Chicago Market Report
Chicago June 1 poultry market shows hens steady while chickens are weak. Live offerings include 57 trucks with varied weights and breeds such as leghorn hens and fryers colored Plymouth and white rock.
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Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Roosters
Chicago
Plymouth
Ex-resident Bassett Maguire to lecture at Cornell after sabbatical
Bassett Maguire former Decatur boy and his wife with two children visited his uncle Augustus Bassett on Wednesday. He plans to join Cornell University for summer teaching and will seek sabbatical opportunities at Harvard and Columbia during the next academic year. Maguire, a University of Georgia graduate, previously conducted biology research in British Guiana with William Beebe's labor at Kartabo. He holds a PhD expected in taxonomy and botany from Cornell in 1938.
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Bassett Maguire
Decatur
Augustus Bassett
A. G
Cornell
University of Georgia
Maguire
British Guiana
United States
William Beebe
Kartabo
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh
Utah State Agricultural College
A. G. Richards
Paul Nettleton Richards
Floise Knight
Lacon
DuBose School
Monteagle
Tenn
Oliver Co. Cox
St. John's Episcopal Church
Peter M. Dennis
Cox
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Florence
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Harteelle
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