Envoy Dodds Attacks Hitler Regime at Waldorf Dinner
Former American envoy to Berlin William E. Dodds, speaking at a Waldorf Astoria testimonial, denounced the Nazi regime as more deadly than Charles II and warned democracies to curb Germany Italy and Japan. He urged action to preserve civilization and criticized Hitler as an absolute ruler.
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Italy
Japan
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With
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Sec
Rebellion Rises in ILGWU Ranks Against John L Lewis
David Dubinsky ILGWU president assails John L Lewis one-man rule. He calls for resumption of peace talks with AFL as ILGWU rally in New York demands reform and negotiation.
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Co. LO
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Dubinsky
C. O
A. F. of L
New York
Malone Case Date Set for Pleading in Impeachment
Impeachment proceedings against Judge B L Malone of Morgan county were set for pleading February 14 by the Alabama Supreme Court. The charges include wilful neglect of duty corruption in office and an offense involving moral turpitude based on a Morgan county grand jury report listing 60 specifications. Malone, who twice ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1936, was defeated by John Sparkman of Huntsville.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. A. Carmichael
B. L. Malone
Morgan County
Alabama Supreme Court
Malone
Fire destroys 1700 bales at Florence warehouse
Arson charges were filed against three minor white boys for a fire at the Shipper Cotton Company in Florence that caused about $25,000 damage. The blaze began Thursday afternoon, threatening two nearby warehouses as firefighters battled the flames into Friday. Maurice Shipper, former Decatur resident now in Florence, was expected in Decatur later today from Atlanta.
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Maurice Shipper
Decatur
Florence
Atlanta
Shipper
Ala
Shipper Cotton Company
Five Saturdays in Five Months Stirs Calendar Talk
A quirky photo notes that in 1938 there are five Saturdays in five months, drawing attention to the calendar quirk and readers' curiosity about the five-Saturday years.
Police Recover Stolen City Car in Hours
Police reported their city department car stolen from in front of the city hall on Johnston street. They found the vehicle abandoned in a ditch about six miles out on the Moulton highway within roughly three and a half hours and said they have a leading suspect.
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Johnston Street
City Hall
Moulton
FDR Backed by Strong Stand Against Holding Companies
President Roosevelt announced support for eliminating all holding companies. He opposed modifying the utility holding company act and rejected bankruptcy as a solution. He urged ending remote control of local banking and similar practices in utilities and other sectors. He did not specify how to terminate holding companies.
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Roosevelt
Etn Ae i ‘Ata
Utility Holding Company Act
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Roosevelt Seeks Abolition of Holding Companies
Washington dispatches quote President Roosevelt favoring the abolition of all holding companies. An expert notes that many widely held securities are held by holding firms and that bank holding companies remote the control of local banks. The four largest such groups include Trans-America Corp, Marine Midland Corp, Northwest Bank Corporation, and First Bank Stock Corp.
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New York
Will Street
Washington Dispatches
Roosevelt
Trans- America Corp
Pacific Coast
Marine Midland Corp
New York State
Northwest Bank Corporation
First Bank Stock Corp
Northwest
Trans-America
Cardozo Holds His Own Today
Washington reports Dr John Paul Earnest Jr saying Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N Cardozo, seriously ill with heart disease, has held the improvement shown yesterday morning. The doctors called it a hopeful sign after a morning examination by Dr Earnest and peers.
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Washington
John Paul Earnest, Jr
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Farnest
Associated Physicians
Mrs Charles Spies Dies in Washington D C
Death reported in Washington DC of Mrs Charles Spies sister of Mrs A B Lampkin of Decatur. She had many friends in Decatur and visited often.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Spies
A. B. Lampkin
Decatur
Bailey Attacks Ickes as Filibuster Blocked Anti-Lynching Bill
Senator Bailey of North Carolina accused Secretary Ickes of renegade leanings during a Southern filibuster against the anti-lynching measure. He cited Ferdinand Lundberg's America's 60 Families and mocked Ickes while raising questions about the interior secretary's private bath facilities. Senator Byrnes readSouth Carolina’s anti lynching resolution as the debate opened.
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Washington
Bailey
N.C
Ickes
Senate
Ferdinand Lundberg
America
Smith
D. C
North Carolina
Rome
Byrnes
Gambling ban clamped in Alabama as governor orders action
Governor Bibb Graves declares gambling must stop in Alabama and informs law enforcement to close gambling joints. State highway patrol chief Walter K. McAdory reports orders to shut operations in Shelby and St. Clair counties with hearings planned in Columbiana on a padlocking injunction.
