Kidnaper Put To Death For Killing Child
Franklin Pierce McCall was executed by electric chair in Florida for the kidnap and death of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. at Princeton last May. The condemned man, a 22-year-old minister's son, spoke with calm resolve, denouncing capital punishment and praising superintendent Chapman for delaying the sentence to seek a stay.
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Iford
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
McCall
L. F. Chapman
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Amos McCall
Jasper
D. C. Coleman
Dade County
Rodal
Coleman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christ
Judas Iscariot
Chapman
Raiford
Fia
Pierce McCall
Fred P. Cone
Cone
Miami
Skeegie
WPA Workers Sign Papers of Citizenship in Morgan County
About 1 600 WPA workers in Morgan County and nearby areas sign citizenship affidavits required by Congress as part of the new appropriation. Area One projects include roads, bridges, sanatorium work, school repairs, recreation camps, and adult education. Payroll totals reach $720,000 yearly in Morgan and $4.2 million for the area, with 15 active projects across several counties.
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WPA
Morgan County
Area One
R. W. Shepherd
Shepherd
Works Progress Administration
Morgan
Madison
Colbert
Lauderdale
Tate
Hartselle
Falkville
Cove
Eva School
Lawrence
Cullman
Jackson
Limestone
Franklin
Zvb
Yfc
Senator Reynolds Adopts Serious Speaking Style
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina announced a new serious oratorical style as a policy. He said he dropped elaborate bows flowery compliments and smiles, noting smiles are misread as lack of seriousness. He will not smile except when speaking on the telephone to avoid misperceptions.
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Washington
Reynolds
House group trims Roosevelt relief estimate by 27 million
The House Appropriations Committee, pressing an economy drive, lopped 27,926,138 off Roosevelt's relief proposal and recommended 1,100,471,354 to operate the Treasury and Post Office for the year starting July 1. The total still exceeds last year. The social security reserve fund was cut by 20,000,000 due to lower expected receipts from taxes. Of the bill total, 909,626,670 funds the Treasury and 1 for the Post Office.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Post Office
India
Post Office Department
Herschel McClusky Promoted to Right of Way Engineer
Herschel McClusky longtime senior drafts man with the Alabama state highway department district offices is promoted to right of way engineer and will transfer to the Montgomery office. He plans to leave Decatur on March 1 to assume new duties at the state office after 12 years of service.
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Herschel McClusky
Alabama State Highway Department
Montgomery
McClusky
Decatur
State Office
State Highway Department
Damages Awarded to Heirs of Poet Bryant in Art Case
Three relatives of poet William Cullen Bryant from Tenafly Ridgewood and Bennington filed and won a $750 verdict after alleging a Rembrandt Peale portrait of George Washington was damaged during an exhibition at Passaic County Park Commission. The case sought $50,000 in damages.
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Hackensack
N. J
William Cullen Bryant
George Washington
Tenafly
James Rodney Bryant
Ridgewood
Helen Bryant Weber
Bennington
Passaic County
T B Johnson Dies After Two Weeks Illness at 80
T B Johnson, 80, died at 11 this morning at his Pleasant Hill home after a two weeks illness. Funeral services will be at Pleasant Hill church at 2 pm Sunday, with burial at Robinson cemetery near Pleasant Hill. Brown of Decatur will conduct and announce further details tomorrow.
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T. B. Johnson
Pleasant Hill
Robinson Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Buford Patient at Baugh Infirmary in Decatur
Robert M. Buford of Decatur route 2 is listed as a patient at Baughs Infirmary.
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Robert M. Buford
Decatur
Baugh’s Infirmary
Higher public debt limits loom in Roosevelt budget talks
Washington reports the House began work on a 1.700 billion dollar annual supply bill and a treasury and post office measure, reduced from earlier estimates. A Morgenthau testimony warned that raising the debt limit to 50 billion may be needed if President Roosevelt's budget cuts are enacted. Studenski warned new taxes and benefits could shake financial markets. Also, Sen Thomas charged that short sellers want government lean cotton to profit from lower prices.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Morgenthau
Congress
Roosevelt
Townsend and General Welfare
Ways and Means
Paul Studenski
Pronanx
Economics
New York
Studenski
Sennor Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
New Criticism Grows After Guam Base Rejected
In Washington on February 2 the House defeated the Guam naval base proposal 205 to 168, with Democrats and Republicans uniting against the plan. Opponents called the harbor upgrades a dagger at the throat of Japan. The Guam provision fell, and the House passed the rest of the administration bill funding naval air bases across the Pacific Puerto Rico and the mainland for 48.8 million dollars with only four dissenters.
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Washington
House
Guam
Pacific
Japan
Puerto Rico
Continental
United States
Alabama Senate OKs 2 Percent Use Tax
The Alabama Senate passed the administration's two per cent use tax as a companion to the sales tax and sent it to Governor-prank Pixon for signature. The measure, approved 26 to 6, takes effect March 1 and targets mall order and out of state purchases.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Pixon
Booth
Carlton
Conway
Cooper
Crompton
Dozier
Ebmore
Faulk
Harris
Harrison
Henderson
Hildreth
Holmes
Howard
Lusk
McCall
Malone
Poole
St. John
Shaver
Simpson
Street
Thomas
Tucker
Weatherford
Young
Boyd
Calhoun
Clayton
Johnson
Rowe
Stakely
House
Ways and Means
L. H. Ellis
Shelby
Ferson
Walter Gewin
Hale
Senate
Lawson Davidson Wins Free Trip
Lawson Davidson a local dealer for Stokes stokers and Williamson furnaces earned a complimentary study trip to Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The award from George F Wheeler Co Birmingham honors dealers with the highest sales gains in 1938 over 1937. Other winners include dealers in Montgomery and Cullman.
