Garner reiterates 1932 government philosophy stance today
Abington reports President Garner again cites his 1932 letter on government. He says the two aims remain to protect lives and property and guarantee equal work opportunities while guarding against exploitation by powerful interests. He criticizes expansion of federal power and notes past pledges by Republicans on economy.
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Garner
Abhington
Jearn
Barkley
D. Ky
Ent
Texas
Washington
Sorm
Roosevelt
WPA Ballot Drive Aims to Rally Southern Support
Lasser of the Alliance says 3,000,000 ballots will go to WPA workers nationwide as a march on the nation's Capital. If Congress withholds funds, WPA employment could be cut from March to April in several states led by Alabama 8000 and Mississippi 17000, with other losses listed.
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Evelt
WPA
Congress
Lasser
Alliance
United States
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Rabid Cat Bite Reported in Somerville Child
A cat that bit the child of W. R. Sanders of Somerville Route 3 tested positive for rabies. A Tennessee Valley lab sent anti rabies vaccine to the Sanders home.
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W. R. Sanders
Somerville
Route 3
Tennessee Valley
Sanders
Young Matron Dies at Rural Home
Pearl Brindley age 32 died this morning at her rural home route 3 after weeks of illness. Funeral arrangements are by Drinkard Howell. Survivors include husband Javer Brindley two sons Warren and daughters incomplete in fragment.
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Pearl Brindley
Route 3
Drinkard-Howell
Javer Brindley
Warren
Mar
Markets React As Stocks Rally Then Falter In Turbulent Session
NY March 20 Stocks opened with a brisk rally led by steels motors and aircrafts but profits were trimmed as traders awaited clarity on Europe and potential war risks. Turnover cooled late with about 900000 shares changing hands while price quotes for poultry and birds were also listed.
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New York
Europe
U S Markets Mixed As Rally Fades And Commodities Move
New York and Chicago market notes show an irregular early rally fading in stocks while bonds improve with foreign loans resisting the trend. Cotton and coffee firm and higher sugar uneven with liquidation, wheat steady, corn higher, cattle and hogs uneven to weak across the board.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures close higher on March 20 at New York
In New York on March 20 cotton futures closed higher across several contracts. May and July climbed with gains of roughly 11 points to 8.26 and around 10 points to 8.08 respectively, while later months gained modestly. Spot middling stands at 9.00, nominal.
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NEA
Decatur Daily
Elizabeth
N. J
New York City
Margaret Gillen
Robert J. Rochon
Peggy
N.Y
New York
Cotton futures end higher after early setback in New Orleans
Cotton futures rallied from an early decline in New Orleans with final prices showing net advances of 9 to 10 points. May and July contracts moved to around 8.33 and 8.13 respectively, while December closed near 7.83.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Prices Steady in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis. Closing prices for March 22 to October show values ranging from 22.10 in March to 21.85 in October with 1,900 in sales.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed Oil Prices Hold Steady In New Orleans Market
New Orleans reports steady cottonseed oil trading with bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.80 nominal and prime crude pricing around 5.62 to 5.87 range. Futures listed for March May July September and October with varying bids and basis.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton Prices and Receipts Report
Spot cotton closed quiet with small gains as sales reached 672 bales. Prices showed low middling at 7.53 cents, middling at 8.68, and good middling at 9.23, with receipts totaling 1 249 and stock at 578 182 bales.
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SPOT
New Orleans
Poultry prices and load details in Chicago market
Poultry live consignments include 1 car 19 trucks with hens steady and chicken easy. Hens over 5 pounds sell 37 pounds and under 12 1 2. leg horn hens 16. broilers 2 1 2 to 3. colored J Plymouth rock 18. white rock 19. springs 3 1 2.
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Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Roosters
Leghorn Roosters
Ducks
Chicago
Springs
Chicago Dairy Prices Mixed in Daily Market Report
Chicago market report lists butter firm with 93 score for specials 23 to 28.1, extras 92 at 22.3, firsts and seconds ranging 21 to 22 1 2, standards 22 3 4, Efex at 28 260 steady with various grades and local receipts noted.
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Chicago
Efex
Market Report From Nashville Livestock Sale
U S Department notes cattle receipts about 600 with weak trade especially in killing classes. Prices: plain to medium steers 17.50 18.75. good fed steers 9.00 9.50. beef cows 7.00 down. top vealers 10.50. Hogs 600 receipts steady 140 lb up to 225 lb top 7.15. sows 5.55 down. Sheep 25 receipts steady with ewes and fat lambs to 9.00 and fat ewes 3.00 down.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Wheat and corn futures rise on improved European demand
Chicago reports improved European demand for wheat and corn with several thousand bushels sold from domestic ports over the weekend. Trade steadied as war clouds limit prospects. May wheat at 68 68 1/8, July at 68 1/8, May corn at 47 3/4, July 49 1/2 5/8, oats mixed.
