Alabama Democrats Name Campaign Chiefs in Roosevelt Rally
The Alabama Democratic Party reveals a broad campaign plan led by E W Pettus to back Roosevelt and Garner. John W Jones of Decatur is named district eight chair, with regional leaders and district orgs set for a vigorous fall effort from now to November. Campaign HQs will open in Birmingham and Montgomery with appointed directors and a nine district structure.
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Democratic
Alabama
Roosevelt-Garner
E. W. Pettus
Selma
Democratic Executive Committee
Pettus
John W. Jones
Decatur
Eighth
Jones
Democratic Committee
C. B. Brown
W. A. Gunter
Roberts Blount
Jerome T. Puller
John D. Petree
Leon McCord
A. Y. Malone
W. C. Fitts
W. W. Hill
A. M. Tunstall
Roy L. Nolen
L. J. Bugg
Faulk
B. H. Mooney
J. Fred Aldridge
George B. Tarrant, Sr
Birmingham
Jerome T. Fuller
George Whalen
A. J. Carmichael
Maj
Frank M. Dixon
Montgomery
Income Tax Plan Gains House Committee Approval
In Alabama on August 18 the house ways and means committee voted 17 to 9 to report favorably the administration income tax amendment. They also approved 18 to 10 the $20,000,000 bond issue to pay current state debts and backed a bond commission act. The Poole resolution passed unanimously to delay revenue measures until retrenchments are made.
North Alabama lawmakers consider economy measures in Montgomery
Committees faced varied issues as North Alabama legislators debated economy bills. Senator Walker proposed cutting solon pay about 25 percent while Representative Tidwell sought to abolish the court of appeals. Senator Kelley floated consolidating tax offices, using half gas tax for school warrants, and cutting probate judge fees by 25 percent. Lesser items included near beer sales tax for schools and repeal of old blue laws with income tax and state economy measures.
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North Alabama
Montgomery
Walker
Tidwell
Court of Appeals
Kelley
Massey Edgar
Washington County
Manasco
Miller
Charlie Whitlock Dies After Ill Health at 56
Charlie Whitlock aged 56 died yesterday at his home 508 Third Avenue West after a period of ill health. He is survived by his wife and several relatives. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at Dancey's Chapel at two o'clock with Rev Rivers officiating. Interment to follow at Priest Cemetery.
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Charlie Whitlock
Third Avenue West
Dancey’s Chapel
Rivers
Cotton futures advance inches up as October closes at 7.54
An advance of thirteen points on today’s close was seen in the cotton market. October contract finished at 7.54, up from 7.41 at the Wednesday afternoon close.
British distance flier aims east to west transatlantic flight
British aviator J A Morrison started from Port Marnock on a westward solo attempt to the United States aiming for Harbor Grace Newfoundland then Roosevelt Field Long Island before returning to Croydon. If successful it would mark the first east to west trans Atlantic solo flight in a light plane and potentially complete the round trip in under two days.
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Port Marnock
Irish Free State
J. A. Mollison
United States
Harbor Grace
N. F
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Croydon
England
Morrison
Organize League to Gut Taxation Initiated in Morgan County
Delayed plans move forward to organize a Morgan County unit of a state and national tax reduction group. Local representatives meet at the Chamber of Commerce to form the organization, select officers, and recruit from across the county. The unit aims to reduce motor vehicle taxes and oppose any further tax increases.
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Morgan County
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Larceny Charges To Be Answered In Huntsville
Melvin Chambliss and Ed Aday will be brought from Madison county jail to be arraigned before Judge W. W. Callahan on grand larceny charges. They face two counts each in thefts of automobiles belonging to George Collier and Fred A. Bloodworth.
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Melvin Chambliss
Ed Aday
Madison County
Huntsville
W. W. Callahan
Chambliss
Aday
Morgan County
George Collier
Fred A. Bloodworth
Edwards Parole Decision Up to Governor Miller
Word from Montgomery indicates the parole application of Dewey Edwards, sentenced in 1925 to life for the murder of Miss Imogene Lee, a former Decature schoolteacher, while with the M C C A. An adverse report from the prison board accompanies the plea.
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Montgomery
Dewey Edwards
Miller
Edwards
Imogene Lee
Decature
M. Cc. A
Capt Lancaster Freed by Jury in Love Triangle Case
British pilot Capt. W. N. Lancaster acquitted after a four hour fifty eight minute trial over the murder of Haden Clarke. The verdict sparked a courtroom demonstration as Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller and others reacted, with Lancaster thanking jurors.
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Lancaster
J. M. Keith-Miller
Bill
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Clarke
Keith-Miller
Miami
St. Louis
West
Aviatrix
Keith Miller
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Sandlin Predicts Democratic Rise at Noon Talk
Professor Sandlin principal Lauderdale County High School spoke at the Kiwanis noon meeting on the Democratic convention in Chicago. He forecast Democratic leadership in the White House and the Senate speakership, plus the Alabama highway funding boost of 5 million dollars, tied to Edward B. Almon’s bill. He also noted national leadership likely favorable to Muscle Shoals developments.
