Price Of Coronation Surges Amid London Bus Strike
London faces disrupted coronation crowds as 25 000 bus workers quit, seeking shorter hours. Seating prices plunge yet demand remains volatile with last minute buying suspected while government probes delay a board of inquiry into the transport strike.
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London
Oxford Street
Ministry of Labor
Marble Arch
Oxford Circus
Board of
Labor Ministry
London Transport Board
Wedding of the Flowers one act operetta at Joe Wheeler
A one act operetta The Wedding of the Flowers will be presented at Joe Wheeler school on Tuesday night May 11 directed by school teachers. The show features first grade participants in花 costumes portraying different flowers with Lily Valia Lily on stage. The public is invited.
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Joe Wheeler School
National Association of Play Publishers
Valia
Program Planned for First Baptist Midweek Service
Rev. Jesse F. Ray said a special program is being planned for the midweek prayer services at the First Baptist Church. Details will be announced later. Attendance has grown rapidly and a large Wednesday evening congregation is expected this week.
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First Baptist Church
Jesse F. Ray
Conference at Southside Baptist Church
A church conference will be held Wednesday evening at 7 30 o clock at the Southside Baptist Church followed by the weekly teachers meeting. All members are requested to attend.
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Southside Baptist Church
Decatur News Roundup Trims Local Happenings
J T Rainery returns home at 346 Jackson Street after illness. Miss Sarah Chunn recovering from tonsil operation at Baugh's Infirmary. Rev Spearman notes good church crowds despite weather. Rev I W Myers heads to Florala for revival. Nelson and Johnsons travel to Chattanooga for jeweler convention. Numerous locals attend events in Tuscaloosa Birmingham and Nashville. Police court heavy with 23 arraignments including gaming reckless driving and vagrancy. Community updates on births marriages and hospital visits.
Burlesque Theaters Ordered Closed As Jury Debates Case
A court ruled burlesque theaters must stay closed while jurors hear questions next week. About 2,000 performers including strippers comedians and stage hands are barred from the 14 New York burlesque stages amid a crackdown on the risque revues once championed by Sam Scribner. The piece notes the long history of striptease from early Vaudeville to postwar revues and contrasts onstage stripping with offstage nudity.
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York
Sam Scribner
Earl Carroll
Boys Sought for Questioning After Grocery Burglary
Police search for two young white boys in connection with a burglary at Pointer and Harlow Wholesale Grocery on First Avenue Sunday. A sack on a boy's shoulder prompted Mr. Harlow to suspect brass, but a broken north side window revealed missing tobacco and chewing gum.
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Pointer and Harlow Wholesale Grocery
First Avenue
Harlow
WPA funds pending for Morgan County road and bridge project
Attaches of the WPA office said no word on when the $56,802 national appropriation for a modernization road and bridge program in Morgan county will be released. The project will hire about 200 men to supplement existing enterprises.
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WPA
National Headquarters
Morgan County
Bonanza Quartet Sings at Tanner Church in Decatur
Bonanza Quartet from Decatur performed a one hour program at Tanner Methodist Church last night. A full house attended despite rainy weather and preaching followed the concert.
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Bonanza Quartet
Tanner Church
Decatur
Tanner Methodist Church
A Fortunate Calamity Charms Austinville High Crowd
The play A Fortunate Calamity was staged at Austinville High School on Saturday night drawing a large audience and earning a good sum. The cast showcased unusually polished training for a school production.
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Austinville High School
Sewing Room Workers Dine At First Methodist Church
A gathering of Indies from Central and First Methodist churches hosted a dinner for WPA sewing room employees at First Methodist Church last Friday. The event featured a meal, folk activities led by Miss Cleon with piano by Mrs. Paul Eubanks, and a devotional by Rev L. D. Patterson. A long list of attendees names appears in attendance.
