State Plans Quick Appeal to High Court
A three judge federal court ruled Alabama un employment insurance law violated both state and federal constitutions and granted a permanent injunction blocking enforcement. The decision held the act unconstitutional and void under the 14th Amendment and Alabama Constitution. Attorney General Carmichael planned an immediate appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Samuel H. Sibley
C. B. Kennamer
R. T. Ervin
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Southern Coal and Coke Company
A. A. Carmichael
State Unemployment Insurance Board
United States
Carmichael
U. S. Supreme Court
Walter B. Jones
Montgomery County
Alabama Unemployment Compensation Commission
Charity Matinee at Princess Theatre Seeks Toy Donations
The City Mission Board hosts a Wednesday charity matinee at the Princess Theatre with admission paid in a usable toy. Mrs. Sara Jeffries is president and Mrs. Hiram Roberts secretary treasurer. Manager G Banniza provides the venue. The film Flying Hostess screens from 1 to 6 pm for children. broken toys are not accepted.
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Princess Theatre
City Mission Board
Sara Jeffries
Hiram Roberts
G. Banniza
TVA Expansion Of Its Power Program Awaits Court Decision
A federal court granted a temporary injunction restricting TVA from extending facilities with certain exceptions. Nineteen private power firms challenged TVA act legality while 35 projects may proceed including transmission lines and substations. A new hearing is set for March 8. Municipal leaders urge a congress inquiry into private finance limits for public power.
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Nashville
Terh
Federal Court Ofer
Tennessee Valley Authority
John J. Gore
TVA
James L. Fly
Gore
Tarrant City
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Decatur
Ingram
Congress
Tigers Select Toughest Foes Of Past Season
Baton Rouge December 15 Louisiana State University football chose the toughest opponents from last season. The all-opponent eleven includes Ends Joe Eaves of Auburn and Jim Benton of Arkansas. Tackles Buford Ray of Vanderbilt and Frank Kinard of Mississippi State. Center Carl Hinkle of Vanderbilt. Quarterback Jack Robbins of Arkansas. Left Half Bill Flowers of Tulane. Right Half Wilton Kilgore of Auburn. Fullback Hugh Wolfe of Texas.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Joe Eaves
Auburn
Jim Benton
Arkansas
Buford Ray
Vanderbilt
Frank Kinard
Mississippi
State
Carl Hinkle
Jack Robbins
Bill Flowers
Tulane
Wilton Kilgore
Hugh Wolfe
Texas
China backs government as Chang Hsueh-Liang crisis widens
Nanking proclaims martial law amid reports Chiang Kai-shek is dead or alive and Chang Hsueh-Liang holds the generalissimo. Government pledges military and moral support while observers sense a swing toward Nanking. Japan’s Hachiro Arita comments amid conflicting fate reports.
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Nanking
China
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang Kaishek
Associated Press
Shensi
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Hachiro Arita
Attendance Heads Meet Here Conference of school attendance workers from several counties
A conference of school attendance workers will be held at the offices of Prof. George T. Woodruff in the courthouse on Wednesday. Sessions begin at 12 30 pm. County and city supervisors listed include Miss Edna Williams Colbert Miss Mary Clyde Garner Cullman Miss Carolee Dobbs Lauderdale Mrs Fan P. Miller Lawrence Miss Louise Moore Limestone Miss Lottie Wallace Madison Miss Clio Lovin Morgan Mrs Robbie L. Givens Decatur Miss Kittie White Florence Mrs W S Thompson Huntsville Miss Louise Pittman Sheffield and Tus cumbia.
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George T. Woodruff
Edna Williams
Colbert
Mary Clyde Garner
Cullman
Carolee Dobbs
Lauderdale
Fan P. Miller
Lawrence
Louise Moore
Limestone
Lottie Wallace
Madison
Clio Lovin
Morgan
Robbie L. Givens
Decatur
Kittie White
Florence
W. S. Thompson
Huntsville
Louise Pittman
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
The Holiday Mystery Opens With Christmas Blizzard Thrills
A Christmas Eve blizzard in northern New Mexico forces a young man to a party where he meets a pretty girl and enjoys a festive affair until an uninvited guest Death enters the scene. The Daily launches this suspenseful serial Thursday.
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New Mexico
Watkins Held in $1 000 Bond
James C. Watkins was arrested Sunday at Albany station postoffice lobby and pleaded guilty to attempted postoffice burglary before U S Commissioner Robert W Milner in Huntsville Monday. He was bound over to the grand jury on $1 000 bond and admitted planning the crime to be sent to a trade school. Watkins said he regretted the mistake after spending hours in jail.
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James C. Watkins
Albany
Postoffice
U. S
Robert W. Milner
Huntsville
Rne Postoffice
Grand Jury
Watkins
Mayor Harris Supports City Ownership Of Decatur Power
Mayor R. N. Harris told a Daily reporter he favors municipal ownership and operation of Decatur light and power facilities. He says cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority offers the best path to cheaper rates and quicker municipal ownership, noting a Chattanooga meeting of regional mayors and clarification on the meeting’s purpose.
