Delegates to Be Selected for Birmingham Convention
A mass meeting is called for 1 pm Tuesday in Hartselle by the executive committee to select delegates for the district and state conventions in Birmingham on June 27. Republicans may or may not field a ticket. county and state leaders plan to attend, while Democrats expect Roosevelt's strength to drive November ballots. A general call has been issued to all counties to appoint delegates.
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Hartselle
Birmingham
Roosevelt
Alabama Political Primary Likely With Several Contests
A contested state primary faces races for U S House seats in multiple districts. Key figures include Rep. Henry, Joe Starnes, Rep. Bankhead, and others like Frank Boykin, Lister Hill, Buck Oliver, Jarman, and Maxwell. Associate Justices Virgil Bouldin appear in high court races.
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Ocratic
G. W. Posey
Jasper
Walter L. Totten
Winfield
Frank Boykin
Frank Bunkley
Mobile
Rep
Lister Hill
Montgomery
Alabama
W. B
Buck) Oliver
Pete B. Jarman
Livingston
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Virgil Bouldin
Supreme Edge
Market Quotations Wall Street May Day Rally Mixed
Market broad: scattered specialties lead gains while American Telephone drops over 3 and Douglas Aircraft falls near hour four. Steel, motors, utilities and rails fade. Winners include Columbian Carbon Allied Chemical Deere Du Pont Johns Manville. Losers feature U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Sears Consolidated Edison North American Northern Pacific. Wheat slides on rain forecasts. currencies and bonds vary. Official carload gains forecast. Morgenthau notes a peacetime federal deficit near 6 billion dollars.
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Victor Fabank
New York
Columbian Carbon
Allied Chemical Case
Deere, du Pont
Johns-Manville
Continental
VU. &. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Consolidated Edison
North American
U. S. Central
Northern Pacific
Liverpool cotton prices ease as futures hold steady
Liverpool May 1 cotton market reports 48 000 bales with 5 600 American bales. Spot activity described as good business with prices four points lower and quotes for American and other grades. Futures closed steady at May 6.16, July 5.98, Oct 5.64, Dec 5.56, Jan 5.56, Mech 5.56.
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Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Quiet as Prices Hold in Trade
Spot cotton closed steady six points higher in New Orleans on May 1. Sales reached 2 741 bales with low middling at 10.34 and middling at 11.44, good middling 12.04. Receipts none, stock reported 305 444.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures close steady in New York and New Orleans
New York and New Orleans cotton futures closed steady with small gains. May to Jan contracts posted modest advances, spot middling price set at 11.61 in New York while New Orleans showed similar activity with May at 11.42 and December around 10.23.
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New Orleans
Wheat Futures In Chicago Narrow Gains As May Contracts End
Readable fragments indicate Chicago wheat futures moved mildly higher on May contracts with July positions noted in the misty text. The garbled excerpt hints at price activity but lacks clear figures or definitive dates.
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Wheat Futures
Chicago
Saetar's Moth
Butter-Eggs Chicago Market Report May Day Prices
Butter prices in Chicago on May 1 show 10 216 unsettled with no change, while egg prices stand at 37 543 steady. The market reports indicate prices remained unchanged across both commodities.
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Chicago
Potatoes Markets Report Mixed Demand and Prices
U S Department of Agriculture notes mixed potato markets in Chicago on May 1. Old stock light demand and steady markets for best stock. Idaho ras set burbanks US No 1 with new stock and light supplies. Alabama Bliss variety shows stronger demand with 100 lb sacks at 2.75 to 2.85 and 50 lb at 2.90.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Idaho
Burbanks
Alabama Bliss
Poultry Prices Catalogued by Chicago Market
Poultry market summary lists live poultry by weight and breed. Hens under 5 pounds 20 1-2 cents per pound, leghorn hens 19, Plymouth Rock and White Rock varieties 27 to 28, fryers 26, capons 7 pounds up 28, heavy ducks 4 1-2 pounds up 17, geese 12, swan geese 10.
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Chicago
Springs
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Plymouth Rocks
Livestock Prices Mixed Across Hogs Cattle Sheep Markets
U S Dept of Agriculture North Central market report shows hogs at 7 000 head with 2 500 direct sales, mostly steady, top 10.60, lighter weights around 10.25 to 9.80, sows 8.90 to 9.25. Cattle and calves about 1 500 total with slow demand, few beef offerings, steers slipping from 8.25, lighter weights around 6.50 to 7.25, bulls around 6.40, calves steady to lower. Sheep 3 000 with fat lambs scarce, demand narrow, several loads 11.75 to 12.10, lighter clean-weight lambs around 9.90, best wool lambs 6.25.
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U. S. Dept
Big Business Fights Tax Bill in Senate Hearing
Washington May 1. The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce called the administration tax bill unsound in a Senate Finance Committee hearing. The Philadelphia Chamber’s tax committee chair Fran Spencer Edifonds dismissed the measure, while the Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopted a resolution condemning the program as adjournment neared. The Treasury defended the bill, denying that corporations used surplus from boom years to sustain employment during the downturn.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Philadelphia
March North Sole Hope to Halt Invader
Report on battles near Addis Ababa describes Italian losses of 5,000 men and 2,500 rifles found after heavy fighting. Allied forces claim 50 officers and 1,800 troops dead or wounded from April 14 to 30. Italian air and ground units continue to press, with Graziani advancing toward Harrar and Addis Ababa in sight.
