Decatur Hosts Campaign Kickoff For Boy Scout Finance
The Tennessee Valley Council launches a district wide annual finance drive in Decatur with 16 teams of 80 solicitors targeting funds for continued Boy Scout programs. Key cities include Huntsville Florence Decatur and Athens as efforts map to council growth and troop expansion under leaders like W J Wyker Jr Paul F Dix and Rev Peter M Dennis.
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Lyons
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Council of Boy Scouts
Hunteville
Florence
Athens
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
W. J. Duncan, Jr
Paul F. Dix
Peter M. Dennis
James Rankin
J. W. Wryker
A. Lynne
J. H. Jones
Scout Movement
Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
J. W. Wyker, Jr
First Methodist Church
Eugene Speer, Jr
Central Baptist Church
John Gingrich
Ninth Street
Camp Westmoreland
Bill Dennis
Stanley Jones
Frank Campbell
George Porter
W. T. Jordan
Tenessee Valley
Seybourne H. Lynne
Huntsville
Wall Street Mixed as Market Stays Quiet
Market quotes show few buyers but some persistence with many issues edging up to two points. Strong performers include Johns Manville Continental Can American Can Allied Chemical Westinghouse U S Steel and Bethlehem while General Motors and DuPont lagged.
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Wall Street
Victor Bubank
New York
Johns Manville
Continental Can
American Can
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
Federal Reserve
Florida Special opens at Princess Theatre with Oakie and Eilers
Jack Oakie and Sally Eilers star in Florida Special a mystery farce about love intrigue and peril aboard a speeding express train The tale begins as the train leaves New York with Claude Gillingwater an eccentric millionaire and his fortune in jewels handcuffed to his secretary The millionaire trusts no one and his niece Frances Drake is along for the ride
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Jack Oakie
Sally Eilers
Florida
Princess Theatre
New York
Claude Gillingwater
Frances Drake
Gillingwater
Cotton futures stay steady in New York trading
May contracts show slight declines while other months hold near prior closes. In New York the May May 11 settled around 11.58, with July at 11.26 and October near 10.27. Spot middling remains 11.63. New Orleans futures also close steady with May around 11.51 and July near 11.18 to 11.17.
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N. Y
New York
Cottom
New Orleans
Liverpool cotton prices rise with spot demand
Liverpool May 11 spot cotton shows higher prices amid fair demand with several grades up. American strict, good middling 7.23 and middling 6.93. futures closed quiet and steady with May 6.17 and July 6.00.
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Liverpool
Wheat Futures Report Details May and July Quotes
Wheat futures in Chicago show May at 93 54 percent patterns with 93 and 93 as reference points and July at 86 percent with 86 and 85 as related figures. The fragmented data indicate price movements but lack full contract details.
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Wheat Futures
Chicago
Potatoes on Market Watch in Chicago Trade Note
Potatoes 214 on track 394 with total US shipments 665 Saturday and 67 Sunday. Old stock steady as supplies moderate and demand light. Idaho russet bur-
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Chicago
Idaho
Alabama biles triumphs in US No 1 prices and livestock report
US No 1 prices range 1.95 to 2.10 on banks with stronger new stock and moderate supplies. Livestock notes from Chicago show hogs 16,000 head with weakness from Friday, cattle and calves about 12,000 and 1,500 respectively, demand softening and prices down across steer, yearling, and heifer categories, with light grazing stockers at standstill and sheep activity limited but firmer on fat lambs.
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Banks
Alabama
Chicago
Dept
California
Chicago market report shows mixed dairy and egg pricing
May 11 Chicago market notes butter at 12 917 and 93 score creamery specials. Eggs total 82 476 with local grades and extras pricing. Car values and storage terms listed. current receipts and graded firsts priced with fractions.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Reported in Chicago Market
Chicago market report lists prices for poult try and live poultry. Hens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and broilers shown with weights and price ranges for Plymouth Rock, White Rock, Leghorn, and colored breeds.
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Chicago
Ike
Jess
Plymouth
White Rock Springs
White Rock
Geese
Knights of Columbus Open Annual Convention in Montgomery
The Alabama council Knights of Columbus opened its annual convention in Montgomery with a Mass at St. Peter's Church. Bishop Thomas J. Toolen of Mobile served as celebrant.
