King Edward dies? empire watches dawn of George VI
Archbishop speaks in moving broadcast on the Abdication crisis and the new reign. He laments Edward's choices, urges Christian allegiance, and offers prayers for the former king while announcing George VI's accession and the nation’s future under a new reign.
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Edward
Weselau
Austria
Wallis Warfield Simpson
George VI
Am Palace
Hyde Park
Tower of London
Christ
Decatur Daily Roundup of Local News Doings
Decatur residents and visitors reported in for medical ailments and family updates. A marriage license was issued to Walter Porter Fowler and Lavana Grace Baker of Somerville Route 3. Various locals and officials visited Decatur for church, court, and county business, with several undergoing hospital care or returning home after operations.
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Walter Porter Fowler
Lavana Grace Baker
Somerville Route 3
Former King of England Seeks Ear Treatment in Vienna
The ex-monarch, driven in from England, visited Prof Henrich Neumann at a Vienna clinic for a long standing ear ailment not deemed serious by officials. He will receive x rays and ear rinsing while staying at Baron de Rothschild’s Enzesfeld estate guarded by gendarmes and staff.
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Vienna
England
Austria
Wallis Simpson
Henrich Neumann
Eugene de Rothschild
France
Switzerland
Neumann
Baron de Rothschild
Enzesfeld
Portsmouth
Pury
Boulogne
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Alps
Cannes
Man confesses plan to get caught robbing post office
Watkins described intent to be sent to school to learn a trade after planning to be caught at a post office. He recounted finding a spring leaf, entering the lobby, attempting to pry an inner door, and fainting when confronted by a passerby before police arrived. He gave his birth date as Sept 18, 1919 or 1920 and said his parents are dead. He claimed no home and a history of wandering with an old car making odd jobs.
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Watkins
Florida
Lone Pine Troop to Hold Meeting
Lone Pine Troop No 1 Girl Scouts will meet Tuesday night at 730 in the Community Center on Ferry street. Plans call for re organization after a hiatus since March with Clio Levin named captain and Margaret Alexander and Mary Briscoe as lieutenants. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Lone Pine
Ferry Street
Clio Levin
Margaret Alexander
Mary Briscoe
American Legion Auxiliary
Earl Williams
Clyde McEntire
Earl Co
C. A. Moore
Rose Bowl sells out as tickets close submissions
Pasadena officials report the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day is sold out after announcing no further applications would be accepted. The bowl seats approximately [unreadable]. The ticket sale was opened earlier.
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Pasadena
Calif
Washington-Pittsburgh
Grantland Family Celebrates 78th Birthday
On December 13, 1936, a large gathering at Mr. and Mrs. 8 E Grantland marked the 78th birthday of Mr. Grantland. Attendees included numerous family members and relatives such as J L Williams, I L Grantland, Maude Grantland, Bessie Moody, Ed Grantland, Novie Plemons, Melvin Moody, Harmon Williams, Bernice Williams, and many others.
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E. Grantland
Grantland
J. L. Williams
Robert
I. L. Grantland
Ann
Cecil
Alene
T. R
Maude Grantland
Bessie
Jimmie
Linthch Thorson
Wanda Gail
Harmon Williams
Bernice Williams
Freddie Lorene
Andy Taylor
Curtis
Betty Elnora
Emma Garner
Martha
Geraldine
Delmas Campbell
Lorrie Johnson
Marvin Maxwell
Pearl Kyle
Duke Power Case Moves Steady Market Rallies
Utilities led a midday rally after a Supreme Court ruling tied to the Duke Power case as traders noted no ruling on public works power. broader sentiment shifted as the retrial point lingered. Wheat and mining shares gained, U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and General Motors rallied, with about 2.7 million shares changing hands.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Supreme Court
Duke Power
Public Works Administration
Chicago
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Inter-Lake Iron
Chrysler
General
Farm Machinery Group
Decatur Livestock Market Prices Move Steady
Decatur livestock shows cattle steady with varied values for steers heifers and cows. Hog prices range from 7.35 to 9.65 with different weights and sows at 8.35 while lambs and buck lambs bring 0.7 to 1.0 per pound. Liverpool cotton quotes feature spot gains and steady futures near 7.79 to 6.42 across major months.
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Liverpool
Egg Market New York Prices Mixed on Dec 14
Egg market in New York shows unsettled trading with 6,893 eggs available. Prices vary by grade and color with special packs at 33 1 2 cents per dozen and standards, firsts, undergrades, and refrigerators listed across 31 31 1 2 down to 24 cents.
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New York
Respected Negro Dies Near Trinity
Uncle Albert Coffee aged 84, a respected Black man, died Thursday night at his son Martins farm on C P Stewart's farm in Trinity. He was buried Sunday on Trinity mountain. He had many friends among both races and spent most of his life in this section.
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Albert Coffee
Martin
C. P. Stewart
Trinity Section
Trinity Mountain
Albert
Secon
Man Charged With Attempted Post Office Robbery
Investigators learned the defendant used the alias Sam Jones when renting a room here. Statements by Shepard and the prisoner were sworn before R.C. Hornsby and witnessed by Postmaster LeRoy McEntire and Postoffice Inspector R. M. Lade. Watkins, fingerprinted at the sheriff’s office, faces trial in Huntsville before U.S. Commissioner Robert W. Miller with penalties up to five years and a $1000 fine.
