Government Forces Launch Massive Crime Drive Against Racketeers
Attorney Cahill after a meeting with FBI Chief Hoover announced a clearing house of crime to be created to lead a grand jury drive Monday. The effort targets the Lepke Bucfugitive gang and aims to expose guards protecting rackets with federal state and local cooperation nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Cahill
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cahill
Louis (Lepke
Buc
Thomas E
United
Srive
Ema
Moulton Area Social and Civic Notes Highlight Local Visits
Local residents report visits and events across Lawrence County. Thomas Perry and family from Texas visited friends in Moulton while others conducted business, attended church services, and hosted guests from Fayetteville, Athens, and Memphis. The Lawrence County Circuit Court opens August 7 with Judge A A Griffith presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Perry
Texas
Tom Perry
Elia P. Young
Town Creek
Moulton
W. TL. St. John
Lawrence County Board of Education
Clarence Towry
Fayetteville
Tenn
B. H. Hambrick
Will Tucker
McMillan Community
Nathaniel ,Alison
Roy Jeffrey
Tilbaday
Montgomery
Bro
H. Leo Boles
Church of Christ
Charteford
Memphis
Rob Ware
Mt. Hope
W. M. Holliman
Gadsden
Fred Smith
Austin Simms
Elizabeth Moffman
Auburn
Raymond Stephenson
Margaret Speake
Matton
Clyde Kink
Scottsboro
Mrs
A. J. Crosthwaite
Ketting Dies In Jacksonville Fla At 76
W H Ketting a Birmingham financier and longtime aid to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta died in Jacksonville at age 76. He served as a charter member and former chairman of the Atlanta directorate and was widely known in banking circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
W. H. Ketting
Birmingham
Ala
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Local Visitors and Revival Attendees Honor Cullman Families
Mr and Mrs Emanuel Aldridge and son Bruce of Cullman and Miss Lena Saline of Manchester Tenn were Sunday guests of J W Cheatham and family. The Shoemakers of Battleground visit for the revival. Rev Luther Hudson aids in the revival. Willie Thompson ill at home. Lena Laine from Manchester visiting J W Cheatham. Troy Hudson of Sardis and R S Buckelew host guests. A M Buckelew spent days with NeSmith relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Aldridge
Bruce
Cullman
Lena Saline
Manchester
Tenn
J. W.cheatham
Forney Payne
W. E. and
Willodene
Hartselle
George Aaron
Ellen Tucker
Lebanon
Claude Martin
Bob Shoemaker
Battleground
John Walace
Neel
Luther Hudson
Near Cullman
Willie Thompson
Wesley Cheatham
Ted Buckelew
Pleasant View
Lena Laine
Aileen Jones
Decatur
R. E. Coburn
Tom Bartley
Oakley Bynum
Phillip Gilchrist
John Felix White
Ione, McKnight
Paragould
Ark
Mary
Elizabeth Kirsh
W. L. Hokett
Charles Vaughan, Sr
Red Boiling Springs
Annie Brown Godfrey
Mt. Hope
J. B. Gilchrist
Frances Bynum
Florence
C. S. Vaughan, Jr
Tuscumbia
O. P. Eggleston
Eunice Eggleston Hudson
Chattanooga
B. H. Collins
R. P. Vaughan
C. C. Horton
Moody brothers chase 11th day flight record in monoplane
Springfield report says Hunter and Humphrey Moody stayed aloft for a full 11th day in their small monoplane seeking to set a new sustained flight record before landing.
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Springfield
Ill
Moody Brothers
Hunter
Humphrey
Stanford track coach Templeton to quit after 18 years
Robert L. Dink Templeton will not coach next season at Stanford University after an 18 year tenure that built a national reputation for the track program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Robert L
Dink) Templeton
Stanford University
Reunion Big Success Draws Wide Kinfolk to Day of Feasting
Sunday July 30 featured a bountiful noon dinner and an afternoon of singing and contests. Family members from multiple towns including Birmingham Anniston Fort Sill Decatur Athens Danville Liberty Hartselle and Lebanon gathered with many grandchildren and numerous children present among the long list of relatives.
