Two Students Quit Campus Patrol Missing Decatur Girls Sought
Officers hunted two Decatur schoolgirls believed aged 14 and 16 after they disappeared from a school campus on Wednesday with three Kentucky license plate driven youths. Federal and state agencies joined local police with sightings and a stolen Owensboro car as the Kentucky vehicle.
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Decatur
Kentucky
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Birmingham
Joe Williams
Tennessee
Highway Patrol
Mississippi
Florida
Gilbert
Billy Russell
Nick Russell
Crow
Owensboro
Othy Bennett
Michigan
Mane Ales
Wines
Capt
Capt. Gilbert
Central High School
Hartselle Mayor Hodges Improves After Stroke
Hartsville mayor J. Pruitt Hodges, stricken with a right side paralysis, shows slight improvement at home. Hodges, in his fifth year, has reduced city debt from 129000 to about 54000, a record praised as among the best in Alabama.
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J. Pruitt Hodges
Hartselle
Hodges
R. L. Sherrill
Alabama
Henry S Long III Stricken With Influenza In Montgomery
Henry S Long III president of the State Tax Commission is confined to bed in Montgomery Alabama after a deep cold developed into influenza. Tax Commission attaches say he has been ill several days and is expected to stay home for several days before returning to office.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry S. Long
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Long
Justice Cardozo Slightly Better Amid Illness
Dr. John Paul Earnesty Jr. reported a slight improvement in the general condition of Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, who remains seriously ill with a complication of grippe shingles and heart disease.
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Washington
John Paul Earnesty Jr
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Supreme Court
Cardozo
More Than Kiss Causes Shooting Says Nerve Gave Way
In Los Angeles on January 13 defense says Paul A. Wright will claim the killing of his wife Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel arose from more than a kiss and a nerves breakdown. Prosecutors seek deliberate murder verdict as jurors to be selected in a slow process.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
Glendale
Jerry Giesler
Wright
Evelyn Wright
John B. Kimmel
Union Air Terminal
West Coast
Talesmen
Wrights
Schools Face Heavy Taxes in Morgan County
Morgan County and Decatur Alabama schools received large tax payments as of December and January. Collector Summer stated seven settlements occurred from December 6 to January 6, with Morgan County schools paid 39715.07 and Decatur 14781.83 while the county total and state receipts reached 65318.29 and 48925.59 respectively. Hartselle collected 2530.46.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Alabama
State of Alabama
Hartselle
Summer
Mrs. Mattie L. Young dies in Decatur at 82
Mrs. Mattie L. Young age 82 a well known Decatur resident died last night at her home 31 Line Street Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm at the residence with Rev R T Liston officiating Interment in City Cemetery Brown directing Pallbearers named N R Carroll W L Britain I V Jolly W H Long Phil Pointer Russell Moseley Knox Walker and E E Clem Survivors include one niece Mrs Lois Crow of Nashville Miss Theodora Drake born in the city where her home stood since the Civil War house erected in 1865 by Calvin Brown founder of Brown Funeral Co She lived there all her life.
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Mattie L. Young
Decatur
Line Street
R. T. Liston
City Cemetery
Brown
N. R. Carroll
W. L. Britain
W. H. Long
Phil Pointer
Russell Moseley
Knox Walker
E. E. Clem
Young
Neice
Lois Crow
Nashville
Tuka
Mattie L. Drake
Calvin Brown
The
Brown Funeral Company
Governors Join In Freight Fight Involving New England States
The interstate commerce commission allowed six New England governors to intervene in a freight rate case started by southeastern governors. Maine's Lewis O. Barrow New Hampshire's Francis P. Murphy Vermont's George D. Aiken Massachusetts' Charles F. Hurley Rhode Island's Robert B. Quinn Connecticut's Wilbur L. Cross cited a direct interest. Southeastern leaders seek a general reduction of southern freight rates, arguing current rates favor the North and harm the South.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Lewis O. Barrow
Maine
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Charles F. Hurley
Massachusetts
Robert B. Quinn
Rhode Island
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Fneland
Henderson Is Ill at Baugh's Infirmary
R. L. Henderson of Somerville, a well known county figure, is reported ill and receiving treatment at Baugh's Infirmary.
Eight Known Dead In Mine Near Pittsburgh
A mine blast 17 miles east of Pittsburgh left eight dead with two missing after a long, gas-filled rescue. Survivors described heroic efforts. three bodies were recovered early today and five others, including two unidentified, were later accounted for as missing or dead.
