Better Home Show Here Promises Big Education Event
Selection of committees completed for the Decatur Better Home Show set for May 25 26 27. Headquarters will be at the civic center with booths space. A TVA carload of equipment will be sent here. Advisory and steering committees include numerous civic organizations led by Mayor R N Harris and city officials. Several club representatives and business leaders named to finance booth decorating and entertainment committees. Cotton Night set for May 26 with Harry Higdon chair.
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Decatur
Civic Center
Ferry Street
Tennessee Valley Authority
Charles Rountree
Decatur Mothers Club
L. R. Murphree
Progressive Culture Club
J. W. Darrah
W. A. Burt
Berean Cf
Redding Emans
Skeggs Crawford
Berean Club
Rayburn Neville
M. K. Vickery
Questers Club
Fart Foster
Zetomen Club
A. C. Dillehay
E. W. Kennedy
C. D. Patterson
Peach and
Caddell
T- J. Cottingham
H. A. Wyatt
J. H. Johnston
Power Board
Q. EB. Eddens
Municipal
Kiwanis Club
John A. Caddell
Rotary Club
A. C. Bailey
Lions Club
W. F. Boswell, Jr
American Legion
LeRoy Mcentire
Joe Pettey
J. O. Colvard
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Sam H. Malone
J. D. McKibben
A. B. Pickens
J. B. Leeman
Thornhill
Paul Dix
John Patterson
H. Reid Sherard
W. L. Clanton
W. S. Reeves
Ralph Sartor
J. A. Howell
William H. Halsey
P. S. Dinsmore
N. R. Carrell
H. L. Davidson
Booth
T. B. Middlebrooks
Robert Mann
Butler P. A. Hi
Rector Oliver Cox resigns from St. John's Episcopal Church
Rev. Oliver Cox, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, submitted his resignation to the congregation on Sunday. The vestry will meet to act on the resignation. Cox, who came from Florida, has made many friends in Decatur and did not reveal his future plans.
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Oliver Cox
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Cox
Florida
Decatur
Local Girl Eva Wyatt Elected to School Senate
Miss Eva Love Wyatt a junior at Alabama College Montevallo has been elected to the Student Senate the highest academic body in the school She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Wyatt of Decatur Forty nine representatives from freshmen sophomores and juniors were named to the Senate.
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Eva Love Wyatt
Alabama, College, Montevallo
H. A. Wyatt
Decatur
Power rules debated by Alabama legislature and utilities
The recess judiciary committee will seek state approval of Alabama Power Company rules and may extend PSC oversight to municipal systems. The panel debated funding for Auburn University, Alabama College at Montevallo, and the University of Alabama, with schools promising official funding requests and factual statements for the legislative report.
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Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Alabama Power Company
Hugh Kaul
Jefferson
Clint Harrison
Harrison
State Commission
T. H. Street
Reess Committee On Education and Highways
Institutions of Higher Learning
Auburn
Alabama College At
Brown
Flame of friendship carried to New York World’s Fair
The flame of friendship from Izumo shrine in Japan is sent toward the United States for the New York World’s Fair. Aiko Tsukimoto watches as sacred cypress faggots are lit from the eternal fire. United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew and Japanese cabinet members witness the lighting.
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Tokyo
United States
New York
Prohibition Leaders Convene in Birmingham Meetings
Prohibition leaders in Birmingham plan two meetings on Thursday with talks by W Earl Hotalen executive secretary of the Alabama Temperance Edward E Blake Chicago chairman of the Prohibition National committee and Birmingham figures Dr Seale Harris and the Rev Emmett Williams. The afternoon conference precedes a dinner session featuring Blake Harris and Williams.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. Earl Hotalen
The
Alabama Temperance
Edward E. Blake
Chicago
Prohibition National Committee
Blake
Seale Harris
Emmett Williams
Pius conveys peace desire through nuncios
Pope Pius conveyed an ardent desire for peace to heads of governments through diplomatic channels via Papal Nuncios in capitals including Germany France and Poland. Berlin officials called the move a more honest mediation effort than Britain’s prior offer and talks of Moscow Warsaw ties continued as Italy and Germany moved toward alliance.
