Beloved Spring Resident A White Passes Away
A White died last night at home leaving daughters Mrs. Lee Huntsville Mrs. Henry Fowler Cove Mrs. W T Lacey's Spring and Mrs Ernest Print Hart, plus Mrs. Lizzie West and Mrs 8 of Lacey's Spring route one sisters and R T Thomas Woodland Mills Joe Thomas Lacey's Spring brothers. She left 18 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Burial is at Hough Cemetery at two today with Rev Slater officiating Peck directing. Pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers and flowers arrangers named.
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A. White
Io Sur
Lee
Huntsville
Henry
Fowler Cove
W. T
Lacey’s
Ernest Print
Hart
Lizzie West Lacey
Lacey
R. T. Thomas
Woodland Mills
Joe Thomas
Lacey's
Hough
Rev. Slater
Peck
Edgar Harris
Harold Sanders
Jesse Green
Jenny Thomas
Reuben Tomas Howard Thomas
R. A. Gamble
Velma McCutchen
Thelma Thomas
Mary Russell Thomas
Susan
Mabelle Prince
Juanita Murphy
Rhoda Oaks
Steel price parity reached in Birmingham end of two year fight
The Tennessee Steel and Railroad Company a U S Steel subsidiary announced equal steel prices in Birmingham matching other major markets. This ended a two year battle with Southern economists who had argued price differentials were discriminatory. Alabama Governor Bibb Graves called the move a great victory and a milestone for southern industrial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
U. S. Steel
Birmingham
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Graves
South
Big Steel Heads for Public Hearings In September
Washington reports that the administration plans the most extensive inquiry into trusts and price fixing in a generation after United States Steel Corp slashed prices. Edward R. Stettinius, young chairman, discussed steel prices with several of the new deal trust-busters in informal talks.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Edward R. Stettinius
The
Steel Corporation
New Deal
Reprisals and Frontline Shifts Across Asia and Spain
Reported actions include Chinese forces delaying Japanese advances by flooding the Yellow River region to guard Hankow, while Japanese gunboats threaten control on the Yangtze. In Spain a major clash pits 60 000 government troops against 40 000 insurgents along a highway from Teruel toward Valencia with air and motorized advantage favoring the insurgents.
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Yellow River
Hankow
Yangtze River
Teruel
Mediterranean
Valecia
Valencia
Alabama extension task approves boll weevils flea hoppers solution
The Alabama extension service announced receipt of advice from the U S Department of Agriculture that a combined cotton dusting of calcium arsenate would destroy boll weevils and flea hoppers.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Elba businessman English acquitted in hitchhike killing case
English, an Elba businessman, was freed today after being acquitted in the hitchhike killing of Rex Whitaker, his employee, on June 25 in Dothan Alabama.
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Dothan
Ala
Elba
Rex Whitaker
Ignatz Paderewski Multilingual Statesman and Pianist
Ignatz Jan Paderewski, a noted Polish statesman and pianist, speaks English, French, German, Russian, and Polish with ease, illustrating his broad linguistic repertoire and international stature.
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Ignatz Jan Paderewski
Minister Sues Tulsa Theater Over Bank Night Losses
A Tulsa Oklahoma minister filed suit against a local theater claiming bank night events damaged his church collections and caused financial losses. The case centers on alleged revenue disruption from the shows.
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Tulsa
Okla
Three Full-Length Films on Argentine Theaters Bill
Three full-length films constitute the ordinary bill at Argentine theaters. The lineup features diverse genres and is expected to draw steady weekday crowds across major cities.
For Sale Westinghouse Ranges Good Condition
Used Westinghouse ranges in good condition listed by United Furniture Co. Phone 737.
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Westinghouse
United Furniture Co
Wall Street Rises In Sixth Rally As Steel Leads
Stocks climb in brisk session with gains in steels, motors, and top issues after a prior profit selling dip. U S Steel denies wage-cut assurances, while bonds and commodities improve and trading volume nears one million shares. Cotton and cottonseed markets show mixed activity in New Orleans.
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U. 8. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Chrysler
U. 8. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
J. I. Case
International Harvester
Deere
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing Texas Corp
Standard Oil of
N. J
Consolidated Edison
North American
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Smelting
Westinghouse
du Pont
General Electric
Johna Manville
Phillip Morris
Air Reduction
N. Y. Central
Union Pacific
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis market
Prime cottonseed meal futures settled steady in Memphis with June at 22.00, July 22.25, August 22.75, September 23.00, October 23.35, November 23.75, December 23.75, January 24.00. Total sales 2,100.