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Pittsburgh
Here
Weeleke
C. W. Gibbs
W. J. Fene
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Thomas Keffer
Joseph Koprivinkar
Frank Harpster
Jon Prelesnki
Matt Anderson
Jong Aldisert
Frank Ciesielski
Joseph Lerch
John Kruscek
Tony Weiner
Doss Nicholas
Prisoners Sentenced In Morgan County Court
Within two days sentences were handed to prisoners at Morgan county jail for various offenses. J C Austin pleaded guilty on three petty larceny counts and received three years. Jim Fowler was imprisoned 36 days for public drunkenness. Randolph Griffin drew 12 months and 26 days for petty larceny. Andrew Jackson received 15 months for petty larceny and carrying concealed weapons. All by Judge Seybourn Lynne. J E Shirley Jr white, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and drew one year to 19 months. jail escape charges were dropped.
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Morgan County
J. C. Austin
Jim Fowler
Randolph Griffin
Andrew Jackson
Seybourn Lynne
Morgan
J. E. Shirley, Jr
W. W. Callahan
Shirley
Demonstration of Canning at Hartselle Home Club
The Negro Home Demonstration Club at Hartselle met at Charley Williams home with twelve members present. C A Gee, the home demonstration agent, led a demonstration on canning meats using a steam pressure cooker. Eight quarts of beef were canned for home use.
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Negro Home Demonstration Club
Hartselle
Charley Williams
C. A. Gee
Negro Home
Soviet Envoy on Carpet in Hulls Office
Secretary Hull summoned Soviet Ambassador Trovanovsky to discuss the nonresponse to an American note about the reported arrest of Mrs Ruth Alma Rubens in Moscow. Hull invited Trovanovsky to discuss the case but did not reveal details of the conversation. The note, delivered January 7, sought confirmation of her arrest and the charges, if any.
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Hull
Washington
Alexander Trovanovsky
Moscow
Mré
Ruth Alma Rubens
Troyanovsky
State Department
Rubens
Canada Defenses Prompt Talk of U S Border Fortification
A Ottawa report suggests possible U S fortification of the 3900 mile border if Canada fails to defend coastlines. Canada says it will strengthen Pacific fortifications at Esquimalt Vancouver Island and York Island, with expanded air fleet support, amid fears of a foreign invasion through Canada.
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New York
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Dominion
Washington
Pacific
Exquimault
Vancouver
York Island
Japan
Poll Tax Theme at Wanis Club Meets
Wanis club held a February meeting at the Tennessee Valley Hotel under the Public Affairs Committee. Dr F O L Chenault chaired with speakers including Dr Chenault W W Benson and H L Peterson urging tax payment and voter participation while visitor Duncan from the Key Club praised Kiwanis speakers and better citizenship through voting.
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Wanis
Tennessee Valley Hotel
F. OL. Chenault
Dr. Chenault
W. W. Benson
H. L. Peterson
Billy
Duncan
Key Club
Alabama Supreme Court Ruling on Gasoline Tax for School Buses
Alabama's Supreme Court ruled six cent gasoline tax on fuel used in school buses is a legitimate school expense even when purchased via interstate commerce. The decision reverses a circuit court ruling that funds were fixed by law and clarifies tax applicability to gas withdrawn from storage. The court also addressed sales tax, electrification projects, lottery laws, and county officials in related matters.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court
County Boards of Education
State Tax Commission
Jefferson Circuit
Cullman County Electric Membership Corporation
Court of Appeals
City of
Birmingham
Jeffeson County
Crow Enters County Race To Seek Solicitor Post
J. H. Crow Jr a Morgan County attorney qualified as a candidate for county solicitor. A 27 year old Decatur native son of Crow and Crow Hardware he has worked in the circuit solicitor’s office since 1934 and practiced law in Decatur and Hartselle including criminal and civil matters. He is a member and youngest deacon on the Central Baptist church board in Decatur.
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J. H. Crow
Morgan County
Crow
Jim Crow
Crow and Crow Hardware Co
Decatur
Circuit Solicitor’s Office
University of Alabama
Hartselle
Howard College
Law School
Central Baptist Church
Memphis clergyman ends food fast in public demonstration
Very Rev Israel H Noe dean of St Marys Cathedral near Memphis enters his second week without food or water in a chosen test of spiritual discipline. Friends fear collapse as he maintains a grueling schedule of church duties while subsisting largely on oranges since December 1936 with only communion wine and tiny sips of water during services.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Memphis
Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's
Episcopal
Dean Noe
Judge Hears Wife Swap Divorce Delayed by Witness Collapse
In Salem Massachusetts on January 13 a Topsfield divorce hearing was halted after Lyman G. Smith, 69, step-father of Mrs Raymond B. Lee, collapsed on the witness stand and died soon after in an ante room. Judge Edward B. O'Brien adjourned proceedings until Tuesday.
