Band Plans Schedule For Beginners And Senior Ensemble
Band director Hennessey released practice times for the senior band on Monday and Thursday at 7 00 pm with beginner seating on a waiting list to be addressed next week. The listed sessions run from 8 00 am through 11 30 am with sections for clarinet cornet trombone flute saxophone bass drum and baton twirling corps across Monday to Friday.
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Hennessey
Beginmere
James Coch
Arthur Parker
Cecil Halbrooks
Billye Kimmel
Eugene Wright
Prince Jones
Trom
Ed Meinhart
Fred Mann
Bubera Halbrooks
Betty Floy
Sallylee Meinhart
T B Rogers
David Allen
Flaying Mills
Gil Crane
Nellie
Roan
Bell Lyre
Winford Boutwell
Frederick Rozear
Billy Robertson
Avery Roan
Bessie Baker
Jack McCulloch
Mary McClure
Julia Cea Ray McCulltone
Richard Handley
Saxo- Wiley
Dick Still
Joe Sideman
Baton Twirling Corps
Bankhead aide payments highlighted in Alabama tax audit report
The article notes Bankhead son received 18 755 dollars and R L McAdory of Birmingham earned 40 825 dollars as 15 percent commissions for collecting escaped property taxes. Elmore said the Hood report was not the recess committee report and no full conclusions were drawn. An attached contract with Murphy granted 20 percent commission on delinquent taxes and expired January 1935. Brunson and other salaries and retainers are listed as part of the total. The finance committee considers a new chain store license schedule potentially adding about 30 000 dollars yearly, including the abolition of a 1 50 tax on individual stores.
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Bankhead
John HM. Bankhead
R. L. McAdory
Birmingham
Hood
Elmore
Murphy
B. M. Miller
Graves
W. M. Brunson
People's Public Service
Brunson
John Curry
Curry
Political Resignations and Candidacy Plans Mentioned Across GOP Circle
The report lists officials planning resignations to boost campaigns including Harry Hopkins Harold Ickes Henry Wallace Frank Murphy Lloyd Stark and Bennett Clark with Republicans named such as Thomas Dewey Robert Taft John Bricker Styles Bridges Bruce Barton Raymond Baldwin Leverett Saltonstall and Henry Cabot Lodge III indicating a broad party blend of potential candidates and insiders across states.
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Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Frank Murphy
Lloyd Stark
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bruce Barton
New York
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Leverett Salton
Henry Cabot
Massachusetts
Honor Roll Lists Two Junior High Classes Today
The second semester honor rolls at the junior high school were announced today. First Honors include Brad Bib Bailey Mary Bir kenaship Martha Paul Cain and many others. Second Honors feature Shirley Bragg Jacqueline Burleson Elizabeth Ann Chappell and additional students.
Hooded men beat imprisoned Negro in Citronelle jail
In Citronelle Alabama on May 27 a Black inmate beaten by five hooded men who entered the jail while guards were on duty. Solicitor Bart B Chamberlain said the man was struck about the head with a iron piece. He was transferred to Mobile County jail. Mayor W A Thompson said many people were questioned but no clues found. The man faced a charge of disorderly conduct for cursing in front of white women.
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Mobile
Ala
Bart B.chamberlain
Citronelle
Chamberlain
W. A. Thompson
Market update shows steels lead as volume improves
In New York May 27 the stock market advanced as steels out front and volume rose to about 350000 shares over two hours. Traders expected tax revisions to lift sentiment while bonds and commodities gained. notable gainers included U S Steel Bethlehem and Eastman Kodak, with some firms lagging like U S Rubber and General Electric. In New Orleans cottonseed oil closed steady with July at 6 15 and other contracts around 6 42 to 6 60.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Mona Ward
Eastman Kodak
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
Great Northern
American Can
American Smelting
U. S. Gypsum
Johns Manville
General Electric
Lockheed
American Gas & Electric
Standard Steel Spring
Pantepec Oil
New Orleans
Markets at a Glance May 27 New York
New York stocks firm led by steels with bonds steady and rails advancing. Curb and specialties up, foreign exchange steady with guilder unchanged. Cotton quiet near term with Trade, Wall Street buying. Chicago crops show rain. New Orleans cotton futures hit seasonal highs on active covering and spot buying with closes up 3 to 8 points.
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NEW_YORK
Steels
Wall Street
Mixed Commission House
Chicago
N. C
New Orleans
New York Cotton Futures Close Mixed With Small Gains
Cotton futures on the New York market closed with modest changes in late May. July and October quotations edged higher while December and January showed slight shifts, with spot middling prices around 9.77 cents.
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N. Y
New York
Dee
Cottonseed meal futures report from Memphis closing prices
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis closed dull on May 27. June through January prices ranged from 22.85 to 23.00 with 700 lots sold.
