Geologists Say Alabama to Produce Oil in Four Years
In Tuscaloosa Dr. Walter B. Jones and Dr Joe Lloyd say Alabama may yield oil within four years as major companies lease vast lands. A well near Bladon deepens to 10 000 feet, with other drills in Lawrence and Walker counties and seismograph work over Mobile Bay. Northwest and southwest Alabama show promise. portions west of Huntsville to Florida line deemed worth testing.
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Son Tommy Smith's Trans Atlantic Flight Dreams Shared
The father recalls the thrill of Tommy Smith's record and hopes to meet him in New York next week at the dock. His wife explains the experimental motivation behind the cross Atlantic flight in a Merit plane and the family’s mixed pride and fear.
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New York
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Saint Bees
England
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Proposed Antarctic Expedition Backed by Roosevelt Funds
Washington May 30. Government scientists may undertake an Antarctic expedition if conditions allow. President Roosevelt requested 340000 dollars for the project. Lincoln Ellsworth and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, advising Interior, note 75 percent of the continent remains unexplored.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
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Ross Sea
Ellsworth
Richard E. Byrd
Palmer Land
Antarctic
Mammoth “Growlers
Weddell
Musicians Shot in Philadelphia Field Incident
Two amateur musicians practicing for a Memorial Day parade were shot and slightly wounded by an irate householder who said they disturbed his property. Police were alerted as the men received medical aid.
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Philadelphia
King George VI Visits Victoria in Canada Tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured Victoria British Columbia delivering frank talks on international affairs. The couple viewed Mount Baker from the Vancouver to Victoria route and observed Canada’s air defense development at Patricia Bay.
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B. C
Canada
George VI
Elizabeth
Quebec
Ottawa
Winnipeg
United States
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North America
Vancouver
Patricia Bay
Mount Baker
Washington
Government House
Smiling Buster Lawson Tops AlabamaFishing Trip
Alabama Attorney General Thomas S. Lawson nicknamed Buster enjoys luck on a fishing trip with governors Dixon Cooper and White. Lawson hauled a 30 pound cavalla while the governors failed to land a strike in Mobile Bay. Lawson’s wide grin drew attention as he described the catch.
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Ala
Alabama
Buster Lawson
Buster
Thomas S
Mississippi
Tennessee
Gulf
Frank Dixon
Prentice Cooper
Hugh White
Mobile Bay
Lawson
Draft Roosevelt Movement Seeks Alabama Support
In Montgomery on May 30 the Draft Roosevelt for 1940 clubs began efforts to win Alabama backing for a third term. Attorney General Thomas Lawson and national field director David Block were among invitees as the group urged Roosevelt to save the New Deal. The Texas Garner committee also circulated letters among Alabama Democrats.
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Ala
Alabama
Thomas 3
Lawson
National Association of Roosevelt
1940 Clubs, Inc
Washington
David 8. Block
Roosevelt
Texas
Navy Dead Honored as Salvage Efforts Continue
Tributes were paid to sailors killed when the Squalus sank while rescuers worked in 29 degree water near Portsmouth. Survivors attended services at the navy yard as divers battled ice and cold air lines to attach chains and pontoons for lifting the 1400 ton submarine toward shallower waters.
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Dover
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Sherman Shirley
Little Rock
Ark
William Badders
Costly View of King and Queen For Inaugural Parade
A Washington report details high prices for viewing the King and Queen from hotels along Pennsylvania Avenue during the June 8 parade to the White House. Hotels charge up to 10 dollars a day for rooms facing the parade, with two days minimum, plus a 3 dollar pool fee for entry to the window. Smaller inns offer 1 dollar rooms when not riding, but 10 dollars for a window view, while benches will be placed behind the window. Historic Pennsylvania Avenue streets are being prepared with limited balconies and dusty lofts, as city business rushes to monetise the spectacle of a King a Queen a President and the First Lady.
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Avenue
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Pennsylvania
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Claude Dickerson Is Put Under Bond
Claude Dickerson, 30, was remanded to jail on a 5000 dollar bond by U S Commissioner Robert Milner on charges of violating federal narcotic laws. He was arrested Saturday at Athens by state highway patrolmen and federal narcotic inspectors. District Attorney Jim C Smith said a federal undercover agent testified that 329 grains of narcotics were purchased from Nickerson in April. He expected to present evidence to the federal grand jury in Birmingham next week.
