Commutation for Jim Orr from death to life imprisonment
Jim Orr, a Black man scheduled for execution in the electric chair Friday for the 1937 slaying of Warren White, received a gubernatorial commutation to life imprisonment after the pardon board recommended mercy. White, a filling station operator, was fatally shot during an attempted holdup on W. Moulton Street. Orr was arrested later that night in the Oklahoma section.
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Jim Orr
Warren White
Graves
Pardon Board
White
W. Moulton Street
Third Avenue
West
Orr
Oklahoma
Ray Brothers clemency hearing to decide electric chair fate
Ray Brothers, 40, Etowah county man, awaits a decision by Governor Graves and the state pardon board on clemency for the murder of his wife. A brief open session preceded an hour-long closed conference. The board may commute or affirm the death sentence.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ray Brothers
Etowah County
Graves
State Pardon Board
Brothers
Pardon “Board
Jim Orr
Morgan County
Orr
Negees
Thomas S. Lawson
Albert Carmichael
Howell Turner
Charles E. McCall
Pardon Board
W. G. Rains
Rains
John Robinson
Shoes Price of Admission at Princess Theatre Matinee
A charity matinee at the Princess Theatre offers entry with a usable pair of shoes. Held Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 5 pm, the shoes go to the Decatur Charity Council for distribution to the needy. The annual event hopes to collect 500 pairs.
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Princess Theatre
Decatur Charity Council
Charity Council
Banniza
Dixon Proposes Expanded State Planning and Reference Bureau
Governor elect Frank Dixon outlined a program to create a legislative reference bureau and overhaul the state planning board. The plan calls for consolidated boards, stronger authority, no tax increases, and cost cuts while establishing a legislative council to coordinate research and bill drafting for legislators.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Dixon
Dixon
Montgomery
Alabama
Legislative Reference Bureau
Alabama State Development Board
Planning Board
Development Board
Industrial Authority
Legislative Council
Senate
House
State Extension Service
Civil Service Plan Proposed for State Government
Copies of a bill to create a state civil service system were distributed to lawmakers. It envisions a three member board and a director administering classified appointments by examination. Eligibility excludes recent elective officeholders and political party officials.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Federation of
Ford urges tax cuts to spur business profits and expansion
Edsel Ford told the Senate profit sharing committee that reduced federal taxes could boost plant expansion equipment purchases and employment. He cited Ford Motor Company profit sharing through high wages, bonuses, and an employee investment plan delivering guaranteed and variable returns totaling tens of millions since 1914.
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Washington
Ford
Senate Profit Sharing Committee
Henry Ford
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Australia Plans Defense Program Amid Rising Tensions
Canberra reports Premier Joseph Lyons announces a further boost to the three year defense program driven by Japanese expansion and Italy's potential threat to Mediterranean links with Britain. Defense spending rises to 82,000,000 pounds with 198 first line planes planned and two battle cruisers under construction.
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Canberra
Australia
Joseph Lyons
Italy
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Street
United States
Dominion
Curriculum Study Meeting Held at Morgan County High
Morgan County teachers gathered at Hartsville to discuss curriculum study this afternoon starting at 2 o clock. Dr C B Collier of Florence State Teachers College and Dr James A Lindsay of the University of Alabama served as consultants.
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Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
C. B. Collier
Florence State Teachers College
James A.lindsay
University of Alabama
Well Known Farmer W. J. King Dies in Lacon
W. J. King prominent farmer of south Morgan county died at 5 30 PM Monday at his Lacon home after a long illness. Funeral at Presbyterian church in Lacon Wednesday at 10 00 AM with Rev O P Spiegel of Montgomery and Rev L A Powell of Falkville. Burial in Herring cemetery directed by Peck of Hartselle. Pallbearers: J B Patterson Lonnie Shed Will Smith Clay Tapscott G W Drake J J Dinsmore. Survived by two daughters Kate and Annie of Lacon two sons J Henry of Falkville and Rufus of Lacon a daughter in law Jessie Teague King of Denver a sister Sallie King Falkville route 2 three brothers R H John and James of Falkville route 2 seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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W. J. (Suit) King
Morgan County
Lacon
Presbyterian Church
O. P. Spiegel
Montgomery
L. A. Powell
Falkville
Herring Cemetery
Peck
Hartselle
B.’ Patterson
Lonnie Shed
Will Smith
Clay Tapscott
G. W. Drake
J. J. Dinsmore
King
Kate
Annie King
J. Henry
Rufus King
Jessie Teague King
Denver
Sallie King
Local Resident's Father Dies in Meridian Mississippi
L. G. Connell of American Telephone and Telegraph learns of his father’s sudden death at seven this morning in Meridian Mississippi. He travels to Meridian where funeral services are planned for Wednesday.
