Congress weighs relief cuts and states rights in new spending plan
Washington leaders forecast a relief spending rethink this week as the House appropriations panel weighs a proposed 1.5 billion dollar relief package with potential one third reduction. A Friday conference with President Roosevelt adds pressure on relief policy and economy.
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Washington
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Roosevelt
Woodrum
D-Va
Bailey
N.C
King
Utah
Business Leaders to Discuss Labor Setup in Decatur
Decatur business community is invited to a 7 30 PM meeting at Hotel Lyons assembly room to talk over the labor situation. The Chamber of Commerce, newly formed, aims to attract new industries and expand existing ones while promoting a peaceful labor climate. All local business people are urged to attend.
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Decatur
Hotel
Lyons Assembly Room
Chamber of Commerce
Police War on Traffic Breakers
Police continue to monitor traffic violators who run red lights and stop signs. Several arrests have been made in recent days as officers vow to break up the dangerous practice.
Center Tests Student Tour Begins May 211S
Final examinations at University of Alabama Center will begin May 21 and run through May 27 with sixty students taking the finals. Summer enrollment talks with Prof. W. T. Jordan and Gilbert White. Classes target Sept. 20 start. at least 40 freshmen may enroll as sophomores next fall. Decatur senior tour to Nashville praised as highly successful with forty eight students listed.
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University of Alabama Center
W. A. Brown
W. T. Jordan
Gilbert White
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
University of Alabama
Death of W. O. Clark at 57 in Falkville district
W O Clark 57 a prominent South Morgan resident died this morning at 3 30 at his home Falkville route one He is survived by wife two sons Simon and Woodward two daughters Mrs Fred Robinson of Falkville route two and Mrs O D Beavers of Falkville route one five grandchildren five sisters and two brothers The body is in Drinkard and Howells ready for burial funeral set for Tuesday at Falkville Methodist Church Rev R M Moore will officiate Pallbearers named Simon Clark Fred Robinson O D Beavers Woodward Clark Gerald Scott Everett Clayton
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W. O. Clark
South Morgan
Falkville
Simon and
Woodward
Fred Robinson
O. D. Beavers
Bill. Wyatt
Texas
Charles Harvey
J. B. Clayton
Simon Clark
Woodward Clark
Gerald Scott
Everett Clayton
School Bus Collision Kills Seven Greensboro Boys
A Mother's Day crash near the Apalachicola river bridge in Florida left seven Greensboro boys dead, three injured and 25 others unhurt after a flatbed truck sideswiped a school bus carrying Future Farmers of America members returning from a Marianna district meet. Authorities from Gadsden and Jackson counties investigate the incident.
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Chattahoochee
Fla
Gadsden
Jackson County
Greensboro
Apalachicola River Bridge
Future Farmers of America
Marianna
House and Lot on Seventh Avenue Sold in Westbound District
The house and lot at 617 Seventh Avenue West sold by Claude E. Vrooman to Mrs. Bessie L. Norris. L. B. Wright of John Patterson agency handled the sale. The purchase price was not announced.
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Seventh Avenue West
Claude E. Vrooman
Bessie L. Norris
L. B. Wright
John Patterson Agency
Former Cabinet Member Harry S New Dies at 79
Baltimore May 10. Harry Stewart New hoosier newspaperman who became postmaster general and started the air mail died last night at Johns Hopkins after an extended illness. He was 79 and served in the Harding cabinet returning to Indiana in death.
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Baltimore
Harry Stewart New
Hoosier
Air Mail
Indiana
Harding
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Child Killed in Auto Collision Near Opelika
In Chambers County Alabama a crash 12 miles from Opelika yesterday killed Irene Butler 11 and critically injured Jack Earle Prince 12 who was admitted with a fractured neck. Eight others sustained minor injuries in the wreck.
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Opelika
Ala
Chambers County
Irene Butler
Jack Earle Prince
Textile labor pushes $18 minimum wage and 35 hour week
United Textile Workers officials urged inclusion of an $18 minimum wage and a 35 hour workweek in a federal regulation proposal. They were invited to present views before a House labor subcommittee as hearings on the Ellen Bogen bill to create a textile mill Little NRA begin.
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Washington
United Textile Workers
House Labor
Ellen Bogen
Boy’s Home Run Ends in Death in Sandlot Game
Leonard Bruno Jr., 14, hit a homer in a neighborhood sandlot game in Chicago and collapsed dead minutes later. A physician attributed the death to a heart attack brought on by overexertion during the run and rest.
