Peace at Goodyear Plant After Union Votes to End Strike
Goodyear Tire plants reopen at 5 am as the United Rubber Workers union votes to end a four day strike with concessions. About 8 000 workers resume shifts amid guarded police presence after weekend riots injuring at least 80. Union claims grievances settled and a written contract promised. company says talks may continue on legitimate grievances.
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No. 1
Goodyear Gates
Ths
Ohio National Guard
Goodyear
Lee D. Schroy
Sherman H. Dalrymple
Rebel threat now ended in San Luis Potosi
President Lazaro Cardenas announced the 11 day rebellion led by Saturnino Cedillo was crushed and planned a visit to expropriated oil fields. He left orders to extradite Cedillo if he fled and to try him in court if captured. Government also distributed 390000 acres to 939278 peasants in 66 communities in San Luis Potosi.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Saturnino Cedillo
Tampico
Vincente Cortes Herrera
Government Oil Company
Cedillo
United States
Approval for City Loans With Grants Facing TVA Deal Hurdle
Courtland and other municipalities secured PWA backed loans with 45 percent grants for power projects. Alabama Power opposed approval, urging delay while TVA negotiations on private utility properties proceed. Decatur attorney John Peach warned previous talks failed to yield progress despite five years of effort.
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Courtland
PWA
Alabama Power Company
A. 8
Coleman
Power Company
TVA
John Peach
Decatur
Power Comon
Electric light production by heated filament
Electric light is produced by heating a filament to white heat which emits visible light as the filament reaches a high temperature.
Energetic College Boys Sought for Summer Work
Classified notice seeks energetic college boys for special summer work. Contact Pagel and E Moulton for details on available positions and application deadlines.
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Allg Energetic College
Ag Pagel E. Moulton
Market Mostly Falters as Stocks Slip and Bonds Mixed
Stocks faded today with declines in key shares and broader market weakness amid weak commodity prices. Trading volume remained light as analysts noted intact long term holdings while new laws appeared near the four hour mark and rails showed more resilience than other groups.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Liverpool
Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Boeing Texas Corp
Standard Ot
N. J. Consolidated Edison
Anaconda
Kennecott
Westinghouse
General Electric
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
International Harvester
Steels
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Summary
Markets at a glance report mixed sessions in New York with Easy and steel stocks selling, bonds and rail shares weak, oils uneven, and foreign exchange steady. In Chicago, wheat irregular with most losses recovered, corn down, and livestock firm with cattle gains while hogs fell.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures ease. New Orleans gains decay in London to New York
Cotton futures closed with steady gains in New Orleans as losses in New York shaved funds. July to May contracts show small shifts, with spot middling at 7.71.
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New Orleans
New York
Cottonseed meal futures ease in Memphis trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed lower in Memphis with the June contract at 19.60 and the nearest listed months from June through January trading between 19.60 and 20.95. Total sales noted as 6,600 with prices for June, July, August, September, October, November, December and January.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady In New Orleans Trading
Cottonseed oil markets in New Orleans closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 7.40N and prime crude at 6.12 1-2 6.37 1-2. July 7.21B, September 6.98B, October 6.85B, December 6.83B, January 6.84B, B-Bid.
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New Orleans
Poultry Market Report From Chicago May 31
Poultry live movements reported in Chicago on May 31 with 27 trucks active and steady market tone. Hens priced above five dollars per hundredweight as trading continues.
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Chicago
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Reported From Nashville Market
Nashville livestock prices show steady demand for fat cattle and mid grades. Steers and heifers mostly 6.00 to 7.50 with some up to 8.00. top vealers 8.50. cows 6.00 down, cutter 3.25-4.25. yearlings 9.00. hogs 7.75-8.30 with top paid, sows 6.60. sheep 1,500 head with spring lambs 9.00 and up, clipped fat ewes to 3.00.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Farm girl wins national spelling bee in Washington
Marian Richardson a 12 year old farm girl from Floyd county Indiana won the national spelling bee and a $500 prize after correctly spelling pronunciation sanitarium and defeating 21 contestants from across the country. Her finalist opponent Jean S Pierce 13 from Kenmore New York lost on pronounciation while Jean earned $300 second prize representing the Buffalo Evening News.
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Washington
Marian Richardson
Floyd County
Ind
Marion
Jean S. Pierce
Kenmore
Marian
Louisville, Ky
Times
Jean
Buffalo, N. Y
Evening News
Navy Planes to Fly at Birmingham Air Carnival
Six navy planes from the Pensacola air school will join Birmingham's eighth annual national air carnival for weekend shows. Steadham Acker, the general chair man, said the Navy display will demonstrate air combat tactics and maneuvers to spectators. Film star Wallace Beery cannot attend due to screen work and his wife’s illness, though he had been slated to crown Miss American Aviation of 1938.
