Lee Defends Grand Jury Act in Alabama Case
Judge Alto V. Lee urged the Alabama Supreme Court that it is impossible to determine whether Virgil Thomas was killed in the northern or southern St. Clair county division. He argued the Starnes act of 1935 allows juries from the whole county, countering claims northern division lacks authority to probe the strike slayings and related shootings. Six more miners were shot and dynamite found near the mines, complicating jurisdiction.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alto V. Lee
St. Clair
Supreme Court Today
Virgil Thomas
Wnion
St. Clair County
Lee
Prohibition
Grand Jury
Thomas
Bibb Graves
Supreme Court
Wilkinson
Burr
Sixteen Cold Storage Plants Approved in Alabama
Governor Bibb Graves reports federal approval for sixteen county owned cold storage plants in Alabama. Thad Holt's WPA office will decide which of the projects to build. Two plants costing 21 900 dollars each will serve Lee and Madison counties at Auburn and Huntsville, with the other fourteen at various counties costing 20 225 dollars each.
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Bibb Graves
Bush
Roosevelt
McCarl
Thad Holt
WPA
Lee
Madison
Auburn
Huntsville
Rush
Bakdwin County
Bay Minette
Chawtaw
Butler
Crenshaw
Terville
Clarke
Grove Hill
Elmore
Wetumpka
Hall
Greensboro
Pickens
Carrollton
Winston
Double Springs
Alabama claims board formed under 1935 act in Montgomery
Howell Turner secretary of state was elected chairman of the state adjus board at a meeting in the governor's office. John Brandon state treasurer was chosen secretary and Charles W. Lee the comptroller is the other member. Crenshaw Jr Montgomery attorney named legal adviser. Officials said about $500000 in claims are pending with a $50000 yearly payment cap on future claims.
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Montgomery
Ala
Howell Turner
Bibb Graves
John Brandon
Charles W. Lee
Files Crenshaw, Jr
Steel production still expanding in face of price stagnation
New York reports steel production continues to rise despite no broad gain in finished product prices. Ingot output reached 57 percent of capacity in the third week of June 1934, a level boosted earlier by forward covering ahead of a code price increase.
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New York
Ite
Detroit Strikers Clash With Police At Plant Picket Line
Violence flared as 75 strikers were driven back by over 60 police amid tear gas at the Motor 21 plant. Two officers and two strikers were injured, bricks were hurled, and windows broken as the crowd faced guards after a shift from piece work to day wages sparked the walkout by the Automotive Industrial Workers Association. Federal conciliator Robert Mythen departed noting no further comment from company officials.
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Irwin Patterson
Automotive Industrial Workers’ Association
Robert Mythen
Mythen
Women Work In Sewing Rooms In Decatur And Hartselle
Federal funds of 24432 were allocated to maintenance and operation of sewing rooms in Decatur and Hartselle after WPA warrants totaling 323484 were signed. WPA Administrator Scarborough said 120 women were placed at work three weeks ago making garments for the needy. 90 in Decatur and 20 in Hartselle. Several thousand articles will be distributed to countyWelfare agencies and charitable institutions.
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Creator and
Hartselle
McCarl
WPA
R. T. Scarborough
District One
Decatur
Department of Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions
Negro Puts In Claim For Pay For 1873 Work
William Faris a Birmingham area Black man filed a claim against the city for work during the June 1873 cholera epidemic. He says he made 72 coffins for $2.75 a day, worked five weeks sunup to dark, and recalls being hired by Col James R Powell, Birmingham’s second mayor. He lacks written proof and insists on full pay despite delays and distance from the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Faris
Eunice Hewes
Paris
James R. Powell
Hull Pledges Action To Discourage War Material Exports
Secretary Hull stated the United States will do all in its power to discourage abnormal shipments of war materials to warring nations. He avoided confirming new legislation for broader embargoes beyond arms and ammunition, noting current neutrality laws require embargoes only on arms. He cited oil copper and cotton as examples under debate and affirmed no shift from existing policy to limit war supplies.
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Washington
Hull
Italy
Ethiopia
State Department
Ickes
Enforcement of Day Law Demands Stronger Prohibition Action
The Alabama Temperance Alliance urged Governor Bibb Graves and state circuit judges to enforce prohibition laws. At a statewide meeting in Birmingham, leaders adopted resolutions asking the governor to aid enforcement and judges to treat prohibition as a priority. Henry L. Anderson was re elected president and named legislation and law enforcement chair, with Paul Haley and D R Price as officers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Temperance Alliance
Bibb Graves
Henry L. Anderson
Paul Haley
Jasper
D. R. Price
Harry Denman
Bir
Farley seeks 7 start trans Atlantic airmail service
Postmaster General Farley announced he will ask Congress for a seven start trans Atlantic airmail program to begin next summer with operations likely within a year. He said a U S company using American crews and equipment will win any contract, with joint operation considered for foreign landing needs. Farley also sought funds to honor the Pacific airmail contract with Pan American and noted a second clipper ship has arrived on the west coast.
