Decatur Council Delays Tax Vote on Crescent Theatres
Decatur city officials met Crescent Amusement Company representatives to consider repealing a 1 cent tax on tickets up to 15 cents and 2 cents on pricier admissions. The Aldermen postponed decision to January 7 after hearing business impact estimates and charitable ties of the Princess and Capitol Theatres.
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Decatur City
Crescent Amusement Company
Nashville
Princess and Capitol Theatres
R. E. Baulch
Webb Hayes
G. P. Banniza
Princess
Charles H. Byster
Amusement Concern
Eyster
Mr. Baulch
Aldemen
Baulch
Capesea
Tubercular Sanatorium
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Charity Council
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Buster
R. N
J. D. Ligon
Jack Dillehay
H. H. Hunter
EF. W. Kennedy
T. R. Harrison
New Year Football Game Times Listed for Central Time
New York dispatch lists kickoffs for New Year’s Day games. Pasadena East and West meet at 4 p.m. Central. Dallas Texas Christian faces Marquette at 2 p.m. Central. New Orleans Louisiana State vs Santa Clara at 1:30 p.m. Central. Miami Duquesne vs Mississippi State at 1 p.m. Central. Havana Auburn vs Villanova at 1 p.m. Central.
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New York
Pasadena
San Francisco
West
Dallas
Texas Christian
Marquette
New Orleans
Louisiana State
Santa Clara
Miami
Duquesne
Mississippi State
Havana
Auburn
Villanova
Kidnapping Case Sparks Tales in Tacoma
Miss Hope Hilliard, visiting Miss Mary White in Montevallo, spends Christmas near the Tacoma Mattson kidnapping home. Hilliard, from Tacoma six blocks away, is connected through an older brother who is a friend of the ten year old victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Hope Hilliard
Mary White
Montevallo
Miss Hilliard
Captain Van Gilbert Improves After Illness
Friends in the district learn Captain Van Gilbert of the state highway patrol is much improved at his Elkmont home after a weeklong influenza confinement.
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van Gilbert
Elkmont
Mrs James Stewart Returns with Nancy Ann to Hopkinsville
Mrs James Stewart and her daughter Nancy Ann arrived back in Hopkinsville Kentucky after visiting her mother Mrs D C Aimon for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stewart
Nancy Ann
Hopkinsville, Ky
D. C. Aimon
German Officers Meet Hitler Over Spain Aid Conflict
Berlin dispatch reports nearly all senior German army officers gathered with Hitler as Mussolini reportedly advised ending aid to Franco. Decision on volunteer troops and recognition of Franco loomed amid doubts about Italy’s reliability. Mussolini’s stance seen as guiding a possible German shift.
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Hitler
Wade Werner
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Tr Duce
der Fuehrer
Werner von Blomberg
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Air Ministr
Werner von Fritech
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Hjalmar Schacht
London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Qemers
der Feuhrer
Spain
Rome
Franco
Germany
Spats
England
France
Italy
Betting On Grid Games Deplored By Coach Dorais
Cambrine on college football has become a serious menace to the game. Gus Dorais of the University of Detroit told the American Football Coaches Association today the season was almost unbelievable. Dorais urged a committee to examine the issue and warned that more money was bet on football in 1936 than on horse racing. He cautioned that professional gamblers interest in game results could threaten the sport.
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New York
Cambrine
Gus Dorais
University of Detroit
American Football Coaches Association
Dorais
TVA Appeals Gore Verdict
In Knoxville Tennessee nineteen power firms filed an appeal in federal court challenging an injunction restricting expansion of the Tennessee Valley Authority program. TVA plans to seek a circuit court review in Cincinnati after the parties agree on dropping some cumulative affidavits.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
U. S
John W. Gore
Middle Tennessee
TVA
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Gore
U. S. Supreme Court
Two Convicts Die In Gunfire At Florida Prison Camp
In Lake City Florida gunfire from guards killed two inmates during a Monday uprising at a state prison camp. Inspector T B Johns said guards opened fire as prisoners attacked to force them into bar racks. Ten others were wounded and treated. two guards were injured lightly.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Lake City
T. B. Johns
Johns
M. L. Perry
John Wright
A. C. McGlew
Two Negroes Saved From Mob In Georgia Jail
Rome Georgia report says two prisoners Frank Simpson 46 and Ola Dilliard 32 were moved from Floyd county jail to avert a mob raid. They were arrested in Dalton for a torch murder attempt against Walter Schneeider a local Dalton merchant.
