World-Wide Methodist Unity Hopeful at Mand Church Conference
Speaker predicts growing unity among Methodist branches in the United States England and Canada as leaders from Alaska to Kansas City recount mission work. Dr Myers recalls Duncan’s 1862 mission with a salmon cannery and sawmill aiding cultural transition and education for Metlakatla Indians.
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States
Leete
United States
England
Canada
Gordon A
United Church of Canada
Ates Ag
Adaskaveral
William
Duncan
Alaska
Myers
Metlakata
Speed-raising aircraft research announced at Langley Field
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics announced a breakthrough reducing wing drag by 65 to 75 percent, with Langley Field laboratories inspecting designs aimed at 400 to 500 mph flight. Col Charles A Lindbergh and other officials toured the site amid secrecy surrounding the work.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press Aviation
Langley Field
Vya
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Charles A.bergh
Washington
Lewis
Markets rally amid mixed signals from European drama
New York stocks rose mildly in early dealings as U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors and others showed gains while bonds and commodities moved higher. Trading saw quiet opening with leaders like U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and American Can advancing as analysts noted a softer war risk mood and revised tax notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Westinghouse
Eastman Kodak
Johns-Manville
Santa Fe
Great Northern
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda
Kennecott
du Pont
London
Paris
Amsterdam
UU. & Steel
N. ¥. Central
American Telephone
Anacionda
Américan Can
New York City
Chicago
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market Report
Butter bids show 945 206 firmer creamery 93 score 22 92 211 2 90. centralized car rots 2 1 4. Other prices unchanged, eggs 47 435 steady. prices unchanged overall.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York May 2 Stocks Edge Higher Bonds Rise
Markets show a firm tone in a slow rally with leaders advancing while bonds rise and rails demand improves. Sugar and coffee mixed with scattered coverage. cotton uneven with southern and foreign buying. wheat steady, corn higher. cattle weak to lower, hogs steady to ten cents lower.
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New York
Coltton
Chicago
Poultry Prices Steady After Fire Damage in Chicago
In Chicago on May 2, a poultry market fire affected supplies with 35 trucks kept on standby. Prices for hens ranged around 5 pounds and under 17, leghorn broilers at 17 1 2, Plymouth Rock springs at 21, and bare back chickens at 15, with other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock Springs
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 2
U S Dept cattle and calves offered at Nashville. About 200 cattle 150 calves listed. Demand for fed steers weak with dull tone. Plain and medium heifers and steers around 7.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agrid
50 Agents List Signals German Reprisals
The Voelkischer Beobachter claimed nine names on a list and hinted at German reprisals. Berlin responded to expulsions by ordering three long‑term British residents to leave. Home officials stressed the action was not a counter reprisal. Sources say Nasi organizations had been closely watched for months.
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Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin
Germany
Penalty Tax on Excess Cotton Marketing Quota
The article notes penalties for cotton sold beyond a grower quota, two cents per pound, as part of 1939 marketing rules. Cotton over 15 inches long is exempt from quota regulations, and buyers must collect the penalty and record all transactions for the AAA.
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AAA
Shep Fields Orchestra Delights Morgan County Dance
Shep Fields famous Rippling Rhythm orchestra drew a large crowd to the Armory last night for a Mor gan County American Legion post staged dance. Out of town attendees joined locals as the event was praised as one of the most enjoyable in months and the post plans more musical events at the Armory this year.
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Shep Field
Armory
Morgan County
Market Report for Livestock and Hogs
Feeda and cattle quotes show 8.50 to 9.50 for medium to good fed steers and yearlings. Beef cows and bulls mostly 6.75 down with cutter cows 4.00 to 5.50. Top weanlings around 9.00. Hogs salable at 800 head with market steady to 10 lower. Cornfed weights 170 to 225 pounds 5.45 to 6.40. Sows 5.00 down. Sheep steady with spring lambs mostly 11.25 down. old crop wooled lambs to 8.50 and wooled ewes to 3.50.
New Pastor Reaches City As Two Churches Welcome
Rev. Waterhouse and Rev. Lee are introduced as new pastors for First Baptist and First Presbyterian in a joint welcome. Waterhouse, Atlanta native and Mercer graduate, has 16 years of pastorates and active civic roles. Lee, formerly of Horse Cave, Ky, is brought in after extensive ministry and temperance leadership. The couple has two children.
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W. Lee
Horse Gave
Lee
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
Waterhouse
Atlanta
Mercer University
Southern Baptistieal Seminary
Louisville
Nomerre
Kayne Waren
EU Theey Te “ Boy" Beoutwoop
Hart County Temperance League
Liberty Baptist Association
BT. U. of
Tucky
B.T.U
Macon
Wesleyan
Wesleyan Conservatory
Horse Cave
W.M.U
Southside Baptist Church
Rev. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
Reynolds official urges self-reliance to restore confidence
Clay Williams, chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co and former NRA administrator, told businessmen they must resell themselves to the country for confidence to return. The Alabama Dental Association announced its 1940 convention in Birmingham to be set later, per Dr George W Matthews.
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Washington
Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
NRA
Ingham
Ala
Jabama Dental Association
Birmingham
George W. Matthews
Bankhead proposes June 16 adjournment deadline
Senator Bankhead proposes that Congress set June 16 as the adjournment deadline and makes that date the last session day. He would empower tax and foreign affairs committees to continue hearings during the recess on tax Social Security and neutrality legislation.
