Youth Given Prison Team Convictions in Madison County
In Huntsville Alabama on December 3 Carl Kennamer a New Hope youth was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. He claimed self defense for the fatal stabbing of Rayford Maples. Earlier a storekeeper G C Biggs received 30 years for murder of Walter Davis. Lonnie Cooper's first degree murder trial began for the shooting of Mrs Beatrice Cole whose body was found in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg with toxicologist H W Nixon testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Carl Kennamer
New Hope
Madison County
Kennamer
G. C. Biggs
Walter Davis
Lonnie Cooper
Beatrice Cole
Mrs. Cole
Tennessee River
Whitesburg
Cooper
Collision Near White Family Home In North Carolina
A truck owned by J Oliver White and driven by Carson White collided with a car owned by John White and driven by his son William White in front of Mrs J E White's home. Officer Robert A White investigated the accident as the record ends with the note that the track was painted white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Wilson
N. C
J. Oliver White
Carson White
John White
William White
J. E. White
Robert A. White
Milk Teed We Point Out That Milk It White
Ahern columns discuss the color of milk and question whether milk appears whiter when treated with certain processes. The gag uses playful wording about dairy versus perception in a humorous panel.
Mabel Hill Guests and Local Social Notes
Miss Carolyne Whitt and Mr. Robert Chandler Jr wed with N Y Johnson officiating. Numerous visits and gatherings are recorded, including relatives from Athens Piney Grove Ardmore and Guntersville. Bud Toney recovering from a light stroke. Bible school taught by Rev J J Milford at Mabel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyne Whitt
Robert Chandler, Jr
N. Y. Johnson
Sea En
Mabel Hill
Evelyn Carter
Sam Williams
Ardmore
Nadine Whitt
Hazel
Jewel
Mace Bailey
Agnes Boggs
Verna Travis
Bud Toney
Hazel Bailey
Clyde Phillips
Willie Hargrove
Estelle Travis
Beatrice Smith
Foster Phillips
Guntersville
Phillips
Alex Smith
Jewel Bailey
Katherine Pope
Frank McNeese
Pulaski
Tenn
Robert Bailey
Huntsville
Birdie Clark
A. M. Cooke
W. W. Hill
Ima
Wilmer
Big Cove
J. B. Broad
James
Nunn
Gracie Cooke
Lillie Cooke
Supreme Court Decisions Reported From Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court handed down decisions in equity appeals affirming most rulings from circuit courts. Several certiorari petitions were granted or denied, with notes on overruled rulings and a surge in visitors to national parks service areas exceeding 15 million last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Anderson
Tom Cook
Elizabeth Taylor
Mobile Circuit Court
Equity
W. Smith
Lok Smith
Houston Circuit Court
Gardner
A. K. Merrill
van Ritch
W. H. Bush
Et al
Cora Greer
Lee Circuit Court
Tallapoosa
Foster
Home Ins. Co
Shriner
Aetna Ins. Co
Baldwin Circuit Court
Home Inc. Co
Cecil H. Camp
Roanoke Guuno Co
Randolph Circuit Court
Harry Crowell, Jr
W. F. Bradley Lbr. Co
Harry Croxwell, Jr
Court of Appeals
W. L. Kadle
Kadle
Field
Calhoun Cirecuit Court
Major Carroll
Calhoun Circuit Court
R.M. Chambers
City of Montgomery
A Municipal Corp
Montgomery Circuit Court
U. S. National Parks Service
Merchants Leader Backs Heflin in Wage Bill Debate
J W Johnson president of the Alabama Merchants Association urges merchants to support former U S Senator J Thomas Heflin in the senate race. He says the wage and hour bill will harm southern industry and farmers and that Alabama merchants must back the candidate who opposes the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Merchants Association
Congress
Union Hill Thanksgiving Roundup and Local Visits
Thanksgiving activities at Union Hill school highlighted a village round of visits. Attendees included Mrs. Ollie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Haga, and several faculty members, with a hospital offering by Union Hill School to the T. B. Hospital at Flint. Families noted visits to Birmingham and Huntsville, plus students and teachers taking holiday rest from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Flack
Mamie Flack
Weat Point
Union Hill School
Ollie Smith
John Haga
Lillian Shumate
Florence Bray
Kitty Henderson
Jeasle Henderson
W. M. Preston
Kate Slate
Clarence Childern
Nathaniel Hen
Flint
Jimmie Smith
Decatur
Arthur Neeley
Birmingham
Liggie Steadham
Kenneth
Floyd Flack
Bobby Flack
Hunteville
Arthur Stidger
Mothe ‘Edwards
Mary Virginia Hornbuckle
Birthdays Shared In December Celebration Near Brahmaputra Fact
Little Jack Reithmaier and Miss Edna Hendon shared a December 1 birthday with a dinner honoring both. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Hendon and Nixon families, the Reithmaier family, Miss Ella Bailey, and Bill Rhoads. The Brahmaputra River in India stretches over 1,800 miles with no bridge spanning it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Reithmaiier
Edna Hendon
Mrs. Hendon
Nixon
Reithmaier
Ella Bailey
Bill Rhoads
Brahmaputra
India
Fire destroys store and storage room in Lacey’s Spring
Mrs Grace M Hough’s store and adjoining storage room in Lacey’s Spring burned completely this week. Estimated loss around 4000 dollars with no insurance. Gasoline stored in drums ignited when her son-in-law entered with a lantern, spreading flames along the room. Loss included corn cottonseed and six tons of hay. Chinese imperial cookbook reportedly contains 96 volumes and weighs over a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace M. Hough
Lacey
Unwed mother fights Dover court for custody of child
Helen Swenstosky, 19, from Laudusboro Pa, gave her 18 month old daughter to Mr and Mrs William Myers in Uhrichaville O last August due to financial distress. In Dover Ohio she seeks to overturn an agreement allowing the foster couple to raise the child until age 18 and complete high school, claiming she was not legally capable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhrichaville
Helen Swenstosky
Laudusboro
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Dover
William Myers
Miss Swenstosky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gene Ahern
Haunted Canyon
House
Elover Raulis Daiiny
Terry
Supreme Court
Morgan County National Bank
Alabama
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Danville Road
Heflin
Union Hill
Murdock’s
Rex
Flako
Bacon
Hog Head
Georgia
Murdock
Kellogg's
Chuck Ronat
Florida
Gebhardt
Cudahy
Libby
Hershey
Baker's Cocoa
Lde
Malaga
O. K
Elliott
LUX
Belle
Thrifty Store
Ernest’s Grocery
Miller & Hart
Hartselle
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