Despondent mother and sons die in hotel plunge on Chicago street
A 43 year old Czech mother Mrs Karl Langer and her two sons Karl Tommy 6 Jan Michael 4 leaped from the 13th floor of the Congress Hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Police found a razor and a slashed wrist and believe the father a Prague textile maker may have been the target of a family tragedy. The bodies landed near crowds as a taxi driver and a park officer rushed to help. The husband was found at his West End home and taken to the police station for safety.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Michigan Avenue
William Concude
Della Frank
New York City
Karl Langer
Karl Tommy
Jan Michael
Prague
Czechoslovakia
West End
Langer
Central
Alabama lawmakers moot statewide liquor repeal and voting reforms
Alabama senators introduced a bill seeking a statewide referendum to repeal the Alcoholic Beverage Control act while House members proposed memos to abolish absentee ballots. Proposals also addressed night freight restrictions, woodland fire penalties, consolidated conservation revenues, timber theft on school lands, county official salaries, and transfer of aviation to military control with other conservation and unemployment measures.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
P. F. DeVane
Silas
DeVane
House Forestry and Conservation Committee
Dry County
Choctaw County
Dry
Finis St. John
Cullman
I&rl
Harrison
Columbiana
L. H. Ellis
Shelby
Joe Poole
Butler Springs
W. C. Holmes
Foley
Holmes
Emmett Hildreth
Eutaw
Conservation Department
Fish and Game and Forestry
Oliver Young
Vernon
Earl Tucker
Clarke
Len J. Cobb
Cherokee
Etowah
Dallas
Mark Hode
Jefferson
State Aviation Commission
Military Department
George B. Jones
Lauderdale
Hosmer Scott
Walker
W. L. Martin
Greene
Mee
Guy Har Houston
House
Little Ads Do Big Things in Decatur Daily
J. M. Harmon & Son and local buyers used Decatur Daily ads to reach the public for poultry products. A seven column inch notice appeared last Friday and the entire stock sold out by Saturday noon.
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J. M. Harmon & Son
Fairview Grocers
Poly and
Farm Prouce
Decatur Daily
Birmingham
Explosion injures workers near St Pauls Cathedral
A gas explosion at a demolition site near St Pauls Cathedral injures workers, with 12 in serious condition and about 50 admitted to hospitals. Windows on the cathedral’s south side are damaged while stained glass largely escapes harm. Fire alarm short circuited, gas ignited, and the building collapsed as workmen were thrown from girders.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Lynched Negro Williams Alive in Savannah Case
Savannah news notes Charlie Williams 33 year old a Savannah fertilizer plant worker was reported lynched in Georgia this year per Tuskegee Institute filing though he said he was alive. Detective Fitzgerald investigated after a white mob claim circulated by a local Negro newspaper.
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Savannah
Georgia
Charlie Williams
State Highway official injured in Town Creek truck rollover
P. B. Parker of the State Highway Department is recovering at home in Rogersville with bruises and cuts after the highway truck he was driving skid on a wet road and overturned near Town Creek on Wednesday as he passed a line of traffic.
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P. B. Parker
State Highway Department
Rogersville
Town Creek
Annual barbecue planned near Athens for farmers and guests
The Athens Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual town and county barbecue at Dawson and Dupree's Spring five miles west of Athens next Thursday afternoon. The event invites a large number of farmer representatives for a sociable gathering and talks by civic leaders.
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Athens
Ala
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Dawson and Dupree
Theng
Hoax Probe After Phantom Burning Ship Sighting
Federal radio officials pursue the hoax perpetrator after a coast guard and three private vessels conducted a day long search for a phantom burning ship off Miami Florida on August 4.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Guardsmen Maintain Peace at Green Mountain Dam Site
National guardsmen patrolled the Green Mountain Dam area as officials investigated strike violence believed to be caused by unauthorized vigilantes. The Colorado National Guard extended its occupation to the town of Kremmling as seven workers were wounded in clashes and deputies faced off with union supporters at the Blue River project.
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Green “Mountain
Dam
Colo
Green Mountain Dam
Adj
Harold H. Richardson
Colorado National Guard
Kremmling
Blue River
Thomas J. Morrissey
United States
Denver
Department of Justice
American Federation of Labor
Reclamation Bureau
Labor Department
William J. Meehan
Summit County
John Ho Lee
Ralph L. Carr
James A. Brownlow
Colorado State Federation of Labor Secreary
Elt
Green Mountain Project
Department of the Interior
Green Mountain
Big Thompson
Northern Colorado Conservancy District
GM Walkout Ends? labor pact reached pending ratification
Detroit reports that terms to end the month-long GM skilled workers strike were agreed upon after a 10 hour session led by federal conciliator James F. Dewey. The CIO United Automobile Workers must vote to ratify, with an anticipated restart of 1940 car production if approved. The UAW CIO international board meets at 1 PM EST to consider the agreement.
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Detroit
General Motors
James F. Dewey
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Dewey
International Executive Board
Uaw-Cio
British Stand in Orient Tightens Amid Tokyo Talks
Paris dispatch reports France formally links its interests with Britain in the Orient and suggests joining British Japanese talks. In Britain, Chamberlain says a fleet could be sent to the Far East in certain circumstances as negotiations with Japan weaken. A three power axis with Germany and Italy looms as Tokyo discussions stall.
