Byrd Endorsement Angers Administration Amid NRA Turmoil
Republican endorsement of Senator Byrd alarms Roosevelt aides as the GOP circulates a Democrat attack on the New Deal. President Roosevelt weighs restoring the NRA while morale sinks. key Johnson aides plan exits and staff shakeups loom.
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Byrd Peeves
G. O. P. National Committee
WN. R. A
Johnson
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Ieee
Virginia
Byrd
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
AAA
Notice of Appeal Fled in Rover Case in Moulton
Defense for Rev. L. faces life sentence after judge Mark Callahan sentenced him for the murder of Frank Pickens 83 deacon and former planter in Moulton. Appeal denied suspending sentence, minister to begin serving as state supreme court appeal pending. Witness Hoyt Turner found Pickens slain by buckshot near Moulton. Roger, son, detained then released. he and father hunted blackberries together the morning of July 23.
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Rev. L. County Circuit Court
Frank Pickens
Moulton Baptist Church
W. W. Callahan
Moultoin
Callahan
State Supreme Court
Pickens
Hoyt Turner
Moulton
William Roger
Lawrence County
Roger
Woman charged after razor assault in Cain Street fight
Ines Winfield, a Black woman, is jailed on charges of assault with intent to murder after a morning altercation at 521 East Cain Street with Fannie Mae James who was severely cut on face and chest. James received medical attention and was not considered in grave danger. Winfield's preliminary hearing set bond at $500.
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Nez Winfield
Fannie Mae James
E. Cain ‘Street
James
Ines Winfield
Dewey Duke Transferred Home After Steel Accident
Dewey Duke, injured when a steel pile fell on him in a freight car accident ten days ago, was moved Monday from Benevolent Society hospital to his Sylacauga area home by Priest's ambulance. He suffered a crushed chest but is greatly improved. Johnny Blankenship of Clantom also hurt in the incident and has returned home.
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Priest’s Ambulance
Benevolent Society Hospital
Sylacauga
Mr. Duke
Johnny Blankenship
Clantom
R Sturned
Wilkes-Barre seeks space for press at Edwards trial
County commissioners consider a request to install 30 typewriters and a telegraph wire in a third floor courthouse room to cover the Robert Edwards murder trial in Harveys Lake. Past Scottsboro coverage saw press tables, but typewriters were barred. Photographers faced restrictions. Postal and Western Union staffed courthouses in earlier trials.
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Scottsboro
Wilkes-Barre
Robert Edwards
Edwards
Freda McKechnie
Harvey’s Lake
Theodore Dreiser
Postal
Western Union
Zeitler Begins Brick Museum In Mooresville
Henry B Zeitler of Mooresville prominent Limestone county planter has started erection of a brick combination office and museum beside his historic home. The building will house one of the state’s most interesting collections of Indian curios and relics and a library on early local history. It includes weapons and implements used by North Alabama Aborigines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Zeitler
Mooresville
Limestone County
Glad to See His Old Home Improve
Frank P. Lide of Cleveland visiting his old home in Decatur notes improving business conditions. He heads Goodyear retail operations in Cleveland district and says the local business pulse quickens and compares favorably with other regions.
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Decatur
Frank P. Lide
Cleveland
Lide
Goodyear
Body of Priest Found at Dedham High School Grounds
In Dedham Massachusetts Rev William P Drennan a 50 year old priest was found dead under a tree on the grounds of the town's junior high school Investigators noted a head indentation bruises and drag marks The pocketbook of the priest containing a dollar was found nearby authorities are reviewing possible foul play and a bystander described a woman in white seen near the scene.
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Dedham
Mass
William P. Drennan
Themes Junior High School
Huey Long Gets Fort Named After Him in Paraguay
A letter from Harbin, Manchuria, dated August 21, claims Huey Long won a fort in Paraguay and jokes about naming a country and two miles of railroad after him. The writer references a nearby Long Island battle near New York to note historic sentiment.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Huey Long
Paraguay
Big Island
New York
Long
Huey
Joe Wheeler Highway Progress Near Courtland
Highway crews near Decatur progress on the Joe Wheeler route from Hib Blvd to Courtland. Only six miles remain unpaved from Town Creek bridge west toward Courtland with rain delays slowing work but officials expect completion by early September.
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Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Courtland
Town Creek Bridge
Tuscumbia
Lawrence County
Flint Creek
Somerville Road
Sought Cecil Morrow in Hartselle Crap Game Slaying
Morgan county officers hunt Cecil Morrow after D. J. Wright is shot in a craps game in a pasture on the northeast side of Hartselle Sunday morning. Coroner says Morrow returned with a Burr and fired into the crowd hitting Wright in the head.
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Morgan County
Cecil Morrow
Hartselle
D. J. Wright
Lewis C. Brown
Brown
Morrow
Burr
Wright
Jaffees Plan Brief New York City Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Jaffee of Athens will leave this week for New York City to spend some time there before returning.
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Ben P. Jaffee
Athens
New York City
Mrs Bloodworth Family Located in Weaverville NC After Trip
Mrs. Ben Bloodworth and her children who departed last week on a motor trip to North Carolina have been traced and located for several days in Weaverville, North Carolina.
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Ben Bloodworth
North Carolina
Weaverville
N. C
Mrs L P Shaw and children visit Century of Progress
Mrs L P Shaw and her children left Monday night for the Century of Progress in Chicago and for Canadian points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair
Canada
Robert Garrison Returns from Midwestern Trip
Robert Garrison has returned from a motor trip visiting Chicago Milwaukee and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Garrison
Chicago
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Cotton Loan Plan Heads to FDR for Approval
The AAA plans to submit a cotton loan program to President Roosevelt for approval, aiming to loan at about 13 cents per pound. Senators Bankhead Smith and Thomas proposed the plan, with AAA officials saying the final decision rests with the president. The proposal would lift the processing tax, a point of contention with the AAA.