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Knights
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Council
Knights of Columbus
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Thomas J. Toolen
Mobile
Hindenburg Heads East Aboard For Record Flight
Fair weather outlook boosts hopes the Hindenburg will break the airship crossing record from the West to the East. Winds may delay the move from its hanger at Lakehurst New Jersey to the mobile mooring mast as forecasts confirm calmer conditions for the voyage.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Atlantic
Naval Air Station
2500 Sandwiches In Single Lunch Order
A single local case involved a total of 2500 sandwiches, prepared for lunch for CCC youngsters taking their examinations at a local site.
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Thomases
CCC
Snake Murder Charges for Two in LA Case
James and Hope, accused in a rattle snake murder of Mrs. Mary Busch James, shown after indictment in Los Angeles. Each allegedly confessed the other strapped the victim while a snake bit her and she was drowned in a bathtub. Hope supposedly admitted killing for a $21,000 life insurance payout.
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Mary Busch James
Charles H. Hope
Robert S. James
Los Angeles
Hope
Decatur Notes and Social Roundup Highlight Local Visitors
Claude Crawford returns home improved from Birmingham hospital. Rev Ben Hart heads to Asheville for a Presbyterian Young People's Conference directed by Dr William Ralph Hall. Local guests host Miss Valeria Starnes and others. Notices include a Rembrandt lamp prize won in a treasure hunt and various community updates from churches, schools, and businesses.
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Claude Crawford
Birmingham
Ben. Hart
Asheville
N. C
William Ralph Hall
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Hart
Alabama
Trial of Miller in Alabama murder case continues
Witnesses describe corpus delicti as the murder of a girl found in a back yard. The defendant Miller faces murder and criminal assault charges with potential death penalty. Jury selected from twelve men as National guardsmen guard the courtroom amid gun and tear gas presence.
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C. C. Woodard
Miller
Alabama
John T. Bartee
Robert N. Coleman
J. Virgil Flaming
Jodie Lemond
Ed H. Miner
Joe W. McLemore
Connie Tabor
C. Thomas
Robert Blackwell
Robert BE. Webster
Rufus A. Boggs
Roy Strong
C. C. Woodward
J. B. Whitaker
Julius Craft
Elsie Neely
Lillian Berry
Julian Wise
Ben’ Ingram
Jefferson County
Ingram
Clyde Bayall
J. H. Lynch
State Highway Patrol
National Guardsmen
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Sam
Commercial Printing Department
Marion A. Zioncheck
Seattle
Conan
Miami
Paria
Blum
Decatur’s
C. A. Starnes
Stevenson
Sloan Biarnes
Grand Rapids, Mich
J. B. Patterson
Langston, Ala
Valeria Starnes
Chattanooga
L. Wimberly
Mattie Lou Sanders
Buckingham Palace
Edward
George
C. L. Compton
Baugh's Infirmary
Woodrow Chapman
M. J. Eakes
Pulaski, Tenn
A. W. Chapman
8Th Avenue
South
Alabama Power Co
T. M. Davenport
The
Associated Press
J. ¥. Robb
Abagail Crawford
Birman Hospital
Eddie Eubanks
Howard College
Cecil Timberlake
Mr. Timberlake
Brown Service Funeral Company
Southside Baptist Church
E. H. Hill
Sixth Avenue South
Mrs. Polk Daly
Texas
Oklahoma
Forrest Grooms
Lucille Sisk
Mrs. Ikey Hargrove
Ardmore
Ross Graham
Huntaville
R. L. Royer
West Moulton Street
Owen's Cross Roads
Madison County
Royer
Guntersville Dam
W. O. Whight
Roberta Wihton
Benevolent Society Hospital
East Gordon Drive
McAfee, Collier and Young
Charles C. Robertson
Morgan County
R. T. Scarborough
WPA
District One
Frank Theeenes
Sixth Avenue
Alex Terry
Paducsh, Ky
T. Ayer
Strickland Paper Company
Jimmy Munn
Cavaliers
Civic Center
Myra North
Jack
Devries
Myra
Tack
Harum
Myras
Doc
Doctor
Jack Lane
Fied
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