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Birmingham
Ala
Navy
Pensacola
Tulus
Steadham Acker
Wallace Beery
Beery
Complaint Filed Against American Rolling Mill Co
The national labor relations board charged the Ashland Kentucky plant of American Rolling Mill Co with laying off 30 workers for union activity and with assaulting and spying on union organizers. The company, an independent steel producer headquartered in Middletown, faces Wagner Act violations.
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Cincinnati, CO
National Labor Relations Board
American Rolling Mill Co
Ashland
Middletown
Tribute Paid to Minister Virgil M Gardner at Athens Service
A cross denominational service honored Rev Virgil M Gardner who resigns as Athens Baptist Church pastor to accept a call in LaFayette Alabama. The farewell sermon and glowing tributes highlighted his seven years and five months of leadership, debt elimination, church growth, and faithful tithing.
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Athens
Methodist
Virgil M. Gardner
LaFayette
Alabama
Gardner
Pitts
T. F E. Williams
Baptist Church
Athens Baptist Church
Brother Gardner
Labor Board Power Upheld in Key Supreme Court Ruling
The court unanimously strengthened the National Labor Relations Board and refused to review several board cases from lower courts. It held unions protected in wage and condition negotiations, ordered two bus companies to withdraw recognition of certain labor groups, and ruled the board may hear unfair labor practice cases. Justice Butler and McReynolds dissented.
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National Labor Relations Board
Additin
Labor Relations Act
Labor Board
Butler and
McReynolds
New York Port Authority
Roosevelt
Public
Securities Commission
Ry Holding Company Regulatory Act
Public Works Administration
Treasury
Supreme Court denies reversal claim on stockyards ruling
The Supreme Court rejected government assertions that it reversed its Kansas City stockyards decision. Chief Justice Hughes read the opinion with Justice Black dissenting, saying the government misread the case law and asserting that a prior procedural omission remained significant.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Hughes
Black
Secretary of Agriculture
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Wallace
Reorganization Bill Shelved By Roosevelt and Leaders
President Roosevelt and congressional leaders shelved the government reorganization bill for the season after an early morning White House strategy session. House and Senate figures expect a formal statement in a day or two, as adjournment pressures rise and the measure faces uncertainty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
Barkley
O'Conner
D. NY
Rules Committee
Martin
Mass
Rayburn
Bankhead
Garner, Barkley
Senate House
Question to tax board on lobbying as business expense
The Empire Gas and Electric Company asked the New York board of tax appeals to decide if lobbying costs are necessary business expenses. The Ithaca, New York firm challenged $194,125 in 1935 and 1936 deficiency tax claims, including $38,543 the IRS disallowed for funds spent opposing the public utility holding company act.
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Washington
New York
Board of Tax Appeals
Empire Gas and Electric Company
New York State Electric and Gas Company
Ithaca
N. Y
Internal Revenue Bureau
Public Utility Holding Company
Revocation Sought in Atlanta Methodist Group Charter
A petition to revoke a charter granted May 20 to G Seals Aiken and others for the Methodist Episcopal Church South Inc. filed in Fulton County Superior Court opposes unification of the three branches of Methodism.
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Atlanta
Fulton County Superior Court
G Seals Aiken
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Inc
Softball games resume after postponement
Postponed games at Riverside high school due to graduation exercises resume tonight at Benson Field. Cooper Wells faces Decatur Iron and Steel, while Parks Grocery meets Alabama in the league doubleheader.
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Riverside High School
Benson Field
Cooper-Wells
Decatur Iron and Steel and Parks Grocery
Alabama
Defective assertions avoid surprise in government appeal
The quote argues that two decisions are consistent and the rule from a former opinion was applied, decisively affecting the present appeal. The government is said to be in no position to claim surprise, countering arguments of fatal defects.
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Hughes
Supreme Court to Rehear Radio Patent Case in October
The Supreme Court, in an unusual move, agreed to reconsider its May 2 decision that General Talking Pictures infringed Western Electric patents. Justice Black dissented in the 5 to 1 ruling, and reargument is set for October 10. The company argued the ruling overturned 100 years of patent law and allowed restriction after sale.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
Justice Butler
General Talking Pictures Corporation
New York City
Western Electric Company
General Talking Pictures
Radio Trust
Supreme Court Postpones Mooney Case Review Until Fall
The U S Supreme Court delayed action on Thomas J Mooney’s petition for a new examination of his life sentence for involvement in the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing This pause comes as lawyers cite the massive record hindering immediate review with no reason given for the postponement The case will be revisited in the fall
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco
Decatur Diary notes patients and local visits
Mrs. C R Lanier from Scottsboro rests after major operation at Benevolent Society Hospital. Various locals including Jim Hamilton in Eva, Flora Drake visit Falkville, and Miss Mary Jervis returns from Montgomery. Community updates cover church events, travels, and hospital statuses.
