Hoover era whispers and Capitol secrets reveal cooling tensions
Washington reports a slow munitions inquiry with college staffers misled by big interests. Elliott Hoover plans an aviation office in D C while a house hunt keeps secrets. Hull calm diplomacy, whiskey brand bans prompt hush. Tin plate demands hobble can industry. Labor census eyes unemployment figures as RFC politics loom. A prisoner's plea to Miss Robinson hints at Capitol intrigue.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Multtforts
Elliott
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Uni de
A. F. of L
U. S. Chamber of. Commerce
Labor Department
FERA
Senate
Tuck” Milligan
Missouri
RFC
Arkansas
Harvey Couch
Jack Garner
Milligan
Frances Robinson
Johnson
Prince’s
Devil’s Island
Body of convict found at home of Stotesbury
The mutilated body of Bernard McMahon, an ex convict, was found in a trunk in the areaway of General Louis W. Stotesbury's home and identified by fingerprints. The caretaker discovered the body while the general was away on vacation in a fashionable district of New York.
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New York
Louis W. Stotebury
Bernard McMahon
Stotesbury
Nelson sought in wide hunt for Dillinger gang links
In St Paul Minnesota police pursue leads on the dead felon’s deeds and the whereabouts of George Baby Face Nelson as Homer Van Meter lies dead after a last stand. A 21 year old waitress MeligaOpal St Paul is questioned for ties to Van Meter and the two autos involved. Police link $1323 found on Van Meter to a South Bend bank robbery led by Wadl Meter.
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Paul
Minn
Homer van Meter
George
Nelson
Dillinger
John Hamilton
John Dillinger
van Meter
Meliga
Opal St. Paul
van’ Meter
Albert
Pat” Reilly
St. Paul Baseball Club
Harbor Dillinger
South Bend
Ind
Wadl Meter
Howard Wagner
Ole Miss Dormitory Fire Ravages Gordon Hall
Fire swept Gordon hall at the University of Mississippi in Oxford destroying the west and center wings while crews aimed to save the east wing. Firemen rushed hundreds of men to the scene from surrounding areas as the building, used for summer housing, burned in the morning blaze.
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Oxford
Miss
Gordon Hall
University of Mississippi
Apf
Hanks Family in Nashville for Funeral of Uncle
Grady and Vernon Hanks traveled to Nashville on Friday to attend the funeral of their uncle, Andrew Ghoate. The trip followed the recent death, with family gathering plans announced for the service.
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Grady
Vernon Hanks
Nashville
Andrew Ghoate
Delinquent Tax List Sent to Probate Judge
Tax Collector Hodges Crow announced the delinquent tax list has been submitted to the probate judge for decree notices to property owners who have not paid. He urged prompt payment to avoid sale advertising set for October 1 and noted many may pay soon to reduce the list.
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Hodges Crow
Crow
Mid West Shivers After Heat Wane
Record heat gave way to frost as farmers faced freezing temperatures across the Midwest. North Dakota dropped to 28, Minnesota 34, Wisconsin 37, and Michigan 40, following days of triple‑digit heat. Official confirmation of a long cold trend was not issued.
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Mid-West
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Loot Recovered After Office Burglary On Fourth Avenue
Police recovered a typewriter and adding machine taken Friday night from the contracting office of J. B. McBride on Fourth Avenue and later abandoned the machines in an alley. Investigators continued the burglary probe but no arrests had been made.
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J. B. McBride
Fourth Avenue
Infant Howell Strong Seriously Ill
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Birdie Strong is seriously ill drawing concern from many friends and relatives who wish for a swift recovery.
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Howell
Birdie Strong
Nazi Marriage Edicts Urge Aryan Unions in Germany
Berlin Aug 25 Nazi eugenics officials issued ten commandments to rationalize marriage. Germans are told to choose mates of equal or Nordic blood and marry for love, while avoiding infatuation and bad lineages. The list stresses national benefit and warns defective traits pass to future generations.
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Berlin
Germany
Suit Filed By Lee Against Bridge Co
Floyd Smith sues Ben Austin and Martin Wunderlich Construction Company for 5000 dollars alleging injuries from carbon monoxide exposure July 25 at a pier hole on the Flint Creek bridge. Co worker W. M. Tee also sues for a similar amount. Attorneys Mc Afee and Nix represent both sides.
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Ben Austin
Martin Wunderlich
Floyd Smith
Flint Creek Bridge
W. M. Tee
Smith’s
McAfee and Nix
Church to Hold Business Session Friday Evening
Rev. C. L. Cobbs pastor of Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church announced a business meeting to be held Friday evening at 7 30 o'clock. All members of the congregation were urged to be present.
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C. L. Cobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Mrs Toon Seriously Ill After Stroke
Mrs Toon mother of Mrs Fred Terry is seriously ill following a stroke of paralysis.
To Fill Pulpit at St John’s Episcopal Church
Rev Comer Life will fill the pulpit Sunday morning in the absence of Pastor Rev Peter M Dennis who is in Canada on vacation.
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Comer
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Peter M. Dennis
Canada
Peace moves sought as strike plans underway
Labor leaders hold conferences in Charlotte Massachusetts and Rhode Island to shape a national strike set to involve about 600 000 workers If demands fail a September strike date is urged The union signals possible talks with the National Labor Relations Board but requires fully authorized employer representatives to negotiate and act promptly.
