Birmingham amendment vote in Morgan county light turnout
Voters in 76 precincts across Morgan county show very light turnout at noon for the Birmingham constitutional amendment. City boxes lean pro amendment while rural areas expect a close result. officials cite voter confusion and general apathy affecting Morgan county’s turnout.
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Morgan County
Birmingham
Decatur
New Decatur
Forman
Ste
Apatuy É
Morganty
Jefferson County
Birmingham Constitutional Amendment Vote Report
Damp and cold weather marked Alabama turnout for a constitutional amendment referendum on Birmingham's power to raise its tax rate. Early indications showed a light, favorable statewide result though Jefferson county showed notable opposition in the west, while rural areas predicted a Birmingham victory overall.
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International News Service
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Polls Open in an Empty Hartselle Residence
Citizens of Hartselle report no suitable store to hold the Birmingham bond election and polls opened in an old vacant residence after officers searched for an available venue. In Montenegrin news, Austrian troops retreat from Bislopolje with 2,000 casualties according to a Montenegrin government statement.
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Hartselle
Birmingham
JOY
Bijlopolie
Rome
Bislopolje
Montenegro
Florence Huntsville Interurban Railway Project Emerges
Reports from Decatur indicate a Florence to Huntsville interurban line connecting Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia Allentown and Decatur with Huntsville. Backed by capital engineers approved survey and plans propose routes via Lauderdale Limestone and Madison linking Mooresville Belle Mina Greenbrier and Rogersville. Huntsville officials pledge cooperation for a North Alabama transit network.
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Huntsville
Florence and Huntsville
Daily Times
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Allentown
Cypress Creek
Handsome Park
Lock 6
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
Lauderdale County
Limestone
Rogersville
Athens
Limestone County
Decaturs
Mooresville
Belle Mina
Greenbrier
Madison
North Alabama
Pension bill for ex presidents and widows proposed
Senator Moe Cumber proposes a bill to make ex presidents retired commanders in chief of the army with a $10,000 annual pension and to provide a $5,000 yearly pension for the widows of chiefs executives during the current congressional session.
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Washington
Moe Cumber
Congress
Permanent Social Club to be Formed in the Decaturs
Citizens of the Decaturs plan a meeting at the Colonial Club Rooms on Tuesday night December 28 to organize a permanent social club for the two cities. Chairman Chas Hyster and governors Julian L. Bibb and J. W. Wyker call for a first-class club to provide recreation for locals and welcome visitors, aiming for one-fifth eligibles to join.
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Decaturs
The
Chas. Hyster
Board of Governors
Julian L. Bibb
J. W. Wyker
Colonial Club
North Alabama
Glee Club To Visit Decatur High Auditorium
The University of Alabama Glee Club will perform Thursday December 30 at the New Decatur High School auditorium under the Athletic Association. Local members include Joe Wood and Allison McNeill.
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Decaturs
Glee Club
University of Alabama
New Decatur High School
The
Athletic Association
Joe Wood
Allison McNeill
Jap Steamer Sank Without Warning
Washington reports Consul Bristow at Port Said cabled that the Japanese liner Yasuka Maru sank without warning. The ship carried 120 passengers and 162 crew, all rescued by a French gunboat. among the passengers was American W. J. Leigh. The liner made no attempt to escape.
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Washington
State Department
Consul Bristow
Port Said
The
Department
Lansing
W. J. Leigh
Tidwell Improves After Bugsy Accident
Fred F. Tidwell, who suffered serious injuries when thrown from a bugsy a few days ago, was in town today and showed marked improvement.
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Fred F. Tidwell
Chinese Revolt Spreads to Three Provinces in China
Reports from Pekin say the revolt has expanded to three adjoining provinces. Gen Tsai Ao, revolutionary leader, has 20000 fully armed troops under his banner. Tsai Ao was in Pekin when Yuan Shi Kai accepted the throne and is believed to strike if the republican government changes. He escaped arrest and moved to the province he once governed.
