Cotton Export Subsidy Debated After Senate Defeat
Senate defeat blocks Bankhead plan to attach a subsidy to the agriculture bill. Agriculture officials say authorities exist to pay an export bounty if funds are provided, with $113 million for surpluses and $90 million already in the bill. Senators George and Smith oppose subsidies, fearing price drops.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
House
Congress
George
Gay
Smith
Roosevelt
Diplomats Seek Breakthrough as East Europe Tensions Rise
Isvestia brands British plans as insufficient for Soviet security as talks continue in London with Lord Halifax and Ivan Maisky. Romania and Britain near a 10 million pound trade credit pact while Poland and Germany pursue a Danzig dispute. France vows firm backing to uphold treaties amid global peace efforts.
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Isvestia
Soviet Union
Krem
Europe
Russia
Poland
London
League of Nation
Geneva
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Lord Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Moscow
Rumania
Great Britain
Bucharest
Warsaw
Free City of
Danzig
Pomorze
Albert Lebrun
France
Roosevelt
Rome
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Cairo
Italo Balbo
Libya
Italian North Africa
Balbo
Tripoli
Farouk
Tne
Moham
Steinistry
Decatur News Beat on Local Patients and Events
Local notices report Marvin Pepper undergoing an appendicitis operation at Baughs Infirmary and Mrs Novie Whitten of Somerville route 1 remaining hospitalized there. Community figures, church activities, revivals, and police notes fill a day of arrivals, visits, illnesses, and upcoming boxing events in Decatur and surrounding towns.
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Marvin Pepper
Baugh'’s Infirmary
Novie Whitten
Somerville
Ambassador Believed To Have Delivered Protest
It was believed the ambassador delivered a protest against Japanese air attacks on Chungking and other Chinese cities.
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Chungking
Fine horse Gypsy Allen purchased by C. D. McBride
TrIn ity stock raiser C. D. McBride announces the purchase of Gypsy Allen a six year old Tennessee Walking Horse registered with the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association The stallion was bought from John L Wall of Huntsville after a lengthy search Gypsy Allen has no racing blood and is noted for his breeding His sire information includes Hal Allen and Lady Roberts in the dam line with Roan Allen as grand sire.
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C. D. McBride
Trinity Stock Raiser
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association
Gypsy Allen
John L. Wall
Huntaville
Mr. McBride
Hal Allen
Lady Roberts
Roan Allen
Three Men Reach Wilson Dam Search For Fished Body
A fishing trip near Cullman along the Tennessee River ended in tragedy when Alfred Allred of Hillsboro Route 2 drowned after the boat with Earl Stewart and Preston Dotson swamped in a sudden squall. The search expanded with TVA and private boats, as officials noted warnings near spillways and differing accounts of whether alarms were sounded before water released.
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Tennessee River
Burn Alfred
Hillsboro
Earl Stewart
Preston Dotson
Allred
TVA
McAdams
U. S
U. S. States Coast Guard
Wilson Dam
Associated Press
Florence
W. B. Reeder
8S. N. Propst
Decatur
Kates
Supreme Court Decisions from Montgomery Ala May 11
Decisions announced by the Alabama Supreme Court include affirmations in cases from Jefferson Mobile Baldwin and Houston circuits. The court reversed and remanded Lorene Umphrey v Barfield with directions. Writ denied Ex parte J T Prop P$BM Ex parte J T Predmore.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Anderson
Eugene McDowell
State
Jefferson
Circuit Court
Thomas
First National Bank of Mobile
Warren F. Burch
Mobile Circuit Court
Equity
Mary Polauf
Julius Etzel
Baldwin Circuit Court
Knight
American National Bank and Trust Co
Banco N
National de Nicaragua, Inc
Jack Barlowe
Employers Ins. Co. of
Lorene Umphrey
Vassie Barfield Et, al
Houston Circuit Court
J. T
J. T. Predmore
Pridmore
Court of Appeals
Austinville Church to Be Remodeled
The Church of God at Austinville will be remodeled starting May 15. Improvements include enlarging the auditorium and adding two new Sunday school rooms. Work will be done by donated labor, announced Pastor C. E. Johnson. Volunteers are asked to attend Monday morning.
