Wage Hour Bill Advances Amid Senate Opposition
The House passed the wage hour bill 314 to 97 led by northern Democrats and Republicans. Southern senators raised last minute opposition as Senator Barkley sought a quick Senate-House compromise. The measure, aiming for wage variations by region and industry, faces possible further committee review and potential filibuster concerns.
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Washington
House
Barkley
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Uffah
Alabama Opposes Washington Vote On Wage Hour Bill
May 25 report notes Rep Luther Patrick of Birmingham was the sole Alabama House member to back the wage hour bill as the chamber passed it 314 to 97. Other delegation members opposed or were absent or absent.
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Washington
Luther Patrick
Birmingham
Alabama
House
Boykin
Hobbs
Jarman
Sparkman
Starnes
Congress Passes Wage Hour Bill With Exemptions Amid Debate
The House with Republicans and Southern Democrats shelving a wage hour bill pushed it to the floor over Rules Committee opposition. The late night passage about 10 30 p m capped the year’s longest session as supporters endured long delays to block amendments. The bill would set a graduated minimum wage for interstate industry starting at 25 cents an hour rising to 40 cents in three years and a 40 hour max week. An independent board could adjust wages and hours, with exemptions creating some differentials by industry or region. Exemptions favored farm processors, dairy, ginning and cotton processing, perishables, and slaughterhouses. Aids and amendments aligned with farm interests and the theatrical and fishing sectors, while critics called it a southern blow during debate.
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Senate
House
Congress
Farmer-Laborites
Rules Committee
Ramspeck
Representative Biermann
Iowa
Shirley Temples
Freddie Bartholomews
Decatur Senior High School Graduation May 30 1938
Decatur High School will hold graduation at Riverside auditorium on Monday night May 30 with 107 diplomas awarded. Dr. Ben Baldwin of Florence State Teachers College will address the seniors and George Bloodworth is valedictorian with Henry Day salutatorian. The ceremony includes honors, citizenship, awards, and a class song.
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Decatur Senior High School
Riverside Auditorium
Ben Baldwin
Florence State Teachers College
Lewis H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
George Bloodworth
Henry Day
W. W. Benson
State Teachers College
Florence
W. T. Jordan
Bruce Spencer
Board of Education
Mrs Mary Slate Dies at 72 in Decatur Home
Mrs Mary Slate aged 72 died Tuesday at 2 05 pm at her daughter Mrs Oliver Owens home 12th Avenue West after weeks of illness. Survived by two sons Allen and Gene Slate of Decatur two daughters Mrs Owen and Mrs Bertha Clifton Summit Alabama one sister Mrs H A Vaughn Funeral services set for 2 30 pm at Moss Chapel with interment there Drinkard Howell directing
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Mary Slate
Oliver Owen
12Th Avenue West
Slate
Allen
Gene Slate
Decatur
Owen
Bertha Clifton
Summit
Ala
H. A. Vaughn
Moss’ Chapel
Drinkard-Howell
Volunteers Clean Up Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
A group of volunteers met at the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon and gave the building and grounds a thorough cleaning.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Ickes Hides With Bride in Secret London Honeymoon
Secretary of Interior Ickes and his 39 year younger bride began a secret honeymoon in London after a Dublin wedding. The couple evaded public attention, returning to Washington soon, while Mrs Ickes, former park service employee Jane Dahlman, joins as the youngest cabinet wife.
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London
Interior
Ickes
England
Dublin
Washington
Paris
British Isles
Yegister
New Mexico
Hand Grenade Order Figure in Bryant Murder Trial
Testimony linked Homer Welch, textile union organizer, to sending a man to Huntsville for hand grenades as the state rests its case against J. A. Gann for the murder of Chief Deputy Sheriff John Bryant at Samoset Mills during 1936 labor troubles. Welch faces a 10 year sentence and a second degree manslaughter conviction.
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Talladega
Ala
Homer Welch
Huntsville
J. A. Gann
John Bryant
Bryant
Samoset Mills
Welch
Walker Haywood
Samoset
Haywood
Life Saving Classes Set at Malone Pool
George Porter of Morgan County Red Cross announces life saving classes at Malone Pool from June 6 to 10, 8 to 10 a m daily. Instructors include Porter and Lewis Nelson with others assisting. Registration by June 4 and free pool use donated by F T Adams. Boy Scouts urged to register to earn swimming tests and merit badges.
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George Porter
Life Saving Service of
Morgan County
The
American Red Cross
Malone Pool
Porter
Lewis Nelson
Red Cross
Frank Kirby
W. Vine Street
F. T. Adams
Agriculture Dept Revises 1937 Cotton Crop Tallies
Washington May 25 the agriculture department issued revised estimates for the 1937 cotton crop the largest ever grown showing production exclusive of linters to have been 18 946 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight compared with 12 399 000 bales in 1936
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fairness by Mayor Ghiet Admitted in Hosiery Case
After a Tuesday night session extended to 9 30 PM, the AFHW and TWOc complaint against Cooper Wells was revisited. W J Frazier admitted city officials acted on their own initiative regarding union literature with no company direction.
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Am Federation of Hosiery Workers
Cooper-Wells
R. L. Preeman
W. J. Frazier
AFHW
Twoc
Frazier
Bill Moore
R. N. Harris
Pragier
Floyd Harris
Cooper- Wells
CIO
Harris
Sewell
Decatur
Bowling
Cox
Powers
Mssrs
Yancy
Jones
John Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Yaney
WNFP
Lahr
Joseph
Mr. Patterson
Patterson
Eva Community Reaches Gym Milestone With Stone Valley Facility
Eva residents and students built a new gymnasium using native stone after funding gaps. Morgantown County Board of Education provided a bond-backed grant. The 96 foot interior space seats 450, 42 by 92 foot playing area, basement lockers, and a monitor roof with ample light.