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Memphis
Tenn
Spot Cotton Prices in New Orleans May 27
Spot cotton closed quiet and unchanged in New Orleans with sales at 20 bales. Low middling 37.5 cents, middling 52 cents, good middling 57 cents. Receipts 721 bales, stock 440,912 bales.
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Spot Cotton
New Orleans
Average cotton price down in southern spot markets
The May 27 report shows middling cotton at ten southern spot markets averaging 9.39 cents per pound, down 2 points from yesterday, with the thirty day average at 9.04 cents.
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New Orleans
Wheat futures slip on rains and unsettled outlook
Wheat prices fell more than a cent as grain belt rains and forecasts of continued unsettled weather pressured markets. July and September closed around 78 78 1 8 cents, corn edged lower, oats also slipped.
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Chicago
Beber
Butter Prices and Creamery Scores Reported in Chicago
Butter market report from Chicago on May 27 notes a total 1,597,218 pounds with a creamery at 93 score 23 3-4 and 92 at 23 1-4. Other prices unchanged. eggs listed at 43,718 with weaker fresh graded eggs. Local extra firsts grade 16 cars 16 1-2, firsts 14 3-4 cars 16. Current receipts unchanged.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices From Nashville Market Report
U S Department summaries salable cattle 75 calves 75 with fresh supplies. Compared with last week good fed steers and yearlings steady at 9.00 to 9.75, other cattle weak to 25 down at 7.50 to 8.50. Sheep and hogs also listed with steadier ranges and top quotes.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Local names listed in Decatur directory style note
A roster of individuals including Murphy Paul Masterson Freddie Markham Raymond Ross T B Rogers Warner Sartor Leonard Stark Warren Sherrow Edward Smith William Samuel Russell Beake W L Spearman Jack Tankersley B F Wear Tom Wiley Mahlon Yarbrough Fred Scarbrough Dave Tingle Gary Green appears in a Decatur area listing.
Bernard Graduation at St Bernard College Forty Seventh Commencement
In Cullman Alabama the Solemn Pontifical High Mass and Baccalaureate sermon open the forty seventh commencement at St. Bernard College on May 28. 21 junior college and 26 high school seniors graduate with E J Hackett delivering the commencement address and James Niedergessel of Lawrenceburg Tennessee giving the valedictory. Eric Embry of Pell City will offer salutatory remarks. High school graduates include Charles Kleibaker Charles Ward Jr James Harris Sullivan Jr Richard Salasek Bernard Dreaper Desmond Regan George Higgins Thomas Embrey Edwin Staub Jr Adolph Veigi James Downey George Simpson Jr Coleman Peace John Heffernan Pedro Machado Angel Alvarado Sergio Lopez James Clark Rex Purdy Salem Resha Peter Modena Jr James Purdy. Two year college graduates include John Sudduth Jr Francis Knapkt Wyatt Jones Ossie Bowden Francis Sheppard James Niedergresse Charles Manush Ernest Saltmarsh Paul Robert Rohling George Bowes Roy Diffley Martin Farrell Louis Smith John Sparkman R B Silvey Verdon Wilhite William Bowes Hassel Nix Elwyn Creel Etheridge Horsley.
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Mobile
James Niedergessel
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Eric Embry
Pell City
Charles Kleibaker
Charles Frederick Ward
James Taylor Harris
William James Sullivan, Jr
Richard Cletus Salasek
Bernard Xavier Dreaper
Desmond James Regan
Final PTA Meeting Set in Decatur City Council
The Decatur city council of Parent-Teacher Associations will hold the last regular meeting of the year at Junior High school on Wednesday May 31 at 3 30 p m. Final reports cover all council activities and plans for next year's program will be discussed. Committee appointments will be made. all council officers principals and PTA presidents are expected to attend.
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Decatur City Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Modernized Rural Kitchen Demonstration by Shumake Store
C. E. Rubel, a factory representative for oil burning home appliances, will hold a cooking and baking demonstration at Shumake Furniture Company on Bank Street. The event runs all day May 29 30 31 and Thursday morning June 1. The shown kitchen features kerosene fueled refrigerator range and water heater requiring no outside connections.
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C. E. Rubel
Shumake Furniture Company
Bank Street
Juniors Move to Riverside Graduation Held at Friday Service
Junior high exercises were held Friday afternoon at 2 in the gym to mark moving to Riverside for next term. Dr. D F Green spoke on Where Do We Go From Here urging hard work to reach the building. Superintendent Alverson awarded diplomas to a long list of graduates including Ann Blackwell Elizabeth Best Juanita Bowers Elaine Campbell Lillian Cary Sarah Coleman Helen Hansell Marion Hamilton Kathrine Trotman and many more.
