Eva to Build $35000 Grammar School Block in July
R W Shepherd WPA supervisor announced start July 8 on a sandstone U–shaped grammar school on Eva high school campus. The project costs about 35000 with 326.50 from government and 709.77 from Morgan county. 400 student capacity, 13700 square feet, eight months to finish, sixty workers, rock from nearby quarry, old frame building to be torn down and salvaged.
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R. W. Shepherd
W.p.a
WPA
Morgan County
Morgan Board of Education
Decatur
Eva High School
Oden Ridge
Eva
Centerdale
Shepherd
Pva
Morgan County Fish Rodeo Gratitude Note
The Morgan County Conservation Club rodeo committee thanks Decatur and Hartselle merchants and local tackle shops for cooperation. Over 600 registrations are expected for the event, with a fish rodeo and a Thursday fish fry as part of the recreation, including a poem by Miss Isaak Walton.
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Morgan County Conservation Club
Decatur and
Hartselle
Isaak ‘Walton
Ballot Election Held Amid Low Interest Then Surge
Voters within city limits faced a probate certified tally as the council called an election for today. For weeks the contest drew little attention but closing days saw renewed talk in streets restaurants and homes.
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Aeon
Samuel G. Stovall Dies At 71 In Decatur
Samuel G. Stovall 71, a Limestone county resident, died at his daughter Mrs Claud Smith's home in Decatur after months of illness. Services were held at Pleasant Hill with Rev M A Creel of Athens officiating. He is survived by three children T B Stovall of Lebanon Tennessee Mrs Claud Smith of Decatur and Mrs Ellis Simmons of Tanner two brothers J T H Stovall of Leighton and Lawson Stovall of Stella Tennessee and five grandchildren. He had moved to Athens from Tennessee years ago.
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Samuel G. Stovall
Limestone County
Claud Smith
Decatur
Pleasant Hill
M. A. Creel
Athens
T. 8. Stovall
Lebanon, Tenn
Ellis Simmons
Tanner
JT. H. Stovall
Leighton
Lawson Stovall
Stella, Tenn
Mr. Stovall
Tennessee
Annual Singing on Third Sunday in July at Union Hill
An all day singing event set for the third Sunday in July at Union Hill near Wolf Beat. Organized by B. Tabscott the public is invited dinner will be provided. Participants should bring hymn books and cooperate in a community gathering from 9 a.m. to about 4 p.m.
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Union Hill
Wolf Beat
B. Tabscott
Amazing Spy Ring Indictments Reveal Global Network
Grand jury indicts 18 in a German espionage ring linked to U S defense secrets. Key figures include Erich Pfeiffer and Udo von Bonin, with acts involving theft of an army pursuit plane plans and a military code book. Indictment details five groups spanning New York, Dundee, and international officials.
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Gladwin Hill
New York
T of 18
U. S
Germany
Farmingdale
Long Island
Europa
U 8. Army
Seversky
Erich Pfeiffer
Secret Service
Lieuts
Udo von Bonin
Hermann Menzel
Air Ministry
Ignata Griebl
Werner Gudenberg
Jessie Jordan
England
Lamar Hardy
Washington
Erich Glaser
4A Messenger Group
Johanna Formann
Dundee Scotland
Mrs. Jordan
Markets Wall Street Brisk Advance Amid Profit Taking
Stock market indices rose as profit selling cooled with gains in industrials led by United States Steel Bethlehem and General Motors. Foreign buying, higher nonferrous prices, improving business sentiment and anticipated government spending supported the rally while cotton futures showed limited gains and exports totaled 3898 bales.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Anaconda
Kennecott
Cerro de Pasco
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
Standard Ot
N. J
Westinghouse
General Electric
du Pont
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Loew's
Allis Chalmers
Johns-Manville
Air Reduction
Washington
Dome
Homestake
MacIntyre
London
Pittsburgh
Cotton futures close steady gains across New Orleans and New York
Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York ended with small advances. July and October contracts posted gains while nearby months hovered around the 8.60 to 8.75 per hundredweight range as investors priced in steady demand.
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New Orleans
New York
Spot Cotton Quiet in New Orleans Market
Cotton closed quiet in New Orleans with modest gains of 3 points. Sales totaled 260 bales as prices ranged from low middling 7.45 to middling 9.25, receipts 888, stocks 698,310.
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New Orleans
T Cotton
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans Trade
Cottonseed oil closed steady with summer yellow at 7.80 nominal and prime crude at 6.50. July futures quoted around 7.64. September 7.60, October 7.60, December 7.57 with bids at 58 and b-bid indications.
Cottonseed meal futures close steady evidence in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures for 41 percent closed steady in Memphis. Prices listed for June through Jen futures show slight gains with the market reporting sales of 1,100 units.
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Tenn
Marly Advances 20 Cents to Mw Cotton Trend New Orleans
Market update from New Orleans shows Marly pushing cotton prices up by 20 cents, reflecting broader gains in commodity markets. Trade notes indicate steady demand amid supply concerns, with traders watching futures and spot moves closely.