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R. N. Harris
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roose
Mr. Harris
John A. Caddell
Chattanooga
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
TVA
Roosevelt
City officials seek faster PWA loan path for power plants
Mayor Roy Ingram of Tarrant City Alabama urged quicker court action to clarify cities right to obtain PWA loans for building power plants. The remark was reported from Birmingham Alabama with continuation noted on page two.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roy Ingram
Tarrant City
PWA
Bee Line Highway Widening and Resurfacing Underway
The state highway department is carrying out extensive work on the Bee Line highway from the state line to Montgomery. Sections are resurfaced and the road widened in several areas to attract more north south tourist travel.
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State Highway Department
Bee Line
State Line
Montgomery
Hearing Set By Bonner On Repeal Bill
In Montgomery Alabama the Senate gave first reading to the Chichester state store liquor control bill and referred it to the temperance committee. A public hearing is set for 9 30 a m tomorrow in the Senate chamber. The education committee reported favorably the Ellis gross receipts tax bill passed by the House.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chichester
Senate
Temperance Committee
Thomas B. Knight
J. Miller Bonner
Camden
Education
Ellis
House
John Chichester
Birmingham
Cuidane
Mobile
Amendment defeated on tax law voter ratification plan
The House of Representatives rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would let the legislature submit tax laws to the people for ratification or rejection. The roll call ended 41 to 41, with the result noted as continuing on page two.
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Montgomery
Ala
House of Representatives
The Lonely Child Christmas Appeal in Decatur
For several years Decatur residents respond to The Daily’s Lonely Child call. This year many children may miss Santa unless locals sign the coupon to donate and provide names of children to receive gifts on Christmas Eve.
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Decatur
Miss Pickford Starts Lab On Suit Purchase
Memphis Tennessee December 15 Everett Epperson a 17 year old telegraph messenger decided to apply a six dollar bill from Mary Pickford to purchase a new suit. The actress handed him the money after noting his cold and gave a note urging him to buy a warm sweater. He planned the down payment on the suit en route to New York to join her fiance Buddy Rogers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Everett Epperson
Mary Pickford
New York
Kes
Buddy) Rogers
Hope Morgan Hangs Self After Confession In Slaying
In Lansing Michigan Hope Morgan 25 confessed to killing her best friend amid jealousy and later hanged herself in Mason County jail while awaiting a sanity report She had shot Elizabeth Giltner 25 at Michigan State College and had declared an impulse to kill followed by a self inflicted death sentence
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Lansing
Mich
Allan A. MacDonald
Hope Morgan
Mason
Elizabeth Gilter
Michigan State College
Allan McDonald
Miss Giltner
Circus Performers Divorce Granted in Tampa Case
Bruno Zacchini obtained a divorce after testifying his wife’s nagging made it dangerous for him to shoot his two brothers from a cannon. He said his home life was upset and his wife’s false reports were unsafe in his hands.
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Tampa
Fra
Bruno Zacchini
Bruno
Zacchini
Pope Pius Suffers Relapse in Lower Limbs
Vatican reports Pope Pius, partly paralyzed in his lower legs, suffered a relapse today. Reliable Vatican sources confirm the setback as officials monitor his condition from Rome.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Archbishops Criticized Over Edward VIII Broadcast
The Archbishop of Canterbury faced sharp criticism for his Sunday radio sermon disapproving of Edward VIII's plans to marry Wallis Simpson. MPs and clergy lamented perceived political interference while editors and readers debated the tone and timing of the remarks.
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London
Criticlam
Canterbury
Edward VIII
Edward
George VI
Empire
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Church of England
Preg Ng Maa Yom Ee Chu
Josiah Clement Wedgwood
Labor
House of Commons
Durham
H. H. Henson
British Broadcasting Corporation
York
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Archdeacon Lambie
Australia
Lambie
Melbourne
News Chronicle
Edward Viit
Pride, North Alabama Pioneer, Dies at 78
L T Pride 78 a prominent North Alabama citizen and large landowner died at 7 45 am at Pride Station near Tuscumbia from pneumonia. Funeral 11 am Wednesday at Tuscumbia Presbyterian Church burial in Tuscumbia Cemetery. Survived by widow three daughters H O Greer Mrs John C Bragg of Decatur and Mrs Hubert Young of Scarsdale NY seven grandchildren and many friends.
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L. T. Pride
North Alabama
Pride Station
Tuscumbia
Tuscumbia Presbyterian Church
Tuscumbia Cemetery
Pride
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Enzesfeld Landing Field Prep Signals Windsor Visit
Vienna officials measure Chateau Enzesfeld grounds for a potential royal landing as Edward Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson loom nearby. The former king rests amid remodeling while detectives guard entrances and rumors swirl of a possible stay and a prospective guest.
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A. D. Stefferud
Enzesfeld
Austria
Vienna
Chateau Enzesfeld
Edward, Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward Daniel
Chateau
Wallis Simpson
Age Post Office
Ser
Cannes
London
Edward
Telegraf
Windsor
Archduke Anton
Somburg Castle
Simpson
Kitabuehel
Revival Campaign Held in Somerville Milliodt Church
A revival campaign under way at the Somerville Milliodt church features Rev. Hotaler preaching and Rev. R. S. Rains guiding musical programs. Pastor Hav. S. W. Brooks leads the congregation.
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Somerville
Somerville Milliodt
Weather bulletin for Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 15.6 feet this morning, with a 24 hour high of 53 and low of 37 and no rainfall recorded. In Alabama skies remained cloudy and cooler through Wednesday with partly cloudy conditions later.
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Alabama
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