Patterson Bill Signed By Governor Julian Strickland Dies In Auto Crash
Decatur youth Julian W. Strickland was killed instantly when the car he drove overturned six miles from Greenville Alabama. Four other occupants escaped with minor injuries. Ettie Beeland Dickerson and Elizabeth Darby were hurt, while Roy Adkins and Pauline Coker suffered minor bruises. Strickland, about 22, was a former Moseley Central Shoe employee and a Decatur Junior Chamber member. Funeral plans set for Thursday at 3 p.m. from his home.
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Julian W
Decatur
Greenville
Ala
Daily Today Vna
Strickland
Howard Caldwll
Ar Nay
Ettie Beeland Dickerson
Elizabeth Darby
Florence
Roy Adkins
Pauline Coker
Caldwell
Mosesey-Central Shoe Company
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Conrad Strickland
Seventh Avenue, West
Hugh Strickland
William Cason
Birmingham
Lucile Strickland
Brown
Tna
Columbia visitors tour Decatur plants amid growth talk
Thirty two Columbia Tennessee commercial delegates toured Decatur industrial sites meeting at Connecticut Mills and Cooper Wells hosiery plants. W W Fussell outlined Decatur growth while O P Rutledge urged Columbia to consider future expansions. A special Morgan County Revenue meeting was called for August 25 to discuss discontinuing county farm and home demonstration agents.
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Columbia, Tenn
Decatur
Tri-Cities
Connecticut Mills
East Decatur
Msgra
Decatur K
Junior Chamber of Co
Marvin Rankin
Frank G. Cook
W. W. Fussell
Fussell
O. P. Rutledge
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Party
Rutledge
Columbia
Cooper-Wells and Co
Louisville
Nashville
Huntsville
Reverens
Morgan County
Railroad Street
A.gtter- Soles
Sabe
Stir Ai
Orning. m
Montgomery
Ala
Jas. J. Gurley
Summerville
Frank J. Davis
A. D. Sample
Hartselle
K. Frost
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Julian Strickland of Decatur Dies in Alabama Incident
Body sent here Greenville Alabama reports Julian Strickland of Decatur in an incident investigations underway with sparse details as authorities probe the fatal event.
Local Cotton Prices Display Narrow Range
Market text shows codified grade quotes for cotton with terms like Strict Middling Middling Strict Low and Low Middling. No full context provided for buyer or seller names, locations, or dates.
Self Defense Claimed After Officer Arrested in Dyal Shooting
In Jesup Georgia Chief W B Aycock and Atlantic Coast Line officer Captain J W Kemp claim self defense after Aycock shot Earnest Dyal 26 of McRae as Dyal sat in his car with his bride. Dyal died instantly. Aycock and Kemp are jailed. warrants issued for murder.
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Jesup
Aew
W. B. Aycock
Earnest Dyal
McRae
South Georgia
J. W. Kemp
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Aycock
Kemp
Dyal
Three Stores Are Wrecked By Blast
An explosion caused by a leaking gas pipe destroyed three stores in a one story building in Chicago. Firefighters found no body in the ruins. a neighbor said the dry goods store owner was asleep in the Seale. The blast woke residents and spread to a nearby three story building.
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Chicago
Seale
Paul Cain Ill In Melbourne Florida
Jim and Chandler Cain have been called to Melbourne Florida by the serious illness of their brother Paul Cain. Friends in Morgan County await word on his recovery as he remains hospitalized.
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Jim
Chandler Cain
Melbourne
Fla
Paul Cain
Mr. Cain
Morgan County
Vanzetti Ashes Planned for Europe Tour
The cremated ashes of Bartolomeo Vanzetti will travel to New York London Paris Berlin Stockholm and other cities before returning to Italy. Nicola Sacco’s body will be cremated and his widow in Boston will claim his ashes. The Defense Committee announced plans to exhibit the ashes despite burial timing rules.
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Boston
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Europe
Luigi Vanzetti
Italy
Meres
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
Stockholm
Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Saéco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Mt Vernon Bridge Co to finish bascule span soon
The Mt Vernon Bridge Company, contractor for the bascule span on the Tennessee River bridge, plans to complete the major portion within two weeks. Some workers will stay about a month longer to finish odds and ends. The bascule span acts as a draw to allow steamers to pass.
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Mt.’ Vernon
Huntsville Picked for 1928 American Legion Convention
Huntsville was unanimously chosen as the 1928 convention city for the American Legion Alabama department at the latest session. Local resolutions condemned the 40 and 8 organization. Foley Alabama August 24 AP.
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Huntsville
The
American Legion
Department of Alabama
Foley
Ala
Kills Wife Then Shoots Himself in Alabama Case
Mrs. Jack Morris aged 25 was shot dead by her estranged husband at a friend’s home in Birmingham. He then wounded himself and was hospitalized, believed fatally. The couple had been estranged for ten days and Morris declared he had come to “free you.”
