Flu Epidemic Expands to Four Counties in Alabama
Dr. D G Gill reports influenza cases rising by about 2500 in the last week based on reports from county health officers and private physicians in 50 percent of Alabama 67 counties. Dallas Mobile Walker and Shelby counties show epidemic levels, with milder illness predominating and two to three day bed rest.
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Montgomery
Ala
D. G. Gill
Gill
Dallas
Mobile
Walker
Shelby
Chambers, Lee
Georgia-Alabama
Vital Statistics
Houston County
Dallas County
Girl Faces Prison For Poisoned Flour Family Illness
In Hamlin West Virginia fourteen year old Gladys Dillon faced arraignment on a charge of poisoning flour that left eight family members ill. Edgar Dillon, age 40, and his wife plus six children recovered from the abuse with one parent gravely affected. The girl said she added insecticide to flour to harm her mother after a dispute over a suitor, expressing she only meant to kill Mama.
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Mama
Damron
GM disburses $11 million to employees under savings plan
Alfred P. Sloan Jr announces General Motors distributed over $11 million in cash and GM stock to American and Canadian employees under the annual savings and investment plan. The average payout is $438 with a top limit of $691 in cash and securities.
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New York
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Eeeeween
Nngsers
Motors
Circuit civil cases continued to next circuit term
Judge W. W. Callahan continued the civil docket today due to illness among principals and witnesses. All criminal trials scheduled for this week were postponed to Monday morning.
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W. W. Callahan
Circuit Court
Ten Raids Made in City Over Weekend
Sheriffs forces conducted ten raids in the city Saturday afternoon and night. Six men were charged with violation of prohibition laws. Officers confiscated three gallons of whiskey and several cases of beer.
Sudden Passing Closes Career Of Marylander
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie a longtime Maryland states rights advocate and proponent of repeal of prohibition died in his Baltimore apartment after a stroke at about 1 45 a m He was in his 60s and had been a controversial critic of Roosevelts New Deal centralization His last public remarks defending constitutional tenets were made at a church meeting near his home
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Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Chicago
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Washington
Ritchie
Maryland
Kiwanis Country Store Prepares Big Bargains Sale
Large stock is placed at 505 Second Avenue for opening Thursday at 2 PM. Bargains are 10 cents or less with some items up to 40 dollars. Proceeds fund hitch yards for farmers, boosting rural trade. Entertainment set for 3 PM and 6 PM daily during Feb 27 28 29.
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Kiwanis
Second Avenue
Negro dies from pistol shot at Cedar Lake fight
Ed Cummings, a Black man employed by a local coal company, was fatally wounded early Sunday at Cedar Lake in a fight with another Black man. Deputies say a vest-pocket pistol discharged once, after Cummings wrestled it away and attempted to fire, but the single shell misfired. Police search for suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cummings
Cedar Lake
Cummings
Sheriff's
Quick Parley on Farm Bill Now Planned
Washington the house agreed to a conference on the new 500 million farm bill. Senators and representatives planned quick talks to smooth differences before spring planting. Key issues include subsidy distribution, acreage value, farm population, and treatment of sharecroppers and tenants.
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Washington
House
Jones
Tex
Fulmer
8.C
Doxey
D. Miss
Hope
Kas
Kinzer
Senate
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
la Chamber
Dhe
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt to Attend Roosevelts Funeral in Capitol
President Roosevelt returns to the White House early from Hyde Park after an address on the good neighbor idea. He goes to the capitol to attend the funeral of Henry L. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy who died Saturday. The president is a cousin of the late official.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
White House
Capitol
Henry L. Roosevelt
Navy
Chamber of Commerce drive slows after strong start
The Chamber of Commerce membership drive, begun last Tuesday, stands at 254 with no new members since Saturday. Officials say the campaign will continue until the 500 member goal is reached to fund operations and attract new enterprises to the city. The group notes its long history and influential role in Alabama.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Dog Leads To Body Of Boy In Ice Harbor Crash
In Winthrop Massachusetts eight year old Jackie Reardon vanished yesterday and today a mongrel dog discovered his body crushed beneath a half ton of ice in the harbor about 100 yards from his home. Police believe he fell on the ice and drowned between two floating ice cakes.
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Winthrop
Mass
Jackie Reardon
Georgia Governor Issues Order Removing Comptroller Harrison
Governor Talmadge appoints Adjutant General Lindley to manage state funds as Harrison is suspended amid alleged neglect of duties. G. B. Carreker takes over accounting duties in the agriculture and auditor departments while disputes over warrants and appropriations unfold.
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William B. Harrison
Lindley
Harrison
Camp
Georgia
G. B. Carreker
Departenent of Agriculture
Talmadge
State Auditor's Department
Atlanta Fire Department
William Ambrose Wright
Wright
Carreker
George B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Eden Defends Britain's Ethiopia Policy Before League
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told MPs Britain acts in the League of Nations duties only in the Italo Ethiopian crisis. He rejected motives of self interest and said the inter department report on Ethiopia was leaked. Eden refused to answer whether the oil embargo would involve the United States.
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G. H. Anderson
Associated Press
London
Thony Eden
Great Britain
League of Nations
Eden
Ethiopia
Borah
Washington
John Maffey
Lake Tana
Maffey
Italy
Samuel Vyvyan Terrce Adams
League Committee On Factions
United States
Van Cook Passes At Rural Home
Van Cook aged 38 died Saturday afternoon at his home on Somerville route 2 at one o'clock. Services were held Sunday at Friendship Church with Rev. Sid Berry presiding and burial directed by Peck. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Bonnie Cook three sisters Mrs Otto Gilchrist Mrs Elbert Tutor and Louise Cook and a brother Austin Cook.