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L. G. Connell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Meridian
Miss
TVA Hearing Signals Lower Hauling Costs From River Channel
TVA official J. H. Alldredge told a congressional investigating committee that finishing a nine foot navigation channel on the Tennessee River from Paducah Kentucky to Knoxville Tennessee would cut transportation costs and boost southern commerce. He cited Hoover era statements and Army estimates, noting water rates are cheaper than rail. He denied TVA sought outside industries, while critics questioned the Norris Dam’s purpose beyond power.
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Washington
TVA
Tennessee River
South
J. H. Alldredge
Commerce Department
Paducah
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley
Southeast
Allsdredge
Hoover
Army
Alldredge
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rep
Wolverton
N. J
Norris Dam
Sherman Meer
Ted
Mrs Sanders Called Home in Athens Funeral Rites
Funeral services for Mrs. W. T. Sanders Sr. were planned in Athens with Dr. A. B. Pitts officiating and burial in Athens Cemetery. She died Monday after a five week illness at age 72. Pallbearers included Judge James E. Horton and others. Survived by two daughters and two sons.
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W. T. Wthers
Athens
A. 8. Pitts
Ens First Methodist Church
McConnell
Athens Cemetery
James EF. Horton
J. G. Rankin
R. H. Richardson, Jr
Edward Goodrich
T. E. Gilbert
W. P. Chandler, Jr
Harry Kittrell
R. H. Walker
P. W. Hendrix
W. T. Sanders, Sr
Vanderbilt University
North Alabama
Alabama
San Francisco
Status of U S Jews Sought by Officials
Berlin dispatch reports U S consulars seek German interpretation of anti Jewish decrees affecting American Jews with property in Germany. Liquidation of holdings proceeds while press notes 3 080 000 000 dollars in Jewish wealth must be moved under ministry orders. Foreign Jews may be restricted from real estate and industry. Immigrant youths may flee to England and the Netherlands for training in farming and crafts.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Economics Ministry
American Chamber of Commerce
Hamburg
Frankfort
Main
Mber of Commerce
Jew Company
Argepee
Rudolf Loeb
Eschhelmer
Paul Pne
Marie Vonendereenn
Robert
Julietta Mendelssohn
Vianna
England
Netherlands
Jewish Cultural Organizat
Harwich
Daladier Orders Sailors to Man Paris for New York Run
Premier Daladier moves to end the Le Havre shipping strike by ordering 259 sailors to crew the liner Paris and sail to New York on schedule. Government sources say France will keep all trans Atlantic liners moving with naval crews.
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Paris
Daladier
le Havre
New York
Gift pig escapes on highway near Somerville
H F Bailey of Somerville route three set out for the Plint sanatorium with a black Poland China pig to donate to the hospital. The pig vanished from the truck en route between Hartselle and Flint, and Bailey hopes it will be returned to the sanatorium by the finder.
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H. F. Bailey
Somerville
Route Three
Hartselle
Flint
Mr. Bailey
Rockefeller Started Something With Sidewalk Kibitzers Club
John D. Rockefeller Jr started a sidewalk superintendents club at Rockefeller Center to improve safety and comfort for steam shovel and blasting kibitzers. Letters and notes pour in with ideas from shoppers, clerks, actors, tourists, and office workers, covering lights, schedules, tours, and amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferris
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockfeller Center
Rockefeller
Thursday Paper To Have List Of Lucky Winners
Six o clock last night tolled the deadline for entries in the Decatur merchants Christmas Window Shopping Contest except for mailed entries postmarked by December 5. Three judges are busy checking the entries from Decatur and nearby communities. Winners are expected to be announced on Thursday's Daily with checks mailed at that time.
