Plot Probe Spreads as Trial Links Deaths to a Psychiatrist
A sprawling probe in Brooklyn ties a man known as a faith healer to multiple deaths across states. Witness Cacopardo claims a frame in Molly Starace's murder while implicating Paul Petrillo and Herman Petrillo in a gang linked case. Police analyze twelve prescriptions to check for poison.
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Brooklyn
Molly Starro
Sing Ron
Mbrman Pe
James A. Kelly
Morris
Bolber
Bober
New York
Herman Petrillo
Cacopardo
Paul Petrillo
Philadelphia
Paul
Herman
Etarce
Molly
Starace
Tormer
CIO Leader Welcomes Coal Industry Agreement
Lewis praised the coal labor accord stating it is the best possible deal and will be profitable for the industry. He warned against expecting mine workers to return to mines without union protections and said operators share equal civic obligations. Goe To Charleston Van A Bittner planned to travel to Charles Va to discuss contracts with willing companies as district 17 officials considered individual union shop deals.
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Lewis
CIO
Charleston
van A. Bittner
Kanawha
United Mine Workers
Charles Va
Negotiations in Alabama Coal Mines Hit Impasse
In Birmingham on May 13 negotiations for Alabama coal mines were suspended as operators and miners await further information on an Appalachian contract. United Mine Workers district president William Mitch proposed a union shop clause, stating it differs from a closed shop and aims to allow operators to hire nonunion workers who would become union members. Observers expect no quick resumption of talks affecting about 20,000 miners statewide.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
William Mitch
United Mine Workers
Alabama Mining Institute
Mitch
John L. Lewis
National Umw
I. W. Reuter
Mining Institute
Special Messages at Central Baptist Church Services
The Central Baptist Church will hold Sunday services led by Rev. John C. Cowell Sr. The morning theme titled The Christ Mother in the Modern World and a later message The Cross will be delivered as part of a series praised for inspiration.
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Central Baptist C
John C. Cowell
Stock market shows faint recovery signs in mixed session
New York trading opened with small gains and transfers around 175000 shares, but most issues held firm or declined. Investors waited two hours with limited interest, fans of tax revision hopes nudging sentiment slightly higher while soft coal prospects offer modest optimism.
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New York
Congress
U G Steel
Thiehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Standscr O of
N. J
Consolidated Editor
Southern Railway
Westinghouse
Union Carbide
International
Harvester
Deere
Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak
Glenn Martin
New York Stocks and Commodities Report May 13 1944
Markets mixed with steady stocks and selective gains in rails and utilities. Bond yields narrow while sugar and coffee show uneven action. Chicago wheat up due to crop and warm weather. corn mixed to lower. cattle weak and hogs quotable steady.
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New York
Sterling
France
Bombay
Chicago
New Orleans Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady
Cottonseed oil markets in New Orleans show steady closing with varying futures. Bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.55 nominal and prime crude at 5.37 to 5.62 with near term May and July futures around 6.20 to 6.24 and later months at 6.45 to 6.50.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Steady in Memphis
Cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed steady with small volume and limited price moves as trading ended. Market participants noted steady grain and oilseed tones with demand subdued and nearby contract activity muted.
New Orleans Market Day Price Quote Report
New Orleans markets announce thirty market days with a price of 8.69 cents per unit. Officials record the value as a standard quotation impacting local trade.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures steady in New Orleans early session
Weekend covering and outside buying bolstered cotton futures in New Orleans with prices steady at a net gain of 7 to 12 points.
