FBI Joins Search for Two Decatur Schoolgirls
Federal investigators aided by four states pursued two missing Decatur junior high girls aged 14 and 16 who vanished with three boys after a Wednesday recess. Police described no clues, while a stolen Studebaker sedan is believed linked to their disappearance. Parents awaited word as authorities distributed car and girl descriptions to law officers nationwide.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Decatur
van Gilbert
Highway Patrol
Studebaker
Nashville
TVA Attacked in Arguments In Court
Raymond T. Jackson for 18 private utilities assailed the TVA as unconstitutional federal ownership and control of power. He argued the agency’s measures mainly serve power with incidental flood control and navigation, likening it to a vast building with a post office on top. Jacksonville-born?
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Raymond T. Jackson
Cleveland
Ohio
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jackson
Charles C. Trabue
Utilities
Nashville
James Lawrence Fly
TVA
John Lord O'Brian
Buffalo
Mrs. Self Is Called Home
Mrs Elbert Self longtime resident of Hartselle route two died Friday at 4 30 pm at age 35 She is survived by husband two sons Robert Roy six daughters Idalean Hazel Wilma Inez Elnora and infant her parents Mr and Mrs H O Bridges brothers Buren Marvin Ollie Cecil Buell Bridges two sisters Geneva Bridges St Louis Laurene Bridges Hartselle route two Funeral services will be announced later by Drinkard and Howel
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Elbert Self
Hartselle
Laurene Bridges
Drinkard
Howel
Fire alarm at All States Tourist Camp ends with minor damage
The city fire department responded to a bed fire at the All States Tourist Camp on the south Bee Line. No injuries reported and only the mattress damaged.
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All States
Bee Line
University Center Seeks 100 Enrollments For Viable Operation
The Decatur daily notes the University Center needs 100 students enrolled in at least 250 courses to operate effectively. At present 66 enrolled with 55 active, and first semester completions are expected to exceed last year’s 45. Officials urge local groups to support continued Decatur operation during three testing years.
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University Center
University of Alabama Center
Decatur
Decatur Daily
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis
Rotary
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
France Has No Ministry
The Red Press notes France struggles to form a government as Bonnet battles coalition splits while Italy and Japan push expansion. A League session is delayed to January 26 as Austria and Hungary move toward Rome Berlin axis and Poland wavers. In China, two Japanese armies threaten central rail hubs as Teruel faces new insurgent offensives.
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Red Press
France
Japan
China
League of Nations Council
League
People's Front
Georges Bonnet
Russia
Italy
Tsining
Shantung Province
Sunghai
Tienstin
Pukow
League of Nations
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Teruel
Tsining Falls as Japanese Advance Threatens Central China Rail Lines
Japanese forces captured Tsining in South Shantung after fierce fighting that reduced the town to ruins. Chinese troops retreated southward toward Central China as vital rail junctions along the Grand Canal and the Dientsin Pukow line faced threat, while civilians fled the combat zone amid ongoing hostilities.
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Shanghai
China
Tsining
Shantung Province
dientsin-Pukow
Tokyo
Hunt Asks For Morgan County Solicitor Post
Morgan county attorney Fred S. Hunt Jr. qualified today as a candidate for county solicitor of Morgan county. In a statement to The Daily he said he is fully qualified and plans to contact every qualified voter to discuss his case. Hunt, born in Decatur, is a Riverside High and University of Alabama law graduate who has practiced in Decatur since 1936 and is active in civic affairs.
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Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Morgan County
Daily Today
Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Decatur
Riverside High
University of Alabama
First Presbyterian Church
G M E N GUARD TWO ROBBERS
Department of Justice agents guards Hugh Gant and Alva Hunt in the county jail at Tallahassee while others search six states for alleged accomplices. Director Hoover calls the pair highly dangerous and notes their flight path through Texas Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Georgia Florida before arrest in Houston. They face charges for a $4000 Dixie County Bank robbery.
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Tallahassee
Fra
Department of Justice
Hugh Gant
Alva Hunt
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Gant
Hunt
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisianna
Georgia
Houston
Tex
Dixie County State Bank
Cross City
Fla
Parsons Seeks Morgan County Tax Collector Post
R L Bob Parsons longtime lumber and building trades figure files as Democratic candidate for Tax Collector in Morgan County. Resident 35 years, originally from Giles County Tennessee. Active in Central Methodist church Mason and I O O F.
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R. L
Bob” Parsons
Morgan County
Parsons
Giles County
Tenn
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
Tennessee Supreme Court approves county liquor referendums
The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a law allowing counties to permit liquor manufacture for sale out of dry areas following a voter referendum. The ruling reverses a lower court decision and supports a 10 percent petition trigger for a county court to call a referendum. The measure aimed to allow Lem Morlow to resume making Old Jack Daniel No 7 whiskey in Moore County.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jan
State Supreme Court
Tennessee
Lem Morlow
Moore County
Thomas B. Lytle
Man Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter in Plow Death
Nashville reports John W. Davis a 66 year old Cannon county farmer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife Jodie 34 from complications after an operation the prosecution linked to his actions. He received a year in the penitentiary. The defense claimed the operation was performed by Mrs. Davis herself and that Davis had no part in hindering her pregnancy plans. The supreme court later reversed the Cannon criminal court for trial error and considering the evidence.
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Nashville
Tenn
John W. Davis
Cannon County
Jodie
de Couty
Davis
Supreme Court
Cannon Criminal Court
Young People Meet Sunday at Central Methodist Church
The young people's department of Central Methodist church will meet Sunday evening at six o'clock in the church parlor with Mrs. A Z Bailey as teacher. All members are urged to be present.