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John L. Bean
Frank Bean
Joe E. Wright
Joe Lawson
Charlie Stephenson
Adilia Stephenson
Lucian Breedlove
Bobby Ray
Hartselle
Lester Sandlin
Imogerie
Jack
Edward L
Joe Ann
Lebanon
Winnie Halbrooks Blackburn
Athens
Marvin Penn
Willard
Billy
Wayne
Ronnie
Danville
John Halbrooks
John Aster
Jessie Ray
Lowell Nance
Ray Howell
Lorerié Moss
Martha Ann
E. L. Rodgers
Charles McCollum
Leon Bennett
Louie Williams
Reba
Rachel
Annie Ruth
Betty Sue
Addie Wallace
Don
Lloyd Petty
Bobby
Sebren Garner
Ramona
Joe Allan
Lucile
Sarah Wiggins
Juanita Halbrooks
Emma Catherin Fincher
Anniston
Jos. W. Petty
Theo White
Decatur
Ralph Nance
Gus Wiggins
Robert Earl
R. B. Rollins
Wilford and
Burch Aldridge
Liberty
Lorene Penn
Irine Osborn
Ray Osborn
Leon
Ray
Junior
Buddy
Ona Garner
Delma
Willogene
Marve Lee
Lela ‘Faye
Gordon Battles
Walter Ward
Bill White
Wallace Sims
Wilson Atkins
Jean Hargrove
Bernice
Courtland Veterans Feasting and New Legion Leaders Named
The General Joe Wheeler Post of the American Legion held a fish fry at Foster Bridge on Wilson Lake attended by local veterans and county officials Barna Montgomery and Willie McWhorter. Cole J. Young of Town Creek was elected commander for the year and Price Crosswhite adjutant, with other officers J. C. McDaniel and Charles E. Mayes also chosen. The rest of the column notes bridge club events and social visits around Courtland, Decatur, Florence, and nearby towns with several people named.
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FE. E. Byars
B. Osteen
Decatur
Irwin
Dyar
Moulton
Lawrence County Circuit Court
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Bank of Moulton
Russellville
Pearl B. Crawford
Europe
Earl Hodson, Jr
Beatrice Corum
Charles E. Bragg
W. R. Taylor
Hatton
Henry McCullough
Town Creek
Lonnie Gentry
Red Roiling Springs
Tenn
Lucile Littrell
Canada
Helen Littrell
Memphis
Holt Hardin
New York
Joe Wheeler
American Legion
Foster Bridge
Wilson Lake
Barna B. Montgomery
Willie McWhorter
Lawrence County
Cole J. Young
Price Crosswhite
C. C. Horton
W. A. Toms
Courtland
J. C. McDaniel
Charles E. Mayes
Muscle Shoals to Keep Its Charter in Alabama
Muscle Shoals avoids charter dissolution after Probate Judge Carmichael rules he lacks jurisdiction in the case. Supporters cited a private census under 1,100, while the official census lists 1,129 residents, leaving the probate court without authority to revoke the charter under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscumbia
Ala
Muscle Shoals
C. E. Carmichael
Alabama
All Day Picnic at Chalybeate Springs
Principal Graham of Chalybeate Springs School in Lawrence County announces an all day picnic on Thursday August 17 to raise funds for the school. Music and speaking programs are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Gene
Dean
Doan
Graham
Chalybeate Springs
Lawrence County
Penney’s
Army seeks qualified white men for Quartermaster Corps
Staff Sergeant Paul L. Dever announced vacancies at Maxwell Field Alabama for enlistment in the Quartermaster Corps. Eligible subjects include electricians helpers gas machinists helpers steel fitters helpers clerical touch typists under 18 to 35 years old unmarried with good character.
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Paul L. Dever
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic in Malaria Relief Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as an effective malaria medicine. It claims to combat malaria infection, relieve chills and fever, and be pleasant to take for both adults and children, available at drugstores in a larger size for value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Evenildren
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