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Huntsville
Ala
Claude Dickerson
U.S
Robert Milner
Dickerson
Athens
Jim C. Smith
Smith
Nickerson
Birmingham
Markets Nashville Livestock and New Orleans Cotton May Weather
Salable cattle and hogs in Nashville hold about steady with cattle around 7.50 for steers and 5.50 to 6.00 for cows. New Orleans cotton eases early but closes near day’s best, with futures around 8.90 to 8.99 for July and 8.29 for October amid light holiday trading.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
New Orleans
Cotton Market Report New Orleans May Spot Prices
Spot cotton in New Orleans on May 30 closed dull with no change. Sales 23. Prices: low middling 8.25, middling 9.40, good middling 9.95. Receipts 1,322. stock 442,998.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on May 30 cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.55, prime crude 5.25 to 5.50. Futures shown as July 6.138, September 6.27, October 6.30B, December 6.37B, January 6.39B with B bids.
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New Orleans
Farm Aid Tax Sought Again in Parity Payment Row
Washington May 30. The administration renews its claim that Congress breached an agreement to tax farm parity payments. Senator Russell notes the farm bill totals rose beyond budget estimates due to failure to include parity payments. The Senate added 225 million for parity payments and 113 million for surplus disposal. A joint Senate-House committee was named to reconcile differences, with Russell predicting a meeting soon.
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Congress
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Harold Smith
Budget Bureau
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Elks Barbecue To Draw Crowd
Decatur Elks lodge operates a barbecue at the Peebles plantation near Mooresville to raise funds for furnishing a room at Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Barbecue and Brunswick stew served from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Tom Reid Injured in Auto Crash Near Verbena
Tom Reid field representative of the Alabama State Chamber of Commerce was badly hurt in a weekend auto crash near Verbena Alabama. He is in St Margaret s hospital Montgomery with five broken ribs and bruises and shock. Authorities say he is making progress but will be out for some time.
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Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Verbena
Ala
Reid
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Montgomery
Cullman Man Claimed by Death
Cullman Ala May 30 J W Foshee 53 retired business man died at a hospital here yesterday after a heart attack Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning with the Rev Vir gil Sizemore officiating Mr Foshee is survived by his wife his father V D Foshee of Conway Ark three brothers Clint Leroy and Dave Foshee and a sister Mrs Annie May Dilly
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Virgil Sizemore
Foshee
V. D. Foshee
Conway, Ark
Clint
Leroy
Dave Foshee
Annie May Dilly
Yankee Loss in American Series Detected By Red Sox
In a broad baseball note the Yankees lose to the Red Sox 8 to 0 in a game featuring pitchers Ruffing and Cundra on the mound with Dickey Weaver and Desautels contributing. The line score shows American series details with a 0 run innings and a late rally by the Red Sox.
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Red Sox
Cundra
Dickey
Weaver
Desautels
Giants Win National A Game Shows Brooklyn Victory
National League matchup features Brooklyn and New York with Evans and Danning contributing for the Giants while Phelps and Melton secure key runs. Tamulis and Hutchinson pick up early outs as the contest unfolds with late scoring plays shaping the outcome.
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Hutchinson
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Phelps
Gumbert
Melton
Danning
Harlan Guards Shifted as Benham Mine Reads UMW Standoff
In Harlan Kentucky on May 30, 2000 two hundred of the 1,250 National Guardsmen will remain in county to guard Benham mine pending a UMW contract. The largest coal operators association postponed a meeting until 19 a m tomorrow amid a union shop dispute. Benham, a Wisconsin Steel subsidiary, had 364 workers before the April 1 shutdown and now sits with twenty other Harlan mines operating without UMW contracts.
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Diploma Ceremony Delivers 109 Graduates Across Girls and Boys
Dr Crabb presented diplomas to 109 graduates at First Presbyterian ceremony. Rev Ramage delivered benediction as Dr Chenault on education board conferred diplomas to 57 girls and 52 boys, listing full names of each recipient.