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Washington
Farley
Congress
Aeesarien Enter
Pan American Airways
Royal Dutch Airlines
Lufthansa
Imperial
Cebanes
Pan American
West
State Planning Board Organizes in Montgomery
John Hawkins becomes acting head of the State Planning Board formed under the 1935 act to draft a long term natural resources development program. Governor Bibb Graves is elected chairman and Dr. L. N. Duncan is vice president on the executive committee with Dr. J. A. Keller and Algernon Blair.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Hawkins
Birmingham City
WPA
State Planning Board
Bibb Graves
L. N. Duncan
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
J. A. Keller
Algernon Blair
Hawkins
Thad Holt
Governor Graves
Duncan
Page 8. Bunker
Keller
Walter B. Jones
Blair
P. Gaillard
Damages Against TVA Recovered in County Court
Four plaintiffs recovered judgments totaling 710.88 from the Tennessee Valley Authority in county court. Plaintiffs J. W. Knight Roy Trammel Sam Boldin and S. A. Davis held TVA liable for crop damage caused when cattle accessed crops after fences were breached by trees felled by TVA. Attorneys listed for both sides. Judgments: Trammel 330.48 Davis 187.88 Boldin 142.47 Knight 50.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
J. W. Knight
Roy Trammel
Sam Boldin
8. A. Davis
Knight's Island
Tennessee River
TVA
A. J. Harris
Norman Harris
Julian Harris
Decatur
Julian S. Chambers
Knoxville
W. L. Chenault
Russellville
Weather report for Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee river fell to 4.5 feet with no rain in the last 24 hours. Temperatures ranged to 48 as high and 30 as low. Tonight, colder in eastern and central Tennessee with a general fall tomorrow. Alabama was fair with cooler conditions, frost in the southern areas, and north temperatures from 22 to 26.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Mystery Glowaks Death of Federal Sleuth and Buddy
Two men aged 42 and a former detective captain were shot dead at a Tulsa night club after being accused of a holdup by bouncers. Police arrested bouncers Tyre Parks and G R McCullough. Verne Hamilton, taxi driver, said the pair were on license checks when attacked. Unfired rounds and missing shell report accompany initial accounts.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tyre Parks
G. R. McCullough
Verne Hamilton
TVA plans for dam at Guntersville details housing
The Tennessee Valley Authority will build permanent houses for engineers and workers, 20 temporary houses, and several dormitories for the new 29 million dollar dam on the Tennessee River. Guntersville, Alabama will be project headquarters with camp facilities including a large cafeteria and various support buildings.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River
A. Bock
Guntersville
Ala
Bock
Masons Meet in the Capital for 115th Grand Lodge Session
Masons from across Alabama gathered in Montgomery for the 115th annual Grand Lodge proceedings of the A F and A M. The event included business sessions and an address by Congressman Lister Hill of Montecele.
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Montgomery
Ala
Grand Lodge of Alabama
A. F
A. m
Lister Hill
Monteceleery
Ickes Warns on Economic Security for Democracy
Secretary Ickes declared that economic security must be assured for the average citizen or democracy in the United States could be supplanted by fascism. The remarks were delivered in Detroit on December 4.
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Detroit
Iskes
United States
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Gray held at 2 30 p m
Mrs. Mary E. Gray 72 and Morgan county's oldest woman died Tuesday at her home 711 Sixth Avenue West after a fall two weeks earlier. The Rev James Allen Smith Central Baptist Church officiated with burial at City Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Miss Minnie Gray Decatur Mrs W H Brooks Sheffield two sons J M Gray Sheffield and L F Gray Tuscaloosa ten grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed Arch ie Kiser J G Caden Sid Dublin W A Britain Clift Chunn J G McRae. She came to Decatur from Lawrence County as a young girl and spent most of her life here.
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Mary E. Gray
Morgan County
Sixth Avenue
West
Gray
James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Church
Brown
City Cemetery
Two Army Fliers Die In Mitchell Field Plane Crash
Two Army pilots from Mitchell Field Long Island died when their high wing aircraft crashed into a hill near Bolling Field in Washington D C. First Lieutenant H Geoffrey of St Paul Minnesota and Major E E Rice of Thermopolis were named among the dead. The plane was on a flight from Mitchell Field to Boling Pedl for an aid, with the cause still undetermined.
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Washington
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Bolling Field
H. Geoffrey
St. Paul
Minn
E. Rice
Thermopolis
Boling Pedl
Mitchell Pield
Hempstead
L.I
Mitchell
Skirmishes Rise as Looming Battle Draws Nerves Tight
The report notes growing skirmishes and tension as European hostilities approach. Mussolini’s moves prompt speculation that forces are being marshaled at home and at sea. Significance is placed on filling vacancies in Italy's third arm, the air force, part of Duce's defenses.
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Mussolini
Segon Coneyea
Italy
Oers
Tr Duce
Collision injures two on Wheeler highway near Leighton
Two motorists were hurt when an automobile collided on Wheeler highway about 45 minutes before noon. W. M. Lanier of 224 East Leighton was recovering at Beneve hospital as a result of the crash.
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W. M. Lanier
Joe Wheeler
Char
Beneve
Wheeler Highway
Leighton
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