Statewide Deep Freeze Halts Alabama Forefront of Winter
A new cold wave grips North Alabama with sleet and snow in the Tennessee Valley. Florence reports three degrees above zero while other counties near zero. Birmingham drops to 16 from 4 as officials forecast no relief tonight and a slow rise to normal temperatures tomorrow. Coal shortages persist despite brief warm days.
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Associated Press
North Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Florence
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Cold lasting storms threaten floods and isolation nationwide
Continued cold with more snow and ice jams raises flood threats and isolation for many communities. Shipping hinders on major coasts while interior rivers suffer ice jams, complicating relief as shore towns cope with fuel and food shortages. The month long Hatfield siege ends as teams supply 200 villagers.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Dakotos
Hatfield
One Slain in Spanish Riot Amid Election Riots
In Zaragosa during Spain's election turmoil, a second death occurred with several wounded as radicals push for a majority. Authorities impose a state of war, army troops deployed, and syndicalists call a general strike amid clashes and mass meetings.
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Syndicalists
Labor Movement
Zaragosa
Burglars Loot Local Store After Monday Night Break In
A break in at Gunter's Store on Second Avenue yielded a haul of 26 suits an overcoat 15 10 pairs of trousers and $6 in cash. Police suspect two or more burglars due to the bulky loot and lack of car tracks. No suspects identified as officers investigate.
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Lower
Second Avenue
BPW Club Banquet Set at St John’s Parish House
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Decatur will hold a banquet at St. John's church parish house Thursday at 8 o'clock. Miss Ethel Ramage of Montgomery, state unit president, will be principal speaker and award the charter to the Decatur chapter. Mrs. Willard J. Brown directs the program. three charter members and many guests are expected.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Decatur
St. John’s
Ethel Ramage
Montgomery
Willard J. Brown
Stricken ships race to aid leak amid fog and misreports
Eight ships sped to aid a phosphate laden freighter after foggy conditions and erroneous position reports. The Coast Guard learned the vessel was 120 miles east of the originally cited 180 miles southeast of Nantucket Lightship, delaying rescue efforts.
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Associated Press
Nantucket
Newport
Coast Guard
Boston
Louise Bennett in Anything Goes at Princess Theatre
Local interest grows for Wednesday and Thursday showings of Anything Goes at the Princess Theatre. Louise Bennett, granddaughter of Mrs. Julia A. Lewis, a former Decatur resident, appears in the cast marking her first film appearance.
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Princess Theatre of
Louise Bennett
Miss Bennett
Julia A. Lewis
Decatur
Lewis
Wabash
Indiana
False Alarm Triggers Fire Crews at Handley Home
Fire companies were sent to the home of Mrs. L Handley at 1606 Fifth Avenue South around 2 30 Monday afternoon on a false alarm.
Pilot Dies After Delayed Bailout Near Sourlake Texas
Lieut. Laurence C. Westley of Barksdale Field was killed when he waited until his disabled plane dropped to about 200 feet before bailing out. Lieut. W. J. Klissel parachuted at 500 feet and survived without injury near Sourlake, Texas.
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Beaumont
Tex
Laurence C. Westley
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Sourlake
W. J. Klissel
Local Auto Party Hurt In Arkansas Accident
Ice covered pavement on a railroad crossing near Wheatley Arkansas caused a car crash during a 10 day family trip from this area. E A Tanner suffered a broken collar bone and head injuries while Mrs Tanner broke an arm and shoulder. Their 3 year old daughter also injured with a broken arm. Other named relatives sustained cuts and bruises. The Tanner family employed at Happy Feed Stores planned a ten day visit to relatives in Arkansas.
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Arkansas
E. A. Tanner
Tanner
W, Tanner
Wheatley
Ark
Brinkley
Happy Feed Stores
Trinity Road
Decatur
J. W. Tanner
Courtland Road
Benson Bryant
Mr. Bryant
Crashing Thru Play Slated by Riverside High PTA
Riverside High prepares for the play Crashing Thru at Riverside Auditorium Thursday night to raise funds for feeding program in city schools. Miss Beth Diggs of Memphis directs a cast of amateur actors with city girls as chorus. new scenery costumes and lighting enhance the production.
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Central
Riverside Auditorium
Beth Diggs
Memphis
Miss Diggs
Johnson Aims to Throw Dollar Across Rappahannock
Washington February 18. Representative Sol Bloom offered 20 to 1 odds that Walter Johnson will fail to throw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock on George Washingtons birthday anniversary. Johnson, famed pitcher, practices with a dollar against his Germantown farm barn door, joking that if Washington did it, he can too.
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Washington
Sol Bloom
New York
Walter Johnson
Rappahannock River
George Washington
Germantown
Maryland
Johnson
Decatur Chamber Sets 900 Member Goal With Drive
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce opens its annual membership drive aiming for 900 members. A joint meeting with Pilot Rotary, Business and Professional Women and Kiwanis at Lyons Hotel featured speeches by Walter Clapton and Carrie Jones. Barrett C. Shelton outlined the plan and 161 memberships were pledged last night as 42 teams prepare to canvass. Dues are $12 annually as groups urge city-wide cooperation to reach the target.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Pilot Rotary
Kiwanis
Lyons Hotel
Walter Clapton
Carrie Jones
Seybourne Lynne
Kiwanis Club
Clapton
Barrett C. Shelton
Shelton
Webster McLeod
Lyons
Steel barge Kor TVA erected here
The steel ferry barge, costing 6450 dollars, was contracted to Ingalls Iron Works Company by the Tennessee Valley Authority and will be built at Decatur. It will serve Guntersville Dam and be constructed at the American Oak Leather Company’s yard since the local shipyard won’t be ready in time. Completion will take several weeks, according to TVA officials.
