District parley outlines new works program setup
A meeting of NRS district office managers for eight southeast Alabama counties was held in Dothan on Thursday. B R Darrow explained the works program and the employment service role, with Barbour Pike Dale Henry Coffee Geneva and Houston counties represented. A J Spears said policies would remain unchanged as the service shifts to a district office structure. Spears noted the NRA ties, that WRS placement reached 37 000 workers in Alabama since July 1934 with 6 000 into private employment, and that 60 percent of highway contracts went to out of state firms, now limited to state labor on federal aid projects.
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NRS
Alabama
Dothan
B. R. Darrow
Barbour, Pike, Dale, Henry
Cottee Geneva
Houston
A. J. Bpeers
H Dothansana
WRA
PWA
NRA
Ha Said
Iis
Isber Fe
Tellar
Relief
Speers
WRS
Alabexs
WRE
WPA to Get Alabama Out of Mud Promising Politicos Blush
MONTGOMERY July 25 AP Politicians long vowed to lift Alabama from mud and the Works Progress Administration plans major road and bridge work. Ray Crom chief engineer for the Alabama Relief Administration said much of WPA funds for secondary roads will gravel and shore country roads previously built or repaired with RFC PWA or CWA money. He could not estimate miles surfaced but said it will be considerable. Gravel and chert will be supplied by counties and WPA labor will perform the work. There will be steel bridges and many permanent culverts replacing old wooden spans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Works Progress Administration
Ray Crom
Alabama Relief Administration
RFC
PWA
Cwamoney- Crow
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Treasury on July 28 shows receipts 8 628 305 60 and expenditures 7 045 536 92. Net position 1 902 298 271 65. Customs receipts for the month amount to 21 148 803 93.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Wheat and Corn Quotations in Dothan Markets
From Today's Markets in DOTHAN the grain quotations show Wheat at 88 and 75 percent, with Corn at 1425. Prices appear for Sept and Dec futures. Osta Lara appears as a line item alongside the quotes.
Treasury to auction $100 million in long term bonds
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced the sale of an additional $100,000,000 of 20 to 25 year bonds to the highest bidder next Monday. The auction method seeks the lowest interest rate by competitive bidding, leveraging favorable government bond market conditions.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Honda
Gome
New York City Bank Clearings See 31.8% Rise Over Last Year
The weekly bank clearings for 22 U.S. cities ending July 24 totaled 413.704 million, up 24.2 percent from the same week a year ago. New York City clearings reached 8.608 billion, up 31.8 percent, with centers outside New York at 1.708 billion, up 11.6 percent. Chicago rose to 236.7 million while Philadelphia declined.
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New York
Bank
United States
Dun & Bradetreet
New York City
Sears
Clwaringe
Beaton
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
New Orlenne
Louisville
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Ben Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Philadelphia
Wiregrass WPA project list totals 86,089 men to work
Wiregrass shares from the Alabama WPA program promise to put 334 workers to build armories, courthouses, airports, and roads as part of a state wide plan. The Montgomery compiled list shows 67 counties and 6 Wiregrass counties with 86,089 dollars and 127 workers assigned across armory, court house, airport, and roads projects. The plan aims to lift more than 25,776 people off relief and push Alabama’s total work relief above 25,776 workers.
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Aventurg
Montgomery
Thad Holt
Alabama
WPA
Jefferson
Mobile
Worth
Holt
Dissolution of Steel Helmet Unit Seen Likely
Nazi move targets foreign press and Catholic inertia as Amann's 3 month acceptance edict expired. Dissolution cited for resistance to state and Nazi orders, with no final decision on entire Steel Helmet group. Also offers stain removal tips covering grass ink coffee and grease cleanup.
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Amann
Mecklenburg
Floodlight tennis courts to charge 26 cents
Two municipal park tennis courts in Denver gain flood ramps with coin-in-the-slot devices offering six minutes for 26 cents. Park Manager George Cranmer expects mixed doubles play and scores as the deuce rule prompts a return to bench love games.
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Denver
Municipal Park
Parka
George Cranmer
Kiwanians Invite Members to Farmers Conclave Friday
Dothan Kiwanis members gathered at the Houston hotel for a regular weekly meeting. Clyde Hall of the Houston county farm bureau invited the club to attend a Friday farm bureau rally at Porter's Fairyland. Mr Prust from the Federal Housing Administration Mortgage clinic spoke on the housing program and urged cooperation. Solomon Baxter, second vice president, oversaw committee reports for the year while Miss Bertis Griffin Campbell played an accordion solo.