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St. Clair
W. W. Wallace
Shelby County
Columbiana
McAdory
Ford to recall 10,000 workers at Dearborn plant
Ford Motor Co announced that 10,000 employees laid off December 23 will be recalled to work Monday. During the layoff period fewer than 25,000 of the 87,000 normally employed at the Dearborn plant were idle.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Engineers survey Decatur water system to test fire protection
Engineers from the Alabama Public Service Commission conducted tests of Decatur water flowage and fire hydrant equipment at the Cooper Wells plant and in residential and business districts. The inspections follow ongoing city concerns over inadequate fire protection and await PSC decision after two to three days of testing.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Decatur
Alabama Water Service Company
K. McDonald
Aitenhouse
R. N. Harris
Kennedy
Harrison
Ay and Patterson
Lewly C. Nkie
Public Commission
Aurvey
Tance Tiestic
Cooper Wells
Bank Street
Public Service Commission
Ness
Church Unit Sees Successful Alabama Synodical Session
Members of the Alabama Synodical executive committee returned home after a highly successful Westminster Presbyterian church conference. Reports showed strong results across pretentious presbyteries, with apportionments for national and foreign missions met. Miss Helen Julius of the national board of missions delivered the principal address.
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Alabama Synodical
Westminster Presbyterian Cburch
Helen Julius
National Board of Missions
Decatur Airport Project Ends in Farm Use Despite Funds Spent
Thousands of dollars were spent on a Decatur airport project under the Civil Works Administration, but the land on Courtland road has been returned to farm use. Estimates ranged from 40 000 to 70 000 dollars with private landowners reclaiming holdings leased to the city. Paul Davis warned publicity could prevent a fatal or injurious landing in fenced fields and barbed wire entanglements.
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Decatur
Civil Works Administration
Courtland Road
Paul Davis
Mr. vi
Trial over unwritten law defense in Glendale shooting
California jury selection begins as defense and prosecution clash over unwritten law cited in the shooting of a wife and her alleged lover. Judge Bull considers instructions while attorney Giesler challenges potential juror biases amid a 12-person panel.
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John Scimmeel
S. Ernest Roll
Roll
Jerry Giesler
Ingall W. Bull
Bull
Giesler
Wright
Kimmel
Glendale
Three Convicts Escape From Alabama Prison Farm
C S Kelly warden reports three prisoners escaped from the state prison farm at Atmore yesterday and were recaptured in a swamp later the same day. The fugitives are Hubert Piper 28 Crichton Alabama serving eleven years for robbery L g ham two glory and Hershel Foster 20 Talladega Alabama four years for grand larceny. The trio fled from a field crew and were nabbed after concealing themselves in smoke near a swamp.
Pastor Still Refuses Food in Prolonged Fast
The Very Rev Israel Harding Noe age 46 dean of St Marys Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis has staged an unprecedented fast now in its 13th day. Physicians fear collapse while Noe insists he will resume after a two week interval to attend a church meeting in Knoxville. He aims to prove immortality from a biological medical perspective.
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Tenn
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Knoxville
Heflin May Run Again In Alabama Fifth District
Pi Roy E Parker, secretary to former Senator J Thomas Heflin, said Heflin may announce a run for Congress in Alabama's fifth district within about a week. Heflin, recovering from lobar pneumonia, had just suffered a primary defeat to Lister Hill. He previously lost the fifth district seat to Joe Starnes in 1934 and served in the House before his Senate term.
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Lister Hill
Montgomery
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Heflin
House
Senate
John Bankhead
Jasper
Alfred FE. Smith
State releases $700 000 to public schools
Montgomery Ala Jan 14 state comptroller Charles W Lee released $700 000 to public schools from the public school fund derived from the State three mill tax Checks would be issued today apportionments based on school census figures
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles W. Lee
Department of Education
Four States Seek Trail Of Missing Kentucky Car Girls
The FBI joined Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and Kentucky officers in a cross state search for a Studebaker sedan linked to two Decatur schoolgirls who vanished from the Junior High campus during a Wednesday recess. Police said a Kentucky car with a trio of magazine solicitors was involved, but no trace of the missing girls or vehicle has surfaced at Owensboro or Decatur sites.
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Kentucky
Decatur
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Gilbert
Wheeler Memorial Highway
Mississippi State Line
Studebaker
Owensboro
Billy Russell
Nick Russell
Crow
Nashville
Highway Patrol
Department of Justice
Birmingham
FBI
Physician Improves at Home on Grant Street
Dr. H. P. D. Greer, relieved by a two week convalescence at his Grant street home, shows steady improvement after a slight influenza illness.
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H. PD. Greer
Grant Street
Local Postmaster Zack Scheussler Dies at 50
Zack Scheussler, 50, assistant postmaster of LA FAYBPUS, died unexpectedly last night from a heart attack. He had served 15 years in the position and was the brother in law of former Senator J. Thomas Heflin through his sister.
Weather Summary for Tennessee River and Alabama Areas
The Tennessee River remained stationary at 16.2 feet with no rainfall noted. A 24 hour high of 45 degrees and a low point were recorded. In Alabama, brief frost is possible in the south with tonight and Saturday forecasts calling for fair skies and light northwest to north winds.
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