Supreme Court rules against steel firms in Walsh Healey wage case
The Supreme Court, in an 1939 decision by Justice Black, dismissed an attack by seven steel companies on a labor department wage order under the Walsh-Healey act. The ruling held no rights were invaded, reversing a DC appeals court, with Justice McReynolds dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Labor Department
Black
Justice McReynolds
Walsh-Healey
District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals For
Hold-Up Man Steals 130 At Propst Tanker Station
Police search for a 6 foot tall 165 pound man in a black hat suit and shoes who entered the Propst Tanker Station on West Moulton Street around 6 30 this morning and demanded cash from attendant Frank Riddle taking 130 from the drawer. No arrest by early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propst
West Moulton Street
Frank Riddle
Riddle
R F Parker Rites Held for Robert F Parker
Funeral services for Robert Ful Parker known as Uncle Bob were held at Mt. Pleasant Sunday afternoon with Rev. Frank T Smith and Rev J H Roberts officiating. Parker 83 of Leesdale died after a brief illness leaving a widow three sons two grandchildren and two sisters among survivors. He joined the Methodist church early and remained an active member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ful
Bob) Parker
Frank T. Smith
Hartselle
J. H. Roberts
Falkville
Drinkard
Mr. Parker
Morgan County
Leesdale
Henry Culver
Manson ‘Townsend
R. D. Couch
Jrusselle Jackson
Frank Harrison
Hammett Evans Flowers
Hobart Harvey
John O. Compton
Rosa Bell
Charlie Summerford
Oral Fergueson
Crusselle Jackson
Bernice Culver
Berta Townsend
Parker
Leslie
Dennis
Luther Parker
Milton
Marvin Parker
Sally Miller
Minnie Parer
Methodist Church
Found Dead Man In Aniston After Auto Crash
Aniston resident T. Knight about 60 was found dead at his home. Coroner T. F. Gray said Knight had been dead nearly 24 hours after a Saturday automobile collision. he had minor facial injuries treated at a hospital. An autopsy will be performed.
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Anniston
Ala
Goodyear Directors Declare Regular Dividend in Southeast
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co directors in Gadsden Alabama announce a regular dividend on preferred and common stock. Dividends of 1.25 dollars on five dollar preferred and 25 cents on common shares payable June 15 to stockholders of record May 15. A. J. Cameron elected director replacing George Bishop. Plant expansion to raise daily tire capacity to 13 000 casings.
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Gadsden
Ala
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
A. J. Cameron
Goodyear Export Co
George T. Bishop
Cleveland
Elks Club Plans Thrills and Frolics Show
The Doctor Elks Lodge 655 will present its second annual Thrills and Frolics show at Benson field on May 13 for the Morgan County T B sanitarium. Exalted ruler Cartey Dobbs has booked top acts seen at major fairs and new to Decatur. The event aims to raise funds for a sterilization machine for the county sanitarium and to gain public support for the noble cause.
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Doctor Elks Lodge
Benson Field
Morgan County
T. B. Sanitarium
Cartey Dobbs
Decatur
Monzan County
Elks Lodge
Morgan
County
Alabama Dairy Plants Cheese at Decatur On May Day
The Alabama Dairy Products Company will start cheese manufacture at the Decatur plant on Bank Street May first. Leroy McEntire as superintendent and Casto Jarvis as production manager oversee policies. About 90 investors provided 100 to 500 dollars each to establish the plant and expand milk routes within 25 to 30 miles of Decatur to market surplus milk year round.
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Casto Jarvis
Leroy McEntire
Alabama Dairy Products Plant
Sullivan
Alabama Dairy Products Company
Decatur
Bank Street
First Milk Brought to Decatur Cheese Plant
Mrs Jim Lynn of Somerville route 3 delivered 90 gallons of milk to the Decatur plant, totaling 720 pounds. She plans to become a steady customer, and today’s collection represents regular production for the farm.
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Jim Lynn
Somerville Route 3
Lynn
Decatur
Decatur Cheese Plant Moves Ahead With Local Stock Sale
Capital for the new Decatur cheese plant was raised last summer and hundreds contacted. A six member board leads the project with W W Dinsmore as president and R E Rogers as vice president. The venture aims to buy equipment build the plant and market whole milk backed by local farm agencies. Decatur positions agriculture and industry as co equal in boosting the regional economy.
