Roosevelt orders aloof stance from Europe amid NRA debates
Washington reports Roosevelt directs complete aloofness from European affairs after summoning Cordell Hull. Davis, Hull, Ickes, and Johnson are cited as policy players amid ongoing NRA reorganization rumors including possible FTC enforcement and Labor arbitration shifts.
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Washington
Norman Davis
United States
Germany
Roosevelt
Davis
Tennessee
Cordell Hull
Woodrow Wilson
Hull
Europe
Ickes
Charles McK. Saltzman
The
Shipping Board
George Christian
Harding
Christian
Decatur Charity Council Readies Appeal for Funds
Rev. Peter M. Dennis announced that the opening date for the council appeal is not fixed yet but urged continued public support. The annual meeting in the Junior Chamber of Commerce room featured a financial report by E. W. McLeod and a keynote on welfare over mere charity by Rev. E. N. Hart.
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Peter M. Dennis
Decatur Charity Council
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Lillian Wheelis
E. W. McLeod
Young People Meet At Ninth Street Methodist
Over 250 attended the Decatur Methodist young people's union gathering at Ninth Street Methodist Church. Recently elected officers were installed as an excellent program by Ninth Street league members impressed attending pastors from allied churches. The next meeting is set for November at Central Methodist Church.
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Decatur Methodist Young People’s Union
Ninth Street Methodist Church
League
L. G. Sturdivant
Central Methodist Church
Tax Receipts Lag In 1933 County Collections
Tax officials report 1933 county tax receipts far behind normal levels while city payments remain steady. Poll taxes are scarce as Tax Assessor H. O. Troup and Collector Hodges Crow begin 1934 assessments and 1933 tax collections, with farmers delaying payment awaiting government cotton loans at ten cents per pound.
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H. O. Troup
Hodges Crow
Alabama Auto Code Meeting Moves Toward Labor and Tax Talks
The Alabama Automotive Trades Association gathers October 27 in Birmingham led by I B Feagin to discuss wage codes for the auto industry. Feagin plans a resolution urging voters allied with the industry to demand no future gas, oil, auto, bus and truck tax increases and to oppose gasoline tax diversions. Alabama's congressional delegation is invited to speak. a barbecue and dance will follow.
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Alabama
Alabama Automotive Trades Association
I. B. Feagin
Birmingham
Feagin
Congress
Priceville Area to Form a P T A
Priceville patrons met to organize a parent teacher association. A nominating committee was appointed for the next gathering, with plans not yet finalized. Prof George T Woodruff spoke on current school problems and Miss Ola Barnard outlined PTA work.
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Priceville
Tom Price
George T. Woodruff
Ola Barnard
P.T. A. Work
Myr. Price
Hamilton
B. P. Collier
Tom. Price
H. MacClellan
Judson Hutson
Peck
Turney
Hughey Leeman
Priceville Consolidated School District
Mrs Frank Price Returns to Daily Duties After Illness
Mrs Frank Price of The Daily resumes her duties today following a weeklong illness.
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Frank Price
the Daily
Flower Show Draws Decatur Visitors at Carnegie Library
The Decatur Garden Club stage a annual flower show at the Carnegie Library on Church Street from 3 p m to 10 p m inviting the public to view exhibits. The event attracts many residents from Decatur and nearby towns and this year promises even greater interest.
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Decatur Garden Club
Carnegie Library
Decatur
Garden Club
Church Street
Roan Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Herbert Roan of Hartselle underwent an emergency appendicitis operation Friday afternoon at Benevolent Hospital. He was resting well this morning after being brought to the hospital by Dr Burch of Hartselle.
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Herbert Roan
Chester Roan
Hartselle
Benevolent Hospital
Mr. Roan
Burch
Morgan County Road Contracts Near Construction Stage
Morgan county road projects moved closer to construction after Montgomery approved bids for several segments. Finley and Cochran of Atlanta won 12.6 miles of limerock asphalt in Morgan and Lawrence counties at 340 909 dollars, with Couch Construction of Dothan low on 4.7 miles of bituminous surfacing in Limestone county. Planned projects include 10.8 miles of limerock asphalt from Town Creek to Courtland and a concrete paving section on Sixth Avenue in Decatur as Bee Line highway work proceeds. The Wheeler highway would gain a boulevard near General Wheeler’s home at Wheeler station, with two driveways and a central garden planned.
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Montgomery
Tower
Bureau of Roads
Highway Department
Finley
Cochran
Atlanta
Morgan and
Lawrence County
Couch Construction Company
Dothan
Limestone County
Town Creek
Courtland
Sixth Avenue
Sixth
Decatur
Federal Bureau of Roads
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler Station
Car For Orphans Filled Next Month
Baptist leaders in Troy announced the car for orphans at the Baptist home will be filled on November 28 and 29. Contributors are asked to supply clothing produce hay peas or any usable items and cash will be accepted.
