Wallace urges New Deal farm program after war
Secretary Wallace tells a National Institute of Government audience that postwar world choices hinge on American policy. He warns peacetime adjustments must outpace postwar economic nationalism to sustain farm gains and asks for public understanding and government support. The event coincides with a White House garden party where President Roosevelt issues an election challenge.
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Wallace
Sen
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace Wallace
National Institute of Government
Women's Division
Democratic Nation
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Disgusted electorate drives libel committee pressure in House
A fragmented political report notes swift moves by pro campaign factions and a push to erase a contested item from the House floor, with a reference to a 103 of 218 vote threshold to trigger action. The text cites Rep D. NM and the Beruse committee in a tense legislative moment.
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Eck
Miramwiche
Beruse Cmmumittee
D. NM
Diamond Ring Found With Accused After Quarrel
After a quarrel, a diamond engagement ring was returned by the woman to Chinchioli. The ring later turned up on a key in Chinchioli's pocket. Chinchioli is described as a member of a well known Stockton family. Miss Wooster, a Tracy high school graduate, had worked in a cafe at Lodi.
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Chinchioli
Stockton
Wooster
Tracy, Calif
Lodi
Woman Injured Crossing Bee Line Highway
Miss Emma Rice of Valdermosa was struck by a car while crossing the Bee Line Highway at Flint at 4 55 Friday afternoon. Highway Patrolman Sanders Pusch said the vehicle driven by a King of Lacon struck Rice as she visited Mr and Mrs Pred Chunn.
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Emma Rice
Valdermosa
Bee Line
Flint
Pred Chunn
Sanders Pusch
King
Lacon
Miss Rice
Mrs. Gurley Falls Ill at Graduation Exercises
Mrs. Fannie Gurley a teacher in Hartselle was treated at Benevolent Society Hospital after suddenly falling ill Friday night during graduation exercises at Moulton Heights.
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Fannie Gurley
Hartselle
Benevolent Society Hospital
Daily Crossword Clues Anest 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 23 24 29 30 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Crossword puzzle clues list with numbered entries Departed Tatters A weight Poem Like Demon Mother American jurial Elf Meditate Editor Destined Sun god Alane A tree To plait Trench around a castle Young sheep Becomes stale Masculine name Sea covering Park in London Satiate.
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Park
London
Markets Wall Street by Victor Eubank
New York markets drifted amid European war fears with light selling trimming leaders. U S Steel and Bethlehem slipped while aviation gains by Douglas contrasted laggards like Boeing and United Aircraft. Bonds and commodities were ragged as leaders and laggards shifted amid mixed activity and salable hog and lamb prices listed.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Douglas
Boeing
Glenn Martin
United Aircraft
American Airlines
General Motors
du Pont
General Electric
Loft
International Paper Preferred
American
Hawaiian Steamship
Phelps Dodge
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Edison
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Texas Corp
Johns Manville
Consolidated Oil
Kennecott
Surfiage
American Telephone
Gulf Oil
Aluminum of America
Creole Petroleum
United Light & Power
Aviation and
Transportation
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 4
U S Department data from Nashville Tennessee shows salable cattle 25 and calves 25 with a good clearance rate for killing cattle. Fresh loads expected by Monday as stocker calves and yearlings arrive. Weekly comparison indicates most cattle active and steady with good fed yearlings around 10.00 and bulk steers 9.00 to 9.75. Beef cows range 6.00 to 7.00 with a top of 7.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
High School Student Taken to Hospital in Brown Ambulance
A high school student was transported to a hospital in a Brown ambulance after an incident at the school. Further details on the patient’s condition or circumstances were not provided.
Market Wrap: Cotton Futures End Mixed on Liquidation
New York spot cotton weathered mixed trade as distant positions held steady while early liquidation and hedge selling found limited support. Weather forecasts favored new crop liquidation with final prices down two to five points from prior levels. Old contract figures not provided.