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Cient
Charles Eyster
Leroy McEntire
R. E. Rogers
W. W. Dinsmore
Erskine Chenault
Withers Peebles
Barrett Shelton
Decatur
Tennessee
Alabama
R E. Rogers
Landslide blamed for Central of Georgia derailment in Alabama
The Interstate Commerce Commission concluded a landslide caused the March 2 derailment of a Central of Georgia passenger train at Sturdivant Alabama. Eight passengers and four crew members were injured in the incident.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central of Georgia
Sturdivant
Ala
FDR Holds White House Talks With Democratic Leaders
President Roosevelt and Democratic leaders in Congress met at the White House to review the legislative outlook. Barkley Said the meeting covered everything and touched nothing while topics included Wagner act amendments and the Logan-Walter bill. A wage hour law revision veto was anticipated if Barden amendments pass. Roosevelt had just returned from Warm Springs and planned a June swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
White House
Capitol Hill
Garner
House
Rayburn
Warm Springs
Administration
Negro Woman Fatally Shot in Morgan County
Bertha Lee Tucker, 35, is held in Morgan County jail after the pistol slaying of Mollie Hansend, about 40, at Tucker’s home in the county’s negro settlement. Police say Hansend died after being struck in the head and chest. an open knife and ice pick were found. Tucker claims Hansend had a drawn knife. a warrant was planned with Russell Lynne as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Lee Tucker
Morgan County
Mollie Hansend
Tucker
River Bridge
W. P. Moore
J. B. Whitmire
Moore
Carl Sykes
Bertha Tucker
Russell Lynne
County 4-H Rally Draws 1325 Attendees in Decatur
A sunny April day boosted attendance at the third annual county-wide 4-H rally at Riverside auditorium. Officials of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced contest winners including Morgan County High School's boys club, Plint club girls, and Avistonville girls club. Diplomas were awarded to four-year participants led by L. T. Wagnon, with twins Herschel Harold Abercrombie and Truman Thurman Abercrombie among honorees.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Riverside Auditorium
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Plint Club
Austinville
L. T. Wagnon
Glenn ‘Thomas
Jack Parker
Charles Morris
Aubrey Henderson
David Couch
Victor Compton
Herschel Compton
Herschel
Harold Abercrombie
Truman
Thurman Abercrombie
Union Hill No
Priceville
Marshall Pettit
Plainview
Harold Lake
Neel
Jimmie Bynum
Moulton Heights
Lloyd Burns
Morgan Couty High School
Iewin Kilpatrick
Falkville
Edward Wright
Iverson Ryan
Lorremér Morgan
Johnell Morgan
A. P. Holmes
Alton Frost
Talmadge Arrington
Fred Arrington
Eva
Grady Roberts
Edward Fields
Zemo Crow
Danville
Glenn Rope
Alton Dickson
Cooo
Rites Held for Miss Fannie Maude Campbell
Funeral services for 31 year old Miss Fannie Maude Campbell were held at Mt Zion at 2:30 Sunday conducted by Rev M R Heflin of Leighton. Drinkard directed burial. Survivors include her mother Mrs Bob Campbell two sisters Myrtle Campbell of Leighton and Mrs John Lansdell of Chattanooga three brothers Woody Marion and Wesley Campbell all of Leighton. Pallbearers were William Morgan Ernest Morgan A B McCormack Everett Conley Donie Morgan and Marvin Conley.
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Fannie Maude Campbell
Centralia
Illinois
Mt. Zion
M. R. Heflin
Leighton
Drinkard
Miss. Campbell
Bob Campbell
Myrtle Campbell
John Lansdell
Chattanooga
Woody
Marion
Wesley Campbell
War In Norway Heats Up As Germans Hold South
Dewitt Mackenzie reports on the twenty first day of the Norway battle with German forces occupying the southern port and rail hub of Trondheim. The Allied push to oust them faces a formidable task as control of Trondheim and connected rail lines would give dominance over central and southern Norway. The Nazis have capitalized on their surprise invasion, tightening their hold in the south with few major land clashes occurring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Norway
Trondheim
German Air Power Drives Norwegian Campaign
The article argues Nazi air supremacy in Norway shapes invasion outcomes. Allies lag our air control will decide victory or defeat as the weekend sees Allies rally and push back toward Trondheim. Observers note the surface navy is largely sidelined, making air power central to modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trondheim
Norway
Death of J W Lovelace Illness Victim
John W Lovelace 50 of Decatur died at Benevolent Society Hospital after months of illness. He worked for Cotton Belt Railroad at Pine Bluff Arkansas. Final rites set for 3 PM Tuesday at Central Methodist Church with Rev R L Archibald officiating. Burial in City cemetery under Brown. He is survived by his widow four daughters a son two sisters a brother and two grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. He was a long time Methodist.
