Foreman for Telephone Co Disappears in Southeast Hunts
John Hamlin 42 year old Atlanta foreman for Southern Bell line crew vanished after December 14 in Decatur Alabama. A massive regional search involves state patrols sheriffs police and telephone company workers. Hamlin last spoke from Cullman Alabama then walked from the Tennessee Valley Hotel and has not been seen since. He drove a 1938 Ford V 8 with Tennessee plates 185 025 and carried about 80 to 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamlin
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Decatur
van Gilbert
Highway Patrol
North
Alabama
Hamlin
Kentucky
Cullman
Pan-Am
Sixth Avenue
Gilbert
Nook "Hartt
Elliott Transfer Company
Church Street
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Charleston
The
Telephone Company
Jury Deliberates in Fern Dull Murder Case
A jury of two women and ten men retired at noon to decide the case of Fern Patricia Dull charged with murdering Attorney William Holbrook on October 17 after a nine year relationship. Her counsel claims temporary amnesia at the time near the Benton Harbor police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Fern Patricia Dull
William Holbrook
Husband and son held in Spinelli murder case
Los Angeles detectives held the husband and son of Rose Spinelli on suspicion of murder after a missing ten days. They searched the Spinelli home for blood stains and clues while finger print and bone tests awaited results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rose Spinelli
Sina
William
Cata Willie
Spinelli
Ray Giese
Giese
Helen Anguili
South America
Peden Rites Set for Thursday in Decatur
Funeral services for Earl E. Peden 60 prominent Decatur resident who died of a heart attack in Hartselle Tuesday afternoon will be held at 10 30 Thursday morning at his home 214 East Walnut Street. Dr B F Tingle and Dr L D Patterson will officiate burial at Pulaski Tennessee. Peden survived by widow daughter Doris Peden and brother Ed Peden of Ruston Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Doris Peden
Decatur
Ed. Peden
Ruston
Louisiana
B. F. Martin
B. P. Wallace
W.M. Bailey
William Moseley, Jr
Norman Brown
Phil Humphrey
Harry Kileopfer
Eugene Bailey
Peden
Pulaski
Tenn
Illinois Central orders 3500 tons steel rails from Tennessee Coal
An order for 3500 tons of steel rails was placed by the Illinois Central with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company. The deal, about 165000 dollars, covers delivery in the first quarter of 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Illinois Central
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company
Coster case widens as detective probe links to murders
New York December 21 Brooklyn detectives widen the F Donald Coster Philip Musica swindle inquiry suspecting a link to the unsolved murders of Joseph Cohen a wealthy poultry and fish dealer and his brother authorities pursue possible conspiratorial ties in the high profile fraud case involving millions and international duplicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Donald Coster
Brooklyn
Joseph Cohen
Crony linked to McKesson and Robbins drug mystery
Philip Musica, once known as F. Coster, was noted as a wartime spy hunter and now faces conspiracy charges in the McKesson and Robbins drug case. Benjamin Simon of the Bronx, on the payroll at $6,000 yearly for five years, claimed to do various jobs. Witnesses described armament negotiations involving aliases tied to Coster and Musica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip Musica
McKesson and Robbins
Benjamin Simon
Bronx
Musica
Donald Coster
Coster
Simon
U. S
Brien McMahon
McMahon
McKesson and
Robbins
Wingersky
Ben Simon
Lot
Ballyhoo
Cage
Presbyterian Union Plan Considered in Atlanta Meeting
The committee on co operation and union of the Presbyterian church in the United States formed a permanent organization to pursue union with southern Presbyterians. Dr. Thomas Currie of Austin was named secretary and Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden was elected chairman at yesterday’s session with representation from fourteen of seventeen southern synods. The group was authorized by the last general assembly of the southern church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Committee On Co-Operation and Union
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Thomas Currie
Austin
Texas
Dunbar H. Ogden
General Assembly
Southern Church
W. C. Fields Medical Bill Upheld as Shocking to Conscience
In San Bernardino California the state appellate court ruled comedian W. C. Fields does not owe $12,000 for a month's medical treatment. The reversal of a Riverside Superior Court judgment found judge error in allowing cross examination of Dr. Jesse Citron’s earnings and typical charges for pneumonia care in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
W. C. Fields
O. K. Morton
Riverside
Jesse Citron
Fields
Morton
18 Colonists Send Out SOS From Remote Island
Forty eight French colonists fishermen aboard the Trawler L Isle Bourbon faced fierce storms rats and cold on St Paul Island in the Indian Ocean as radio contact faltered. They left Madagascar last spring to establish a lobster station near Volcanic St Paul midway between Africa and Australia. The SOS reach the world after months of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Isle of Perdition
Indian Ocean
Frante
Volcanic
St. Paul
Africa
Australia
Antarctic
Madagascar
Two Men Charged in Talladega College Burglary Attempt
In Talladega Alabama two men Clarence Curley Hall and Autrey Golden both of Alabama City were brought in on charges related to an attempted burglary of Talladega College that ended in a gun battle with police. They were arrested in Gadsden Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talladega
Ala
Talladega College
Gadsden
Clarance (Curley) Hall
Autrey Golden
Alabama City
Public airing of TVA probe ends in Washington
Public hearings in the TVA congressional investigation ended in Washington as money ran out and witnesses failed to appear. Senator Key criticized Edward M. Richard for not testifying, and the committee sought more time and funds to complete its work before reporting to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
TVA
Congress
Edward ©. M. Richard
Senator Key
Ohio
Senate-House Committee
Donahey
Jenkins
Eee Ae
Supreme Court
Democratic Committee
Lena Davis
Wolverton
N. J