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Rome
Floyd County
Frank Simpson
Ola Dilliard
Dalton
Walter Schneeider
Dalton Merchant
Wade Wright Returns Home After Illness Recovery
Wade Wright former solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit leaves Tuscaloosa veterans hospital and returns to his home to recuperate. His friends are gratified by his recovery and plans to resume normal activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Wright
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Veterans’ Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Visits in Cullman by Sandlin niece Roberts and Walton
Herman Sandlin and his niece Miss Hilda Roberts along with Aaron Walton were in Cullman on business Tuesday.
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Cullman
Herman Sandlin
Hilda Roberts
Aaron Walton
Hulaco Resident Lawton Ingleton Here on Business
Hulaco resident Lawton T. Ingleton was in town today on business. He visited local offices and conducted routine affairs before returning home.
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Lawton T. Ingleton
Hulaco
WPA to lay off 180 workers in district one
About 180 WPA project workers in January will be dropped from the rolls as of December 30. In the 10 counties of district one about 2,000 will be cut statewide, with roughly 15 workers in this county affected. R. T. Scarborough cited availability of other jobs or resources as the reason for the lay-offs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District One
National Headquarters
R. T. Scarborough
WPA
Rabid Dog Bites Three Falkville Children
Three children in Falkville were bitten by a dog reported positive for rabies after examination at the Tennessee Valley Laboratory. A cat, a dog head and a cow head also showed evidence of rabies in samples from Viewmont Limestone and other areas.
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Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Falkville
Viewmont
Limetone County
Assembly line at Chevrolet halted by sit down strike
Flint Michigan December 30. Operation of the Chevrolet Motor Co assembly line here was suspended at 1 p m today because a sit down strike in the Fisher Body division plant No 2 had shut off the supply of automobile bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet Motor Co
Fisher Body
Farmers in Morgan County Receive $360000 in Soil-Building Checks
A total of 360000 dollars will be distributed to 4500 Morgan County farmers who voluntarily left land out of cotton in 1936 for soil building crops. Sixty seven checks have arrived at the county agent's office in Hartselle, with all payments expected to be mailed from headquarters there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Hartselle
Sharon
Supreme Court
AAA
Marshall Chang Trial Set Before Nanking Military Commission
Nanking December 30 authorities announce Marshall Chang Hsuehsiang is ordered to stand trial tomorrow for mutiny at Sianfu. General Chiang Kai-Shek will preside, after Chang held him captive for two weeks before a sudden reversal of control.
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Nanking
Chang Hsuehsiang
Sianfu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang
Annual Climb to Peak Begins Today at Pike's Peak
Fifteen climbers braved a mountain snowstorm in heavy clothing and started toward the 14 110 foot summit of Pike's Peak to greet 1937. The AdAmAn club five members and ten guest helpers aim to reach the summit by 9 p.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
AdAmAn Club
Last Quadrupet Dead In Memphis
Lee Earl Bridges sole survivor of a Nov. 2 Missouri quadruplet birth died in a Memphis hospital. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bridges sharecropper near Senath Missouri died suddenly at the same time.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lee Earl Bridges
Missouri
James Bridges
Senath
Ransom Negotiations Under Way in Mattson Kidnapping
Fears for 10 year old Charles Mattson grow as family spokesman says $28,000 ransom likely to be paid before nightfall. Negotiations are described as definitely underway while Dr. W W Mattson and relatives prepare funds. Authorities report truce in related case as officers focus on a separate attempted kidnapping at Haddaway Hall.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
W. Ww. Mattson
Mattson
Charles Pletcher
Charles
Seattle Times
Mattsons
Mable
Artion
Doctor Mattson
William
Muriel
Department, of Justice
John Pranklin
Haddaway Hall
Franklin
New Kind Of Infantile Paralysis Described By Bacteriologists
Indianapolis December 30 A new kind of infantile paralysis caused by a streptococcus extract was described to the Society of American Bacteriologists by Edward G Rosenow Mayo Foundation He showed inoculations in mice guinea pigs and rabbits producing an invisible agent that causes paralysis in monkeys sometimes acting as a virus other times as streptococcus The paralysis in monkeys is as fatal as the ordinary form and the germ varieties are always found in infantile paralysis The virus can transform into streptococci and may produce encephalitis or sleeping sickness while common streptococci cause sore throat erysipelas blood poisoning and neuritis and are suspected in measles and scarlet fever
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Society of American Bacteriologists
Edward G. Rosenow
Mayo Foundation
Rosenow
White Evening Gown Enticing Expert States
New York December 30 Edith Marie Reuss a color consultant to firms advises young women to wear a white evening gown she says makes a woman appear more helpless prompting men to propose The 27 year old blonde who is chef to a lawyer explains reactions to color in social settings.
