Negrin Arrives in Central Zone to Continue Resistance
Premier Juan Negrin and Foreign Minister Julio Alvarez Del Vayo arrived in central Spain aboard a France to Alicante flight to lead the government in resistance against Franco. General Jose Miaja denied peace talks as false reporting spreads amid raids that killed seven and left twenty wounded in Alcoy.
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Madrid
Juan Negrin
Spain
Francisco Franco
Negrin
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Alicante
France
Jose Gomez Osorio
Toulouse
Air- France
Jose Miaja
Miaja
Valencia
Alcoy
Mississippian Put to Death in Raleigh and Virginia Electrocution
Pearlie Houston Evans, 39, was hanged at 6 47 a m in Raleigh Mississippi for the murder of neighbor K C Jones a 19 year old. He complained of a faulty trial as Sheriff Lack oversaw the execution. In Virginia John Anderson 27 was electrocuted at the state penitentiary for a criminal attack on a married white woman in Purcellville Georgia.
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Raleigh
Miss
Pearlie Houston Evans
K. C. Jones
Evans
D. L. Lack
Smith County
Richmond
John Anderson
Purcellville
Virginia Penitentiary Today
London County
Oak Ridge Missionary Society Holds Strong Meeting
The Oak Ridge group met at Mrs. W. A. Means home with many members and visitors. Rev. William Warren led a fifty sixth psalms devotion and the group began the New Bible study from Isaiah chapters forty to fifty five. Mrs. H. D. McElroy closed with prayer.
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Oak Ridge Missionary Society
W. A. Means
William Warren
H. D. McElroy
Pope Pius XI Dies After Long Illness in Vatican
Pope Pius XI, approaching 82, died at 5:31 a.m. in Vatican City after a period of cardiac asthma and several illnesses. The Italian concordat and Lateran treaty anniversaries framed his final years amid war, fascism, and church-state tensions. Cardinal Pacelli and other officials announced the death as bells tolled and notices were posted in churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Massock
Vatican City
Pius XI
Rome
Aminta Milani
Therese
Jesus
Pius
San
Vatican
Ampanone
Spain
Germany
Filippo Rocchi
Milani
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Monsinger de Romanis
Grace Minor Praised In Kansas City Theater Scene
Residence of Decatur and Morgan county follows Mary Graham Minor of Kansas City daughter of Lucian Minor former Trinity resident and niece of the Miss Minor noted for stage success. The About Town column recalls her Adorable captain role with the Tower Adorables and her rush order to stage routines for a Sally Rand production in San Francisco.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Kansas City Times
Mary Graham Minor
Kansas City
Lucian Minor
Trinity
Miss Minor
Tower Adorables
Times
Rockettes
Radio City
New York
San Francisco
Sally Rand
Hollywood
Miss Rand
Birmingham
J. M. Minor
Parting guest meets shotgun at poultry house
At 10 pm a would be chicken raider tried to raid I. D. Cockrell’s poultry barn at 603 Twelfth Avenue west. Cockrell fired a shotgun as the intruder fled, sending him over a fence and down an alley, leaving the prowler likely to think twice about future visits.
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I. D
Cockrell
Murder charges against escaped convicts in Alabama slaying
Two escaped Draper prison inmates Williams alias Willie Weems and Robert Oglesby were indicted by the Jefferson county grand jury for first degree murder in the killing of Birmingham city detective J. T. Moser.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. T. Moser
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
William C. Williams
Willie Weems
Robert Oglesby
Draper
Speigner
Three youths held for store burglary in Moulton Heights
Three white youths aged 14 to 16 were jailed on burglary charges for breaking into Jack Davis store at Moulton Heights. They will be sent to juvenile court. Sheriff Willoughby said a quantity of cakes, candy, cigars and cigarettes was recovered. A rear window glass was broken and a back door bar unfastened. The boys admitted the break in.
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Jack Davis
Moulton Heights
W. T. Willoughby
Willoughby
Missing indictments prompt Caudill review in Floyd County
Circuit Judge John W. Caudill reported about 35 indictments from the Floyd County January grand jury are missing from the courthouse. The papers target slot machine operators, deputy sheriffs, and deputy constables for malfeasance and false arrests. Investigators from the attorney general will examine the matter.
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Prestonsburg
John W. Caudill
Floyd County
Caudill
Hubert Meredith
Alabama farmers paid for soil practices reduce cotton acreage
Alabama farmers in 1938 received over 18 million dollars for cutting cotton acreage and adopting soil conservation practices, according to AAA administrator A. W. Jones.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
A. W. Jones
AAA
Deer Roams Downtown Baton Rouge Dodging Traffic
Residents spotted a half grown deer strolling through downtown Baton Rouge as traffic swerved to avoid the animal. The sighting occurred February 10 with gawking crowds watching the unhurried d original outlining.
