Cummings Defense of Gold Buying Faces Publication Push
Attorney General Homer Cummings defends the President's gold buying plan while Acheson and Reed briefs leak. Congress may demand release as critics call the move political and the justice brief secret. Cummings searches old statutes for precedent and cites 1864 law authorizing Treasury to buy U S coin.
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Washington
Homer Cummings
Treasury
Acheson
Stanley Reed
Acheson-Reed
Cummings
Justice Department
Secretary of the Treasury
U. S
Trial visitors depart after Scottsboro hearings end
Decatur emptied of trial visitors after nearly three weeks tied to the Scottsboro case second trial. Prisoners returned to Jefferson county jail in Birmingham as appeals and potential U.S. Supreme Court review loom. Attys and reporters dispersed to cities including New York, Montgomery, Chattanooga, and Atlanta.
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Decatur
Scottsboro
Jefferson County
Birmingh
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Norris
Callahan
Leibowitz
New York
John R. Brodsky
I.L. D
George Chamlee
Chattanooga
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Thomas Lawson
Montgomery
H. G. Bailey
Boaz
Wade Wright
Patterson
T. M. Davenport
Associated Press
Birmingham
Ralph Hurst
Birmingham News
Mr. Nixon
International News Service
Atlanta
Ben
United Press
Dibiel
The
Allan Raymond
New Herald-Tribune
Tom Casly
New York Daily News
Better Business Seen By Express Agent
C D Judd an express agent says business will improve in the holiday season and beyond as shipping increases. He notes a campaign called A New Deal in Express Business aims to speed Roosevelt recovery plans with two million special Christmas packs available at the local express office.
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C.D. Judd
Railway Express
Thisty
Mr. Judd
Roosevelt
Demand for Rooms Surges in Decatur Reports
Reports from Decatur show renewed prosperity as demand for places to stay rises. The city records a stronger housing and lodging market, with occupancy pressures higher than at any time in the past five years.
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Decatur
Mosquito War Plans Mapped Across South Alabama
Three major agencies join to wipe out pest mosquitoes in Mobile and Baldwin counties. B P Livingston will lead 819 CWA workers filling and dyking marshes through Feb 15 to reduce malaria vectors. Separate state health drive will operate alongside this effort.
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Montgomery
Ala
South
Alabama
Alabama Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Civil Works Administration
B. P. Livingston
State Department
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
South Alabama
State Health Department
Health and Agriculture Department
Baldwin
Football Night at Kiwanis Club Honors Decatur Letter Winners
Tonight at the Kiwanis Club a Football Night event honors Decatur high school letter winners with Johnnie Cain as a principal speaker. Leybourne Lynne leads the program set for 6 10 oclock and about eighteen local stars are expected to attend this Red and Black tribute. Cain, all American last season at the University of Alabama, appears with Paul Barnum, Alabama coach of the fresh squad, now serving as assistant backfield coach at Alabama.
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Kiwanis Club
Decatur High School
Johnnie Cain
Leybourne Lynne
Cain
University of Alabama
Paul Barnum
Tide
Bama
Morgan County Women Go To Work On CWA Plan
Morgan county 261 women are to be employed by Monday under the new CWA quota to beautify highways and public buildings. Projects include Bee Line highway work from Keller Memorial bridge to the city park, with volunteers organized to solicit shrubs and bulbs.
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J.T. Budinger
CWA
Morgan County
Fred R. Smith
Morgan
Bee Line
Keller Memorial Bridge
City
Tes Pepsin
Te Fee Con Wien Eernoon
Morgan County National Bank
Former Citizen Likes the Capital
Roy C. Billings formerly of Decatur has been named head of the income tax division at the state tax commission with offices in Montgomery. Mrs. Billings and the children will move to Montgomery to join him and establish their future home.
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Roy C. Billings
Decatur
The
State Tax Commission
Montgomery
Ill but Revered Local Pastor L F Goodwin Remains Poorly
CONTINUE ILL Dr. L. F. Goodwin a former local pastor continues very ill at his Birmingham home with medical attention and concern from the community lingering.
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L. F. Goodwin
Birmingham
Trail of Death in Path of Blizzard
Seattle and the Pacific Northwest mourn the first severe winter storm losses as six fishermen remain missing while four are confirmed dead. Two boats wrecked and another reported off Vancouver Island. Victorians note crews of two per boat amid deaths from wind felled trees and weather-related accidents as torrential rain and snow continue.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Victoria
British Columbia
Weather Bureau
Birmingham Minister Heads to Tennessee After Visit
Rev. J. L. Moye of Birmingham has traveled to Tennessee following a brief visit with his brother A. L. Moye. He is reported to be recuperating from a recent illness.
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J. L. Moye
Birmingham
Tennessee
A. L. Moye
Rev. Moye
Jefferson Deputies Earn Praise During Scottsboro Trials
Jefferson county deputies from Birmingham assisted local officers during the Scottsboro trials, earning praise from judges, officials, merchants, and citizens. Chief Deputy T. M. Gilbert and 14 colleagues aided crowd control and guard duties for Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris with courteous, vigilant service.
