Indictment in Cincinnati mass murder probe targets Anna Hahn
Hamilton county grand jury indicts Anna Hahn 31 on two charges of murder for the deaths of George Gsellman 67 and Jacob Wagner 78. Prosecutors say she was linked to numerous unexplained deaths dating back to 1933. Four witnesses testified as detectives presented evidence of poisoning plans and a poison purchase attempt involving her and her son Oscar.
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Cincinnati
Dudley Miller
Hamilton County
Grand Jury
Anna Hahn
George Gsellman
Jacob Wagner
Charles 8. Bell
Patrick Hayes
George Schattle
Walter Hart
Frank M. Gusweller
Schattle
Hahn
Ernst Kohler
George Obendoerfer
Hayes
Ready to issue farmer loans under new price program
Washington reports government machinery is prepared to issue loans to farmers for cotton and wheat as soon as President Roosevelt or Secretary Wallace give the signal. Officials note prior loan experience will speed action and warn winter wheat growers to plant no more than 80 percent of base acreage. Congress faces farm legislation as the President aims to move ahead with overall program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Wallace
Farm State
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Senate
House
Hold Reunion For Central High Class Of 1932
The Central High School graduating class of 1932 plans a reunion at Woodall's on September 4 to mark the fifth anniversary of their graduation.
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Central High School
Woodall's
Decatur Sets Aside 27 Acres for Two Public Parks
City records show two designated park areas totaling 27 acres, outlining the spatial plan for public recreation. This allocation reflects Decatur’s commitment to green space and community amenities.
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Decatur
Comer Plans to Run If Appointed to Black Seat
Montgomery Ala August 16 Donald Comer Alabama industrialist will run for the unexpired term of Senator Hugo Black if he receives the temporary appointment. Hugh Comer of Sylacauga said his brother would enter the race in the special election to fill Black's term. Other named contenders include Lawrence Lee Dixies wife Dixie Graves and Representative Lister Holby Hill with Governor Graves delaying public comment while awaiting Senate action on Black's nomination.
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Montgomery
Ala
Donald Comer
Alabama
Hugo Black
Hugh Comer
Sylacauga
Bibb Graves
Black
United States
Supreme Court
Senate
Comer
Roosevelt
Dixie Graves
Dixie
Lee
Lawrence Lee
Graves
J. Thomas Heflin
Mrs. Gray
Lister Holby Montgomery
Hill
Washington
First Cotton Bale Is Here in Early 1937 Ginning
Paul Davis reported the first bale of 1937 cotton ginned this afternoon by Farmers Gin Company. The cotton, grown by De catur farmer W. D. Miller, appears unusually good in grade and unusually early. Davis notes 1935 had August 17 first bale, 1936 August 24 last year. Some picking has begun in several county sections.
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Farmers Gin Company
Paul Davis
W. D. Miller
Decatur
Davis
Falls At curb send Clifford King to Benevolent Hospital
Clifford King residing in the 1400 block on 4th avenue south fell in the grass at the curb and was taken by Brown ambulance to Benevolent Hospital about 12 30 this afternoon after suffering a sudden illness while walking across the street.
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Clifford King
4Th Avenue
South
Benevolent Hospital
Freed Scottsboro defendants to re enact court scene in Harlem
Four freed Scottsboro youths Olet Montgomery Eugene William Willie Roberson and Roy Wright now polished urban figures announce plans to stage a Harlem show reenacting the Alabama rape case court scene at their release hour. Their attorney Samuel Leibowitz advised otherwise. The group has become a Harlem sensation in stylish new clothes slicked hair and even canes.
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New York
Scottsboro
Alabama
Harlem
Olet Montgomery
Eugene William
Willie Roberson
Roy Wright
Samuel Leibowitz
Tenancy Bill Delayed By House Committee
Washington officials report the House Appropriations Committee recommended postponing the start of the farm tenancy program for a year due to budgetary concerns. The agriculture department seeks 20 million dollars to inaugurate the plan, with Texas allotted 920 thousand dollars and Mississippi 643 thousand, Georgia 638 thousand, and Alabama 618 thousand.
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Washington
House of Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Milo Perkins
House Appropriations Committee
Texas
Mississippi
Geogia
Alabama
Local Boy Aboard Ship in War Area
Conn Young, a Decatur boy and electrician, serves on the U S S Ramapo in Chinese waters. A bomb fell within 100 yards of the ship but caused no damage. He has been in the navy about a year and a half, was formerly employed by the TVA, and is the son of Mr and Mrs L D Young of Cullman and brother of Edgar Young of McAfee & Young, Decatur.
