Hauptmann Trial Sees Handwriting Experts From Germany
The Hauptmann defense plans to prove Isador Fisch wrote the ransom notes with German expert Streicher and a Stuttgart expert arriving to testify. The prosecution may call a Birmingham Alabama wood technologist to address the ladder evidence, a key element the state has sought to introduce.
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Pat McGrady
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
New York City
Leipzig
Ton
Louis E. Schulhoefer
Birmingham
Ala
Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Augustus Streicher
Stuttgart
Germany
Ile de France
Schulhoefer
Reilly
Thomas W. Trenchard
United States
Streicher
Fisch
Special Program At Negro School
A special program will be rendered at the Negro high school Sunday at 3 00 p m. All friends and patrons are invited to share the occasion. Four prizes two watches and two club sets will be awarded to the four students selling the highest amounts in the second candy sale contest. Rev Ranking pastor of the C M E church will deliver a special address and each club organization and class as well as the faculty will present a financial report to meet all school obligations.
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Ranking
Compton Family Weekend Visit to Pulaski
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Compton and their children will spend the week end with relatives in Pulaski.
Markets at a Glance Today in New York
Market summary from New York on January 12 indicates irregular overall activity as gold clause fears dampen stocks and rails. Curb market softens while metals dip. foreign exchanges firm and golds rally. Cotton and coffee fall. sugar and pork quiet. wheat and corn mix with late buying. hogs steady. cattle and other staples vary.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Four Million Trees Planned For Shelter Belt
Four million trees will be planted next spring as part of the forest service shelter belt stretching from Canada to the Texas panhandle. The American Tree Association says 23 of 30 planting areas are tentatively chosen for 139000 trees in five mile by ten rod strips across the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Washington
Forest Service
Canada
Texas Panhandle
American Tree Association
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Roosevelt
Gu Merae Named by Local Dealers
G. C. McRae of McRae Motors was elected by Decatur automobile dealers to represent the city at the national automobile dealers association meeting in Detroit on January 14 and 15. He will depart Sunday morning, with a special coach for Alabama dealers heading to Detroit to meet manufacturers and code authorities from major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. McRae
McRae Motors
Decatur Automobile
National Automobile Dealers Association
Detroit
Michigan City
Alabama
Beadheads Ninth Street Methodist Board Meeting Called
Dr EB E Beard chairman calls a business session of the board of stewards of the Ninth Street Methodist Church for Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. E. Beard
Col Tidwell Undergoes Major Leg Amputation
Col Tidwell, prominent Jecator attorney, underwent a major operation late Friday in a Nashville hospital. He had the right leg amputated above the knee after a severe infection. He was reported testing fairly well today and able to take nourishment this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenkig Tidwell
Jecator
Nashville
Col. Tidwell
Dillinger’s Return Face Upset Public Enemy’s Attorney
In federal court John Dillinger’s changed appearance angered him as his attorney Louis Piquett testified. Piquett said Dillinger threatened to shoot everyone, while the lawyer argued he need not reveal his client to law enforcement. The judge ruled an attorney need not surrender a client.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Louis Piquett
Piquett
Dillinger
William Holly
Crown Point
Ind
Young People Unit Meets at Athens College
The Decatur Young People's Union council meets Monday evening at Athens College. A meal will be served from six o'clock and plans are made for an efficiency institute scheduled for late February. The council includes Union Officers and Rev. L. G. Sturdivent, presiding elder of the Decatur district.
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Young People’s Unit
Athens
Council of Decatur Young People’s Union
Athens College
Efficiency Institute
Union Officera
L. G. Sturdivent
Deca
Tur
Pilot Overcomes Mad Passenger on Airliner Flight
On a flight from Chiclayo to Picasmayo a deranged passenger Francisco Samane attacked Reserve Captain Carlos Martinez de Pinillos. The pilot fought him off while steering at full speed and landed safely, Samane restrained by police after arrival.
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Lima
Peru
Carlos Martinez de Pinillos
Chiclayo
Picasmayo
Francisco Samane
de Pinillos
Samane
Pastors Union to Meet at Central Baptist Church
Decatur pastors' union will convene at Central Baptist Church Monday at 10 o clock. Officials described the gathering as an appeasing meeting and urged every member to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Federal Court Issues Injunction Over Huey Long Pension Plan
A federal court issued an interlocutory injunction restraining enforcement of Huey Long’s pension supervision act. The order targets State Attorney General Gaston Porterie in a suit brought by Standard Oil of Louisiana and Standard Pipeline Company. A hearing for a permanent injunction is set for January 19 before a three judge panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Federal District Court
Huey Long
Gaston L. Porterie
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Standard Pipeline Company
Standard Oil
Enemies Organize Plaquemine Square Deal Units Across 64 Parishes
In Plaquemine Louisiana supporters of Huey Long’s opponents form Iberville branch of the Square Deal to organize parishes into companies. The gathering denounced Long as a coward and destroyer of constitutional government. Ben Himel announced renaming chapters to companies while W P Obier urged action.
