Hollywood salons marred by creosote attack amid labor stand off
Picket lines at Hollywood studios sparked tension between Federated Motion Picture Crafts and International Association of Theatrical Stage Employes. Vandals splashed creosote on a luxury Westmore beauty salon injuring property worth about 15000 dollars while a janitor was held at gunpoint. Police investigated amid ongoing labor crisis as camera squads planned to film crossing AF of L affiliates.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture
International Association of Theatrical Stage
Lewiston
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewiston-Auburn
Powers Hapgood
New England C. I. O
Harry Manser
Westmore Brothers
Ernest Westmore
William Powell
Screen Actors’ Guild
Producers
Alabama PWA fund seeks school hazard grants
Records from the Public Works Administration show 13 Alabama communities applying for grants to cut fire health and overcrowding hazards in schools. Total requested: 489,496 dollars toward 1,087,780 dollar construction costs, with projects listed for Andalusia Chambers County Haintsville Jasper Crenshaw County Talladega Bibb County Athens Chatom McKenzie Rosalie Hamilton Cullman County.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Alabama
Swellenbach
D. Wash
Senate
Andalusia
Chambers County
Haintsville
Jasper
Crenshaw County
Talladega County
Bibb County
Athens
Chatom
McKenzie
Rosalie
Hamilton
Cullman County
Two Decatur Bungalows Sold to Local Buyers
Roscoe Russell bought a five room frame bungalow at 226 6th Avenue West and L. B. Wright purchased a five room frame bungalow at 652 Grant Street. John Patterson Agency announced the sales as Decatur area house purchases continue to rise.
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John Patterson Agency
Roscoe Russell
6Th Avenue
West
L. B. Wright
Grant Street
Tax forms reach aid for Alabama merchants
C M Forbes of the state tax commission announces arrival of tax forms for merchants to file returns. Commission representatives will visit business institutions and offer help, with temporary offices at the Tennessee Valley Hotel after 5 PM for five days in Decatur.
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C. M. Forbes
State Tax Commission
Alabama
Forbes
Commission
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Mr. Forbes
Decatur
Crippled Children Clinic Set For May 6
County health officer Dr L R Murphree announced a crippled children clinic set for Thursday May 6 at Lelia Cantwell Seton hall from 9 30 a m to 3 p m with services for afflicted youths.
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L. R. Murphree
Lelia Cantwell
Seton Hall
Beautification Plan for Central School Grounds Initiated
H. G. McClusky is to survey the Central School System grounds including Junior High and Gordon Bible buildings. The effort follows a $1,000 bequest from Mrs. Mary D. Simpson. Professor W. W. Benson, superintendent, says principal will aid the work as the survey begins.
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H. G. McClusky
City Board of Education
Central School System
Junior High
Gordon Bible
Mary D. Simpson
W. W. Benson
Schools Invest Mary Simpson Bequest in Decatur Bond
City school leaders invested the $1,000 from Mary D. Simpson’s will in a Decatur city bond yielding five percent. Bonds trade at 96 1 2 cents and mature in 1951. The board notes the investment reflects faith in Decatur’s future and finances.
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W .W. Benson
Board of Education
Mary D. Simpson
Decatur
Benson
Ineedbme
Student describes eight days in Vienna and Budapest from Munich trip
Louis Hoff, a Junior Year student at the University of Munich, writes from Germany about an Easter nine day journey to Budapest and Vienna. He notes visa avoidance by traveling Munich to Budapest, describes Danube evenings, city tours, Hungarian music, and Easter church services with standing congregations.
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Atlee H. Hoff
Louis
University of Munich
Germany
Vienna
Budapest
Munich
Hungary
Danube
St. Johns
Graves: No further increases in ad valorem assessments
Governor Bibb Graves says there will be no further increases in ad valorem property assessments except where improvements or additions have been made. He cites relief via homestead exemptions and urges the tax commission to enforce the policy across Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Ax Commission
Henry 8. Long
Graves
Tax Commission
Albert A Carmichael
Southern Natural Gas seeks local Alabama plant expansion
Southern Natural Gas Company of Birmingham seeks SEC permission to acquire Alabama Gas Company securities serving Montgomery Gadsden Anniston Tuscaloosa Decatur and Huntsville area gas utilities. Hearing set for May 20 as $2,000,000 note and $680,000 cash fund the deal with conditions tied to Georgia Natural Gas stock held by Southern.
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Washington
Southern Natural Gas Company
Birmingham
Securities and Exchange Commission
Alabama
Southern Natural Gas
SEC
Alabama Gas Company
Montgomery
Gadsden
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Huntsville Gas Company
Consolidated Gas & Electric of
New York
Southern Natural Gas Bow
Leeds
Talladega
Tuskegee
Opelika
Wetumpka
Auburn
Referm
Heflin
Southern Natural Gas seeks SEC approval to expand
The Southern Natural Gas Company based in Birmingham seeks authority from the Securities and Exchange Commission to acquire Alabama Gas Company and Huntsville Gas Company. The acquisitions would add six Alabama cities to its service area and involve Conso lidated Electric and Gas Company of New York. A hearing is set for May 20.
