Hill Seeks Party Backing for Long Term Senate Seat
Unofficial AP returns show Hill leading with 87,919 votes, Heflin 48,269, and Charles Williams 5,468 in Alabama. Senatorial long term race opens as Lister Hill announces he will run “at the hands of the people” and declines nomination by the state Democratic executive committee.
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Hill
Heflin
Charles Williams
Alabama
Montgomry
Ala
Lister Hill
Hugo L. Black
People
Democratic Executive Committee
Heflin learns of defeat in Alabama primary
J Thomas Heflin, famed Alabama figure, learned he lost a senate comeback in Tuesday's Democratic primary. Roy E Parker, his secretary, said Heflin was delirious with lobar pneumonia and thought December 29 until January 6. Parker added Heflin was not bitter and trusted the Lord's will.
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Parker
Hill Seeks Democratic Nomination in May Primary for U S Senate Run
The report notes a May 3 Democratic primary with a June run-off if no candidate gains a majority. Hill announces his candidacy for the United States senatorial long-term nomination and vows to stand by the New Deal and Franklin D Roosevelt's leadership. He had just won a decisive House seat race over J Thomas Heflin and Charles W Williams, pledging to pursue human welfare principles in the campaign.
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Hill
United States
People
J. Thomas Heflin
Lafayette
Charles W. Williams
Wilsonville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hill carries Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties in Senate race
Congressman Lister Hill won in Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties by broad margins as official results from the three Tennessee Valley counties were tallied. Ex-Senator Heflin placed a distant second in each, with Charles Williams barely in contention.
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Favor Hill
Lister Hill
Decatur
United States Senate
Hill
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Tennessee Valley
J. Thomas Heflin
Charles Williams
West Surrenders in Limestone County Murder Case
Carl West, accused of killing Arland Bowen at a Christmas party in Limestone County, surrendered to the sheriff in Athens Alabama. He will face a preliminary hearing in Limestone Municipal Court next Monday on a murder charge. The killing reportedly followed a dispute over whiskey quality at the party.
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Athens
Ala
Carl West
Arland Bowen
Limestone County
Call By Five for Daily Delivery in Decatur
Notice from The Decatur Daily urges readers to call by five o clock to receive a daily delivery at their door. After five, calls cannot be handled.
Ford chief's daughter elopes with college mate
Trudie Bennett, 17, daughter of Ford Motor Company personnel director Harry Bennett, disappeared from Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti and later wed Russell Hughes, 21, at Auburn Indiana after rumors of abduction.
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Trudie Bennett
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Michigan State Normal College
Ypsilanti
Mich
Auburn
Ind
Russell Hughes
Cullman Probate Judge Mitchell Acquitted on Impeachment Charges
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously acquitted Hom er F. Mitchell of corruption and perjury charges tied to a 1934 income tax filing and approving a warrant against Circuit Judge A. A. Griffith. Defense argued politics influenced the impeachment. prosecutors called actions a grave misuse of legal processes.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Homer F. Mitchell
Cullman County
Oppos
Mitchell
A. A. Griffith
T. R. Headrick
Griffith
Griffiths
Horace Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Cullman
F. E. St. John
St. John
Roderick Beddow
Birthday Ball Moves to Athens High Gym
Forecasts had placed the Birthday Ball for the president at the new Athens armory but with the building unfinished the event shifts to the Athens high school gym Friday evening January 28th.
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Gym Athens
Ala
Farlier
Athens Armory
Athens High School
Pennsylvania seeks return of accused slayer in Camp Hill murder
Louisville report states Pennsylvania asks for the return of 19 year old Wendell Forrest Bowers charged with murdering Mrs Wilma V Carpenter in Camp Hill near Philadelphia on December 13.
