Judge Callahan Urges Probe of Prohibition Violations
Morgan county grand jurors were urged to investigate liquor law violations as Judge Callahan stressed enforcement after February referendum. The jurist called for probes into murder and robbery, with civil cases to open the term and capital trials likely this week. Ernest Gibson of Hartselle named foreman. no warrants sworn in the knife attack case.
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Ocie Powell
Roy Wright
Scottsboro
Blalock
J. Street
Birmingham
W. W. Callahan
Morgan County
Callahan
Grand Jury
J. Street Sandlin
Ed Blalock
Weight
Powell
Ernest Gibson
Hartsille
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
J F Adcock Illness Victim Dies in Decatur
James Rufus Adcock a Decatur resident dies at Benevolent Society Hospital from double pneumonia. He is survived by his widow, four daughters, two sons, two sisters, five brothers, and was employed by the L&N Railroad since 1906. Funeral at Central Methodist Church Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with burial in city cemetery. The family residence is 1215 Sixth Avenue South.
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James Rufus Adcock
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Adcock
Dorothy
Edna Blith
Bettie Blue
Martha " Adcock
James, Jr
Jack Adcock
Lizzie Adcock
Annie Lawson
Lawrence
Evan
Pulaski
Tenn
Tom
Bennie Adcock
Ohio
Central Methodist Church
Ira F. Hawkins
Peconesten
Sixth Avenue
L. & N. Railroad Company
Former resident dies in Georgia railroad crash
Funeral services were held today in Tennille Georgia for Florence O Champion 4 a former Decatur resident killed when her car was struck by a Southern train at West Huntsville The impact demolished the car and Champion suffered fatal injuries. She worked as a saleswoman for Cook Ware Manufacturers of Kitchenette.
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Tennille
Florence O. Champion
Decatur
West Huntsvil
Champion
Kitchee
Conservation federation drive seeks county council support
Harold I. Fisher co chairman of the Alabama advisory conservation committee calls on sportsmen and wildlife lovers across counties to work with Tom Ford former Mobile county organizer to form county councils and build toward a state wide conservation federation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Harold I. Fisher
Alabama Advi Conservation Committee
Tom Ford
Mobile
Double Slaying Tied to Ky Feud Sparks Jail Clash
In Fleming County Kentucky two families feud over a double slaying. Richard Whistman seventy three and his son George twenty five are jailed along with others after the elder Green family members were attacked with a hoe handle and a club. Walton says the elder Whistman killed both in self defense. The elder Whistman was brought to jail on a sled due to the scene’s inaccessibility.
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Flemingsburg
Walon
Richard Whistman
George
John Green
Green
Hobart
Whistman
Walton
Helen
Big Run
Here
Woodrow
Jordan
Rigdon
George Whistman
Whitman
Pantages Dies of Heart Attack at 64 in Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages prominent theatre owner and Klondike veteran was found dead in bed at his Los Angeles home. Authorities say heart failure caused his death at age 64. He built a western theatre empire, sold his chain to RKO in 1920, and later led an independent exhibition outfit. Born on a Greek island, he once worked in Cairo as a youth.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
United States
Pantages
RKO
Cairo
Egypt
Mrs. T. C. Spight Laid To Rest In Mississippi
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. T. C. Spight who died Thursday night in Corinth Mississippi where she lived with her niece Mrs. Mary W Kendrick Interment followed at Kossuth Mississippi She was stepmother to Mrs O B Burr and W R Spight of Decatur and had many local friends.
Train Crash in Jordan Kills Three Crew, Injures One
Three engine crew members died and one was injured when a freight train on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad crashed into the rear of a stalled freight near Jordan Minnesota early today.
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Jordan, Minn
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
State Delays Hauptmann Death Date Move
New Jersey officials delayed fixing a new death date for Bruno Hauptmann to allow Bruno Hoffman time to act. Attorney General Lanigan said no request would be made to Supreme Court Justice Trenchard before tomorrow at the earliest. Governor recuperated from a nasal operation and met with lawyer Samuel Leibowitz, who subjected Hauptmann to strenuous questioning.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Mane Arr
Hinfeld
G. Hoffman
Joseph Lanigan
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Mercer Hospital
South Amboy
Samuel S. Leibowitz
New York
Leibowitz
Hauptmann
Hauptmann faces new execution date in Lindbergh case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann persists in denying the Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder as New Jersey officials prepare to set a new death deadline. Attorney Leibowitz reports progress after brief prison talks while Governor Hoffman and Attorney General Wilentz stand firm on no further reprieve. A Justice Trenchard panel may schedule the execution date after the expired reprieve.
