Callahan held in murder case after pool hall shooting
Frank Callahan son of prominent North Alabama judges is jailed in Morgan county after the fatal shooting of John Russell Sherrill at a Bank Street pool room. Sherrill died of six bullet wounds. a murder warrant was issued and Callahan declined to speak. Funeral plans for Sherrill outlined with survivors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Callahan
W. W. Callahan
North Alabama
Morgan County
John Russell Sherrill
Bank Street
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. W. Bailey
Sam Sherrill
Callahan
John Langley
Ralph White
the Daily
Elkins
City
Sherrill
Brown
Benevolent Society Hospital
Eighth District Circuit Court
Scottsboro
Canal Street
J. W. Hill
W. F. Price
City Cemetery
Louise
Lucile
John D
Sue Faire
Trinity
F. B. Keh Jus
Memphis
L. Wallace
Decatur
Five Dog Heads Positive Across Six Examined
The Tennessee Valley Laboratory found five positive dog heads out of six tested. Positive heads came from Florence Lacon Falkville Russellville and Cullman. Reports say several dogs and other animals were bitten in the Falkville and Lacon communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Florence
Lacon
Falkville
Russellville
Cullman
Weather Overview for Tennessee and Nearby States
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 11.6 feet and remained steady. Temperatures ranged from a high of 58 to a low of 49 with no rainfall recorded. Light rain is possible tonight and Thursday in Tennessee with warmer conditions in the east and north and colder in the southwest. Alabama forecasts partly cloudy skies south with possible rain in the north, warmer in the east and south, and rain likely tonight into Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
Women rally in Baton Rouge pressuring repeal by midnight
Women marching near the state capitol demand Governor Allen call a special session to repeal Huey Long era laws. Square Deal Association foresees action, but no plan details or commitments were announced amid police blocking access to the capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Square Deal Association
Huey Long
O. K. Allen
Long
Capi
Tol
Ernest J. Bourgeois
Association
Bossier City
Bossier Parish
J. L. Roussel
Statehouse
Capitol
Graves Seeks Bond Refinance Plan In Alabama
Gov Bibb Graves convenes a conference with three leading Alabama bankers to discuss refinancing all state bonds to reduce interest costs from about four and a half percent to four percent or lower. He cites national low rates and strategic timing amid a pending gold bond case before the U S Supreme Court. The governor also plans Standard Oil relocation talks to Mobile and announces appointments to the state tax commission and prison roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama Bankes
Alabama
W. C. Bowman
John C. Persons
Birmingham
Carlysle Melvin
Selma
Supreme Court of the United States
W. C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company
Albany
Mobile
Louisiana
Gordon Palmer
Tuscaloosa
Standard Ojl
Teagle
State Tax Commission
Gunter O’rear
Roy Billings
Decatur
John Danforth
Ray Hinson
Mitell Noble
David Dunn
Jack Powers
Jefferson County
Jason Smith
Sandoun
Speigner Prison
Ickes to Testify In TVA Hearing
In North Alabama a court fight by preferred stockholders of Alabama Power Co against TVA will include depositions from Harold Ickes Frank McNinch Dr Arthur Morgan and Wendell Willkie. Testimony will be taken before January 29 as the extensive file grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
North
Alabama
Interior
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Frank Mce- Ninch
Federal Power Commission
Arthur Morgan
TVA
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Yo-Yo Championship Opens for Under 18 at Princess Theatre
The Greater Decatur Yo-Yo Championship invites boys and girls under 18 from Decatur Hartselle or Athens to compete next Saturday January 19 at 10:00 AM at the Princess Theatre. Fifty prizes will be awarded and judges’ decisions final. No red tape to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Hartselle
Athens
The
Princess Theatre
Redemption bill would let borrowers reclaim foreclosed homes for $1
A. F. Mahan Jr reports in Y. Ala on Senator E. P. Russell introducing a deficiency judgment measure to let a homeowner redeem property at foreclosure for $1, eliminating remaining mortgage debts. Senator Simpson supported advancing the bill as lawmakers push uniform county accounting and highway reorganization measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Mahan, JR
Associated Press
Y. Ala
Senate
E. P. Russell
Dallas County
Russell
James A. Simpson
Jefferson
Sen
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Shelby Fletcher
Roads and Highway Committee
Highway Department
Board of Administration and Tax Commission
Finance and Taxation
Roosevelt Urges World Court Adherence in Special Message
President Roosevelt asked the Senate to ratify American adherence to the World Court in a special message. He asserted sovereignty would not be diminished as he urged swift action to promote world peace against reservations. Senate debate opened with Senator Robinson leading supporters and Senators Johnson and Borah opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
White House
Robinson
Johnson
Calif
Borah
Idaho
California Senator Attacks World Court Entry
Senator Johnson denounced joining the World Court as meddling in European affairs and a court foreign to American people and institutions. He argued entry would not protect American issues or sovereignty but would involve the U S in international disputes.