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Louisville
Pennsylvania
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Wilma V. Carpenter
Camp Hill
Philadelphia
Farm Rift Is Now Closed in Alabama
A five month dispute between two farmer factions ends with a peace conference. The Alabama agricultural association and state farm bureau directors agree to one functioning organization after a vote reallocation, with bureau units withdrawing from the federation. The truce sets new voting apportionment: 50 members share one vote plus one per 200 members, preserving separate handling of internal issues by each group.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Agricultural Association
State Farm Bureau Fed
Ron
Bureau Federal
Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Extension Service
Kiwanis Club Installs Plans for 1938 at Decatur Meeting
The Decatur Kiwanis club opened a new year with Winston Alston presiding at the Tennessee Valley Hotel. Members heard Harold Melerson of the Key Club urge help for a high school band project as Marvin Rankin and Dewitt Shaw provided music. Secretary Fred Hunt led a name-neutral contest, and new president expressed a wish to work with all committees.
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Decatur Kiwanis
Winston Alston
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Harold Michaelson
Key Club
Marvin Rankin
Dewitt Shaw
Fred Hunt
Limestone County Court Profits Transfer to County Fund
The Limestone county municipal court earned 1610.19 after expenses in 1937 and transferred the amount to the county fine and forfeiture fund. The court handles civil matters up to 100 dollars, misdemeanors, and preliminary felonies. created by a 1931 local act, it is self supporting from court funds.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
R. H. Walker
Cautioned after sunshine rain motorists urged to slow
After days of sun, today’s rain prompted the state highway patrol to warn motorists to reduce speed on slick pavement to prevent skidding and accidents.
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State Highway Patrol
Drive Began for Economy in the House
Washington January 6. The House appropriations committee began an economy drive by recommending 1.414 billion dollars to fund more than 30 independent agencies for the coming fiscal year, a saving of 118.5 million from the current year. The plan cuts several major programs including Civilian Conservation Corps by 123.7 million and veterans administration by 37.9 million, while boosting social security and certain commissions.
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House
Budget Bureau
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gilbertsville
TVA
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Veteran’s Administration
Railroad Retirement Board
Social Security Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Civil Service Retirement Fund
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Relations Board
Supreme Ae
Veterans’ Administration
Hunting Accident Drama Tonight on Kate Smith Show
The program dramatizes the Wheeler Lake incident that killed Jack Hunter and features Julian McNeese who swam to shore to aid others after their boat overturned. Two other heroics are highlighted and the most daring act wins a $1000 prize based on listener votes.
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Jack Hunter
North Alabama
Julian McNeese
Kate Smith
McNeese
Knudsen Presses Confidence to Restore Industry
General Motors President William S Knudsen told the Senate unemployment committee that restoring confidence is key to stabilizing work. He cited a 30,000 job layoff and a severe December sales drop, predicting a spring recovery though warning against forecasting a 50 percent sales plunge. He met with White House officials and declined to endorse planned industrial production as a firm cure.
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Washington
William S Knudsen
General Motors
Senate
Knudsen
White House
John D. Biggers
Roosevelt
Canan
Oy Gog
Byrnes
DSC
Fifty Killed In Japanese Air Raids On Hankow Wu chang
Fifty noncombatants were killed or wounded as 30 Japanese bombing planes heavily attacked Hankow and Wuchang across the Yangtze. The raid, second this week, aimed to destroy the Hankow radio station but failed. Civilian casualties rose near the airfields as mobilization swept across China under Chiang Kai-Shek.
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Hankow
Wuchang
Yangtze
Wuhu
Ching
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
H. H. Kung
Kung
Ho Ying-Ching
After All The World Isn't So Very, Very Huge
Douglass Dodd returns from the Orange Bowl trip to Miami and meets a stranger who learns he lives in Decatur. The man claims to be neighbor and says, Why he is by brother in law, identifying himself as Bill Cason, now a Miami resident.
