Inmates See Two Fugitives Behind Alcatraz Escape
Ritchey, held in Providence on jewel theft charges, claims Ritchey suspects Roe and Cole aided the Alcatraz breakout. He says guards and convicts alike believed the two conspired, using blacksmith shop skills and grease to vanish by boat. Ritchey plans extradition fight while noting prison censorship and gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchey
Providence
R. I
Baltimore
Roe
Cole
Alcatraz
Scout Activities Highlight TVA Council Growth for 1938
The Tennessee Valley council expands to include Belle Cullman Moulton New Hope Town Creek TVA and Russellville with nearly a thousand scouts registered. The annual meeting at the Ross hotel in Athens will install new President J N Jenkins as retiring President I V Lees passes the gavel. Harley Erb regional scout executive will address the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Council
Decatur
Huntsville
Athens
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Belle
Cullman
Moulton
New Hope
Town Creek
TVA
Russellville
Ross
J. N. Jenkins
I. V. Lees
Barney Norris
Emerson Lucas
Harley £. Erb
Memphis
Erb
Kiwanis International
Scout Meeting Minutes Record Scribe Election
Scout meeting opened with Billy Jones reading the bible. Harold Lichtenstein elected troop scribe. Plans discussed for the Scout rally and tower building practice. Troop played a game of snatch the bacon. Meeting adjourned by Scout Master Billy Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. White
Billy Jones
Harold Lichtenstein
Free plane rides planned for couples to boost travel
United Airlines announces free round trips for women and their husbands between San Francisco and Los Angeles starting Wednesday. S. A. Stimpson, jet traffic manager, says the event aims to prove air travel is safe and encourage confident bookings.
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San Francisco
Jan
S. A
Family held in Canyon Wilds Told by Freed Mother
The mother who described the World’s End story was released as mountain life wearied her health. Mark Silverman the fanatic is shown with his brother Joe and Joe’s wife Becky after police rescue.
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Mark Silverman
Joe
Becky
Mark
Joe Silverman
Canyon
San Gabriel Canyon
Los Angeles
Athens Notes and Social Roundup from County News
Mrs Baylis Hightower to return this week from a three week visit with her parents in Tupelo Miss. Funeral in Athens draws Decatur Huntsville and others. January Chamber of Commerce banquet at Ross Hotel with T E Williams presiding. Mrs Hall honored at Mary Lillian Feigley party in Nashville guests listed with prizes and a salad course. W T Brown of Madison visited Athens on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylis Hightower
W. H. Daniel
Tupelo
Miss
Decatur
Huntsville
Athens
Janie Russell
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Ross Hotel
T. E. Williams
Mary Lillian Feigley
F. M. Hall
Nashville
W. A. Caughran
B. J. McCrory
James Beasley
Jack Tanner
Elizabeth Malone
L. W. Chambers
G. B. Phillips
D. L. Rosenall
Hall
Local ministers attend general missionary council
Dr M E B Lazenby presiding elder of the Decatur district travels with Rev J H Chitwood and Rev R D Cook to Savannah Georgia to participate in the general missionary council of the Southern Methodist church. Sessions begin today and run through January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EB. Lazenby
Decatur
J. H. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
R. D. Cook
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Savannah
General Missionary Council
Southern Methodist Church
Examinations Open For Government Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Junior graduate nurse at 1620 dollars yearly with U S Public Health Service and Veterans Administration, Associate wood technologist at 3200 dollars yearly with Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and Industrial classification analysts ranging 2600 to 4600 dollars yearly with the Social Security Board. Full information from H Yarborough Secretary U S Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
U. S Public Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Social Security Board
H. Yarborough
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Post Office
Florence Sheffield bridge plans submitted to federal agency
Chief Engineer H H Houk said the Florence Sheffield bridge superstructure plans for the 1 600 000 project have been sent to the U S Bureau of Roads. Bids on the superstructure and nine concrete piers are expected by late January. Roadway approaches are being drawn. Financing includes toll bonds and a federal grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Jan. l
H. H. Houk
State Highway Department
Florence-Sheffield
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Houk
Highway Commission
Tennessee
Former Resident W. B. Witt Dies in Birmingham
Word reached here of the death of W. B. Witt who died Sunday afternoon at his home in Birmingham. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon with burial in Birmingham. Mr. Witt left this locality about twenty years ago for his Birmingham home. Several relatives survive in Decatur.
