Cotaco High Holds Finals
Cotaco High School concludes senior class night on May 19 1938 with a program featuring violin tributes poems prophecies and a valedictory. May 20 marks graduation with diplomas presented by J. T. Holladay and speeches by Mon Melvin Hudson and A. Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cot High
Rudolph Scott
Congregation Earth
M Hutson
Decatur
J. 3. Holladay
Annie Wheeler
Wheeler
Wilson Dams
Balutator
Bernice Bailey
Rada Oakes
Elizabeth Oldacre
Squaw
Catherine Peck
Victor Compton
Jewe Winfrey
Gilbert Dean
Helms
Filizabeth Oldacre
Everett Pierce
Braves
D Gafers
Cotaco
America
Voc, Ag
J. T. Holladay
J. J. Holladay
Margiotti and James Lead Pennsylvania Returns
Incomplete returns show Democrats doubling 1934 primary votes while Republicans rise. Kennedy Margiotti lead Margiotti for governor is 395,688. Parle 624,716. Wilson 254,320. James leads Pinchot 746,248 to 344,369 as returns show Wolf’s subernatorial slate. Eddie McCloskey mentioned in race context.
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G. Mason Owlett
Wolf
Eddie McCloskey
Johnstown
Kennedy
Margiotti
Parle
Wilson
New Deal
Austria
Pinchot
Arthur H. James
State Superior Court
James
Decatur Kiwanis meet and local notices in city
Decatur Kiwanis will hear Winston Alston and Pred Hunt Jr at 12 10 PM at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. A First Sunday school officers meeting is set for 7 30 PM at Rev Edward Ramage home on Oak Street. Local residents and visitors are noted with several business trips and social events across Decatur.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Winston Alston
Pred Hunt, Jr
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Edward V. Ramage
Oak Street
Decatur City
Methodists Map Service in Decatur District Meeting
Methodist pastors from the Decatur district met at Memorial Drive church for their monthly gathering. Plans for Laymen's Day on June 12 and special services on May 24 to mark John Wesley's Aldersgate experience were discussed, with 50 percent of the Benevolence Fund already collected and a sermon by Dr. J. H. Chitwood followed by a ladies' plate lunch.
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Decatur
Memorial Drive
W. L. Morris
Courtland
M . Lazenby
John Wesley
Aldersgate Street
London
Wearley
Conference
J. H. Chitwood
Ladies of
Memorial Drive Church
Roy Sloan
Rev Myers to Preach Midweek Service Tonight
Rev W Myers pastor of the Bouthane Baptist church will preach at 7 30 this evening at the midweek service. His topic concerns Their Relation to All Men and serves as a report on the Southern Baptist convention he attended in Richmond.
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I. W. Myers
Southside Baptist Church
Richmond
Southern Baptist Convention
W. Myers
Bouthane Baptist Church
Rev. Myers
Market gains and losses mix as Pennsylvan ia results loom
Wall Street fluctuated near midday with small gains for firms like Johns Manville Union Carbide Allis Chalmers American Smelting J I Case Youngstown Sheet Tube and International Paper while Montgomery Ward Southern Pacific Douglas Aircraft Texas Corp and Chrysler fell. American Telephone softer despite dividend cut backs and Westinghouse Electric announces a 10 percent pay cut for 13 000 salaried workers. Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York closed steady to higher with modest gains and mixed open high low last quotes across several contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Johns-Manville
Union , Carbide
Allis Chalmers
American Smelting
J. I. Case
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
International Paper
Montgomery Ward
Southern Pacific
Douglas Aircraft
Texas Corp
Chrysler
American Telephone
Pennsylvania
Financial District
N. C
New Orleans
New York
Cottonseed Oil Futures Close Steady In New Orleans Trade
Cottonseed oil prices closed steady in New Orleans with the summer yellow grade at 8.05 and prime crude at 6.62 to 6.75. July and August contracts posted 7.72 and 7.59 respectively while other months ranged between 7.46 and 7.73. Bid prices noted as B bids.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton Quiet Rise in New Orleans Market
Spot cotton in New Orleans on May 18 closed quietly up 6 points. Sales reached 171 bales while low middling stood at 7.43 cents, middling 8.83, good middling 9.38. Receipts were 4.49 and stocks totaled 748,235 bales.