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Chicago
Rotary open meeting names delegates to Mobile convention
Decatur Rotary Club held an open meeting with James Rankin and the incoming president to be selected named as delegates to the Mobile convention. Joe Duncan chaired the event as Mrs G P Ban aiza’s pupils performed dances. Visitors included Brown Mahon of Greenville South Carolina and W D Whitfield of Huntsville.
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Decatur Rotary Club
James Rankin
Mobile
Joe Duncan
G. P. Banaiza
John Peach
Brown Mahon
Greenville
8. C
W. D. Whitfield
Huntsville
Final rites held for Mrs J L Holloway at Union Hill
Mrs J L Holloway 58 died suddenly at home Falkville Route 1. Funeral conducted by Rev Roscoe Wilhite with Drinkard Howell in charge of burial Sunday at Union Hill. Survived by six sons E H E E J E W O B E W D Holloway and one daughter Mrs J D Taylor. Resident of Parkville Route 1 for over 25 years.
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J. L. Holloway
Falkville
Route 1
Union Hill
Roscoe Wilhite
Drinkard Howell
Gorin Sentenced in Espionage Case In Los Angeles
Michael Gorin Pacific Coast manager of Intourist a Soviet government agency was sentenced in United States district court in Los Angeles to six years in a federal penitentiary and fined 10000 for espionage.
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Los Angeles
Michael Gorin
Pacific Coast
Intourist
United States District Court
Health Update From Rev. John C. Cowell Jr
In a letter to the Central Baptist Church Rev. John C. Cowell Jr reports improved health after travel from Ft. Myers to Florence to Fayetteville. He plans slow recuperation, the Easter sunrise service at 6 o clock, and a March 30th or April 1st return. He also notes Wheaton College Glee Club will visit Decatur on Tuesday evening April 4th with a music program.
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John C. Cowell, Jr
Ft. Myers
Fla
Florence
D. C
Fayetteville
Florida
Hewine
Wheaton College Glee Club
Decatur
State to Require Department Property Inventories
Governor Dixon announced all state departments must prepare inventories of property. He said none had adequate inventories when he took office, citing a prison with unassignable items and the highway department lacking checks on tractors scrapers and road machinery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Highway Department
State Releases Slaver to Feds
Governor Dixon announced Alabama would waive the robbery charge against Harvey McGraw and allow federal prosecution for kidnapping and murder. McGraw, an Alabama convict, was taken from a train in Chipley Florida after two Montgomery men, Clifford T. Mann and Charles Wilkinson, were found dead near Milton. A Florida sheriff cited McGraw’s confession to the kidnap killing.
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Montgomery
Dixon
Alabama
Harvey
Lindbergh
Nena
Florida
McGraw
Chipley
Fla
Ala
Milton
Clifford T. Mann
Charles Wilkinson
Georgiana
Return of Wilson to State Ordered
The Alabama Department of Institutions and Corrections requests Pennsylvania to return Tom Wilson who escaped Kilby prison January 22. Philadelphia officials say Wilson was arrested there in a holdup case. Wilson, sentenced for a Limestone County murder in 1922, had his sentence commuted to life. he was assigned outside the prison before escaping.
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Montgomery
Alabama Department of Institutions and Corrections
Pennsylvania
Tom Wilson
Kilby
Philadelphia
Wilson
Limestone County
Beatitude Topic Explored in Central Methodist Sermon
Rev. R. Lambuth Archibald of Central Methodist preached on the fifth Beatitude Blessed Are The Merciful For They Shall Obtain Mercy calling it Distilled Loveliness The sermon emphasized mercy as inner Christlike attitude and forgiving heart with reference to the Good Samaritan and divine Providence in sowing and reaping.
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R. Lambuth Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Archibald
Christ
Kansas Pilots Praise Makeshift Airfield After Emergency Landing
Kansas observers recount an emergency landing near Nashville after fuel ran low. Pilot Sims notes lack of nearby gas, Dr. Coffey calls for airports in towns, and both commend Shefield gas access arranged by Bill Curtis and H. Reid Sherard. The Waco cabin plane belonged to T. L. Lozier of Lozier Cosmetic Co. in Kansas City.
