Private lease urged for Muscle Shoals project funds
Muscle Shoals Commission recommends private operation of the Muscle Shoals properties under a 50 year lease to produce fertilizer and related products. The report supports leasing with standard covenants, up river development, and power sales to manufacturers, with proceeds earmarked for research and a financing fund.
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Muscle Shoals Project
Muscle Shoals Commission
Birmingham
Hobbs
Selma
Muscle Shoals
Cove Creek
Wilson Dam
Boulder Dam
Tennessee Valley
United States
Avalving Fund
Eget
United States Treasury
Death of Sir Thomas Lipton at 81 in London
Sir Thomas Lipton, renowned merchant prince and sea captain, died in his sleep at 81. The heart attack followed a severe chill after driving days ago. For a year his health had caused anxiety and none of his near relatives were present, as he was the last of his family.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Widow cannot identify pirates held in Florida
In Daytona Beach Florida Dr Leslie Ritchie and his son William were released after Mrs Benjamin Collings failed to identify them as the pirates who boarded the Collings yacht on Long Island Sound killed her husband and abducted her. Mrs Collings arrived with an attorney to view the Ritchies. she identified none and warned she had seen their photos.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Leslie Ritchie
William
Cus
Benjamin Collings
Collings
Long Island Sound
New York
Ritchies
Captain Joe Gibson of Hillsboro Stricken at 84
Captain Joe Gibson a lifelong Hillsboro resident and veteran of the Civil War lies critically ill at his home after a paralytic stroke Friday. The beloved figure, known for farming and retail work, has rallied slightly and moved his left leg, as friends and sports enthusiasts hope he recovers to watch the next baseball season.
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Joe Gibson
Southland
Hillsboro
Valley
Joe
Captain Gibson
Tennessee
Pistol Used in Conference at Jefferson Jail
In Birmingham Alabama during October 3 7 shot down by a pistol in the Jefferson county jail a man named Wille Peterson Negro is in critical condition with three bullet wounds. Police and county officers guard the hospital as over 100 National Guard mobilize for possible disorders. Peterson was arrested September 23 as he walked the street and shot while being questioned about the slayings of Augusta Williams Jennie Woods and wounding Nell Williams. Dent Williams brother of the Aliams girls fired five shots from his waistband after one gun had been taken from him.
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Ora Birmingham Society
Wille Peterson
Birmingham National Guardsmen
Peterson
Jefferson County
Augusta Williams
Jennie Woods
Nell Williams
Dent Williams
Aliams
Local Girl Wins Theatre Honors
Miss Wilda Witt of Decatur won a Feagin School of Dramatic Arts scholarship after Alabama talent try outs in Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile. She competed at the Little Theatre in Birmingham on September 14 and received a telegram announcing the award. If she accepts she will travel to New York for the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda Witt
Decatur
Feagin School of Dramatic Art
New York
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Rally Day Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian will observe Rally Day on Sunday with the Lord's Supper at 11 a.m. A pageant by the church youth is planned for 5 p.m. All members are urged to attend and the public is invited.
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Westminster Presbyterian
Charter Ceremony for Veterans of Foreign Wars
The local Veterans of Foreign Wars charter will be presented Sunday at 2 00 PM at Railroad Street city hall. A national representative and three state officers will attend. Eligible veterans are invited to attend the ceremony.
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the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Railroad Street
Vestry Meeting Planned by St. Pauls Lutheran Church
The vestry of St. Pauls Lutheran church will meet Monday evening at 7 30 o clock at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Japanese Planes Bombard Chinese Forces Near Bukden
Japanese fighting planes reportedly bombed a concentration near Bukden Manchuria today. Advices say Japanese troops occupied New Chwang on the South Manchurian railway. Reuters from Changchun reported planes bombed and destroyed Chinese barracks at Paishan Chengtse after Chinese fire estimated at 6000. Casualties set at about 250. Sixty bombs dropped.
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Shanghai
Bukden
Manchurian
New Chwang
Reuter
Changchun
Manchuria
Paishan Chengtse
Alabama D A R yearbook released in Auburn crowd
The 1931 32 yearbook of the Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution goes to distribution marking the 33rd annual state conference at Montevallo last year. State regent Mrs Zebulon Judd announces officers from Auburn to Mobile and Montgomery including Judd, Per row, Watson, Richey, Willis, Brooks, Robbins, Napier and Bovie.