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Church of God At
Austinville
C. E. Johnson
Supreme Court upholds life sentence in Parker slaying
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed a life term for a Jefferson county murder case involving Walter Parker. Witnesses, including Mark Smith, testified Parker was shot and placed in a car on June 23, 1938, and never seen again. The court ruled the evidence supported a reasonable inference Parker was killed and died from the shooting.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Walter Parker
Mark Smith
McDowell
Jefferson Circuit Court
John C. Anderson
Tennessee lake project tied to real estate gains for officials
WPA investigators allege federal relief money leveraged to boost land values for politically prominent Tennesseans. The statement names Governor Prentice Cooper and others, claiming reservoir sites and surrounding strips were deeded to the state, with land plots quickly sold for cottage sites and private recreation facilities. Harry Berry says lakes were built after state certification of ownership, amid talk of further testimony and related projects.
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Tennessee
Harry 8. Barger
Treasury
Eugene R. Kuhne
Tennessee Fish and Game Commission
Prentice Cooper
George L. Berry
Claude Reeder
Marshal Priest
John Horton
M. Wrenne Realty Company
Nashville
Sumner
Harry 8. Berry
WPA
Berry
Tax proposal faces scrutiny in Alabama education plan
Birmingham banker Charles Zukoski urged funding for public schools from local ad valorem shifts or state economy rather than new taxes. He proposed easing gasoline tax for county boards, appointing a transportation supervisor, and appointing county superintendents to study school consolidation, while noting Alabama's per pupil cost was among the lowest in the region. Educators pressed for higher teacher salaries as lawmakers debated eight month terms and a potential $4 million annual need.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles Zukoski
Birmingham
A. H. Collins
E. B. Norton
Alabama Education Association
Zukoski
Alabama
State Department of Education
Georgia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Southeast
Finance and Taxation Committee
Sydney Smyer
Jefferson
Smyer
Aerial Photos Plan to Check Farm Compliance
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration awarded contracts to photograph 215 192 square miles of farm land in 16 north central and western states from 15 000 feet. The $476 362 project will aid crop program enforcement and determine full government payments. bids cover Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina and others.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
North
AAA
Alabama
Florida
George
South Carolina
Tennessee Lake Project Sparks Property Value Debate
Governor Cooper defended a lake project in his home county saying state funds should not be blamed while asserting no nearby property values would rise. He told reporters in Memphis that the plan does not financially benefit him or his family.
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Duggery
Tennessee
Cooper
Memphis
Rural Morgan County gets TVA power and weddings in Hartsel
Sixty additional Morgan county families begin using TVA electricity as the new Val Hermosa Springs line of 11 miles reaches from the Will Pence place to Val Hermosa Springs. Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation reports 1,200 rural Morgan and Lawrence county consumers and 25 miles of lines under construction to serve 125 more. May 6 wedding of Mildred Bagwell and J E Stephens at Decatur with Judge Almon officiating. bride taught in Morgan schools and studied at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. groom a Vanderbilt graduate now building the Hart selle post office. The community notes include a church concert by Morgan Corn Training School Chorus next Sunday and achievements of local music students Clara Boyce Larkin and Peggy Groover with invites to a state festival.
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Morgan County
TVA
Valhermosa Springs
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Will Pence Place
Six Mile
Valdermosa Springs
Joe Wheeler Corporation
Morgan
Lawrence
Mildred Bagwell
Hartselle
J. E. Stephens
Montgomery
Decatur
T. C. Almon
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Stephens
Vanderbilt University
Huntington
West Virginia
Harselle
Young People's Department
First Methodist Church Sunday School
Morgan Corn Training School
Church
Colored Singers
Wall Street Mixed as Leaders Register Forenoon Declines
Mild support returns as the market stabilizes after forenoon declines. Slow dealings, mixed bonds and commodities, and subdued industrial news dampen sentiment. Major losers include U S Steel and General Electric while Du Pont and Sears Roebuck resist offerings as cotton futures open lower on general foreign selling.