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Douglass Dodd
Miami
Dodd
Alabama
Decatur
Bob Jervis
Bill Cason
Now
Newark Girls Face Hearing in Bus Driver Slaying
Patrolman and wife say they will aid their 20 year old daughter Ethel Sohn and 17 year old Genevieve Owens, held in a $2.10 thrill holdup case. Prosecutor says a .22 sawed off rifle used to kill William Barhorst. both girls confessed and face first degree murder charges with trial likely within two weeks.
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Newark
Tomore
William Anfeld
Surburban
Belleville
Schaffer
Owens
Sumners Backing Sought for Supreme Court Nominee
The House Judiciary Committee advised President Roosevelt to appoint Representative Hatton W. Sumners of Texas to the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice George Sutherland’s retirement set for January 18. A letter extols Sumners’ legal skill, record, temperament, and liberal philosophy, urging favorable consideration.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Representative Summers
D-Tex
George Sutherland
Sumners
White House
Judiciary Committee
House ‘of Representatives
Hatton W. Sumners
Supreme Court
Justice Sutherland
Supreme Bench
Aline Standifer Weds Rev A J Rollings in Chattanooga
Miss Aline Standifer of Chattanooga married Rev A J Rollings pastor of the Church of Christ in Athens during the holiday season. The couple reside in Athens where Rollings recently assumed leadership of the local church and is popular with residents.
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Athens
Ala
Aline Standifer
Chattanooga
A. J. Rollings
Church of Christ of Athens
Rollings
Federal agents unravel Tamany passport mystery Mr D linked to Epstein
Federal agents questioned the long sought Mr D alias Louis Epstein for 13 hours locating the man amid a Tammany Hall contract passport scheme. The case centers on fraudulent passports tied to New York County Clerk Marinelli and a web of intermediaries in a Moscow disappearances plot involving the Robinsons and Rubens. Mr D was held for further questioning with no charges filed immediately as officials promise startling revelations.
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New York
Donald L. Robinsons
Tammany
Louis Epstein
Thomas Fitch
State Department
Donald L. Robinson
Moscow
Albert Marinelli
Shao
Raiders
Robinson
Robinsons
Rubens
Ruth Marie Boerger
Harry Zuckerman
Tenants’ Research Bureau
Federal Agente
Epstein
Mr. D
Fitch
Bigger Fleet May Be Asked
Admiral William D. Leahy said President Roosevelt’s coming naval policy message probably calls for a larger fleet. He cited a fifth shipbuilding program beyond the current effort and noted funds to start on a group of new warships. The 1934 Wimson-Trammell act set yearly goals to 1942, with one carrier, two battleships, 49 destroyers, and 22 submarines.
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Washington
Jan
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Leahy
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Decatur Fire Hydrant Clash Prompts Service Standstill
The city of Decatur disputes Alabama Water Service Company fire protection in business districts and withholds $10,000 yearly payment awaiting a ruling. A meeting with city officials, the company, and the Public Service Commission is set for January 15 to decide if the city’s contention is justified or the water service adequate.
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Dcecatur
Alabama Water Service Company
Acta
Alabama Public Service Commission
Decatur
Water Company
Water Service Company
Decature
Publc Service Commission
More Loans Sought for Rural Lines
John Carmody rural electrification administrator told a house appropriations subcommittee that REA had on hand loan applications totaling 73000000 dollars. He said this compared with a recommended budget of 30000000 dollars for the 1939 fiscal year.
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Washington
John Carmody
House
REA
Infant Dies At Home In Hartselle Route One
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Glenn died last night at 10 45 at their home on Hartselle Route One. Survived by the parents. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Bethel with interment at Drinkard and Howell directing.
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Clifton Glenn
Hartselle
Bethel
Drinkard and
Howell
Weather snapshot from Tennessee River report and Alabama forecast
The Tennessee river level held at 16.6 feet at seven this morning with a 54 degree high and 40 degree low and a trace of air. Alabama forecast calls for cloudy conditions with rain and cooler air in the north and west, followed by partly cloudy and cooler by night with moderate to fresh northwest to north winds.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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