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Associated Press
Pius
Europe
Vatican
Germany
France
Poland
Apostolic
London
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Russia
Britain
Italy
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Soviet Union
Berlin
Warsaw
North Alabama legislative committee to tour state farms
The North Alabama recess committee on agriculture announced its itinerary with stops from Montgomery to Birmingham Cullman Athens Huntsville and Auburn May 13 to May 18. The group will study county farms visit the state experiment station and prepare agricultural legislation ahead of the July 18 reconvening.
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Auburn
Ala
P. O. Davis
Birmingham
South Alabama
North Alabama
State Department of Agriculture and Industries
Montgomery
Vulcan
Cullman
Cullman County
Phil Campbell
Leighton
Athens
Cooper Cowan
Decatur
Belle Mina
Huntsville
Madison County
Crossville
Gadsden
Alexandria
Clairmount Spring
Dadeville
State Experiment Station
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
These People Thinks Liberty Means Liberty
The Liberty grammar school near Decatur was used for gambling when five men were arrested after residents reported a craps game. Deputies Bibb Humphrey and Candler Pittman seized the players as the building echoed with dice and taunts toward the goddess of chance.
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Liberty Grammar School
Decatur
Little Joe
Ada
Chance
Sheriff's Office
Bibb Humphrey
Candler Pittman
Liberty
Commercial Credit Joins Rates Open to Public
E. L. Troth of Birmingham reports Commercial Credit Company first finance firm to publish guaranteed financing rate and insurance coverage for new autos. A. E. Duncan signs open letters stating buyers pay no more than owed and receive full value. Campaign broad to inform dealers and consumers nationwide.
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E. L. Troth
Birmingham
A. E. Duncan
Retail Grocers Association to Convene Tonight
The Retail Grocers Association will meet Tuesday night at City Hall at eight o'clock. All members are urged to be present for the session outlining upcoming plans and discussions.
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Retail Grocers Association
George and Smith to Fight Proposal to the End
In Washington on May 9 a new Senate furor over subsidizing American cotton exports emerged as Bankhead pushed a plan to add a $10 per bale subsidy for up to 6 million bales abroad to the farm bill. Senators Smith and George led a southern faction promising a finish fight, while the Senate approved further farm aid and parity payments despite House rejection, and Morgenthau warned of rising deficits.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
Agriculture Department
Smith
George
D-Ga
Roosevelt
House
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
Ground broken for new South Side Baptist church auditorium
Ground was broken Monday for the new auditorium of the South Side Baptist Church. The initial unit of a building program will include an attractive educational unit.
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Southside Baptist Church
Alabama Requisitions Fate Morrow from Mississippi
Montgomery reports Alabama requests Fate Morrow from Mississippi for grand larceny in Marshall county. Sheriff E M Boyles of Marshall county is named returning officer in the requisition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Fate Morrow
Marshall County
E. M. Boyles
TVA Prepares Malaria Control Program for Wheeler Reservoir
The Tennessee Valley Authority malaria control division begins larval inspections at Wheeler reservoir with only a few malaria carrying mosquitoes found. Next week the larvacidal program starts and will run until mid September covering 80 miles of lake shore and 1 062 miles with backwaters using 40 to 45 boats and one airplane.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Malaria Control Division
Wheeler Reservoir
Wheeler Dam
Guntersville Dam
Flint Creek
TVA
Savings Cited In Proposals Of President Washington May 9
President Roosevelt proposes a second government reorganization plan to Congress, outlining 14 interdepartmental transfers aimed at saving about 1.25 million dollars annually. The plan, his final reorganization proposal this session, would dissolve the National Bituminous Coal Commission and move its functions to the Interior. It also details transfers among state, justice, treasury, and other departments and sets a dissolution timeline for wartime agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
Foreign Commerce Service
Commerce Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Agriculture Department
Department of State
Foreign Service
Foreign Service Buildings Commission
State Department
Bureau of Lighthouses
Treasury Department
The
Coast Guard
Director General of Railroads
War Finance Corporation
Treasury
Department of Justice
Federal Prison Industries, Inc
Power Sale Pact Ready
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 9 representatives from 35 cities and rural cooperatives joining with the Tennessee Valley Authority will sign the sale contract for Tennessee Electric Power Company properties. The sale price totals $78,600,000 with Commonwealth and Southern Corporation led by Wendell L. Willkie representing the buyer. Cleveland, the third largest user, joins the deal with a share of $686,300.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Electric Power Company Properties
Joseph C. Swidler
TVA
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Cleveland
Tennessee Electric Power
Swidler
TVA and Tennessee Officials Plan Tax Replacement Payments
TVA and state authorities expect a Friday meeting to discuss a plan for payments to replace tax losses from TVA purchase of private utilities. Harcourt A. Morgan proposed a separate bill to authorize in lieu of tax payments as TVA acquires the Tennessee Electric Power Company properties, with estimated losses of about 1 million dollars to the state and 2 million to counties.
