Roosevelt leaves Hyde Park for seafarer vacation aboard Tuscaloosa
President Roosevelt completed his legislative duties and sails for a seafaring vacation aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa. He plans to visit Campobello New Brunswick and may cruise as far as Newfoundland. A flood control bill was signed while he disapproved a harbor project measure.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde ‘Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Congress
White House
Tuscaloosa
Hyde Park
State Department
Europe
Far East
Campobello
New Brunswick
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Canadian
Newfoundland
Ross T. McIntire
Navy
Daniel J. Callaghan
Edwin M. Watson
Ersand
Army Engineers
Jealous lover shoots party guests then kills self at Long Island home
A socialite divorcee at a Smithtown Long Island summer home is shot and critically wounded after a house party. The assailant, Lawrence Sprague, 30, shoots State Trooper John Busch and then dies by suicide. Sprague is identified as the son of Dr. Shirley E. Sprague. The incident follows a separation between Mrs. Madeleine Waterman Higgins and her husband Tracy Higgins. Carolyn Greve, daughter of former Prudence Bond Co. president William Greve, is involved as the divorced woman. Separately a tropical storm passes Tampa with minor damage and gusty winds as it moves toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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Smithtown
Branch
N. Y
Long Island
Maizabeth Grove
Caldwell
Carolyn
Delafield Farm
Noroton
Conn
John Busch
la Forge
Lawrence Sprague
Shirley E. Sprague
New York City
Madeleine Waterman Higgins
Charles Higgins
New York
Higgins Ink Company
Higgins
Canary Escapes Death After Snake Swallowing Ordeal
Mrs. LeRoy Henderson of 707 Fifth Avenue West found a moccasin in her aviary strangling a canary. The snake, about four feet long, was killed with a .22 rifle after the bulge stalled it from escaping. The rescued bird survived the ordeal and fluttered from the snake’s stomach.
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LeRoy Henderson
Fifth Avenue West
Gane “Tessin
Decatur Cheese Plant Near Reality Gains Momentum
About forty citizens gathered at Decatur City Hall as the Chamber of Commerce pushes a cheese plant project. Subscriptions reached 9100 of 10000 with hopes for 15000. promoters anticipate incorporation and plant operation within 60 to 90 days once funding is secured. Speakers from farm agents and dairy specialists urged local cooperation to boost dairy development in the Tennessee Valley.
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Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Decatur City Hall
Sam Malone
B. G. Hall
F. W. Burns
Auburn
W. T. Pritchett
Marshall County
Tenn
Harry Kloppfer
Malone
Morgan County
Hall
Burns
Pritchett
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Local Educator Praises Pending Teacher Retirement Bill
Girwin J. Quinn, county superintendent, endorses a proposed teacher retirement fund awaiting action in the legislature. He notes Alabama is among 19 states without such a plan and cites savings, child protection, and improved teaching quality as key benefits. The article argues retirement funds reduce ill health costs and attract long term educators.
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Girwin J. Quinn
Alabama
Quinn
United States
Secial
Federal
Actuities
Ministers 10 Make Report to Nazi Chief
Foreign ministers of Germany and Italy wrap an intensive review of the European situation to present findings to Reichsfuehrer Hitler at Berchtesgaden. The agenda reportedly centers on Danzig and the Polish issue with Tokyo signaling resistance to a German-Japanese alliance. Talks in Moscow involve Soviet Russia Britain and France on a tri power mutual aid pact under five months of negotiations.
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Associated Press
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Danzig
Japan
Tokyo
Ashai
Baron Kiichiro
Miranuma
Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
France
Explosion Damages Japanese Shipping Office in Shanghai
A bomb exploded tonight in Shanghai demolishing the offices of a Japanese controlled shipping firm injuring nine Chinese seriously and several others slightly. The blast came as Shanghai prepared for the second anniversary of hostilities in the area.
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Shanghai
Third Term Talk Roils Pittsburgh Democratic Meet
A noisy session in Pittsburgh as Homer Mat Adams won the Young Democrats presidency amid heated calls for a third term for FDR. Paul V. McNutt promoted liberalism programs and social security expansion while Lee Oklahoma sparked the first protest. Jackson defended Roosevelt and 1940 ambitions lingered.
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Pittsburgh
Edward J. Kelley
Chicago
Roosevelt
National Convention of
Young Democratic Clubs
New Dealer
Homer Mat Adams
Springfield
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Adams
State
Ofllinois
Joan Neff
Stauntom
Harry Shank
McNutt
Frank Donahue Not Discouraged By Blindness
Frank Donahue a former Decatur fireman who has been blind for over a year carries on with his courage. He recently opened a confectionery store at 317 Second Avenue and remains cheerful amid loss of sight while the Grimsley Grain Co. blaze on July 5, 1937, tested local firemen.
