Simple foods win popular favor in celebrity poll
A diet survey shows Americans prefer plain dishes over European gourmet fare. Notable figures, including Mayor Angelo Rossi, Stanford's Dr. Ray Wilbur, Senator Bilbo, and Amos Alonzo Stagg, weigh in with simple menus emphasizing soups, salads, steak, and dessert. The JAMA editor Morris Fishbein cites fruit or shrimp cocktail, consommé, steak, lettuce and tomato salad, ice cream, and coffee.
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Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
Ray Wilbur
Stanford University
Nenu
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo
Mississippi
Amos
Alonzo~ Stagg
College of the Pacific
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Pastor Delivers Dual Sermons at Central Methodist Church
Rev. R. Lambuth Archibald led morning services using I Corinthians 11 to stress remembrance, gratitude, and self-examination. The evening message on Habakkuk 3 preached steadfast faith amid national decay, urging true values and bearing Christlike love over worldly success.
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Central Methodist Church
R. Lambuth Archibald
A. H. Kelley, Jr
Memphis
Tennessee
Decatur
W.R. Duncan
Israel
Josiah
God
America
Streamliner to Arrive Here on Next Wednesday
The Tennessean, the country’s newest streamlined train, will run daily Memphis to Washington via Southern and Norfolk and Western railways by May 15. An exhibition run between Memphis and Washington starts Tuesday, and it will arrive in Decatur on May 7 for viewing at the station from 1 15 p.m. to 4 15 p.m. The three seven car trains include chair cars, a dining car, lounge and observation car, with Pullman sleeping service Memphis to Bristol and Nashville to Bristol. The Tennessean is steel built with stainless sheathing and aims for safety comfort and beauty.
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Tenn
Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Norfolk & Western Railway
Memmphis
Washington
Decatur
Pullman
Bristol
Chattanooga
Nashville
Solon tax debate signals push for richer tributes
Doughton will present the communications to the committee amid signs the treasury tax plan favors surtaxes on lower and middle income brackets. Witnesses from the soft drink, non beverage alcohol, and pharmaceutical sectors were scheduled as far as May 14 to testify, with weeks more needed to draft the new tax bill.
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Doughton
The
Treasury
Markets Mixed as Rails Rise but Industrials Fall
In New York on May 5 diverse market moves prevailed. Rails edged to yearly highs while many industrials fell to lows not seen since June. Early gains faded and overall trades spanned about 400000 shares with uneven closing trends.
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Victor Eubank
New York
New York Market Summary Amid Mixed Activity May 5
Market notes show irregular stock prices with carriers resisting changes. Bonds steady as rails resume gains while the Argentine peso advances and cotton experiences buying and hedging. Sugar firm on active raw market. metals steady with higher steel activity. wheat weak from early profit taking. cattle calm with steer outlines strong.
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New York
Aoe Tenn
Businies
Cotton futures slip on profit taking in New Orleans trades
In New Orleans on May 5 Merchants marked cotton futures near seasonal highs earlier, with closing prices showing small declines. Southern hedge selling and profit taking pressured markets while New York prices closed around the day’s lows with modest off movements across contracts including May July and Oct.
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New Orleans
N.Y
Butter Prices and Receipts Reported by Chicago Creamery
Butter receipts total 997,436 with multiple grade ratings. Higgs firm shows fresh graded extra firsts local prices, current receipts 20, dirties 18 1 2, checks 18 1 4, storage packed extras 23, firsts 22 3 4.
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Chicago
Creamery
Higgs
Market notes on cottonseed futures and prices
New Orleans on May 5 market update shows closed steady cottonseed trading. Bleachable prime simmer yellow 9.75A, prime crude 8.421-276, May 945B, July 9.45B, Sept 9.52, Oct 9.53, Dec 9.05B.
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New Orleans
Cotton Market Mixed in New Orleans Trade
Spot cotton in New Orleans on May 5 closed steady with a 7 point decline. Sales reached 1,042 while receipts totaled 2,105 and stocks stood at 504,317. Prices showed low middling 10, middling 11.57 and good middling 12.12.
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New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 5
Nashville Tennessee May 5 federal state Market News Service reports salable cattle 760 calves 250 killing cattle active and strong market tone.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Illinois coal industry faces alarmingly small supply
Industrial officials warn coal output in Illinois is tight as iron and steel mills rely on over half of the state's coal. A temporary UMWA Alabama conflict ends with miners returning to work while wage talks stall on a $1 daily increase. Unemployment benefits hinge on pending court rulings.
