Barkley Moves to Shelve Anti-Lynching Bill Next Week
Senate Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky said he would move to lay aside the anti-lynching bill next week. He cited desire to avoid wasting the session. the measure had been filibustered for a month, with Southern opposition and a looming farm bill on the agenda.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Naval
Treasury-Post Office
House
Rep
Luckey
D.-Neb
Floor fight looms over cotton provisions in farm bill
Agriculture department opposes last minute changes in cotton provisions that would speed payments of 130 million dollars to 1937 growers. An amendment backed by Senator Smith could allow borrowers to surrender loan cotton to the CCC and receive up to two cents a pound, risking impounding as much as 5 million bales and undermining America's price advantage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senator Smith
D. 8S. Co
Congress
Smith
Commodity Credit Corporation
Mother in Alabama mows life tragedy murder by own action
In Alabama near Good Water coroner’s jury finds Mrs C S Price murdered her two young children by throwing them and herself into a 15 foot well. Before the act she sent two older children for her brother to hurry. A younger child was left alone as Price’s husband had died a year earlier. The sister said she appeared disturbed and she preached to a neighbor ill with Bible readings prior to the event.
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Ala
Here
C. S. Price
Stokeley Corley
Betty
Douglas
Corley
Actress Constance Bennett Testifies in Los Angeles Court
Constance Bennett, film actress, testifies in Los Angeles court as she sues Gaumont British Pictures Corporation of America for 65000 dollars on breach of contract. The judge scolded her for acting in the courtroom and ordered her to sit and look beautiful as she complied in a full-length mink cape and veil.
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Gaumont British Pictures Corporation of America
Constance Bennett
Los Angeles
Miss Bennett
Central Press
Woodruff Seeks Re election as Morgan County Superintendent
Geo T Woodruff qualified for re election in Morgan County as Superintendent of Education in the May 3 primary. He cited nine month high schools seven month elementary terms and said all old debts paid new debt financed and county books balanced and open for public inspection. Enrollment up 22 percent since 1932 and transportation up more than three times.
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Geo. T. Woodruff
Morgan County
Woodruff
Roosevelt hears small business man needs plan for a permanent group
Leaders of the Little Fellows conference briefed President Roosevelt and Secretary Roper on 23 conclusions. They discussed forming a permanent advisory body for small business similar to the big business council, with a possible return visit in late March or April to finalize the plan. A gate crasher briefly interrupted the meeting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
Fred Roth
Cleveland
Ohio
Ernest G. Draper
White House
Joseph B. Kleckner
Chicago
Kleckner
M. A. Moers
Cincinnati
Moers
Soviet Accepts U S Request to See Ruth Rubens in Moscow
Washington reports the Soviet government agreed to allow a United States official to visit American citizen Ruth Marie Rubens, detained in Russia on espionage suspicions. Charge D'affaires Lou Henderson, with Second Secretary Angus Ward, sought access as Moroscow indicated investigators had wrapped up. Rubens, said to have entered Russia on a false passport with an alias, vanished in December.
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Washington
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
Russia
Lou Henderson
Hull
Moscow
Henderson
Angus S. Ward
Rubens
Louis Robinson
Four Stills Seized West of Decatur in Morning Raid
Deputies Kilgore and Blalock captured four stills and a large quantity of mash five miles down the river from Decatur. A chase of about fifty yards ended with one man taken into custody identified as Sernad with manufacturing illicit whiskey. Sheriff Sandlin’s 11 year old son David aided officers during the raid.
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W. E. Kilgore
Ed Blalock
Decatur
David Sandlin
Sandlin
Sernad
Ten Cases in City Police Court Noted
Ten cases heard today in the city police court session. Six involved violations of the taxi operating ordinance. One defendant faced driving under the influence charges. Three were charged with drunkenness.
Echoes of Roosevelt court fight still shaping Capitol Hill
Washington February notes on the year old fight over the court reorganization bill. It left Democratic ranks split and produced a larger opposition bloc in the Senate. The House also shifted, defeating the wage hour bill, while committee members forecast new federal judges and a Norris proposal to amend the Constitution via direct vote in general elections. Roosevelt achieved a friendlier court through retirements, with Black and Reed replacing Van Devanter and Sutherland.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capital Hill
Senate Democrats
Senate
House
Capitol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
D-Nm
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Ind- Neb
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Sutherland
Senator Black
Alabama
Stanley F. Reed
Public Service Panel Approves Dial Systems for Gurley Citronelle
The Alabama Public Service Commission granted Southern Bell a petition to install dial telephone systems at Gurley and Citronelle by common battery exchange. The action, announced Feb 5, authorizes the upgrade to step-by-step dialing in those communities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gurley
Citronelle
Ork
Marine Corps recruiting at Decatur post office
A recruiting party will be at the Decatur post office from 8:00 a.m. February 15 to 5:00 p.m. February 16, 1938 to interview examine and select young men for service in the Marine Corps.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Decatur
Marine Corps
Tax drivers fined in the police court
Six men in Decatur were fined $50 and costs for operating taxicabs without licenses in the first test of the new city ordinance. Defense attorney Russell Lynne appealed for a jury trial as the case moves to Morgan county court. Police will continue arrests of unlicensed operators.
