Baptists Push Prohibition Agenda at Convention
Southern Baptists offer full support for prohibition and oppose liquor in a convention draft by the social service commission. Willie Upshaw urges a stop drink amendment linking penalties to liquor buyers, while Japan indemnification and property claims prompt action. President-elect Dr. Scarborough leads to 1938 Oklahoma City meeting as foreign missions and labor rights issues surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptists
Social Service Commission
Arthur J. Barton
Gion
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Willie D. Upshaw
Prohibition
Lee Scarborough
Seminary Hill
Texas
Oklahoma City
Charles B. Maddry
Foreign Missions Board
Hull
Japan
China
Social Service
Mexico’s long diplomatic strains cited in historical note
The article recalls Mexico’s troubled relations with Britain from 1920 when the British envoy was recalled over claims against the government, and again after agrarian violence led to the killing of a British woman resisting land expropriation. It notes a Mexican minister’s withdrawal and ongoing war debt tensions between powerful states and Mexico.
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Mexico
O'Malley
Roosevelt Averts Broader Oil Claim Clash With Mexico
Washington officials say Mexico's break with Great Britain alarms the state department as it could hinder settlement of American oil expropriation claims. Total value of properties is unofficially estimated around 150 million dollars though President Roosevelt backs only the actual invested amount.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Great Britain
Department
Roosevelt
Baptist Denies Fellowship Study At International Meeting
In Richmond on May 15 the Southern Baptist Convention rejected resolutions to form a committee representing each state to study the Fellowship of Churches. The measure urged discussion with other Christian bodies and participation in a proposed council amid invitations from about 130 Christian communions. The proposal would limit any action to what churches authorize.
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Richmond
Southern Baptist Convention
Fellowship of Churches
Utrecht
Holland
J. D. Franks
Columbus
Miss
Fellowship of
Local Drug Store Twin Sodas Highlight Decatur Pioneer
The Southern Drug Journal lauds Decatur innovator Mr. Goidel, known as Mite, for two years of twin soda fountain history at Goidel Drug Store on Seepee Avenue. Born and raised in Decatur, he is praised as a boy who made good in his hometown.
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Southeastern Drug Journal
Goldel Drug Store
Seepee Avenue
Decatur
Mr. Goidel
Mite
Exports Up Washington May 14 Cotton Goods Rise
Japanese exports of cotton piece goods showed a sharp slump in January and February but later increased, the bureau reports. The brief notes a rebound in trade activity affecting Washington import figures and overall market tone.
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Washington
Markets Drift Lower Amid Light Volume on May 14 Trading
New York stocks eased modestly with few decisive moves as early losses were softened near close. Trading was thin at about 250000 shares, with utilities giving back gains amid tax and wage hour concerns and the ongoing petroleum dispute affecting sentiment. several leading issues held steadier while a handful declined.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Eccles
Pennsylvania
American Telephone
Chrysler
International Harvester
North American
Electric Power & Light
American Water Works
Santa Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Anacosida
Douglas Aircraft
U. 8
Steel
Bethlehem
Cerro de Pasco
Searsuck
Montgomery
Wan
Ken
American Can
General Electric
U. 8 Rubber
Agricultural exports reported for March in square yards
The agricultural economics report shows March exports at 220,572 square yards, down from 239,640,000 in the same month last year.
Cottonseed Meal Futures End Quiet in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed quiet with May 20.75, June 20.75, July 21.30, August 21.65, September 22.65, October 22.35, November 22.65 and December 22.90, reflecting steady demand and limited price movement.
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New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Livestock Market Report Nashville Tennessee May
Cattle 25 calves 25 active and steady. Compared to last week most slaughter cattle strong to 25 higher. Week’s totals show plains and medium grassy steers 6.50 to 7.50, good fat yearlings 8.00 to 8.50, beef cows and bulls 6.25 down, vealers up to 9.00. Hogs steady with 165 to 300 lb stock at 7.00 to 7.50, sows 5.75. Sheep steady. spring lambs 50 lower early top 9.00, late 8.50, old crop lambs 6.50 down. Fat clips ped ews 2.00 to 3.00.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dept. Agri
Markets At A Glance Briefing May Day Trading Notes
Market snapshot from New York and Chicago shows irregular stock movement with leaders drifting and mixed bonds amid profit taking. Curb and utilities ease while select oils rise. sterling weakens. cotton and sugar subdued. coffee firm on commission buying. wheat and corn steady. hogs and cattle mostly steady.