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W. 8. Witt
Birmingham
Mr. Witt
Decatur
Salamanca
Spain
Harold Dahl
Franco
Bradish Johnson
Newsweek Magazine
Dahl
Johnson
Teruel
Edward J. Neil
Central Press
Pettusville Social Visits Highlight Week
Mrs James Robinson improves after malaria illness. Elkmont visitors Miss Marjorie Phillips and Miss Loree Holt stay with Mrs James Robinson. Coastal round includes Reed families from Dalytown Athens Cary and Veto joining overnight or Sunday calls with local residents.
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James Robinson
Marjorie Phillips
Elkmont
Joe Holt
Tom Hargrove
Olile Hargrove
Paul King
Dalytown
J. H. Jackson
Athens
Raymond Willis
Cary
L. E. Robinson
This Place
Gladys Paul Hargrove
Lena May Wallace
Winnie “Hargrove
R. E. Hodges
Aaron Harlow
J. D. Harlow
Nellie Powers
Winnie Hargrove
A. M. Jones
T. W. Pettus
Veto
Carl Hasting
Charles Wayne
Paul Douglas
Henry Stanford
Kirk Dunnavant
L. E. Dunnavant
Lola Pettus
Selvin Allen
Joe Hot
Effie Holt
Sarah
Marie Wilson
Nelie Powers
Loree Holt
Anha Dew Pettus
Houston county to vote again on prohibition issue
Houston prohibitionists formed the Houston County Temperance Alliance led by former Probate Judge Harry K. Martin and began circulating petitions to urge Probate Judge Saxon P. Poyner to call a liquor referendum. If signed, the county will vote on prohibition for the third time since 1935 amid control board pressure and past license actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Houston
Houston County Temperance Alliance
Harry K. Martin
Saxon P. Poyner
Houston County
Alliance
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Ashford
Columbia
Miss Janie Russell A Pneumonia Victim
Funeral services were held Monday for Miss Janie Russell who died after a short pneumonia illness at 56. A Limestone County pioneer, she was survived by sister Miss Zella Russell and brothers John Robert Sam D Russell of Athens Joe Tom Russell of California and Luke Russell of Paducah Kentucky. Burial was in the city cemetery with Dr U J Pitts pastor of the First Methodist Church in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Janie Russell
Limestone County
U. 8
Pitts
First Methodist Church
McConnell
City Cemetery
Zella Russell
John Robert
Sam D. Russell
Joe Tom Russell
California
Luke Russell
Paducah
Bridegroom-T0-Be Hits Jackpot For License
In Elkton Maryland the groom-to-be poured out 40 nickels to pay for a marriage license. The clerk stared in astonishment as the groom explained he just hit the jackpot on a slot machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
Ann Sothern
Requisition Issued for Walter Scott in Jefferson County Murder
Requisition papers for Walter Scott, wanted in Jefferson county on a murder charge connected to the pistol slaying of Raymond Green, were issued yesterday in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Walter Scott
Jefferson County
Raymond Green
Ohio
Council Formed to Create Decatur Recreation Council
Miss Lucille Giles recreation supervisor for Morgan County called a courthouse meeting with representatives from public and civic groups to form a Decatur recreation council. The year’s work logged 54 228 participants. Rutledge Thomas Rotary Club was named chairman and named a committee to draft constitution and bylaws for the January 17 meeting at 2 00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Giles
Morgan County
Decatur
Carlton Kelley
Department of Public Welfare
Rutledge Thomas
Rotary Club
James Rankin
Quartet Returns from Owensboro Visit
The Bonanza quartette re turned from Owensboro Kentucky where Rev E N Hart former pastor of Westminster church now leads First Presbyterian. The group with C E Lowery gave programs at Hart s church First Baptist and evening services. Hart sent best wishes to friends here noting his church added 100 members in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonanza Quartette
Owensboro
E N. Hart
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Quartette
C. E. Lowery
Rev. Hart
First Baptist Church
A. L. Moye
Hart
Couple remarry after long divorce gap in Muskokee Oklahoma
After 11 years apart B. Cooper aged 80 and Mary Ann Brassfield aged 83 renewed their marriage in Muskokee Oklahoma. They were first wed in 1923 and yesterday’s ceremony marked Cooper's fifth marriage and Brassfield's fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskokee
Okla
B. Cooper
Mary Ann Brassfield
Cooper
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