Court Holds Dry Counties Bound by Old Liquor Law
Judge Seybourn Lynne of Morgan County Court said the Alabama Court of Appeals ruling opens enforcement of dry laws statewide. He predicted the Alabama Supreme Court would soon rule, potentially standardizing dry and wet counties. State alcohol agents met in Montgomery to plan halting illegal liquor flow.
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Alabama Court of Appeals
Seybourn Lynne
Morgan County Court
Lynne
Alabama
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Alabama
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Madison
Cullman
State Alcohol Board
Montgomery
Pryor McRee
Decatur
Alabama Counties Go Dry After Court Ruling
The Alabama Court of Appeals ruled that liquor bought in wet counties cannot be owned in dry counties, affecting 43 of 67 counties. Previously, state law allowed such beverages as legal property statewide under an AG advisory opinion. Beverages over one half of one percent alcohol become illegal in dry counties aligned against the state liquor system.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Court of Appeals
Folsom Announces Candidacy Against Steagall in Alabama
Elba Alabama January 12 James E Folsom 29 announced his bid for Congress from the third district seeking to unseat veteran Representative Henry B Steagall He pledges to back the Democratic platform and President Roosevelt Folsom formerly led CWA and WPA programs in Marshall County and backs social security expansion including pensions for farmers and a general veteran pension.
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Elba
Ala
James E. Folsom
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Expansion of Lynch Bill to Include Gang Crime Threatened
Southern Senators push amendments to extend the anti lynching bill to include gangster and racketeer violence. Debate spans the first full week without a vote as Russell McKellar seek to broaden scope while Dieterich challenges Illinois crime claims. House to draft a wage hour bill aligning with Roosevelt on regislation.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Harrison
D-Miss
McKellar
D-Tenn
U. S
House Labor Committee
Presii Roosevelt
McKellar Russell
Dieterich
D. Tl
Dainois
Tlinois
Chicago
Illinois
Loose Marriage Laws Branded In Indiana Court
Indiana Supreme Court calls loose marriage and divorce laws "one of the greatest evils" and upholds an 1852 law requiring licenses issued only in the county of the bride. The ruling ends border county “marriage mills” and blocks out-of-state license issuance to evade other states’ laws. Judge James P. Hughes wrote the decision.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Illinois
Indiana
James P. Hughes
Georgia liquor bill defeated in Georgia House debate
In Atlanta on January 12, lawmakers debated moving for reconsideration of an adverse vote on a bill to legalize sale and distilling of liquor in 12 Georgia counties. The measure failed yesterday 98 to 92, short of the required 103, continuing Georgia’s dry status alongside four other states.
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Atlanta
House of Representatives
Georgia
Bulloch
Brantley
Bryan
Bibb
Chatham
Dougherty
Evans
France Plans Naval Ships to Counter Italy Threat
Paris January 12 government officials announced consideration of building two 42000 ton battleships to counter Italy's growing naval program. Cesar Campinchi and naval staff said bases must accommodate them and existing 1938 vessels would likely be laid down before spring. Mussolini had announced two new 35 ton ships, Roma and Impero, prompting France to respond.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Navy Flan A
Italy
Naval Géneral Staff
Cesar Campinchi
France
Mussolini
Alabama press group plans uniform weekly rates
R G Bozeman publisher of the Evergreen Courant said the Alabama Press Association meeting in Birmingham tomorrow and Friday will finalize plans for circulation audits and uniform advertising rates for Alabama weeklies.
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Evergreen
Ala
R. G. Bozeman
Evergreen Courant
Alabama Press Association
Birmingham
Alabama
APSC Official to Visit Decatur for Water Facility Talks
An Alabama Public Service Commission official, Mr. McDonald, is due Friday to meet Decatur city leaders at city hall about fire hydrant and water main facilities. Mayor Harris says Decatur lacks adequate fire protection. The city has told Alabama Water Service Co. it will withhold payment for city water facilities until fire protection is satisfactorily addressed. Decatur currently pays $10,000 annually.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Decatur
McDonald
Harris
Alabama Water Service Co
Bicycles Registered to Curb Thief Epidemic in Gadsden
Police in Gadsden Alabama require owners to register bicycles with serial numbers and descriptions after six bikes were stolen last weekend and two more were taken from Gadsden High School during school hours.
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Gadsden
Ala
Gadsden High School
Railroads say 150000 jobs could reopen on rate rise
J J Pelley head of the association of American railroads told the Senate unemployment committee that if railroad revenues rise to normal through rate increases, about 150000 men could be hired. He said railroads are not buying now and that restoring earnings is key to restarting purchasing. The forecast noted other carriers also seek higher rates and that January employment may worsen before any rebound.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
J. J. Pelley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Pelley
Association
Railroads could add 150000 jobs if revenue normalizes
Senate unemployment committee heard J. J. Pelley of the Association of American Railroads say a return to normal traffic and revenues could allow installation of 2000 new locomotives and 100000 new freight cars annually. He noted current 1937 output lag and did not mention rate-boost requests before ICC. Chairman Byrnes presided.
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Washington
Senate Unemployment Committee
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Byrnes
D-8. C
Hill Will Battle Anti Lynching Act in Senate Fight
Senator Lister Hill opposes the anti lynching bill and pledges to vote against it. He joins Southern opponents in a campaign to defeat the measure in the Senate as North Alabama supporters cheer his entry.