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Chicago
Leonard Bruno, Jr
Legion Area Meets Here Next Sunday
Several hundred American Legion members are to gather in Decatur for the northern area meeting of the Alabama department. Delegates from 42 posts in 22 counties will attend a 9:30 a.m. opening in Martin arena with plans for entertainment, reports, and officer elections, as officials and local leaders attend.
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American Legion
Department of Alabama
Martin Arena
Legion
North Alabama
Decatur
Taylor Boyd
Talladega
B. F. Austin
Montgomery
Trotter Jones
Zeke van Pelt
Gaylesville
Claude Scruggs
Guntersville
National Department
van Pelt
Morgan County
Gadsden
Jones
Boyd
East Post
Wasked
I.wials
Joseph M. Pettey
W. L. Grimes
Blount
Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburns
Colbert DeKalb
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Jackson
Lamar
Laucerdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marion
Marshall, Morgan, St. Clair
Walker and
Winston
Positions Open in Regular Army
The regular Army has placed a requisition with the local recruiting office for a number of specially qualified men. For Quartermaster Corps at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. needed are clerical workers automobile mechanics electricians sheet metal workers blacksmiths upholsterers automobile painters acetylene and electric welders. Full information available from Sergeant Chas. F. Stevens.
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Regular Army of the
United States
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Benning
Columbus
Chas. F. Stevens
Tests fail to find breeding of skeeters in Lee street alleys
Morgan county health department completed tests in pools of standing water behind Lee street but found no mosquito breeding. Dr. Murphree cited heavy April rains and possible oil from a railroad spill as factors washing away signs. Further tests planned. if breeding is found Decatur may be asked to drain areas.
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Morgan
Lee Street
L. R. Murphree
Murphree
First
Second Avenues
Decatur
Health Department
Joe Wheeler
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Pool
TVA
Vacation Bible School Planned
Central Methodist church Board of Christian Education will meet Tuesday at 7 PM to plan daily VBS and summer training for youth. Members include Rev. Tra F Hawkins, George Woodruff, J F Lovin, Miss Lila Pritchett, B A Turner, Bruce Spencer, Carlton Kelly, Oscar Napps, W F Rauschenberg, Henry Day, Mrs J W Dar-Tah, and Miss Clio Lovin.
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Central Methodist Church Board of Christian Education
Tra F. Hawkins
George T. Woodruff
J. F. Lovin
Lila Pritchett
B. A. Turner
Bruce Spencer
Carlton Kelly Oscar Napps
W. F. Rauschenberg
Henry Day
J. W. Dar- Tah
Clio Lovin
Circuit Court to Open May 31 Under Judge Callahan
A four week circuit court term begins Monday May 31 with Judge W. W. Callahan presiding. Civil cases fill the first two weeks while criminal hearings start June 14. The docket is heavy in both civil and criminal matters.
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W. W. Callahan
DuPont Revealed As Heavy Stock Seller During Bull Market Days
In 1929 before the stock market panic Pierre DuPont was a heavy seller of securities in a government tax case against DuPont and John J. Raskob. A June 25 1929 memorandum shows DuPont discussing selling General Motors stock and shifting funds with banks, underscoring the close ties with Raskob. The Proceedings indicate the two men were closely connected in the alleged deficiency taxes for 1929.
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DuPont
R. H. Hippelheuser
New York
Wall Street
Pierre
John J. Raskob
Mason B. Leming
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Frank McHugh
Frank
General Motors
JJR
Morgan and Company
Bankers Trust Company
Raskob
Leming
Richard L. Disney
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Pont
James S. Y. Ivins
Two Coronation Airmen Land At Croydon Today
Coronation fliers Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie reached Croydon Airdrome at 6 38 p m after departing Floyd Bennett Field New York. They stopped at North Weald to repair radio gear before continuing the eastward leg toward New York with a Wednesday return planned. A crowd welcomed them on arrival.
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Craydon Airdrome
Eng
Demerican Coronation Fliers
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Croydon
New York
North Weald Airdrome
T Miles
London
Floyd Bennett Field
Passes 85th milestone Thomas H. Mattocks honored at home
Thomas H. Mattocks of Decatur observed his 85th birthday quietly at 418 Grant Street Sunday. Born May 9, 1852 in Coventry England he moved to the United States at 26 and worked at Elgin Watch Factory before opening a Des Moines jewelry business. He settled in Decatur in 1888 and ran a jewelry store many years. He is an Episcopal vestryman of 40 years and a prominent Mason and Knights Templar figure. He once served as vice president of Central National Bank and contributed to the city’s growth for half a century.