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New York
Chicago
Butter and Egg Market Prices Stable Amid Flat Listings
Chicago on May 14 reports butter totals 1 027 576 unsettled with creamery extra firsts at 90 91 cents and other grades steady. Eggs market shows 28 382 firm with storage packed extras at 21 12 cents and firsts at 21 14 cents. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Wheat futures show little recovery after brief rallies
Chicago trading today saw new winter wheat contracts sag by a cent a bushel with May wheat unchanged to down 3 4 cent, while May old crop wheat held firm. Gains at Winnipeg sparked by cash buying appeared to lift hedges briefly but rains in the wheat belt and lower Liverpool prices kept a bearish undertone. Corn and oats barely moved with mixed daily shifts.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Rev Cowell to Speak at Central Baptist Sunday
Reverend John C. Cowell Jr. will deliver the 11 o'clock worship message at Central Baptist Church on world conditions from a Biblical perspective. A 9:45 Sunday school, led by J. C. Cowan, and Baptist Training Union activities precede an evening evangelistic service at 7:30 with Rev. Homer Britton citing Titus III. Acts as the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Cowell, Jr
Central, Baptist
J. C. Cowan
General Assembly
Homer Britton
Note Signed by Missing Boy Found in River
Morristown New Jersey May 14 A bottle in the Rockaway river carried a note reading Help Held prisoner by bandits Peter Levine found by 14 year old George H Ritz who gave it to Rockaway police. Prosecutor's office liaising with New Rochelle New York police to verify if the handwriting matches Peter Levine missing nearly three months.
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Morristown
N. J
Peter Levine
Rockaway River
George H. Ritz
Rockaway
David Allen
New Rochelle
N. Y
Guardsmen Aid in Hunting for Missing Marjory West
In Bradford Pennsylvania on May 14 1937 a new group of 175 national guardsmen joined weary volunteers and state motor police in pressing the search for four year old Marjory West daughter of an oil field worker who disappeared last Sunday while picking flowers near a family outing More than 3000 volunteers were already in the woods led by Captain James Bell and Mayor Hugh J Ryan authorities said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
National Guardsmen
Little Marjory West
Hugh J. Ryan
James Bell
Grant Street Church of Christ Hosts Two Week Gospel Meeting
Sunday at 11 a m the Grant Street Church of Christ opens a two week gospel meeting with daily services at 10 a m and 7 45 p m. G A Dunn of Dallas and T W Flowers of Moulton direct preaching and song. The event aims for plain gospel teaching and invites all to attend and reason together.
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Grant Street
Lindsay Allen
Dunn
World Briefs From Five Countries Amid Rising Tensions
A Czechoslovak minister plans to study a law to pacify minorities before returning to Praha. Brazil accuses foreigners of fomenting a failed revolt. Hungary moves to curb unauthorized Nazi activity under Belga Imredy. Belgium forms a Spaak cabinet to tackle budget crises. Tangshan front in China reportedly breached as Lunghai rail bridge is blown. Japanese forces press south China near Foochow. In Spain, government planes strike insurgent positions on the Teruel front after reports of aircraft shipments to Barcelona.
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London
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Belga Imredy
Viece
Koloman Daranyi
Paul Henri
Tangshan
Suchow
Lunghai
Central China
South China
Foochow
Teruel-to-the-Sea
Barcelona
Hatfield Lake Opens Season With New Facilities
Hatfield Lake is open for the 1938 season with new equipment. The swimming pool is concreted the skating rink enlarged and a dance pavilion built separate from the rink. Newly furnished cabins and free picnic grounds are available. Operator William Meyer plans further features including tennis courts.
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Hatfield Lake
William Meyer
Swalley Opens Empire Grill on Bee Line Highway
Frank Swalley former cook at the Greyhound bus station announces the Empire Grill opening on the Bee Line highway north of Moulton street in the building previously occupied by the Beacon sandwich shop. The Grill will be open 24 hours each day.
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Frank Swalley
Greyhound
Empire Grill
Bee Line
Moulton Street
Beacon
Moon in Eclipse Casts Shadows Across Night Sky
Black shadows of the earth swept 240000 miles through space to eclipse the moon for 51 minutes last night and into today. The satellite was in total eclipse for under an hour but partly veiled for six hours from 11 44 p m to 5 43 a m CST.
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New York
Decatur Social Scene and Local Visitors Report
Decatur hosts include J O Norris and family from Gadsden and Pensacola guests, plus Mrs H L Thornton and son arriving next week. Patrolmen aid 4 H parade as measles touch several residents and visitors attend events across the area.
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J. O. Norris
A. H. Ahrens
Gadsden
Maynard Morris
Pensacola, Fla
W. D. Moore
H. L. Thornton
William
Selma
M. B
Second Street slated for paving. WPA crews work today
WPA crews patch Second street today and begin asphalt paving Monday from First avenue to Danville road. The project should finish in two weeks. Police warn motorists not to remove barricades or drive over the street or risk arrest.
