State Parole Plea for Edwards Faces Opposition
Parole for Dewey Edwards the former Y M C A worker and murderer of Imogene Lee faces resistance as two board members favor clemency while Charles McCall Governor Bibb Graves withholds approval. McCall cites sheriff and solicitor opposition and Psychiatrist letters, noting Edwards remains in prison after a Mann Act conviction.
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Dewey Edwards
M Leo
State
Charles McCall
Bibb Graves
Edwards
Miss Lee
Birmingham
Associated Press Today
Montgomery
Robert Dewey Edwards
Jefferson County
State Pardons Board
Decatur
McCall
Jfferson County
Colicitor
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Atmore State Prison Farm
W. D. Partlow
Alabama Hospital For the Insane
H.S. Ward
Turner
Carmichael
Canaries Enter Wisconsin Canary Contest For Judge
About 200 canaries gathered in Milwaukee to perform for Frank Kreutz of St. Louis, the international song judge. Birds, bred for musical ability, are scored on rolls, flutes, bell tones, with demerits for nasal tones and hard shrill.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Roller Canary Association
Frank Kreutz
St.Louis
Kreutz
Obituary of David I. White Huntsville Pioneer Lawyer
David Irvine White 83 of Huntsville died at his home at 8 this morning. He served Huntsville as a prominent lawyer and citizen and is survived by his widow five sons including Luke M. White of Montclair New Jersey and Gilbert White of Decatur and by eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at 3 pm Monday at the Episcopal church in Huntsville. He was born in Richmond Kentucky December 17 182. He moved to Huntsville at age eight and was a University of Virginia graduate. He retired 15 years ago after a long legal career and remained active in the Episcopal church.
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David Irvine White
Madison
Gilbert White
Decatur
Huntsville
Episcopal Church
Mr. White
Luke M. White
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Montclair N. J
David I. White
Kansas City
Addison
Shelby White
Richmond
Kentucky
University of Virginia
White
Hold Up Men Net $3 In Woodland Mills
Earl Oldacre of Woodland Mills was robbed on Sycamore street about 9 PM Friday by two white men. One drew a pistol and took $3 from him after he asked a stranger on W Lafayette and Railroad for directions to a lodging house. The other man did not appear to rob the companion.
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Earl Oldacre
Woodland Mills
Sycamore Street
Oldacre
W. Lafayette and
Railroad Streets
Mr. Oldacre
Blind Man Wins Residence Rights in Jackson and Richmond
Charlie Hurst, blind for years, fought for the right to live with his ex wife and her current husband. After divorcing him she married Fred Bryant and the trio once shared a home in Jackson. They later moved to Richmond where the Bryants planned to move again without Hurst. He resisted with a pistol but eventually joined them as they moved to a new home.
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Richmond
Charlie Hurst
Hurst
Fred Bryant
Jackson
Bryants
Cotton Consumption Declines Slightly in November
Census Bureau figures show cotton consumed in November totaled 507,836 bales of lint and 59,549 of linters, down from October’s 552,187 lint bales and 67,106 linters, and above November last year’s 480,081 lint and 51,035 linters.
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Washington, Inc
Census Bureau
Leibowitz Seeks Date Change in Local Scottsboro Court
Nine black defendants in the Scottsboro case see arraignment postponed to January 6 in Birmingham as Samuel S. Leibowitz, counsel for the defendants, arranges new indictments after a US Supreme Court ruling voided prior death sentences for racial jury exclusion. Trial dates set within a week with trials to follow promptly in Morgan county under new indictments.
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Birmingham
Ala
Scottsboro
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Leibowitz
Knight
United States Supreme Court
Morgan Circuit Court
Decatur
Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Huntsville
Jackson County
Eeight
U. S. Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court
Patterson
Norris
Morgan County
Alabama
Arraignment of Scottsboro defendants postponed to January 6
The arraignment date for the Scottsboro Negroes was moved from December 16 to January 6 at the request of Samuel Simon Leibowitz. He would personally handle the defense, ending months of controversy. The trials remain set to begin after preliminaries, with little anticipated delay.
