Valley Authority opens job exams for Alabama workers
The Tennessee Valley Authority began distributing 1000 application blanks for examinations in the Tennessee Valley development program. Tests cover skilled trades, helpers, and unskilled labor with locations in Decatur Florence Gadsden and Hunterville. Eligibility requires residence in Colbert DeKalb Franklin Jackson Lauderdale Madison Marshall or Morgan counties as of July 15 1933 or special approval for others. Most jobs at Muscle Shoals Chattanooga Knoxville and other TVA sites in Alabama and Tennessee. Wage levels align with local standards and heavy manual labor is common.
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Development Program
Florence
Gadsden
Hunterville
Alabama
Colbert
DeKalb
Franklin
Jackson
Lauderdale
Madison
Marshal
Morgan
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Banking worries and political tempers flare in Washington
The Treasury fears unstable banks may fail the new deposit insurance rules starting January 1. Incoming congressmen voice discontent over bank closures and constituent money access. International notes call the US Britain on tense terms amid debts, Latin American trade wars, and Far East policy concerns.
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Washington
Treasury
Merry Cain
Henry Wal
Agriculture
Herod” Wallace
Judea
Jonkheer H. M. van der Wyck
Netherlands Legation
Jedy
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Latin America
Far East
John Simon
Rapidan
F. H. Wiggin
C. M. G. Set Passel
Se Besh
Diplo
Brazil
Jefferson Caffery
Sumner Welles
Cuba
Caffery
Louisiana
Hull
Senate
Welles Holds Talks With Cuban Student Directors
American Ambassador Welles met for a lengthy session with a student directorate allied to President Gray San Martin in Havana at the first contact with the new government. A student spokesman said Welles expressed approval of the directorate’s pro government program and left the conference in a pleased mood without commenting.
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Associated Press
Havana
Welles
Gray San Martin
Ambassador Welles
Gran San Martin
Youths Ascend Water Tower For View Of Lights
Two Decatur youths climbed a water tower between Gordon and Prospect Drives to see the town lit at night. Police and fire crews arrived around 7 PM but the men descended unaided, having tied a rope ladder to the tower.
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Decatur
Water Tower
Gordon
Prospect Drives
Fire Department
Hurricane Rages Unchecked Across Coast and Seaboard
The hurricane struck the Virginia seaboard and North Carolina coast, causing floods and extensive property damage. Two deaths are reported and communications in many cities were cut. A small steamer at Delaware Bay was towed to safety by a coast guard cutter. A second hurricane near Tampico, Mexico, killed six and injured several.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Virginia
Delaware Bay
Newberk
Carolina Coast
Tampico
Mexico
R F C Workmen Receive $2000 In Pay Checks
About 1 400 RFC C workers collected pay today totaling over $2 000 in Morgan county districts. Workers now put in five hours daily for the certified days at 30 cents an hour and net about 1 30 a day for days worked.
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R. F. CC
Morgan County
Flue Fire Causes Minor Damage on Sycamore Street
A defective flue triggered a fire alarm at 614 Sycamore Street on Friday afternoon. Firefighters arrived quickly and confined the blaze with only slight damage. Two alarms have been answered by departments this month, an unusually low total.
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Sycamore Street
Vocal numbers at Ninth St Church seek Sunday crowds
Misses Evelyn Burks and Clessie Horton will render a morning duet at Ninth Street Methodist Church. Rev. C M Tyndall will speak on Temporal and Eternal Values in the morning and The Sting of Sin in the evening. Attendance contest with Austinville Methodist continues.
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Evelyn Burks
Clessie Horton
Ninth Street Methodist Church
C. M. Tyndall
Austinville Methodist Church
East Decatur School Consolidates With Gordon
East Decatur School is consolidated with Gordon as the Decatur city school system plans changes. New teachers Givens Ogle Fussell Napps Crawford and Walsh Selley Crow join a group announced at a Central High meeting. Ward transfers move Pitts and Alexander to Gordon with pupils.
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Decatur School
Central High School
Iwi
Messrs
Givens
Ogle
Fussell
Napps
Crawford
P.T. A
Decatur
Alabama
John R. McLure
University of Alabama
McLure
Riverside
Central
Spencer
State Board
Solons Seek Millions for Education Relief
Alabama schools chief Dr. A F Harman urged Congress to appropriate 75 to 100 million dollars to relieve education nationwide. He warned that untaught pupils and a breakdown of state systems threaten, as roads and post offices receive priority over schoolhouses. He pressed for swift federal aid to prevent deeper unemployment in education.
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Washington
A. F. Harman
Alabama
Congress
America
National Council of Superintendents and Commissioners of Education
Federal Relief Administration
Harman
J Tapscott Seen In Decatur On Business Mission
J Tapscott of Route One Parkville was in Decatur on a business mission Saturday.
