Decatur to Build Electric Power System Beginnings Soon
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta approved 268000 in electric power bonds for Decatur with a total project cost of 350000 including an 82000 grant. Officials expect funds and construction to start Monday, with 3.7 miles of white way and a grant loan split used for bonds and system setup. City officials confirm use of funds and compliance with PWA requirements.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Decatur
John A. Caddell
Atlanta Bank
United States
Caddell
R. N. Harris
H. O. Troup
Reserve Bank
Public Works Administration
Washington
PWA
Treasury Departments
T. M. Francis
Paul Haley
Birmingham
Dyer Electric Company
Treasury Department
Child’s Leg Broken When Hit by Car
Billy Evans adopted son of Miss Mattie Evans suffered a broken left leg after being struck by a car driven by O M Trotman in the 200 block of E Gordon Drive at 10 this morning. J Walker, passing in a truck, carried the boy to Baugh’s Infirmary where he was treated. the injury is not considered dangerous.
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Billy Evans
Mattie Evans
Baugh
E. Gordon
O. M. Trotman
Flint
Immedia
J. . Walker
Tax Distribution Summary for Morgan County June 1 15
Distribution of summer taxes for June 1 to June 15 totals 4501.07 per H R Summer Morgan County tax collector. Allocations include 1227.39 to the state 1757.77 to Morgan County 1000.39 to district school funds 367.63 to city of Decatur district 69 funds 123 to Hartselle 13.73 to Falkville 9.20 to Austinville and 1.96 to Decatur for automobile tax only.
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H. R. Summer
Morgan County
City of Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
Austinville
Minister and Son Arrested in Divorce Court Fight
In Mobile Alabama on June 18 Rev George W McCoy 54 and his son A P McCoy were jailed after a fist fight as deputies tried to arrest A P McCoy during a divorce hearing custody ruling. Both men received 50 fine or five days in jail. The minister had previously run unsuccessfully for the state house in the May 3 primary.
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Mobile
Ala
Chancery Court
George W. McCoy
A. P. McCoy
Pearl McCoy
Alvin Farmer
Hobson Hargett
McCoy
James H. Webb
McCoys
State House of Representatives
Missing Boy Is Back Home in Mobile
John Locke Jr a 10 year old missing since June 6 has returned to his Mobile home. Police chief Warren said Charles Romey Corlett of Mobile is being questioned on a general holding charge. The boys and Corlett were hunted across several states as authorities investigated their 11 day disappearance. The effort note says they spent much of the time on Perdido Bay in Baldwin County. A Catholic sister who vanished from Mercy convent remains untraced.
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Mobile
Ala
John Locke, Jr
Emory V. Warren
Charles “Romey
Corlett
Young Locke
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John
Romey
Texas
John Locke, Sr
Perdido Bay
Baldwin County
Convent of Mercy
Southeast Alabama principals conference at State Teachers College
Educators from the Southeast Alabama conference of school principals and superintendents will meet at 7 State Teachers College on June. The gathering in Troy, Alabama, aims to discuss education leadership and district concerns.
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Troy
Ala
State Teachers College
Morgan County Fish Rodeo Promises Big Attendance
The Morgan County Conservation Club hosts a two day fish rodeo starting next Wednesday with hundreds of entrants and more expected before the Tuesday deadline. Prizes include cash and fishing tackle as organizers finalize plans at a courthouse meeting celebrating Morgan’s status as a top local fishing center.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Conservation Club
Jefferson County
Morgan
Ile County
John James Cain Receives Reserve Commission
The War Department announced the appointment to the Reserve Corps on June 18. First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Jacob Weinberger of Montgomery. Second Lieutenants include John James Cain of Moorestown, and Bradt M. Cameron of Birmingham among others in Birmingham Calera and mobile areas.
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Washington
War Department
Jacob Weinberger
Montgomery
John James Cain
Mooresville
Bradt M. Cameron
Birmingham
James P. Ennis
Hiram J. Greene, Jr
James E. Gunn
Calera
Armistead R. Harper
Monroeville
Leo Kling, Jr
Mobile
Samuel H. Lowry
Huntsville
Hugh Everett
Berlin Raids Seize Hundreds of Jews in Anti Semitic Drive
Berlin reports detail police raids on Jewish homes and businesses described as a drive to capture anti social and criminal elements. About 460 Jews arrested May 31 and Thursday, with 76 heavily implicated and 51 foreigners without papers.
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Berlin
Koenigstrasse
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Frankfurter Allee
New Congress Planned Agenda From Washington News Desk
Washington reports a ready made program for the 76th congress to convene next January. Key items include railroad relief, extensions of relief funds, crop control act revisions, tax law changes, and anti trust law review. The article notes debate over a special session and a business upswing as essential to railroads' fate.
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Washington
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Wheeler
D., Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Absentees Vote 100 Percent in Municipal Election
Absentee voters show near full participation as ballots requests total 86 and 74 have returned their votes with 12 still outstanding. Observers expect the absentee tally to reach close to 100 percent as ballots may arrive until election day.