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Iron and Steel
Ilinois
United Mine Workers of America
C10
UMWA
Alabama
Department of Industrial Relation
Debate likely to defeat Tobey plan says Barkley
Democratic Leader Barkley predicted the Tobey proposal would be defeated overwhelmingly if it reached the floor. Willkie urged stronger naval aid to Britain in talks with reporters, asserting he had promised Roosevelt full support for deliveries to England.
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Tobey
Barkley
Willkie
Britain
Roosevelt
England
Livestock market price report with varied cattle and hogs
Good fed yearlings 10.25 to 10.50, medium and good around. 1 000 lbs 9.50 to 10.50. Common and medium heifers and steers 8.00 to 9.50. Beef cows to 750, canner and cutter cows 5.25 to 6.50. Top vealers 11.00. Salable hogs 600 steady. Good choice 190 to 250 lbs 8.25, sows 6. Salable sheep 500 steady. Good and choice spring lambs 12.00 to 13.00, common to good 1000 11.00, fat strong ewes 4.00.
Grain price rally falters as profits taken push futures
In Chicago on May 5 the sharp grain price advance stalled as profit taking pulled futures lower. Wheat and corn rose modestly to around 95 to 70 1/8 cents a bushel for May delivery while spot No 2 hard wheat and old yellow corn traded near 97 1/4 and above 73 cents respectively. May and July futures for wheat and corn showed mixed moves with oats steady.
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Chicago
Grain price listings Chicago May market notes
Chicago market prices for cash wheat corn oats and soybeans are shown by grade and quality. Prices include No 2 hard wheat 97 1 4 and No 3 95 3 4 with other cereals listed at varied figures across multiple grades and sample grades.
Doom of Ecclesiastical Babylon Sermon Declares Prophecy Fulfilled
Rev. John C. Cowell Jr at Central Baptist preached that this generation fulfills more prophecy than any before, citing biblical verses and quotes from Geddes Santayana and Wells. He warned educated leaders fail to see signs as nations enter war, calling for attention to the coming judgment and Babylonian perils.
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Central Baptist Church
Aliglaud Geddes
Europe
George Santagna
Harvard
U. S
America
Sochas Oe
Francis Gribble
H. G. Wells
Great Britain
Philip Gibbs
Babylon
Cowell
Decatur News Briefs Highlight Local Births and Events
The column notes the arrival of Brenda Carole Brown on May 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Millard L. Brown. It lists visits, church meetings, and community notices including deacon meetings, Sunday school sessions, and a Rotary convention in Birmingham. It also covers local travel, awards, and a public service update on mailbox repainting in the city.
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Millard L. Brown
Brenda Carole
Spinach Chowder and Lunch Menu Featured Dishes
A recipe guide shows spinach chowder using fresh greens and spinach, with variations like dandelion greens. It lists ingredients for a four serving chowder, plus a full luncheon menu including cereals, toast, fruit, cookies, tea, and beverages with a total daily cost around $1.50.
Symbolic Babylon and global ruin in prophetic teaching
Sermon rails against ecclesiastical and political Babylon linking Isaiah and Revelation with modern world crises. It cites World Fellowship of Faith, predicts antichrist-led commerce, Armageddon, and a coming Superman while urging separation from false religious unity and urging repentance.
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Babylon
Bagdad
Iraq
Britain
Belshazzar
Geneis
Babel
Robert Quillen
Conchita Cintron Triumphs In Tamaulipas Bullring
Conchita Cintron, a 13 year old rider from mixed American and Spanish heritage, dazzled fans in Tijuana. The matadora earned two ears after a swift kill, amid cheers from Mexicans and Americans on Cinco de Mayo weekend. She trains by riding, plays squash, guitar, and sings, while maintaining a strict no rouge, no smoke, no drink lifestyle.
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Mex
Conchita
Matadora
Conchita Cintron
Copchita
Peru
Mexico
Roosevelt and Hitler Speak On Democracy And War
President Roosevelt urged Americans to stay ready to defend democracy in a speech at Woodrow Wilson's birthplace, saying Wilson proved democracy survives only with engagement. Hitler, without naming the U S, warned against democratic agitators and cited Axis losses in the Balkans, while accusing Churchill and Mussolini of failed peace efforts.
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Hitler
United States
Germany
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