Goodyear Buys Connecticut Mills, Reopens Decatur Plant
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co purchases the Connecticut Mills fabric plant in Decatur at court sale. Reconditioning will take about seven weeks with an estimated expenditure of $100, and the facility will employ several hundred locals once in operation, joining Goodyear’s Southern mills in Gadsden, Rockmart, Cedartown, and Cartersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Connecticut Mills
Textile Realty Company
P. E. H. Leroy
Goodyear Company
Leroy
Es Ear
Hill Ferguson
Birmingham
Tennessee Ey Bank
Goodyear
Connecticut Mills Co
Decatur
South
Goodyear Tire and Fabric Mills
Gadsden
Ala
Rockmart
Cedartown
Cartersville
Decatur Mill
Alabama Power Company
Chamber of Commerce
Artic of Incorporation
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Connecticut Mills Company
Farmers rush to 10 cent cotton loan plan boosts local bank deposits
In two days about 90 000 dollars was paid to farmers by the Tennessee Valley bank for 566 567 bales of cotton under the 10 cent government loan. An officer notes nearly all bales paid at ten cents a pound with a small exception. The program aims to cut cotton acreage in 1934 and raise future prices. County Agent W H Gregory outlines potential gains for the harvest year. Bank staff report high activity, with funds circulating quickly as purchases are made on farms in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley
W. H. Gregory
Landiss Preaches at Church of Christ in Chattanooga
A. 8. Landiss of Chattanooga, Church of Christ minister, will conduct both morning and evening services at the Grant street Church of Christ this Sunday. The public is invited to hear the forceful speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landiss
Chattanooga
Church of Christ
Grant Street Church of Christ
Decatur Tabernacle Chooses John Fraley as Pastor
The Decatur Gospel Tabernacle unanimously called John Fraley of Pittsburg Pennsylvania as pastor after the resignation of interim Ross Ninness. Fraley will preach at 11 a m on Sunday to mark his first message with a 9 46 a m Sunday school and a 2 30 p m missionary rally featuring Rev H V Andrews.
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Decatur Gospel Tabernacle
A. F. Reissnyder
Peru
Billy Sunday
H. V. Andrews
India
Glenn V. Tingley
Birmingham
Billy
Andrews
John Fraley
Pittsburg
Ross Ninness
Fraley
Litvinoff Talks On Recognition In Berlin
Berlin, Oct 28. Soviet Commissar Maxim Litvinoff said Russo American relations could be restored in half an hour if recognition were granted. He declined to reveal his sailing date or the identity of the Weasel and avoided direct questions from American correspondents. He spoke en route to Washington for talks with President Roosevelt.
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Berlin
Germany
Maxim Litinoff
Washington
Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Weasel
Nsw
Stores Adopting New Weekday Schedule in Decatur
Ready-to-wear dry goods and department stores in Decatur will follow a new hours plan starting Monday under NRA rules. Stores open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. five days a week and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays with a 63 hour weekly total and 48 hour employee work week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
NRA
Prominent Men Here for Textile Realty Holdings Sale
A distinguished group gathered for the sale of Textile Realty Company's holdings indicating broad interest in transferring the properties. Attendees include P. E. H. Leroy of Akron vice president and treasurer of Goodyear. Fred Wahl of Akron head of Goodyear legal. F. W. Hoover of New York manager of new industries division at Commonwealth and Southern. Thomas L. Martin of Birmingham president of Alabama Power. P. W. Turner of Birmingham member of Martin Turner and Thompson. T. D. Johnson of Birmingham manager of Alabama Power new industries division. Hill Ferguson of Birmingham. Judge Baldwin of Birmingham.
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Textile Realty Company
P. E. H. Leroy
Akron
Goodyear Company
Fred Wahl
F. W. Hoover
New York
New Industries
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Thomas L. Martin
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
P.W. Turner
Martin, Turner and Thompson
T. D. Johnson
The
Hill Ferguson
Judge Baldwin
Collusion Charged By Steel Companies
Four major steel firms accused the administration of collusion in fixing rail steel prices for rails funded by the public works board to create jobs. They demanded a price cut to 85 dollars per ton or face government inspection of their books, as loans to 50 railroads wanting 800000 tons of rail were at stake.
