Roosevelt Era Proposals and Economic Plans Parade
General Hugh Johnson considers a Blue Eagle tag to extend compliance beyond Ford dealers. Frances Perkins displays patchwork quilts in New York. Tourists seek White House and Capitol depictions as pork reduction boosts farm purchases. October 1 is deadline for Blue Eagle signup. Prohibition easing appears likely. Prison Industries push for 9 hour work week faces reform. Johnson’s brother Alec plans a Democratic bid. Justice Department weaknesses noted amid New Deal changes. Currency talks hint at dollar sterling reseating.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
Henry Ford
NRA
Ford
Frances Perkins
New York
White House
Boattow Coal
Senator Now
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Alec
Congress
Prison Industries Association
Penitentiaries
Game Way
Justice Department
Pat Malloy
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Interior
War Departments
Ickes
O’connor
Jimmy Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Jefty
Los Angeles
McAdoo
Frederick Leithie
Nugent Dodds
Hoover
Carlisle Bargeron
Washing
Malone Defends Campaign Amid Whispering Attacks
Baynard L. Malone addresses about 300 supporters in Lawrence on the campaign trail. He denies corporate finance ties and accuses rivals of underhand tactics while declaring the people across the eighth district will back his bid for Congress. Judge Malone, narrowly edged in the first primary by 196 votes, spoke on the Lawrence county courthouse west side with W. R. Jackson introducing him.
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Moulton
Ala
Baynard
L. Malone
Lawrence County
Congress
Malone
W. R. Jackson
Farm Plan Extends Cotton Aid to Other Crops
Washington on September 23 reports the administration moving to extend its 10 cent per pound cotton price support to other farm goods. Officials aim to lift farm purchasing power quickly by credit extensions tied to production control, hoping to place a bottom under prices and provide prompt relief for agriculture.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Miss Barnard to Hold Saturday Education Conference
Miss Ola Barnard Morgan county supervisor of education will hold consultations at Prof. George T. Woodruff's office every Saturday. She said teachers may contact her at Priceville on weekdays except Saturday for guidance and support.
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Ola Barnard
Morgan County
George T. Woodruff
Barnard
Priceville
Rat Hangs Self After Eating Bait In Kitchen Trap
Carl Cartwright of 62¢ Line Street recounts a comic rodent tale. A rat trapped in a kitchen cord entangled its legs and tail, dangling when the shade moved. Cartwright freed it and watched the creature die, describing the grisly scene with deadpan humor.
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Carl Cartwright
Line Street
Ripley
Mr. Cartwright
Mary F Black Elected President of Decatur W C T U
At a Decatur Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting Mrs. Mary F. Black was unanimously chosen president for the coming year. Other officers include Miss Ellen Gronendyke vice president and Mrs. W. H. Winton corresponding secretary. The annual convention will be in Tuscaloosa in October with national president Ida B. Wise Smith as speaker.
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Decatur Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mary F. Black
Ellen Gronendyke
W. H. Winton
M. H. Crow
J. F. Levin
Tuscaloosa
Ida B. Wise Smith
Smith
Alabama
Hardynia Norville
Helen Brynes
Denny
Prohibition
Canning Effort Packs About 1200 Cans Countywide
About 1200 quart cans were filled with vegetables and fruits in 11 canning centers across the county this week. Community gardens and individual families contributed the produce, with social workers directing the preservation.
Church Attendance Contest Continues Between Two Central Churches
The two month attendance campaign by Ninth Street and Austinville Methodist churches continues this Sunday at both services. Austinville led first with 125 attendees and Ninth Street 101, while on the last Sunday Ninth Street had 149 and Austinville 116.
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Ninth Street
Austinville
Methodist
Willoughby Improves After Illness at Home
Deputy Sheriff Willoughby, lately ill for a week, shows some improvement this morning. He remains confined at home on Fourth Avenue West suffering from a severe malaria attack.
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Willoughby
Fourth Avenue
West
Resurrection Not General Asserts Famous Scholar at Mass Meeting
Dr. Pettingill told a Sunday audience at First Baptist there is no general resurrection but a premillennial and postmillennial sequence. He described the first resurrection in three parts, tied to Christ’s coming and Tribulation martyrs, and warned that personal faith determines inclusion. Continued on page six.
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Dr. Pettingill
First Baptist Church
Israel
Christ
Holy
Jesus Christ
Paul
Emergency Freight Charge Cancelled Ahead of October First
Local railway officials announced the emergency freight charge, in effect since January 1, 1932 to aid weaker roads, will be cancelled effective October 1 1933. The move lowers costs by about ten percent as railroad business shows gains and the emergency pool benefits weaker lines.
