Alabama iron industry back to full strength with blast furnaces
The Alabama iron sector resumed full operation as nine blast furnaces ran at once and pig iron output rose to 100 per ton while steel mills saw 83 percent capacity. Expansion projects by Republic Gulf Steel in Gadsden and U S Steel affiliates push output, with plans adding 75 000 tons and a new ore conditioning plant.
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Y Simms
Ala
Tron
Alabama
Indusas
Collec
Pacific Coast
Republic
Gulf Steel
Gadsden
Tennessee Coal, Ironland Railroad Co
U. S. Steel
Fairfield Tn
Tennessee Co
Otron
Coun
Europe
Alamius
German claims of heavy damage at Stavanger Fornebu and Lillehammer
The report states heavy damage in forays at Stavanger Fornebu and Allaborg Danish terminal of Germany. Germans report capture of material and over 4 900 prisoners. It cites 40 Britons 200 officers and 3 500 Norwegian second division seized at Lillehammer. Norwegian troops north of Storen area remain, with Oslo dispatch unsure of fate. London says fresh landings on the Norwegian coast. German forces plan a sweep against British near Andaisnes.
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Stavanger
Fornebu
Allaborg
Germany
Lillehammer
Lomm
Stockholm
Storen
Oslo
London
Norway
Andaisnes
Daily Want Ad Promises Great Apartment Rentals
Good apartments remain in demand as renters seek new homes. The Daily Want Ad pathway offers listings to connect tenants with suitable units and landlords.
Markets Slip as War-Time Demands Weigh on Stocks
Wall Street eased on May 1 as steels aircraft and other war linked shares softened. Markets at a glance show declines across sectors while futures closed mixed to down, with cautious trading and about 850000 shares changing hands in New York.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Norway
York
Bombay
Chicago
Cottonseed meal futures ease in Memphis trade
In Memphis on May 1 prime cottonseed meal futures at 41 percent closed easier with May and 29 prices listed. F.O.B. Memphis closing prices reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Planes Lost to Sink Bittern in Fjord Action at Namsos
At Namsos Norway a German trio attacked the British escort vessel Bittern anchored in a fjord. Two planes sacrificed themselves to draw bombardment while a third dive bombed from the sun, sinking the Bittern’s appearance misled anti aircraft fire. The loss cost Germany two planes.
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Namsos
Norway
High Command
Poultry live prices steady to firm in Chicago market
May 1 report shows 26 trucks selling live poultry with steady to firm quotes. Leg horn hens 15, white rock broilers 23, springs 4 lbs up colored 23, Plymouth rock 26 and 1-2, white rock 27 under 4 lbs, Plymouth rock 22 1-2, white rock 23 1-2, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Grain futures prices in Chicago market report
Chicago May 1 price list shows cash wheat No 3 mixed at 1.07 1 4 and various corn and soy bean quotes. Corn No 1 yellow 66 3 4 to 68 1 4 with other decimals. oats mixed 36. No 3 white 41 41 1 4. barley malting 53 66 nom. soybeans No 3 yellow 1.08 1 2.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Report from Nashville Tennessee May 1
Salable cattle 150 and calves 150 with mostly steady prices. Good cattle scarce, light yearlings around 750 to 9.00, top dealers 10.50. Hogs 350 head mostly steady. good and choice 150-300 lbs 5.65 to 6.25. sows 4.40. Sheep 100 head steady. springers 12.00, old crop lambs 9.50 down. fat ewes 2.50 to 4.50.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept
Court Rules Usury In Coupon Loan Case In Montgomery
Alabama judge discusses usury penalties after an appeals court reverses a loan judgment. A borrower took a $15 loan at a weekly $1.75 payment with a $7.20 coupon bought for $6 to obtain a discount on merchandise. The court orders repayment of the principal with no interest.
