Supreme Court Justices Silent on Retirement Reports
Washington May 11 Ambitious retirement rumors swirl around five aging justices as reforms and the social security act loom. Brandeis 90 Van De Vanter 78 McReynolds Southerland 75 face potential full pay retirements while Butler 71 could be affected by Roosevelt's court reorganization plan. Executive dicta suggest some may wait for term end or act decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brandeis
van de Vanter
McReynolds
Southerland
Roosevelt
Justice van de Vanter
Qulens
Play Scheduled at Moulton Heights
The Gate to Happiness, a comedy drama, is set for Saturday at 8 in the new Moulton Heights auditorium. This debut uses the new stage scenery under director Mrs. Boyd Puryear with a capable cast including Jack Gay Eden Melba Sheats Jenny Gay Amanda Lee Sapp Marie Whitlock Horace Sheats Henry Graham John Paul Sheats Elizabeth Coffey.
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Moulton Heights
Boyd Puryear
Jack Gay
Eden
Melba Sheats
Jenny Gay
Billie Short
Blair
Amanda Lee Sapp
Sara Gay
Beatrice Ledbetter
Eden Gay
Marie Whitlock
Oscar Gay
Horace Sheats
Rev. Blair
Henry Graham
Stephen Blair
Coach Briscoe
Rex Curtis
John Paul Sheats
Bunny Gay
Jack
Elizabeth Coffey
Born to Dance at Capitol with Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell tops the Capitol Theatre opening for Born to Dance a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical. Dance Director Dave Gould explains the shift to a streamlined chorus as the new era for dancing girls balancing athletic and curvaceous looks in the 1936-37 model.
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Dancing Girls
Filmland
of Powell
Capitol Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Dave Gould
Furnished 3-room Apartment for Rent on Moulton Street
Three room furnished apartment with lights and water included for a reasonable rent. Located at 319 East Moulton Street. Contact by phone at 512-W.
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Moulton Street
Negro tenant held in Alabama jail for fatal sharp object incident
In Troy a 27 year old Black tenant farmer Richard Smith was jailed on a serious case tied to the fatal stabbing of 35 year old Thomas Wingard of Goshen. Wingard died fifteen minutes after being wounded, authorities said. The report also notes mileage mapping projects and a new outlay for maps and paving plans. In Montgomery the Alabama Public Service Commission ordered Birmingham Water Works to cut charges for automatic sprinkler customers by 26.2 percent.
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Troy
Ala
Thomas Fr. Wing ‘Ard
Goshen
Richard Smith
A. J. Jones
Wingard
Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
Birmingham Water Works Company
Keenum Funeral Held For 15 Year Old Victim In Tuscumbia
Funeral services were held today for Thomas Henry Keenum 15 who died when the truck he rode in overturned ten miles west of Tuscumbia. Floyd Hand suffered a fractured skull and eight others were injured in the accident. In Birmingham Fred R Bell Alabama Fuel and Iron Company manager denied taking armed men to the Acmar mines on Oct 28 1935 where one union miner was killed and five wounded as he testified in a $90000 damages suit.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Thomas Henry Keenum
Here
Floyd Hand
Birmingham
Fred R. Bell
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Acmar
Bell
Two Convicts Escape From Atmore Prison Farm
Authorities across south Alabama hunted two trusted convicts who fled the Atmore prison farm in a state truck. Richard Boley of Montgomery and Scott Maddox of Jefferson County were aboard a dairy duty assignment and did not return. Boley, age 24, had a five to six year sentence for a statutory charge entered November 1935. Maddox, similar term for grand larceny, convicted June 1936.
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Atmore
Ala
South Alabama
Richard Boley
Montgomery
Scott W. Maddox
Jefferson County
Boley
Maddox
Maplesville Youths Die in Highway Wreck Near Maplesville
Three Maplesville youths died in a highway crash when their truck struck a telephone pole and burned. The victims were Herbert B. Foshee 28 justice of the peace at Maplesville R C Klinner 24 lumber mill employee and Marvin Dadris Perry 22. The truck unloaded at impact and burned with clothing burned from the wreckage during the fire.