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Roup
Premingham
Ala
Southern Natural Gas Y
Birmingham
Securities and Change Commission
Securities
Alabama
Southern Natural Gas
SEC
Alabama Gas Company
Montgomery
Selma
Gadsden
Anniston
Pascaloosa
Decatur
Huntsville Gas Company
Consolidated Electric & Gas Company
New York
Associated Press
Parole Study Opened By Southeastern Delegates
A Southeast parole conference opens in Montgomery with penologists and parole officials from seven states including Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Alabama. Brian McMahon assists Graves with the keynote on efficient criminal justice and public policy in rehabilitation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Penologists
Parole Board
South
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Brian McMahon
U. S
Graves
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Homer Cummings
McMahon
Dogs in Valley Rabies Tests Confirmed
Two dog heads examined at the Valley laboratory showed rabies. One stray dog bit several others and was killed on the South Bee Line highway. The second head originated from Lauderdale County.
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Bee Line
Lauderdale County
Dean Arranges For Operation For Ailing Arm
LOUIS May 4 Paul Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff arranged to enter a hospital for an operation on his injured right shoulder. A new x ray exam showed a torn piece of cartilage in the shoulder socket blamed for his pitching difficulties. Dr. Robert Hyland Cardinal club surgeon will perform the operation and did not discuss his chances of return to former form.
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S&t Louis
Paul Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Paul
Robert Hyland
Cardinal
Lyons Leslee Arrives as New Wotel Supervisor in Decatur
M. J. Watts of Atlanta arrived to oversee the Lyons Hotel for a 10 year lease starting May 1. Watts, lessee of the Tremont and Morris Hotels, will spend time in Decatur to finalize operation details under new supervision. He plans no immediate staff changes and may appoint a manager later. The veteran hotel executive has 20 years in the trade and began at Maxwell House in Nashville.
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M. J. Watts
Atlanta
Lyons
Decatur
Wotel
Watts
Tremont
Morris
Birmingham
Lyons Personne
Southeast
Watt
Maxwell House
Nashville
Fifty Morgan county elementary schools close for term
Fifty county elementary schools in Morgan will close this afternoon after completing a seven month term. Several others will stay open until Friday for Christmas holidays. Austinville remains open two more weeks due to prior heating troubles. About 5,000 students attend county elementary schools with 145 teachers. All high schools continue nine month schedule.
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Morgan County
Falkville
Priceville
Austinville
Windsor Reunites With Wallis at Old Castle in France
Edward Duke of Windsor reaches Wallis Warfield Simpson at Castle De Cantle near Monts, France after a four hour motor ride from Verneuil. He was accompanied by a police escort while guards and gendarmes watched as the couple entered the château to begin their reunion.
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St. Wolfgang
Austria
France
Wallis Simpson
Chacau
Tours
Duke of Windsor seeks injunction in libel suit
In London today the Duke of Windsor’s action for libel against Geoffrey Dennis and William Heinemann Ltd over Coronation Commentary was heard in Chambers. No decision was announced as the hearing was secret and publication of any ruling would violate English law. He seeks damages and to restrain further circulation of the book.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Geoffrey Dennis
William Heinnemann, Ltd
Chambers
London preps for coronation feast with vast beer and wine stocks
London authorities and hotels anticipate heavy celebrations for the coronation. Conservatively 250000 extra barrels of beer will be consumed, while champagne and liqueurs fill stockrooms. The crowd includes dowagers debutantes workers soldiers and visitors as they toast God Save the King from end to end.
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London
Polio outbreak forecast offers Alabama cautious hope
Washington reports a reassuring view from public health experts that poliomyelitis tends not to strike the same area in consecutive years. Alabama, hit hard last summer, may be immunized in 1937 though officials warn the state will not be entirely free. A new zinc sulphate nasal spray and other measures aim to curb spread, with cautions about proper use to avoid under treatment.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Alabama
J. P. Leake
Health Service
Leake
E. W. Schultz
Leland Stanford University
Alabama liquor sales to begin within 24 hours says board
W. O. Baldwin, chairman of Alabama's Beverage Control Board, announced at least one state liquor store would open in Montgomery tomorrow with Birmingham uncertain but possible. Associate members Matt H. Murphy and Dr. J. McCormick traveled to Birmingham and Mobile to push store openings as liquor from Mobile ware houses moves to Birmingham for stocking. A liquor laden truck from Mobile to Birmingham crashed near Montgomery, with no serious injuries reported, amid preparations for state owned beverage stores opening this week under the ABC Board.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. O. Baldwin
Alabama
Beverage Control Board
Mobile
Birmingham
Selma
State Highway Patrol
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Bottles Unavailable as State Stores Await Opening
A Decatur resident reports five local shops selling liquor were out of stock while awaiting state stamped items. He said he checked places hoping to buy a bottle but found none and was told the stores were waiting for opening.
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T Decatur
Alabama liquor stores set to open tomorrow in three cities
Control officials announce state liquor stores will begin selling at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Mobile Birmingham and Montgomery after months of preparation. W O Baldwin declined comment but sources say opening is sure and shelves are stocked with thousands of cases. Dr J H McCormick oversees Mobile setup as Chief Walter McAdory aims to remove drunken drivers from roads.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
W. O. Baldwin
The
Beverage Control Board
Alabama
J. H. McCormick
Port City
Walter McAdory
Bibb Graves
Tables Muddied at Decatur Curb Market by Rainy Weather
Market patrons report boys climbing onto tables and getting them muddy amid rain. Police notified. offenders face fines.
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Decatur Curb Market Building
Weather report for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge stands at 22.4 feet and rising. Temperatures ranged from a high of 70 to a low of 58 with a trace of rain. Alabama was partly cloudy with possible showers in the far north tonight and Wednesday. Tennessee expected occasional showers tonight and Wednesday with a temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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