Wets Finish Testimony in Prohibition Hearing
Washington Feb 20 Opponents of prohibition called a former Missouri senator to support repeal efforts. George H Williams director of the Children Guardians of Delinquency in Youth testified that nullification was a fact to be observed in his territory. He said in St Louis county farmers were blamed for violations by wealthy bootleggers and locals discussed dealings openly. Chairman Kam set a schedule allowing both sides time to be heard and wets will conclude after the dry side testifies.
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Washington
United States
Missouri
George H. Williams
Board of Children’s Guardians of Delinquency
St. Louis
House Judiciary Committee
Williams
Amend
Kam
Mrs Lucila Mead to Speak on International Relations at LWV Luncheon
Over 80 reservations are set for Friday at 1 PM as Mrs Lucila Ames Mead of Boston Mass is the honor guest of the League of Women Voters for a luncheon in the Hotel Lyons assembly room. Decatur and surrounding towns are represented. Her Decatur visit is part of a three town tour in the state.
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Lucila Ames Mead
Boston
Mass
League of Women Voters
Lyons
League
Decatur
Mead
New Filling Station Planned At Oak And Lee Site
Progress is underway clearing debris at the former Pointer Harlow Grocery site at Oak and Lee streets. New owners G. R. Mason and McBride plan to start erection of a modern filling station and store, with construction supervised by local contractor Mr. McBride.
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Pointer-Harlow Grocery Company
Oak and
Lee Streets
G. R. Mason and
McBride
Cyanamid Firm Paid Publicity Costs Revealed in Senate Testimony
Chester H. Gray Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation testified before the senate lobby committee about authorized Cyanamid publicity to promote leasing and filtration plants tied to National Agricultural company. He cited later testimony by W. B. Bell of Cyanamid on expenses and said the publishing company handled the publicity.
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Washington
Chester H. Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate Lobby Committee
Gray
Federation
National Agricultural Company
W. B. Bell
House Military Aid Committee
Hanover admission pockets slaying of 4 year old Horst
Charles Hannah a 61 year old bakery wagon driver confessed to beating Melvin Horst to death on December 27 1928. He claimed the boy Orville disappeared the same day. He slept after the confession but did not say what happened to the body.
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Hannah
Akron
Orville
Horst
Wayne County
Marion Graven
Ora Slater
Walter J. Mougey
Jurymen Making Fine Progress
Splendid progress is being made by the grand jury since it was convened on Monday morning. It is expected the inquisitors will be ready to report to Judge James E. Horton this afternoon or Saturday.
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James E. Horton
Decatur Firm Submits Low Bid for Dynamite Carload
Montgomery February 20 local firm John D. Wyker & Sons of Decatur submitted the low bid for a carload of dynamite for highway building in North Alabama. The bid was 16.75 dollars per hundred pounds for a 20 000 pound load.
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Montgomery
Ala
John D. Wyker & Sons
Decatur
State Board of Administration
Alabama
Johnston Enters Assessor Race After World War Service
Johnston, a former Somerville postmaster for ten years, served in France nearly four years with the 81st division. He returned to resume the post and now enters the assessor race. He is a Mason and Methodist. Supporters predict a strong candidacy.
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France
Johnston
Somerville
Masonic Order
Methodist Church
Huntsville Editor to Speak at Decatur Kiwanis Event
Hon J Emory Pierce editor of the Huntsville Daily Times will deliver the feature address as Decatur Kiwanis and Decatur Pilot clubs host a joint meeting at the YMCA at 6 30 pm Mrs Pierce accompanies him and will arrive by motor to attend the function Music Study club artists will entertain after his address.
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J. Emory Pierce
Huntsville Daily Times
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Decatur Pilot Club
Pierce
Kiwanis Club
Huntsville
Music Study Club
Court of Appeals Upholds Larceny Conviction in Cow Theft
The court of appeals upholds the circuit court judgment in Floyd Echols case convicting him of grand larceny for stealing a cow and sentencing him to three to five years in state prison.
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Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Floyd Echols
Hard Fought Case Docketed in Circuit Court
The Cullman Motor Company sues Prank Joess in circuit court this morning. Barney Bland of Cullman represents the plaintiff and the case is described as a hard fought dispute.