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Auburn
Ala
World of
Alabama
Alabama Society Daughters of the American, Revolution
Zebulon Judd
Montevallo
Alabama Society
Kate Duncan Smith
Guntersville
Judd
FP. K. Perrow
Anniston
Earl Calvin
Decath
Belle Allen Ross Auditor
Montgomery
John R. Bovie
Temperature report for period ends seven this morning
The weather bureau records a maximum of 86 and a minimum of 58 for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
Rainfall Report Ends at 7 AM After 10 Units Collected
The record notes that rainfall reached a total of 10 units during the period ending at seven o'clock this morning. No further details on location or measurement context are provided.
Local Church To Work In Campaign
The First Baptist Church will participate in the State-wide Golden Key Campaign by conducting a five day teacher training course beginning Monday evening Oct 12. Miss Madeline Dix will teach the Sunday school Normal Manual and Pastor J E Berkstresser will instruct the Our Lord and Ours book. All members of the church Sunday school and the public are invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Golden Key
Madeline Dix
J. E. Berkstresser
Father and Son Week Observed Plans Under Way
Plans are underway for the observance of Father and Son Week beginning November 8. The Riverside Hi-Y club will entertain the Central Hi-Y at a special meeting during the week.
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Riverside
Fairview Baptist Services Scheduled
Services at the Fairview Baptist church are planned for Sunday with no morning worship. Sunday school will meet at the usual time. Rev. Frank T. Smith will preach at the evening service and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Baptist Church
Frank T. Smith
Pulpit Filled At Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Rev. L. E. Toon will fill the pulpit at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Sunday evening at seven o'clock. The public is invited to attend.
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L. E. Toon
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Mrs J T Ninger Able to Be Up After Illness
Friends report Mrs J T Ninger is able to be up at her Sixth Avenue South home after a period of illness.
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J. T. Ninger
Sixth Avenue South
Rioting by unemployed in Glasgow escalates amid arrests
Massive unrest in Glasgow over dole cuts ends with police clearing streets. At least 100 arrests reported as clashes spread across several hours. A Labour MP and eleven others jailed for rioting by the unemployed, with order only restored after a tempestuous night involving about 50,000 protesters and widespread looting and confrontations.
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Glasgow
John McGovern
Glasgow Green
Labor
Legion Memberships Grow in Alabama
Department records show about 600 Legion membership cards for 1932 received, versus under 200 last year. The four district quota is 16 585. An extensive campaign runs Nov 4 to Nov 11. State leaders, led by Adjutant Trotter Jones, expect record membership. past commander Rufus H. Bethea of Birmingham serves as membership chairman.
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Alabama
American Legion
Trotter Jones
Rufus H. Bethea
Birmingham
Owen New Editor Of The Legionnaire
Thomas M. Owen Jr the department historian of The Alabama Department has been appointed editor of The Alabama Legionnaire announced by J C Conner of Huntsville Owen has long served Legion posts and wrote the department history for 1919 to 1929 He joins the Alabama Department of Archives and History after serving as City Editor of The Huntsville Daily Times in Montgomery Alabama.
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Thomas M. Owen, Jr
Alabama Department
Alabama Legionnaire
J. C. Conner
Hunts
Owen
The
Legion
Madison County Post No
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Montgomery
Huntsville Daily Times
Performer Plunges From High Wire Injuring Carer
William Dove twenty four substituted for a troupe at the fairgrounds went to the high wire for the first time and plummeted to the ground at Benevolent hospital with spine injuries and multiple fractures doctors fear he may never perform again Dove listed Raleigh North Carolina as home and had been with the show this week at the fairgrounds west of the city
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William Dove
Dove
Benevolent Hospital
Raleigh
N. C
Fairground
Editor Attacked in Dothan Pool Room
L. Smith Deal editor of the Weekly Wiregrass Journal lies in critical condition after a knife attack in a Dothan pool room. J P Elmore of Cottonwood is jailed on a general holding charge, reportedly angered by a Wiregrass Journal article about the Birmingham Independent.