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New Orleans
Butter prices and creamery scores from Chicago market report
Chicago market sheet notes butter at 1,143,352. creamery scores include 91, with 22 3-4, 88, 21 3-4, and 90 central. Carrots 22 1-2. eggs 37,165 with storage pack and firsts 17. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Creamery
Nashville live stock market summary report
Salable cattle 25 calves 25. Steady with good clearances. Killing cattle 25 higher than week ago. Plain and medium steers and heifers 8.00 9. The beef cows 7.25 down. Good fed cattle and yearlings to 9.50 and 9.75. Stockers steady.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Dept. Agrt
Market Notes on Livestock Prices and Weights
Down to 6.00 for some cattle and cutter grades 4.50 to 5.75. Top bulls reach 685, top vealers 9.50. Salable hogs 150. steady to 10 off. 130 lb hogs up 5.70 to 6.70. top for good and choice 170 to 225 per head. Butchers and sows mostly 5.30. For the week bulk good and springers 11.25, plain and medium 8.50. Slaughter ewes to 3.50 shorn 2.50 down.
Wheat and grain futures rise on warm week forecast
Chicago market notes warm weather across the wheat belt and little rain ahead boosting prices. Wheat gains range from 1 1-8 to 1 3-8 cents with May at 79 5-8 to 3-4, July 74 7-8, oats and rye also up, soybeans mixed, lard steady.
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Chicago
Seven Faculty Retirements at Howard College Retained Staff
Howard College in Birmingham announces retirement of seven veteran faculty members to meet Southern Association salary rules and cut projected next year deficits. Two other dismissed members will be retained, including head librarian Miss Mabel Willoughby and assistant Miss Marie Best.
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Birmingham
Ala
Howard College Board of Trustees
Mabel Willoughby
Marie Best
Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Man Pleads Guilty in Mann Act Case In New Orleans
Glenno E. Ware was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for transporting two underage girls aged 15 and 16 across states after being offered to trade them to a hotel proprietor for a pet monkey. The offer did not go through and the trio was arrested in Lafollette Louisiana with the girls sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Glenno E. Ware
Ware
M. Wolf
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alabama
Mississippi
Florence
Ala
Lafollette
Hundreds Visit Local Hospitals on National Hospital Day
Hundreds of visitors filled registration books at the Baugh Infirmary and Benevolent Society Hospital to mark National Hospital Day honoring Florence Nightingale. Flowers were sent by friends and the institutions were heavily decorated.
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National Hospital
National Hospital Association
Florence Nightingale
Baugh Infirmary and Benevolent Society
Nurses Hold Fine Meeting in Decatur District Four
Decatur nurses unit of district four met at Lelia Cant well Seton Hall in a 1996 organized group with a Florence Nightingale program led by Miss Mary Kintner. Miss Linna H. Denny of Birmingham spoke on national nurses meetings in Charleston and New Orleans as part of a social hour and refreshments by the entertainment committee.
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Decatur
District Four
Lelia Cantwell
Seton Hall
Mary Kintner
Ray Thomas
Longfellow
Linna H. Denny
Birmingham
Charleston
West Virginia
New Orleans
Tennessee Valley Bank Liquidation Says Depositors Will Get Full Book Value
A plan from Alabama Superintendent of Banks and the old Tennessee Valley Bank trustees addresses depositor recovery. Depositors receive cash at full book value with 175 percent of net deposits already paid, and an option to subscribe to shares in the State National Bank of Decatur by June 15, 1939.
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D.F. Green
Nensee Valley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tennessee Valley
National Bank
Little Bares
Little
Montgomery
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Bank
State Banking Department
State National Bank of Decatur
State National Bank
R. H. Tweedy, Jr
W. J. Cottingham
T. F. Adams
John D. Rather, Jr
John M. Snodgrass
H. Richardson
Wyatt
J. ©. Fennel
FE. D. Fennel
Julian Harris
Norman W. Harris
Ward, Sterne & Company
T. J. Cottingham
Cottingham
James B. Little
State National Bank of
Decatur
Allred’s Body Found After Fishing Boat Sinks
The body of Wilburn Allred a 44 year old World War veteran was found in the Tennessee river about 11 This morning within 75 feet of the overturned boat near where he sank Monday night others including Baril Stewart and Preston Dotson were involved in the fishing trip TVA officials at Wheeler Dam reported no trace of Av ery McAdams Cullman resident drowned when his fishing boat was sucked into the dam spillway search continued as volunteers helped probes were hampered by high winds and choppy water but resumed later.