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Hill
Lister Hill
Senate
Senator Hill
Stor Hill
John H. Bankhead
Daily Wired
House of Representatives
Congress
Sister Hill
Dixie Graves
House
North Alabama
Two Fugitives Held in Florida Alabama Bank Robberies
FBI announces the arrest in Houston of Dewey Hunt and Hugh Gant, two fugitives linked to multiple bank robberies in Florida and Alabama. They were with 20 year old Alene Beldsoe, armed and not resisting. Robberies cited include Dixie County Bank Cross City Florida $4,000 on Jan 14 1936 and Columbia Bank Ybor City Tampa Florida $30,459 on March 1936.
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Washington
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Dewey Hunt
Hugh Gant
Houston
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Hunt
Gant
Alene Beldsoe
Dixie County State Bank
Cross City
Fla
Columbia Bank
Ybor City
Tampa
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Foley
Ala
Haines City
Graves Says Christmas Pardon Failure Won't End Prison Returns
Bibb Graves states that the failure of 15 Christmas pardons to return to prison will not end the practice. He asserts the policy remains in effect despite the noncompliance.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Japanese donation to Panay relief to be held in trust
A $2,000 Japanese donation for Panay victims was given to the U S embassy with Ambassador Grew saying funds would be held in trust until its use is decided. Editors delivered the gift to the foreign office and potential Japanese recipients are to be named in Japan to reflect goodwill. In Peiping, Japan's provisional government planned to take over Shantung taxes as North China armies advance.
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Tokyo
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Nichi Nich
Mainichi
Foreign Office
Nanking
Grew
Shanghai
Peiping
Japan
North China
Shantung
China
Kiwanis Set to Push Poll Tax Payments
Decatur Kiwanis Public Affairs Committee will lead this week’s club meeting and begin efforts to collect poll taxes. Dr Frank Chenault chairs the committee with John Patterson H L Peterson and Charles Buster as members. Poll taxes must be paid on or before February 1.
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Decatur Kiwania Club
Frank Chenault
John Patterson
H. L. Peterson
Charles Buster
WIFE SWAP BARED IN SUIT IN SALEM
In Salem a double divorce case centers on a claim of an arranged wife swap. Raymond 8. Lee testifies he and Topsfield tree surgeon Calvin Watson had a friendly arrangement to swap wives. Edith Lee seeks divorce from Raymond. Estelle Watson is co respondent.
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Salem
Maas
Topsfield
Ramond
Lee
Utilities Employe
Edith
Beverly
Estelle Watson
Clopton Named President of Alabama Dairy Group
J. W. Clopton, president of Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Co., was elected president of the Alabama Dairy Products Association at a Montgomery meeting. He succeeds E. F. Widmire of Sylacauga as the sixth annual convention picks Birmingham for the 1939 meeting. Other officers named include Dr. A. D. Burke Auburn secretary treasurer C. H. Sanford Montgomery Joe Bear Mobile and T. A. Horsley Birmingham vice presidents.
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J. W. Clopton
Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company
Alabama Dairy Products Association
Montgomery
Clopton
EF. L. Widemire
Sylacauga
Birmingham
Clapton
A. D. Burke
Auburn
C. H. Sanford
Joe Bear
Mobile
T. A.horslet
Sheriff to Get Hearing in Dynamite Blast Case
Judge Ben H. Allen set a habeas corpus hearing today in Jonesboro for Sheriff Walling of Bledsoe County charged as an accessory after the fact in the dynamite blast that killed three children. Walling’s bond is $50,000 pending Saturday arraignment. Mae Tollett and eight others face various charges.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Ben H. Allen
Mae Tollett
Pikeville
J. M. Moreland
Crave
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Sonia
Lucas
Jean Gouge
Harmon Gouge
Mystery Sub Sinks Vessel Off Spanish Coast
Witnesses reported the Netherlands freighter Hannah torpedoed and sunk 4 miles south of Valencia after a submarine attack near Cape San Antonio. The 3730 ton ship, bound for Valencia with food, sent lifeboats to shore with help from Alicante and Javea. Two Barcelona suburbs were bombed in the heaviest air strikes in the Mediterranean coast area.
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Madrid
Netherlands
Hannah
Spain
Cape San Antonio
Valencia
Alicante
Javea
Barcelona
Missing Samoan Clipper vanishes near Pago Pago
The navy notified Pan American Airways that an oil slick 12 miles west of Pago Pago prompted a navy launch to recover wreckage. Identification was said to be satisfactory by Pan Am officials, as search efforts continued for the missing Samoan Clipper and its seven crew. A separate navy flight, with surface vessel aid, resumed attempts to locate the plane, with reports of an afloat sighting near Apia unresolved.
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San Francisco
Navy
Pan American Airways
Pago Pago
Francis Walton
Pan American
Tutulla
American Samoa
Apia
British Samoa
Dunedin
New Zealand
Tutulla Island
Musick
Honolulu
Honolulu-to-New Service. the Naval Aircraft Tender Avocet Put Out From Pago Pago
T. B. Williamson
Samoan
South Pacific
Samoan Clipper Vanishes Off Tutuila With Crew Of Seven
Rescue efforts continue for the Pan American Airways Samoan Clipper and its seven crew after the flying boat disappeared shortly before landing off Tutuila. An air and sea search followed reports of an oil slick and smoke, with Capt. Edwin C. Musick among the crew feared dead.
Tennessee River Stationary Gauge and Weather Outlook
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 16.2 feet at seven o'clock with no major rainfall. Weather reports show generally fair skies and colder temperatures with possible frost in the southern area tonight, followed by fair and cooler conditions Thursday, with light northwest to north winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Dixie
APSC
Pelleys
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Tutuila
Pacific Ocean
Edwin C. Musick
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