Bootleggers Face Renewed Alabama Prohibition Push
Northern Alabama sheriffs report fresh crackdowns after Montgomery conference on bootlegging. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board aims to end illicit trade in wet and dry counties, with Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties bearing enforcement pressure and Decatur city stepping up police actions.
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Alabama
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Montgomery
North Alabama
Sandlin
Morgan
Wellden
Limestone
Byars
Lawrence
Potts
Lauderdale
Decatur
Morgan County
Alcoholic Control Board
Posse Slays Ex Convict in Tennessee Shootout
In Springfield Tennessee Sheriff R W Benson reports a midnight gun battle after a store robbery left one slain and two ex convicts and a deputy wounded. The deceased, called Shorty, had Kentucky prison time. another suspect Slim escaped. a third was shot in the thigh with Missouri burglary ties.
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Springfield
Tenn
R. W. Benson
Eddyville
Benson
Shorty
Kentucky
Bunyan Randolph
Leavenworth
Kans
Benton
Missouri
Benson Resigns Place As School Head Here
Secret Washington gathering of ten senators discussed a business recovery program. Lewis Douglas, ex budget director and critic of the Roosevelt administration, outlined plans while involved with American Cyanamid Company. The meeting was at Senator Byrd’s invitation and included Glass King George Smith Bailey Van Nuys Copeland Townsend and others. The president urged a federal financial mechanism to spur housing construction but faced opposition to cutting federal road funds.
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Washington
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
American Cyanimid Company
Roosevelt
Alf M. Langdon
Byrd
Glass
King
Utah
George
Smith
8. C
Bailey
N. C
van Nuys
Ind
Copeland
Townsend
Capitol Hill
New Disease Brings Fight in Chicago Infant Deaths
Doctors and scientists fought a mysterious outbreak at St. Elizabeth's Hospital where ten infants died and eight more very ill from acute epidemic diarrhea. The illness struck suddenly in the infants ward, with deaths occurring within 24 hours and a mortality around 50 percent. Autopsies on the last two deaths showed the same infection. one case also had brain changes just before death.
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Chicago
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Eden
King Attacks Farm Aid Bill Over Complex Provisions
Senator King of Utah denounces the Pope McGill farm bill as complex patchwork that lures farmers with subsidies while threatening state rights. He criticizes low Senate turnout and predicts revisions or delay beyond January as Berry Pepper and Wagner push for changes. Majority Leader Barkley faces mounting opposition from administration supporters.
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Washington
King
Utah
Berry
D-Tenn
Pepper
D-Flo
Wagner
D-Ny
Barkley
Alabama Supreme Court affirms road fund bond validity
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that counties may issue 10 year warrants against their gasoline tax shares for construction maintenance supervision and policing of public roads and bridges. The decision was 6 to 1 with Justice Joel Brown dissenting and affirms the Marengo circuit court judgment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Joel Brown
Marengo
Decatur Schools chief resigns effective July 1 1938
W W Benson superintendent of Decatur schools resigns, effective July 1 1938, after fifty years in education including teaching. He states the school year 1937 38 will be his last and says he will not seek re election. Public notices accompany the letter to the board.
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W. W. Benson
Decatur
Benson
Sullivan
City
Benton Aske
Alabama
Board of Education
R. C. Nungesigr
W. E. Siviey
A. A. Jones
L. Spencey
Real City Schools
Continers
Reverend Robinson to Speak at First Presbyterian Sunday
Reverend E. B. Robinson superintendent of the Presbyterian Home for Children at Talladega will speak at the First Presbyterian church Sunday at 11 o clock. He will be accompanied by four children from the home who will perform quartet numbers.
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E. B. Robinson
Presbyterian Home For
Talladega
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Robinson
Decatur
Final drive in utility fight being shaped
Three weeks of court work precede utilities case against the Tennessee Valley Authority. More than 50 attorneys for private utilities argue for power program importance while limiting further testimony. TVA chief counsel says two weeks suffice to respond as judges hear opposing specialists on dam costs and navigation goals.
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Hattanooga
Tenn
Dee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Authority
James Lawrence Fly
TVA
Florence Allen
Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Army Engineers
Tennessee River
Red Cross Membership Drive Sees Early Gains in Morgan County
Morgan county reports 1209 memberships in 1937 with 19 new from Danville and 26 from the county's Negro branch. If Morgan doubles 1936 totals, Priceville may lead the drive with about 20 new memberships. Most canvassers have submitted reports, three remain outstanding.