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First Methodist
WPA
Cleon
Paul Eubanks
L. D. Patterson
Lota Price
Oma Hansell
Elsie Sylvester
Lena Riddle
Lille Sisk
Bertha Jacobs
Ola Sanderson
Ethelyn Belew
Edna Skinner
Bertie Powell
Ethel Phillips
Bertha Andrews
Ida Holloway
Lotte Chandler
Mattie Campbell
Myrtle Miller
Emma Wallace
Lou Ella Nelson
Decatur Continues Storm Cleanup After Severe Weather
City crews extended a cleanup campaign begun after last Friday's high wind and heavy rain. Despite initial estimates, debris removal progressed as trees and obstructions blocking streets were cleared. A new wind event Sunday morning caused no additional damage reports.
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Decatur
Rivers Recede After Heavy Rains In Alabama
May 3 reports from Montgomery say the Coosa Tallapoosa and Alabama rivers are falling from high flood levels as heavy rains ease. The Alabama River gauge stood 7.1 feet in Montgomery, about 2.1 feet above flood stage with danger near Towlands. Weatherman E D Emigh saw no further damage anticipated without more rain and noted light showers over the weekend.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Coosa
Tallapoosa
E. D. Emigh
Investiture Service for Lone Pine Troop No. 2 Set
The investiture ceremony for Girl Scouts of Lone Pine Troop No. 2 will be held Wednesday after noon May 5 at 3 30 at St John s Parish House. The girls will be invested by former captain Miss Clio Lovin and new captain Mrs Peggy Kim berlin. All parents and interested friends invited.
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Lone Pine
St. John's Parish House
Clio Lovin
Peggy Kimberlin
Edward VIII and Baldwin in Dennis’s critical view
Dennis portrays Edward VIII as a tragic, broken man who fled to the sun and snow. He criticizes Baldwin for lack of dignity and for provoking a weak crisis through imprudent choices and hasty policy. The piece also critiques the quick trans Atlantic wisecracks and a broader failure to grasp leadership limits.
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Edward
Dennis
South Wales
Baldwin
Two Financiers Face Tax Fraud Hearings in New York
Pierre DuPont and John J. Raskob, two leading industrialists, appeared before the U S board of tax appeals in New York to answer charges they used fictitious wash sales to create deductible losses for their 1920 taxes. Government seeks large additional assessments.
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New York
Pierre 8. DuPont
John J. Raskob
U. S. Board of Tax
Richard L. Disney
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
DuPont
Raskob
General Motors
Anaconta Copper
Warner Brothers
National Cash Register
Checker Cab
Otis Flevator
Mason B. Leming
Bureau of Internal Revenue
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Mr. DuPont
Edward VIII Leaves for Tours After Simp son Divorce Update
The former king Edward VIII hastened from his Lon don exile toward France after learning of Mrs. Simpson’s divorce from Ernest Aldrich Simpson in London. He ordered rapid packing and prepared a car for the 4 o’clock express from Salzburg, smiling for photographers at St. Wolfgang and declaring he could beat reporters in a mountain climb.
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Moon
Appelbach
Edward
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
London
Chateau of
Cande
France
Tours
Chateau
Mrs. Simpson
Salzburg
St. Wolfgang
Associated Press
Oliers
Tallulah Bankhead Visits Childhood Scenes in Montgomery
Alabama timeline item reports actress Tallulah Bankhead touring Montgomery sites from her youth with aunt Marie Bankhead Owen. She recalls mustard plasters used by Aunt Marie during a cold and previews her performance that night.
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Tallulah
Capital Montgomery
Ala
Tallulah Bankhead
Marie Bankhead Owen
State Department of Archives and History
Montgomery
Marie
Hardware dealers meet in Birmingham three days
A three day meeting of the Retail Hardware Association of Alabama opens in Birmingham. U G White of Athens is the president. several prominent speakers are scheduled to address the group.
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Birmingham
Ala
Retail Hardware Association of Alabama
U. G. White
Athens
Parole Meet Opens in Alabama May 3 Conference
A seven state conference of parole officials and others opens in Openly Alabama on May 3. The gathering aims to coordinate parole practices and share program ideas among participating states.
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Ala
Stock Show to Open in Y Alabama May 3
Stockyards here bustle with the bulk of 100 head ready for the annual stock show and sale to be held Wednesday and Thursday. A 600-person stock ring was built to accommodate spectators and buyers from nearby cities are expected. Entries top previous records with 96 head in the junior 4 H division among 59 clubs.