Unemployment Insurance Now May Be Claimed In Other States
Alabama residents with sufficient earnings in other states may claim benefits through a 36 state cooperation. The Alabama office will assist filings after exhausting Alabama credits, forwarding reports to the liable state while acting as agent.
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Alabama
Washington, D. C
B. H. Tillman
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
Winston
Mr. Tillman
Alabama Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Tillman
Aid distribution in Alabama May welfare totals
Montgomery June 18 The Alabama department of public welfare announced it gave $245,496 in financial assistance to 22,933 cases in May. Of the assistance, the federal government contributed $99,748, the state $82,280, and local governments $63,467.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Department of Public Welfare
Season's First Cotton Blooms Are Shown Here
J W Sandlin receives the season's first cotton bloom of 1938, grown on his land near Alabama Hosiery Mills south of the city. Blooming unusually early on June 18, earlier than typical July maturation. He brought two early blossoms to The Daily office this morning. Sandlin has produced first blooms in past years as well.
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J. W. Sandlin
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Mr. Sandlin
Mrs M B Hall Called Home
Mollie B Hall 72 died at home at 426 Grant Street after a heart attack. Final rites at 2:30 p m Sunday with Rev R T Liston and Rev Lewis H Knight officiating. burial at Courtland Cemetery directed by Brown Decatur. Survived by two daughters and five sons with pallbearers named. longtime member of Presbyterian church.
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Mollie B. Hall
Grant Street
R. T. Liston
Lewis H. Knight
Courtland Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Mra. J. ©. Colvard
Charles Hardeman
W. L. Hall
Oklahoma City
H. B
Birming Co. B
Burgs
Arizona
F. Pp
Birmingham
Ernest Hall
W. H. Carter
A. J. Houser
R. F. Warren
R. H. Tweedy
A. F. Redman
Fred Ashford
Hall
J. B. Beemer
Courtland
The
Presbyterian Church
North Alabama
Roosevelt Hull policy debate shifts as Congress recesses
Washington dispatch notes rising scrutiny of Roosevelt Hull foreign policy as Congress quits, with hints that the State Department quietly tests a new approach to keep aggressor nations guessing. Secretary Hull cites public condemnation of wartime barbarities and a Senate resolution denouncing civilian bombings.
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Milo Thompson
Washington
Congress
State Department
Hull
Senate
Search Made for Burglars Here
Local police investigate two Friday night burglaries. A wheel was stolen from a car belonging to Wilsop Brazelton at 301 East Church Street and another wheel taken from the spare rack. The Gulf Refining Company plant on Canal Street was entered with three lock boxes rifled. two gasoline containers were missing from a broken pump lever. no gasoline confirmed stolen.
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Gulf Refining Company
Canal Street
Wilsop Brazelton
Church Street
Gulf
Former resident dies in Tennessee in Kelson burial held here
J. H. Bascomb Rowe, 78, of Kelson, Tenn., died there recently and burial took place in City cemetery here June 10. Rowe was a former Decatur resident. Survivors include three grandchildren, Mrs. Carl Hendon, Walter and Rudolph Moebes.
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J. H. Bascomb Rowe
Kelson, Tenn
City Cemetery
Rowe
Decatur
Carl Hendon
Walter
Rudolph Moebes
John Roosevelt and Anne Clark wed in Nahant ceremony
John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark married in a noon Episcopal ceremony at the 107 year old Union church in Nahant Massachusetts. President Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt watched from front row as relatives and government officials attended.
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Nahant
Mass
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Union Church
Roosevelt
New England
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Henry Knox Sherrill
Episcopal
Massachusetts
Hosiery Union Faults Alabama Mills in Labor Board Case
The National Labor Relations Board schedules a July 18 hearing in Decatur Alabama on a complaint by the American Federation of Hosiery Workers alleging unjust labor practices by Alabama Hosiery Mills. The case seeks reinstatement with back pay for Jess Landers and Frank Barnes and cites discharge tied to union activity.
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National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Railroad Street
Charlies N. Felderson
Jess Landers
Frank Barnes
Knittera
American Federation of Hoasery Workers
Decatur
Ala
Alabama
Jeff Landers
Edw. F. Callahan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Weather Summary For Tennessee Alabama And Gulf States
Weather report notes the Tennessee River at 19.8 feet and 7 am reading with 0.63 inches of rain in the last day. Max 89, min 65. Alabama shows cloudy periods and local thunder showers. Tennessee remains partly cloudy with possible showers and a mild week outlook.
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Tennessee
Alabama
East Gulf States
Southern Plains
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Paul Gilson
Rosemary Webster
New York
Canton
N. Y
Rochester
Gilson
St. Lawrence University
James Cain
Senos
Heath
Nahant Police
Boston
Lowells
Cabots
Coolidges
Thorndykes
Anna Cabot Mills Lodge
Senator Lodge
Anne
Potomac
Hamilton
Nahant Club
F. Haven Clark
AHN
Labor Board
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