Project for Malaria Control in Wheeler Dam Area
WPA may undertake a malaria control project in Morgan County pending final approval. A drainage plan involves 50 WPA workers to build a 2000 foot ditch from Moulton Heights to the lake with multiple lateral ditches to drain low backwater areas. The $ six thousand project would last about four months and align with the WPA sanitation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Dam
Works Progress Administration
R. T. Scarborough
District One
Morgan County Health Department
L. R. Murphree
F. L. Chenault
WPA
Moulton Heights
Ite
Decatur Ice Cream Plant Adopts New Capping Unit
The Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company began using the new Dacrow metal cap sealing machine for milk bottles. It is automatic and can cap 2,780 pint bottles per hour, ensuring airtight, sanitary mouths. The plant also features a large refrigeration facility with metal bound doors and a strawberry storage room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Company
Tennessee Valley
J. W. Clapton
Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company
Associated Gas Seeks Tax Fund Redetermination
Associated Gas and Electric Company filed with the board of tax appeals a petition seeking federal income and profit tax deficiency redetermination totaling about 40 million dollars for the five years ending 1933. Howard C. Hopson, recently investigated by senate and house committees, was a key figure in organizing the holding company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Board of Tax Appeals
Howard C. Hopson
Senate
House
Three Being Quizzed In Mardi Gras Killing
Morgan county officers arrested John Thomas Black and Ethel Mae Gaines in Talucah and Triana for the murder of Exum Gaines after a shotgun blast killed him as he called at a neighbor's house. A heavy armed group nearby was dispersed as the arrests were made. The case prompted a tense standoff in the Talucah area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talucah
Morgan County
John Thomas Black
Ethel Mae Gaines
Exum Gaines
Gaines
J. Street Sandlin
Blalock
Walton
Triana
Death comes to engineer Louis Sudekum 66
Louis Sudekum 66 a renowned Louisville and Nashville Railroad engineer was found dead in his rooming house this morning around 8 o clock. Burial plans call for Brown Funeral Company parlors before shipping the body to Nashville for burial. Sudekum a longtime employee received a 50 year service button and was uncle to the Sudekian brothers of Nashville known for Crescent Amusement Company theatres. He commanded a mixed freight and passenger train on the Nashville and Decatur run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sudekum
Investi
Sudekum
Brown Funeral Company
Nashville
Sudekian Brothers
Crescent Amusement Company
Princess and Capitol Theatres
Decatur
Funds Short in Treasury Under Talmadge Dictatorship
Georgia’s treasury received nearly $500000 under Governor Eugene Talmadge’s new fiscal regime to avert a state agency funding shortage. By Feb 26 1933 the administration reported only $3.38 on hand while J B Daniel became the new treasurer after Charles E Stewart paid the first funds amidst a dispute with ousted treasurer Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Charles E. Stewart
Naval Stores
George B.’. Hamilton
J. B
Tobe) Daniel
Cannon on Trial in New Year’s Party Death
Poughkeepsie New York February 25 AP The fate of Edward A Cannon on trial for the New Year party murder of Hilda Price 20 rested with a supreme court jury under orders that verdict be sealed until late afternoon. Cannon 27 cried saying he would rather face the electric chair than 15 years in jail as four verdicts including first and second degree murder and manslaughter were possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Edward A. Cannon
Hilda Price
Supreme Court
Graham Witschief
Goshen
Cannon
Vanderbilt seeks sole custody of Gloria Vanderbilt
Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt appeals to the Supreme Court from a New York custody ruling granting the child’s principal custody to her paternal aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney. The petition contends the order confines the child to New York and splits her life between strangers and her mother, violating due process and child welfare principles.