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Birmingham
Jack Morris
Morris
Bilbo Leads Murphree In Mississippi Governor Runoff
With 265 precincts still missing Theodore G. Bilbo held a 7,500 vote lead over Governor Dennis Murphree in the Democratic nomination runoff. Returns from 1,525 of 1,550 precincts show Bilbo 136,337 and Murphree 128,641.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Dennis Murphree
Bilbu
Murphree
Lindbergh Stands Off Crowd Guarding Plane
Colonel Lindbergh, touring for aviation development, used a stick to keep back a 5,000 strong crowd at a muddy Kansas City aviation field. Milton Andrews reported the hero's tense arrival as officials arrived to take control.
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Lindbergh
Stick
Colonel Charleigh
America
Milton Andrews
Kansas City
Andrews
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
West
Annual Baptist Young People Union Convention at Ryan Cross Roads
The County Baptist Y P U holds its annual convention Thursday August 25 at Ryan Baptist Church Ryan Cross Roads with Sun day school directors and pastors from the county expected to attend The program covers devotional sessions reports demonstrations conference discussions music and the awarding of banners with a final vision play by Southside Y P U delegates attendees and leaders listed by name titles and roles
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Organ County
Young Ople’s Union
Ryan Baptist Church
Ryan’s Cross Roads
Young People’s Organization
Young People’s Union
Ryan
Edith Hollingsworth
L. Cobb
Madeline Dix
Elsie Crawford
Nell Safley
W. E. Nethery
Southside B. Y. P. U.’s
Libel Bill Dies In Lower House
George Frey introduces libel amendments to curb newspaper criticism of public officials and allow prosecutions in the name of the state county or city. The rules committee blocks a special order amid fears the bill defeats Governor’s wishes for passage.
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George Frey
House Rules Committee
Jury Selection Delays Trial in Sheriff Willis Slaying Case
In Greenville Washington the trial of Mrs. Ethel Willis and Henry S. Townsend for Sheriff Sam Willis murder may start late Friday or Saturday due to jury impaneling delays. A special venire may be issued after a venire of six jurors could not be filled. Sheriff Willis was murdered June 11. Townsend and Mrs Willis were arrested days later and released on bond.
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Greenville
D. C
Ethel Willis
Henry S. Townsend
Sam Willis
Willis
Hig Garage
Townsend
First State Made Silk Hose Displayed in Alabama
The first full fashioned silk hose made in Alabama is shown in Rahm Clothing windows. Produced entirely at the Cooper-Wells and Company plant, it marks Alabama’s first fully fashioned silk hosiery mill, with the state’s plant among fifteen southern locations.
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Alabama
Cooper-Wells and Company
Rahm Clothing Company
Cooper- Wells and Company
Matricide charge laid against 21-year-old Hill
Chicago August 24 AP A 21-year-old man named Harry Hill of Streator Illinois is charged with matricide in the death of his mother. Authorities found the body in a basement with two bullet holes, bricks, and dried clay on shoes on the back porch. The motive cited is gambling debts.
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Chicago
Harry Hill
Streator
Ill
Young Hill
H. Co. Hill
Asn
Whcm
Alleged Flogger Denied Bond in Alabama Case
W T Phillips was denied bond after a preliminary hearing before Judge Elmore in Linden Alabama. He is the second of four men charged with flogging L Greathouse a Black man whose death from the beating is sought as murder in the first degree. Other defendants Rennie Phillips George Glass and Thomaston Telephone Co manager Chris Ray face hearings or grand jury action.
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Linden
Ala
W. T. Phillips
Elmore
L. Greathouse
Chris Ray
Thomaston Telephone Company
Rennie Phillips
George Glass
Greathouse
Thursday Half Holidays End As Merchants Agree
Thursday marks the final half holiday as merchants approve a schedule for June July and August. Stores across the city will stay open on Thursday afternoons from now on.
Governors action on Morgan county courthouse row.
Governor Bibb Graves signed a measure at 11 40 oclock to appoint a five member courthouse commission reassembling the board amid the Morgan county courthouse controversy. Senate action followed weeks of debate as supporters urged swift passage and changes to the courthouse contract. A conference was planned that night between the courthouse commission and the board of directors to discuss plans and contract modifications.
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Bibb Graves
Morgan County House
Graves
John Patterson
Morgal Beanty
House
Senate
Ing
Ee Aves
Hartselle
Courthouse Commission
Y M C A Official Returns From Vacation Travel
C J Randolph secretary of the Y M C A is expected back tonight from vacation and Mr Ra has traveled from here to Louisville Kentucky by motor visiting numerous other points during the past week.
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C. J. Randolph
Louisville
First Cotton in Limestone County Grown by Balch
Russell Balch, a southeast Limestone farmer, marketed the first bale of the 1927 cotton crop in Limestone County. The bale, weighing over five pounds, was exhibited in Athens on Tuesday and sold to Carl Hatchett, a local cotton buyer, for 25 cents per pound. The bale came from the F. G. field.
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Russell Balch
Athens
Carl Hatchett
F. G
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Session of Revenue Board
Julian Strickland
Deca
Mister
Iil
Melbourne, Fla
Radigal
Firend
7 B. Sacco
Bilbo
MEET
Capitol
Limestone Co
Balch
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