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New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Prices Steady at Monday Sale
Nashville Tenn June 21 cattle 200 calves 150 mostly steady with grass cattle 6.00 to 7.50, red steers to 8.50, beets and bulls 6.00 down. Top vealers 8.00. Hogs 400 head down 25 with 7.90 to 8.75 for 140 to 300 lb. counfed 175-250 lb. Sheep 1,200 with no early trade as spring lambs mostly 9.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Markets
Poultry live sales reported in Chicago on June 21 with 44 trucks delivering. Hens over five pounds quoted at 17 1 2. Leghorn hens 14, Plymouth Rock boilers 17, Plymouth Rock fryers 17, Plymouth and white rock springs 18 1 2. Other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock Boilers
Plymouth Rock Fryers
Plymouth
White Rock Springs
Creamery Prices and Receipts Reported in Chicago Market
Chicago market report shows creamery specs with scores from 90 to 93, detailing extras firsts seconds and standards. Egg receipts listed at 15 452, with steady fresh graded firsts and current receipts at 19 1 4 1 2, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Markets At A Glance From New York Trade Desk
Markets at a glance show stocks strong with industrials extending gains while bonds remain firm and rails lead rallies. Curb activity rises on heavy demand. foreign exchange steady with sterling lower. cotton steady and sugar even. Coffee declines on selling. wheat-influenced corn. cattle steady to weak. hogs down 10 to 25 points.
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New York
Sausana
Wheat Futures Slip After Prospects of Faster Harvest
Chicago wheat futures fell amid expectations of quicker domestic harvest operations. Prices reversed earlier gains as the U S wheat visible supply was thought to be at a seasonal low and likely to rise in the next report. July and September contracts for wheat and corn showed modest declines with oats unchanged to lower.
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Chicago
United States
Reverend Sparks Urges Stronger Home Front in Society
Rev. J. Fred Sparks of Birmingham spoke to a large audience on the home as civilization’s foundation. He warned against divorce, liquor, dances, and card games as threats to family life, urged parents to train children and erect family altars, and announced nightly services and a forthcoming sermon on the unpardonable sin.
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J. Fred Sparks
Birmingham
Sparks
Moses
Decatur
McCall on Skeegie Case Reflects Poverty and Guilt
McCall recalls chasing Skeegie in fear and anger, attempting artificial respiration, then rubbing him with ice after his death. He cites poverty driven by debt to his brother and a doctor for a premature baby loss, admits insanity from lifelong poverty, and speaks of the parents’ feelings after the loss.
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Sir Cash
McCall
Delegation from First Methodist Attends Assembly
A large delegation from the First Methodist church attends the Intermediate assembly in Athens Monday afternoon with 85 enrolled. Mrs. L. D. Patterson is dean and Miss Mary Vaughan Patterson heads first aid. Miss Mary Kate Nungester is absent. Attending also are Jacqueline Johnson, Mariana Mason, Betsy Elam, Nell Frank Moore, and Anne Niller McEntire.
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First Methodist Church
Athens
L. D. Patterson
Mary Vaughan Patterson
Mary Kate Nungester
First Church
Jacqueline Johnson
Mariana Mason
Betsy J Elam
Nell Frank Moore
Anne Niller McEntire
Farm income in state is up in Alabama
Alabama farmers reported cash income of 133.82 million dollars for 1937, up 128 percent from 1922, with cotton, corn hogs, peanuts, dairy and poultry sectors driving gains. Foreseeable 1938 income may fall due to bad weather, while land values rise and forced sales fall.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
A. W. Jones
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Jones
Benson Olson rises to state executive post in 1930s
Floyd B Olson, then lieutenant governor Petersen ascended to the executive post serving four months before Benson took over and later joined the State Railroad and Warehouse commission. In the Republican gubernatorial race Harold Aul held a lead over Minneapolis Mayor George E Leach, with Martin Nelson of Austin a past nominee, and the Farmer-Labor candidate already defeating them in prior races.
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Floyd B. Olson
Petersen
Benson
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Harold
Aul
George E. Leach
Minneapolis
Martin Nelson
Austin
Farmer-Labor
Jacobs Triumphs Over Whitmarsh In Wimbledon Opener
Helen Jacobs, hampered by an arm injury, defeated Mary Whitmarsh of England 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the Wimbledon championships in London.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Jacobs
Mary Whitmarsh
England
Assembly Adjourns Friday Afternoon
Dimple Fay Riggs Ingold Timber lake Mahlon Trimble Bobby Car pen Markham Otto Pis a assembly will adjourn Friday afternoon.
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Dimple Fay Riggs
Ingold Timberlake
Mahlon Trimble
Bobby Carpen Markham
Otto Pisa
Dedication Of Armory A Long Dream Realized In Decatur
Dedication marks the near completion of Fort Stephen Decatur Armory in Decatur built with WPA county and city support. The 1000 seat hall, unused public funds, opens July 1 with invitations sent to National Guard officers and dignitaries including Governor Graves.