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Washington
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Gloria
New York Supreme Court
Harry Payne Whitney
Edmund M. Toland
New York Court
New York State
New York
Europe
Vanderbilt
Shipyard graded and excavated at Ingalls site
Grading and earth moving for a new Ingalls Iron Works shipyard proceed after weather delays. Fourteen teams and 25 workers moved 14 000 cubic yards of earth as Rust Engineering Co wins the contract for grading excavating and concrete foundations. The 1100 by 300 yard yard fronts the Tennessee river north of W Market street with marine ways piers and a main building planned near the center. The project costs thousands of dollars and will produce steel barges and boat repair operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingalls Iron Works
Rust Engineering Company of
Birmingham
T. R. Covey
Decatur
Tennessee River
W. Market Street
South
Agreement Sought Amid Coal Union Negotiations
New York February 25 coal operators and union leaders worked to reconcile differences and draft a new working agreement for the anthracite industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Girl Blames Brutal Dad For Slaying In Oklahoma
Emma Willis 18 on insanity defense for shooting her father Iddis Willis to death last December after years of alleged abuse. She testified of beatings and improper advances with support from her mother Zona Willis as alienists were summoned to weigh an insanity plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okla
Emma Willis
Iddis H. Willis
Emma
Zona Willis
Well-Known Farmer Dies at 64 in Decatur Area
Frank White 64 prominent farmer of Decatur route 3 died at his home Monday after a weeklong illness. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Moulton Heights Baptist Church with Rev. B P Collier and Rev W W Coffey officiating. Burial at City Cemetery conducted by McAfee Collier and Young. Survived by three sisters Mrs Minnie Barnes Trinity route 1, Mrs Nannie Woods Austinville, Mrs Fannie Evans Memphis Tenn, plus thirteen nephews and eighteen nieces.
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Frank White
Decatur
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
B. P. Collier
W. W. Coffey
McAfee
Collier
Young
City Cemetery
White
Minnie Barnes
Trinity
Route 1
Nannie Woods
Austinville
Fannie Evans
Memphis
Tenn
Senate Bill Moves to Electrify Rural Areas
The Senate voted to take up Senator Norris’s bill authorizing a $1,000,000,000 rural electrification program over ten years. The measure would authorize an annual $100,000,000 appropriation until completion, aiming to extend electricity to rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Norris
R.neb
Bold Attempt To Enter Home Frustrated
At about 10 30 last night a would be burglar tried to enter the Dean Royer home at 319 Sherman Street. Mrs Royer, awake in a rear room, alerted her husband who pursued the intruder to an alley but lost the trail. A negro suspect was detained but released after presenting an alibi.
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Dean Royer
Sherman Street
Royer
Sixth Avenue
Roger
Sixth
Roy
Tennessee football center Herb ie Tade declared beyond help
New York report says University of Tennessee center Herb ie Tade, who suffered a severe brain hemorrhage after the Kentucky game, cannot be helped by medical science. Doctors state recovery may occur only by natural means and that he likely will not return to normal. He is en route to Knoxville with Dr. R G Brashear.
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New York
Herbie Tade
University of Tennessee Football Center
Kentucky
Knoxville
Israel Wechsler
Neurological Institute
Tade
R. G. Brashear
University of Tennessee
Lexington
Last rites for Mrs T L Hogue Pneumonia Victim
Mrs T L Hogue 19 died of pneumonia at Danville route 1 Monday morning. Services set for 10 am Wednesday at Friendship church Lawrence county conducted by Rev Dan Dutton. Burial directed by Drinkard Howell Falkville. Survived by widower, three sisters and three brothers all of Danville route 1.
