Reserve plan approved in committee
Washington reports the house military committee approved bills to reestablish an army reserve of enlisted men and to raise the number of regular army commissioned officers to 14 659. A naval affairs hearing featured Rep. Scott warning of a possible fascist spread from Germany Italy and Japan.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House
Naval Affairs
Rep
Scott
Calif
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Fish
Military Committee
May
Maverick
Tex
Naval Committee
South America
Hitler
Mussolini
Midako
Trial dates set for Pierce and Roach in TVA ad case
U S attorneys announced new trials for J E Pierce 55 former Huntsville publisher and E H Roach 46 his secretary will not occur before March possibly April term. They were previously reversed by the Cincinnati circuit court remanded for new trial after indictments charged false TVA agency representations in selling newspaper advertising. Roach testified he acted only as a chauffeur. both on bond.
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Memphis
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
John D. Martin
Pierce
Roach
TVA
Oxford
Miss
Navy Secret Files Hinted in Ship Construction Policy Change
Washington report says the U S Navy abandoned a 13 year policy by placing progress data on warship construction in its secret file. Officials cited public welfare and possible delays while five ships, including the Brooklyn, were reported complete in the last month. President Roosevelt weighed naval strength but avoided urging a fleet beyond pending expansion plans.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy
Brooklyn
Congress
General de Gine
Naval Informan
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Teague Rites Set For Thursday At Local Baptist Church
Funeral services for A. C. Teague will be held Thursday at two o clock in the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. C. L. Dobbs officiating. Pallbearers include Herman Sandlin A Q McDonald W E Masterson B S McDowra Ivy Mitchell Louis Bell. Flowers by Rachael Buck Cora Field Mildred Mullins Virginia Nance Allen Bowen Sue Billie Fuller Inez Freeman Marie Nell Safley Doris Lee Willodean Stephens Melba Ardoth Call Hilda Kelly Elizabeth Higdon. Burial at Rose Lawn Cemetery with Masons in charge at the graveside. Masons meet at Rising Sun lodge at 1 p m to attend in a body.
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A. C. Teague
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
Herman Sandlin
A.Q. McDonald
W. E. Masterson
B. S. McDowra
Ivy Mitchell
Louis Bell
Rachael Buck
Cora Field
Mildred Mullins
Virginia
Ruby Nance
Allen Bowen
Sue
Billie Fuller
Inez Freeman
Marie
Nell Safley
Doris Lee
Willodean Stephens
Melba
Ardoth Call
Hilda Kelly
Elizabeth Higdon
Roselawn
Drinkard
Rowell
Rising Sun Lodge
Walker to Seek Senate Seat in Limestone Lauderdale
Alabama House Speaker Harry Walker announced he will run for the state senate representing Limestone and Lauderdale counties. He lives in Athens and edits the Limestone Democrat and will issue a formal campaign statement soon.
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Harry Walker
Alabama House of Representatives
State Senate
Limestone
Lauderdale
Walker
Athens
Limestone Democrat
Judge McCord Named as Potential Governor Candidate
Capitol buzz in Montgomery centers on Leon McCord Democratic National Committeeman possibly entering the governor race. No official papers filed. McCord says an announcement will come later. Other contenders include D. Hardy Riddle ally Comer and Luther incumbents. Richardson files for Madison County circuit judge.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
Leon McCord
McCord
Howell Turner
Comer
Donald Comer
Alabama
Alabama Industrial Development Board
D. Hardy Riddle
Riddle
Bibb Graves
M. B. Grace
Birmingham
Luther
Orville F. Rush
Bessemer
Washington
Lewey Robinson
Winter Grips the Rockies Across the West
A brutal cold snap sweeps the Rockies from the Mississippi to Utah with snow and ice. California reports Lake Tahoe district food shortages as 400 residents await aid, while fatalities rise from Montana to Kansas due to freezing conditions and dangerous roads.
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Denver
Rockies
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Canada
Lake Tahoe
California
Carl Bechtold
Tahoe Inn
Glenbrook
Bechtold
Montana
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Wyoming
Mississippi River
Utah
Anthony Fon
Anaconda
Mont
Nead Alliance
Willie Stamler
Danville
Til
Earl Sage
Aurora
Colo
John Vanbrook
Syracuse
Kas
Frank Harris Called to Reward in Nashville
Relatives received word today of the death of Frank Harris at his Nashville Tennessee home. Funeral services will be held there Thursday afternoon at 2 30 oclock with interment following. Mr Harris was well known here and was a nephew of the late Colonel C C Harris.
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Frank Harris
Nashville
Tenn
Harris
C. C. Harris
Britain dodges call to act over Austria crisis
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told parliament that Britain would avoid active steps to halt Germany's push to absorb Austria without Italian backing. He reaffirmed Britain’s preference for peace and noted ongoing consultations with Paris as Vienna faced a government change driven by Hitler.
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London
Anthony Eden
Austria
Britain
House of Commons
France
Italy
Eden
Europe
Germany
Vienna
Foreign Office
Paris
Capone Found Sane After Psychiatric Review
The Washington Post reports Al Capone now at Alcatraz was examined by psychiatrists and judged sane after a period of insanity observance. The psychiatrists’ report was received by James V. Bennett director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and will be made public later. Bennett declined to comment.