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Morgam County Board of Education
Honors paid stir Czech protests over Sudeten deaths
Nazi funeral honors for two Sudeten Germans slain in Czechoslovakia provoke anger as Prague denounces the Eger ceremony. In Asia, Japan gains full control of the 800 mile Tientsin Pukow railway and advances toward Hankow while fighting in Spain intensifies near Balaguer and Tremp. President Cardenas moves troops in Mexico to quell Cedillo rebellion.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
China
Spain
Czechoslovaka
Adolph Hitler
Eger
Cech
Orient
Tientsin-Pukow
Sunghai
Hankow
Kaifeng
Catalonia
Franco
Balaguer
Lazaro Cardenas
San Luis Potosi
Saturnino Cedillo
Cardena
Boy witness aids brother in murder trial
A 13 year old testified that he moved a pistol from the living room as the state rested its first degree murder case against 16 year old Donald Garrell for the March killing of 18 year old Charlotte Matthiesen in Jackson Heights. The witness Douglas Carroll described finding his father’s army pistol and the defendant’s reaction as his brother testified.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Donald Garrell
Charlotte Matthiesen
Carroll
Douglas
Donald
Jackson Heights
Thomas Downs
Young Douglas
Matthieson
J Ernest Price Dies in New York
Ernest Price former Decatur resident died last night in a New York City hospital relatives here were advised today. He is survived by his wife one daughter Mrs Raymond Britain a brother Wilson Price of Houston Texas. The body will be brought to Decatur for interment funeral arrangements to be announced by Brown.
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Ernest Price
Decatur
New York City
Price
Raymond Britain
Wilson Price
Houston
Texas
Brown
Life Preservers Save Two Fishermen at Wheeler Lake
Two Decatur men owed their lives to life preservers when a row boat near Wheeler Dam drifted toward the spillway and swamped. Arthur Moye and Robertson were towed to safety by a motor boat crew including A L Moye Lamar Moye and Troy Martin before resuming fishing.
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Decatur
Arthur Moye
Solon Robertson
A. L. Moye
Troy Martin
Lamar Moye
Wheeler Lake
Wheeler Dam
A. L
Robertson
Moye
Union Labor Backs Barkley in Kentucky Senate Fight
In Washington on May 25 John L. Lewis urged organized labor to support Senator Allen Barkley of Kentucky in his renomination bid against Governor A B Chandler. Lewis praised Barkley as a leading liberal voice and ally of labor interests. The report also notes Iowa Democrat Otha Wearin’s candidacy against Senator Gillette, with White House discussions cited. The Idaho primary is June 6.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Organized Labor
Allen W. Barkley
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Lewis
Labor
Lexington
Pennsylvania
Barkley
United States
Sam Caddy
Towa
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Iowa
Otha Wearin
Wearin
Gillette
White House
Power line right asked for condemnation near Wilson Dam
The Electro Metallurgical company asked the State Public Service Commission for authority to condemn a power line lead from Wilson Dam to its proposed plant site a mile west. A hearing was set for June 16. The commission approved Mobile Illuminating Company’s petition to transfer its properties to Alabama Power Company to simplify capital structure.
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Montgomery
Ala
Electro Metallurgical Company
State Public Service Commission
Wilson Dam
Mobile Illuminating Company
Alabama Power Company
Dlominating Company
Commission
Wholesalers Close Thursday Afternoons in Summer
Wholesale business houses of the city have agreed to close Thursday afternoons at one o clock during the summer months. The list includes A Z Bailey Grocery Company Brock and Spight J B Harlow Cudahy Packing Co and Decatur Packing Plant.
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A. Z. Bailey Grocery Company
Brock and Spight
J. B. Harlow, Cudahy Packing Co
Decatur Packing Plant
Remodeling Calvin building to become tire and filling station
Work on the Calvin building at Second Avenue and Lee Street is progressing rapidly. The former structure will be converted into an attractive tire and filling station and is expected to be ready for occupancy in about six weeks.
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Calvin
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Ex-Chairman accuses two of falsifying TVA negotiations details
Former TVA chairman Arthur B. Morgan charged that directors H A M and David Lilienthal falsified a report on Commonwealth and Southern negotiations. He testified before a ten member congressional committee, alleging collusion and mismanagement. Morgan said Lilienthal controlled talks with Willkie and pushed a policy of unrestricted competition and misrepresented positions to the board.
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Washington
Arthur B. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
David FE. Lillenthal
TVA
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
A. BK. Morgan
Tenman Congressional Ing ” Committee
Littenthal
Commonwealth and Southern
Wendell L. Willkie
Morgan
Lilienthal
Willkie
H. A. Morgan
Roosevelt
Lilinethal
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 21.6 feet with a daily high of 82 and low of 57, no rain recorded. In Alabama the southeast offered partly cloudy skies, while the north reported moderate easterly winds and milder conditions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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J. O. Colvard
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Ray Edwards
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Ben Howland
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Harold Pruitt
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Leonar Sellers
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Olene Woodruff
Alice Wilson
Imogene Halbrooks
Sarah Jane Poole
Marbrey Payne
Cassie Reynolds
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