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Clanton
Als
Maplesville
Chilton County
Herbert BE. Foshee
Justice of the Peace
R. C. Klinner
Mervin Dadris Perry
Alabama Fans Petition for Bankhead as Scarlett in Gone With The Wind
Montgomery May 11 Alabama admirers of Tallulah Bankhead have started petitions to land her the role of Scarlett O Hara in the film version of Gone With The Wind. Solicitor Temple Sebels signed 45 county officers and employed to a petition today requesting Selznick International give Miss Bankhead the part. she is a native Alabamian and daughter of Speaker W B Bankhead.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tallulah Bankhead
Scarlett OvHara
Temple Sebels
Selznicke International
Miss Bankhead
W. B. Bankhead
Scarlett
New 1937 Alabama Highway Maps Ready for Distribution
Alabama's 1937 highway maps, totaling 10 000 copies, will be ready for distribution next week according to H H Houk state highway department chief engineer. Houk said the new maps would assist motorists and planners across the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
H. H. Houk
State Highway Department
Houk
Hearing Postponed on Marengo County Repeal Election Suit
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones postponed the hearing on a suit challenging Marengo county's vote in the March 10 repeal election. The hearing was rescheduled to May 18 by consent of counsel.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
Marengo County
Jones
State store sites eyed as ABC moves to expand
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board members toured potential store locations in Barbour Lee and surrounding areas as they plan final selection for new liquor stores. Chairman Baldwin and administrator McNeel surveyed sites in Barbour Union Springs Opelika with more stops likely in other wet counties. No date set for openings beyond Montgomery Mobile and Birmingham stores already operating.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Mobile, Montgomery
Jefferson
W. O. Baldwin
John. D. McNeel
Bufaula
Union Springs
Opelika
J. H. McCormick
Selma
Monroeville
Matt H. Murphy
Huntsville
Tuscumbia
Mobile
Birmingham
Baldwin
Royal Coronation Preparations Amid Mass Crowds In London
King and Queen plan a quiet morning with 3 am wake and 6 am Westminster arrival as London braces for a coronation day. Crowds exceed a million while 450 guests attend a state dinner with American envoys and British officials among swift throngs outside.
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Westminster
George
George V
James W. Gerard
Gen
John Pershing
Hugh Rodman
Robert W. Binghaar
Riot at Mill of Flowers at Goodyear Mills
Decatur Goodyear Mills presents a celebrated display of roses and greenery along Nineteenth avenue east and Sherman street. The grounds feature white red and pink blooms, a colorful fence, and a blooming lawn by the pool, drawing visitors to view a living spring flower show.
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Decatur Goodyear Mills
Nineteenth Avenue
Arid Sherman Street
Goodyear
Coronation Day Rumors Stir London Streets
In a kaleidoscopic scene clerks joke about royal attire while a law blocks child size replicas. Elizabeth and Margaret Rose are said to be thrilled as Edward VIII signs appear and King Anthony the First touts plans. Jacobite supporters of Prince Rupperdt spark rival talk.
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Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Edward VIII
Anthony the
England
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Prince Rupperdt
Bavaria
Head Injured in Fall From Car
Mrs. W. O. Matthews sustained a head injury when she fell from a car on Cain and Ferry streets around 9 30 p.m. She was treated at Baugh's Infirmary, discharged, and returned home at 133 Lee Street. Her husband, driving, said she fell when turning into Ferry Street.
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W. O. Matthews
Baugh’s Infirmary
FE. Cain
Ferry Streets
Lee Street
J. P. Harris
State Highway Patrol
Decatur News Roundup of Visits Births and Local Events
Born to Mr and Mrs Hubert E Childers 1024 Wadsworth St May 4 James Hubert weighed nine pounds. Local residents and visitors include Baron Fleming family Wylie White Bonn ie Young in Birmingham and Chicago. Church notes cover Lord's Supper at Moulton Heights Baptist and Westminster class open meeting with Rev Lewis Knight teaching on Isaac.
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Hubert E. Childers
Wadsworth St
James Hubert
Wylie White
Hartselle
L. R. Barron
Decatur
Bonnie Young
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
W. W. Coffey
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lewis H. Knight
Isaac
Theatres Guild Sees Surge of New Members
The theatre guild grows rapidly as 500 actors sign up after the weekend rule change. Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow join alongside Samuel Goldwyn and David O. Selznick praised for backing the action. Jack Warner arrives in New York offering full sympathy with the development. Kenneth Thomson says the actors agreement will be signed this week. Lessing claims a previous double cross, but remains confident in the guild’s win.
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Guild
Greta Garbo
Jean Harlow
Jack Warner
Warner Brothers First National
New York
Kenneth Thomson
Lessing
Health Officer Addresses Nurses Meeting on Social Hygiene
County health officer Dr. L R Murphree spoke to the Decatur branch of the Alabama Nurses Association at Chenault and Chenault offices. Miss Mary Kinter from the state board of education attended as a visitor to hear the talk on social hygiene.