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Decatur
R. O. Harris
Russell Lynne
Morgan County
A. Lynne
Harris
Hn Caddell
City Cab Comy
Howeve
Infirmary Gunman Charged After Massacre in Ward
Four inmates died at a Massachusetts state infirmary after John Mack, 79, opened fire with a mail order pistol at dawn. Victims include John Lewis, 76, and Michael O Keefe, 68. James Magee, 78, Edward Mercier, 70, and Joseph O Donnell, 56, were injured or died as he was taken into custody. Mack, held on murder charges, said he bought the pistol with tobacco-sale money.
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Tewksbury
Mass
John Mack
Tewksbury State Infirmary
John Lewis
Lowell
Michael O'Keefe
Boston
James Magee
Amherst
Edward Mercier
Springfield
Joseph. .O'Donnell
Stoneham
Mack
John F. Stokes
Soldier's Greatest Problem Solved Waterproof powder proven in tests
A waterproof non hygroscopic propellant for trench mortars experts say remains explosive after soaking in moisture. Demonstrations showed wetted rings burning with no delay while dry rings performed normally. Military officials note long storage life and concealment advantages.
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Harold H. Miles
New York
War Department
M. E. Barker
Reserve Officer Magazine
Oliver Cromwell
Hit and Run of Lottery Heirs Tied to Schultz Case
Detectives raided a Philadelphia apartment and captured two men linked to the New York lottery racket of the late Dutch Schultz. Hope Dare, a showgirl identified by detectives, was present with Wig, revealing her identity as Rose Richert. J Richard Davis and George Weinberg were arrested. Davis had served as Schultz’s attorney and was bonded on another case.
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Hope Dare
Philadelphia
New York
Dutch Schultz
Rose Richert
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
George Weinberg
Davis
Schultz
Newark
N. J
Bond
Miss Central Press
Wright trial pace slows as defense rests
In Los Angeles on February 5, the trial of Paul Wright, ex airport president, moves toward possible verdicts after a defense case arguing amnesia and temporary unconsciousness in the killings of his wife and John Kimmel. Prosecution rebuttals continue, with jurors set to hear further witnesses and closing arguments after a weekend recess.
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Los Angeles
Paul Wright
John Kimmel
Wright
J. EB. McBride
Detroit
Samuel Marcus
J. Miller Leavy
Kimmel
Marcus
Return of Coin Boxes Requested
Roland Gray chair of Westminster Presbyterian church finance committee asks that Sunday school coin boxes be returned Sunday morning and opened in classes. Boxes will be distributed again Sunday and opened for the second time late March or first Sunday in April. Proceeds go to the building fund.
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Roland Gray
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Employment Board Announces New Office Hours This Week
The Alabama Employment Board says its local offices will open at 8 30 a m and close at noon on Saturdays starting February 12. Those with business are advised to note the hour change.
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The
Alabama Employment Board
Hitler Tightens Grip as Nazi State Bolsters Power
Adolf Hitler takes direct command of Germany's armed forces and reshapes the government in a sweeping Nazification of the state. Key posts shift, Joachim von Ribbentrop becomes foreign minister, Wilhelm Keitel rises, and Hermann Goering gains field marshal rank as the Reich stag is recalled to hear a major pronouncement.
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Wade Werner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Joachim von
Hitler
Reichstag
Marshal Werner
Nazi von Ribbentrop
Konstantin von Neurath
High Command
T Wilhelm Keitel
War Ministry
Werner von Fritch
von Blomberg
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministry of Economics
Hjalmar Schwere
von Fritsch
Shoebox Booterie Opens New Store on Second Avenue
The Shoebox Booterie begins business in a renovated enlarged building on Second Avenue. The store now features a new front and is described as one of North Alabama's more attractive retail establishments.
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Shoebox Booterie
Second Avenue
North Alabama
Maner Heads to Ohio for Youth and the New Deal Talk
Montgomery report says Pitt Tyson Maner, president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America, is en route to Cincinnati to address a Sunday meeting of Young Democrats in Hamilton County Ohio. He will present a plan focusing on Youth and the New Deal.
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Maner
Montgomery
Ala
Pitt Tyson Maner
Young Democratic Clubs of
Ane Ca
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio
United States Asks Japan About Battleship Size Increase
The United States formally asked Japan to confirm if it plans to build battleships over 35 000 tons and said it would build larger ships only if Tokyo did. Secretary Hull announced the move after consultations with Britain and France as London treaty limits loom.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Hull
Britain
France
British Foreign Office
London
Robert Craigie
Paris
Grew
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Weather Summary From Tennessee River Readings To Weekend Outlook
The Tennessee river gauge reads 16.8 feet at seven o clock with a 73 degree high and 50 degree low in the last 24 hours. Alabama tempered by partial clouds and mild nights with possible rain in the northwest tonight and central and west portions Sunday. Tennessee features cloudy skies with probable rain in many areas, warmer tonight in the east, and a warm Sunday. The forecast for Feb 7 to 12 predicts cloudy periods with occasional rain across the Gulf states and southern Plains, a mix of above normal temperatures early then cooler mid to late week.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Central
East Gulf States
Southern Plains
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Brankig Free
Murray Korman
Employment Board
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