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Paris
France
China
Tokyo
Britain
Foreign Ministry
Charles Arsene Henry
Orient
Associated Press
Far East
Europe
Asia
Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Japan
Germany
Italy
Villa D’este
Stefani
Villa D'Este
City rejects proposals on refinancing bonds
Decatur city council rejected proposals from twelve bond firms for refinancing 1.252 million dollars in Series B through E bonds at last night's meeting. Of the four series, B through E total amounts and callable features drew objections. a rehearing may be held as firms consider changes.
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Decatur
Executive Seasion
Steiner Bros
Birmingham
Robinson, Humphries Co
Atlanta
Milhouse, Gaines and Mayes
Birmingham and Mills Thornton Company
Montgomery
King, Mohr and Co
Ward, Stern and Co
Stubbs, Smith and Lombaro
Equitable Securities Corporation
Cumberland Securities Corporation
Nashville
Watkins
Morrow and Co
Population totals rise in Morgan County and state
Population of Morgan County on July 1 reached 61 569 up from 50 986 a year earlier according to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Alabama’s urban population is 580 245 white and 329 219 negroes while rural residents total 1 313 666 white and 707 458 negroes with institutional districts counting 6 381 white and 5 630 negroes.
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Morgan County
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Alabama
Bureau
Children Marooned as Storm Strands 500 in Redlands Camps
Road crews restored one way traffic from Redlands and San Bernardino to Barton Flats after a near cloudburst marooned 500 children in mountain camps. Local crews evacuated families and policed the area while rescue operations continued.
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Redlands
Calif
San Bernardino
Barton Flats
Cheese Plant Subscribers Meet Tonight at City Hall
Citizens who subscribed to stock for the Decatur cheese plant are urged to attend a meeting at 7 30 this evening in the Decatur city hall. H B E Kloopfer and Welsh Dinsmore call the gathering to explain plans for a stock corporation and a future milk route network into Decatur.
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City Hall
Decatur
H. BE. Kloopfer
Welsh Dinsmore
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Senate ratifies two enabling acts by wide margin
Alabama Senate gives unanimous approval to two administration backed enabling acts ratifying constitutional amendments. Bills would place governor parole powers under a three member board and allow probation with short sentences, plus authorize a federal crime probation compact and repeal indeterminate sentences. House action expected swift enactment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
House of Representatives
Ardon
Circuit
Law and Equity
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Dixon
James A. Simpson
Jefferson
Preston Clayton
DeVane
Lusk
Poole
Tydings Now in Presidential Race
Maryland Senator Millard E. Tydings declared his candidacy for the 1940 presidential nomination after defeating Roosevelt's anti administration purge last year. The Calvert Club announced its full approval and began distributing 10 000 Tydings for President stickers in Baltimore with Col. Alvin K. Baskette presenting the launch.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Millard E. Tydings
Roosevelt
Calvert Club
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Alvin K. Baskette
Army
Impasse Ends on Security Amendments in Senate House
A Senate House conference committee resolved a month long stalemate over social security changes. They discard the Connally amendment boosting state aid and accept other Senate amendments while dropping the McCormack payroll tax reduction plan. The bill moves to the House floor with a formal report expected within hours. Senator Connally and Senator Harrison refused to sign the conference report.
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Walter Gewin
Hale
D. C. Mathews
Clarke
Pardons and Paroles Board
Senate
Watkins Johnston
Tuskegee
Washington
House
Reaching. Com
Connally
McCormack
Doughton
Ways and Means
Dtex
Harrison
Miss
Senate restores 119 million for farm aid loans
The Senate quickly approved a 119,599,918 appropriation to continue Commodity Credit Corporation loans to bolster farm prices as part of the third deficiency bill. The move, amid debate over totals and adjournment timing, followed White House support for restoring the funding.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Adams
Cole
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Group
Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Loan Agency
Model Plane Contest Set in Delano Park
Twenty five model airplanes entered by as many boys in the Boys Model Airplane Club contest Sunday afternoon in Delano Park. A 7:30 p m meeting at the Armory will classify and show the planes. The contest starts 2:30 p m with a parade led by the Decatur school band at 2:00 p m from the Armory to the park. James E Wright in charge reports fine models. all planes powered by rubber bands. Prizes to be announced tomorrow. he will fly his gas model at the end.
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Delano Park
Armory
Decatur
James E. Wright
Wright
Ritz Theatre Renovation in Athens Modernizes Facade and Interior
Several thousand dollars are being spent on a complete Ritz Theatre renovation in Athens Alabama a Sudekum chain unit. A colored glass modernistic front is being installed along with new seats and a totally updated modernistic interior.
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Athens
Ala
Ritz
Sudekum Chain
Tennessee river gauge and regional forecast update
River gauge stood at 20.7 feet with 89 as the high and 70 as the low in the last 24 hours. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida show cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers possible tonight and Saturday and light to moderate westerly winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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Chauncey Smith
Philadelphia
Smith
Federal Reserve Bank
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Vermont
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