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Young People's Department
The
Central Methodist Church
A. Z. Bailey
Cotton control plan delays bill in Washington
Senate agriculture leader Chairman Smith says southern cotton state agriculture commissioners will meet in Washington Monday or Tuesday to express views on cotton provisions. House and Senate conference group battles over mandatory vs voluntary controls with penalties. Bankhead pushes rigid plan for this year, Jones backs delayed marketing controls to 1989 and $10 a bale penalties.
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Washington
Smith
D-Sc
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate-House
Bankhead
Ala
Jones
House Agriculture
Sensation Likely in Attack Probe
Los Angeles January 15. Attorney A Grigham Rose said reform investigator Harry Raymond reported four individuals in Seattle, San Diego and New York hold documents on a Los Angeles vice and corruption span of 25 years. Raymond asked them to come with the information. Raymond was reported in fairly good condition at the hospital.
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Los Angeles
Harry Raymond
Reform Group
A. Grigham Rose
Rose
Raymond
Seattle
San Diego
New York
Sterilized Heiress Splits From Groom Again in Month
Ann Cooper Hewitt the 23 year old sterilized heiress separated from her husband Ronald Gay 30 a garage foreman for the second time in a month. Gay returned to his mother’s Oakland home while Hewitt stays in a Nob Hill apartment. The couple cites trust issues and outside influence as the cause with possible divorce.
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San Francisco
Chronicle
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Ronald Gay
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
Nob Hill
John L. McNab
Ann
Peter Cooper
Lyle Roberts Seeks Democratic Nomination for Tax Collector
Lyle Roberts of Hart selle announces candidacy in the democratic primary for tax collector. A 20-year dry goods businessman, he operates J. L. Roberts Dry Goods Store and serves on the Bank of Hartselle board. Roberts is a long‑time church member, deacon, Mason, Rotary charter member, and World War I veteran with deep Morgan County ties.
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Jo Lyle Roberts
Neal
Sagem
Dab Avi
Henry T. Lile
Roberts
Hartselle
J. L. Roberts
of Bank of
Morgan County
White County
Tennessee
Masonic Lodge
Rotary Club
Harteelle
Negro Fight May Be Fatal at Oil Company Yard
Albert Bilison, a negro, lay in serious condition at Benevolent hospital after a stomach wound from last night’s affray in the bathroom of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. Simon Bass, charged with the shooting, was captured near Whiteside by city police and highway patrolmen and jailed. both men were said to be employees of the oil company.
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Albert Bilison
Benevolent Hospital
Southern Cotton Oil Co
Simon Bass
Whiteside
Bass
Ne 6
Oil
Weatherly, Parker and McCall
Prohibition raid nets two men on Vine Street
Sheriff Street Sandlin and Deputy Kilgore raided the Vine Street area arresting two Black men for violation of the prohibition law. Five gallons of corn whiskey was seized in the operation.
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Street Sandlin
W. E. Kilgore
Vine Street West
Emigration Urged by German Jewish Council
The purge of Jews from German economic and social life pushes acceptance of emigration as the only solution. A resolution from the German Jewish council calls on the Palestine government and overseas countries to assist with emigration plans.
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Berlin
German Jewish Council
Palestine
Filibuster against anti lynching bill continues in Senate
Southern senators resist cloture as debate over the anti lynching bill stretches into a ninth day. Senator Ellender accuses Northern backers of exploiting the colored problem while McNary vows opposition to ending debate. House considers treasury post office and tax revision measures amid talks of integrating tax systems.
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Washington
Ebiender
D-La
Ellender
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Independent Offices
Full House
Ways and Means
Rosewell Magill
Treasury
Phiender
McNary
Oregon
Barkley
Kentucky
McKellar
D-Tenn
Roosevelt names Reed to Supreme Court seat
President Roosevelt selects Solicitor General Stanley Reed to replace Associate Justice George Sutherland on the Supreme Court. The 63 year old could take the seat after January 18 following Sutherland’s retirement, marking a shift from conservative to liberal on the high bench. Senators praised the appointment while the judiciary committee is expected to review Reed’s nomination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
George Sutherland
Supreme Court
Senate
Sutherland
Reed
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Ashurst
Reed's Record Shows Reed in Supreme Court Arguments
Washington January 15 Stanley Reed served as solicitor general and argued several cases before the United States Supreme Court. NRA lost 9 to 0 AAA lost 6 to 3 TVA won 8 to 1 Second gold clause case won 5 to 4 Public utility holding company act won Railway labor act won 9 to 0 Wagner labor act won 5 to 4 Processing tax case won 8 to 1 Gold bond refunding won 6 to 3 PWA power cases won 9 to 0.
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Reed
Washington
Stanley Reed
United States Supreme Court
NRA
AAA
TVA
Public Utility -Holding Company Act
Wondtwok Railway Labor Act
Wagner Labor Act
Roosevelt's Court Plan Faces Reed Nomination Hearing
Senate moves Reed nomination to subcommittee for study as hearings are anticipated. Cardozo's illness sparks talk of a possible retirement and a new Roosevelt appointment to advance the court reorganiza tion effort.
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Cardozo
Roosevelt
Reed
Van
Black
Weather update for Tennessee and Alabama region
The Tennessee river stood at 16 feet this morning. Temperature ranged from 34 to 44 degrees with .03 inches of rain. Alabama shows fair skies with frost in the south. Tennessee and adjacent areas fair tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions in the west. Week outlook starts Monday January 17 with central and east Gulf influence.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Central and
East Gulf
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Meese
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