Modified Shoals Bill Delay Deliberations In Senate
Washington May 24 AP Senate farm relief leaders postponed a decision on how to proceed after President Coolidge vetoed the McNary Haugen bill. McNary of Oregon urged against attempting a veto override, noting two thirds would be needed despite initial approval. A Senate agricultural committee meeting was held to map action while Haugen stayed silent.
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Washington
Senate Farm Relief
Coolidge
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Senate Agricultural Committee
Haugen
Western agriculture vents veto anger over McNary-Haugen
In Chicago on May 1984 AP report says farmers and leaders across the midwest condemn President Coolidge after the veto of the McNary-Haugen bill. Republican candidates decry the veto while Democrats urge relief through national party unity. Governor Mullin calls farmers to act. Hoover criticized for backing anti agricultural stance.
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Chicago
Middle West
Coolidge
Laud H. McKenzie
St. Paul
Republlcan
Frank W. Murphy
Minnesota
Resolutions Committee
Mullin
Nebraska
Hoover
Brandon Boomed For Vice President
In Tuscaloosa Alabama more than 100 Democrats urged Alabama to back W W Brandon for vice president. Delegates to Houston were asked to cast Alabama 24 votes for the former governor after Collier Foster proposed the motion and it was adopted by the gathering.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Houston
W. W. Brandon
Collier Foster
Brandon
Tuscaloosa County
Hurst Re-elected at Alabama Labor Federation Meet
J L Hurst of Birmingham was re elected president of the Alabama State Federation of Labor at the 26th convention in Anniston. Mobile was chosen as the site for next year s convention.
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Hurst
Anniston
Ala
J. L. Hurst
Birmingham
Alabama State Federation of Labor
Mobile
Local Cotton Prices Report Mixed Middling Rises
Market notes show Strict Middling at 20.00 cents and Middling around 19.26 cents. Other listed figures include 18.75 cents for a lower grade, reflecting fluctuating values in the cotton market.
Smith Loses In Texas Contest At Democratic Convention
Beaumont Texas May 24 AP Texas democrats decide to bind 40 county delegation votes to a dry platform and a sympathetic candidate in a three cornered fight on prohibition. Governor Dan Moody leads the harmony faction in breaking with Smith supporters who claim 10 or 12 votes could have been won if districts named delegates. Delegation bound by unit rule.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Dan Moody
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Mobile Hosts Alabama Mayors Convention June Dates
City executives meet in Mobile as Mayor James A Nelson plans to represent Decatur on June 7 and at the Alabama Association of Mayors and City Commissioners convention. Leon Schwarz of Mobile invites all association members to visit for the two day event with a focus on municipal affairs and idea exchange.
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James A. Nelson
Decatur
Mobile
Alabama Association of Mayors and City Commissioners
Leon Schwarz
Courthouse walls rise after foundations laid
After completing excavations and foundations for the front and rear wings, workmen have begun erecting the brick walls on the new courthouse building. Sills and floors have been laid and as the walls rise the structure is expected to take form and proportions day by day.
Turn Homeward Quebec Ends US Canada Tour
The group led by Major Fitzmaurice Captain Koehl and Baron Von Huevefeld concludes their North American voyage and heads toward New York to sail home on June 9 to Ireland or Germany.
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Quebec
United States
Canada
Fitzmaurice
Koehl
Baron von Huevefeld
New York
Ireland
Germany
Kiwanis Trade Day Plan Aims to Boost Decatur Business
The Decatur Kiwanis club with about 60 members launches a Trade Day initiative Friday at 10 am. The plan runs through September to December 1928, aiming to stabilize Decatur as a regional trade hub by distributing at least 500000 circulars and deploying house to house canvassing in rural areas. Cooperation from both retail and wholesale merchants is essential to drive fall and harvest business and reach an estimated regional population center. Reports from the drive will be sent to H L Peterson, steering committee chair.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Decatur
Citaun Inn
Lawrence
Limestone
Kiwanis Club
H. L. Peterson
Ten Jail Cases Await Grand Jury Action
Ten jail cases plus more than twenty brought to the grand jury in February await action when the circuit court convenes Monday June 4. Principal case is Hewlett Torry charged with carnal knowledge. Two negroes are jailed for manufacturing whiskey and another for assault to murder, with several others jailed on larceny charges.