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Lawson Davidson
Stokes Stokers
Williamson Furnaces
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Mr. Davidson
George F. Wheeler Co
Birmingham
Davidson Coal and Feed Company
Montgomery
Cullman
Mrs Price Leaves For Florida Visit With Family
Mrs. W. N. Price sails on the Florida Arrow to Winter Haven Florida to visit daughter Mrs Ollie Knight. Next weekend she will visit son Coy Price in Mobile.
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W. N. Price
Florida Arrow
Winter Haven
Fla
Ollie Knight
Coy Price
Mobile
New Coating Lets Glass Become Almost Invisible
Saphrises and quartz heated to vapors coat ordinary glass to be over 99 percent transparent with virtually no reflection. The film, announced by MIT and General Electric rivals, promises rugged, widely useful coatings for lenses, glasses, and windows though evaporation requires a vacuum and a small residual reflection remains.
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Associated Press
New York
General Electric Company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. Hawley Cartwright
A. Francis Turner
M.lt
American Physicial Society
Massachusetts Tech
Massachusetts
Reorganization Measure Faces Uncertain Path in Congress
Washington reports the revised plan to empower President Roosevelt to reorganize war administration remains unclear. Republicans and administration critics debate power versus economy amid House delays and Senate opinions, with Byrd urging tighter economy. Public sentiment and past fights color the outlook as lawmakers study the measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rep
Taber
Byrd
Senate
Moulton Rally Scene Bears Methodist Unity in County
A Loyalty Rally of Lawrence county Methodists gathers Sunday at Moulton to unite seventeen churches from Town Creek to Mount Hope. Co operating pastors include Cornelius Morris Aldridge Gamble Prickett with Dr Festus Cooke as keynote speaker. Christians of all denominations are invited to attend.
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V. BL
Methodist Church
Moulton
Tansha
Lawrence County
Town Creek
Sanderson's Chapel
Courtland
Hillsboro
Mount Hope
First Church
Olen Cornelius
W. L. Morris
W. W. Aldridge
Festus M. Cooke
Florence
Salary limit unchanged in Alabama House vote
In Montgomery the Alabama House defeated Rep. John Robinson 50 to 45 on his bid to cap gubernatorial salaries at 5000. The panel tabled Robinsons amendment to a 5700 appropriation tied to a Supreme Court finding the act needed funding to operate.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
John Robinson
St. Clair
Robinson
Supreme Court
George B. Jones
Lauderdale
Frank Dixon
Jones
George Miller
State Supreme Court
Dixon
Mynett Leaves Infirmary After Minor Operation
G. W. Mynett of Hartselle route 1 departed Baugh's Infirmary today following a minor operation Thursday.
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G. W. Mynett
Hartselle
Baugh’s Infirmary
Britain Warns Nations on Franco Recognition Pact
Paris dispatch reports Daladier winning a confidence vote 323 to 261 as France contemplates recognizing Franco's regime in Spain. Britain signals a strong warning as Hungary cracks down on Nazis and Communists and anti comintern signs rise to five nations.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Spain
People’s Front
Franco
Associated Press
Hungary
France
Europe
Popular Front
Francisco Franco
Britain
Budapest
Epely
Gerrmany
Italy
Japan
Russia
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Germany
Leon Berard
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Opera Star Loses Suit In Custody Case
Marion Talley, former Metropolitan Opera star, loses habeas corpus bid for custody of daughter Susan in White Plains Supreme Court. Judge Gerald Nolan rules lack of jurisdiction. The case named estranged husband Adolph Eckstrom and his relatives Elmer and Mrs Nelson. Nelsons testified Susan lived with them two years. Eckstrom has had custody the last year. Process servers cannot locate Eckstrom. Eckstrom’s attorney says he took child out of state for a vacation. He plans to accept service in a Manhattan custody action and will sue Talley in separation papers once she is found. Talley has been in seclusion since filing.
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White Plains
N. Y
Marion Talley
Metropolitan Opera
Susan
Supreme Court
Gerald Nolan
Adolph Eckstrom
Elmer W. Nelson
Marmaroneck
Nelsons
Eckstrom
Eckstorm
Frank Delaney
Manhattan
Miss Talley
Alabama Merits System Passes House Despite Exemptions
Legislation creating a merit system for Alabama state employees clears the house with exemptions for assistant attorneys general and certain health and education staff struck out. Gov Dixon calls the result a major victory for good government, likening it to Houston’s carpetbagger era actions. Senate concurrence sent the bill to Dixon for signature.
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Associated Press
Momery
Ala
Dixon
House
Alabama
Houston
Senate
L. H. Ellis
Shelby
Education Department
Health Department
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20.8 feet and fell. Temperature ranged from a high of 51 to a low of 32 with no rainfall. Alabama shows increasing clouds and warmer conditions in the south, with likely rain in the south tonight and Saturday. Tennessee expects slightly cooler tonight followed by rain in central portions in the afternoon.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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