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Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Samuel 8. Leibowitz
New York
Hauptmann
Leibowitz
New Jersey
South Amboy
Harold G. Hoffman
David T. Wilentz
Thomas W. Trenchard
Flemington
Death Beloved Falkville Matriarch Succumbs to Pneumonia
Mrs. Alice Stewart 82, widow of Civil War veteran Captain W L Stewart, died Sunday at her daughter's Falkville home two days after husband Dr J B Elliott perished from the same illness. Funeral at the residence followed by Linden burial. survivors include daughters Mrs J B Elliott and Mrs Newton M Tucker of Demopolis.
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J. B. Elliott
Falkville
Alice Stewart
Stewart
W. L. Stewart
Marengo County
Rev.Moore
Linden
Ala
Drinkard
Elliott
Newton’ M. Tucker
Demopolis
Russia to Withdraw Consulates Amid Manchouko War Tensions
A Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said Russia will withdraw all consulates except the consulate-general at Harbin in Manchoukuo. Officials said the move isn’t tied to border fights and may stem from the three year dispute over Manchoukuo’s desire for more consulates.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Russia
Harbin
Manchoukuo
Manchoukooan
Khabarivsk
Nikolskussarisk
Verkhmendinsk
Irkutsk
Blagovestchensk
Chita
Mukden
Twitsihar
Heiho
Manchuk
Pogradnichnaya
Manchukuo
Ates
Tokyo
Hsinking
Lake Bor
Yoshiyuki Kawashima
Italy Loses Large Plane in Abyssinia Flight
An Italian tri motor plane crashed in flames during the Haik Monastery bombardment with six aboard killed. Italian troops on the southern front deserted, reached British Kenya colony safely, and were disarmed per war‑era reports.
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Addis Ababa
Lake Haik
Kenya
Dessye
Imperial Field
Tax official found dead in Nashville investigation cited
W H Hill aged 54 supervisor of the gasoline and tobacco tax unit in the Tennessee finance department was found dead by pistol wound at his home. Police reports say the wound was self inflected and Finance Commissioner Dancey Fort had summoned Hill after probing a suspected tax dodging scheme potentially saving the state about $70 000 in red gasoline taxes last year. Fort said Hill was given a two week leave of absence.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. H. Hill
State Department of Finance and Taxation
Walter Gibbons
Dancey Fort
Hill
Fort
Supreme Court Grants New Hearing for Mississippi Negroes
The U S Supreme Court overturned death sentences for Exi Brown Henry Shields and Yank Ellington in the Raymond Stewart slaying, ordering a new trial in Mississippi. The court ruled confessions were torture driven and the case failed to show valid evidence beyond coercion.
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Washington
Raymond Stewart
Kemper County
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Mississippi Supreme Court
Exi Brown
Henry Shields
Yank Ellington
Stewart
Hughes
Mississippi As
Aged woman operated on in St Louis hospital
Dr Marie Charllotte De Goliere Davenport, famed health lecturer, remained in good condition after abdominal obstruction surgery at Barnes Hospital. The elderly patient, tiny and blue-eyed, was quiet for rest yet cheerful about resuming work once recovered. Davenport, who arrived in the U.S. 40 years ago, had been touring for health causes and advised notable figures.
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ST. Louis
Marie Charllotte de Goliere Davenport
Barnes Hospital
Davenport
Memphis
Tenn
William H. Davenport
Dr. Davenport
Venport
Hospit
Eva Schools Close As Bad Roads Halt Buses
Eva elementary and high schools closed last Friday for a week due to deteriorated roads stopping bus service. County education superintendent George T. Woodruff said roads had fallen apart and attendance fell to a low ebb, with hopes for classes resuming next Monday if repairs finish.