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Hewlett Torry
Cigarette Price War Breaks Out in Decatur
A price war on cigarettes begins in Decatur with packages selling from 14 to 48 cents. Some stores charge 18 cents including tax, others 17, and a few offer 15 cents with tax paid.
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Decatur
Flint Power Lines Near Completion
Alabama Power Company nears completion of power lines to serve Flint. Gar ner Pride, local operations manager, said service would begin in Flint within a few days.
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Alabama Power Company
Flint
Garner Pride
Decatur Housing Drive Seeks 100000 in Stocks
Local business leaders push a campaign to fund the Decatur Building and Improvement Corporation with a goal near 100000. The plan promises 7 percent annual return plus a 2 percent sinking fund, with no upkeep by stockholders, and aims to attract about 1000 new residents and 5 000 weekly in additional trade.
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Decatur Building and Improvement Corporation, Inc
Catur
Decatur
Decatur Building and Improvement Corporation
Woman Fatally Shot by Estranged Husband in Tennessee
Mrs. Mary E. Lowery 61 was shot yesterday as she ran from her front door and is believed fatally injured. The husband Edward J. Lowery, a carpenter, fled in his car after being fined recently in police court for an assault on his wife following 37 years of marriage. Police are searching for him.
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Chattanooga
Mary E. Lowery
Edward J. Lowery
Carpenter
Lowery
Kiwanis Set Meeting Tonight at 6:30 at the Y M C A
The Decatur Kiwanis regular weekly meeting is scheduled for this evening at 6:30 at the Y M C A. A program is planned for guests and members.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Bank Robbery Leaves Two Bankers Dead Near Lamar
Four masked gunmen entered the First National Bank of Lamar on a border area raid. They took about $7,000 in cash and nearly $195,000 in negotiable securities before forcing two tellers into a car and fleeing. One teller was later released. the other’s fate is unknown.
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First National Bank of Lamar
Colorado- New Mexico
John Parrish
Graduation Night Program Set At Central High
Central High announces graduation exercises for Monday night. Principal Johnson. A F Harmon state education official will deliver the commencement address. W R Spight will introduce him. C W Mathews new city education board member will confer diplomas. Harmon formerly led the school system when it was the New Decatur schools.
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Central High School
Johnson
A. F. Harmon
State Department of Education
W. R. Spight
C. W. Mathews
City Board of Education
Harmon
New Decatur Schools
Southern Delivery For Spots Sought
A bill introduced by Representative Vinson Democrat Georgia seeks to require cotton futures settlements after June 1 1929 to be delivered as bona fide spot cotton tendered in markets designated by the secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
Representative Vinson
Democrat
Georgia
Secretary of Agriculture
Presbyterians Weigh Major Questions At 140th General Assembly
Tulsa May 24 AP The 140th annual general assembly of the Presbyterian church USA opens with questions on amalgamation with the Methodist and Congregational churches. Other items before the assembly include reorganizing the Princeton Theological Seminary and revising the church code on divorce.
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Tulsa
Okla
Methodist Episcopal and
Congregational Churches
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Princeton Theological
Health unit funding hangs on June 1 decision
Dr S W Welch of the state health department left after a satisfactory conference with revenue board members. If the county appropriation withdrawn is not renewed by June 1 the county health department must close and the Tennessee Valley laboratory may be removed. The county funds about half the health unit and the state would not maintain the lab without a county health unit.
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S. W. Welch
State Health Department
Board of ‘Revenue
H. C. McRee
Board of Revenue
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Realtors Visit Decatur on Way to State Convention
A large group from Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery toured Decatur en route to Florence for the Alabama Realtors Association convention. They were greeted at Union Station, given a city overview, and traveled by boat from Bank Street Wharf down the Tennessee River to the Tri Cities, expressing strong impressions of Decatur’s growth.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Decatur
Florence
Alabama Realtors Association
Union Station
Bank Street
Tennessee River
Tri-Cities
Florence Welcomes Realtors for State Convention
A special chartered steamship carrying over 100 Alabama realtors arrives in Florence from Decatur for the opening of the state convention. Delegates are to be welcomed by Florence realtors and travel the Lake Wilson route via the Muscle Shoals locks. More than 250 delegates and friends expected through Saturday.