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Baton Rouge
Sijgets
Shooting at Atlanta Insurance Office Ends With Suicide
In Atlanta an insurance office shooting wounded two men and grazed a woman. D A Pledger, former state manager, shot Louie M. Hanks, the new manager, and a clerk Barfield before turning the pistol on himself, likely dying. Hanks was shot in the chest but may recover. Barfield’s wife was grazed.
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Atlanta
J. Roberts
D. A. Pledger
Georgia
The
Praetorians Insurance Company
Louiey M. Hanks
H. Barfield
Hanks
Montgomery
Ala
Roberts
Pledger
Barfield
Capt. Roberts
Southern states face shortages in federal civil service jobs
On February 10 Washington reported that most Southern states lack their allotted federal civil service posts. Only Maryland and Virginia meet their apportionments. States listed include South Carolina 668 vs 385, Alabama 1016 vs 628, Georgia 1117 vs 748, Tennessee 1005 vs 768, Florida 564 vs 526, with the District of Columbia showing 187 allotted but fewer employed.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Federal
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Florida
District of Columbia
Eight year old Moulton boy hailed for rescue in home fire
Richard Graham Holland, eight, of Moulton Route 2, carried baby Quinn Edward Holland from a burning house moments before the roof caved in. Neighbors and local families praise his courage as inquiries consider awarding a Carnegie medal. The Hollands have ties to Decatur and Morgan Lawrence counties.
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Moulton
Decatur
Richard Graham Holland
Moulton Route 2
Quinn Edward Holland
Mra. Holland
Richard
Guvin Edward
Mia. Holland
Holland
Senators Free To Discuss Hearings On Military Panel
The senate military committee allowed members to publicly discuss information from closed sessions except military secrets. It rejected open hearings on the defense program and on future bills, and postponed action on publicly recording its inquiry into the proposed sale of modern military planes to France. President Roosevelt rested with a slight grippe as Morgenthau noted portions of testimony on the France sale would not conceal the treasury’s role.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Austin
Clark
DMO
France
House
Senate
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Federal Monopoly
Directo
Senate Agricultural Committee
Brewster
Townsend
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Treasury
Film maker Brulatour pays $500 fine
Jules Brulatour 68, film magnate and Hope Hampton’s husband, paid a $500 fine in special sessions for possessing a gun without a license. He pleaded guilty after a Jan 22 self inflicted neck wound from an accidental discharge while cleaning a pistol led to a police investigation.
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New York
Jules Brulatour
Hope Hampton
Brulatour
District Attorney's Office
Twin babies arrive in Kansas City two within five days
The McDonnell twins arrive in Kansas City with a five pound son born this morning to Mrs Milo McDonnell, joining a four pound brother born five days earlier. The two births create a five day span between birthdays.
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Kansas City
McDonnell
Milo
Moses Believe in Divine Healing sermon at Temple Lighthouse
Rev. Bebe H. Patten will deliver the sermon with the topic Dis Moses Believe in Divine Healing at Temple Lighthouse on Saturday evening at 7 30. Miss Annetle Spearman accompanied by Miss Jennie Lee Kelly and Miss Eleanor Wilson of Athens College visited Friday night with Rev and Mrs W L Spearman.
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Moses
Bebe H. Patten
Temple Lighthouse
Annetle Spearman
Jennie Lee’ Kelly
Eleanor Wilson
Athens College
W. L. Spearman
Senate bales attempts 10 vote at once
Governor Dixon backed measure to shift tax assessment boards to county level. Senate failed by one vote to table a delay motion and agreed to take final action next Thursday. Debate labeled bill a tax raise, supporters warn against postponed action.
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Senate
A. F. Mahan
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Dixon
Ate County Boards
Hayse ‘Tucker
Joe Poole
Pro
Pro-Tem and Administra
Tors Conway
Marshall
Ponents
Boyd
Carlton
Clayton
Harris
Harrison
Hildreth
Lusk
McCall
Poole
John
Shraver
Tucker
Roung
Houn
Conway
Cooper
Dosier
Elmore
Faulk
Holmes
Reas
Weniaraa
Fpuc
Bafh
Pooly
Merits and elections clash in Alabama legislative push
In Montgomery Governor aides press for a merit system to replace elective boards with governor appointed boards of equalization. The Senate backed the merit bill 24 to 10 while the House advanced a salary raise for circuit solicitors from 3000 to 4200 with a civil law practice ban in criminal cases.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank M
T& Equalization
Goernor
House
Department
Unemployment Compensation Mission
Employment Service
Department of Labor
Unemp c Compensation Commission
el’ Ment Service
Department of Industrial Relations
Equalization Boards
Senate
Weather summary with river index and temperature data
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 194 feet with 0.12 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Maximum temperature reached 76 and minimum 58. Alabama shows generally fair skies with colder tonight and Saturday, northerly winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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OAK Ridge Group
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Boy Scout Troop 25
Grace Minor
Shotgun
Richard G. Holland
Mra
Ed. Holland, Jr
Guinnie Pickett
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