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Jefferson
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Birmingham
Scottsboro
Callahan
Jefferson County
Heywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Sheriff's Office
T. M. Gilbert
Sam Arnett
Eat Cole
Reuben Richardson
William Snow
DeWitt Truss
W. S. Adams
Clyde Copeland
Ralph Cochran
D. L. Helton
Fred Gutz
Jim McAdory
Walter Ward
Hitler Seeks Five Point Peace Plan With France
Paris reports a rumored five point peace program for permanent peace with France proposed by Chancellor Hitler. The French foreign office would not confirm or deny the plan, which would grant Germany an army of 300,000 and the right to possess aircraft and tanks, ban gas bombing planes, disarm heavily armed powers, and return the Saar basin without a plebiscite. France plans to consult other nations before replying.
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Paris
France
Hitler
Germany
Foreign Office
Saar
Three Men Killed In Border Battle At Rio Grande
At El Paso Texas the border patrol clashed with liquor smugglers early today leaving three dead and a fourth wounded. Victims are patrolman Dorne C Melton and Juarez residents Francisco Gonzales and Highino Perez. Francisco Mosquero of Juarez is hospitalized in serious condition. Melton had relocated from Conyers Georgia in January. Smugglers fled into the river with about 150 gallons of liquor amid the gunfire.
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EL Paso
Texas
United States
Dorne C. Melton
Francisco Gonzales
Highino Perez
Jaurez
Mexico
Francisco Mosquero
Melton
Conyers
Rio Grande
Toy Matinee Set for December 9 at Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre announces a December 9 toy matinee organized by Crescent Amusement Company Manager G P Banniza. The program features Thats My Boy and two reels His Vacation Steamboat Willie and Mickey Mouse Dangerous Dapper Dan. Admission is one usable toy to be donated to the Community House.
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Princess Theatre
G. P. Banniza
Crescent Amusement Company
Mickey Mouse
Effort Charged to Fool Blind Man in Alabama
In Athens Alabama a blind fruit dealer William Blankenship was deceived by a stranger who passed four counterfeit looking papers for dollars at his stand. The next day Leroy Lewter is accused of repeating the trick and was detained by the victim until police arrested him.
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Athens
Ala
William Blankenship
Leroy Lewter
Services Today For Beloved Resident Pruitt
Funeral services were held this afternoon for W. R. Pruitt a beloved resident who died Tuesday night at 11 40 at his home 616 Sixth Avenue West. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville.
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W. R. Pruitt
Sixth Avenue
West
Maple Hill Cemetery
Huntsville
Trinity business visitor in Decatur today
J. A. Neville of Trinity was noted as a business visitor in Decatur today.
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J. A. Neville
Trinity
Decatur
Roosevelt Supports Missouri River Authority Plan
President Roosevelt reportedly favors early study of creating a Missouri River Authority modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority. He has not fully decided but sees value in investigating potential benefits and scope for the Missouri and Arkansas Valleys and may discuss with Senator Norris.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Missouri River Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
Missouri Valley
Arkansas River
Norris
Nebraskan
Tennessee
Chicago man kills wife’s friend and self in Arkansas
Jack Walton, about 30, from Chicago and St. Louis, killed Stella Shattas, 30, at a Hot Springs rooming house after seeking the woman divorcing his friend’s wife. He wounded the woman’s 12-year-old daughter, drank poison, and threatened to blow up the house as the proprietor tried to enter.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Jack Walton
St. Louis
Stella Shattas
Trene
Adam Talocha
Walton
Young Matron Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Allene Ratliff, 23, died at 10 this morning at her father B. E. Braswell’s home in Danville after a short illness. She is survived by husband Pascal Ratliff, a three month old son, her parents, four sisters Edna Lucile Wilma Irene Braswell, and six brothers Murray Guy Gorman Leon Joe and Garland. Funeral services will be Friday at Johnson’s Chapel with Rev T H Wilson and Rev Brookes, burial at Johnson Chapel cemetery.
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Allene Ratliff
B. E. Braswell
Danville
Pascal Ratliff
Edna
Lucile
Wilma
Irene Braswell
Murray
Guy
Gorman
Leon
Joe
Garland
Johnson’s Chapel
T. H. Wilson
Brookes
Shaneh
Johnson Chapel
Decatur
Former Officer Held Without Bond By Judge
Tijen John Zook, a former policeman and packing house worker, pleaded not guilty to eight counts of first degree murder in the death of Lloyd Warner. Warner, a Black man, was lynched on November 28, doused with a chemical, and burned after being hanged near the courthouse amid mob violence. Zook remains in custody with more arrests anticipated.
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ST. Joseph
Dee. T—tijen
John
Zook
Lloyd Warner
Trinity Citizens Seek Reinstatement of Road Projects
Trinity residents urge county officials not to discontinue three neighborhood road projects started weeks earlier. Representatives request reconsideration and resumption of work on the planned improvements.
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Trinity Section
Story of Chrishmas Aes Ee
The fragment hints at a Christmas story titled Chrishmas with playful distortions. It references a festive tale or poem segment, suggesting holiday themes and cheerful imagery, though specifics are unreadable.
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Loyce Kilmer
Better Business
Mary Jerom
Pennsauken, N. J
Philadelphia
Camden County
Organ County
Federal Reserve
Morgenthau
Senate
Chase National Bank
RFC
Harvey Couch
Banking
Couch
Charles 8. McCann
Wabash
Trail OF Death
TOY Matinee Sei
Princess
Missouri
America
Chrishmas
Aes Ee
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