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Clyde Hall
Flouston County Farm
Dothan Kiwanie J Club
Houston
Farm Bureau
Porter's
Fairyland
Prust
Federal Housing Adginnieraben
Solomon Baxter
Bertis Griffin Campbell
New Yorker Bags Lone Tarpon and Fisherman Crown Fort Gaines
Milton Frank of New York won the seventh annual Alabama deep sea rodeo King Fisherman title by landing the only tarpon, 28 and a half pounds, from the yacht Jeanne. Gov Bibb Graves caught a 105 pound shark but no prizes were awarded for sharks. Other prize winners include Jack Chambers Huntsville for red fish, Leslie Richards Mobile for a 17 pound lung mackerel and 26 pound cavalla, John Y Vick Cullman for largest ling, RG Bledies Cullman for largest black fish, LV Benninger Memphis for largest dolphin, Charles Austin Lake Charles for largest Spanish mackerel, C F Saunders Tuscaloosa for largest bonita, W M Johnston Mobile for largest blue fish, and Robert W Brownlee Atlanta for largest blue fish. Montgomery won the attendance cup.
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Bibb Graves
Lesila Richards Dory
Jack Chambers
Huntsville
Leslie Richards
Mobile
John Y Vick
Cullman
Ala
RG W. Bledies
Benninger Memphis
Charles Austin
Lake
Charles
W. M. Johnston
C. F. Saunders
Tuscaloosa
Robert W Brownlee
Atlanta
C. Clark
Weat Point
Mississippi
Montgomery
Abolition Clause Sparks House Senate Clash In Utility Bill
During a lobby hearing conflict arose over compulsory abolition of holding companies. House members accused administration pressure as a conferee row delayed action on the clause while the Senate backed abolition. A warehouse of alleged favors surfaced when questioned about a congressman and a newspaper box prior to the vote.
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House
Treps
Huddleston Alabama
Conoper
Ohig
Holmes
Messichunetis
Benjamin Cohen
PWA
Dosler Devene
Power Commission
BS House
Senate
Black
Carpenter
Capital City Matron Takes Death by Own Action Route
Coroner verdict finds Mrs. Lorena Rogers 31 died of self inflicted bullet wound in bed room. She was found with revolver in hand and died soon after at a Montgomery hospital. Wife of Rufus Rogers and mother of three, the eldest 22, had been despondent over ill health.
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Montgomery
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Lorena Rogers
Rufus Co. Rogers
Legion Apanany Plan Installation Ceremony
A joint meeting of the American Legion and the Women’s Auxiliary is planned for Thursday night to install officers of both groups. The ceremony was postponed following the MokNsetaty convention on July 14.
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American Legion
Wotan
Industry Shapes Part in Tribute to State Farmer
Alabama Industry plans a Farmers Week at Auburn to honor agriculture. A special train from Birmingham to Avourn Wednesday will link industry and agriculture with Gov. Bibb Graves as lead speaker. Dr L N Duncan spon sored the program along with other corporate and agricultural leaders.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Auburn
Avourn
Industry and Agriculture
Bibb Graves
L. N.duncan
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Spensor
Bave
Lanlde
Epesk
Graves
Hugh Morrow
Sloss-Sheffield Beef & Iron Co
J. L. Perry
TCI
Leo
John Hi
Bankhead
R J. Goode
Agriculture and Industry
Hugo Blaik
Edward A. O Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Woman completes dangerous aerial stunt crossing border
Bernadine Lewin King, 27, surmounted a 23 minute 11 second upside down flight from Agde Caliente Mexico to San Diego California. Dressed with oil splatter on her face the stunt performer flew with only a belt for support. The feat set a near world record while making her the first woman to fly upside down over an international border.
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Bernadine Lewin King
Agde Caliente
Mex
San Diego
Calif
$4500 W Main St Home To Be Built
A permit to construct a residence on W Main Street costing 4500 was issued by the city Thursday to J F Bracewell. The permit includes building a garage with the residence.
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Main St
W. Main Street
Bracewell
Negro Escape From Kilby Deputies Near Keyton Alley
In a night pursuit, M. C. Thompson, a Black man, fled Kilby deputies after a gunfire exchange. He briefly evaded officers at Keyton's Alley beneath a large oak and moonlit shade, then disappeared after a deputy shot at him as he fled over a four foot fence.
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M. C. Thompson
Kilby
Houston County
Keyton’s Alley
Thompson
Ivy Forrester
Buckadot
Interloper Flees Weakened Household
An attempted burglary at the Driver home on South Andrews Street failed Wednesday night after an intruder tried to force the rear door. Mrs. Driver awoke, heard the intruder, who fled leaving entry signs. A marriage license was issued Wednesday to Lyle Prevatt, 21, of Pansey, and Ruby Etheridge, 20, of Gordon route one.
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S. 8. Andrews Street
Ly. P. Prevatt
Pansey
Ruby Etheridge
Gordon Route One
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Dothan Moe Market
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Western Uni
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Covington
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