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Scottsboro
William R Alexander Rites Planned at St Johns
William R Alexander died after a week long pneumonia at his Decatur home 112 E Walnut street Funeral rites set for 2 pm Sunday at St Johns Episcopal Church with prayers at 8:30 Sunday at home Rev Peter M Dennis will preside at both services Burial at City cemetery Brown Funeral directs pallbearers will be vestrymen of the church Survived by widow a son William of Decatur a sister Mrs S T Radford Meridian MS two brothers H C Alexander Duquesne PA and Pat Alexander Detroit He was a former L N Railroad employee and an honorary vestryman of St Johns Episcopal church.
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William R. Alexander
E. Walnut Street
St. John's Episcopal Church
Peter M. Dennis
City Cemetery
Brown
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mrs Deleshaw Called by Death in Lawrence County
Mrs Mary Emma Deleshaw 70 a prominent Lawrence County woman died at 6 this morning at her home on Moulton route 3. Funeral services set for 10 a m Sunday at Cheatham Cemetery with burial by Drinkard Howard of Hartselle. Survived by five sons John Fennell James of Moulton route 6 Marvin Haleyville and Richard of Decatur brother Charles Chilcoatt of Haleyville heads the surviving relatives.
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Mary
Emma
Deleshaw
Lawrence County
Moulton
Cheatham Cemetery
Drinkard- Howard
Hartselle
Fastest Industrial Recovery in Five Years
Thomas E. Flanagan reports the Associated Press index of industrial activity rose to 86.7, the highest in five years, with auto production and carloadings indices reaching new peaks. Electricity output set a weekly record at 1,969,662,000 kilowatt hours, and steel, cotton, and construction activity showed notable gains as Christmas buying surpassed last year.
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Thomas E. Flanagan
Associated Press
Steel
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Wall Street
Polygamists Targeted inG Man Drive United States
Kingman Arizona December 14 Prosecutor E Elmo Bollinger urged a federal investigation into polygamists declaring he had only scratched the surface in the campaign against plural wife cultists following Mojave county district attorney’s recommendation after the conviction of two polygamists from the Short Creek colony on charges of open and notorious cohabitation.
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Kingman
Ariz
G-men
E. Elmo Bollinger
Mojave County
Short Creek
Planes funding sought to build 800 new army aircraft
Washington reports an effort to obtain funds to build 800 new army planes. Chairman Parks of Arkansas said the house appropriations subcommittee may try to insert money for them into the war department's appropriation bill for next year.
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Washington
Parks
D., Ark
House Appropriations
War Department
Weather rising Tennessee River with mild temperatures
The Tennessee river gauge reads 4.5 feet with a 41 degree high and 34 degree low over the past 24 hours and no rainfall. On Sunday frost possible in the southeast with milder eastern sections, then a warmer Sunday, and the week ahead looks generally fair with near normal temperatures and rain chances midweek.
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Tennessee
Central
Sae
Britain seeks German pact for peace aid
European tensions rise as Britain and Germany discuss a collective aviation alliance for peace backing. In Ethiopia Dr. Robert W. Hockman, a U S missionary, dies handling an unexploded Italian bomb on the Daggah Bar front amid a debate over Franco British peace proposals and collective security.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Europe
Great Britain
Robert W. Hockman
Daggah Bar
Hockman
United Presbyterian
Ethiopia
Reni
Italy
Duncan placed on state job board in Alabama
Gov Bibb Graves names J G Duncan Jr of Prattville as director of the Alabama Employment Service with duties to run employment bureaus under joint state and federal Wagner Peyser guidance. Jacob L Kaufman will chair the unemployment compensation commission with Lucien Brown and James P Lipscomb as associate members. Unemployment insurance act set to begin January 1 with a maximum benefit of 15 dollars weekly.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
J. G. Duncan, Jr
Prattville
Alabama Employment Service
Duncan
Jacob L. Kaufman
Power Offered Farmers by City
Union City Tennessee on December 14 offered to furnish electricity from its municipal plant to farmers in the rural area if they build and maintain the distribution lines to the city limits. The plan follows a report by C B Allen plant superintendent that the city could only provide a limited amount of current to farmers at no extra cost to the plant.