Mead
N. Y
House
Schwartz
Wyo
Pope
Idaho
Arthur E. Morgan
First Presbyterian Christmas Tree Friday Program
The First Presbyterian Sunday school will hold a Christmas tree Friday evening at 7:00 at the church. All Sunday school members are invited to attend and greet Santa as an appropriate program is presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
Medical Plan Court Battle In Fight Over Group Health
A federal grand jury indicted 16 Washington physicians and key medical officials for restraint of trade in group health activities. The case, unusual for its length and absence of formal legal phrasing, could reach the Supreme Court quickly as Congress weighs a national health program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
American Medical Association
District of Columbia Medical Society
Harris County
Texas
President's Committee On Health and Welfare
Congress
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
Group Health Association
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Compromise Evolved at Lima Parley Amid Pan Americanunity
Lima delegates report United States and Argentina sealed a declaration uniting 21 republics against aggression. The accord allows consultation for aggression, menace of force, and subversive propaganda. Germany promotes anti Monroe Doctrine in Der Reichswart. Britain aligns with four Scandinavians on naval accord. Japan moves troops into Manchukuo as China’s eighth army advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Argentina
Lima
Spain
China
Europe
Americas
Germany
der Reichswart
Adolf Hitler
Count Ernst
South America
Great Britain
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Britain
Duchess of Atholl
Chamberlain
Manchukuo
Eighth Army
US credit to aid western China's industry and communications
Prinier H. H. Kung announced a $25 million credit from the United States Export-Import Bank. The funds will be used to develop industry and communications in China's undeveloped western provinces as part of the revised resistance program against Japanese conquest, including building highways and railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Prinier H. H. Kung
United States Export-Import Bank
Enrollments in Morgan County Red Cross Reach 735
Mrs. Frank Kirby, executive secretary, reports Morgan county Red Cross has 735 memberships toward a 2000 goal. Decatur leads with 502 enrollments, others include Somerville 1, Falkville 20, Hartselle 75, Danville 2, Priceville 8, Walder Morse 20, Trinity 11, and a negro branch 71. Several areas have not yet reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kirby
Morgan County
The
Red Cross
Decatur
Second Avenue
Priceville
Somerville
Falkville
Hartselle
Danville
Waldermose
Trinity
Negro Branch
Eva
Oden Ridge
Gandy's Cove
Lacey's Spring
Wolf Beat
Ryan
Food Strike Hits Buffalo Area Deliveries
A Western New York employers group announced plans to push deliveries through union picket lines. About 50 trucks were ready to run the blockade, signaling a paralyzing strike that affected surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Food Industry of
New York
Lonely Children Await Santa Visit in Decatur
300 children remain unvisited by Santa as of today in Decatur. Citizens are urged to call 9199 to volunteer or donate so these lonely kids can receive a Christmas visit, with two days left to change the shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Jeeple
San Claus
Santa Claus
Decature
Liquor Law Challenge Opened Before Alabama High Court
Alabama’s beverage control act faced attack as unconstitutional and defense as a police power in the state supreme court. Attorney Horace Wilkinson argued the law void for private enterprise concerns while Attorney General Carmichael defended regulation via liquor stores and beer licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Commonwealth
Horace ©. Wilkinson
Birmingham
State Supreme Court
A. A. Carmichael
Prohibition
Supreme Court Chamber
L. L. Gwaltney
H. L. Anderson
The
Alabama Temperance Alliance
Carmichael
Beverage Control Board
D. K. Me
Wilkinson
Matt H. Murphy
Control Board
Five Dead After Noir Night Rampage In Savannah
In Savannah Georgia on Bay street extension a man his wife and their two young daughters were found murdered in their tiny one room home. A fifth victim Tom Chester 40 was found shot at a nearby filling station where he slept. Police seek three suspects and recovered an iron pipe as a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Bay Street
South Carolina
J. S. Tillman
Elizabeth Tillman
Clara Pearl
Viola
Tom Chester
Chester
Tillmans
Tillman
Mrs. Tillman
W. F. Chapman
Chapman
Chatham County
H. Boney
Boney
FE. C. Tipton
Tipton
Mrs Abel Called Today in Decatur
Mrs Demaricus Abel 83 died this morning at Benevolent Society hospital after pneumonia illness. Funeral 3 p m Thursday at Brown's Chapel with pallbearers listed. Burial City cemetery. Survived by son H P Abel and several late brothers in business, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demaricus Abel
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Brown's
Ferry Street
R. D. Cook
Memoria
Drive Methodist Church
Abel
City Cemetery
Brown
Mathew Britain
Robert Nelson
W. A. Britain
Kirk Blizzard
Sam Brown
Bluett
Snyder Awaiting Verdict of Jury
Los Angeles December 21 Martin Snyder former Chicago newsboy awaits a jury verdict after a six men six women panel deliberated over four and a half hours. He faces charges of kidnapping Myrl Alderman from a radio station and attempting to murder him at the pianist Etting home. Alderman was wounded with a bullet in the abdomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Martin
Snyder
Chicago
Myrl Alderman
Alderman
Miss Etting
Edith Snyder
Tennessee River Gauge and Regional Weather Update
The Tennessee river gauge held at 17.3 feet with 60 and 41 degree highs and lows and .08 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Alabama and Tennessee forecasts call for cloudy conditions, colder air, and winds on the coast and across eastern sections with rain returning in extreme west portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
Rome
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Telephone CO
Decat
the Daily
George Dietrich
George Vernard
Robert
Presbyterian Union
TVA Probe
IST Presbyterian
U.S
Peru
Hemisphere
Associated Press
Mrs. Abel
Tera
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