Revisions on Tax Schedule Made in City
Decatur city council approved changes to the privilege tax schedule affecting coal dealers lumber and building material interests. Licenses for coal dealers set by trucks with a $50 minimum and itinerant lumber dealers at $120 yearly. Taxicab operators must carry $3 000 liability insurance effective January first. Fireworks in business districts may incur up to $100 fine and six months in jail. Filling station licenses remain unchanged.
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Decatur
Stores Open Every Night During Holidays in Decatur
Decatur stores began regular holiday hours and will stay open nightly through Christmas. Indications point to trade volumes equal to or higher than a year ago as a large citywide crowd gathers from surrounding areas. Early morning shopping shows holiday demand headed for record levels.
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Decatur
Mystery of Stewed Pigeons Solved in Lyndhurst
Five pigeons staggered and burped on a garage roof as agents watched. They raided a 700 Fallon still with an 18-foot stack protruding through the roof near the core. Once fumes stopped, the pigeons are expected to become teetotalers, a smirking agent said.
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Lyndhurst
N. J
Dalhver of Al Brady gang sentenced to death
Hammond Ind December 18 Federal Judge Thomas W Slick sentenced James Dalhover the last of the Al Brady gang to die April 8 8 in the electric chair at the Indiana penitentiary for the slaying of state policeman Paul V Minneman last May 25 after a bank robbery.
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Hammond
Ind
Thomas W. Slick
James Dalhover
al Brady
Indiana Penitentiary
Paul V. Minneman
36 Convicted in Mass Trial in Illinois Coal War
In Springfield Illinois 36 defendants many tied to the Progressive Miners of America were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to dynamite trains obstructing the mails and interfering with commerce The five week trial followed a period of violence in central and southern Illinois coal fields lasting from 1932 to 1935 Sheriff Earl Evans and PMA leaders including John H Fancher Dan McGill and Jess Anderson were among those convicted with PMA president William Keck suffering a heart attack and receiving a mistrial The verdict drew mixed reactions from prosecutors and defense counsel with calls of righteousness and disbelief from key figures.
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Springfield
Progressive Miners of America Union
Tlinoiscoa
Illinois
Earl (Nip) Evans
United Mine Workers of America
Charles G. Briggle
Arthur M. Fitzgerald
Welly K. Hopkins
Cummings
Washington
Fitzgerald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Evans
John H. Fancher
Progressive Union
Dan McGill
Jess Anderson
Harrisburg
William Keck
PMA
Teachers in Morgan County Receive $18 000 Payroll
The Morgan County education office disperses around 18 000 to 220 white teachers and 35 negro teachers for the period November 25 to December 17. Superintendent George T. Woodruff notes many smiles as checks are issued.
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Morgan County
George T. Woodruff
A Es
Fire destroys Transfiguration Baptist Church in Lykens
The Transfiguration Baptist Church in Lykens Pennsylvania was wrecked by a blaze last night after Pastor Reverend H B Rittenhouse had delivered a sermon and invited local firefighters to a special service planned for tomorrow. Firefighters attended the scene but the church was consumed. Local officials investigate the cause as residents assess the loss.
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Lykens
Transfiguration Baptist Church
H. B. Rittenhouse
House Action Sounds Death Knell of Bill
In a tense overtime session the House voted 216 to 198 to send the wage hour bill back to the labor committee. The defeat follows Senate approval of the farm bill and signals uncertainty for Roosevelt program goals as leadership contemplates a new approach or licensing plan for interstate business.
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Bill
Reg Ingraham
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Labor Committee
Rayburn
D.-Tex
Senate
Norton
D-N. J
O'Mahoney
DW Co
Borah
R.-Idaho
Two Break Out of Jail in Clanton Case
In Clanton Alabama two armed men overpowered jailer T J Thornton and escaped in his car after attacking him in the jail corridor. Authorities named Filis Bevill a federal prisoner and Marvin Harley a state robbery suspect as the two escapees. The incident occurred last night and the search extended into the Bir district today.
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Clanton
Ala
Bir
T. J. Thornton
Filis Bevill
Marvin Harley
New Rail Rate Takes Effect December 23 in Alabama
Ticket agent Roberts at Union Station received notice that the approved two cent per mile rate within Alabama goes into effect Wednesday December 23. The interstate fare increase, in force since October 15, now applies to intrastate travel.
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Roberts
Union Station
Alabama
Boys Sell Papers to Aid Four Poor Families
Westmins ter Presbyterian church boys class led by Jimmy Munn plan to raise seven dollars and fifty cents by selling 200 copies of Extra Westminster Boys W id tion Extra from The Decatur Daily as Christmas cheer for four needy families.
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Jimmy Munn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Acheme
Westminster Boys
Decatur Daily
Escapes Yet Evade Police at Alcatraz Break
San Francisco December 18 officials renewed the search on land and water for two missing Alcatraz convicts Ralph Roe 29 Duncan Oklahoma a bank robber and Theodore Cole 25 Stroud Oklahoma who vanished from the prison amid fog. Warden James A Johnston led the hunt and expressed belief the men perished in cold bay waters swept by a strong tide. Guards watched for them in caves on the 12 acre island with little hope of recovery.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz le Land
San Francisco Bay
Ralph Roe
Duncan
Okla
Theodore Cole
Stroud
James A. Johnston
Two-Headed Baby Girl Observed in Moscow
Russian scientists report a two headed baby girl born six weeks ago at the All-Union institute of experimental medicine. Professor P Anokhin says the twins share one torso with two heads and four arms but two legs. One prior case existed and lasted only a few years.
