City Council Hears Sewerage Engineer Report
At the Thursday night city council meeting, engineer George G. Earl reported on the present sewer system built by TVA. He proposed changes including an additional outfall west of the railroad bridge to reduce load on the interceptor and noted inadequate pumps at Riverview Avenue and beyond city limits. The council plans to discuss TVA cooperation to implement the changes.
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George G. Earl
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ear
Tennessee River
Earl
Riverview Avenue
H. H. Hunter
R. N. Harris
T. R. Harrison
E. W. Kennedy
Carloo
A. C
Jack) Dille
Aerial German Fleet News Spurs Copper and Steel Gains
Market desks in New York report a quiet session but copper futures and related shares rose after word of a massing aerial German warship fleet off Portugal. Steel names rallied on demand while rails advanced amid mixed carrier activity. Major issues included U S Steel Anaconda Kennecott and others. some lenders fell on liquidation. Commodities moved unevenly with wheat up corn mixed and cotton narrow. French franc and pound sterling declined as France fiscal and political worries widened.
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New York
Portugal
Cop
Anaconda
Kennecott
Cerro de Pasco
Inspiration Copper
Howe Sound
International Nickel
U. S. Steel
Wheeling Steel
Chrysler
U.S, Rubber
Woolworth, North
Amercan
Westinghouse
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Santa Fe
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Illinois Central
Philip Morris
Union Carbide
Montgomery
Wart
International Harvester
Western Union
Public Service of New Jersey
Baltimore & Ohio
Great Northern Preferred
Borg Warner
France
Cotton futures drift lower with modest declines
In New Orleans on June 4, cotton futures closed with small losses across contracts. July opened 12.10, closed 12.04 45 lower. October 12.32 to 12.22, down 28. December 12.87 to 12.27, down 60. January 12.40 to 12.28, down 12. March 12.46 to 12.33, down 13. May 12.50 to 12.37, down 13.
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N. C
New Orleans
London cotton market steadies with mixed U S demand
Liverpool reports a firm cotton market with 12 000 bales traded including 2 600 American. Spot prices rise nine points as quotations firm for various grades led by American middling and good middling at 7.82 and 7.52 respectively with other grades quoted down to 6.22.
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Liverpool
Cottom
Decatur’s Diary Highlights Local Deaths and Visits
Daily notes show funeral for Mrs. Tilda Bolden in Union Grove Alabama. Many residents, including Mrs. Dewey Goode and Jack Mowell, recoveries and travels across Decatur and nearby towns, plus a busy week of church services, meetings, and community events.
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F. B. Hughes
Tilda Bolden
Union Grove
Ala
Poultry Prices Report From Chicago Market
The Chicago poultry market shows mixed movements with live turkeys, hens, and fryers quoted across several weight categories. Hen prices hold around 15 to 18 cents per pound for various weights while fryers and colored breeds range from about 16 to 21 cents per pound. smaller birds and ducks trade around 10 to 12 cents.
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Roultry
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Plymouth
White Rocks
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Butter at 19 148, steady prices. Eggs at 28 548, steady prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Potatoes Prices and Shipments Across Regions
Chicago report shows U S Department data with U S total shipments 1 295 and 72 cents per 100 pounds for potatoes on track 263 California stock steady Southern markets steady demand slow and supplies moderate Arkansas Oklahoma Bliss Triumphs U S No 1 prices 1 15 50 and 1 25 55Cobblers U S No 1 1 28 40 condition noted
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Chicago
U. S
Hogs and sheep market report from Chicago auction
U S Department of Agriculture notes hogs up to 25 cents higher with strong packer demand and top hogs at 11.95. Heavier hogs 300 lb bring 11.55 to 11.90, lighter 150-190 lb hogs 11.10 to 11.80, packing sows 9.90 to 10.65. Sheep and cattle: fed steers steady to higher with high water supplies. top cattle around 15.00, long yearlings 14.85, heifers 13.00, native and southwestern grass steers 8.25 to 10.25, Kansas grass stock 10.75, vealers up to 10.00. Spring lambs active and steady to strong. native lambs 11.50 to 12.00, California 11.25, Texas lambs 10.50, yearlings 8.75, slaughter ewes 2.50 to 4.50.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Kansas
California Springs
Texas
Mediation urged as steel strike nears in Cleveland area
President Roosevelt's three man board intensified efforts to avert a general strike amid metal plant turmoil. Officials from Inland Steel, Republic, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Bethlehem Steel met mediators as talks stalled over a signed C I O contract. Union leader John L Lewis demanded a contract, while a striking official derided the move as impossible. In Youngstown, troops are kept at four plants to prevent reopenings as workers seek to return.