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Sam Jones
Shepard
R.C. Hornsby
LeRoy McEntire
Postoffice
R. M. Lade
Hornsby
Huntsville
U.S
Robert W. Miller
Supreme Court Reverses Circuit, Moves PWA Case Back
The Supreme Court sent the Greenwood County case back to district court for re pleading and retrial after questioning procedure in the appeals court. It notes delusive haste must not override orderly process and cites 51 similar cases totaling about 50 million dollars in loans and grants across 23 states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Public Works Administration
Mnerita
Greenwood County
South Carolina
Buzzard Roost
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N. C
Cirrcuit Court
Federal District Court
Circuit Court
District Court
Alabama
PWA
Merchants Urged to Oppose New Alabama Levy Plan
A committee was formed to urge merchants to oppose a proposed levy repeal. The lieutenant governor declined to reveal committee assignments. The measure would repeal Alabama bone dry prohibitions on January 1, 1937 in counties that did not vote for local option elections.
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Alabama
Senate Considers Gross Receipts Tax in Alabama
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves urged quick passage of a 112 percent gross receipts tax to avoid a reported January school shutdown. He said adjournment before New Year’s Day is unlikely, and urged passage of key bills by January 1 while noting schools would stay open if funds are delayed. Consumers group urged merchants not to pay the tax, but Graves dismissed the threat.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Education Committee
Bibb Graves
Consumers Anti
Graves
Consumers Anti-Sales Tax Association
Alabama
Black man held in fatal Lacey's Spring case
Snap Love, a Black man, was jailed in Morgan county on a serious charge connected to the slaying of Robert Moore in Lacey's Spring after a craps game dispute. Love surrendered Saturday and was taken to the Morgan county jail. a warrant against him was issued by Judge J B Dickinson at the request of John Childress, Moore’s uncle.
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Snap” Love
Morgan County
Robert Moore
Lacey's’ Spring
Love
Lacey
Moran County Jail
John Childress
Moore
J. B. Dickinson
Cowell Hopes for a Great Revival at Central Baptist
Rev John C Cowell Jr will lead a revival at Central Baptist church starting in January. He wires appreciation for plans and cooperation and expects a mighty spiritual awakening following a great victory at Sofacauga.
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John C. Cowell, Jr
Central Baptist Church
Wired
Sofacauga
Bonus bonds to Santa’s cause reduce cash flow
Washington reports veterans cashing five month bonus bonds with Christmas in mind. Treasury officials say redemptions exceed 1 million dollars daily in the last two weeks, leaving $462 million uncashed from a total of $1,788,120,000 issued.
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Washington
Treasur
Train kills five year old crossing in Cullman incident
A passenger train struck and killed five year old Earl Hildreth in Cullman Alabama as he and his two brothers tried to cross the tracks. The two brothers leaped to safety while Earl was fatally struck after they failed to notice the approaching engine.
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Cullman
Ala
Earl Hildreth
Earl
Final Cantata Rehearsal Set at Central Baptist Church
Final rehearsal for the Christmas Cantata will be held Tuesday night in the Central Baptist Church auditorium. The program, including parts from Christmas King and Redeemer and King, features 40 voices in the cast and all members are to attend the final session tomorrow night.
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Central Baptist Church
Austville Church Plans Christmas Program With Views
Austville church will present a Christmas program on Sunday night December 20 at 7. Rev. Z R Carpenter will show stereoptical views of early life of Christ pictures. The choir will process bearing candles throughout the program.
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Austiville
Z. R. Carpenter
Christ
Wheat Prices Reach New Highs on Chicago Board
Heavy buying pushed December wheat to 1.33 12 at the market open, the first delivery above 1.30 since January 1930, marking a seven year high for wheat prices in Chicago today.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Little Folks Await Death In Holiday Miracle
In Kansas City and Omaha two poor children Charles Mendenhall five and Johnny Hernandez three face incurable diseases. Santa visits early as doctors fear death before Christmas with Charles on a tricycle and Johnny gazing at a hospital tree amid dreamlike gifts.
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Kansas City
Santa Claus
Charles Mendenhall
Johnny Hernandez
Omaha
Johnny
Mercy Hospital
Charles
Baby Dies Suddenly at Rural Home
Van Lee Tapscott two month old son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Tapscott died suddenly at 3 o clock today at the home. Services to be held at Mt Zion at 3 p m with Rev Dew Prince officiating. Burial by Drinkard Howell of Hartselle. Survivors include the parents and other relatives.
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van Lee Tapscott
Clarence Tapscott
Hartselle Lervices
Mt. Zion
Dew Prince
Drinkard- Howell
Hartselle
Surprise Wedding Ties Opera Star Rosa Ponselle
Opera star Rosa Melba Ponselle wed Carle A. Jackson of Baltimore in a surprise ceremony at her Riverside Drive penthouse yesterday. The couple left for Canada today on a wedding trip.
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York
Rosa Melba Ponselle
Carle A. Jackson
Baltimore
Canada
Opera
Riverside Drive
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