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New York
Appalachian
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
International Harvester
Great Northern
Westinghouse
Allied Chemical
Douglas Aircraft
Consolidated Edison
General Electric
Montgomery Ward
du Pont
Sears Roebuck
Eastman
Kodek
Phillip Morris
Glenn Martin
N. C. Cotton
Wall Street
FN Sidiceisntshatil Bowssieate
Genin Eisiseindigs
Butter market steadies with varied creamery scores
Chicago dairy traders report butter prices firm at 1,154,221 dollars with creamery grade scores spread across multiple figures. The listing shows scores from 93 down to 88 with centering noted and regional values cited.
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Chicago
Relief Director Under Sentence In Alabama Case
Hans K. Christiansen former Crenshaw county relief project superintendent was sentenced to four months in Maxwell Field prison for attempting to obtain 55 dollars for automobile mileage under false pretenses. The government contends inspection trips in Christiansen's car were never made.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hans K. Christiansen
Crenshaw County
Maxwell Field Prison
Christiansen
Derringer Loses Damage Suit Against Reds Pitcher
A jury in New York Supreme Court awarded $8,000 to Robert E. Condon of Larchmont against Paul Derringer, Cincinnati Reds pitcher, who was sued for $25,000 over an alleged hotel attack on June 27, 1936, during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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New York
Supreme Court Today
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Robert E. Condon
Larchmont
N. Y
Condon
Philadelphia
Seneca Springs Pool Opens Saturday for 1939 Season
Seneca Springs pool on Trinity mountain will open Saturday for the 1939 season. Owner G. C. McRae has installed improvements since last season including concreting of the pool. Free swimming will be offered on opening day.
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Seneca Springs
Trinity Mountain
G. C. McRae
Wheat futures end mixed after intraday highs
Chicago May wheat swung to 80 1 4 before finishing 3 8 lower to 5 8 higher from yesterday. May at 78 3 8 3 4, July and September 73 7 8 74. Corn mixed to up 5 8, July 51 7 8 3 4, September 52 1 2 3 8. Oats eased 1 8 1 2.
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Chicago
Throne of China found after international search
The $2,000,000 imperial throne of China, smuggled out of Peking two years ago, was found intact aboard the Holland-America liner Zaandam's box addressed to Prof Otto Nunchen. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. sponsored its display for Mme Chiang Kai Shek's war orphans funds. FBI aided the investigation after gallery officials failed to locate it at a customs warehouse.
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New York
Theodore ‘Roosevelt, Jr
China
FBI
Fifth Avenue
Roosevelt
Mme
Chiang Kai Shek
Otto Nunchen
Oakland
Calif
Amsterdam
Zaandam
Peking
City
Flint Missionary Society Holds Meeting
The Flint Missionary Society met with Mrs. J. L. Howard and Mrs. L. S. Grant as joint hostesses. Mrs. William Warren led the devotion. The president oversaw the business session and Mrs. Howard closed with a prayer. Ten members and four guests attended the social hour with refreshments.
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Flint Missionary Society
J. L. Howard
L. S. Grant
William Warren
Finger Crushed As Car Slips Off Jack
J. T. Pettey of Moulton street and Seventh avenue west was injured when a brick under the jack slipped as he raised a car at home on Wednesday. The left forefinger was crushed and he is recovering at his home.
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J. T. Pettey
Moulton Street
Seventh Avenue
West
Mr. Petty
Injury Report on Pettey After Lacerted Hand Incident
The hand of Mr. Pettey was severely lacerated and he received treatment at a doctor's office.
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Mr. Pettey
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Spaulding
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Arthur Howell
Tom Crittenden
Earl Cook
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