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American Red Cross
Morgan County
Fred
Mo Bnty
Priceville
W. Tom Price
Alabama Alumni Seek Rose Bowl Trip for Million Dollar Band
Alabama alumni on the West Coast urge university officials to take the Million Dollar Band to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl, arguing it would advertise Alabama and recognize the band’s hard work despite the football outcome. They cite the Vandy game as an example of the band’s strong display and plan to apply pressure locally to secure funding and travel.
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Crimson Tide
Pasadena
Alabama
South
West Coast
Rites Set for Mrs. Collier
Mrs. Minnie Harris Collier 62 died Friday at noon in Atiiston. She will be laid to rest Sunday in Decatur after funeral services at 2 pm led by Revs. I W Myers and Homer Britton. Survived by four sons, one daughter, mother, three sisters, one brother, 14 grandchildren. Body arrives on Louisville and Nashville train four and burial at city cemetery.
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Minnie Harris Collier
Atiiston
Decatur
Félix Collier
Nashville
Roy Collier
Vinemont
Jacobs
Mary E. Hodges
J. A. Black
Willie Hodges
Nina Hodges
Andes
Johnny Hodges
Louisville and Nashville
East Moulton Street
I. W. Myers
Homer Britton
City Cemetery
TEB. L
Turner Faves
Bennett Cox
Dillard Claridy
Dan Kirkland
J. R. Gibson
Jimmy Williams
Car goes in ditch injuring occupant in wet road
D B Waits of Bessemer Route 4 was injured this morning when the car he occupied left the wet highway near Flint and went into a ditch. He received head wounds and was taken to a Decatur physician for treatment while the other occupants were uninjured.
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D. B. Waits
Bessemer Route 4
Flint
Negro Held On Charge Of Theft In Police Court
A man identified as a Negro was fined in police court on a charge of petty larceny after being accused of stealing coal from the Valley Coal Co. yard. He was apprehended early this morning by a Valley Coal Co. employee.
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Valley Coal Co
Zion referendum votes on entertainment and vice bans
In Zion voters consider keeping decades old bans on movies and bowling once labeled agents of evil. The measure also touches smoking pool playing and drinking, tied to the city’s religious founding by Dr. John Alexander Dowie and his followers.
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Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Bridge To Be Built With Four Lanes And Toll Plan
A new four lane bridge is planned to replace the current Southern Railway right of way. Toll scales set: 15 cents for autos, 30 cents for buses, trucks 10 to 60 cents by capacity. Bond issuance of 950000 bridge revenue and 700000 federal aid funds to finance the project. Bonds purchase completed by Moore and Hyams of New Orleans and Jack M. Bass and Company of Nashville. Federal aid request submitted to the U S Bureau of Public Roads.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Southern Railway
State Highway Department
Moore and Hyams
New Orleans
Jack M. Bass and Company
Nashville, Tenn
Two Injured When Car Turns Over on Wet Highway
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bearden of 1319 Fulton Avenue Tarrant City were treated for bruises and cuts after their car skidded on wet pavement on the Wheel Memorial highway. Mrs. Bearden was driving when the vehicle slipped as it reached the slick roadway.
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A. L. Bearden
Fulton Avenue
Tarrant City
Memorial Highway
Stars Absent From Paramount Picture Shoot
Laryngitis kept Claudette Colbert Martha Raye Akim Tamiroff and John Howard Payne from the set as Paramount continued filming the picture around them.
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Hollywood
Claudette Colbert
Martha Raye
Akim Tamiroff
John Howard Payne
Paramount
Shanghai tense as Japanese press for free troop moves
Japanese officers apologized to the U S Marine command for intrusion into American defense streets in Shanghai. Japan seeks police to allow movement through the International Settlement and protests prevent a repeat of Friday’s bombing. Confusion followed the incident as Japanese staff officers met Brigadier General Beaumont.
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Associated
United States Marine Command
Shanghai
International Settlement Police
John C. Beaumont
United States Marine
Concession
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Gulf States
The Tennessee river stood at 21.8 feet with 57 F high and 43 F low for the period, trace rain. Alabama saw cloudy skies with occasional rain, colder in the northwest and slightly warmer in the southwest, while Tennessee faced similar trends with rain in places and colder conditions. The outlook for the week starting December 6 predicts rain midweek, followed by a warmer middle of the week and a colder end, with fair and cold conditions in Tennessee on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Central
East Gulf States
Tempea
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