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Decatur
Ttma
Fairy godmother fortune tale ends in probate battle
New York movie usher William Reilly and ballet dancer Rosaline Kniskern stand to inherit 1.5 million from Edna Elliott but face a challenge from George R. B. Morss of Bartlesville Oklahoma who claims kinship and seeks to halt probate pending a jury trial. The case may take a month or more to reach trial.
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New York
William Reilly
Roxy Theater
Rosaline Kniskern
City Music Hall
Jagy
Edna Elliott
George R. B. Morss
Bartlesville
Oklo
Couple Shot and Negro Held in Alabama Shooting
In Greensboro Alabama a man Harris Nash 32 and woman Gola Zulla Lyles 29 were found shot near separate roads. Lyles died. Nash hospitalized in critical condition with abdominal wounds. Deputy W C Sims said a black man is held but not charged. money taken and Nash left near Bethel church. Lyles said they were shot by a negro and assaulted. Nash’s car left on Bates Mill road.
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Greensboro
Ala
W. C. Sims
Gola Zulla Lyles
Harris Nash
Georgia
Sims
Nash
Bethel Church
Bates Mill Road
Greensboro-Tuscaloosa
Calvin Hollis
Hale County
Birmingham
Woman Slayer Anna Hahn to Die Says Davey
Gov. Martin L. Davey announced he would not intervene in the scheduled execution of Anna Marie Hahn the Cincinnati poison slayer set for tomorrow night in Columbus Ohio authorities indicate the decision stands despite last minute appeals Hahn was condemned for multiple murders and the case has drawn national attention
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Columbus, O
Martin L. Davey
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Roosevelt to Confer on International Situation in Washington
President Roosevelt plans a midafternoon conference with State Department officials and American diplomats to discuss the international situation. Attendees include Sumner Welles Hugh R Wilson William Phillips and William Bullitt. The meeting follows his Warm Springs talks on persecution of Jews and minorities in totalitarian states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Sumner Welles
Hugh R. Wilson
William Phillips
William ©. Bullitt
Germany
Italy
France
Chapel Hill
N.C
United States
Wilson
Phillips
Warm Springs
Pullitt
Bahamas
Perkins
Warren J. Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Ickes
Morgenthau
Roosevelt Seeks Liberal Program Despite November Setbacks
President Roosevelt on the train to Washington pledges to press liberal domestic reforms and world leadership. He speaks at the University of North Carolina urging continuity of change and warns that liberal ideas have endured past election losses, while stressing America’s role among democracies.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Georgia
White House
Congress
Warm Springs
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
New Deal
Yeting
United States
France and Germany sign pact to settle disputes by negotiation
Paris December 6 1938 France and Germany pledged to seek settlement of future disputes by negotiation rather than war. Foreign ministers Georges Bonnet and Joachim Von Ribbentrop signed two vellum sheets in the Kellogg room. the accord stresses Pacific relations and good neighborliness and commits both nations to consult on issues affecting them.
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Paris
France
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
von Ribbentrop
Bonnet
Hitler
Czechoslovakia Sudetenland
Negro P. T. A. Meeting Set For Thursday Night
The Negro P. T. A. will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 7:00 p.m. All workers and committees are asked to report at that time.
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Negro P. T. A
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee river gauge reads 17.1 feet with a 24 hour temperature range from 59 to 84 degrees and no rainfall. Alabama shows fair conditions with frost in the south and lighter winds along the coast, while Tennessee expects partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with a bit warmer temperatures in the far west.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Dixon Proposals
U.S. Jews
Solons
Hitch
Will
Davey
D. Harold Oliver
Foreign Affairs
America
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