Mor gan County murder case linked to Culbreath Hicks
Officials tie a northern Alabama murder to W G Culbreath and Mrs Davie Hicks of Double Springs with confessions stating the body of Gilbert Ayers was placed in a car and driven across five counties before disposal on Brindley mountain near Guntersville. The pair claim the other committed the killing amid unsettled motives.
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Morgan County
Alabama
W. G. Culbreath
Davie Hicks
Double Springs
Gilbert Ayers
Hicks
Morgan Courty
Graham Culbreath
Circuit Court
Grahamath
Athens
Culbreath
Brindley Mountain
Guntersville
Hartselle
Obscene Talk on Air Prompt Plea to Halt KWKH Broadcast
In Washington Senator Dill urged the Federal Radio Commission and the attorney general to stop KWKH Shreveport Louisiana from broadcasting obscene language. He cited a Minnesota complaint and argued the penal provisions of the act empower action. Station owner W K Henderson is a vocal opponent of certain societal norms including child welfare.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Senate
Dill
KWKH
Shreveport
L. J. Watrous
Minneapolis
Radio Commission
Beli
W. K. Henderson
Fire Laddies Respond To Grass Fire On Olive Street
Fire responders rushed to 1009 Olive Street after a call at 10 30 this morning about a grass blaze on a vacant lot. The fire was extinguished with no loss or damage reported.
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Olive Street
Closing Cotton Quotations From New York and New Orleans
The article lists closing prices for the New York and New Orleans cotton markets with May and Mar contracts, showing open high low and close figures for several months and indicating spot prices in New York and New Orleans.
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New
New Orleans
New York
Hunger Spectre Claim by Walter Arnold for Forgery
Walter H. Arnold sits in county jail on forgery charges after confessing to writing two checks for 12.40 each on the Athens Lumber Company and cashing them at Moore's Modern Stores. He cites hunger and his three children as motives and asks readers to bless his family, expressing penitence and hope for mercy from the jury.
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Walter H. Arnold
Tennessee
Athens Lumber Company
Moore
Arnold
Florence
B. E. Davis
Jair
Sheriff raids seize large moonshine operation near Troop's Landing
Sheriff B E Davis and deputies uncovered a still built from a galvanized oil drum near Troop's Landing. Fifteen gallons of white corn liquor were seized and three men were arrested for manufacturing. Two beer barrels were destroyed as weather favors bootleggers. The raiders, praised for a strong record in Birmingham, vow continued crackdowns.
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B. E. Davis
Troop's Landing
Decatur
Davis
Bud Davis
W. T. Willoughby
Phillips
Birmingham
Film Cowboy Art Acord Held in Jail on Dry Charge
Art Acord the film cowboy remained in jail in Nogales Arizona awaiting return to Los Angeles for liquor possession charges. He was arrested after allegedly drawing a knife on an operative and forcing him into a closet before escaping through a window and being recaptured by a deputy sheriff. Sheriff H J Patterson ordered detention until further instructions from Los Angeles arrived.
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Nogales
Ariz
Art Acord
Los Angeles
Acord
Robert E. Fergusson
Fergueson
H. J. Patterson
Democrats to meet in Morgan county January primary rules
Morgan county Democrats call a 10 a.m. Saturday January 1 meeting at the Hartselle city hall to discuss plans and adopt rules for the forthcoming primary. The group debates disqualifying former Hoover supporters, while others push to allow all candidates to participate under party will.
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W.W. T. Price
Democratic Executive Committee
Morgan County
Hartselle
Limestone
State Executive Committee
Hoover
Jefferson County
State Committee
Democrats
Heflin Seeks Record For Birmingham Meeting Speech
Senator Heflin of Alabama inserted into the congressional record a Birmingham speech by the Independent Democratic Meeting chairperson. The address attacked the Alabama Democratic executive committee for barring Heflin from the party's August primaries and Hugh Locke, a Birmingham attorney and Hoover supporter, from candidacy. Heflin said the press had printed details of the dispute.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Congressional
Independent Democratic
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Hugh Locke
Hoover
Community Chest Committee Plans Revised Decatur Program
The committee seeking to evolve a community chest plan for Decatur is likely to reconvene this week to continue work halted by the Christmas holidays.