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New York
Cotton prices and market activity in New Orleans May 4
Spot cotton closed quiet down three points with sales at 7.21. Prices posted low middling 9.70, middling 10.70, good middling 11.15. Receipts were 2,486 and stock 668,120. Average middling across 15 16 inch cotton in four southern markets noted at 10 designated markets today.
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New Orleans
First Baptist Church Celebrates Pastor Waterhouse Anniversary
The First Baptist Church marks Rev. W. E. Waterhouse’s first year as pastor since May 1 last year from Horse Cave Kentucky. Attendance grew and sixty four joined, with over 8000 raised for church needs missions and benevolences.
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First Baptist Church
W. E. Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Decatur
Horse Cave
Church For All Causes
Troop 20
Boy Scouts of America
Kiwanis Club
Dairy Tour Stops Here in Alabama Extension Effort
The Alabama Dairy Products Association partners with the Alabama Extension Service for a state educational dairy tour from May 6 to May 14. It stops at Opelika and many towns including Decatur, Florence, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery to showcase milk production, cow buying and bull demonstrations amid a cheese plant opening in Decatur. County agent B G Hall invites local farmers to attend the Decatur program featuring a band, demonstrations, and speakers, organized by a committee led by John D McKibben and Casto Jarvis.
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Alabama Dairy Products Association
Alabama
Opelika
Alexander City
Sylacauga
Anniston
Gadsden
Boag
Huntsville
Decatur
Mioulton
Tuscumbdia
Florence
Russellville
Hamilton
Fayette
Tuscaloosa
Eutaw
Livingston
Demopolis
Linden
Safford
Uniontown
Greensboro
Marion
Selma
Haynesville
Montgomery
Wetumpka
Tallassee
Tuskegee
Morgan County
B.G. Hall
Decatur High
John D. McKibben
Chamber of Commerce
Leroy McIntyre
Casto Jarvis
Decatur Cheese Plant
Earl Glenn
C. C. Glenn and Sons
J. W. Clopton
Albert Clopton
Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company
B. G. Hall
Cotton futures steady after quiet New Orleans session
Cotton futures in New Orleans on May 4 closed steady to 3 points lower, with May at 10.78, July 10.50, October 10.03, and December 9.84. Mild activity contrasted with a 10.61 average over 30 market days and middling 17/8-inch at 10.39 cents. Butter in Chicago remained firm at 983,600 pounds.
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New Orleans
Janae
Chicago
Largest mock combat to test U S war readiness
Air operations continue near the Sabine river as Red West tensions rise. The fourth corps will deploy over 40 000 troops with the ninth corps at 25 000 in the upcoming war games. Local border incidents and alien minorities fuel conflicts while tank and motorized units realign to balance forces. Sunday drivers on highway 80 will join the march of fourth corps units from Fort Benning toward Demopolis.
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Sabine River
Red
United States
Fort Benning
Demopolis
Ala
6Th Cavalry
Junior Senior Banquet At Austinvile High School
The Austinville High Junior class hosted the annual banquet in the school auditorium turning the hall into a dining garden with umbrellas and decorative beams. Miss Annie Myr Hendon presided as toastmaster and Garland Burt gave the senior reply. The event featured group singing Moonlight and Roses and was attended by faculty and many students including both junior and senior class members and their families.
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Austinville High School
Annie Myr Hendon
L. E Wooter
Ruby Hendon
Kenneth McWhorter
James Holliman
Ernest Hutto
Garland Burt
Robert Hugh Wilks
Mitchell Rogers
H. R
Leeman
L. E. Wooten
G. W Fowler
D. L Coulter
John Short
Lela Yarbrough
Vera Hendon
Adie Rains
Lora Moody
R. C. McWhorter
Agnes Lovell
Telette McWhorter
Juanita Bowers
Alice Pepper
Dean Simmons
Netina Carpen
Ernie Philips
Evelyn Bro- Unvers
Holcomb Testimony On $1.10 Contribution To Whelchel
The elder Holcomb testified he borrowed $1.10 as a supposed contribution to Whelchel for help in his son’s rural carrier appointment. He denied offering money as consideration and said the gift was his idea to express gratitude for the favor shown to his son.