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Dothan Ala
L. Smith Deal
Dothan
Wiregrass Journal
J .P. Elmore
Cottonwood
Route 1
Elmore
Houston County
Sincinian
Nas
J. Thomas Heflin
Magic City
Heflin
Birmingham Independent
Deal
Officers Named By Southside Group
On Thursday at 7:30 the Intermediate B Y P A of Southside Baptist church met with leader Buford Motes at 1709 in the avenue. The annual business session elected 45 officers for the next term including Lois Powers as president Dorothy Andrew as vice president Pauline Brannon as secretary Virginia Ferguson as corresponding secretary Wynelle Self as treasurer Margarette Pate as Bible readers leader Herman Waddell as pianist Edith McClure as chorister Lenoth Quinn Odessa Creel as group leaders Annie Ferguson Ann Grantland as lieutenant group leaders.
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Southside Baptist Church
Buford Motes
Lois Powers
Dorothy Andrew
Pauline Brannon
Virginia Ferguson
Wynelle Self
Margarette Pate
Herman Waddell
Edith McClure
Lenoth Quinn
Odessa Creel
Annie Ferguson
Ann Grantland
Consecration Month Sermons Planned at First Baptist
Rev. J. E. Berkstresser announces October as Consecration Month at the First Baptist church. Four morning sermons will be delivered covering The Motive of the Living Sacrifice The Method of the Living Sacrifice The Transfiguration of the Consecrated Life and The Supreme Objective of the Consecrated Life.
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First Baptist Church
J. E. Berkstresser
Officers Meet at First Christian Church Tuesday Evening
The officers of the First Christian church will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock. All board members are urged to attend the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Visiting minister Caldwell to preach at Willoughby church
Rev J W Caldwell of Huntsville will fill the Willoughby Presbyterian church pulpit at 7 15 in the evening. The public is invited to attend.
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J. W. Caldwell
Huntsville
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
McCulloch Falls Man Injured in 18 Foot Fall
Lee McCulloch, a former Decatur resident, fell about 18 feet from a building at a farm near Caddo, Satice west of Decatur. He sustained head and arm injuries and bruises. He was brought to Decatur for treatment after the eight o'clock accident.
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Lee McCulloch
Decatur
Caddo
Sa Tance
Here
Church Army Is Doing Great Work
The Church Army of the Episcopal Church has sent over six thousand men and women into world evangelism. Training is gratis with ongoing field placement and living allowances. Finances come from bequests and voluntary offerings. More than nine hundred have entered the priesthood, and the Army engages in street preaching, rescue work, hospitals, housing for the poor, relief efforts, workshops, harbor evangelism, country crossroad preaching, and home nursing.
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Church Army of the Episcopal Church
Church Army
Circus Grounds Change For Downie Bros Circus
Announcement states Downie Bros Circus will perform October 13 at the fairgrounds instead of the grounds near the water tower due to a weeklong fair. Local organizers cite the fair as the reason for the relocation.
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Downie Bros. Circus
Fairgrounds
Water Tower
Religion Seen as Cure for Depression Revival
Athens Alabama ministers emphasize religion as a cure for depression in a citywide revival. All churches participate with sunrise union services and a morning moon service at the Ritz Theatre for business men, ending with evening services in each church. They urge a return to honest and conservative living to lift mood.
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Athens
Ala
Ritz Theatre
Revival Campaign 10 Begins Sunday at Noon
Revival Campaign 10 opens Sunday at noon with a sermon. Children’s service from 3 to 4 PM and a young people session each evening at 6 45 PM follow. The public is invited to attend all events.
Cotton futures open steady on New York markets
New York on October 3 opened with cotton futures steady as traders noted price levels for upcoming contracts. October futures at 5.58, December 5.72, January 5.85, March 6.01, May 6.20, and July at 6.38 with minimal early movement.
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New York
Camp Postponed By Vem Club For Friday Night
An overnight camp scheduled for Friday night by the vem club has been postponed due to unspecified reasons leaving participants waiting for new dates and details.
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Florida
Jefferson
Logal Girl
Miss Witt
Scholz
Ate
Westminster
Fairview Baptist Services
Legionnaire
Wiregrass
Southside Group
Central Methodist
Ser
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