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Washington
AAA
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Alabama
Smith
South Carolina
Thomas
Oklahoma
Farm Administration
Brooklyn Visitors Stay With Athens Residents
Mrs. Bessie Steinberg and her daughter Thelma of Brooklyn are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alex Marwowicz in Athens for a few days.
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Brooklyn
Bessie Steinberg
Thelma
Alex Marwowicz
Athens
Burns Looms as Leader in Fight for Speakership
In a split field amid the Rainey vacancy, Joseph Wellington Burns heads lists as a likely successor. Alabama's William B. Bankhead and John McDuffie remain contenders with Bankhead backing McDuffie and McDuffie signaling support for Bankhead.
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Burns
Washington
Joseph Wellington Burns
Henry T Rainey
Tennessee
W. B. Bankhead
John McDuffie
Alabama
McDuffie Seeks Speakership Bid in Alabama Conference
Representative John McDuffie of Alabama says he plans a conference with Representative William Bankhead of Alabama about the House speakership. Bankhead, former Rules Committee chair, stepped down to back McDuffie last year when both sought the post vacated by Vice President Garner. No date for the talks is set.
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Mobile
Ala
John McDuffie
House
William B. Bankhead
Bankhead
House Rules Committee
McDuffie
Garner
Rankin to Seek House Speakership After Rainey Death
Tupelo Mississippi Aug 21 Representative John E Rankin announced he will run for speaker of the House in the Seventy Fourth Congress to succeed the late H T Rainey Rainey died in St Louis on Sunday Rankin has served 14 years as Mississippi s First district representative and chaired WW veterans legislation committee and power legislation in the Seventy Third Congress.
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Rainey
America
Rankin
Mississippi
Administration
House
Tuscaloosa Man Transferred to Decatur Brown Service
J. F. Hinton, formerly of Tuscaloosa, has been transferred to Decatur to head the Brown Service, succeeding J. F. Darby who moved to Huntsville. Hinton will relocate his family to Johnston Street and previously managed the Tuscaloosa district with an enviable record.
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J. F. Hinton
Tuscaloosa
Brown
Decatur
J. F. Darby
Huntsville
Mr. Hinton
Johnston Street
August Sale Sets Record at Sterchi's
J. L. Shumake of Sterchi's announced that three days of August sale eclipsed all year records for volume and compared very favorably with prior years. He added that sales spanned all merchandise lines and were not confined to any single category.
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J. L. Shumake
Sterchi’s
Hospital Takes Thelma Thompson For Appendicitis
Miss Thelma Thompson was taken by Priest's ambulance Monday afternoon from her home on West Moulton Street to Benevolent Society Hospital for an appendicitis operation.
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Thelma ‘Thompson
Priest's Ambulance
West Moulton Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Big fish bites market operator in memorable incident
Prentice Clark of the Live Fish Market was bitten on the left arm by a large cat fish, causing a serious cut that required medical care. Friends report he is recovering nicely.
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Prentice Clark
Clark
Armored Truck Robbery Nets $427,000 in Brooklyn
A mob of 10 to 15 machine gun bandits surrounded a U S Trucking armored truck at Bath Beach Brooklyn and robbed it of 427000 dollars.
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Brooklyn
U. S. Trucking Company
Bath Beach
Citywide Teachers Institute Set for October 5 Here
Prof. W. W. Benson city superintendent of education announced a city wide teachers institute to be held Friday October 5 with the state department of education represented by a distinguished educator who will preside. Representatives from the University of Alabama Auburn Alabama College Montevallo Florence State Teachers College and Athens College will present their extension courses as part of a statewide September and October series.
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W. W. Benson
State Department of Education
Benson
University of Alabama, Auburn
Alabama College
Montevallo
Florence State Teachers College
Athens College
Hutson Completes Survey of District Territory
Dan R Hutson, North Alabama manager of Brown Service, returns from a district survey to plan changes that will allow the company to extend service to its patrons in the territory.
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Hutson
Dan R Hutson
North Alabama
Brown Service
Dairymen Meet at Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County Dairymen's Association held a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce offices Monday night. President J C Cowan presided. The gathering was well attended as members discussed many milk industry problems.
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Morgan County
Dairymen's Association
Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Cowan
Orjtion
Miss Alabama 1934 Named In Alabama Day Pageant
Chicago Aug 21 AP Miss Lois Thomas 16 a brunette from Hartford Alabama was chosen Miss Alabama 1934 to reign over Alabama Day at A Century of Progress. Second place went to Elizabeth Waite 18 Grove Hill Ala and third to Blanche Court. Jesse B Adams president of the Alabama State Pi Association gave a review of the event.
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Chicago
Lois Thomas
Brunet
Hartford
Ala
Alabama
Elizabeth Waite
Grove Hill
Blanche Court
Jesse B. Adams
Alabama State Pi Association
Drunkenness Docket Entries Across Morning Sessions
Police docket notes two men charged with drunkenness. Both were arraigned in open court and returned to custody. The article records brief arraignment actions and mentions a small crowd observing the proceedings.
Plan to avert nationwide textile strike gains support
Washington officials claim a compromise plan to keep industrial peace is being worked out to avert a nationwide textile strike. No details were issued to workers yet. Leaders from both sides are to meet in a few days as the government considers relief aid for strikers.
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Washington
Bank President Foils Robbery in Waggoner Shootout
Aug. 31 In Waggoner Illinois State Bank president G E Williamson refused bandits order to surrender. He fled to a vault and fired his pistol as bandits opened fire with pistols and a sawed off shotgun. Williamson was lightly wounded, the robbers escaped after a brief gunfight.
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Williamson
Bird
Bandite
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