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Troy
Search For Work Drives Transients To Travel
In Montgomery Alabama Miss Lesley Henshaw of the transient bureau says about 90 percent of today’s transients seek work away from home not romance. Most are willing to work but left home under poor conditions and are sent to relief projects or back home. Mobile will host a park project offering exclusive transient employment while other bureaus run rehabilitative work programs in Birmingham Sheffield and pending Mobile.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lesley Henshaw
Alabama
Bureau
Mobile
William J. Plunkett
Birmingham
Sheffield
NRA Worker Goes the Extra Mile on Muleback
Oak Ridge beat chairman P. B. Sparkman reported 68 consumer cards signed in his district. He explained the effort as “Anything to help Uncle Sam,” noting many signatures were obtained after trips to voters' homes on muleback.
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NRA
United States
P. B. Sparkman
Oak Ridge
Sparkman
Uncle Sam
Mr. Sparkman
Lutheran pastors to meet in Cullman for Missionary Forward Movement
Lutherans from North Alabama will convene in Cullman on Sunday October 29 from 4 to 6 p m for a fall circuit meeting. Rev E T Toon will chair the program with talks on Missions and the Bible Missions and the Individual Church Member and Missions and the Congregation. A devotional hour and social will close. St Pauls Lutheran church of Cullman hosts.
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Cullman
North Alabama
E. T. Toon
H. Wallner
Hanceville
H. Reuter
Birmingham
E. T. Town
Henry Meyer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Cullman
Education Week Observed at Ninth Street Methodist Church
Members and friends observe Education Week with special services and a Sunday night pantomime titled Daring Youth featuring about 300 youths. Rev C M Tyndal will preach on Education and Character, followed by an election to honor the five who benefited the church most this year.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
C. M. Tyndal
Ninth Street
Fifty Wanted In Choir on Sunday
A. L. Moye, director of the Central Baptist church choir, urged all members to attend Sunday services. Fifty singers are desired for the choir at each service.
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A. L. Moye
The
Central Baptist Church
Weather Summary for the Day
The weather bureau reports a maximum temperature of 84 and a minimum of 55 for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
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the Weather Bureau Today
Roosevelt invites talks with Soviet Russia to ease tensions
President Roosevelt invited Soviet Russia to send a representative to Washington to discuss all questions of standing between the two nations. Mikhail Kalinin accepted and designated M. Litvinoff to come. Officials foresee a quick start to Russo American trade if credits are available, with potential cotton markets and a $120,000,000 annual trade estimate.
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Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
United States
Mikhail Kalinin
Soviet Republic
Kalinin
Miss Rowe Organizes 4 H Club At County High
County home demonstrator Miss Rowe met with high school girls last Friday to organize a 4 H Club. Officers elected include Thelma Beams president Mayme Nelson vice president Frances Neville secretary and Melba G Sheats cheerleader. The group votes to improve the campus by planting shrubbery and beautifying the grounds.
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Miss Rowe
County
Thelma Beams
Mayme Nelson
Frinces Neville
Melba G. Sheats
Association Meets In Ryan's Next Year
The Morgan County Baptist Association will convene next October in Ryan's Baptist Church. The decision was reached at a well attended meeting in Austinville on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Morgan County Baptist Association
Ryan's Baptist Church
Austinville
Colonel Smith Visits Valley on Inspection Trip
Colonel Sumpter Smith of Birmingham visits the Valley en route to Moulton to inspect proposed landing field sites. He will be weekend guest of Colonel and Mrs. W. P. Edmundson.
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Sumpter Smith
Birmingham
Moulton
Smith
W. P. Edmundson
A. J. Holt Improving After Illness
Friends report A. J. Holt is steadily improving after a three week confinement from an ailment. He expects to be up and around very soon.
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A. J. Holtman
Hartselle Women Aid Child Welfare Work
From Hartselle Misses Josephine Puckett and Ruth Thompson assist the Child Welfare Department in outreach and volunteer tasks in the community.
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Josephine Puckett
Ruth Thompson
Hartselle
Raids Rack Peru Police Armament as Gang Seizes Guns
A second raid in a week on the Peru police station ends with gangsters taking most of the armament. Two men forced three officers into the basement and escaped with a submachine gun, a sawed off shotgun, revolvers, badges and nine bullet proof vests, following a similar Auburn raid last Saturday. Police suspect the gang is linked to Dillinger’s Lima, Ohio jailbreak.
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Peru
Ind
Indiana
Auburn
John Dillinger
Lima
Ohio
Roosevelt to Speak on Recovery Plan for Farmers Objections
NRA officials anticipate President Roosevelt will address the nation Sunday to ease farmer opposition to the recovery program. Officials withheld a definite forecast but NRA headquarters hope he will sign the retail code within a day or so, including changes aimed at meeting farm objections to minimum price controls.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Germany Withdraws From League of Nations and ILO
Geneva October 21 Germany formally withdraws from the League of Nations ending its formal participation in the international body. Foreign Minister Vennenrath signed the notice explaining the divorce from the League and Germany also withdraws from the International Labour Organization which met in Washington. Officials within the League are expected to sign the withdrawal promptly.
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Germany
League of Nations
Vennenrath
International Labor Organization
Washington
League
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