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New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Cotton futures close mixed in New Orleans and New York markets
New Orleans open high low and settle data show July futures around 8.77 down to 8.79 with other months near 8.85 to 9.00. Prices in New York rose 3 to 7 points with July near 8.75 and May around 8.93, spot middling steady at 8.85.
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N. C
New Orleans
New York
Markets At A Glance In New York And Chicago
Markets at a glance show stocks rallying after an early dip with strong leadership, bonds steady after irregular start, curb stocks higher and utilities in demand. Foreign exchange even with sterling unchanged, cotton improved on wall street activity, sugar and coffee closed. In Chicago wheat stronger, corn steady, cattle nominal and steady, hogs slow and lower.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Chicago Market Report Prices Quiet for Butter and Eggs
Butter 1,509,032. eggs 16,640. Fresh graded ex a firsts local 19 1-4. Current receipts 18 1-2. Other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Cattle Market Mixed In Nashville Report
Nashville Tenn June 25 cattle 50 calves 50. Western stocker here Monday compared week ago grass cattle 25-100 lower fat kind steady bulks grassy steers and heifers 5.50-7.50 fat steers and yearlings 8.00-8.50 some 9.00 beef cows and bulls 5.50 down cutter grades of cows 3.00-
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Community Notices From Five Points Area
A Five Points community notice lists social visits including Opal Johnson with Frank Crow and Annie Mae Brown with Robert and Albert Brown. Kathleen Linzy and Annie Mae Lowery visited Elizabeth Hampton, and Wanda Jean Jackson celebrated her second birthday with family. Local residents Lewis Looney D T Stover Frank Lowery and John Lee Speake were present Sunday.
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Landersville
Opal Johnson
Frank Crow
Annie Mae Brown
Robert Roger
Albert Brown
Kathleen Linzy
Annie Mae Lowery
Elizabeth Hampton
Wanda Jean Jackson
Wilbur Jackson
Annie Long
Farline Smith
Kate Sullivan
Willodean
Mary Nel Hensley
June Dyars
Lewis Looney
D. T. Stover
Frank Lowery
John Lee
Goodyear workers push for new election in Akron
The Goodyear Employer Association demanded that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. enter into no agreement with the United Rubber Workers of America claiming the CIO union represents only a small minority of Akron Goodyear workers. The association campaigns for NLRB to order a new election to decide a bargaining agent after the August election gave exclusive status to CIO Local 8,464 by 3,198.
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Akron. O
Goodyear Employer Association
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers of America
Akron Goodyear
Employer’ Association
National Labor Relations Board
Goodyear
C I. O
Robbery at Jasper rooming house by two women
Mrs. Nancie Anderson said two women wearing riding breeches and boots robbed her rooming house in Jasper early today. They drove up rented a room, demanded money, and fled after taking her purse. one carried a pistol. Chief H. B. Speed confirmed the account.
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Jasper
Ala
Nancie Anderson
H. B. Speed
Hydrogen Atom Described as Simplest Element
A short description states hydrogen has the simplest atomic structure of all elements. The note emphasizes its single proton and single electron in basic terms.
Hog market report with steady demand and quoted prices
top dealers bid 8.00 for 170-250 lb fed hogs. Hogs steady at 100 with top 9.00. Butchers receive 7.30 for sows. overall market activity remains firm with cautious bid levels.
Regain Lost Trade Aim With Cotton Grading Program
Agriculture department experts plan free summer cotton classing and market news services for growers in the south and west to improve fiber quality. Farmers must form groups to grow a single best variety. new offices will open in Atlanta Memphis Dallas Austin and El Paso within sixty days to disseminate quotations and support premiums.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South
Congress
Atlanta
Memphis
Dallas
Austin
el Paso
Local Notes from Ellisville and Surrounding Areas
Lawrence County residents and visitors frequent Hartselle Danville Decatur and nearby towns with social gatherings business trips and family events this week. Names include Aldridge Holloday Looney Oliver Walker Aldridge and Templeton among others with multiple weekend visits and a school trustees election at Speaker school.