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Thomas H. Mattocks
Decatur
Grant Street
Des Moines
Mattocks
Episcopal Church
Alabama
Old Central National Bank
Rotary Club Hosts Huntsville Delegates and New Member
James Rankin and John Peach reported to the Decatur club about the Huntsville convention. The meeting welcomed new member James H. Johnson, president of Brock and Spight Company, with Tom Fitzpatrick and John Peach delivering welcome remarks. Guests included Dr. A. M. White James Crow from Hartselle Rotary, Edward Martin of Mobile Einar Nilsson of Bellifonte Pa and Norway, and Tom Burch of Decatur. Next week’s meeting will be led by the Vocational service committee chaired by Sam Brown.
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James Rankin
John Peach
Huntsville
Decatur Club
James H. Johnson
Brock and Spight Company
Tom Fitzpatrick
A. M. White
James Crow
Hartselle
Edward Martin
Mobile
Einar Nilsson
Bellifonte
Norway
Tom Burch
Decatur
Aieting
Vocational Service Committee
Sam Brown
Stenographer Office Opens on Second Avenue
Mrs Grace W Sartor announced the opening of a public stenographic and notary public office on Second Avenue over Smey and Sandlin Hardware Store. She has wide experience and friends predict much success for her venture.
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Grace W. Sartor
Second Avenue
Smey and Sandlin Hardware
Wedding of the Flowers operetta at Joe Wheeler School
The operetta The Wedding of the Flowers will be presented at Joe Wheeler School Tuesday night. The setting will be outdoors on the school lawn and officials expect a large crowd after all plans were perfected.
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Joe Wheeler
Dawes Sees 1939 Market Slump Delayed Prosperity
General Charles G. Dawes warned Chicago readers that growth would be interrupted in the summer or fall of 1939 by another stock market collapse and a minor business recession.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Rosendahl testifies on Hindenburg fire at hearings
Commander Rosendahl, eyewitness to the Hindenburg disaster, describes a small flame at the stern as the first sign of the blaze. He traces the burning through the hull and notes ground crew actions, altitude at impact, and lack of ground explosion.
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Associated Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Charles FE. Rosendahl
Department of Commercee
America
Shenandoah
Rosendahl
U. S. Naval Air Station
Ater
Naval Dirigible Authority
Court upholds review ban on federal loans to city power plants
The US Court of Appeals refused to rule on the constitutionality of government financing for municipal electric systems. It held private utilities have no standing to challenge loan sources or administrator authority and declined to disturb prior rulings approving PWA loans to Alabama and Iowa cities.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Alabama Power Company
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Public Works Administration
Alabama
Iowa
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Josiah A. van Orsde
Alabama Company
Florence
Decatur
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Hartselle
Russellville
Guntersville
Iowa Company
Iowa City
Coralville
University Heights
Federal District Court
PWA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court decision hailed as victory for city
John A. Caddell of Peach and Caddell city attorneys hailed the ruling as a great victory for the municipality's contention it had a right to the PWA loan. He cautioned a few days may be needed to see developments as the supreme court may decline to consider the appeal and let the lower court decision stand.
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John A. Caddell
Peach and Caddell
PWA
Supreme Court
Three Way Tie for Lead in Skeet Shoot
Charles, Ed and J. B. Sandlin tied for first at the Sandlin place on Wheeler Lake Saturday breaking 20 of 25 targets. James Collier took second with 18, Co. F. Collier third with 14, Jimmie Dillehay fourth with 12, and Evan Russell fifth with 10.
Home Damaged by Storm Repaired in Somerville
Storm damage to the home of John A. Caddell on Somerville Road has been repaired. A large tree crashed into a bedroom during the high wind on April 3 causing about $100 in damage.
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John A. Caddell
Somerville Road
Weather summary for Alabama and Tennessee regions
Alabama remains generally fair tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy skies. Tennessee reports fair conditions in the east and cloudy weather in the west, followed by increasing cloud cover Tuesday. Tennessee River gauge reads 21.9 feet as it rises. Maximum temperature 80, minimum 60 for the 34 hour period ending 7 am. Rainfall observed.
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Alabama
Tennessee
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Ruth Pettey
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Ina Call
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Ruby Nance
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Raymond F. Tyler
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