Westminster Church Reopens With New Tower After 50 Years
Westminster Presbyterian Church at Decatur completes reconstruction finishing a brick veneer and new tower. The project, debt free, preserves original walls and includes a strong box of records, coins, timetables, and church history. Past pastors noted, 50th anniversary marked with ceremonies.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Swealls
Viets
Decatur Daily
Focal
Alabama
Southern
Horace Porter
D. Logan
Wm. T. Bartlett
Gordon Lang
FE. L. Graw
L. F. Goodwin
FE. N. Hart
E.horace Porter
B. Frank Guille
J. W. C. Willoughby
Board of Home Missions
Geo. P. Hays
South
Ala‘bama
New York
Birmingham
Anniston
Birmingham-Inslee
Decatur-Westminster
Prat Mines
Sheffield
Presbytery
Board of Home
Markets Slip After Early Rally Falters In NY Trading
The New York stock market rally eased with many issues near yearly highs. Profit taking ahead of the president's congressional speech and lighter commitments weighed on gains though some leaders held, and fractional advances persisted. Overnight buying buoyed the open but activity cooled with about 600000 shares traded in two hours.
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New York
Congress
Cotton Futures Rally Leads New York Close Higher
U.S. stock and commodity markets show uneven gains with profit taking restraining advance. Cotton futures in New York climb with March at 8.69 and May, July, October, and December contracts posting up moves. spot middling at 9.12.
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New York
Chicago
N. Y
Cotton futures edge higher in short New Orleans session
Cotton futures rose in a brief New Orleans market session with closing prices mostly steady to slightly higher. May and July contracts showed modest gains while October and December closed near unchanged, and bids and asks remained active in the abbreviated tone.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis with mixed bids
Prime cottonseed meal futures at 41 percent closed dull in Memphis on March 4. F.O.B. Memphis prices ranged from 21.85 for April to 22.35 for September with June and July at 22.00 and 22.15. Sales totaled 900 barrels.
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Memphis
Tenn
F.o.b
Spot Cotton Opens Quiet in New Orleans
Spot cotton in New Orleans March 4 closed quiet up by 3 points. Sales 12 low middling 7.64, middling 8.79, good middling 9.34. Receipts 1,654 and stock 600,644.
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SPOT
New Orleans
New Orleans Cottonseed Prices Reported Quiet
The New Orleans market shows steady wholesale bids with summer yellow at 7.05 nominal and prime crude at 6.00. Futures listed Mech 6.75B May 6.79B July 6.88B Sept 6.98B Oct 7.00B with B bid activity noted.
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New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Cattle Receipts Steady
Nashville Tenn March 4 Cattle salable receipts 25 calves 25 Nominally steady Clearances good Good fed steers and yearlings this week 6.75
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Dept. Agr
Two Sought for Robbery in Tampa
An attempted robbery at a Tampa filling station ended with shots fired by Frank Quintero wounding one assailant. Police seek Zemer Conway of Mobile and two others linked to the getaway car. Conway, escaped Kilby Prison inmate, faces life sentences for robbery and had fled Alabama prisons previously.
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Tampa
Fila
Frank Quintero
Manuel Quintero
Quintero
Zemer Conway
Mobile
Ala
Conway
Kilby
Montgomery
W. D. Bush
Conwey
Alabama
Ben
Bush
Quinteros
Leo Quintero
Manuel
Blame Fixed in Fatal Crash Near Greenville
A coroner's jury in Greenville South Carolina ruled the February 18 automobile truck crash that killed six people was due to the careless driving of James W Davis 24 of Rome Georgia. Davis injured and hospitalized denied sole fault while truck driver Foy Eugene Miller of Claremont North Carolina was absolved. Coroner George Coy said he would seek further grand jury review and decide if he can set aside the verdict.
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Greenville
James W Davis
Rome
Davis
Georgia
Foy Eugene Miller
Claremont
N. C
George Coy
Greenville Grand Jury
Market Report: Feeder Cattle Hogs and Lambs Prices
Dryfeds steady to weak with plain and medium steers and heifers at 7.50 to 8.50, some 7.00 down. Cows and bulls 6.76 down. cutter cows 4.00 to 5.25. Top vealers 11.00. Hogs steady with 100 receipts. weights 130 lb up to 170-225 lb at 6.40 to 7.65. Sheep steady with 10 receipts. lambs 9.00 for selected ewes and wethers, others 8.00 down. fat eyes 2.00-3.00.