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Union City
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fub
C. B. Allen
Fatal single seater plane crash near Dale, Virginia
Arthur K. Ladd, 45, of Field, Virginia, died when his single engine plane went down near Dale. He reportedly had engine trouble before the crash and was found mangled in a swamp with the wreckage heavily damaged.
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Arthur K. Ladd
Field
Dale
S. Co. E
Thief Routed By Bees But Makes Way With Honey
Police seek a thief with a honeyed motive after a raid on hives at H. Yarbrough home in Moulton Heights. One hive was taken and the thief escaped with honey, prompting a beeside investigation.
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H. Yarbrough
Moulton Heights
Mrs. Brown Illness Victim in Decatur
Mrs James M Brown longtime Decatur resident dies at 10 50 am at her home 305 Grant Street Funeral services set for 9 am Monday at St Annes Catholic Church Father C Kennedy to officiate pallbearers include Dr J W Hughes John Zanvit John Babler Andrew McKenna Tom Covey Carl Arantz She is survived by two daughters Leda Almon and Bess Brown two sons James and Bennie two sisters and two brothers Her obituary notes her Decatur birth lifelong residence and active religious and educational work.
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St. Anne's Catholic Church
Cc. P. Kennedy
P. G. Delehanty
George N. Moeller
Frank Coyle
City Cemetery
Brown
J. W. Hughes
John Zanvit
John Babler
Andrew MecKenna
Tom Covey
Carl Arantz
Italy Increases American Cotton Purchases In November
Commerce department data show Italy bought 58 058 bales in November, up from October and September, with Germany and the United Kingdom also increasing purchases. Exports total 1 134 874 for November, and four months ending November 30 rise to 2 574 786 bales, led by gains to the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Italy
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Morgan County Teachers Receive November Pay Checks
Morgan county teachers were rejoicing over payment of nearly 23000 dollars for November salaries. Funds borrowed Friday by the board of education were disbursed this morning from the office of Prof. George T. Woodruff. Checks were sent to 235 teachers in county schools.
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Morgan County
Board of Education
George T. Woodruff
Hauptmann Death Penalty Decision Looms January Threat
New Jersey Governor Hoff says Hauptmann faces execution the week of January 13 for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder while defense and state officials weigh newly discovered evidence and potential appeals. The warden set the exact date after a court clearance.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoff
Heuptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann, S
Hauptmann
Mark O. Kimberlin
Fisher
New Jersey
Hoffman
Ellis Parker
Mrs Gish of Athens Dies After Pneumonia
Mrs. Margaret Sanders Gish aged 36 of Athens died this morning at 7 25 after a brief illness of pneumonia. She leaves husband Paul Gish two sons Robert and Paul Jr her mother Mrs W T Sanders Jr of Athens two sisters Mrs Charles Love and Miss Bebe Sanders both of Nashville two brothers Harry Sanders of Nashville and W T Sanders Jr of New Jersey. Funeral arrangements likely Sunday afternoon.
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Margaret Sanders Gish
Athens
Vanderbilt University
Attorneys to defend TVA act before Supreme Court
Government lawyers will pick counsel to defend the Tennessee Valley Authority act next week. John Lord O’Brian has been hired as special counsel. the act aims to set a yardstick for power costs and protect resources from monopoly and waste. The circuit court upheld the legislation amid Alabama Power Company opposition.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Supreme Court
John Lord O'Brian
New York
Ae Valley Authority
Arwumerte
At New Jeans
Alabama Power Company
Johnston
Birmingham
Beck
Seek Rise in Armory Fund and National Guard Unit
Officials, aided by Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce, plan an armory project and a national guard company here. Many applications for enrollment are on file, and legion officers believe interest will greatly exceed expectations.
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Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Legion
Unis
Calles Returns to Mexico in Turbulent Return
Plutarco Elias Calles arrives in Mexico City from six months in exile to assume responsibility for his actions as factions in the country forecast a clash between ism and conservatism.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Los Angeles
Mexico
Platform U. U. Washington Dec 4 1996 remark
An AP report from Washington notes a quoted remark about 1996 from an unidentified speaker at a Platform U event. The fragmentary text suggests criticism or reflection but lacks clear context or named individuals.
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U. K
Washington
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Hauptman
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