Hyde sentences upheld by Supreme Court in fatal highway crash
A limestone county jury gave Bill Hyde a 25 year term for driving a car that rear ended a vehicle on the Bee Line highway, igniting a fire that killed Mrs. L. L. Garrison and Miss Minnie Mae Stewart. The Supreme Court denied rehearing, affirming the sentence as within jury discretion.
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Bill Hyde
Limestone County
Smeg
pAanguind
Bee Line
L. L. Garrison
Decatur
Minnie Mae Stewart
Tanner
Hyde
Sandy Wallace
Garrison
Lindsey
D. J. Wilson
Athens
Rosenal
Stewart
A. B. Crutcher
Supreme Court
Lahen D. Gardner
Robbery Probe After $500 Stolen From Home
Local officers investigate the theft of $500 from the home of Fannie Hayes a Black resident. The money vanished from a drawer where it was kept.
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Fannie Hayes
Markets at a Glance New York April Report
Markets at a Glance notes stock firmness with selective lists, bonds steady, and curb issues improving. Foreign exchanges mixed with sterling strong while gold sagging, Cotton quiet with active foreign trade, Star firm, Coffee down due to weak Brazilian markets. Wheat higher in Chicago with sympathy for corn, corn buoyant on speculative buying, cattle steady with top price $14.10, hogs active around 9.20 for 6 to 10 weight.
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New York
Chicago
Conflicting Views on Stresa Peace Methods Abroad
Conflicting statements emerge in Paris Rome and Moscow as nations prepare for the Stresa conference opening April 11. Pierre Laval advocates a double-barreled bilateral pact to deter Germany while Britain weighs a limited iron ring approach and Italy seeks renunciation of disarmament utopia. Soviet and Polish positions favor an eastern pact but Poland and Germany fear entanglements.
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Associated Press
Europe
Streas
Pierre Laval
Germany
Great Britain
Pope d Italia
Italy
Stresa
Russia
Poland
Opposition heard on bill to cut Alabama circuits to 21
Four circuit judges and four solicitors urged the legislative recess committee on judicial reform not to disturb the current system as a bill would reduce circuits from 23 to 21 and judges from 43 to 34. John Miller of the fourth circuit objected to losing his five-county district.
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Mi Y
Ala
PyFour Circuit
Legislative Recess Committee On
John Miller
Fourth Circuit
Appeal Denied in Fifth Circuit Stay Request
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an application by counsel for J. W. Larramore for a stay of judgment. The decision comes in New Orleans with the April 4 filing date noted.
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New Orleans
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
J. W. Larramore
Train wreck at Ottawa injures several. two killed
An eastbound Rock Island freight collided with a westbound tank car when trackfailed, killing engineer Richard Wolff of Blue Island and fireman William House of Blue Island. Brakeman Joe Conlon. Fay Green were hurt and Ottawa officer Walter Keim suffered acid burns. Over a dozen cars derailed and track torn up near a farm machinery factory.
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Ottawa
Rock Island
Richard Wolff
William House
Blue Island
Joe Conlon
Fay Green
Walter Keim
Barges Built in Local Shipyards Completed for Green River Coal
The last of five 135 by 26 by 7.6 foot steel barges, weighing 62 tons, built by Ingalls Iron Works for Green River Coal Company of Henderson Kentucky, will be finished Saturday. They will be delivered to Paducah and sent down the Tennessee River next week. A 100 foot by 26 foot by 6.6 foot sand and gravel barge for American Oak Leather Company will begin next week, followed by two government projects after that barge is completed.
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Ingalls Iron Works
American Oak Leather Company
Green River Coal Company
Henderson
H. Evans
Paducah
Tennessee River
American Oak Leath Company
Leather Company
Evans
Gasoline Prices in Athens Reach High Mark
Gasoline prices in Athens raise from 21 to 25 cents a gallon this week. City officials claim the jump is the state's highest and among the nation’s top prices, with only desert areas in Nevada Arizona and New Mexico paying more due to hauling distances.
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Athens
Ala
United States
Desert
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Identity of Man Likely Transient Found Died At Brown Funeral
Police work to identify a man found dead after a Southern Railway train crash near Greenbrier continues. Fingerprints were taken and a Van Heusen collar bearing multiple names was found, none matching a clear identity. The man, about 30, with dark red hair and a suede jacket, lived in a hayloft on First Avenue and wore size 10 shoes with holes in the soles.
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Tralin Greenbrier
First Avenue
David Harbin
R. Fowler
Charles Cain
R. E. Baker
C. E. Massey
E. H. Benson
Verde Kilgore
van Heusen
Leeerby
Southern Railway
A. &. Brazelton
Decatur
Henry G. Almon Called by Death in Town Creek
Henry G. Almon, 76, a well known Lawrence countian, died Wednesday afternoon at his Town Creek home. Funeral services were held at Town Creek Methodist Church with ministers L W Young and Faye of Florence officiating. Burial followed at Town Creek Cemetery with grave services by Town Creek Lodge No. 361 A F and A M. He leaves a widow, four daughters, two sons and several grandchildren. He was brother of the late Congressman Edward B. Almon and last survivor of seven brothers in the Almon family.