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Interstate Commerce Commissions
Malone for Congress Club Formed in South Limestone
Enthusiastic supporters in Mooresville Alabama organized a Malone for Congress club for Judge Baynard L. Malone of the Eighth District. J Sam Smith was elected chairman and Gilbert White became secretary. The group plans an active Morgan county campaign and to mobilize Walker voters for the October 3 second primary and reenergize the dormant vote.
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Mooresville
Ala
Baynard L. Malone
Congress
Eighth District
Malone
J. Sam Smith
Gilbert White
South Limestone
Morgan County
Walker
Mass Meeting at First Baptist to hear Pettingill
A mass meeting is called Sunday afternoon at three at the First Baptist church in Decatur. Dr William M Pettingill of Wilmington Delaware, a renowned Bible teacher, will discuss The Present World Conditions in the Light of the Word of Prophecy. His Decatur visit follows last year s series that drew strong interest.
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First Baptist
Dr. Pettingill
Pilot Club Banquet Hosts Intercity Meet in Decatur
Florence Sheff ield and Tuscumbia Pilot clubs join Decatur for an inter city banquet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Second Avenue at 7 p m. Miss Mattie Jones gives the welcome and Mrs Margaret Ormond and Miss Harriett McSwean of Selma speak on Pilot club work. Miss Lillie Mitchell discusses extension work with piano selections by Miss Julia Mae Ross. Afterward attendees go to the country club for an informal party and Dutch supper.
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Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Decatur Club
Chambre of Commerce Club
Second Avenue
Mattie Jones
Margaret Ormond
Selma
Harriett McSwean
Lillie Mitchell
Florence Club
Julia Mae Ross
Probe to sift prohibition cases in federal courts
The administration plans a definite probe of all prohibition cases in federal courts to decide whether prosecutions should continue in light of Postmaster General Farley’s view that repeal is imminent. L. J. Bugg of Monroeville Alabama is named senior counsel for the prohibition unit of the Justice Department.
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Washington
Farley
L. J. Bugg
Monroeville
Ala
Prohibition
The
Justice
Department
Bugg
Cotton Prices Jump on Roosevelt Plan and Market Shifts
In New Orleans prices closed $1.45 to $1.55 higher after an opening surge of over $3.00, driven by Roosevelt's proposal to raise ten cents per pound on remaining cotton. Spot cotton rose to 10.15 middling as profit-taking trimmed early gains. In Des Moines delegates from 18 states endorse the Blue Eagle NRA code, demanding guaranteed production costs, a ten hour day, and Union wage floors, with a warning to withhold farm products if unmet.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
New York
Des Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
Blue Eagle
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Plea for Lost Is Made in Sermon at Ninth Street
The Rev. L. E. Price spoke at Ninth Street Methodist on Why So Many Are Lost urging that life offers narrow gates and two roads, broad to death and narrow to life. He urged selflessness and dying to self, citing Jesus about a grain of wheat, and announced sermons on The Keeping Power of Faith and The Heavenly Visitor for Sunday.
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L. E. Price
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Jesus
Mr. Price
Ser
New Stock Exchange Site Selection Near Newark
The New York financial press reports that Newark is chosen as a site for a new stock exchange. Announcement notes the move was disclosed with emphasis on its proximity to New York and potential regional trading benefits.
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New York
Newark
New Stock Exchange
New
Teteai
HARTSELLE MEN ESCAPE FROM GENEVA JAIL IN GANG STAGED BREAKOUT
Six desperadoes including Cecil Sheehan of Hartselle and five others escaped from a Geneva jail on a third floor window using a high powered stolen auto. The group, awaiting murder trial in Hartford case, were linked to the slaying of Night Patrolman Oscar Jerkins. Joe Eldridge identified Sheehan and Curtis in Birmingham line up.
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Geneva
Ala
Cecil Sheehan
Jack Curtis
James Sharp
Hartselle
Oscar Jerkins
Hartford
Hugh Gant
W. Newsome
James McNelly
Alabama
McDuff
Sumas
Bingham
Geneva County
Jerkins
Jerking
Joe Eldridge
Birmingham
Sheehan
Curtis
Eldridge
Tuscaloosa Man Fires on Wife in Downtown Shooting
Joe White known as The Tuscaloosa Bear Cat pulled a gun in a downtown Tuscaloosa store area and fired at his wife, 21. He told police I wish I had shot her seven times. she was struck by a bullet and may die. White had returned to Tuscaloosa yesterday and waited to confront her before the shooting.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Joe White
White
Mrs Gordon Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs. Vance Gordon, who had been undergoing medical treatment at Benevolent hospital, returns home after her stay.
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Mrs. Gordon
Hospital
Vance Gordon
Benevolent Hospital
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Fight
Lawrence Area
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Miss Barnard
IRS
Black
Decatur
Malone Club
United States
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Richard B. Byrd
South Pole
Eamnoun Venture
Pilot Club
Hartselle Man
Sharp
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