Tennessee Officials Eye New Plan To Buy Power System
Nashville and Chattanooga officials press ahead with independent electric distribution plans after Congress voided the Commonwealth and Southern purchase. Mayor Cummings says Nashville will get TVA power one way or another and leaders in New York discuss alternative routes to acquire or build municipal facilities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Congress
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Chattanooga
Tva-C. & S
New York
Thomas L. Cummings
City Power Board
Wendell L. Willkie
Coffimonwealth & Southern
Cummings
TVA
Electric Power Board
State Debates TVA Role in TEPCO Purchase Discussions
Governors Prentice Cooper and Cummings weigh the state as an underwriter for Tennessee Electric Co assets while TVA bonds and possible new contracts loom. James P. Pope urges cities to hold steady awaiting congressional action, with a potential $100 million TVA bond rider under review.
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Cummings
Tennessee Electric Co
Commonwealth & Southern
TEPCO
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
James P. Pope
Congress
Schmidt's Bridge to Be Christened on Lincoln Highway
Miss Mary Alston Colvin will christen the new Schmidt's bridge at Talladega on July 4. She is the great granddaughter of Bernard S Schmidt, founder of Schmidt's Mill, and will break a bottle of Choccolocco creek water on the span during dedication exercises.
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Talladega
Ala
Mary Alston Colvin
Lincoln Highway
Colvin
Bernard S Shmidt
Schmidt's Mill
Carmody Takes Top WPA Post Amid Government Shakeup
Washington reports John M. Carmody confirms leadership over the merged WPA and related agencies. He plans Col. F C Harrington to run spending on about 1.5 billion dollars next year while suspending WPA projects July 1 to July 4 for repairs. Carmody leaves Rural Electrification for a 12000 dollar annual salary and will appoint E W Clark to head PWA staff with Interior naming Howard A. Gray coal division director.
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Washington
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Agency
Roosevelt
Col
F.C. Harrington
WPA
Carmody
Senate
Harrington
Rural Electrification Administration
Public Works Administration
Ickes
PWA
E. W. Clark
Howard A. Gray
Interior Department
Bituminous Coal Commission
Gray
Alton
Retail Trade Goes Higher
New York reports Dun and Bradstreet weekly review shows the past week’s retail and wholesale trade boosted by summer merchandise. Seasonal apparel led gains with the year over year improvement the largest since 1937, while wholesale purchasing rose as inventories remained tight and orders tracked actual shipments.
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New York
Dun & ~ Bradstreet
Business Review
One Year To Go Presidential Prospects Hopkins Ahead
Washington correspondent assesses Harry Hopkins for president. Hopkins faces early missteps after WPA era and illness but remains a strong New Deal advocate with strengths as a speaker and administrator and risks from radical rep and GOP opposition.
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Decatur Dally
Washington
WPA
Hopkins
New Deal
Dan Roper
Mr. Hopkins
Iowa
Towan Wallace
Democratic’ Party
Floyd County Votes Dry In Georgia County Election
Floyd county statewide election results show a dry victory by 144 votes with 2,956 ballots cast across 19 precincts. Rome precincts supplied 1,696 votes and a 72 vote dry margin before rural boxes narrowed the lead, with about 8,500 voters qualified.
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Rome
Floyd County
Dobbins Resigns Post for Alabama Times Ownership
Charles G. Dobbins, former Birmingham newspaperman, resigns as executive secretary of Alabama College Montevallo to become owner and editor of the Anniston Times, a weekly newspaper.
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Montevallo
Ala
Charles G. Dobbins
Birmingham
Alabama College
Anniston
Young businessmen form Junior Chamber in Lafayette
Lafayette Alabama on June 30 reports the formation of a 4 Junior Chamber of Commerce by young business men of Chambers county. Bill Hines is president Frank Mc Queen vice president and Bunk Burton secretary treasurer.
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Lafayette
Ala
Chambers County
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Hines
Frank McQueen
Bunk Burton
Church Members Called to Important Meeting
Southside Baptist Church schedules a business meeting for next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Rev. J A Chambers urges all members to attend.
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Southside Baptist Church
J. A. Chambers
Judge Kennamer to rule on tax exemption suit in cotton act case
U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kennamer in Montgomery waited for written briefs from opposing counsel before ruling on a jurisdictional issue in a suit over payments for tax exemption certificates under the 1934 cotton control act.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles B. Kennamer
U. S. District Court
Tragedy in Trinity County Lightning Kills Three
A severe electrical storm near Sylvania Trinity County last night caused the deaths of Mrs Minnie Jenkins 70 her daughter-in-law John Hutson Jenkins and Skinner a close relative. Mrs Skinner was reported in critical condition. The victims sought shelter in a ditch by a large tree as lightning struck.
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Sylvania
P— Hoey
FeRng
Trinity
Minnie Jenkins
John Hutson Jenkins
Skinner
Jenkins
Taon Jenkins
Charles
T. B. Brantly
Histonia
Decatur Band Concert At Delano Park Sunday
The Decatur school band will perform in concert at Delano Park at 5:00 p m Sunday July 2. Director Kenneth Hennessy reports good progress despite summer member drop and anticipates a large crowd at the event.
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Decatur
Delano Park
Kenneth Hennessy
Pappy Morton Strikes Out 13 In Omaha Win
Fifty one year old Pappy Don Morton pitched in an Omaha amateur league game and struck out 13 batters. He also drove in a run with a single as his team won 5 to 2.
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Omaha
Neb
Pappy
Don Morton
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