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Edward W. Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
F. L. Chenault
Education Board
Senior Honors Awarded At Local High School
Prof. W. T. Jordan announced the senior class achievements including a $2,000 raised for extra curriculars. Marjorie Wilder won the Balfour medal as outstanding senior. Mildred Swatzell was valedictorian with the highest four year average. Wilder was salutatorian. Honor rolls list multiple seniors across three grades and attendance groups.
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Mildred Swatzell
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Bert Murphree
Anne Johnson
Billy Duncan
Annie Laura Sivley
Betty McGehee
David Allen
Jane Brittain
Kathleen MacGrathery
Joyce
Wohl
Elizabeth Anderson
Johnny Hill
Ellen Marie Massengale
Lila Sheats
Caroline Joiner
Cora Kelley
James A. Nelson
Margaret Ann Yarbrough
Mary Kate Nungester
Mildred Ozier
Doris Wohl
Dorothy Swatzell
Ted Huie
Frances Johnson
Dorothy Ann Parks
Sally Mienhardt
Almay
Decatur Community News Looms With Church and Social Updates
Decatur notes report hospital patients and visitors at Benevolent Society Hospital. A busy church calendar includes Southside Baptist auditorium work and Vacation Bible School enrollment while Memorial Day closures affect offices. Local residents travel, study groups meet, and officials visit nearby cities for business and family events.
Wilson Awards Citizenship and Scholarships Recipients
The American Legion Kiwanis Rotary Rising Sun Lodge awarded Boys State trips to Munsey McGlathery Frank Chenault David Allen Leonard Michelson Decatur and J C White from Priceville. Marjorie Wilder received the Outstanding Senior Balfour medal and Mildred Swatzell won Mothers Club scholarship of 100 to the University of Alabama.
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Frank Chenault
David Allen
Leonard Michelson
Decatur
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Priceville
American Legion
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Rotary
Rising Sun Lodge
Balfour
Marjorie Wilder
Mothers’ Club
University of Alabama
Mildred Swatzell
Picket Line Fight Breaks Out at Briggs Plants
Detroit May 30 One man shot and several beaten in picket line fighting at Briggs Manufacturing Co after a dozen cars with non strikers arrived. Joseph Ferris CIO UAW vice president 31 shot in thigh and leg. condition serious. Factional clashes blamed on CIO and Martin group amid broader strike impacts.
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Briggs Manufacturing Co
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United Auto Workers Union
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Ferris
William Grain
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Martin
James F. Dewey
Dewey
L N announces 10 percent cut on round trip coach fares
Officials of the Louisville and Nashville railroad announce a June 1 fare reduction of ten percent on round trip coach tickets. Earlier in January coach fares were cut to 11.5 cents per mile, making travel cheaper than ever before for coach passengers.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Refugees Face Restrictions as Ships Seek Caribbean Desks
Washington reports refer to a London refugee committee urging Nazi officials to curb departures unless landing is assured. New York says Jewish groups plan talks with Cuba over 927 refugees aboard the San Luis at Havana. Ships Orduña and Flandres move refugees toward Vera Cruz and Havana with varying landings and guarantees.
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United States
Funeral Home Sees Flow of Visitors In Uncertain Death
A steady stream of mourners visited a Hartselle funeral home to view a man whose identity remained unknown. Fingerprints sent to Washington might ID him, but a clue came when his friend W. D. Lancaster viewed the body.
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War Department
Washington
W. D. Lancaster
Two Men Identified After Train Tracks Deaths Near Birmingham
Fingerprints confirmed the identities of Theopltius Golden of Cincinnati Ohio and Roy Hale of Newport Kentucky in the deaths found beside the Alabama Great Southern Railroad tracks in suburban 64 City. Coroner Gip M Evans ruled accidental deaths from being crushed by a moving train after falls from the train.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Cincinnati
Martin St
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Newport
Washington
Gip M. Evans
Cubs blank Reds in Memorial Day opener
Chicago Cubs defeated Cincinnati Reds 6 to 0 in the morning game of a Memorial Day double header. Larry French allowed eight hits and batted in two Cubs safeties off four Reds pitchers as 21,744 fans watched Cincinnati suffer its second loss in 16 starts.
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