Alabama Senate Race Near
Voters in Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties head to the polls next Tuesday to choose a U S senator. Leading candidates include Lister Hill, Tom Heflin, and Charlie Williams as polls hint a light turnout, weather permitting. Sister Hill returns to the Tennessee Valley with support for wages and hours legislation, while Heflin, ill with pneumonia, campaigns from Lafayette hospital.
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Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Dixie Graves
United States Senate
North
Alabama
Lister Hill
Tom Heflin
Charlie Williams
Sister Hill
Tennessee Valley
Congressman Hill
Senate
Congress
Montgomery
Hill
Lafayette
Ala
Heflin
Roosevelt
Athens College Drive Begun in Alabama Campaign
Initial steps in the Athens College fundraising drive were taken in Birmingham as North Alabama Conference leaders authorized a $200,000 campaign to cover $60,000 bonded debt $100,000 endowment and $40,000 dormitory. Leaders include Harry Denman Dr F L Ald and Dr B R Naylor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Athens College
North Alabama
M. B. Church
South
College For Women
Harry Denman
F. L. Ald
EB. R. Naylor
Alabama
Roosevelt seeks one third cut in CCC camping budget
President Roosevelt asks Congress to reduce the 300 million dollar annual CCC budget by one third for the coming year. The request was transmitted through the budget bureau and continues on the second page.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Budget Bureau
Film Colony Goes Modest in Hollywood
Hollywood gossip notes Doroth y Lamour Frances Farmer and Claudette Colbert resist sarong era as films push modest attire. Lamour vows to ditch the sarong after Her Jungle Love while Farmer and Colbert comment on wardrobe limits and public appeal.
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Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
Miss Lamour
New York
Miss Farmer
Claudette Colbert
Pension rate increases cited for Alabama residents
Montgomery reports the old age pension now reaches 13,637 people with an average monthly payment of 11.13, up from 10.80 for 10,619 recipients. National Social Security Board allocated 343,140 for old age assistance and aid to dependent children for January through March.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Social Security Board
Mare
Alaska
Hawaii
State Department
Miss Dunn
One Held and One Freed in Killing
Sheriff Byars of Lawrence county said Ed Sparks was freed and Jack Armstrong held on a $2,000 bond after the fatal shooting of James T. Cheatham at a Moulton community gathering. Cheatham died at the scene. motive not yet known. Armstrong had not posted bond by late today.
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Sheriff Byars
Lawrence County
Moulton
Ed Sparks
Jack Armstrong
James T. Cheatham
Cheatham
Pruitt
Byars
Armstrong
Ill Gann Still Seriously Ill After Mill Village Disturbance
Jack Gann, wounded Thursday night and taken to Benevolent Society Hospital, remains seriously ill today. The assailant is unidentified. Patrolman Lamon, also wounded, is improving rapidly after the mill village affray that drew police to quell the disturbance.
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Jack Gann
Benevolent Society Hospital
Gann
Mill Village
Lamon
Forest Service chief warns South on pulp mill concentration
Washington dispatch reports Forest Service Chief F A Silcox warned that excessive concentration of pulp and paper mills in the South could ruin much of its timber resources. The warning underscores potential regional impacts on forestry and industry as mills expand.
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Washington
South
Forest Service
Death EDICT For 2 Asked In Memphis Assault Case
Marion Ark December 28 The district attorney Bruce Ivy moved to try two Memphis men Theo Thomas 25 and Frank Carter 26 for rape before Judge Neil Killough next week He seeks the death penalty if they are convicted stating the jury would determine the punishment The accused were moved to Tucker prison farm for safety and the victim is reported improved after severe exposure following the Christmas night assault by a posse and officers near the Arkansas highway across from Memphis.
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Marion
Ark
Memphis
Bruce Ivy
Neil Killough
Theo Thomas
Frank Carter
Ivy
F. E. Brading
Jonesboro
U. S. Engineers Depot
Mississippi River
Howard Carlin
Tucker Prison Farm
Woolworth Stores Cease Japanese Goods For Now
The F. W. Woolworth chain will stop adding Japanese made goods for the present. T. J. Marlin, assistant to the president, said today in New York.
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New York
F. W. Woolworth
T. J. Mailin
TVA Probe Welcome Says McNary Cooperation Sought
Senator McNary of Oregon said he would cooperate with an inquiry into the Tennessee Valley Authority. He suggested the Senate agriculture committee study TVA activities including friction among directors and the Norris Dam marble leases case, plus TVA power rates and any potential returns to the federal treasury.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate Agriculture Committee
TVA
Berry
Dtenn
Norris Dam
Congress
Federal Treasury
Japan calls attack on British gunboat a mistake
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Hirota delivered Japan's note to British Ambassador Craigie after the attack on the British gunboat Ladybird. A military statement says the sinking of ships was a mistake with regrets. One sailor was killed and a misidentification led to the incident.
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Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
Imperial Headquarters
Nanking
Yangtze River
Taiping
Pukow
Wuhu
Holt
Hirota
Morgan County Board Delays Malaria Control Plan Discussion
The Morgan County Board of Revenue met to review malaria control issues but postponed the discussion as several control representatives were on vacation. The board will reconvene in January and review routine matters today.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue
Angered Woman Kills Infant And Hides Body Under Tree
In Green Brook New Jersey a 24 year old mother Sophie Arcuri confessed to killing her five month old baby by slitting its throat after dispute with a tenant over heat. She reportedly told police she killed the infant to warm her own baby. The body was found under a Christmas tree with presents as neighbors described the scene of distress.