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Mahoning River
Roosevelt
Threeman Mediation Board
Cleveland
Inland Steel Company
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Republic Steel
Civil Service Announces Tests for Tuskegee Utility Officer
The U S Civil Service Commission opens an open competitive exam for a Utility Officer at Tuskegee Alabama Veterans Administration facility for colored patients only with a $3 year salary. Applications must be filed by July 13 1937 with the fifth U S Civil Service district in Atlanta. Preferences apply for military service.
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United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
Tuskegee
Ala
U. S, Civil Service District
Atlanta
Post Office
U. S. Civil Service District
New Post Office
Alabama Supreme Court Decisions Summarized
The Alabama Supreme Court issued multiple decisions across circuit courts. Cases include Gardner v. Jefferson County affirmances, State Tax Commission v. Hopkins reversed and rendered, Waterworks Board et al. affirmed, Berry v. State denied certiorari, and Lee v. Cunningham writ awarded. Several others were affirmed in part, reversed and remanded, or affirmed in full, with rulings on rehearing and certiorari for various appellants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Gardner
Tom
Garner
Treas
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit Court
Thomas
State Tax Commission
T. D. Hopkins
Montgomery Circuit Court
H. Clay Smith
Waterworks Board
Et A
Cullman Circuit Court
James O. Berry
Berry
State
Court of Appeals
Milo Guest
Tom Guest
Etowah Circuit Court
In Equity
Ruth Lowe White
Arthur
Long
Cherokee Circuit Court
Brown
Chas. W. Lee
Lee
Alabama By-products Corp
Winters
By-products Corp
Emma Timmerman
C. C. Martin
Etowah
Alma Goehler
Thomas C. Burns
Colbert Circuit Court
Equity
Nellie Mae Sirten
Limestone Circuit Court
Per Ouriun
Henry
State Tax Commission Et
Roberts & Son
Ed Wetzel
Employers Insurance Co., of Alabama
Holster Diggs
Mobile Circuit Court
Atty. Gen
J. L. Corbitt
Alias
Henry County
Hillyard
Ten-ton Civil War lathe honored at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
A 10 ton War Between the States lathe used to bore Confederate cannon was donated to Alabama Polytechnic Institute by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company. It stands on a concrete base painted Confederate gray on the Auburn campus.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Birmingham Boy Dies in 30th 1937 Traffic Death
Eight year old Jesse Hudson died from injuries after being struck by a car in the West End. He died in county hospital, marking Birmingham s 30th traffic fatality of 1937.
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Birmingham
Jessie Hudson
Jessie
West End
Alabama Beer Sales Limited to Seated Patrons
Alabama's alcohol control board learned from Attorney General Marmichael that beer may be sold only to persons seated at tables. The directive, requested by Board Chairman Baldwin, narrows sales to those dining or drinking at chairs with table service.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
W. O. Baldwin
A. A. Marmichael
Watermelon Market Strong in Southeast Alabama
Southeast Alabama reports rapid watermelon sales with good prices. County Agent C. M. Ling notes several hundred carloads shipped from Houston county last year. The 1937 crop runs a week later than 1936, with expectations to match last year.