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Frank Donahue
Decatur Fire Department
Xhue
Tionery Store
Second Avenue
Grimsley Grain Company
Lee Street
One Killed In Denver Train Wreck
A collision at a South Denver crossing switch killed one man identified as R. B. Mock of Pueblo, with about 35 injured. The wreck involved Santa Fe Train No. 6 and Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 1, sending ambulances and fire units to the scene. the southbound Rio Grande train was the first section of a scenic Denver to Salt Lake City trip.
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Denver
Mock
Pueblo
Santa Fe
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Salt Lake City
Royal Gorge
W. A. Marlett
Denver & Rio Grande
Phil Marion dies at home in Courtland at 80
P H Phil Marion longtime Courtland resident died at 3 30 this morning after a long illness He was 80 Funeral services will be at 4 Sunday at the home Rev Morris will officiate burial in Courtland cemetery by Brown of Decatur Pallbearers and Edeonit-Lotge Ait members will handle grave services He survived by his widow a daughter Mrs D A Kimberel two sons J C and G E B 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren He spent most of his life as a Courtland resident
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P. H
Phil) Marion
Courtland
Rev
Morris
Courtland Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Edeonit-Lotge
Marion
Order
D. A. Kimbrel
J. C
G. EB
Mr. Marion
Lawrence
Speedy trial sought for killer in Dunn case
Florida authorities move for a speedy trial for Charles Jefferson charged with the murder of Ruth Frances Dunn 17 after he confessed to kidnapping rape and murder in a written statement. The case involves two victims and a bogus talent scout angle with another captive.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Charles Jefferson
Ruth Frances Dunn
Bseo
Palm Beach County
Jefferson
Rocky Jefferson
Miss Dunn
J Bolton
Miss Bolton
Miami
Jay Meredith
New York
New York Daily News
Final rites for P A Morris at Hartselle cemetery
Philaman A Morris 72 prominent retired farmer of Hartselle route 1 died Friday afternoon at 2 30 at his home. Burial at Herring cemetery with Rev Sharpe officiating. Survivors include his widow two sons Phillip and James a daughter Mrs Lillie Morris and Mrs Hattie Huckaba of Birmingham. Active pallbearers listed with names. honorary pallbearers named. floral attendants named.
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Philaman A. Morris
Hartselle
Herring Cemetery
Sharpe
Drinkard-Howell
Morris
Phillip
James
Lillie Morris
Hattie Huckaba
Birmingham
W. L. Hardwick
C. F. England
Henry Herring
L. B. Sandilin
J. W. Doss
W. Mason
Arthur Sandlin
Terry Adcock
Sam Sanders
Rayburn Woods
Vernon Sandlin
Ralph Parker
Luther Hoan
Gene Morris
John F. England
Flora Aycock
Ruthie Naples
Pallie Parker
Jesse England
Lillie Sandlin
Pearl Sandilin
Athletics Purchase Besse from Chicks
Memphis pitcher Herman Besse leader in the Southern Association with 16 wins and five losses was sold to the Philadelphia Athletics for an undisclosed cash and player deal. Besse will report to the A s next spring.
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Memphis
Tenn
Herman Besse
Southern Association
Philadelphia Athletics Today
Besse
A’s
Georgia Tobacco Warehouse Men’s Association pushes grading law
Low Prop... Douglas reports the Georgia Tobacco Warehouse Men's Association today proposed a state law to compel grading and tying of the bright leaf tobacco crop.
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Low
Douglas
Georgia Tobacco Warehousemen's Association
Navy lifts Squalus after salvage attempt to tow to shallower water
In a staged salvage near Portsmouth New Hampshire the U S Navy raised the Squalus submarine and its 26 dead from the ocean floor using ten pontoons with 760 lifting power. The stern rose 80 feet and the bow followed to about 60 feet as engineers prepared to tow the vessel and the Falcon toward the Isle of Shoals. Coast guard and Navy ships steadying pontoons alongside.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
Squalus
Falcon
Isle of Shoals
Wandank
Sagamore
Sculpin
Coastguard
Navy
Weather Summary Across Regions With Showers Expected
The Tennessee river gauge reads 19 feet with no rainfall in the last 24 hours. Temperatures ranged from a high of 95 to a low of 73. Tonight and Sunday bring partly cloudy conditions in Tennessee with scattered showers in the extreme, while Alabama expects rain tonight and Sunday with strong northeast winds possibly reaching gale force on the coast. The outlook for Aug 14 to 19 includes middle Atlantic showers early, then fair weather and above normal to near normal temperatures, and South Atlantic cloudy with slightly above temperatures and occasional showers.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
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