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Riverside
D. F. Green
FE. Alverson
Ann Blackwell
Plizabeth Best
Juanita Bowers
Elaine Campbell
Lillian Cary
Eulene Bentley
Elmer Compton
Nancy Lee Crane
Betty Davis
Sarah Witt Freeman
Finna Harmon
Jacqueline Johnson
Marrianna Mason
Geraldine Masterson
Helen Newsom
Juanita Nunn
Clyta Gray Pitts
Peggy Joyce Rainey
Babye Bess Robertson
Marjorie Scott
Mary Stewart Terrell
Laverne Terry
Onie Dee Tucker
Muriel Thomas
Margaret Timberlake
Eula Lamon
Marion Hackett
Aeeeeeee
Warenee
Billy Barker
Greer Black
Gregg Coleman
8. C. Craig
Ray Doss
Jimmy Fite
Robert Lee Fricks
Edmond Garrett
Charles Gillian
James Holesapple
Billy Houser
John Howland
W. L. Lee
Harold Lichtenstein
Bob McDougald
Arthur Nutall
Robert Pettey
Darren Peebles
Seth Pitt
Ben Porter
Schuyler Pryor
Robert E. Smith
Gilbert Stewart
Tommy Swatzell
Moses Namie
David Motherway
Pverett Mathews
Horace Newell
Harry Pearce
Edgar Self
Clyde Smith
G. W. Sellers
Mitchell Williams
Eugene Wright
James Thomas
Athens Chamber TVA Resolutions Ratified by Rotary and Civics
The Rotary Club of Athens and the Athens area civic groups ratified a Chamber of Commerce resolution supporting TVA reorganization plans and new industry programs. A formal notice lists directors and officers approving the action dated May 19, 1939, with copies to TVA directors, Athens officials, and Alabama newspapers.
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Iion
TVA
Chamber of Commerce
FP. F. Beauchamp
Council
Athens
W. P. Chandler
Bruce Nelson
J. C. McFarland
D. L. Rosenall, Sr
T. E. Gilbert
W. R. Hightower
Ben P. Jaffe
C. J. Hayden
A. B. McWilliams
W. A. Caughran
Hill Hayes
M. S. Kennemer
Harry Taft
Chamber of Commerce of
Alabama
Limestone Democrat
Tennessee Valley Authority
Limestone County
MacFadden Considers Quitting Flying After Plane Crash
Bernarr MacFadden, 70, said he may quit flying as the sport grows too complex after his private plane struck a wire fence near Lafayette Tennessee. He landed safely in a farmer's field with three friends from New York to Nashville. He blamed the mishap on his own carelessness and radio navigation trouble.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bernarr MacFadden
MacFadden
Lafayette
New York
Widow Refuses Welfare Transfer to Old Age Support
A welfare worker reports a widow of a Confederate veteran was told her name would move from the Confederate widows pension list to old age assistance. She angrily declared, I don't want no damyankee money. The remark reflects local attitudes toward wartime pensions and postwar aid.
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Goldsboro, N. G
Alabama Traffic Accidents Rise in Early Year Deaths
Alabama reports 12 more highway deaths in first four months of year than in 1938. State Health Department notes increases across the period with ongoing traffic safety concerns in Montgomery and the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Local notes include visits and church notices in Decatur
Decatur residents are listed visiting and traveling for business and family matters. Several church events at Southside Baptist and Antioch are announced with Bible study sessions, sermons, and a Sunday afternoon talk. Various residents recoveries, travels, and health updates are reported along with upcoming services and guest visits.
Salvaging of Sub Squalus Begun in New Hampshire
Navy officials announce an intricate plan to salvage the sunken submarine Squalus with a crew of over 60 divers. The process, costing about 4 million dollars, may take one to two weeks before the hull is raised, with work continuing day and night under helium oxygen breathing mixtures.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Navy Yard
A. I. McKee
A. R. McCann
Washington
Pretty Ruth Desautel Waits as Sub Squalus Tragedy Unfolds
Ruth Desautel, to be married today, sits in Dover awaiting word on the sunken submarine Squalus and the death of her fiancé Sherman Shirley. She backs shipmate Lloyd Maness, who sealed the hatch to save 32 others, saying his action was perfectly right.
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Maness
Portsmouth
N. H
Ruth Desautel
Dover
Squalus
Sherman Shirley
Little Rock
Ark
Navy
Lloyd B. Maness
Shirley
Ruth
Mrs Hartwell Shot by Son in Accidental Discharge
Mobile Alabama May 27. Harry T Hartwell says his wife Mrs Hartwell was wounded near the heart in an accidental pistol discharge by one of their teenage sons Carson or Willis Hartwell were playing with a pistol in a room over the garage The injury was serious but not dangerous and expected to recover Police Chief Edie Warren stated the explanation sounded plausible.
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Mobile
Ala
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile City
Hartwell
Carson
Willis
Edie Warren
Mr. Hartwell
O Malley Pleads Guilty in Pendergast Insurance Scheme
Robert Emmet O Malley pleaded guilty to evading federal income taxes on his 62500 share of a 9500000 payoff tied to Boss Tom Pendergast. Prosecutors identified him as a key instrument in the rate settlement scheme.
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Kansas City
Robert Emmet O'Malley
Tom Pendergast
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