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Air Corps
Debra Sina
Termaber
Gadula
Addie Ababa
Deba Tabor
Addis Ababa
Rodolfo Graziani
Harrar
Italy
May Day fete by students staged here
Hundreds of elementary students will stage a pageant in the afternoon as part of a colorful May Day fete. The program promises interesting events and track activities to close the celebration, drawing eager patrons.
County court disposes numerous criminal cases this term
About 75 cases were disposed of during the last three days of the current session of county court convened two weeks ago by Judge Seybourne H. Lynne. The criminal docket was heard this week after seven civil days, making for an unusually heavy docket.
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Seybourne H. Lynne
Iowa Storm Kills Three in Northwest Iowan Tornado
A tornado tore across northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota injuring about 50 and killing three in Iowa towns including Everly Terrace Park and Milford. The deceased include Mrs Julius Hear age 35 and Herman Roskens 18 near Terrace Park and Ray Schelmeski 19 near Fairmont Minnesota. Duane Ringler 5 of Milford died from a fractured skull though not expected to live. at least seven others were critically injured. Terrace Park near West Okoboji Lake suffered severe destruction.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Minnesota
Julius Hear
Everly
Herman Roskens
Terrace Park
Ray Schelmeski
Fairmont
Minn
Duane Ringler
Milford
Woman attacked in apartment house may be fatal
Mrs. McConnell, beaten and partially undressed, lay semiconscious as neighbors Mrs. Sessions and Grant Matheny found her. Police note blood in the kitchen and dining room and suspect a forced entry through the front door as officers question a white assailant.
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Matheny
Mrs. McConnell
Ray Bryan
McConnell
Decatur Diary Highlights Church Activities and Visits
Local notices summarize ongoing church events in Decatur including Westside Presbyterian worship at 7 15 with choir, Wallace quartette at Church of God, baptisms, and stewards meeting at West Decatur Methodist. Also mentions visitors from Athens Birmingham and Town Creek, color photography course at University of Florida, and illness and travel notes from residents.
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Westside Presbyterian Church
West Decatur
W. A. Sullivan
Fromville
Fla
University of Florida
Young Tone New Romantic Team in The Unguarded Hour
Loretta Young and Franchot Tone form a delightful new romantic screen team in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Unguarded Hour showing at the Princess Theatre Sunday. The picture, filled with romance drama and mystery, offers strong chances to showcase their talents.
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Loretta Young
Franchot Tone
Metro-Goldwyrt- Mayer
Princess Theatre
Writers Welcome Roosevelt At Semi Week Press Conference
About 40 foreign newspaper and news agency correspondents attended President Roosevelt's semi weekly press conference in Washington. The president greeted them and noted there was no news beyond the usual remarks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bach
Troop C to Be Inspected at Morgan County High
The annual federal inspection of Co 127 Engineers Hart selie's National Guard unit will be on Wednesday May 6. The outdoor portion starts at 7 30 p m on the lighted athletic field at Morgan County High School with a first for a lighted drill field witnessed by Hartselle residents. Demonstrations of training from the past year will be held. Officers and men invite friends to attend. Major Reading Wilkinson will inspect, with Major Edwin Jones and staff from Huntsville present.
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Hartselie
National Guard
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Reading Wilkinson
Mississippi
Edwin Jones
Huntsville
Alabama high school track and field championships open
About 200 athletes from 14 Alabama high schools gathered at Legion Field for the opening day of the 12th annual Alabama high school track and field championships. Preliminary trials were scheduled to qualify for tomorrow's finals.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Legion Field
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
West End
Phillips
Ramsay
Woodlawn
Ensley
Bessemer
Piedmont
Lee County High
Auburn
Murphy
Mobile
Georgiana
Cullman County
Jefferson County
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Roy
Tarrant
Luther Pa
Menza B. Grace
Jefferson
Rufus Bethea
American Legion
Baynard L. Malone
J. M. Money
Scottsboro
R. T. Simpson, Jr
Florence
John M. Snodgrass
John J. Sparkman
Henry
Penseer
Joe Starnes
A. L. Rains
William B. Bankhead
Morgenthau
Commission House
Decatur
American Cleaners
N. O
N. Y
Decatur’s
Church of God
E. L. Roberts
Church Street
J. L. Shumake
Athens
Central Baptist Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Carl Moore
Mr. Moore
Columbus, Ga
Roy Hendrix
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
A. Z. Bailey
Elaim
E. H. Drinkard
Parkville
Southside Baptist Church
Fred Hatbrooks
Sterchi’s
L. L. Gwaltney
Ottis A. Jackson
Hanceville
Harold Carter
East Moulton
Baugh’s Infirmary
Doyel Burney
Oullinian
Chas. M. Roberson
Town Creek
Johnston St
W. S. Dickinson
Drinkard
E. L. Drinkard
Myra North
BY Thompson
Coll
Myra
Baruim
Jack
Doctor Devries
Decatur Maid
Young-Tone
Decatur Motor Co
McRae Motors
Second Avenue
R. R
Decatur Ice & Coal Company
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