Plea for Labor Support of Southern Freight Rate Fight
In Atlanta March 21 1940 southeastern governors confer with eight states to press labor groups for aid in lowering freight rates. Governor Bailey Arkansas calls for action to preserve wages and hours gains arguing high finished goods rates hurt southern industry and consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southeastern Governors Conference
Carl E. Bailey
Arkansas
Bailey
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William E. Lee
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
Solid South
Measles and flu hit Limestone County Sardis Spring area
Community reports flu raging and measles keeping several school children at home. Local families host visitors and attend events as residents share illnesses and social activities around Sardis Spring and nearby Huntsville Florence Wilson Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bailey
Arthur Browning
Ruth Bailey
John Eaton
George Brown
Ernest Navis
Lucile
John
Jim ‘Bailey
Pauline Schole
Huntsville
Cora Newby
Hugh Wessels
Lawrence Philips
Leonard Gossit
Hollis Castill
Florence
Wilson Dam
Elmo Wessels
Lily Bailey
Crut
Governors Send Telegrams for Conference Success
Oklahoma and Missouri governors sent telegrams wishing the conference success. Carroll Downes, industrial consultant, said they are with us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Missouri
Carroll Downes
Outboard Motors on Display at Bailey Motor Company
Bailey Motor Company on First Avenue receives word the Johnson Factory Display Trailer arrives Wednesday afternoon March 22 with a full display of ten outboard motor models including the new Miracle Motor in three models. Captain Paul Baurle, with Johnson ten years, leads the display for local sportsmen to inspect the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Motor Company
First Avenue
Johnson Factory
Paul Baurle
Johnson
Dickinson Named Michigan Chief Executive After Governor’s Death
Loren B. Dickinson, 79, moves from lieutenant governor to Michigan’s 54th chief executive after the death of Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald. In the line of succession Harry F. Kelly remains as secretary of state and was among Fitzgerald’s campaign managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren B. Dickinson
Michigan
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Harry F. Kelly
Fitzgerald
WIFE TRADERS OUT ON BONDS IN ALA BIGAMY CASE
In Russellville Alabama four principals in a bigamy case were released on bonds pending grand jury action in May. W D Johnson and his new wife Della Brand posted bonds of 1000 and 1000 dollars while Odell Brand and his second wife Annie Fay Johnson posted bonds of 900 dollars. The couples divorced February 24 and remarried in Fulton Mississippi. The sheriff said the bigamy charges were sworn because divorce decrees ban remarriage within 60 days. Brand and his new wife received 40 acres of land and two mules under a property agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
Ala
W. D. Johnson
Red Bay F
Della Brand
Odell Brand
Mra
Johnson
Annie Fay Johnson
Johnsons
Brands
Fultap
Misa
Ald Brand
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MR. Sanders
Lena
Lana
Miss Ackerman
Jim
Bridgewater
Mia
Peterman
Sanders
Mrs. Peterman
Ruth Ray Kane
Gene Ahern
Rassle
Bomber
MARG
Limestone County
Sardis Spring
Ita Browning
Estelle Caufman
Naomi Newby
Decatur
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Pulaski
Columbia
Franklin, Tenn
Nashville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Louisville & Nashville
R.R
City Park Flower Shop
Princess Theatre
Sherwin-Williams
Home Decorator
Mann
PAINT & WALLPAPER _ CO
Maggie Clark
Covingtom St. Says
Dr. Pierce
Drug Stone
Plymouth
Detroit
Plymouth Division
Chrysler Corporation
Mich
Major Bowes
Columbia Network
Lymouth Crear Car
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