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T. L Hogue
Danville
Friendship Church
Lawrence County
Dan Dutton
Friendship
Drinkard Howell
Falkville
Spirits blamed for threatening note in Lockport case
Mr and Mrs Lester Ehmke of Lockport New York faced charges for sending a threatening letter. A Department of Justice agent quoted the woman saying spirits dictated the note. The letter threatened to blow up the Harrison Radiator plant unless working conditions changed and named Alfred P Sloan Jr GM head as the big chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Lester Ehmke
Lockport
Department of Justice
B. Edwin Sackett
Frank M. Hardiman
Harrison Radiator Corporation
Sackett
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Textile control bill shelved in Congress
Representative Keller says the Ellenbogen textile control bill will be pigeonholed and a substitute measure drafted to address constitutional objections to the original bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keller
D., Ill
Ellenbogen
Hauptmann Case Moves Toward Final Action in New Jersey
Attorney General Wilentz flies from Florida to Trenton to counter Governor Hoffman's criticism of two key Hauptmann witnesses Millard Whited and Amandus Hockmuth. Officials fear another reprieve as March 30 approaches while the extradition question and Lindbergh baby killer appeals loom. Assembly members rail at the Hoffman administration amid relief and legal debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferris
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Flemington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
David T. Wilents
Florida
Hunterdon County
Anthony M. Hauok, Jr
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Hauck
Wilentz
Tlle Wal
Millard Whited
Amandus Hockmuth
Bronx
Lindbergh
John Mattiesen
New York
John F
Jassie) Condon
Condon
New Jersey Assembly
J. Parnell Thomas
Hoffman
Charles R. Geddes
Kiwanis Country Store to Open With 10000 Worth of Ten Cent Deals
Plans move ahead for the Kiwanis Country Store to run Thursday through Saturday at 505 Second Avenue. More than 20 000 articles will be offered for sale at ten cents each, with 4000 plus items priced far above ten cents, yet no item will exceed ten cents. Jimmie Munn calls the stock highly complete and promises great values for Decatur shoppers as windows showcase merchandise from ten cents to forty dollars. Entertainment will be among the best in the area with daily afternoon events.
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Kiwanis
505
Second Avenue
Jimmie Munn
Decatur
Local Students Earn Typist Certificates in Alabama
An exam at Alabama Business Institute for membership in the Order of Artistic Typists was graded in New York. All students taking the test have been issued certificates of membership, including Kathleen Hodges, Kermit Day, Velma Young, Laverne Owens, Myrtis Powell, Jewel Vaughn, William Harris, and Clara Armor.
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Alabama Business Institute
New York
Kathleen Hodges
Kermit Day
Velma Young
Laverne Owens
Myrtis Powell
Jewel Vaughn
William Harris
Clara Armor
Ickes Urges Quick Action on PWA Loans
Secretary Ickes pressed for immediate action on Public Works Administration power projects amid a flood of injunctions blocking several municipal allotments. He warned delays by Duke Power Co. could jeopardize Congress intended employment goals and said PWA lawyers would expedite appeals in key Greenwood and related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Public Works Administration
PWA
Supreme Court
Duke Power Co
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Congress
Charlotte
N. C
Greenwood
Plans to Proceed with Buzzard Roost Power Project
Washington reports Representative John C. Taylor of Anderson said the Public Works Administration is ready to fund the $3,000,000 Buzzard Roost power project in Greenwood County South Carolina. The federal appeals court decision in Charlotte upheld the PWA's right to loan Greenwood County the funds for construction and subsequent power distribution and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. Roost
Greenwood County
South Carolina
John C. Taylor
Anderson
Public Works Administration
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N. C
PWA
Ethiopians Claim Victory in Eritrea Invasion
The Ethiopian government says its forces struck the Italian base at Amaga on the Setit River February 19 near the Opia border. It reports 668 Italians killed in earlier clashes and a night raid that destroyed ammunition stores. A plane was shot down near Wolkait.
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Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Amaga
Setit
Opia
Ethiopia
Keniazmmatch Menguetou
K Wolkait
Weather update from Tennessee river region forecast
The Tennessee river gauge sits at ten feet and falling with temperatures around 74 and a 59 degree low. A trace of rain is reported in Alabama as clouds persist, with cooler air expected in the north tonight into Wednesday and a slight warmup along the coast. Moderate to fresh southerly winds are noted on the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Hughes
O'Day
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O’day
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Henry Voit
Bernard
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