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Ingalls Iron Works Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur
Guntersville Dam
American Oak Leather Company
Ingalls
Six Die in Avalanche at Hesperus Mine Camp
In Mancos Colorado six people died when a avalanche roared from a mountain top and buried the Hesperus mine camp under rock and snow. Ben Hartley, one of twelve survivors, reached authorities after guiding rescuers through snow covered trails to reach the isolated miners.
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Mancos
Colo
Rockies
Hesperus
Ben Hartley
Si Vivors
TVA power policy under fire as court delays affect public sites
Washington Feb 18. The Tennessee Valley Authority faces questions on how quickly and broadly it can extend electric service while legal challenges stall Muscle Shoals and local public power moves. Lilienthal cites public interest over private gains as TVA advances dam building flood control and agricultural programs with 14 000 workers.
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Washington
TVA
Tennessee River
David B. Lilienthal
Memphis
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Tenn
Marlet
PVA
Lilienthal
Federal Treasury
Hewitt Heiress Sterilization Case Faces Billing
In San Francisco a judge rated 12 as Miss Ann Cooper Hewitt's mental age after a psychiatrist tested her during a sterilization case. The hearing linked Dr Titan Tillman and Dr Samuel Boyd to mayhem charges from an operation on the heiress aged year. The Hewitt suit seeks 500000 in damages claiming the doctors and guardian caused the procedure to preserve a family trust, denying the girl appeared in court.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Mary S. Scally
Sylvian J. Lazarus
Miss Hewitt
Titan EB. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Beth
Hewitt
Scally
Ann
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Walker's Fate as Delegate in Doubt
New York dispatch reports former Governor Alfred E. Smith likely to be a Tammany Hall delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Unclear whether former Mayor James J. Walker will be included after reports that Postmaster General Farley urged his name but Tammany leaders refused.
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New York
Alfred BE. Smith Leogescistt
Tammany Hall
Tiger
James J. Walker
Farley
Tammany
Hughes on Annual Florida Trip From Decatur Leader
J. K. Hughes the Lyons Hotel manager and vice president departs for Florida for two and a half weeks in a yearly trip. He plans to promote Decatur to hotel heads civic groups and organizations to boost regional tourism and tourism dollars which last year reached twenty five thousand dollars. He will highlight Decatur as a key historical and industrial Southern center during his talks.
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J. K. Hughes
Lyons Hotel
Florida
Hughes
Decatur
Alabama
Mr. Hughes
South
Inauguration Day Observed for Jefferson Davis
The 76th anniversary of Jefferson Davis inauguration was observed by the Mary Lou Dancy chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. R. E. Wardlaw delivered the address on the Confederacy's founder and presidency.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Mary Lou Dancy
United Daughters of the Confederacy
R. E. Wardlaw
Mary Lou Dancy Group
Confederacy
Burglary Suspect Taken Into Custody in Birmingham
Deputies Kilgore and Sandlin returned to Decatur with suspect Betion in custody after Birmingham police detained him. The break in at Pat's Grocery 712 Second Avenue involved taking keys, looting merchandise, and abandoning the truck on a Birmingham street.
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W. EB
Kilgore
P. H. Sandlin
Birmingham
Decatur
Pat’s
Second Avenue
T. E. Putnam
Officialdom Honors Jefferson Davis on 75th Inauguration Anniversary
State officials mark the 75th anniversary of Jefferson Davis inauguration with ceremonies in the Capitol. A wreath surrounds a bronze star, a Confederate plaque is draped with battle flags, and a Davis portrait stands behind the speaker. Leaders and veterans attend as bands play wartime tunes and tributes are paid by Gov. Bibb Graves and other dignitaries.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Capitol
Young Davis
W Ho
Davis
United States
Capitol Rotunda
Sidney Lanier High School
John R. Kennedy
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Confederate Veterans
Paul Sanguinetti
Montgomery
Inge Nix
Film Worker Shootings Near Death After Wives Threat
In Hollywood a 34 year old studio set decorator, George Edward Weil, was wounded and a traffic officer shot in a confrontation as police thwarted Weil's attempt to see his ex wife Doris Weil. Weil is under suspicion of murder after a policeman died and another was wounded. Rex Cole, an investment counsellor, witnessed the event from his private office as Doris Weil did not witness the fight.
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Hollywood
Calif
George Edward Weil
Sera
Eawood
Olde Pict
Weil
Earl Reed Ae
Rex Cole
Screen Players
Doris Weil
Cole
Gas Explosions Drive Utica Workers From Main District
A series of illuming gas explosions in Utica New York forced several thousand people to evacuate the main business section. Three broken gas mains were shut off and a fourth continued spreading gas under Genesee and Bleecker streets while banks closed and offices emptied.
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Utica
N. Y
Genesee
Bleecker Streets
Quakly
Ig & Spark
Genessee
Holmes in Board Race from Morgan County District Three
Walker Holmes of Eva, a Morgan County farmer, qualified as a candidate for the Morgan County board of revenue from district three. He advances to the Democratic primary on May 5. District three covers Eva, Somerville, Falkville and nearby areas.
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Walker Holmes
Eva
Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Holmes
Somerville
Falkville
Senate Rejects Forcing Action On Permanent Policy
Washington February 18 The Senate today rejected the forcing action at this session on a permanent policy.
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Washington
Senate
Weather summary with light precipitation and mild trend
The past 24 hours recorded a maximum temperature of 50 with 0.10 inch precipitation including sleet. Conditions eased and warmed slightly tonight with rising foam gauge noted. Tennessee observed fair skies in the extreme east with continued mild, unsettled weather into the next day.
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Tennessee
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