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Pekin
Yuan-Nan
Tsai-Ao
Yuan Shi Kai
Nine U. S. Navy Vessels Stationed Near Shanghai
The navy department reports nine U S Navy vessels in the vicinity of Shanghai in the latest dispatches. The presence underscores U S interests and maritime activity in the region during the period.
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Washington
Dec
U. S. Navy
Shanghai
Navy Department
Might Try Muscle Shoals for This
Brig. Gen. William Crozier chief of ordinance in the war department urges study of creating a domestic nitric acid supply. His annual report warns that losing Chilean water routes could halt nitric acid and thus ammunition production.
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Washington
William Crozier
War Department
U.S
Chile
Crozier
U. S
Greek Premier Won’t Resign as Cabinet to Stay
Athens dispatch reports ex premier Gounaris as majority leader informs King Constantine he will back the present cabinet. The king has accepted his advice to make no government change, and Premier Skouloudis will remain prime minister.
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International News Service
Berlin
Athens
Gounaris
Greece
Constantine
Skouloudis
Cotton market prices corrected by Jones Cotton Middling
Corrected cotton market figures list Middling 11 1 8 cents and Good Middling 11 5 8 cents with strict and other values noted. Prices reflect specific grade adjustments for the day at the Cotton Market.
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Jones Cotton
Mayor Hardage Urges Citizens to Aid Law Enforcements
Mayor A A Hardage of New Decatur asks residents to help enforce speeding and bootlegging laws by acting as witnesses in court. He notes anonymous tips are unlikely to serve as evidence and urges cooperation to provide proof before convictions.
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A. A. Hardage
New Decatur
Paroled After Twenty Years In Alabama Pen
Bill Pickens, a Decatur negro, is paroled by Governor Henderson after twenty years for a murder he says he did not commit. The old convict toured Alabama while in state custody, working in Florence, Shelby County, South Alabama turpentine camps, North Birmingham, and coal mines before serving at the capitol.
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Bill Pickens
Decaturs
Alabama
Pickens
Henderson
Oscar Pickens
Montgomery Journal
Florence
Shelby County
North
Birmingham
State Capitol
Bill
Capitol
Executive Mansion
Orviegg
Tsi
Mick
Ford Telegraph Bill Revealed as Fifty Thousand
New York December 27 Henry Ford’s wireless service bill for the Os car 11 reached fifty thousand dollars according to Robert Bermann the first Ford peace delegate to return. Bermann said Ford grew disgusted with the envoys as quarrels arose due to too many strong individualities without a guiding hand.
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International News Service
New York
Henry Ford
Robert Bermann
Ford
Berman
Ford family learns Henry Ford leaves Stockholm for Detroit
Detroit dispatch says Henry Ford was only slightly ill and would travel from Stockholm to New York and then Detroit, relieving his family and business associates after receiving a cablegram from Stockholm.
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International News Service
Detroit
Henry Ford
Stockholm
Ford
New York
Popular Young Ladies Have Narrow Escape
Two popular young ladies from New Decatur escaped injury when a carriage, driven by a Black man, collided with the Hardeman taxicab near the New Decatur railroad station. The auto sustained $30 in repairs. the carriage damage was not fully learned as they were bound for West A Sean to visit.
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New Decatur
Wade Bros Stable
Hardeman
George Warwick
Man Dies After Car Collision in Decatur
J B Murphree a taxicab driver was arrested on a manslaughter charge after the car struck M A Thompson near Fourth Avenue and Gordon Drive in a blinding rainstorm. Thompson died at Benevolent Society Hospital. Murphree bonded at 1000 dollars.
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J. B. Murphree
Benevolent Society Hospital
M. A. Thompson
Murphree
J. V
W. T. Murphree
Fourth Avenue
Gordon Drive
Mr. Thompson
Ed MecDermott
Norron
Prospect Drive
Thompson
Hillsboro
Famly
Decatur
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