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Henry G. Almon
Lawrence Countian
Town Creek
Town Creek Methodist Church
L. W. Young
Faye
Florence
Brown
Decatur
Town Creek Cemetery
A. F
A. M
William J. Lee
Fred Davis
Hearne Gibgon
Roy Stevens
Atlanta
Fontaine Almon
Don Almon
Alabama
Almon
Edward B. Almon
George C. Almon
Fifteen inmates involved in prison cell block riot near Elizabeth City
At Woodville prison camp near Elizabeth City North Carolina guards fired on two prisoners and used tear gas to quell a cell block mutiny involving fifteen men. Captain J M Tolar said several inmates threatened guards and refused to work as the disturbance began around 9 am after new long term prisoners were transferred from Raleigh.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Woodville
Here
J. M. Tolar
Woodrow Purdy
Cumberland County
Albert Hardy
Robeson County
Charles Carmine
Pasquotank County
Tarboro
Tolar
L. G. Whitley
Penal Division
State Highway Department
P. E. Mallison
Rocky
Purdy
Hardy
Public Invited to Band Practice by Chamber Band
An enthusiastic band practice drew a large crowd at Martin arena hosted by the Chamber of Commerce Band. The public is invited to attend every Wednesday night as the newly organized unit, with 59 musicians, develops. concerts are planned at Delano Park for spring under chairman C. W. Young.
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Martin Arena
Chamber of Commerce
Delano Park
C. W. Young
Alabama Glee Club to Perform at Athens College
The Alabama Glee Club will give a concert in Mc Candless Hall Auditorium Athens College next Wednesday evening. A reception for the boys will follow in Founders Hall hosted by Athens College students.
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Athens
Eienate " of
Alabama Glee Club
McCandless Hall
Athens College
Founders Hall
Teacher Hurt As Car Fired On Near Rabbit Town
A car fired on as a teacher and two others were injured near Rabbit Town north Benita. The occupants, including J. W. Counts and Miss Elizabeth, were returning from a meeting when the shooting occurred. Residents of Mt Hope were said to be involved and notified authorities at Haley. The Counts is a teacher at the Town School in the southwest county.
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J. W. Counts
Miss Elizabeth
Rabbit Town
North Benita
Mt. Hope
Alabamation Association
Haleyle
Mt .Hope
Winston County
Counts
Southwest County
Prisoner Robbed In Missouri Jail
In Crane Missouri on April 4 a robber slipped into the city jail and robbed a prisoner of 17 dollars. The thief fled as a crowd shouted for help, and the incident prompted an investigation by City Marshal Bill.
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Missouri
Crane
City
Bill
Dog Ends Rabid Stray Threat In Street Shooting
C A Hull of 133 Seventh Avenue West faced a rabid stray dog that attacked a neighbor’s pet. After tracking the animal, Hull used baiting wire and a long stick to capture it, then dragged it from a car into an alley and shot it to stop the danger.
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C. A. Hull
Seventh Avenue West
Hull
Mr. Hull
New Yorker Dies in Death by Own Action Pact
A New York bond trader, Harry B. Van Allen, 35, leaped from the twelfth floor of the Hotel Statler. A hysterical red headed woman identified as Bea Ryan or B Lenora Bryan, 29, was found in the room and said she signed the note but would not reveal details of a death pact. She and Van Allen reportedly planned to die together but she later said she would end her life once free from surveillance.
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Boston
Andrew J. Hurley
Harry B. van Allen
New York
Statler
Murley
Hurley
van Allen
Bea Ryan
William Livingston
B. Lenora Bryan
John McCarthy
Two Stabbed as Workers Clash at Commander Mills
In Land Springs Oklahoma on April 4 two strikers Harve Bradfield and Ed Bruton were stabbed during a clash with workers at the Commander textile mills. The brief fight left several others with cracked heads but no serious injuries as police arrived after the melee.
Desperado Raymond Hamilton Sighting Across Tennessee Territory
D T Ry a clerk at the Richland Hotel reports a man he identifies as Raymond Hamilton bought a cigar at 1 30 a m and left with two companions toward Chattanooga. Federal agents investigated after daylight as officers searched Wayne and Lawrence counties amid tips Hamilton was hiding in southern middle Tennessee.
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Pulaski
D. T. Ry
Richland
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Chattanooga
Ridgeway
Hamilton
Middle Tennessee
W. A. Rover
Tennessee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Waynesboro
Wayne County
W. J. Burnett
Lawrenceburg
Sam Davis
Lawrence Wer
Nceburg
Fiton
New Evidence for Bruno Hauptmann Claim Draws Attention
Edward J. Reilly, dismissed as chief defense counsel for Bruno Hauptmann, seeks a new trial based on alleged new evidence. He cites witnesses claiming a strange stolen car loitered near the Lindbergh estate in Hopewell, New Jersey, four days before the 1932 kidnapping.
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New York
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Reilly
Lindbergh
Hopewell
N. J
Hauptmann
Amandus Hochmuth
Flemington
Lindbergh Estate
Women win Hempstead County seat and mayor race
Women candidates triumph in Hempstead County elections with a two to one margin for the mayoral race defeating W. F. Brack. Other officers elected include Mrs. W. H. Biter as recorder and Miss Mary.
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Hempstead
W. F. Brack
W. H. Biter
Mary
Bonner Seeks Jury Reform Amid Scottsboro Echoes
A historic call for jury reform surfaces as Bonner asks whether only qualified voters should serve. The discussion cites Scottsboro as a backdrop, noting racial disparities in jury pools and emphasizing the need for fair trials despite limited black voter presence in the county.
Tennessee River Weather Note and Fall Report
A 24 hour forecast notes the river maximum temperature reaching 78 degrees with a 56 degree reading recorded. A fall event or drop is mentioned as occurring.
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Tennessee River
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Ingalls Iron Company
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Brown Funeral
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