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United Textile War
Charlotte
Massachusetts
Rhode
Sho Beni
Labor
Gorman
National Labor Relations Board
Bible quoted by President Roosevelt explodes across league stance
President Roosevelt accepts the American Liberty League invitation to debate simple Bible lessons. He says the group should embrace the whole Ten Commandments and not pick only two. He notes the aim to protect individual and property rights aligns with his views, joking about a neighborly misquote.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
League
TVA Clears Marsh to Flood Wheeler Dam Area
The Tennessee Valley Authority employs about 3,500 workers in the Wheeler Dam reservoir region to clear and drain marshy timberlands along the Tennessee river near Muscle Shoals. About 1,300 work on the south bank around Decatur Alabama with the rest in Limestone county on the north. The operation aims to lower Swan Lake area by around two feet to facilitate land clearing for future flooding.
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The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Dam
Wheeler
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoals
Lawrence
Morgan Counties
Alabama
Decatur
Limestone County
Swan Lake
Tennssee
Invitation for Bankhead Visit to Morgan County Farmers
The agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce invited Senator John H. Bankhead to speak to farmers and business men of Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties. A date in October is likely and Bankhead’s reply is awaited. If he accepts the talk will cover the Bankhead Cotton Control Bill and the meeting venue will be decided.
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Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Commerce
John H. Bankhead
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence
Senator Bankhead
Bankhead
W T Grant Employees Fly in Giant Ford Plane
The W T Grant Company store invited its employees to a sky ride aboard a 14 passenger tri motor Ford plane at Decatur airport. Passengers included Miss Roberta Winton and others along with Manager R D Kemp and Larry Pruitt. The group took a circuit over the circus grounds and Tennessee River surveying the city and surroundings.
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W. T. Grant Company
Decatur
Roberta Winton
Lena Mae Jones
Irene Gray
Lois Gray
Eunice Garrett
Stella Meadows
R. D. Kemp
Larry Pruitt
Tennessee River
Mrs. Sinclair Lewis Ordered to Leave Germany
Berlin reports Mrs. Sinclair Lewis, wife of Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis, must depart within 24 hours amid an official order citing her alleged hostile attitude toward Germany.
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Sinclair Lewis
Germany
Berlin
Ger
McLeods Return From Gulf Coast Vacation
E. W. McLeod president of Morgan County National Bank and Mrs. McLeod return tonight from a week long vacation trip to South Alabama and the Gulf Coast.
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E. W. McLeod
Morgan County National Bank
Mrs. McLeod
South Alabama
Gulf Coast
Rev Vance Gordon to Preach at Westminster Church
The Rev. Vance A. Gordon, pastor of the Presbyterian churches, will fill the pulpit at Westminster Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. The public is invited to attend.
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Vance A. Gordon
Presbyterian Churches
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Trinity Caller Clyde Howard Visits on Business
Clyde Howard was among the callers here Friday on business and leaves at Trinity.
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Clyde Howard
Trinity
Charges Against Lane Dismissed In Madison County
Two Madison county grand juries completed investigations into the elections and did not press charges against Frank G. Hereford nominee for sheriff or Charles D. Lane runner-up. Judge Speake ruled evidence insufficient and both cases were dropped. Lane acquitted on minutes. Lane said automobile trouble from Athens prevented timely appearance. The juries were out under ten minutes.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Frank G. Hereford
Charles D. Lane
Douglass Taylor
Speake
Mr. Lane
Lane
Athens
Rioting Convicts Crushed at Graterford Penitentiary
In Collegeville Pennsylvania state police and guards ended a more than hour long riot at Eastern State penitentiary in Graterford. About 200 convicts started fires damaged buildings and a barn. Forty officers with machine guns and rifles subdued them at noon with no serious injuries and no escapes.
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Collegeville
Penn
Eastern State Penitentiary
Grater Ford
Pennsylvania
de Een
Carter to be sent home after work injury
Delmar O. Carter of Tanner will be moved from Benevolent Society Hospital to his home today after suffering a broken leg Wednesday while at work in a TVA land clearance unit on the north side of the river.
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Delmar O. Carter
Tanner
TVA
Benevolent Society Hospital
Rowe Journey Notes Arrest in Decatur Case
Rowe, a Falkville Route 2 resident, traveled to Decatur on Friday amid unclear circumstances. Police report indicates involvement in a bushes-related incident while outlining minimal details of the event.
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Rowe
Falkville
Decatur
Locksaw Victim Dies After Recovery Efforts
Vera Edwards aged 11 years dies in Morgan county after a horse bite incident at Mt Tabor. The rural community is shocked by the tragedy following her initial hospital recovery and subsequent decline.
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Vera Edwards
Tabor
Morgan County
Obituary Notice for Jones Family Heads
Mr. Jones is survived by a widow four sons G B D M and W W Jones of Decatur Route 41 two daughters Mrs J P Rober of Neel and Mrs J O Martin of Decatur Route 4. 28 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. the following were active a G and Means and W W.
Earl Jackson Able Cleared for Release from Hospital
Earl Jackson Able, who had been hospitalized after a fire incident, was able to leave the hospital this Friday. His father and brother had been with him during the recovery period as arrangements were made with the Benevolent Society for support.
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Earl Jackson
Benevolent Society
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Los Angeles
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Mary Pickford
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