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J. ©. Tapscott
Parkville
Decatur
Instructions on Sale of Collateral Cotton
Farm Credit Administration issues guidance on selling collateral cotton for seed and crop production loan borrowers from 1932 and earlier. Borrowers may sell voluntarily or via the administration's power of sale to liquidate debts, with proceeds applied to loans. Steps include notifying district offices or cooperative marketing associations. continuation on page four.
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Farm Credit Administration
Hall
Secretary of Agriculture
Cotton Cooperative Marketing Association
Seed and Crop Production Loan Office
Malone For Congress Club formed in Morgan County
A Morgan County meeting at The Decatur Daily office formed The Morgan County Malone For Congress Club to back Judge Baynard L. Malone in the Eighth district race. Officers and committees were named to organize a vigorous campaign through October 3. Malone urged home support and noted the district’s need for representation from Morgan County. He spoke in Town Creek and planned a 3:00 p.m. Athens appearance.
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Malone
Decatur
Morgan County
Decatur Daily
Malone For Congress Club
Baynard L. Malone
B. C. Shelton
The
Daily
Morgan
Congress
Eighth
Judge Malone
Town Creek
Athens
Cecil Timberlake Visits Nashville Friends Over Weekend
Cecil Timberlake will spend the week end as the guest of friends in Nashville for a short social visit.
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Cecil Timberlake
Nashville
Revival Opens With Dr Pettingill at City Churches
Dr William L Pettingill of Wilmington Delaware a noted Bible teacher will deliver his first sermon in the city wide revival at First Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30 pm Daily through ten days he will speak at 10 am at First Presbyterian and at 7 30 pm at First Baptist church On Thursday September 26 services move to Westminster Presbyterian and Central Baptist churches His Bible Conference at Westminster last January drew large crowds and strong city interest.
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William L. Pettingill
Wilmington
Delaware
First Baptist Church
Pettingill
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Central Baptist Church
Death of Joseph C. Smith prominent Moulton area farmer
Joseph Carroll Smith aged 75 died at 10 o clock after a brief illness at his home on Moulton Route 4. A lifelong Lawrence County planter and Winston County native, he leaves a widow, three sons, two daughters, three brothers and 10 grandchildren. Funeral at Provid Church near Hatton with burial in the church cemetery.
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Joseph Carroll Smith
Moulton
Gus
Mr. Smith
Winston County
Lawrence County
Provid Church
Hatton
L.A. Waldrop
T. W. Owen
H. D. Harding
J. M. Richardson
W. R
T. B. Smith
Town Creek
J. B. Smith
Leighton
Smith
The
Baptist Church
Miss Goldia Gillespie Dies After Illness
Local resident Miss Goldia Vashti Gillespie died this morning at 9:25 at her mother's home on the Free Line Highway after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at 3:30 this afternoon at the residence with Rev. A H Nabors and Rev E N Hart officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery. Brown directed. Pallbearers were A T J C White, H L Thornton, J Nelson, Gilbert Crane, and Walter Halbrooks. Survived by mother, aunt Miss Stevens, four sisters Eddie May Gillespie, Kate Gillespie, Mrs Zeta Staton, and a nephew Jack Gilleanie.
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Goldia Vashti Gillespie
Mary E. Gillespie
H. L. Thornton
J. ‘T Nelson
Gilbert Crane
Walter Halbrooks
Miss Stevens
Eddie May
Kate Gillespie
Zeta Staton
Jack Gilleanie
Holiday group wreck near Arab injures eight
Eight people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash near Arab Alabama as a truck sideswiped the vehicle carrying a holiday group bound for Huntsville and the Madison County Fair. Willie Black, the other driver, was jailed in Guntersville as authorities assess his condition and actions.
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Ala
Huntsville
Madison County
Willie Black
Guntersville
NRA Chief Hugh Johnson to Press Roosevelt on Coal Talks
Hugh Johnson led a White House meeting with President Roosevelt to end bituminous coal negotiations. He planned to present the full dispute over wage contracts and urged swift action to avoid a renewed operator crisis and a presidential ultimatum.
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Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
NRA
White House
Wordlow Smith Dies in Fall at Cullman Station
J Wordlow Smith 30 of 1515 Fifth Avenue South died in a Cullman hospital after a fall from a northbound freight at the Cullman station. He suffered a crushed arm a broken back and a punctured rib. The World War veteran was visiting a brother in Cullman and survived by his widow.
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J. Wordlow Smith
Fifth Avenue
South
Cullman
Smith
Brother
Walkeway
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SW Pearlow
Robert S. Allen
Old Hickorm
Yarag
Lars Estroy
R.F.C
Ninth St
East Decatur
Meet of Council
Solons
WM. L. Pettingill
Joseph C. Smith
Lawrence
Miss Gillespie
Wordlow Smith
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