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Washington
Public Works Board
Joseph Eastman
Mrs John W Crawford Dies In Birmingham At 61
Mrs John W Crawford died at 1 30 this morning at her daughter s home in Birmingham after a month long illness. The body was taken to Athens for funeral services at 3 pm Sunday and then to Decatur for interment in city cemetery. Survived by two sons John W Crawford Birmingham and W E Crawford Decatur and five daughters Elizabeth Crawford Mrs James Hines Athens Mrs Oscar Phillips Mrs A D Rochester and Miss Anna Crawford Birmingham. Funeral arrangements are by McConnell Athens.
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John W. Crawford
Oscar Phillips
Birmingham
Athens
Decatur
City Cemetery
W. E. Crawford
Elizabeth Crawford
James Hines
A. D. Rochester
Anna Crawford
McConnell
Weather outlook for Central and East Gulf States
Partly to mostly cloudy skies with chances of local rain during the middle to latter part of the period. Temperatures higher than normal at the start, cooling slightly toward the end of the week. Slight regional variations may occur.
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Central
East Gulf States
Goodyear Tire Plant Chooses Decatur After Sale
Thomas W. Martin of Alabama Power praised the New Industries Division and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce for securing Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to locate a tire fabric plant in Decatur. He noted local materials, employment for men and women, and payroll benefits as key outcomes of the cooperative effort.
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Goodyear Company
Decatur
South
New Industries
Alabama Power Company
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Akron
Textile Realty Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Thomas W. Martin
Power Company
Martin
Goodyear
Cotton closes week above nine cents per pound
Local markets closed with cotton at a little over nine cents a pound while New York December futures ended at 9.56. Farmers in Lawrence and Limestone counties moved cotton, selling on the open market or joining the government loan plan offering 10 cents per pound.
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New York
Lawrence
Limestone
Business trip brings W C Wallace to city
W C Wallace of Moulton route two visited the city today on business.
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W. C. Wallace
Moulton
Sarver And Johnston Talk At City Ownership Rally
Large courthouse crowd hears Charles Sarver former Athens mayor tout municipal ownership noting Athens public power system boosted finances last year clearing 15000 with free street lighting and church school lights. Judge J Fred Johnston defends TVA ownership and Roosevelt’s Tennessee Valley aims urging vote next Tuesday.
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Charles Sarver
Athens
Sarver
J. Fred Johnston
Florence
Judge Johnston
Decatur
TVA
Funeral for Roy E Chambers in Elkton Tenn
Roy E Chambers 48 died early this morning after an emergency appendix operation. Funeral at Elkton Methodist Church Sunday at 2 PM with burial in Elkton cemetery. He is survived by his mother four brothers and one sister. pallbearers named. He was a partner in Taylor and Chambers Elkton and formerly in Decatur groceries.
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Roy E. Chambers
Baugh’s Infirmary
Elkton
Tenn
Walter
Edgar Chambers
John
Prospect
Aaron
Corbin
H. W. Grooms
Nashville
Jimmie Coutsas
Jack Whelan
J. W. Hughey
Allen Stevenson
James Mansfield
Jack Morrill
Chambers
Taylor and Chambers
Second Avenue
Decatur
Court Upholds NRA Test Suit In Knoxville
United States District Judge George Taylor upheld the validity of the National Recovery Act in a Knoxville case. A mill worker sought to block the silk mill from the underwear code and to halt prosecution by U S District Attorney James B Frazier Jr. The court ruled the act does not restrict the right of workers to engage in labor.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United States
George Taylor
Washington
Chicago
James B. Frazier, Jr
Frazier
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Decatur Dailye
Alabama
Associated Press
Goodyear Tire
Onge
F. R. Wahl
Perry Turner
P. W. Litchfield
CG. Slusser
Chas. A. Stillman
C. Slusser
Roland
IFA
Sues Film Film
Africa
Trader Horn
Edwina Booth
Metro-Goldwyn Corporation
Tabernacle
France
Albert Sarraut
Ars. Crawford
Martin -Gaucred
Johnston
City Ownership
Ership
Tennessee River
Polis
Enrico Caruso Jr
Metropolitan Opera
Caruso
Yoy E. Chambers
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