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John W. Lovelace
Sixth Avenue
South
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Lovelace
Cotton Belt Railroad
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Central Methodist Church
R. L. Archibald
City Cemetery
Brown
E. W. Casteel
Otto Nebrig
Marjorie
Florence Lovelace
J. W. Lovelace, Jr
Lafayette
Beverly Jane Nebrig
Otto Nebrig, Jr
A.P. Johnston
W. O. Lipscomb
W. E. Howe
W. A. Britain
H. H. Kelly
A. H. Garnett
P. C.cavnar
W. C. Self
Mr. Lovelace
Methodist Church
Brakeman Injured After Fall From Train Near Cullman
Nashville railman J. B. Boyd of the L and N Railroad was injured when he fell from a southbound freight at Cullman at 1 30 this morning. He told crew he was blinded by headlights from northbound train No 8 and lost his footing. He was placed on the passenger train and taken to Decatur station, then to Benevolent Society Hospital.
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J. B. Boyd
Nashville
Benevolent Society
Cullman
Boyd
Decatur
Hardware men meet in Birmingham convention program
Alabama Hardware Men set their annual convention in Birmingham May 14 to 16 with the slogan moderizer and advertise. O S Perry Greensboro president states the event plans announced. Richard H Lyle regional director of the Social Security Board will be among speakers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Hardware Men
O. S. Perry
Greensboro
Richard H. Lyle
Social Security Board
Gardner Named Chief Justice of Alabama
Lucien D. Gardner was appointed Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court by Governor Dixon to replace the late John Anderson. Gardner, 63, becomes the youngest on the bench, effective immediately, with Anderson's funeral held yesterday and justice Davis F. Stakely and J. Ed Livingston remaining candidates for the associate chair.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lucien D. Gardner
Alabama
Dixon
John
Anderson
Gardner
Davis F. Stakely
J. Ed Livingston
Tuscaloosa
Livingston
Stakely
Supreme Court
Troy
State Normal School
First Presbyterian Church
Donald C. MacGuire
Noble Seay
Travis Williams
John Blue Hill
John C .Curry
Harry Marks
the Elks Lodge
William H. Thomas
Joel Brown
A. B Foster
Virgil Bouldin
Census Nears Close As Chamber Urges Contact
As the 1940 census enumeration nears completion, the Chamber of Commerce steps up efforts urging uncounted residents to report. Boy Scouts distributed cards. 102 cards returning represent 287 people not yet checked. Residents with no contact should mail a card or call the chamber to report.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
John McKibben
Rain Looms Over Gulf States With Cold Weather Spread
Rain fell along the Gulf states from Texas to Alabama while the Southeast stayed below normal and colder air moved from Tennessee to the Great Lakes. Snow up to a quarter inch appeared in Colorado as heavy precipitation hit Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Mississippi with Shreveport 2.92 inches and Lake Charles 1.41 inches. An inch or more soaked broad areas of Texas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Gulf
Texas
Alabama
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Colorado
Georgia
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Shreveport
Lake Charles
Vicksburg
Miss
Germans Aim Blow at Rail Supply Lines
German forces close in from opposite directions to crush Allied lines in central Norway. One column moving north from Oslo seized Kvam near the Dombas rail junction guarding Trondheim. A second force from Trondheim aimed to meet it within 25 miles. Heavy fighting described along Gudbrandsdalen and Glomma valleys as Allies reinforce. British and German casualties noted and claims of ships sunk and landings at Andalsnes.
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Associated Press
Norway
Stockholm
Oslo
Kvam
Dombas
Trondheim
Berlin
Steinsker
Tm Stockholm
Gudbrandsdalen
Glomma
Helm
Dnb
High Command
Stavanger
British
War Office
Andalsnes
Molde
Bus Driver S. R. Rucker Dies in Nashville Home
Officials report S. R. Rucker, longtime Greyhound driver on the Nashville to Birmingham route, died suddenly at his Nashville home Sunday night. He appeared in good health moments before his symptoms, after arriving in Nashville at 9 10 Sunday morning.
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Greyhound
Nashville
S. R. Rucker
Rucker
Birmingham
Weather Synopsis Across Tennessee River Region
The Tennessee river remained stationary at 215 feet. Temperatures ranged from 57 to 79 degrees with 0.08 inches of rain. Alabama and northwest Florida show cloudy skies with possible showers and local thunder tonight into Tuesday, while Tennessee expect showers in the east and cooler changes in the west.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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R. F. Parker
Tal
FDR
Campbell
Edith Snyder
Arlington, Pa
Robert D. Heineman
Glenside
Hottom
Heineman
Acme
J. W. Lovelace
Storen
Britain
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