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Decatur
We American Armory
Fort Stephen Decatur
WPA
Nationalen
Nion
Works Progress Administration
Alabama Armory Commission
Erican Legion Post
Morgan County
Leroy McEntire
Bertce
Legionnaires
National Guard
Graves
Frank Dixon
Decatur Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
Decatur residents and guests are listed visiting friends in Tuscumbia Sheffield Courtland and Decatur. Elks hour change to seven on Wednesday. church activities disrupted by pastor absence and Lutheran Auxiliary meeting at 3. Local officials and merchants from Hartselle Falkville Moulton and Athens regions appear in daily calls. A cabbage head weighing 15½ pounds arrives from Somerville. J D Bush travels to Birmingham to hear John D Hamilton.
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The
Elks Lodge
Moulton Street
E. H. Flack
Somerville
J. D. Bush
Birmingham
John D. Hamilton
National Republican
Elbert Hubbard Classic Translated Widely and Sold Vastly
The essay A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard was translated into many languages and sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, reflecting its broad influence and enduring reach across cultures.
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Elbert Hubbard
Garcia
Caudill 11-year-old dies after appendicitis operation
Robert Luther Caudill son of Mr and Mrs 8 B Caudill died at 12 45 this day at Benevolent Society Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Funeral at Central Baptist Church with Rev John Cowell Jr, burial at City cemetery. Survivors include four of J M Hamrick and siblings Eugene Emory James Caudill all of Decatur.
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B. Caudill
Benevolent Society Hospital
Brown
E. Moulton Street
Central Baptist Church
John ©. Cowell, Jr
City Cemetery
J. M. Hamrick
Dora
Lucile
Evelyn Caudill
Eugene
Emory
James Caudill
Decatur
Joe Weatherly
Ed Brazelton
Wilbur Mcfluskey
Ted Hale
Jack Prince
Ira Lee Burleson
Bobby Ellis
Paul Blackwell
Billy Wright
Claude Wilson, Jr
Harold Dixon
Elmer Loyd, Jr
Avery Roan
Samuel Blackwell
Jean Hale
Helen Wright
Ann Blackwell
Rachel Ford
Lillian Houser
Margaret Johnson
Ida Lou Burleson
Ruth Simrell
Margaret Jane Ellis
Laverne Carter
Caudill
Gordon Bible Grammar School
Final Tribute Paid to Senator Copeland at Solon Funeral
Solon NY June 21 Funeral services for Senator Royal S Copeland were held in Rama po Mountain area near his longtime home. A Masonic burial took place at Wahwah New Jersey beside his late daughter. Attending mourners included national and New York City politicians congressional delegations led by Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead with Senators Wagner George Burke and(ns) send and Representatives Snell Sullivan Sullen and Boylan.
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N. Y
Ramapo Mountain
Royal S. Copeland
Congress
Washington
Capitol Hill
Wahwah
New Jersey
New York City
Garner
Bankhead
Copeland
Wagner
George
D. Ga
Burke
Nsend
Del
Snell
Sullivan, Sullen and Boylan
New York
Democrats
Preservation of Homes Sought at State War Veterans Meet
At Gadsden Alabama on June 21 officials of the United Spanish American War veterans prepared to close their annual convention. Election of officers was seen as a formality with Collinsville's Mayor John C. Anderson nominated state commander and EF W Hoyle Mobile for senior vice commander and B B Cobb Birmingham for junior vice commander. A resolution to preserve as shrines the homes of Richmond Pearson Hobson at Greensboro and General Joe Wheeler at Wheeler was readied by Leon Schwartz Mobile. Mrs Johanna Henry Mobile was elected auxiliary president with Leora Hartley Fairhope senior vice president and Nelle Vanarsdale Birmingham junior vice president.
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Gadsden
Ala
Collinsville
John C. Anderson
United Spanish American War Veterans
Anderson
EF. W. Hoyle
Mobile
B. B. Cobb
Birmingham
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Greensboro
Joe Wheeler
Wheeler
Leon Schwartz
Johanna Henry
Leora Hartley
Fairhope
Nelle Vanarsdale
Fannie Floyd Gadsden
Dr Bragg Away on a Period of Study
Dr John Bragg and Mrs Bragg travel to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for a period of study in urological surgery. He will attend clinics in Rochester and Minneapolis Minnesota and in Chicago Illinois over the next three weeks.
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DR. Bragg
John
Bragg
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Minneapolis
Chicago
Tllinois
Argument blamed in fatal Haleyville stabbing
Luther Drake a 48 year old Winston county farmer was killed in a Haleyville grist mill dispute over the recent political campaign. Jim Smith a 50 year old farmer was arrested and jailed at Double Springs in connection with the stabbing.
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Haleyville
Ala
Luther Drake
Winston County
Drake
O. Hunter
Jim Smith
Smith
Double Springs
Joe Jacobs Denied Reinstatement for Schmeling Louis Fight
New York State Athletic Commission denies Joe Jacobs request to reinstate his license to work in Max Schmeling's corner for the heavyweight title bout with Joe Louis. Jacobs remains under suspension after months of appeals, with no reinstatement granted despite written application.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Joe Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Jacobs
Schmeling
Amer
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