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Decatur
Arctic search hinges on storms as plane disappears
Weather and equipment losses mount in the Arctic as three planes go down while searching for Carl Eiefson and Earl Borland. Canadian pilots and Seattle crews contend with blizzards and icy conditions near Nulato and North Cape, Siberia, delaying rescue efforts.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Carl Eiefson
Earl Borland
Seattle
Nulato
Nome
North Cape
Siberia
Etelson
Borland
Teller
Nanuk
Two Suffocating Deaths In Rochester Apartment Fire
In Rochester New York an elderly blind man Robert W Prince and his wife Alice perished after a fourth floor Stanwood apartment fire. Firefighters aided nearly twenty residents to safety using ladders as the blaze started in the heating system. Detective Dwight Fox helped rescue Mrs Prince before she died at the hospital. her husband died before medical aid could reach him.
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Rochester
N. Y
Stanwood
Robert W. Prince
Alice
Fox
Weather Report: High 53 Low 37 Today
The weather bureau reports a maximum temperature of 53 and a minimum of 37 for today. The reading was taken by seven o'clock this evening.
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the Weather Bureau Today
Woman clears up charge against man in infant drowning case
Mrs. Bertha Ellison, initially implicating her alleged paramour Andrew Garner in the drowning of their infant in November, says Garner had no part in the crime. Sheriff John Lodgin states Garner will be released this week as Ellison recants her prior accusation and Garner waives preliminary hearing.
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Montgomery
Bertha Ellison
Andrew Garner
Garner
John L. Lodgin
Ellison
Scogin
Directors Meet of Decatur Rotary Club
The directors of the Decatur Rotary club are summoned to a 5 o'clock Tuesday meeting in the office of J A Woods on Second avenue.
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Decatur Rotary Club
J. A. Woods
Second Avenue
Conspiracy Rumors Roil City After Dinner Banquet Raid
Police probe a dinner held for Magistrate Albert Vitale as seven gunmen raided a Bronx hall stealing Detective Johnsons pistol. Testimony links figures like Ciro Terranova to a alleged murder contract targeting Yale and Marlow, while Chicago gunmen linked to the St Valentines Day case face silence from witnesses.
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Ares Underworld
Rothstein
Frankie Yale
Frank Marlow
Grover Aen
Arthur C. Johnson
Tepecano Club
Albert H. Vitale
Bronx
Johnson
Whalen
Ciro Terranova
Chicago
Yale
Marlow
Fred Burke
Dane
Chicago St. Valentine’s Day
T W Owens Dies At His Home Here
T W Owens 51 died Sunday evening at his residence 436 Columbia circle. Survived by wife two sons J E Owen F D Owen two daughters Mrs R E Crafton and Miss Alice Owen one brother and one sister. Funeral at 3 30 by Rev Frank Smith at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church. Interment in city cemetery. Active pallbearers listed.
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T. W. Owen
Columbia Circle
J. E
F. D. Owen
R. E. Crafton
Alice Owen
Frank Smith
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Tuck
Davis
John Charles Miller
White to Speak at Belle Mina PTA Meeting
Gilbert White, prominent Limestone County resident, will be principal speaker at Belle Mina Parent-Teachers Association evening. His topic is Child Welfare.
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Gilbert. White
Limestone County
Pridey
Tvening
Parent-Teachers Association of
Belle Mina
Taft Leaves Duties Due to Ill Health
Washington reports Chief Justice Taft, worn by a recurrence of bladder trouble, has abruptly ended court work and departed for rest. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, nearly 89 in March, will preside in Taft's absence.
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Washington
Taft
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Weekend Jailing Surges as Ham Birmingham Prompts Firearm Orders
More than 200 people were jailed over the weekend as city and county officers intensified a crackdown on crime. Patrols were ordered to shoot to kill if necessary to stop robberies and burglaries, with several robberies reported and loot totaling about 5 000 dollars since Friday. Suburban house breaking and thefts from parked cars dominated the incidents. no assaults on victims were reported.
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Birmingham
Two Fires Today At Same Location
The fire department logged two calls at Malone Park today a grass fire at seven o clock was extinguished and a feed fire at 12 45 prompted another alarm though the warning was negligible.
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Malone Park
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce to Meet Thursday
A general membership meeting called by W. J Morris will be held Thursday at 7 30 PM in the Chamber of Commerce hall on avenue. Elections of officers and annual committee reports will be presented.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. J Morris
Mae
Sha Ber of Commerce
Guests of the Decatur club include Clark E ert and David White
At the Decatur club today guests included Clark E ert, David White, and F D as reported by local society notes.
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Decatur Club
Clark E.&ert
David White
F. D
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Community Chest Committee
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Steger
Til
Haweswood
Joseph B. Hawes
Rochester Blaze
Decatur Daily
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Grover A. Whalen
New York City
Arthur G. Johnson
T. W. Owens
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