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Florence
Ala
Alabama Realtors
Decatur
Florence Realtors
Lake Wilson
Muscle Shoals
Senate Overrides Presidential Veto on Postal Pay and Allowances
The Senate today overrode President Coolidge to enact into law raises for night postal workers and extra rental lighting and fuel allowances for fourth class postmasters. The House previously passed the two measures over the veto.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
House
Interstate Commerce Board Rejects Florida Rail Line Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission advised against PHHA and Western Settlers request to construct 12 1 2 miles of new track in Florida. The action curtails a planned rail expansion project affecting local transport plans and regional growth.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phha
Western Settlee
Florida
Grand jury called for June 4 in circuit court
The grand jury empaneled February 20, not discharged after February session, will be reconvened when circuit court opens June 4. J Henry Harding of Falkville is foreman. Members include Preston Somerville, Ezekiel Briscoe, J W Bud Livingston, Farris McCluskey, Thomas Carter, Ohio Holmes, G Milt Alexander, Brad Echols, Tom Davis, Jesse George, Omar Holmes, Olmus J Hamilton, John Bean, Melvin Hipp, Lee Woodall and others from Eva, Hartsville, Danville, Trinity, Lacey's Spring, Baileyton and surrounding routes.
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J. Henry Harding
Falkville
Preston
Somerville
Sam Ward
Ezekiel Briscoe
J. W. (Bud) Livingston
Toley Free
Hartselle
Farris C. McCluskey
Albany
Thomas P. Carter
Danville
Ohie My Holmes
Eva
G. Milt Alexander
Trinity
Brad S. Echols
Lacey’s
Spring
Tom Davis
Baileyton
Jesse L. George
Omar E. Holmes
Olmus J. Hamilton
John L. Bean
Melvin M. Hipp
Lee Woodall
Mrs. Jasper Moore Dies After Sudden Illness
Mrs. Jasper Moore died Wednesday afternoon after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband three children her parents and eight siblings. Funeral services will be Friday at 4 pm from Central Baptist Tabernacle with interment in Roselawn Cemetery. The service will be conducted by Rev. James Allen Smith. Pallbearers listed.
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Jasper Moore
Jon Wyain Sewnnes Vine
Southern Railway
R. A. Kirkland
Fourth Avenue
Central Baptist Tabernacle
James Allen Smith
Roselawn
E. R. Humphrey
D. T. Cunningham
Alten Halfacre
J. H. Brannum
Mobile City Commission backs head tax proposal
Payors head tax in Mobile Alabama. On May 24 the city commission went on record favoring an annual head tax for all persons aged 21 to 50. They discussed applying the tax to women if legal means exist to do so.
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Mobile
Ala
Senate moves on Mosel Shoals fertilizer bill after cuts
The conference report on the Moselle Shoals fertilizer bill faces the Senate with sponsors seeking an early vote. Senator Norris hopes action before adjournment but a crowded calendar may delay. Striking out provisions limits manufacturing scope to experimentation and eases industry fears about government competition.
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Washington
Musele’ Shoals
Senate
Ite
Norris
Nebraska
House
Howde
Congressional adjournment plan approved by leaders
Washington May 24 Representative Tilson of Connecticut floor leader will urge adoption of a resolution to adjourn Congress at 6 p m May 29. He conferred with Sp Longworth and Rep Curtis about the plan and it is understood the plan is acceptable to the Senate.
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Washington
Tilson
Connecticut
Congress
Sp Longworth
Curtis
Kansay
Repli
Senate
Mrs. H. M. Wiley Called To Reward Funeral Notice
Mrs. H. M. Wiley died in Paris after being ill. funeral services were held at Lat. church with Rev. B. P. Collier officiating and burial at ville cemetery. Survived by son Fred and daughters Mrs. Bes. Razege Mrs. Charles S ford and Mrs. Parker.
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Paris
B. P. Colliering
Decatur Visitor Karl Waltersdorf Sees H Division Power
Karl Waltersdorf of H division power visited Decatur today. The visit focused on power operations and potential local collaboration with Bama Power officials.
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Decatur
Karl Waltersdorf
Bama
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