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Greenbrook
N. J
Louisdolen
Christi
Allegar
Sophie Arcu
Evacuation of Americans from Tsingtao Amid Japanese Advance
Reports say 280 Americans fled Tsingtao aboard the Sacramento, with the cruiser Marblehead and destroyer Pope nearby, as Japanese forces tighten their grip on Shantung. Tsinan has fallen as Japanese columns push toward Weihsien.
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Shanghai
United States
Sacramento
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Pope
Marblehead
Tsinan
Weihsien
Final Tribute Paid to Newton D. Baker
Cleveland crowds viewed the body at Trinity Episcopal cathedral as Ohio Episcopal Diocese led services for Newton D. Baker former secretary of war under President Wilson. Messages of sympathy from President Roosevelt and the nation accompanied the tribute noting his role in raising and equipping the army for action.
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Cleveland, O
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Roosevelt
Baker
Cleveland
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Ohio Episcopal Diocese
Army honors Newton D. Baker with half-staff flags
Washington observers salute former wartime secretary of war Newton D. Baker. The Army flies flags at half-staff at all posts in the United States and possessions. The War Department issues black-bordered general orders acknowledging his service and announcing his death in Cleveland on Christmas Day.
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Washington
Army
Newton D. Baker
Continental
United States
War Department
Baker
Cleveland
Identical Twin Sisters in Courtland Ten-Year-Olds
Willa D. and Margaret Lee Reding, eleven years old, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Reding, live on the Joe Wheeler highway west of Courtland in Lawrence county. In the seventh grade at Courtland, they share a birthday on February 11 and were born just south of Courtland.
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Willa D
Margaret Lee Reding
Joe Wheeler
Courtland
Lawrence County
D. D. Reding
Courand
Daugher of Victim Freed After Accidental Shooting Verdict
Louise Campbell was ordered freed from Trumbull county jail after Coroner J C Henshaw ruled the mother's death an accident. Mrs Cor Delia Campbell, 55, died from internal hemorrhages after an abdominal wound despite a blood transfusion from her daughter. The coroner’s inquest found all witnesses stated the shooting was accidental and Mrs Campbell said so before she died. The release allowed the daughter to attend private funeral services in Youngstown. Guards had protected the blonde youth after counsel said she wished to die.
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Cordelia Campbell
J. C. Henshaw
Miller Dixon Center Talk Sees Alabama Governor Race Narrow
In Montgomery observers say the next Alabama governor race narrows to two prospects Benjamin M. Miller and Major Frank Dixon after Dixon’s prior bid failed. Other candidates may enter, but locals expect a Miller Dixon contest as issues remain undecided.
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Alabama
Old Montgomeryy
Benjamin M. Miller
Frank Dixon
Montgomerians
Miller
Dixon
Carl West Sought in Stabbing Death Near Mooresville
Sheriff Seldons office in Athens reports Limestone officials continue a manhunt for Carl West wanted for questioning in the fatal stabbing of Arland Bowen at the Tom home near Mooresville Saturday night. Bowen died en route to the hospital. no warrant for West has been issued.
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Seldon
Athens
Limestone
Carl West
Arland Bowen
Tom
Mooresville
West
Bowen
Help Stop Malaria Survey Notice in Morgan County
Citizens are urged to call Morgan County Health Department at 86 to report if they or any family member had malaria in 1936 or 1987 and provide approximate dates. The survey aims to assess needed control work in Decatur and the county.
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Morgan County Health Department
Decatur
Selma Councilman Sidney Katzenberg Dies in Drug Store
Selma Alabama December 28 Sidney Katzenberg a member of the city council collapsed and died in a downtown drug store this morning. The death follows a string of council misfortunes including the deaths of Council President Milton Wood and Otto Erhart and medical crises for Mayor Lucien Burns and council member W. C. Hall.
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Selma
Ala
Sidney Katzenberg
Milton Wood
Lucien P. Burns
Otto Erhart
Pro-Tem
W. C. Hall
Tom Bradford, Jr
Hall
Young Bradford
Mr. Hall
Child Bride Divorce Granted in Wartburg Tenn
Alma Ruffner Honeycutt a 14 year old child bride obtained a final divorce from her 23 year old husband Har old in Wartburg Tennessee. Chancellor J H Wallace granted absolute divorce on her request with custody of their year old baby and 17 50 a month for child support. The husband did not contest and the six month trial period ended today.
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Wartburg
Tenn
Alma Ruffner Honeycutt
Harold
J. H. Wallace
Wallace
Alma
Guests Flee Hotel Blaze in Tupelo
Fire virtually destroyed the Southern Hotel in Tupelo Mississippi early today causing estimated losses up to 75000 dollars. Guests fled in scanty attire and a young woman was rescued from the roof in a jacket. O D Mills escaped from the roof after leaping to the ground as his Christmas new car burned. Porter Herman Humphrey was hailed a hero for guiding guests to safety. Police reported all guests rescued.
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Tupelo
Miss
O. D. Mills
Herman Humphrey
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River remained stationary at 16.2 feet at 7 am. A high of 58 and a low of 38 measured in the last 24 hours with .80 inch rainfall. Alabama expected cloudy mild conditions with occasional rain north and central areas and light easterly winds. Tennessee outlook calls for more rain tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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