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Plaquemine
Jam
Huey Long
Louisiana
Iberville
Square Deal
Baton Rouge
Long
Setlaway
W. P. Obier
Ben Himel
Association
Square Deal Association
Standard Oil Company
Local L&N Men Visited by Kin Over Weekend
A. W. Chapman Oscar McCagh ren and Shorty Lee of the L and N at Covington Kentucky spend the weekend with homefolks in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar McCaghren
Shorty Lee
Covington, Ky
Mayor O Keefe sues for Biloxi records after city hall seizure
Biloxi Mayor elect John A O Keefe filed suit in Gulfport to recover missing Biloxi city hall record books taken by force from retiring Mayor R Hart Chinn. The action seeks restoration of official documents amid ongoing post seizure controversy.
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Gulfport
Miss
John A. O'Keefe
Biloxi
R. Hart Chinn
Russell
State Officials Began Inaugural Farewells in Alabama Capitol
As Gov. Miller ends a four year term, many state officers move on to new posts or retire. Officials receive half a month’s pay, offices close for a state holiday, and Bibb Graves prepares to take oath. Attaches bid farewell as Dexter Avenue doors close.
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A. F. Mahan, Jr
Associated Prem
Montgomery
Ala
State Department
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Capitol
Sn Ack
Father Contete Hartwell Hatton
The
Montgomery Advertiser
Earl Speight
Senate
R Butler
Howell Turner
Pete B. Jarman, Jr
John Brandon
J. H. Blan
Blan
J. H. Hard, Jr
New Orleans
W. F. Feagin
State Board of Administration
A. F. Harman
Albert A. Carmichael
Charles E. McCall
Comptroller’s Office
State Auditor
John Peach
Ala—_ Relief Administration
German Foreign Minister Gottlieb Von Jagow Dies
Berlin reported the death of Gottlieb Von Jagow who directed Germanys foreign affairs at the outbreak of the World War and served under Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg. He had retired from public life prior to his death.
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Berlin
Gottlieb von Jagow
Germany
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Earhart Flight Log Reveals Progressive Readouts and Sightings
The Associated Proas records Amelia Earhart's transpacific flight log from Wheeler Field Hawaii to near Santa Cruz California. Entries show altitudes from 2,000 to 8,000 feet, frequent weather notes, and multiple confirmations of "All OK" as she reports fog banks low clouds and eventual sighting 7 miles south of San Francisco.
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Associated Proas
Wheeler Field
Honolulu
Diamond Head
Husband
O. K
Earhart
Santa Cruz
Calif
San Francisco
North and East Feel Cold Wave Drop Across Regions
A cold wave moving into the North and East pushed temperatures down from recent highs. Sault Ste. Marie and Green Bay reported near 2 and 10 degrees, with Milwaukee at 17 and Chicago at 24. Snow and rain fell in the West and Midwest as arctic air spread, while the Deep South saw forecast sun and cloud.
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Kansas City
Mason
Nashville
Louisville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Birmingham
Little Rock
Augusta
Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
New Orleans
Boston
New York
Detroit
No New Angles to Idly Case Today
Sheriff A L Baker of Limestone county said there were no new developments in the murder mystery. Audrey Jolly 18 watched Piney Creek bridge on Decatur Mooresville road, remains under investigation as authorities press to unravel circumstances surrounding her death.
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A. L. Baker
Limestone County
Audrey Jolly
Piney Creek Bridge
Decatur-Mooresville Road
South
Limestone
Baker
Jolly
Amelia Earhart Tops Ocean Flight Toward Oakland
Amelia Earhart Putnam roared from Honolulu toward Oakland and radioed success at 10:40 a.m. PST. Listeners estimated her position about 500 miles off the coast as she closed the 2400 mile journey, with Commander Clarence Williams mapping her course from Burbank.
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Oakland
Calif
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Honolulu
O. K
Abel
Sareen
Clarence Willliams
Burbank
Earhart and Putnam tied to aviation business life
Reading notes misquote Miss Earhart and Mr. Putnam as social and business figures. They are identified at the White House during a 1932 flight event, with references to executives guiding transport firms and social circles.
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San Francisco
Husbands React To Wives Who Fly In Secret
In Honolulu on January 12, George Palmee Putnam, husband of Amelia Earhart, said he would rather have a baby after Earhart lifted her plane from Wheeler Field and headed toward California prompting husbandly reactions to wives who fly.
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Honolulu
George Palmee Putnam
Amelia Barehart
Putnam
Amelia
Wheelser Field
California
Earhart Putnam Arrives in Oakland After Overnight Arrival
Oakland awoke to a near-deserted city at 6 a.m. PST as crowds and staff awaited the Earhart Putnam arrival. The Pacific Airmotive team kept an all-night watch, with temperatures around 87 degrees, light visibility, and a two knot wind as preparations for shipment to Honolulu continued.
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Oakland
Calif
Earhart Putnam
Pacific Airmotiva Tion
Glendale
Earhart
Honolulu
Miss Earhart
Roland Wright Improves at Parents’ Home Amid Illness
Roland Wright is slowly improving at his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wright’s home as a bronchitis and inflamed ears illness affects him.
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Roland Wright
Jerry Wright
Weather outlook shows warmer conditions in eastern region
Partly cloudy conditions with tonight and Sunday forecasts indicating warmer temperatures in the eastern coastal area. The outlook mentions central and eastern regions with a general trend toward higher highs in the coming days.
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Alabama
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