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Eva
George T. Woodruff
Beloved Decatur Citizen R P McEntire Dies at 85
R P McEntire longtime Decatur resident and former First National Bank director died at Benevolent Hospital at 2 AM aging 85 He born September 4 1850 in Asheville NC and lived in Decatur 25 years Survived by son Leroy postmaster Decatur two grandchildren and brother B P McEntire Funeral at First Baptist Church Decatur Tuesday February 18 with Rev Jessie F Ray and Rev L D Patterson officiating Burial in city cemetery under Brown funeral directors
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R. P. McEntire
Decatur
Benevolent Hospital
Mr. McEntire
Asheville
N. C
First National Bank
McEntire
Leroy McEntire
Leroy McEntire, Jr
Annie Miller McEntire
B. P. McEntire
First Baptist Church
Jessie F. Ray
L. D Patterson
First Methodist Church
Will Wyker
R. C. Nungester
D. D. Burleson
F. D. Peebles
E. D. Bailey
E. J. Polhill
City Cemetery
Brown
Jackson Giles Take Part in Auburn Spring Practice
Decatur high school standouts Gene Jackson and Johnny Giles depart for Auburn to join API spring practice. Jackson, a fullback, drew state attention for passing and kicking and played in the Birmingham all star charity game. Giles is noted as a dependable back and elusive runner for the Red and Black.
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Gene Jackson
Johnny Giles
Decatur
Auburn
API
Jackson
Birmingham
Giles
Father at 96 in New Bern Expecting Second Child
George Hughes aged 96 of New Bern North Carolina says he expects a second child in May, reported to J G McDaniel of the Kinston Morning Herald. The earlier birth of a son named Franklin Roosevelt Hughes was authenticated by medical records and published in the American Medical Journal.
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New Bern
N. C
George Hughes
Hughes
J. Gaskill McDaniel
Kinston Morning Herald
American Medical Journal
Franklin Roosevelt Hughes
Government Purchase Of Transmission Lines Upheld
Mayor James A. Nelson praised the Supreme Court ruling affirming TVA authority to dispose of surplus power and said the city would push to clear remaining legal hurdles for Decatur to obtain TVA power. Across North Alabama citizens rejoiced, flooding Florence newspaper offices with calls and greetings.
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James A. Nelson
TVA
Supreme Court
Decatur
North
Alabama
Florence
Supreme Court Upholds TVA Surplus Power Disposition
The Supreme Court upholds government authority to dispose of surplus power from dams for navigation, defense, and public use. It rules the Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals constitutional and validates the government’s purchase of transmission lines from Alabama Power Company. Chief Justice Hughes reads the decision with McReynolds dissenting. the ruling centers on national defense and public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
TVA
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Hughes
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roberts
Stone
United States
Tennessee River
Gable
the Court
Jane
Buying Wave In Electric Shares Quickly Checked
A strong rush to buy electric issues followed the TVA decision read by Chief Justice Hughes in New York. Shares of power companies jumped early, with some holding and preferred stocks rising, but enthusiasm faded as the reading continued and gains diminished by mid session.
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New York
Hughes
TVA
Wall Street
Talmadge Crowned as Money Boss in Georgia
Governor Talmadge forges a financial control plan dictating operation of state agencies. State Treasurer Ropy Hamilton, after reviewing the proclamation, says he will comment in a few days. The dispute centers on whether executive warrants may withdraw 1936 revenue when the law lacks continuing appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Ramsey
Associated Press
Atlanta
Talmadge
Geo
Rpy B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Treasury
Hami Hamilton
Oak Park High School Revues In Frugal Costume Night
Suburban Oak Park high school girls staged their 16th annual revue with snappy costumes that cost less than 1 year. A child handed its parents a bill for the outfits representing a new all time low in expenditure for the show.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Weather Update for Tennessee River Region Falls and Cold Night
The Tennessee river gauge shows 93 feet and falling with morning temperatures at 45 degrees and a 36 degree low in the past 24 hours. Skies remain unsettled with rain and snow expected tonight across the region. Interior Tennessee reports continued chilly conditions and potential wintry mix.
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Tennessee
Ray
Inner
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Robert Hicks
T. C. Spight
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Italy
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Altoona
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