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Conn Young
Decatur Boy
Ramapo
Young
TVA
L. D. Young
Cullman
Edgar Young
McAfee & Young
Decatur
Local Decatur Resident in Shanghai Evacuation Underway
Evacuation of Americans begins as Decatur residents in Shanghai face the crisis. Grace Jewe, niece of James A. Nelson, has lived in Shanghai for several years with her husband, an attaché for a major exporting firm, among the Americans in the American colony.
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Decatur
Shanghai
James A. Nelson
Grace Jewe
State receives $422,312 Works Progress allotment
Orville Bush, Washington representative of Governor Bibb Graves, said President Roosevelt approved Alabama Works Progress allotments totaling 422,312. The funds include 355,268 for statewide employment of needy persons to compile data on nursery schools and to supervise an adult education program and 67,044 to assist in caring for needy children in Jefferson county.
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Washington
Orville Bush
Bibb Graves
Roosevelt
Alabama
Works Progress
Jefferson County
Senate Panel Backs Black Nomination Amid Debate
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Supreme Court nomination of Senator Black D Alabama in a tense session. Opposition to confirmation grew in the Senate, with Senator White arguing Black may be constitutionally ineligible. The panel's 13 to 4 vote followed a motion by Senator Aus to report the nomination favorably.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Black D
Ala
Impe
Senate
Senaor White
Black
Aus
Copeland Opposes New York Nomination
Senator Roy Copeland of New York calls President Roosevelt’s choice of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court an insult to the American people. He travels to attend a Senate session to express opposition, arguing that religious and social freedom are fundamental and that Black’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan render him unfit for any impartial tribunal.
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Copeland
New
Supreme Court
Senator Black
Senate panel confirms Black nomination amid swift vote
The Senate committee voted 13 to 4 to approve Senator Black of Alabama for the Supreme Court after hours of debate. Democratic leaders planned to bring the nomination to the full Senate for confirmation, while Republicans warned of possible recommittal and a tense debate on judicial review.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Senator Black
Dala
Senate
Black
Senator Neely
D-Va
Hall Accepts Farm Agent Post in Morgan County
R G Hall begins duties as Morgan county farm agent on August 21 following a Morgan County Board of Revenue and Farm Extension Service agreement. He confirms plans to promote livestock programs and market development while guiding about 5 000 farmers. a 4 H director for girls will also be hired.
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Morgan County
R. G. Hall
Auust
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Farm Extension Service
Hall
J. T. High
Court House
Board of Revenue
Morgan
Lauderdale County
Toileure Andrea
Auburn
Falkville
Marion County
Ala
Alabama
Agrievitral McCline
Morgan Coun
Hoe
Megpaid
Ten
Mrs Bennefield Dies After Illness at 84
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Bennefield, 84, died after a long illness at her home on Moulton Route 3 Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at Landersville Christian church, conducted by Rev. J. W. Bennett, with interment at Landersville Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Will Alfred and Mrs. H. F. Black, and 12 grandchildren.
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Sarah Elizabeth Bennefield
Moulton
Landersville Christian Church
J. W. Bennett
Landersville
Peek
Hartselie
Bennefield
Will Alfred
H. F. Black
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Registrations Set For Moulton County High School Term
According to Professor J Kirk Howell of the county high school, registrations will August 23. All students enrolling this coming term are asked to register during the week of August 23 to August 30 as the school will open August 30.
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Moulton
Ala
J Kirk Howell
the County High School
Typhoid Cases Under Watch By Health Director In Morgan County
Morgan county health department monitors typhoid cases reported since June with seven total cases. two recovered, two deaths, three still ill. Local inoculations offered free every Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning. Cases tracked across Decatur route areas, Lacey's Spring route, Eva, and several Decatur streets.
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Morgan County Health Department
Morgan County
Decatur
Eva
12Th Avenue West
West Chburch Street
Old Ferry Road
West Church Street
Birmingham man injured in Bee Line highway crash
John H. Robertson of Birmingham collided with a government truck driven by Floyd Neby of Hartselle on the Bee Line highway four miles south of Hartselle. Robertson’s car overturned several times into a ditch. he was treated at Martselle and later sent home. Neby’s truck skidded when brakes jammed, throwing him into Robertson’s path.
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John H. Robertson
Birmingham
Floyd Neby
Hartselle
Roberson
Martselle
Highway Patrol
Neby
Robertson
Daily
Mrs. Sallie Moebes Dies After Illness at 4
Mrs Sallie Moebes aged 84 died this morning at 3 20 at the home of her daughter Mrs R F Nebrig in Blue Springs after a two month illness. She was born in east Morgan County and married Dr Otto Moebes of Berlin before settling in Decatur. Survivors include ten children, 29 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at Central Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery Brown directing.