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New York
Edith Marie Reuss
Woman Wins Liars' Prize in Absurd Contest
Chicago reports Mrs. Gale Barnhouse of Fowlerville Michigan won the Liars' Club medal for 1936 in a mock contest. Finalist was Mrs. C B Forman of Attala Alabama. Tales described include a monstrous Michigan mosquito and a tornado that tangled a man’s Christmas gift in midair.
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Chicago
Liars of the World
Gale Barnhouse
Fowlerville
Mich
Alabama
C. B. Forman
Attala
Michigan
Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Watch Night Candle Services Planned at Central Methodist
The Rev. Ira F. Hawking announces a watch night service at Central Methodist Church on Thursday at ten o'clock. It includes 45 minutes of worship, 30 minutes of fellowship with light refreshments, and an inspirational candle lighting rededication led by Rev. L. D. Patterson. Committee members are Mrs. J. W. Darrah, Miss Clio Loven, Mrs. H. O. Troup, Wayland McGlathery, and Geo. Woodruff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira. F. Hawking
Central Methodist ¢Church
L. D. Patterson
Greta Garbo Awarded Historic Art Medal by King
Film star Greta Garbo received the Littris et Artibus decoration from King Gustaf in Stockholm for literary and artistic merit. The order is more than a century old.
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Stockholm
Greta Garbo
Gustaf
Impeachment Sought Against Cullman Judge Homer Mitchell
Governor Bibb Graves ordered Attorney General Albert A. Carmichael to begin impeachment proceedings against Probate Judge Homer F. Mitchell of Cullman county for wilful neglect of duty corruption in office and an offense involving moral turpitude connected with or committed under color of office.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Albert A. Carmichael
Homer F. Mitchell
Cullman County
Resolutions Beaten After Fight By Dempster
The Southeastern Power Consumers Association met with about 30 officials from 18 cities and cooperatives in four states. Debates toppled five proposed resolutions to push municipal ownership, while two measures backed Roosevelt and the TVA, and Dempster of Knoxville challenged concerns about federal influence on power policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Power Consumers Association
Association
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
George Demputer
Knoxville
Tenn
TVA
David EB. Lilienthal
Ickes
PWA
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
Muscle Shoals
Commonwealth Southern Corporation
Congress
Supreme Court
Rey Ingram
Tarrant City
Ala
Ingram
Dempster
Resolutions Committee
Tva-Commonwealth
Fire at Ball Hurts Many Society Women in Alabama
Eleven young society women suffered severe burns when a costume ball at the Town and Country Club in ePLMA Alabama turned tragic after a match ignited costumes. One victim Mrs. T. Gayle died in hospital. Ten others remain injured and in pain as authorities seek causes and safety improvements.
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Eplma
Ala
T. ©. Gayle
Th Town and Country Club
Robbery Probe Leads to Arrests in Madison County
Lucinda Hicks and Roosevelt Miller were jailed in Madison County on investigation of a Huntsville robbery in which $40 was taken from a Black man. Hicks was arrested on Danville road by Sheriff J Street Sandlin, Une s Kilgore and Ed Blalock. Miller was captured after fleeing to another house. About half the money was recovered. Hicks hid under a feather bed, ripping bedding as officers moved her from the hiding place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda Hicks
Roosevelt Miller
Madison County
Huntsville
Danville Road
J. Street Sandlin
Unes
W. E. Kilgore
Ed Blalock
Miller
Hicks
Phantom Club tragedy follows Selma fire injury and knee accident
Miss Irma Fowlkes president of the Phantom Club escaped a fatal blaze that followed a dance. She had just recovered from a knee injury in a car crash. Acting president Mrs Ed Anderson was ignited twice but escaped serious harm as the fire was put out. Several of the ten burned women were hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Irma Fowlkes
Phantom Club
Ed Anderson
Miss Fowlkes
Fire at Phantoms Club Weds Night Injures Ten
Panic and flames erupt at a Phantoms Club event as dancers flee behind curtains smothering flames with seized wraps. Ten women suffer major burns. at least a dozen men have blistered hands while escorts remove costumes to slow the fire. Victims, in hospital care, include Mrs. Clarence Agee and Mrs. James Rowell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Stewart
Clarence Agee
James Rowell
William Craig
Edward Smith
Richard Williams
Bernard Reynolds
Tyler Wilby Cleveland
Alston Keith
Leaske Harris
Stewart
The
Phantoms
Weather Synopsis for Tennessee and Alabama
Tennessee river at 7 a m measured 18.6 feet and fell while temperatures ranged from 59 to 69 degrees with no rainfall. In Alabama the forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight and likely east portion Thursday, with the west late tonight. Tennessee outlook is mostly cloudy with rain in the east and colder conditions Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Mad Dog
Chevrolet
Marshall Chang
Old Maude
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Lamer
Mitchell
Francis Lemay
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