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Washington
Washington Post
al Capone
Chicago
Alcatrez
Capone
the Post
James V. Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Bennett
Psychiatrists Refuse to Discuss Capone Findings
Drs Edward Twitchell and Julian Wolfsohn, who examined Al Capone at Alcatraz, declined to discuss their conclusions. Capone began a 10 year term for tax evasion in 1932 and may gain release on good behavior January 19, 1939, then faces another year in Cook County Jail for contempt.
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San Francisco
Edward Twitchell
Julian Wolfsohn
al Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz
Capone
Alcatrez
Cook County
Austrian cabinet hires Nazi allies in bid to stabilize state
Vienna reports more than 12 000 amnestied Nazi convicts released as Kurt Schuschnigg reshapes government under pressure from Hitler and Mussolini. Arthur Seyss-Inquart becomes interior minister, Fatherland front doors reopen to Nazis, signaling intensified control of press and policy.
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Vienna
Austrian
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Hitler
Nazi Germany
Berchtesgaden
House of Hapsburg
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Fatherland Front
British, Mussolini and Hitler in the push on Austria
The item reports that Britain shared responsibility with Premier Mussolini in urging Adolf Hitler toward Austria. It hints at wider European diplomatic efforts and notes continuation on the next page.
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Lin
Berlin
Great
Britain
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Mahathys Body To Be Moved From Decatur Cemetery
The body of John Mahathy found dead on a Decatur street late in January will likely be moved Saturday morning from the city cemetery to his former Rogersville home. Mahathy moved from Rogersville to Decatur about four years ago.
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John Mahathy
Decatur Street
City Cemetery
Mr. Mahathy
Rogersville
Decaturlees
Farm Aid Advances From Early Free Seed Efforts
Washington reports the new crop control program aims to stabilize prices and supplies by regulating major farm products. Under the act, farmers would receive marketing shares with penalties for overproduction, marking a shift from advisory aid to government supervision of agricultural markets.
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Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
Washington
Uncle Sam
Supreme Court
Resistance 18 Crumbling As Japs Roll On
Chinese resistance north of the Yellow River is described as crumbling allowing Japanese vanguards to near the Shanghai line cities Chengchow and Kaifeng. Communiques claim the Peiping Hankow railway nose column advanced 90 miles in six days with fifty Chinese positions taken, threatening to cut off China’s retreat in the Sunghai corridor.
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Shanghai
Japan
Yellow River
Sunghai
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Peiping-Hankow
Sunghal
Marines Repel Fourth Japanese Patrol at Shanghai Sector
U S Marines repelled a 13 man Japanese patrol for the fourth time in Shanghai's international settlement defense zone. Tokyo contends patrols are to supervise informal Japanese entry while U S forces insist on independent patrol authority. Japanese censor moves and river-front fighting backdrop the dispute amid broader campaigns toward Hankow.
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Shanghai
SSG de
A. M. Chapelain
Post Office
Songhai Corridor
Yellow River
Lunghai
Hankow
China
Fengchui
Lilienthal urges breaking up holding companies to return electric control
David E. B. Lilienthal, TVA director, calls for community control of electricity and decentralization. He argues holding companies concentrate power, warns against public ownership as sole solution, and urges reorganization of the public electric business and local self service.
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Milwaukee
Wis
David EB. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority Directorate
TVA
Women’s Court
Lilienthal
Beloit College Senior Goes Missing After Smoking Incident
Margaret Lewis a Beloit College senior was ordered to stay on campus after a smoking incident and vanished from Beloit Wisconsin campus under unclear circumstances. Central Press reports the disappearance remains unsolved with no determined whereabouts.
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Margaret Lewis
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Central Press
Price floor to be asked price floor to be asked
Administration economists search for ways to raise some prices while cutting others. They say farm products and foods are too cheap while textiles and raw materials need help. Prices for steel and building materials are considered too high. A Treasury statisticians group will report to the president, noting wholesale prices remain below 1926 normal by about five points.
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Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Labor Statistics Bureau
Quinn Enters County Race for Superintendent
Irwin J. Quinn a former principal of Decatur High School qualified in the Democratic primary May 3 for superintendent of education. He has an AB from Howard College, graduate work at Alabama, and experience at Decatur Danville Cullman Haleyville Clanton and with CCC programs in North Alabama. He urged Morgan County voters to choose the candidate they believe will best serve the children.
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Irwin J. Quinn
Decatur
the Daily
Quinn
Morgan County High School
Howard College
University of Alabama
Morgan County
Danville
Cullman
Haleyville
Clanton
North Alabama
Senate Defeat Sets Back Anti Lynching Limit Debate
The Senate rejected a motion to limit debate on the anti lynching bill by 46 to 42, leaving the filibuster in place on the measure entering its 28th day. Leaders debated cloture as southern opponents cried intimidation and consideration turned to emergency relief funding.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Wagner
Connally
D-Tex
New York
Texas
Two youths held in attack attempt on waitress in Woodlawn area
Birmingham detectives announced the arrest of two White youths in connection with an alleged attempt to assault an 18 year old cafeteria waitress. She led police on a night flight through woods after they offered to drive her home and reportedly took her to a secluded spot. She escaped, left her coat and purse, and found safety with a Black family nearby. The suspects admitted being with her but denied intending any attack.
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Birmingham
Ala
Woodlawn Highlands
Weather notes on Tennessee river and Alabama rainfall
The Tennessee river stood at 17.6 feet and was falling today with a 24 hour high of 56 and a low of 47. A trace of rain observed. Alabama forecast indicates rain on Thursday with diminishing coastal activity and a shift from southeast to northerly winds later.
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Alabama
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