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C. R. Lanier
Scottsboro
Benevolent Society Hospital
Flora Drake
Ww. F. Drake
Falkville
Father in Banknote Cash Case Baffles Investigators
A note in five and ten and twenty and fifty dollar bills appeared at a boy’s uncle Wilson P. Cash home. Another note was given to a black man to deliver to James Cash but frightened by a nighttime visitor, the note was not delivered and later found. FBI agents seized the three notes but their full texts remain unavailable.
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Wilson P. Cash
James Cash
Wilson Cash
FBI
Parasites of Mystery: New Rochelle Boy Abduction Drowned
Murray Levine, father of 12 year old Peter Levine, says no motive or suspects in the kidnapping and death. Federal agents intensify a nationwide search while doctors examine organs for poisons. Investigators explore countryside and waters near New Rochelle for clues and the body is found in Long Island Sound.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Murray Levine
New York
Long Island Sound
Levine
Peter Levine
Levine Boy
Sound
Ghost engineer sits in this cab at Mobile
In Mobile Alabama authorities report engine No 3 of the Mobile and Ohio railroad yard ran away with no crew aboard after the throttle was opened by steam leakage. The locomotive derailed in a nearby street but no injuries are recorded and workers work to return the engine to the yard.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse
Iron Horse
Divorces Granted in England Fell Under One Thousand
The latest figures show fewer than 1,000 divorce cases approved in England during the past year. This indicates a continuation of steady or slightly reduced divorce activity amid ongoing social trends.
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England
Iowa primary seen as test of administration crop plan
The Iowa primary next Monday stands as a national barometer for the administration crop control program. The contest between Otha Wearin and Guy Gillette gains attention after WPA chief Hopkins suggested Wearin. Gillette gains backing from anti administration senators. The vote also signals farm belt reaction to reform proposals ahead of June primaries in North Carolina Maine Minnesota and North Dakota with Nye Langer clash and Indiana Democrats planning for Van Nuys independent bid.
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Washington
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Guy Gilte
Congress
Gillette
Wheeler
Montana
Burke
Nebraska
Florida
Pepper
Oregon
Henry L. Hess
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennedy
CTO
Farley
Kennedy
Charles Alvin Jones
George H. Earle
North Carolina
Robert Reynolds
Frank Hancock
Hancock
Reynolds
Maine
Senate
Gerald Nye
Nye
William Langer
Langer
Indiana
van Nuys
Plan Services for Sunday at Athens Alabama
Athens Alabama May 31 Rev Leon Macon assistant pastor of Dauphin Way Baptist Mobile will preach at Athens Baptist Church Sunday morning and evening He will arrive in Athens Saturday and stay through the weekend His topics are The Immortal Soul in the morning and The Cycle of a Sinner in the evening.
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Athens
Ala
London Streets Named for Old Line Book Sellers
A glance at London street names reveals many avenues and alleys honored book sellers from bygone eras, reflecting the city’s rich literary trades.
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London
England
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Long Island City
Frances Ewers
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White Rock
Leghorn
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Nashville Livestock
TAX Board
Decatur’s
Jim Hamilton
Eva
Mary Jervis
Montgomery
W. G. Ward
H. L. Heflin
Danville
R. D. Cook
Marion Vickrey
Murray House
Greenville
Curtis Oden
Ferrell Oden
Indianapolis
Mammoth Cave
Lewis H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Shirley Griffith
Gordon School
Miss Griffith
George Jordan
Forbes Piano Company
Florence
Questers Club
A. H. Halfacre
William A. Harper
Ocie Kirkpatrick
Co. M. Kennedy
Harold Braswell
the Missionary Society
Central Baptist Church
H. Reid Sherrard
John Hardy Jr
John Hardy
Sixth Avenue South
W. E. Kilgore
Peter M. Dennis
William Dennis
Dennis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
P. E. Lewis
Benevolent Hospital
Lawson Draper
Huntsville
R. C. Padgett
R. W. Glover, Jr
Edgefield, D. C
Ted Woodward
Miss Florence Glover
S. O. Maner
Falkville High School
Frances Anne Green
Alabama College
Montevallo
John Green
Green
J. R. Moore
Moye
Seceuaens Society Hospital
Katherine Massey
Mooresville
Floyd Jackson
Sixth Avenue
West
H. P. McGee
Somerville
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Drinkard-Howell
Emma Lindsay
Drinkard-Howell Ambulance
Esther Smith
Hartselle
Drinkard- Howell
Benevolent Eee Hospital
James L. Rankin
Sec’y-Treas
Tennessee Valley Bank
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