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Wilburn Allred
Tennessee River
Here
Baril Stewart
Preston Dotson
Alfred
TVA
Wheeler Dam
Avery McAdams
Cullman
Empress of Australia Delayed by Dense Atlantic Fog
The Empress of Australia carrying King George and Queen Elizabeth was halted by fog 250 miles east of Cape Race and likely to miss a Quebec arrival time of 9:30 am Monday. The ship drifted in heavy fog near the iceberg zone, hindering visibility and speed as royal observers noted engine stoppages and cautious navigation.
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Australia
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Quebec
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Glasgow
Southampton
Queen
Decatur PTA Thanks Band Concert Backers At Benson Field
Mrs. T. S. Barnum president of the city council of the P T A expresses appreciation for support of the Decatur school band concert and softball game at Benson Field. About 125 dollars was realized aiding the bandmaster salary pledge. the PTA had pledged 400 dollars earlier. The event drew applause and was the first formal band concert with thanks to managers Ogle Pepper and Hennessey, bandmaster, band members, and the public.
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T. S. Barnum
Benson Field
Decatur
PTA
H. L. Ogle
Ray Pepper
Kenneth Hennessey
Four 4-H Members Named to National Club Camp
Auburn Alabama May 4 four 4 H club members two girls and two boys have been selected to represent Alabama at the 13th national club camp in Washington D C June 15 21 State extension service 4 H leader T A Sims announced the winners for outstanding leadership club work and influence on rural youths Annette Jones Newton Dale county Mary Guarisco Daphne Baldwin county Thomas Howard Johnson Jr Reelton Tallapoosa county James Jerome Scott Ider Dekalb county were chosen from more than 70000 white club members.
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Auburn
Ala
Mayee
Alabama
Washington
D. C
T. A. Sims
State Extension Service
Annette Jones
Newton
Dale County
Mary Guarisco
Daphne
Baldwin County
Thomas Howard Johnson, Jr
Reelton
Tallapoosa County
James Jerome Scott
Ider
Dekalb County
FBI to Detain Tan in Intercity Radio Theft Case
FBI to take Tobe Bible into custody in Tuscaloosa after his arrest by Tuscumbia police for interstate radio theft from a Malone Freight Line truck tied to Florence. Radios recovered had been sold locally and in the Tri-Cities. Bible to be arraigned in federal court on the charge.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tuscumbia
Tobe Bible
Malone
Florence
Tri-Cities
FBI
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Goodnough
Cupp
Very
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Decatur’s
N. H. Ham
McAfee-Young
Fifth Avenue, South
Baugh’s Infirmary
Ralph Gaston
Cecil Fatterharte
Greenville, N. C
Emma Mahathy
Benevolent Hospital
Fourth Avenue
South
Louise Turner
Ferry Street
Baugh's Infirmary
B. A. Turner
Johnston Street
John C. Cowell, Jr
Baptist Student Union
Florence State Teachers College
Cowell
J. M. Harmon
Robert Duncan
Julian Butler
Eva
Charles Rountree
Athens
C. King
Falkville
Benevolent Society Hospital
Drinkard- Howell
Rey Howell
Huntsville
FE. A
Olene Woodruff
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Aline Childers
Jeff Rowe
Lanier Royer
Tallahassee
Fla
Cecil Royer
H. P. Still
Birmingham, Jeay
Ed Almon
Hatton
R. W. Shepherd
Shepherd
Elmer Julian
D. 8. Slade
Long Island City, New York
William Mosley, Sr
B .B. Malone
Town Creek
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Elizabeth Royce
Pisa
Italy
Leaning Tower
Allred
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