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Nashville
Tend
TVA
Cooper
Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Farish Heads Alabama Funeral Directors Group
The Alabama Funeral Directors Association closed its two day convention in Huntsville with a fish fry at Monte Sano Park attended by about 75. Herbert Farish of Huntsville was elected president for the coming year and Montgomery chosen as the 1940 convention city. K L Forrester of Dothan and Paul Jordan of Centre were named first and second vice presidents, with J Mell Martin of Clanton re elected secretary treasurer and named a delegate to the national convention in Oklahoma City. A banquet at Russel Erskine Hotel topped the program.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama Funeral Directors Association
Monte Sano Park
Herbert FE. Farish
Hutaville
Montgomery
K. L. Forrester
Dothan
Paul Jordan
Man Missing After River Boat Sinks Near Mallard's Creek
Wilburn Allred, 40, a Lawrence County farmer, disappeared after the boat he rode in with Preston Dotson and Earl Stewart capsized on the Tennessee River near Mallard's Creek. A flotilla of boats and TVA divers searched today for Allred, with others from Hillsboro joining the effort.
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Wilburn Allred
Lawrence County
Tennessee
Mallard’s Creek
Allread
Hillsboro
Preston Dotson
Wheeler Dam
Earl Stewart
Allred
Stewart
Dotson
Tennessee Valley Authority
Edgar Webb
Decatur
RAF Fliers Die in Plane Crash Across Britain 1939
Five Royal Air Force fliers died in the wreckage of three planes today raising total 96 RAF fatalities for 1939. Two planes collided over Bircham Newton in Norfolk, two perished when a bomber crashed offshore near Lincolnshire, and yesterday two cadet pilots died in a collision over Stubton. A separate crash near Horley, Surrey killed both pilots and a civilian woman passenger.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Bircham Newton
Norfolk
Lincolnshire
Stubston
Horley
Surrey
Plan to divert $1 million income tax surplus to schools debated
Governor Dixon and aides discussed diverting about 1 million dollars of income tax surpluses to state education. A bill by Rep Aubrey Dominick seeks legal authorization, with studies noting needed funding and bond payments guiding potential ad valorem tax reductions. The move echoes prior diversions used to cover school bills and homestead loss gaps.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
J. M. Bonner
T.S. Lawson
Aubrey Dominick
Tuscaloosa
A. H. Collins
State Supreme Court
Alabama
Mississippi to Lead Legion Parade in Chicago Next September
Mississippi World War veterans will lead the American Legion parade down Chicago's Michigan Avenue during the national convention expected September 28. The delegation from Mississippi will spearhead activities as veterans march in the event.
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Indianapolis
Mississippi
American Legion
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Parley With Roosevelt Breaks Up After Overhour Discussion
Washington May 9 The soft coal operators and miners conference with President Roosevelt ended at 1 15 p m with more than an hour of discussion. Five mine owners and five union leaders met with Secretary Perkins before any statement. They entered the White House at noon to discuss the wage contract dispute that has left 460 000 miners idle.
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Washington
Soft Coal
Roosevelt
Perkins
White House
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 21.2 feet and fell. Maximum 85 and minimum 59 in the past 24 hours with 0.02 inches of rain. Alabama saw slightly cooler conditions and gentle to moderate variable winds along the coast. Tennessee forecast: fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler east portion.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Immigration Committee of House of Representatives
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Ford Motor Co
Japan
Rome
Mussolini
Il Duce
Cdin
Solons
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Mra. Ickes
Marcelle Levine
Lisbon
Robert H. Ickes
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Farish
RAF
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