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Montgomery
Ala
James Rice
Court of Appeals
Joans
Alabama
Rice
Montgomery Company
W. B. Willis
E. W. Bush
Alabama Loan Company
Railroads cited to show cause on lower fuel rates Mobile to Tennessee Valley
Eight Alabama railroads were cited by the State Public Service Commission to show cause by May 14 why they should not apply lower rates on gas oil kerosene and fuel oil moving between Mobile and Tennessee Valley points. The commission noted interstate schedules effective May 13 would cut Mobile to Tennessee Valley rates and reduce related interstate charges.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Public Service Commission
Mobile
Tennessee Valley
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Athens
Cherokee
Decatur
Florence
Guntersville
Huntsville
Sheffield
Stevenson
Tuscumbia
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama State
The
Alabama Gerat
Southern
Tennessee
Northern
Central of Georgia
Meridian
Bigbee River
Nashville
Chattanooga
8. Louis
St. Louis
San Francisco
Comedy and Thrills Too at Elks Show May 13 in Decatur
The Elks present Thrills and Frolics on Monday night May 13 at 8 00 p m under lights at Benson field Comedy abounds with Uncle Ezra Hawkins and a Hill Billy Baseball act promised to amuse audiences The annual show supports the Morgan County Tuberculosis Hospital.
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Elks
Benson Field
Decatur
Ezra Hawkins
Ezra
The
Elks Lodge
Morgan County
Decatur's Diary Local Notices and Social Updates
Decatur diary notes visitors and residents returning from Georgia Tennessee Kentucky and Alabama towns. A political rally and Derby plans are reported along with illness hospital transfers and church activities.
Kiwanis Go to Danville for Supper and Talk
Sixty members of the Decatur Kiwanis club will travel to Danville Thursday night for supper and to hear Hagood Paterson Alabama's Commissioner of Agriculture address farmers and Kiwanis. The meeting starts at 730 PM in the Danville high school gym with Home Economics students serving.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Danville
Hagood Paterson
Alabama
Danville High School
Charles W. Young
Kiwanis Farm Committee
Kiwanis Club
M. E. Edwards
Paterson
Decatur
Seven Bouts Set For Decatur Florence Boxing Card
Seven bouts are on the program when the Decatur Boys Club meets the Florence boxers Thursday night at the Civic Center. Decatur Ellis Lodge sponsors the fights with Marvin Worley promoting. Pairings include Bevis vs Worley, Tucker vs Mullins, Ash ley vs Plemmins, Kiphart vs Worley, Taylor vs Roberts, Doyle vs White, and Worley Alexander vs Poole.
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Decatur Boys Club
Florence
Civic Center
Decatur Ellis Lodge
Marvin Worley
Jack Bevis
Maron Worley
Decatur
Elmer Tucker
Moon Mullins
Howard Ashley
J. R. Plemmons
Aaron Kiphart
Eugene Worley
Ralph Taylor
Doyle Roberts
Doyle: White
Worley Alexander
Walter Poole
Wilson Campbell
Union Officials Convicted In $9000 Extortion Case
Six men were convicted of conspiring to extort $9,000 from fruit and vegetable dealers in New York. Four were AFL union officials including Sol Shuster and Nicola Elia. They face sentencing May 21 after witnesses testified threats of strikes, picketing and embargoes were used to coerce payments.
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New York
AFL
Sol Shuster
Teamsters Union
Nicola Elia
The
Retail Clerks Union
Louis Jannacome
Anthony Pollemeni
Frank Persico
Simon Zaientz
Police Car and Taxi Collision in Hartselle
A Decatur police car and a Williams Taxi cab from Hartselle collided at Vine and Ferry streets at 2 PM Tuesday. Officers C. D. Lamon and J. W. McCall were in the police car. the taxi was driven by Ashford Stanford. No injuries were reported.
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Decatur Police Department
Willams, Taxi Company
Hartselle
Vine
Ferry Streets
C. D. Lamon
J. W. McCall
Ashford Stanford
Noted editor dies in Portland age 77
B. F. Irvine, noted blind editor of the Oregon Journal, died in Portland at 77. He owned and edited the Corvallis Times from 1892 to 1908, later joined the Oregon Journal as editorial writer, served as editor from 1919 to 1937, and held the title editor emeritus thereafter.
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Portland
Ore
B. F. Irvine
The
Oregon Journal
Corvallis;Ore
Storm Strikes Budapest and Regions on May Day
May Day brought snow hail and heavy storms across southeastern Europe. Snow covered Romanian resorts Sinai and Brasov where Orthodox Easter guests wore summer clothes. Hail stones sprinkled Istanbul streets as the weather disrupted travel and festivities.