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John Aldridge
Hartselle
Lee Nell Looney
Louise Oliver
Marine
Eugene Linere
Coleman Rolling
Byron Holloday
Herman ‘Holloday
Felix Aldridge
Bernard
Edith
Adair
Near Moulton
Mable
Bessie Segars
Oliver
Albert Walker
Homer Lawrence
J. T. Bolden
Jim Looney
Trannie Aldridge
Danville
Montevado College
Reck Teague
Aaron Templeton
Carrie Lee
Buras Oliver
Alfred Garnett
Speake
Clifford Speake
Eaton Stephenson
Jack Pruitt
Lurlene Pruitt
Thomas Lawrence
Ola Hill
Nettie Sims
Speaker School
Clifford Aldridge
Laddie Sewell
Near Mouth
Flim Oliver
Marie Heidt
Genette McCormic
Dorothy Aldridge
Beck Teague
Eula McDaniel
Austen Self
Lee Neil Looney
Grady Roberts
Dee Adair
Clifford
Decatur
Carrie Oliver
Hazel Templeton
Lucile Walker
Ruling on Federal Mortgages Affects Alabama Tax
Attorney General A A Carmichael held FHA insured mortgages are not exempt from Alabama filing tax. Opinion addressed to Probate Judge John B Golson of Butler County. Henry S Long, president of the State Tax Commission, advised cottonseed meal used for fertilizer not subject to the state two percent sales tax.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. A. Carmichael
Federal Housing Administration
Alabama
John 8. Golson
Butler County
Henry S. Long
State Tax Commission
Pruning Shears Sharpened as Park Benches Revived
Branching out in Marshalltown Iowa on June 25 the Riverview Park custodian reports pruning shears kept busy. Wet weather has revived the rustic benches scattered around the recreation grounds as they sprout anew.
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Marshalltown
Riverview Park
Captor Hires Ex Train Robber After Release
Roy Gardner once a famed bank robber was captured by Louis Sonney a former San Francisco officer. Gardner was paroled and hired by Sonney as a salesman in his successful business funded by the reward for Gardner’s capture. They are pictured lunching at the prison gates.
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Roy Gardner
Louis Sonney
San Francisco
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Gardner
Sonney
Decatur's Diary brief items from the city
Local notes report visits and travel of residents including the Argends in Chattanooga and others in Decatur. Public notices mention church meetings canceled and upcoming events. Several residents are ill or recovering, with hospital and school updates and a Rotary club planning.
FDR Faces Opposing Forces in Primary Campaign
The piece contrasts Roosevelt’s stance with prior appeals as he weighs South Carolina primary dynamics. It notes Roosevelt’s conciliatory tone on lending and spending while hinting at a broader fight with White House critics and references to past political lessons.
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Porter
South Carolina
Smith
White House
Roosevelt
Wilson
Democratic Party
New Deal Vision Highlighted in Birmingham Speech
In Birmingham on June 25, a gathering of business and political leaders praised the 75th Congress and forecast rapid Southern industrial expansion. The speaker defended liberty, urged actions on farm and wage-hour bills, and warned against suppressing individual rights in the name of patriotism.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
District Play Opens Here In Semi Pro Tournament
The TVA Junior team of Wilson Dam defeated Scottsboro 9 to 1. Leighton beat West Point 7 to 3. Decatur Blue Devils routed Gardendale 19 to 1 for 22 hits. Today Arab faces Merrimack Mill, with Hartselle meeting Winfield at 3 p.m. Sunday features Leighton vs Anderson and Hanceville vs Decatur Blue Devils.
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TVA
Wilson Dam
Scottsboro
Leighton
West Point
Decatur Blue Devils
Gardendale
Arab
Merrimack Mill
Hunteville
Hartselle
Winfield
Cooper-Wells Unit Holds Annual Picnic At Hatfield Lake
About 150 Cooper-Wells Employees Welfare Association members gathered at Hatfield Lake for a day long outing. The event includes swimming baseball games and sports with a dance finale featuring Cooper-Wells fans providing music. Grounds were leased for the occasion.
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Cooper- Wells Employes Welfare Association
Hatfield Lake
Cooper-Wells
Cooper- Wells
Roosevelt Urges Unity as Steel Price Cut Cited
President Roosevelt urges capital and labor to unite against wage cuts while citing reports of two United States Steel subsidiaries lowering steel prices. He praises the price reduction without wage cuts and warns leaders of private enterprise and labor against past mistakes in spending, inventories, and overpricing.
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Roosevelt
United States Steel
U. S. Steel Officials Deny Wage Cut Promises
U. S. Steel Corp says no official has guaranteed wage reductions will not follow yesterday's price cuts. Subsidiaries lowered prices 7 to 21 percent to the lowest in over a decade. President Roosevelt praised the move for not including wage cuts and urged support for a high wage policy.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt signals preference in Democratic primaries
President Roosevelt asserted a right to indicate his preference in 1938 Democratic primaries and pleaded for popular support. He warned that backing candidates unfriendly to the 1936 platform could threaten his prestige and indicated party lines might bend for a liberal triumph.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
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Priceville
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Falkville
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Guntersville
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Decatur Rotary Club
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J. A. Miller
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University of Alabama
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