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Cumberland
Nashville
Sims
Coffey
Muscle Shoals
Decatur
T. L. Losier
Lozier Cosmetic Co
Kansas City
Lozier
Country Club
Decatur Daily Snips Report Flu ailment and Local Visits
Mrs J F E Howell remains ill with flu at Sixth Avenue home. Numerous residents and visitors from Madison, Hart selle, Falkville, and surrounding areas are noted in Decatur today. Community events include Southside Baptist revival prep and Lenten services at St Pauls Lutheran.
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J. FE. Howell
Sixth Avenue
Southside Baptist Church
J. T. Halbrooks
Fourth Avenue 5
Reminiscences of an 1876 Ohio mansion memories
Mrs. Babb recalls childhood visits to the historic Sycamore street home once owned by LeRoy McEntire now tied to the Monroe Hinds family. She remembers tall mirrors in two front rooms and thick carpets, recalls hosting visits with Mrs. LeRoy McEntire, and questions whether Mrs. Bebb and Lady Curzon played there as children.
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LeRoy McEntire
World War II Crisis Tightens Across Europe In 1930s Headlines
Reports describe Hitler’s bloc pressing France Britain and Italy as German troop movements push toward Romania and the Baltic states. Discussions among Kennedy and Halifax signal allied diplomatic coordination while Romania resists German pressure amid oil and wheat riches.
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Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Romania
Bucharest
Germany
Joachim van Ribbentrop
Juozas Urbsys
Berlin
Baltic
U. S
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
Viscount Halifax
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Lord Halifax
House of Lords
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Carpatho-Ukraine
Rumania
France
Daladier
Rhineland
Britain
London
Paris
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
Madrid
Douglas Nominated to Supreme Court Links to Roosevelt
The report outlines Judge Douglas from the Department of Commerce in bankruptcy studies for three years and his 1923 marriage to Mildred M. Riddle of La Grange Oregon. It notes Roosevelt era nominees and the likelihood of a temporary chairman if Douglas resigns from the securities commission with George C. Matthews or Jerome Frank as possible successors.
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Department of Commerce
Mildred M. Riddle
la Grange
Ore
Childre
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hugh L. Black
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Douglas
Securities Commission
Commission
George C. Matthews
Jerome Frank
AAA
Andrews Nominated for Waget-hour Administrator Post
President Roosevelt named Elmer F. Andrews for a regular appointment as wag hour administrator after a recess appointment. Senate confirmation is required for final approval.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Roosevelt
Senate
Senator Hill Invites Roosevelt to Visit Auburn Alabama
Senator Hill of Alabama invited President Roosevelt to Auburn for a brief talk. The exchange occurred in Washington on March 20 and highlighted plans for a presidential stop in the state.
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Washington
Senator Hill
Ala
Roosevelt
Auburn
Alabama
Mrs Babb’s Life Spanned Western Frontiers and Wyoming Farewells
Mrs. Babb, born in Wilmington Ohio, lived across Kansas Oklahoma and Colorado before settling in Casper Wyoming. Her long life touched Decatur with a cherished 1873 Decatur News tribute to her father and a gift to Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall.
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Mrs Babb
Wilmington
Ohio
Charley
el Paso
Texas
Babb
Wilmington College
Kansas
Clay County
Oklahoma Territory
Ponca City
Babbs
Colorado
Casper
Salt Creek Field
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Decatur News
Hermione Lodge No. 16 Knights of Pythias
Decatur
Clemency Denied to Six Convicts in DC Execution
Governor Burnet R. Maybank refused clemency for six convicts sentenced to die by electric chair for the December 12 1937 slaying of guard Captain J Olin Sanders during an attempted escape from the state penitentiary in Columbia. The condemned men include William B. Gentry alias Woods Biloxi Mississippi J W Bair of vigod Suttles Simpsonville Crans Rochester N Y Moorman Detroit Michigan and George Wingard Columbia.
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Columbia
D. C
Burnet R. Maybank
J. Olin Sanders
State’ Penitentiary
William B. Gentry
Woods
Biloxi
Miss
J. W. Bair
Vigod
College Early April Trip to Warm Springs Georgia
A reference notes that the Alabama Polytechnic Institute College planned early April activities during a visit to Warm Springs Georgia. The passage centers on travel timing and location without detailing individuals or outcomes.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute College
Warm Springs
Georgia
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Hartselle
Berbon KE
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Tanner
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Tallassee
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Glasgow
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Birmingham
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University of Alabama
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Freda Kyle
Athens College
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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Fourth Avenue South
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E. T. Town
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Flint
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Parkville
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