Grain prices hold near steady in light Chicago trade
Wheat and corn move in a narrow range with slight gains and losses as Liverpool shows weakness. May wheat about 68 7 8 to 69, corn May around 49 3 8, oats and rye mixed, soybeans unchanged, lard up 5 to 10 cents.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Butter and eggs prices steady in Chicago market
Butter prices held steady at 858 906 with eggs at 18 954 for fresh graded extras and firsts, while other prices remained unchanged in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Westminster church session meets Sunday afternoon
A Westminster Presbyterian Church meeting is set for Sunday at 2 30 PM with all members urged to attend. The note covers community events, illness updates, school speak ers, and local visits, reflecting Decatur life and church activity.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
H. L. Thornton
Vinemont School
Cullman County
The
Parent- Teachers Association
Doings at Decatur Hs School
Webster McLeod Jr notes slow week at Decatur High with six weeks tests. Key Club guest LeRoy McEntire discusses world affairs. Kiwanis members attend. Hi-Y Boys and Girls meetings held. Hartselle seniors visit for The Taming of the Shrew. Band rehearsals, junior class play start, and University of Alabama glee club to appear March 10.
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Webster McLeod, Jr
Key Club
LeRoy McEntire
Kiwanians
McEntire
Miss Windsor
Hi-Y
Hartselle
W. J. Brown
Benson Field
Community Notes From Limestone County Families
Local residents report visits and weekend gatherings at homes of McClung Grubbs Evans and Zehner families. Several relatives and friends from Athens Wheeler Reid Reid area call on Mrs Richard Grubbs and Mrs Jennie Evans.
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Clara Besant
Fifth Avenue South
John Hardy
Mary Meadows
Redus Baugh
Frank McClung
Richard Grubbs
Gera McLemore
Wiley McLemore
Cartwright
Zehner
Huntsville
Sanford Jarrett
Proctor
Clifford Zehner
Buford Hardy
Lester Evans
Alice Evans
Athens
Jennie Evans
James Glaze
Frank Baugh
Kathryne Grubbs
Kyle’ Hoole
C. R. Jones
Wheeler
C. B. Zehner
J. P. Webb
Neely
Reid
George Brown
John Evans
Roosevelt Defends Democratic Freedoms In Anniversary Speech
President emphasizes Bill of Rights and free press amid wartime tensions. He contrasts representative democracy with personal rule, warns against attacks on civil liberties, and cites trial by jury and immunity for lawmakers. Chief Justice Hughes and Speaker Bankhead attend.
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Congress
Continental Congress
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Hughes
Bankhead
House of Representatives
Key Pittman
Nev
Hughes themes checks and balances in U S government
Chief Justice Hughes told Congress that the people generally get what they want when forming policy. He praised the system that divides authority among executive, legislative, and judicial branches and argued that slower action yields deliberate judgment, with amendments in the people’s hands as ultimate power.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Congress
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Singers' program features contest for Decatur high school
The Decatur Negro singers arrange a program at Jones Chapel M E Church tomorrow afternoon to include a baby contest. Proceeds benefit the Negro High School P T A to raise extra funds for equipment obligations.
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Decatur Negro Singers
Siffday
Jones Chapal M. E. Church
Convicts Recaptured After Prison Break in Alabama Swamp
Two Alabama convicts escaped from a Kilby prison job in a gravel pit and were tracked by bloodhounds after guard B L Johnson wounded Newman Edwards in the head with buckshot. Edwards, serving 30 years for Jefferson county robbery, and Mike Mahoney, serving life for murder in Elmore county, were recaptured.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Kilby
Earl Wilson
Newman Edwards
Jefferson County
B. L. Johnson
Edwards
Mike Mahoney
Elmore
Florence State Teachery College Students Visit Home Folks
Loren Olliver Wilburn Evans B Grubbs and Misses Beatrice Bo Elizabeth Poole Alma Brooks Gladys Ham Miss Clea Eastep of Florence State Teachery College spent the week end with home folks.
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Loren Olliver
Wilburn Evans
B Grubbs
Beatrice Bo
Elizabeth Poole
Alma _~ Brooks
Gladys Ham
Clea Eastep
Florence State Teachery College
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Imogene
Decatur’s
T. H. Gilbert
Capt
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Elkmont
Gilbert
I. M
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Elsie Warren
Moulton
Mrs
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J. A. Chambers
Southside Baptist Church
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Milton and
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Fairview
B. M. McAlister
Third Avenue
Phil Maxwell
Alabama Baptist Association
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Louisa Norris
Benevolent Society Hospital
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Seymour, Ind
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W. W. Sandlin
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Decatur
University of Alabama
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