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Sallie Moebes
R. F. Nebrig
Blue Springs
Moebes
East Morgan
Nancy Allen Briscoe
Otto Moebes
Berlin
Germany
Decatur
Limestone County
Otto
P. B
W. R. Moebes
E. A. Meebes
Birmingham
George Bube
Anna Stewart
Maggie Lucas
Athens
Central Baptist Church
H. Paul Briggs
City Cemetery
Brown
East Church Street
Best Hurt in Odd Accident
Walter Best a popular Decatur police officer is nursing bruises after a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon. He skidded on gravel when his brake locked while turning onto Eleventh Avenue and was pinned beneath the bike until bystanders freed him. His injuries are painful but not considered serious.
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Walter Best
Decatur
Alabama Mills
Best
Eleventh Avenue
Mr. Best
Dozen Drunk Driving Arrests Reported In North Alabama
State highway patrol headquarters said an even dozen arrests for drunken driving occurred over the weekend and more reports from the North Alabama area were expected to raise the total.
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State Highway Patrol
North Alabama
Mattern to search Arctic for missing Russian aviators
Jimmy Mattern, famed American aviator, planned to depart at dawn in a twin motor monoplane from Fairbanks to search the Arctic wastes for six missing Russians. He will fly 148th meridian toward the Moscow to Fairbanks flight route, coordinating with Russian rescue planes and hoping for clues to Sigismund Levanovich and five companions. Hank Jones will accompany as mechanic. weather was clear along the route.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Jimmy_ Mattern
Areatiem
Oakland
Calif
Sigismund Levaneffsky
148Th
Moscow
Arctic
Hank” Jones
Mattern
Court Grind Begun Today at Lawrence County Court House
Circuit court opened in Moulton with Judge W W Callahan presiding. First week focuses on civil jury cases while a grand jury, selected before 10, investigates the Youngtown murder. Grand jurors include Osteen, Turner, Parker, Marsh, Appleton, Hood, Malone, Smith, Sims, Almon, Speake, Latham, Alexander, Livingston, Stephen son, Nesmith, Sandlin, and Smith.
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Lawrence County Court House
Moulton
W. W. Callahan
Youngtown
Alabama
Samuel B. Osteen
Foreman
Floyd Turner
Hillsboro
Travis Parker
Wheeler
Ernest Marsh
Flat Rock
Frank Appleton
Mt. Hope
Clyde Hood
Landersville
Henry T. Malone
Harley Smith
Floyd Sims
Walter Almon
A. Huff Speake
Buddie Latham
Jas. R. Alexander
Pin Hook
Paul Livingston
Speake
Albert A. Stephenson
Falkville
Earl Nesmith
Hatston
Claude Sandlin
Hatton
Ellis Smith
Sheriff Led Morgan Raid Seizes Two 800-Gallon Stills
Raiding parties from Morgan county sheriff destroyed two large stills in Fox Creek area. Each still had 800 gallon capacity. Sheriff Street Sandlin and deputies Herman Sandlin Kilgore Blalock and Grant landed took part. No arrests were made.
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Morgan County
Fox Creek
Street Sandlin
Herman Sandlin
Kilgore
Blalock
Grantland
Shanghai Battle Rages Five Days As Evacuations Begin
Chinese land, sea, and air forces clash along the Whangpoo and Shanghai waterfront as evacuations start. American and allied refugees flee toward liner president Taft and McKinley amid heavy shelling, with air raids wounding and bombarding Japanese naval targets.
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Shanghai
Japan
Whangpoo River
Shanghai battles escalate as warplanes bomb the city
A massed 48 plane Chinese attack targets Shanghai including Japanese garrison HQ and fleets as American officials order immediate evacuation of all American children. About 4,000 U.S. Marines and sailors land from the Augusta to aid evacuations amid shelling and a three hour emergency conference.
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Shanghai
United States
Augusta
Harry E. Yarnell
Chefoo
Yarnell
Weather Update From Tennessee River and Local Areas
The Tennessee River stayed stationary at 16.4 feet at 7 o'clock. The last 24 hours saw a high of 99 and a low of 75 with no rain. Alabama expects fair skies tonight. Tennessee will be fair and warmer in the extreme east with partly cloudy conditions tomorrow.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Johannes
Osswald
Schuttle
Munich
Fuessen
Tin
Revenue Board
Hunt
Associated Press
China
Taft
McKinley
Tone Valley
Yangtze River
Shanghai-Woosung
Hongkew
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