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Ki- Wwanis Club
Business Standards Committee
Clyde Hendrix
Sandlin
Lauderdale County
Chicago
White House
Senate
John McDuffie
Alabama
Garner
Southland
Edward B. Almon
Tuscumbia
Muscle Shoals Development
Shoals
Huntsville Kiwanis Invited to Decatur Visit
The Huntsville Kiwanis club will be invited to attend the Decatur Kiwanis meeting at the Junior Chamber of Commerce hall next Thursday night. The gathering will be dutch and honors John K. Watkin, governor of the Alabama Kiwanis district.
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Huntsville Kiwanis Club
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Morgan County Delegates Return to Decatur Weekend
John Patterson and Tennis Tid well from Morgan county are expected to return Saturday from Montgomery to spend the weekend in Decatur.
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John Patterson
Tennis Tidwell
Morgan County
Montgomery
Decatur
Rainfall General Across Cotton Belt Impacts Market
Rainfall over the cotton belt in Texas and Oklahoma over the last 24 hours is reported as general. While widespread, hot weather may limit crop benefits and boll weevil activity could rise after damp conditions. Local needs for rain exist in scattered valleys as farmers and businessmen watch market trends for a price rise.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Southland
Altitude record shattered in ten mile ascent
Swiss explorer Professor August E. Piccard set a new world altitude record of 16 500 meters aboard an airtight aluminum ball near Dubendorf and landed near Desenzano Italy after a 12 hour flight. He and assistant Max Cosyn completed the upper stratosphere expedition successfully.
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Dubendorf
Switzerland
August E. Piccard
Desenzano
Italy
Piccard
Roads Cleared by Official's Action
Christian county officials removed barricades and deputies blocking all roads into the county clearing the way for miners to enter from Springfield. Sheriff Weineke had barred roads last week to protect miners willing to work for a lower wage and ordered deputies to stand by for instant duty if trouble develops.
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Taylorsville
Christian County
Springfield
Weineke
Blankenship Dies at Rural Home at 53
H. K. Blankenship aged 53 died yesterday afternoon at 3 40 at his rural Decatur route two home. He is survived by his wife two daughters four sons two brothers and was to be laid to rest this afternoon at two at Friendship by Rev Sid Berry with interment in the chapel cemetery directed by Priest.
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H. K. Blankenship
Decatur
Friendship
Sid Berry
Chapel
Mrs Mary Smith Dies at Decatur Home
Mrs Mary E Smith of Decatur route four died yesterday at 1 o clock at her residence aged 71. Survived by husband and several others. Funeral services set for this afternoon at Moss Chapel at four, with interment there. Reverend H Wilson officiating.
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Mary E. Smith
Decatur
Moss' Chapel
Rev. H. Wilason
Court order delays Walker hearing in Albany
A court order with a stay blocks Governor Roosevelt from ruling on the Walker case until arguments are heard. Signed by Supreme Court Justice John Logran, the order was returnable tomorrow at a special term. Walker's counsel John Curtin sought to test the governor's control over the mayor's fitness to stay in office.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Walker
Supreme Court
John Logran
John Curtin
Vice President Curtis Receives Re nomination in 1932
In Topeka Kansas on August 18 Curtis was formally notified of his Republican renomination for the 1932 campaign. Senator L J Dickinson, keynote of the Republican convention, delivered the word at the state capitol steps confirming his status as Hoover's standard bearer once again.
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Topeka
Kan
Curtis
Hoover
L. J. Dickinson
Alabama Kiwanis Leader Watkin Visit Set for Valley
John K. Watkin of Opelika governor of the Alabama Kiwanis district will visit the Tennessee Valley clubs next week. He will join Cullman Tuesday Decatur Thursday and the Tri Cities Friday for Kiwanis meetings and events.
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John K. Watkin
Opelika
Alabama Kiwanis District
Tennessee Valley
Governor Watkin
Cullman
Decatur
Kiwanis
Tri-Cities
Jubilant Over Winter Highway Construction in Local Valley
Visitors from Decatur report residents of Courtland Town Creek and Leighton excited about a winter road project on the highway between Decatur and Tusumbia. Local optimism centers on new jobs and economic benefits for the Valley region.
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Courtland
Town Creek
Leighton
Decatur
Tuscumbia
Battle of the highway cripples traffic in Iowa
Farmers strike to raise prices tightens around Sioux City with blockades in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. Deputies escort trucks, two farmers jailed in Le Mars, milk prices contested by producers and distributors, eggs poultry receipts fall, violence cautioned but tensions rise as guards and strikers wary of a break.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Stevens
Kota City
J. P. Kriege
Ettuggine
Tvestock
le Mars
Plymouth Ty
O Deputies
Rockefeller McCormick daughter reportedly sinking fast
Chicago reports that Rockefeller McCormick's daughter is sinking fast according to relatives Stillman McCormick said she had been kept alive by stimulants until midnight.
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Chicago
Rockefeller McCormick
Stillman McCormick
First Bale Goes Through the Gin at Leighton Alabama
The first bale of cotton in the Tennessee Valley was reported at Leighton on a day in the Decatur Tuscaloosa road area. It was grown on the Ed Fennell farm and entered the gin at Leighton in the afternoon. It is unclear if the cotton had pests.
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Tennessee Valley
Leighton
Ala
Colbert
Decatur-Tuscpine Bla
Odo
Ed Fennell
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