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Salem
Maas
Topsfield
Edward B. O'Brien
Lyman G. Smith
Raymond &. Lee
Puzzled judge weighs swapped wives in divorce case
In Salem on January 13 judge Edward B O Brien heard conflicting testimony in a divorce action between Raymond Lee and his wife Mrs Ray mond Lee and the connected suit by Calvin M Watson. Mrs Lee denied any agreement to swap spouses and any improper relations with Watson while Watson claimed infidelity and sought divorce and child custody. A Beverly woman testified she saw Mrs Lee in Maine with a mustached man.
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Salem
Mass
Edward B. O'Brien
Raymond
Lee
Lees
Calvin M. Watson
Topsfield
Watson
Cus
Maine
City Court Sees Scrap Iron Charge And Drunkenness Case
One defendant faced a charge of buying scrap iron from a minor in violation of ordnance 283, a rarely docketed matter. Another defendant was tried on a charge of drunkenness in the city court today.
Blue named president of Columbia club in South Atlantic League
War ren C. Giles general manager of the Cincinnati Reds announced today the appointment of Earl Blue former Gainesville Fla sports editor as president of the Columbia South Atlantic League club. Blue formerly was general manager of the Pensacola Fla club of the Florida State League.
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Cincinnati
Warren C. Giles
Cincinnati Reds
Earl Blue
Gainsville
Fla
Columbia
8. C
Blue
Pensacola
France’s Chautemps seeks confidence vote on labor and finance
Premier Camille Chautemps told the chamber of deputies he is confident in resolving grave labor and monetary problems. He urged workers to honor contracts and avoid violence as the franc weakens amid foreign exchange instability.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
France
Chamber
Segal
Chautemps
Prees
Comier
London
New York
Madrid
Europe
Italy
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Spain
Teruel
Kurt Schauschnigg
Aust
Rome
Budapest
People's Front
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Suchow
Sunghai
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Directs Attack on Shanghai
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek directs forces in attacking Shanghai as tensions escalate in January. The Shanghai operation signals renewed military action in the region amid ongoing combat and strategic maneuvers.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Two Women Found Dead in Elmont Mystery
Crime officials investigate the Elmont double homicide after 19 year old Jean Schuellain and Lenida Waite are found shot in a quiet Long Island home. Silk stockings bound wrists and ankles. no sign of struggle. A bullet and other evidence sent to the NYC laboratory as searches for a motive and suspect continue.
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New York
Long Island
Elmont
Jean Schuellain
Lenida Waite
Glass to Join Fluster of DXE's Group
The article notes Senator Glass of Virginia expected to speak against an anti-lynching bill, while Senator Caraway of Arkansas denounces lynching as unconstitutional and insulting to the South. It covers Senate leaders, party dynamics, and upcoming votes on farm housing bills and wage laws.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Hattie Caraway
Caraway
South
Glass
D. Va
Aftr
Connally
Tex
National Party
Roosevelt
Justice Sutherland
Bailey
N. C
Smith
Wagner
N. Y
House
As and Post Office Departments
Federal Trade Commission
House Labor Committee
Norton
N. J
Howell Named to Vacated LSU Post
Edward E. Blue Howell, longtime Kansas State Teachers College head football coach, was named backfield coach at Louisiana State University. He succeeds Joel Hunt who resigned to become head coach at the University of Georgia.
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Baton Rouge
Edward E
Blue
Howell
Kansas State Teachers College
Louisiana State University
T. P. Heard
Joel Hunt
University of Georgia
Weather Summary for Alabama Regions
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight across west and north Alabama. Friday will be cloudy with possible local rain in the west portion. Light to northeast to east winds along the coast. Stationary today with a gauge around 16.2 feet at seven. Maximum temperature and 24 hour rainfall and minimum readings are unclear in the fragment.
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Alabama
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Henry Long III
Justice Cardozo
Mrs. Young
Cullman Power
High Court
Jefferson County
Jerry Phillips
Recorder’s Court
W. W. Bowman
Munion
Josephine Culbertson
Ely Culbertson
Flibuster
DXE
LSU
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