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Budapest
Europe
Sinai
Brasov
Istanbul
Turkey
House panel tabs marble facing mandate for federal buildings
The House public buildings and grounds Committee tabled the Hobbs bill HJR 487 by 11 to 7. It would require marble facing on all federal buildings in the Montreant triangle.
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Washington
House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
Alabama Adopts Daylight Time Across State Cities
State officials announce schools and major agencies will observe daylight time as cities advance their clocks. Courts and the Montgomery circuit join in, while several cities including Birmingham Montgomery and Tuscaloosa move to daylight time. Mobile favors standard time.
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WPA
Farm Security Administration
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Montgomery
Birmingham
Anniston
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Opelika
Tuskegee
Marion
Troy
Auburn
Chapman
Cullman
Abbeville
Jasper
Bessemer
Homewood
Talladega
Leeds
Irondale
Albertville
Tarrant City
Uniontown
Mobile
Britain Faces Grim Norway Campaign Stand
The article describes a dire Allied situation in Norway with German forces linking their northern and southern arms. Andalsnes base could be abandoned as the Luftwaffe exploits Danish air bases while Allied flights are long and costly. A British communique notes fresh landings, echoing 1918 hard fighting where a lone balloon carried a German message to England.
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Andalsnes
Trondheim
Namsos
Norway
France
Englad
Mrs. T. E. Crow Called By Death
Funeral services for Mrs. T. E. Crow will be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at Central Baptist Church. Rev Homer Britton will officiate and Brown Funeral Home is directing. The deceased died at noon today at her sister’s home on Somerville Road.
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T. E. Crow
Somerville Road
Central Baptist Church
Homer Britton
Brown
Leonard Lively Hospitalized After Car Collision
Leonard Lively of 810 Fourth avenue south suffered two broken ribs in a two car crash at Oak and Walnut streets Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. Charles Clark, driver of the other car, escaped injury and both vehicles were damaged.
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Leonard Lively
Fourth Avenue
South
Oak and
Walnut Streets
Charles Clark
Candidate speaks to large crowd at Rescue rally
A Tuesday night political rally and supper at the Rescue Methodist Church drew a capacity audience. Sponsored by the church missionary society, with Rutledge S. Thomas presiding, the event featured a chance for the candidate to address the attendees.
Concert and Singing Set at Round Top Church
A concert will be held Saturday evening at Round Top Church by the Sard Mountain Quartet. They will also appear Sunday on the program of an all day singing at the same church.
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Round Top
Sard Mountain Quartette
Washington White House rejects GOP plan in May show
The White House said on May 1 that it had rejected a GOP plan. No details were provided, but officials indicated the administration would pursue an alternative approach to the policy proposal.
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GOP
Washington
White House
Amendment Drive Begins in House Labor Committee
Washington May 1 The House labor committee opened a fast tracked effort to pass wage hour law amendments. Chairman arked urged only amendments that preserve the law and avoid extraneous matter to speed passage. Mrs Norton proposed striking wage exemptions for processing of certain fresh fruits and vegetables while maintaining farm labor exemptions only from hour standards for defined periods.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Ae Ete
Peettee
Farm work in good strides in Montgomery crop summary
The Montgomery Weather Bureau reports farm work made mostly good progress amid cool weather. Corn and potatoes recover from the April freeze while cotton planting continues in southern counties though germination is slow and northern crops are poor. Potatoes and strawberries shipping soon. vegetables, oats, and pastures in fair to good condition. cattle and livestock conditions vary by region.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Republicans pledge solid opposition to Roosevelt reorganization plans
Report states that Republicans in both Senate and House will vote against the President's final two government reorganization proposals, signaling broad GOP resistance and potential political impact.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
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Robert Reynolds
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G. W. Lindsay
R. A. Worley
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
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Valdermosa
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Belle Mina
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Roy Poteet
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J. D. Lamon
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Austinville
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First Baptist Church
Stee
Joe Cottrell
Mary Belle Pitt
Pensacola
J. K. Pitt
Hillsboro
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J. K. McBride
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Alabama Business Institute
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