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Dothan
Ala
Alabama
C. M. Ling
Houston County
Birmingham visit by Katharine Lenroot eyed Alabama girls’ school
Dr Katharine Lenroot chief of the children bureau Washington visited Birmingham and planned to inspect the Alabama training school for girls Dothan dispatch notes Homer Searcy 52 Negro describes intruders in his sleeping quarters as deputies intervene in a suspected theft claim.
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Birmingham
Katharine Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Washington
Alabama Training School For Girls
Dothan
Ala
Homer Searcy
Noted Sleuths Convicted in Lindbergh Kidnap Plot
Bilis Parker Sr and Jr, famed as a country detective duo, are found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to create a false confession to kidnap Paul H. Wendel. They face 1 day to 100 years in prison with a sentencing set for next Wednesday after a six and a half hour deliberation over nine weeks of testimony.
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Newark
N. J
Lindbergh
Bilis Parker, Sr
Bilis, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Wendel
Charlies A. Lindbergh, Jr
Juno Richard Hauptmann
Parkers
William Clark
Parker
Parker, Jr
Edenwood Joins Gadsden After City Vote
Gadsden grows by 61 residents after Edenwood suburban tract joins the city in a June 24 vote by Edenwood residents 12 to 1. Funeral services were to be held for Mrs. W. T. Lasseter in Cherokee county. Florence reports the water department earned 7151 dollars for the first eight months of the fiscal year ending September 30.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb .Graves
State Pardon Board
J. D. Rhodes
Jefferson County
Arthur Oliver
Elmore County
Elisha. B. Brooks
Booker T. Washington
Geneva County
Rhodes
Oliver
Will Gratham
Gadsden
Edenwood
E. L. Hurst
Cedar Bluff Ala
Calcedonia Church
Cherokee County
W. T. Lasseter
Florence
Municipal Water Department
Natchez Trace Groups Plan Tupelo Meeting
The Natchez Trace Association Alabama will send a delegation to Tupelo, Mississippi, for a joint meeting with the Mississippi Natchez Trace Association to promote a trunk highway along the old Trace route. Alabama favors routing through Muscle Shoals, adjusting the path due to Pickwick Dam reservoir. Paul Coburn, Colbert County commissioner, was elected president at the Alabama association meeting.
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Sheffield
Ala
Alabama Trace Association
Paul Coburn
Colbert County
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T. M. Miller
Athens
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Dewey Goode
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Old Hickory
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Gene Booker
Vero Beach
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Meridian
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Bethel, Tenn
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Vinemont
Decatur
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Route 2
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T. B. Baker
Grant Street
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The
University of Alabama
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Falkville
M. J. Cooper
Alma Louise
Floyd Cooper
Edmunson
Jim Ward
Hartseelle
Alma Louise McClanahan
Hartselle and
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County Board of Education
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W. Jones
Tanner Route 1
P. K. Smith
Ardmore, Tenn
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Cullman
H. W. Craig
Moulton
Ben Gilbert
Hot Springs
Ark
D. D. Goode
M. M. Davidson
Tuscaloosa
4. H. Chit
Ninth Street Methodist Parsonage
F. L. Aldridge
West Decatur
Susan Bibb
Jackson Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Barney Brown
Ernest Lott
Cullman Route 1
Carlton Kelley
Department of Public Welfare
R. W. Shepherd
L. A. Jacks
Church St
J.C. Black CO
Civil Service
Supreme Court
Ervin A. Stamey
Morgantown
Stamey
Talladega
E. A. Hammett
Talladega County
R.D. Jordan
Lincoln-Talladega
Hammett
Gadgden
Watt T. Brown
Alabama School of Trades
Carmichael
Mobile
Carlin Street
Lonnie Granger
Granger
Homer
OWL Drug CO
BE. Moulton St
Chappell
Griffin’s Jewelry Shop
McRae Motors
DE Soto
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