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Washington
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Congress
House
Senate
Decatur Diary Notes Local Typists and Community Events
Local Alabama Business Institute students earned junior membership in the order of artistic typist with Edith Crawford praised for best paper. Certificates for speed and accuracy awarded to multiple students, including Dorothy Davidson for 53 WPM. Community updates include church activities, WPA staff transfers, Walther League rally plans, and local social notices.
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Alabama Business Institute
Margaret Dodd
Sarah Jane Poole
Jane Royer
Edith Crawford
Mary Ruth Durham
Ima Edwards
Ruth Farrer
Harriet Irwin
Opal Holland
Myrtle Kaylor
Frank Kirby
Mildred Stephenson
Elizabeth McBride
Donald Nelson
Lilla Mae Halacre
Ruth Pettey
Dorothy Davidson
Jimmy Holland
Martha Whitlock
Eugenia Berry
Martha Jane Ellis
Fusie Goree
Ruth Nelson
Berta Mae Joiner
Harriet Erwin
Charles Clark
Christine Minor
Lilla Mae Halfacre
Education and Highways Recess Committee Returns to Draft Report
The recess committee on education and highways returns to Montgomery after three weeks of hearings statewide to draft a formal report detailing findings and recommendations for state education and highway policies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Education and Highways
Governor Dixon camps Tombigbee Warrior Canal talks
Governor Dixon and Representative Joe Starnes of Guntersville met briefly in Montgomery to discuss pushing development of a Tombigbee Warrior Canal through Alabama, but the governor reported there were no developments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Alabama
Coal talks reach pivotal moment in Appalachian coal field
In New York on May 2, a four operator and four United Mine Workers CIO committee recessed for four hours just five minutes after the session began signaling the most critical stage of wage and contract negotiations in the Appalachian bituminous coal area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Senators Ready to Talk Weeks to Defeat Cotton Sub
Chairman Smith of the Senate Agriculture Committee said he and southern senators are willing to talk for three weeks if needed to defeat a compromise cotton submeasure supported by Senator Bankhead of Alabama.
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Washington
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
Ala
Body of Evelyn Rice released for cremation in Georgia
Judge Emory H. Niles ordered the release from the city morgue of Evelyn Rice the torso slaying victim. The body will be cremated and sent to relatives in Georgia. In Birmingham Alabama labor leaders tightened lines as AFL spokesmen announced a coal miner campaign not just propaganda. George L. Googe reiterated the plan for a membership drive among Alabama miners.
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Baltimore
Emory H. Niles
Evelyn Rice
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
American Federation of Labor
George L. Googe
Southern Afl
Googe
Fifty common surnames dominate old age insurance records
The report notes that roughly 10 percent of 43.9 million policy numbers are tied to workers with common names, led by Browns and Williggam es. John Corson explains most cards can be found in under five minutes, with John Thompson as a frequent example. The top names progress through M and P to include David, Anderson, Wilson, Taylor, Thomas, Moore, White, Martin, and others up to fiftyth place tied at Bennett and Elliott.
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John Corson
Insurance Bureau
Thomas
Moore
White Martin
Thompson
Jackson
Harris
Lewis
Allen
Hall
Green
Robinson
Baker
King
Nelson
Adams
Roberts
Phillips
Evans
Turner
Edwards
Bell
Bailey
Fisher
Bennett
Butler
Foster
Walker
James
Cohen
Jenkins
Bilis
Jordan
Burke
Brooks
Johnston
Biliott
Black
Nichols
Owens
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Mand
Ily Lee
W. T. Grant CO
ACME
New York, N. Y
World of Tomorrow
Acme Telephoto
Wall Street
N. Y. Cotton
New Orleans
New ‘Orleans
Nahen
Satan Ares
Shep Fields
Indianapolis
Ind
Powel Crosley, Jr
Cincinnati
Miami
Fla
Albania
Rome
Decatur’s
J. H. Chitwood
Central Park Methodist Church
J. L. Williamson
Fountain Heights Methodist Church of
R. L. Archibald
A. A. Legal
Tuscumbia
Decatur
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. T. Town
Austinville
E. E. Speer
Joan Summer
The
W. P. Snuggs
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
H. L. Carter
Athens
Limestone County
Snce
Evelyn Morris
Wilcox County
Camden
Central Methodist Church
Gilman Doss
Florence
Bethel Church
Tery
Wwe
Church of God
Sixth Avenue
P. E. Marland
Ijnotype
Southside Baptist Sunday School
Livingston
R. D. Cook
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
First Corinthians
Ernest Britain
Highth Avenue West
W. M
Henry Henson
FE. B. Hames
Twelfth Avenue West
Charles Grayson
Mrs. W. M. Pierce
Board of Trustees
Jane Pirie
Drive
Benevolent Society Hospital
F. EB. Lawrence
Cullman
Olen Leach
Union Grove
Mmss
Clara White
Baugn’s
Coleman Gray
Danville
Benevolent Society
Hos
James Wilson
Ferry Street
William J. Frost
Prost
Sisobey
Wilson
Frost
Chicago Herald Examiner
International Typographical Journal
Charles Rountree
J. H. Gross
A. and P
North Alabama
J. R. Gray
Minor’s
St. W
Bey
Tennessee Valley CO
James Rankin
Sec’y-Treag
Tennessee Valley Bank Building
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