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van Cook
Somerville
Bonnie Cook
Otto Gilchrist
Elbert Tutor
Louise Cook
Austin Cook
Sid. Berry
Friendship
Peck
Fish Are Victims of the Cold Wave
Twenty square miles of dead fish were found off the North Carolina coast after a West Indies cruise. Captain Lawrence Ww. Long of the Liner Haiti reported the area to have many dead mullet due to a sudden cold snap. Dr. E J Hoover, the ship's surgeon, said the fish were likely killed while entering colder waters from the Gulf Stream.
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New York
Lawrence Ww. Long
Haiti
West Indies
North Carolina
E. J. Hoover
New Cooper-Wells mill unit nearing completion
The Cooper-Wells mill is closing in on a new brick unit costing 50000 dollars that will add 13 machines and 5000 dollars monthly to payroll when finished in about two weeks. Ten machines arrived from Harrow Hosiery Company. three will go to the basement and ten on the first floor. Edward P. Steinburg of Chicago designed the unit with Albert Frahn of Decatur as associate architect. E. P. Childs secured the contract.
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Cooper-Wells
Cooper- Wells
Harrow Hosiery Company
Philadelphia
Frank Yaney
Edward P. Steinburg
Chicago
Mrs Lucy Hulse Dies After Illness in Decatur
Mrs Lucy Thomas Roberts Hulse a Decatur matron died at Benevolent Society Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 302 Sherman Street Tuesday at 10 30 a m with burial at City Cemetery. She leaves parents Mr and Mrs H S Roberts a daughter Betty Gray son David Carlisle a sister Mrs Herbert Daley and a brother Albert A Roberts. Pallbearers named. Her husband died two years ago.
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Lucy Thomas Roberts Hulse
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Hulse
Sherman Street
James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Church
Brown
City Cemetery
H. S. Roberts
Betty Gray
David Carlisle
Floods Threaten 13 States As Rivers Rise
Floods threatened lives and property across 13 states including California, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Four people drowned in California. two missing from a Green River Indiana boat. Red Cross and coast guard aided thousands moving livestock and belongings to safer ground amid warming trend and rising rivers.
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Chicago
Ill
California
Green River
Indiana
George Pete
Idaho
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Minnesota
New York
Alabama
C. A. Donnel
Havre, Mont
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Beaver
Allegheny River
Carmichael To Yield Post To Practice Law
Congressman A H Carmichael will not seek re election and will return to practicing law in Tuscumbia. The Associated Press quotes him saying he prefers law work to serving in Congress. The report notes Harry Walker will enter the race this week with other announced rivals from Alabama towns.
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Carmichael
A. H. Carmichael
Washington
Associated Press
Mrr. Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Congress
Harry Walker
Alabama
House of Representatives
B. L. Malone
Deca
Bob Simpson
Florence
Cube White
John
Huntsville
John Sparkman Speer
H Amsetere Se Zoos
Bettor King Tom Kearney Dies at 66 in St Louis
Tom Kearney died after a paralytic stroke at 66 leaving a legacy as a legendary future book operator. The St Louis bookmaker known for paying winners promptly opened the Derby book a day after his death. Charles Burke will run the business for Mrs Kearney and issue the Derby nominations once released.
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ST. Louis
Tom Kearney
Kearney
Charles Burke
Burke
New York
Black Golki
When Jane Takes a Hand at Riverside High
Decatur high school presents a three act comedy by the junior class in Riverside auditorium. The Thursday night show features 13 performers seven girls and six boys with an 8 oclock curtain. Proceeds fund junior activities for the year.
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Decatur High School
Jane
Riverside Auditorium
Carmichael of Alabama Announces Retirement From Congress
Representative A H Carmichael of Tuscumbia Alabama says he will not seek re election to Congress preferring to practice law in Tuscumbia He is the second Alabama member to retire after William B Oliver of Tuscaloosa had earlier stated he will not run again Carmichael expressed gratitude to his supporters and pride in his service.
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Washi
A. H. "Casiousheal
Tuscumbia
Ala
Congress
Carmichael
Alabama
William B. Oliver
Tuscaloosa
Governors stance on love killings sparks professional dissent
Chicago February 24 Gov E W Marland argues love killings stem from insanity and seeks to banish legal death for such offenders. Judges and psychiatrists challenge the claim saying crime defies broad generalization and juries must decide each case on its facts.
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Earl Ayeroid
Associated Press
Chicago
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Ben Lindsey
Superior Court of
Los Angeles
Calif
Gov. Marland
Marland
Lindsey
George B. Wold
University of Minnesota
American Prison Association
Rock Sylvester
Milwaukee
Wis
Hoffman Calls Millard Whited a Liar in Hauptmann Case
Governor Harold G Hoffman accused Millard Whited of lying amid perjury risks after questioning the Sourland lumberjack who placed Bruno Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate in 1932 Whited testified Hauptmann prowled the Lindbergh grounds twice in February 1932. Prosecutors argued Whited lied to police and Lindbergh officials to mislead investigators.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Millard Whited
Sourland Mountain
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Whited
Hauptmann
Hopewell
Sourland
New Jersey
New York
Bronx
Memington
Hoffman
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wos
Wolf
State Police
Lindbergh
Flemington
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
Hauck
England
Bruno
G. Hoffman
David T. Wilents
River Levels and Weather Outlook Across Regions
The Tennessee River gauge read 10.7 feet at 7 am with no rainfall in the past hours. Temperatures ranged from a high of 68 to a low of 61 as conditions remained cloudy in Alabama with possible light rain in the extreme east and colder air in the far west into Tuesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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