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Ala
William F P Barrett 51 Dead in Hotel Find
Funeral services planned for William F P Barrett 51 executive of a petroleum firm after his body was found in a downtown Birmingham hotel room. Coroner Gip M Evang ruled death by his own action.
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OTL
Birmingham
William FP. Barrett
Barrett
Gip M. Evang
Market Quotations and Cattle/ Poultry Prices Note May 3
Market activity mixed with modest gains in steels oils rails and aircrafts while many stocks lagged. Foreign exchange saw the franc rise and sterling fall as transfers neared 650000 shares. Chicago poultry prices for hens fryers roosters and turkeys listed with varied weights and colors.
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Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Roosters
Leghorn Roosters
Market Summary Shows Mixed Stocks and Modest Gains
New York traders idle as stocks drift amid irregular activity while bonds stay steady and loans gain. Curb markets mark time with uneven leadership, foreign exchange mixed, and commodities like sugar steady and coffee showing trade buying. Chicago wheat slips on rains, corn uneven, hogs rise 10 to 20 cents with top at 10.40.
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New York
Chicago
Liverpool Cotton Market Report May 3 Prices and Futures
Liverpool notes steady demand with 4 000 bales traded. American quotations rise with strict good middling at 8.21 and good middling 7.91, other grades listed. futures closed steady May 7.15 July 7.18 October 7.06 March.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Dress Rehearsals Open For Decatur High Play Correspondence Courtship
Cast list announced for Decatur High junior class production Correspond ence Courtship with nightly rehearsals ahead of Thursday show. Director Mrs. Willard J. Brown notes heavy advance ticket sales and expects crowds matching the prior senior play He Couldn't Take It on April 7.
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Decatur High School
Willard J. Brown
John Randolph
Frank Troyip
Bessie
Infogene Halbrooks
Billy Gordon
Harold. Michaelson
Ella Carlson
Margaret Dodd
Joe Weatherly
Paul Jackson
George Bloodwood
Ann Gregory
Marjorie Russell
Frances Sivley
Sheffield
Beatrice Hogan
McGuire
Charles Murphy
Charles Kemitzer
Judy Jacks
Sarah Peck Weaver
Five More Beds Planned for Morgan County Sanatorium
Dr Kellie Joseph medical director of Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Flint said installation of five more beds was expected soon. The facility currently has 25 beds with 24 occupied and full county beds, though some vacancies may open next week as patients are discharged.
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Kellie Joseph
Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Flint
Joseph
Morgan County
18 Enrolled in First Aid Class at City Hall
Eighteen students are enrolled in Red Cross first aid courses to be held at city hall. The classes, taught by H. L. Thornton of the state highway patrol, aim to prepare firemen to undertake the study.
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Red Cross
City Hall
H. L. Thornton
State Highway Patrol
Many Unite With Central Baptist Church in Prayer Emphasis
A Sunday at Central Baptist Church featured an unusually spirited singing directed by H Paul Briggs. Pastor John Cowell Jr preached on The Crowning Sin of Central Baptist Church urging prayer and noting prayerlessness as a root cause of defeat. Several members joined the church during morning and evening services after invitations.
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Central Baptist Church
H. Paul Briggs
John ©. Cowell, Jr
Cowell
Church
Actors Strike Rules Prompt Self-Makeup Amid Protests
The article notes Morris and Cary Grant among celebrities as unions discuss odd procedures. President Robert Montgomery chairs a guild meeting where makeup menus on strike lead actors to apply greasepaint themselves. Self makeup avoids scabs and charges, with strict rules against others doing faces. Federated Crafts encompasses 13 unions and about 16 000 film workers. Lessing, executive head, accuses producers of subsidizing a rival union.
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Lessing
International Alliance of Theatrical Ese
Government Wins Suit Against Belmont and Company
The government secured a Supreme Court ruling allowing a suit against the executors of August Belmont and Company for 25 438 dollars. The sum had been assigned to the United States by the Soviet government under the 1933 recognition agreement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
August Belmont and Company
New York
United States
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