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Holcomb
Whelchel
U S Craft Firms Expand for Foreign Markets and Domestic Growth
The piece notes increased sales to foreign operators and expansion by U S owners, with factory construction rising in the United States and contracts at the highest since 1937. Public awards are contracting due to curtailment of the Federal PWA program, offsetting private building gains.
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U. S
United States
PWA
Italy Conveys Protest Over Allied Mediterranean Move
In Rome reports that Britain and France reinforced the Mediterranean fleet sparked talk of an Italian protest. Mussolini's Il Giornale DItalia dismisses the Allied plan as a misread design behind the buildup.
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Mediterranean
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Virginio Ayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
No duel ends Hungarian Nazi dispute in Budapest
The affair of honor between Hungary's interior minister Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer and Kalman Hubay leader of the Hungarian Nazi party was settled today without a duel. Intermediaries cleared up the dispute stemming from a May 2 parliamentary debate over art and prosecution of a Nazi deputation.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
Kalman Hubay
Fuehrer
Decatur Greetings and Community Events Highlight Weekend
Decatur notes include Brindley visiting from Hartselle en route to Louisville for the Derby, Dr. Walton to preach at Central Baptist and oversee nurses’ graduation, births at Emens Clinic, and multiple church services. Also mentions local visits, a bird egg anecdote, public talks, and a shared fish tale by Rufus Warren and Billy Day.
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W. B. Brindley
Hartselle
D. O. Simpson
Louisville
H. L. Walton
Birmingham
Central Baptist Church
Nurses of Benevolent Society Hospital
Cowell
Walton
Rufus Warren
Billy Day
Former Gangster Madden Freed in New York Vagrancy Case
Owney Madden the former Hell’s Kitchen gangster and four companions were arrested after the Buddy Baer Nathan Mann fight in Madison Square Garden. Magistrate Thomas Aurelio dismissed the vagrancy charge for lack of sufficient evidence, freeing Madden and the others who had spent a night in a police cell.
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New York
Owen Vv
Owney) Madden
Hell's Kitchen
Hot Springs
Ark
Madden
Martin Krompier
Dutch Schultz
Madison Square Garden
Buddy- Baer
Nathan Mann
Thomas A. Aurelio
Census figure miss nearly 600 in Decatur area
Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports indicate nearly 600 people were not counted in a recent census. Officials say the omission affects local planning and services.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
CANDIDATES IN BIG VICTORY AT LOCAL BASEBALL BATTLE
A Thursday half holiday game between merchants and candidates ended in a 20 to 19 score with Mayor Toms umpiring and B B Malone officiating as ball strike umpire. Seybourn Lynn and Clebie Wallace made notable catches in the field as both sides slugged and ran bases amid wintry winds.
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Courtland Merchants
W. A. Toms
Sam Brown
B. B. Malone
Town Creek
Seybourn Lynn
Clebie Wallace
Gid Redirkr
Tank Almon
Ed Lovett
Boots Gilchrist
Lennis Carroll
Lon Terry
Hubert Coffey
Tank Almor
Willie Owens
Board of Edcation
Seybourn Lynne
Democratic Party
the Merchants
Joe Steinberg
Effie May
Joe
Sam Alexander
Yancey Hughes
Hughes Drug Store
C. C. Pill
Marshall Reding
Harris Pippen
Merchants
C. C. Horton
Duke Bailey
A. B. Lane
L. C.terry
Cliffor Coffey
Fred Crow
Census enumeration call urged for Decatur residents
In the 1940 census within Decatur city limits anyone missed by enumerators is asked to contact the Chamber of Commerce at 69 to ensure an accurate census count for the city.
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Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
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