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SPOT
New Orleans
Spot Cotton
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Quiet in Memphis Trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed quiet with May 20.50 and June 20.50, continuing through December at 21.15 21.75 22.25 22.90 22.50 22.75 as 500 units were sold.
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Memphis
Tenn
Markets At A Glance May 18 Exported From New York and Chicago
Markets show mixed activity with stocks steady and most industrials crawled ahead while bonds stay uneven. Curb trading irregular and foreign markets show lag. cotton improves and coffee rises amid buying. Chicago wheat up on Italian purchasing, corn firm despite rain, cattle steady to 15 lower, hogs 15 to 25 higher. Butter steady with mixed dairy prices. eggs about steady with storage packed extras. poultry live at 27 trucks steady and prices unchanged.
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New York
Belga
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Report May 18
Cattle 150 head and calves 150 with early clearance at firm rates. Plains and low medium grassy steers and heifers 17.00 to 7.50, fleshy cattle to 8.00, good fat yearlings to 8.50, selected small yearlings to 9.00. Beef cows 6.25 down, cutter cows 4.00 to 5.00, top vealers 9.50. Hogs 500 with prices 7.50 to 8.15 for 150 to 300 lb, sows 6.40. Sheep 1,200 with undertone steady to strong on spring lambs. Tuesday sales mostly 8.75 down, fat clipped ewes 3.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
WPA Employs 841 in Morgan County Projects
More than 800 persons are employed in Morgan county on WPA projects, announced Wednesday by R. W. Shepherd, supervisor of area one. There are 756 workers at one site and the rest distributed among others.
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Morgan County
R. W. Shepherd
Area One
Attitudes Toward Syphilis and Public Health Progress
The passage argues that taboo and moralistic views delayed syphilis prevention and treatment in the U S. It notes medical advances reduced with time and calls for open discussion and action. It contrasts public fear of smallpox with the lingering hush around the great pox and urges eradicating the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Army
Navy
Tragic Collision Ends In Death Near McKendry Chapel
Reed, Hopper, and Driver hurried to the scene where a man was found severely cut. Jarrett was placed in Reed's car and taken to McKendry Chapel, then to Hartselle where a physician sent him to Benevolent hospital. Jarrett died minutes after arrival.
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Reed
Hopper
Jarrett
McKendry Chapel
Hartselle
Benevolent Hospital
Presiding Elder Itinerary Sets Visits to Mt Moriah and Florence Churches
The presiding elder of the Decatur district will preach at Mt Moriah for an 11 o'clock service and hold a quarterly conference after dinner on the grounds. On Sunday he goes to Florence's First Methodist to support Athens College and then returns to preach at Ninth Street Methodist in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
Mt. Moriah Church
W. W. Aldridge
Lazenby
First Methodist
Florence
Athens College
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Madison County WPA rolls exceed 1500 workers
The county payroll for April topped $20,000 with 841 workers on the rolls including 6 women and men. Madison County reports more than 1,500 on WPA rolls, the largest in the district. A notice seeks a young man experienced in grocery work who can drive a truck at Henry McBride on Sixth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
Madison County
WPA
Henry McBride
Sixth Avenue
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Cotaco High
Penny
Decatur’s
Zeno Bailey
A. Z. Bailey Co
George Godwin
Alabama Water Service Co
Ora Lazenby
Birmingham
M. FE. Lazenby
J. M. Hunt
Montgomery
Nhe
Priceville
Robert Bibb
Belle Mina
Phil Orr
Martselie
R. M. Byars
Moulton
Beulah Watson
Harteelle
Howard Mahon
Dan P. Ryan
Cedar Creek
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Jack Yarbrough
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Central Baptist Church
Woodall's
la Fiesta Club
Valley Country Club
Cooper-Wellstans
Cullman Rotary Club
Decatur Sub
Sewing Circle
Ccnl
Buck
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
J. P. Weaver
Fifth Avenue
Enat
B. M. Lee
Huntaville
Dillard L. Yaeger
J. B. Lee
Martha Baker
Lora Cobb
Lacon
Lawson Draper
Huntsville
Methodists Map Service
Tennessee Valley
James L. Rankin
Sec’y-Treas
Tennessee Valley Bank
Westinghouse Electric
American Cleaners
Vaughan Brothers
Monarch Food Store
J. F. Lovin
B. E. Johnston
B. A. Campbell
A. H. Garnett
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