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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1939

Page

7

Water levels at Wheeler and Wilson lakes inch up in TVA forecast

TVA officials reported Wheeler Lake at Decatur reaches 553 feet today and may rise about half a foot by Sunday. Wilson Lake sits at 505 feet and is expected to hold through April 2.

Peggy Brown Daily Office Princess Technicolor R. E. Puckett Hattie Mae Hardin Morgan County Alabama Register Corene Orr Dayton Ohio Decatur Daily Marvin West Wheeler Lake Decat TVA Wilson Lake June Travis Robert Livingston Capitol

Bodies Sought in Bayou After Bridge Collapse

Vicksburg Mississippi residents search Clear Creek bayou for more victims after a washed out span caused by torrential rain. Twelve bodies recovered, two missing: nurse Ann Turner and Claude F Cox. Nine people survived with injuries as debris and floodwaters hinder recovery efforts.

Vicksburg Miss Clear Creek Bayou Bull Ann Turner Memphis Tenn Claude F. Cox Jackson

Libby Holman and Ralph Holmes Quiet Honeymoon

New York April 1 Wealthy Libby Holman and her second husband Ralph Holmes secluded themselves on the Connecticut estate for a quiet honeymoon. The throaty torch singer and son of actor Taylor Holmes wed secretly in Washington Monday drawing surprise from Broadway acquaintances.

New York Libby Holman Ralph Holmes Connecticut Taylor Holmes Washington Broadway Miss Holman Smith Reynolds North Carolina Ralph Olmes R . Holmes

Weidmann declines appeal in six killing case

Versailles April 1. Gene Weidmann condemned to death on the guillotine for six killings refused to sign an appeal petition calling it a useless formality. Jury convicted him yesterday including the 1937 killing of Jean de Koven, a Brooklyn dancer. His accomplice Roger Million, convicted of two slayings, signed an appeal petition.

Versailles Eugene Weidmann Weidmann Jean de Koven Brooklyn Roger Million

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