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Cullman Motor Company
Joess
Barney Bland
Cullman
Trail of Death Tied to Youth Worldwide
A New York police report outlines a spree of poison killings by Baker, described as giving him a chilling mental satisfaction. He details early incidents in Houston and a late 1920s New York case at the Guggenheim laboratory, with shifting residences and hints of further victims as the investigation continues.
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New York
Bombay
Hamburg
New
Farma Gion
Baker
John D. Watts
Watchman
Henry 8
Gaw
Guggenheim Laboratory
Houston
Texas
Honeycutt
Reward May Be Split In Utley Arrest Case
Falkville merchants consider dividing a $200 reward for the arrest of Neal Utsey who confessed to robbing the Cordell store at Falkville and two earlier robberies. Sheriff Davis elicited the confession and Utsey awaits plea in county jail under a pending state prison sentence. The reward may go to the tipster and to Dan Ryan the Falkville policeman who helped capture Utsey.
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Jim Cordell
Falkville
Neal Utsey
Dan Ryan
B. E. Davis
Davis
Utsey
Roberts
Hartselle
Emmett Himes
Cordell
Falkvile
Coe
Jonah
Troup Seeks Reelection As Morgan County Assessor
Morgan county tax assessor Herman O. Troup announces his candidacy for reelection. He cites a record of efficient administration and service to the public, noting that the office has provided genuine service and accommodation since he took over.
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Herman O. Troup
Morgan County
Troup
New Home 8. R. Denton Moves to Vinemont
Noted resident 8. R. Denton relocates from Route 1 Danville to Route 3 Vinemont.
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R. Denton
Danville
Vinemont
Three Big Guns Join The Daily Staff Next Monday
The Daily adds humorists Rube Goldberg Will Rogers to its team next Monday. Goldberg will draw cartoons for the classified page daily, while Rogers starts a daily wise column reflecting his observations from the papers. The piece teases readers to watch the impact of these additions.
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Newspaper World
Rube Goldberg
Hicks
New York
Will Rogers
United States Tops 1930 Flight Records Despite Germany Lead
The 1929 year end record list shows the United States holding 28 records, led by 420 hour refueling and 3293.26 mile distance feats by US crews. Germany holds 43 records, with Britain, France and others also represented. Twenty one US records are long held.
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Federation Aeronautique Internationale
National Aeronautic Association
United States
Germany
France
Great Britain
Switzerland
Italy
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Lowell H. Smith
J. P. Richter
A. H. Orlebar
Willi Neuenhofen
Lieut
Apollo Soucek
America
Neuenhofen
T. G. W. Settle
Ensign W. Bushnell
Select Tire Service to Expand with Second Story
The Select Tire Service building on Lee Street will be enlarged by adding a second story. Work started this morning as district manager RE W Kennedy said the growing business forces the expansion. First floor offices will become a sales room, offices move to the second floor, and most of that floor will be storage space. The project aims to modernize the area once known as auto row.
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Select Tire Service
Lee Street
RE. W. Kennedy
Select Tire Service, Inc
Auto Row
Death verdict to stand says the executive
Ohio Governor Cooper denied a one month stay for Dr. James Snook scheduled for execution for the murder of Theora Hix. Snook’s lawyers filed a US Supreme Court review while the Ohio Supreme Court faces its next session.
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Supreme Court of
S. H. Miller
Ohio Preme Court
Byrd Expedition Returns to New York With Supplies
Dispatches report Rear Admiral Byrd and crew concluded more than a year on the Ross Sea ice barrier. They arrived in New York around 8:30 yesterday morning with papers and gear, others and equipment left behind as required.
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New York
Dispatch
Admiral Byrd
Ross Sea
Cs City
Antarctic
York
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Commie
House
Drys
Lyons Hotel
Daily
Chester Gray
Charles Hannah
James Baker
Sailor
J. Paul Richter
McIntyre
O. McIntyre
Oscar Leiding
Select Tire Service Co
Cooper
Theora Hix
Columbus
Snook
Oncle Bben
Gorden
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