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Moscow
All- Union Institute of Experimental Medicine
P. Anokhin
Senator Smith vows filibuster to block anti lynching bill
Senator Smith of District 8 said he will stay in Washington until the special session ends to oppose anti-lynching legislation. He indicated he will employ filibuster tactics against the bill until adjournment.
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Washington
Smith
D.8. C
Congress
Senate Faces Farm Bill Clash in Cross-Country Talks
A joint House Senate panel must reconcile major differences between the Senate ever normal granary bill and a House crop control measure as the extra session heads toward adjournment next week. The farm bill, approved 59 to 29 in the Senate, delays final enactment until January. Three Republicans Capper Prather Nye joined in the tally.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Senate
Congress
Representatives
House
President Roosevelt
Capper
Kansas
Pratter
Nye
North Dakota
Exemptions Listed Under Senate Grain Bill
Washington December 18 exempted from controls under the ever normal granary bill are wheat farmers with under seven and a half acres or less and lowest average of three, cotton growers with 1 1 2 inch or longer staple, all farmers growing seed crops, and dairy farmers from corn restrictions on normal silage fed corn. The market term includes grain fed to livestock but excludes home consumption.
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Washington
Senate
Price fixing clash over ever normal granary plan
The McAdoo price fixing forum nearly passed its substitute with a six vote margin but failed 40 to 4. A separate price fixing substitute by Lee was approved without a record vote. The granary program aims to adjust farm commodity prices to eliminate surpluses and raise farm incomes, though Senate and House measures differ in details.
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McAdoo
Ator Lee
D-Okla
Wallace
House
Senate
Court Pushes Fact-Finding Panay Review
An official U S naval court of inquiry in Shanghai investigates the Panay attack and the sinking of the Nichoat Panay. Survivors say planes strafed the sinking ship while Japan probes the disaster and more cities face Japanese advances in China.
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Associated Preas
Shanghai
United States Naval Court of
Yangtse River
Thena Court
United States
Augusta
Harry B. Yarnell
United Sates
Saile
Manila
Sandard Oil Company
Tokyo
Panay
Japan
China
Kikoishi Hasegawa
Nanking
Splendid Man Called Away
John K. Walsh aged 75 was found dead in bed at 537 Sherman street Friday afternoon about three by his daughter Lois Walsh a school teacher. Death due to a heart attack. Prayer service Monday morning at 8 30 at the residence and funeral at St. Ann’s Catholic church at nine conducted by Reverend Buckley. Interment in city cemetery Brown directing. Survived by daughter Lois of Decatur and nephew Donald McDonald of Pittsburgh. Beloved Decatur character known as Captain Jack and a native of New York state.
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John K. Walsh
Sherman Street
Lois Walsh
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Buckley
City Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Donald McDonald
Pittsburgh
Captain Jack
New York State
Gift eye saves boy eyesight in pioneering cornea graft
Eleven year old Frank Chabina Jr of Louisiana had his blind left eye given a cornea from 64 year old farmer John W. Amos implanted by Dr. George Halk. After a test, Frank correctly identified three fingers, confirming graft success though full reading vision remains impossible. Amos travels to New York for a radio program.
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New Orleans
Frank Chabina, Jr
Louisiana Farm
Chabina
John W. Amos
Amos
George Halk
New York
Panay Sink Sits Atop Japan Cabinet Session
Tokyo reports detail Premier Konoye presenting a full Panay sinking account to Emperor Hirohito after an extraordinary cabinet meeting. Foreign Minister Hirota defense of actions prompts debate as Washington lodges protest over the river patrol ship and gunboat incident on the Yangtze.
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Tokyo
Dee
Eyae Hirohito
United States
Fuminaro Konoyi
Roosevelt
Panay
Konoye
Japan
Army
Navy
Terio Airforce
Incient
United
Koki Hirota
Hirota
Minsters
Foreign Office
Ambaasa
Nanking
Weather summary for Tennessee river and surrounding area
The Tennessee river falls to 17.7 feet with 69 high and 40 low temperatures. Rainfall is around a tenth inch. Alabama forecasts colder tonight and Sunday in the north. Tennessee mostly cloudy and colder east tonight with fair skies and light northern precipitation possible. temperatures near normal.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Todd Vaughn Dies at His Residence
Todd Vaughn, 3 pasted away this morning at his residence in Tuscaloosa. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at the Moulton Methodist church at 2 30 by Rev T Kimbrough. Interment will be in Shumaker cemetery. He was well known in Lawrence and Morgan counties. many relatives mourn his passing.
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Todd Vaughn
Tuscaloosa
Moulton Methodist Church
T. Kimbrough
Shumaker
Decatur
Vaughn
Lawrence
Morgan Counties
Pensions Bill Proposed for Sino-Japanese War Casualties
Washington December 18 A bill by Representative Gaabe of the pensions committee proposes wartime pensions for United States armed forces killed or injured in the Sino Japanese conflict. The measure aims to guarantee ongoing support at wartime rates through appropriate federal provisions.
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Washington
Gaaque
D-8.c
House Pensions Committee
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Hankow
Yangtze
Canton
Sun Fo
Mary Griffin
Chestnut Ist Hospital
Philadelphia
Mia
Wilma Carpenter
Carpenter
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