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L. R. Murphree
Decatur Branch
Alabama Nurses Association
Markets Drift Through Slow Rally Amid Mixed Signals
A sluggish session in New York sees modest gains erased by midday as traders take brief long positions after yesterday’s price drop. U S Steel led an early dip while names like Santa Fe and Chrysler advanced, and several sectors showed uneven performance amid a cautious market tone.
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Victor Eubank
New York
U. S. Steel
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Railway
Northern Pacific
Republic Steel
Brooklyn - Manhattan Transit
Chrysler
Yellow Truck
Texas Corp
Standard Oil
N. J
Electric Power & Light
American Telephone
Paramount
Loew's
Celanese
Container Corp
National Supply
J. I. Case
Westinghouse
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Woolworth
Gimbel
Macy
Bethlehem
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Edison
North American
Western Union
Anaconda
American Smelting
Genereral Electric
United
Boeing
Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nashville
London
Markets at a Glance Uneven for Industrials and Commodities
New York stocks show irregular trading while rails rally quietly. Bonds mixed with some rail advances. curb markets mostly lower. Guilder climbs. cotton steady amid favorable weather. sugar and coffee firm on buying and selling. Chicago wheat softer, corn weak amid Argentine competition. cattle and hogs steady to weak with tops around 10.55.
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New York
Chicago
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Decline
Liverpool spot cotton quiet with 13 000 bales traded including 2 300 American. Quotations show declines with American strict good middling 8.15 and other grades down to 5.65. Futures closed barely steady May 7.06 July 17.10 Oct 7.03 Dec 6.99 Jan 6.99 March 6.99.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures close steady with small declines
New Orleans on May 11 reports cotton futures ending barely steady with declines of 14 to 17 points. May, July, October, December, January and March contracts show slight drops from open to close with 12.50s to 12.70s ranges across the board.
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New Orleans
Poultry prices listed for Chicago market
May 11 poultry report shows live poultry prices by weight and variety. Hens over 5 pounds at 17 1 2, fryers and broilers mostly in mid 20s, leghorn types around 20, turkeys hens 16 and toms 15, ducks at 16 for white and colored, geese 11.
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Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Leghorn Roosters
Chicago Egg Market Report May 11 1944
Butter prices steady at 14 930 with no change. Eggs total 43 783 unsettled with local graded items listed for extra firsts and cars. Fresh graded firsts local 19 3 4 to 20 1 2 with current and storage receipts noted.
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Chicago
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Markets Mixed in Early May Trade
U S Department of Agriculture notes hogs totaling about 15 000 with 4 000 direct and cattle around 6 500 with calves near 3 000. Hog prices steady to weaker late with most weights 10.30 to 10.55 top. pigs up to 9.75. Cattle and calves mostly 9.50 to 11.50 with best steers near 14.00 and feeders dull. Sheep around 4 000 with lambs 12.00 to 13.40, shorn ewes 5.00 down. overall market mixed amid varying weights and quality.
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Chicago
U. S
Colorado
Alabama and TVA clash over bridge elevation cost near Guntersville
The Alabama highway department and the TVA negotiate who pays to raise the Guntersville Bridge across the Tennessee River due to higher water from the dam project. Estimated cost 300000. Congress may intervene as Starnes works to file a clarifying bill.
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Ala
Highwaay Department
Tennessee Valley
Houston
Ae Tennessee River
Gunters
TVA
Guntersville
Highway Department
Decce
Tennessee River
Joe Starnes
Congress
Coronation Day Timeline of Processions and Speeches
The palace sequence tracks the coronation events from the Abbey departure at 1:50 p.m. to the balcony appearances, with the return procession to Buckingham Palace at 2:40 p.m. The six and a half mile route took 40 minutes per point, ending with a toast at 4:15 p.m. and royal balcony appearances beginning 4:30 p.m. The king broadcasts at 8:00 p.m. and night celebrations start at 9:00 p.m.
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Buckingham Palace
Empire
Girl Scouts Meet Lone Pine Troop No 2
Girl Scouts will meet Lone Pine Troop No 2 at 3 30 Wednesday afternoon at the band stand in Delano Park.
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Cavaliers
Carnegie Library
Lone Pine
Delano Park
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King
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Samuel Goldwyn
David O. Selznick
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Good*year Service Stores
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