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WPA
Second Street
R. W. Shepherd
Area One
First Avenue
Danville Road
W. P. Moore
Run off in Limestone County Sheriff and board races
In Athens Alabama on May 14 the run-off ticket features We Johnson and M F Whitt in the sheriff finals. Mason Freeman and John D Morris compete for place 1 on the county board of revenue, while W C Marks and Thomas Ezell vie for place 3.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
We Johnson
M. F. Whitt
Sheriff
Mason Freeman
John D. Morris
County Board of Revenue
W. C. Marks
Thomas Ezell
Fire damages none as car in Knox McRae lot burns out
A car on the Knox McRae used car lot on Second Avenue caught fire at 2 PM. John Ston Street Company arrived after the alarm but the blaze was extinguished before they arrived, causing no damage.
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Knox McRae
Second Avenue
Johnston Street Company
Reversal in Slaying Case Of Navy Officer James Bassett
Earl Mayer who confessed to the ten year old slaying of naval officer James Bassett reverses his stance and fights the murder charge. Mayer is shown at Walla Walla Washington where he has served life in the state penitentiary and was taken to Seattle for questioning.
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Decasto Earl Mayer
James Bassett
Mayer
Walla Walla Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Seattle
Central Press
Merrily We Live screens at Strand Theatre Hartselle
Hilarity reigns Sunday at the Strand Theatre as Merrily We Live opens. Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne lead a stellar cast in a fast paced comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod with Billie Burke adding charm as an absent minded philanthropist aiming to rehabilitate hoboes.
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Strand Theatre
Hartselle
Norman Z. McLeod
Constance Bennett
Brian Aherne
Miss Bennett
Kilbourne
Aherne
Hobo
Kilbournes
Billie Burke
Miss Burke
Crescent Amusement Co. Anniversary Observed in Nashville
May 28 marks the Crescent Amusement Company anniversary in Nashville as Princess theatre hosts a May Festival of surprise hits from May 15 for two weeks. Crescent operates Princess and Capitol in town and runs 150 theatres across several states since launching with the Dixie theatre on Fifth Avenue North 31 years ago.
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Crescent Amusement Company
Nashville
Princess Theatre
Nashville Amusement Enterprise
Princess
Capitol
Dixie Theatre
Fifth Avenue
North
Negro Pupils Present The Princess of Moonbean Castle
Instructor P Thompson of Decatur Negro High School presents the 3rd grade play Monday night May 16 at the school. The Princess of Moonbean Castle tells how Princess Starlight seeks love despite King Moon’s marriage decree, aided by Queen Night.
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P. Thompson
Decatur Negro High School
Moonbean Castle
Starlight
King Moon
Queen Night
Pricess
Gas station hires two girls to boost business in Pittsburgh
Isadore Bluestone added two female attendants at his Pittsburgh gas station and reports a surge in customers. He predicts the idea will spread as customers respond positively to the staffing change.
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Pittsburgh
Isadore Bluestone
Bluestone
Notice of Sale and Publication in Morgan County Alabama
Legal notice announces sale of multiple parcels in Morgan County Alabama under a 1938 decree. The sale on May 30, 1938, at the court house door proceeds to settle land lots in Decatur, with parcels listed and offered separately then as a whole. Also notice of publication to Lloyd George in a separate equity case, requiring response by May 30, 1938 or decree pro confesso.
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T. Brown
Mavis Leard
Morgan County Court
Morgan County
Alabama
Court House
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Decatur
Albany
Clara George
Lloyd George
Register
Decatur Daily
Marvin West
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International Association of the Petroleum Industry
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Rev. Cowell
Swalley
Olivia DE Havilland
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Decatur’s
Robert Nabors
Birmingham
North Alabama
State Highway Patc
Betty Faye Julian
South
Jack Harris
Fayette, Ala
Emerson McCulloch
Frederick Webster
Huntsville
W. L. McCulloch
Elizabeth Ann Motes
Ninth Avenue
John Cooper
I. W. Myers
Southside Baptist Church
Bonanza
Blanch, Tenn
M. G. Scarbrough
Montgomery County Board of Educaton
Dan Ewing
J. J. Grizzard
Mae Grizzard
Ruth Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Somerville
Frances
Elizabeth Powers
Miriam Kennedy
Pulaski
J. D. Baker
J. H. Chitwood
Central Methodist
Woman's Missionary Society
Central Baptist Church
W. M. Rogers
Cullman
Louise Hutson
The
Alabama State Employment Service
Sammy Garris
Athens Route 4
J. W. Sharpe
William L. Clabhorn
Double Springs
Mrs
Frank Palmer
Tuscumbia
Max Head
Louis Morris
Elkmont
Harry Battles
Falkville High School
Carrol Williams
L. D. Whitten
Flint
L. D. Jones
Danville
J. M. Ratliff
Route 2
John Booth
Columbia, Tenn., Livestock Association
Amusement CO
American Cleaners
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