Harris Engaged to Represent City in PWA Hearing
A. J. Harris, a well known local attorney, has been employed by the City of Decatur to represent the municipality during hearings this month. The case involves an injunction issued by Judge Grubb of the federal court aimed at prohibiting 14 North Alabama municipalities from receiving PWA funds to construct power lines. City Attorney O. Kyle has been in retirement and is out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Harris
Decatur
Grubb
North Alabama
PWA
O. Kyle
Huntsville High Senior Paul Atkinson Dies After Crash
Paul Atkinson a 20 year old Madison high school senior died in Huntsville Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident Saturday night local hospital announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Paul Atkinson
Madison High School
Huntsville Hospital
Colonel Tennis Tidwell Dies in Nashville Hospital
Colonel Tennis Tidwell 57 prominent local attorney and former legislature figure died at a Nashville hospital after leg amputation for an infection. Funeral at 8 p.m. Thursday at his home with Reverends Hart and Smith presiding. burial at City Cemetery. Survived by widow sister brothers and several relatives. Alabama house leaders sent condolences.
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Tennis Tidwell
Miller
Nashville
Brown
Jackson Street
EB. N. Hart
Westminster Presbyterian Church
James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Tidwell
F. Daniel
F. F
John
Gladstone
Nora
Irma Ba Jel
W. A. Carr
W. H. Winton
Alabama
House
Fleeing Bandits Kidnap Youngster Near Lenore Bank Robbery
Four bank robbers fleeing through central Illinois killed the Lenore State Bank cashier and wounded another resident. A 13 year old boy, son of a farmer, was kidnapped after the bandits seized the automobile they rode in with them. Sheriff Glenn Axline of Marshall County pursued the gang as the car vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Salle
Ill
Illinois
Lenore
Glenn Axline
Marshall County
Grain speculator Arthur W. Cutten faces tribunal hearing
Arthur W. Cutten, noted Chicago grain pit trader, appears at a Washington cabinet tribunal hearing on charges of disguising grain future deals. A decision on barring him from U S grain exchanges is expected within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
Washington
U. S
Alabama House Ties Bonus Fight While Taylor Seeks Delay
In Montgomery on January 16, the Alabama House halted a showdown over Rep. Taylor of Mobile's Taylor resolution urging immediate payment of veterans bonuses. Taylor agreed to defer the measure to the next day after a brief conflict with Rep. Poole of Butler. The House also adopted a sympathy resolution for Tennis Tidwell of Decatur and named chairs for judiciary and local legislation committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William I. Truby
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
House
Taylor
Alabama
Rep. Taylor
Mobile
Rep. Poole
Butler
Tidwell
Decatur
Rep
Livingston
Cherokee
Alabama Bridge Corporation
Walker
Welch
Bessemer
Judiciary Committee
Glover
Henry
Judiciary
Sanderson
Almon
McDermott
Lusk
Sparks
Barbour
Jones
Bateman
Dominick
Goodwyn
Kelly
Hall
Heflin
Hare
Shaver
Arnold
Chichester
Ar- Fodd
Adams
Defense bears down on Fisch in Lindbergh notes case
Three state experts testified Hauptmann wrote the Lindbergh ransom notes, while the defense pressed possible imitated handwriting by Isador Fisch. Osborn said Hauptmann wrote all ransom notes. Cassidy and Sounder affirmed but noted discrepancies in letters. Fisch, dead since March, had been named by Hauptmann as owner of the ransom money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Isador Fisch
Hauptmann
Harry E. Cassidy
Richmond
Wilmer Saunder
United States Bureau of Standards
Albert D. Osborn
New York
Hautemann
Osborn
Sounder
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Cassidy
Hauptmann trial party departs from Coney Island hotel
Three Fisch family members and a nurse who arrived from Germany for the Bruno Hauptmann trial left a New York Coney Island hotel for New Jersey. A New Jersey attorney general car transported them, with two men guiding the party through the hotel and a detective guarding the German visitors who stayed in their rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isador Fisch
Germany
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Coney Isand
Tear gas ends Oklahoma gang siege at summer home
Gun battle erupts as FBI agents engage a gang that once kidnapped banker Edward Bremer. Tear gas drives out desperadoes after three killed, including a man and a woman, as officers chase surrendering suspects. The Brisbane home formerly owned by Carson Bradford is cited in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florian Wood
Associated Press
Oklawaha
Fia
Federal
Edward G. Bremer
St Paul
Jensa
Barker gang killed in Oklahoma machine gun standoff
Two of the three people killed in a machine gun battle with federal agents at Oklawaha, Oklahoma, were identified as Fred Barker and Ma Barker. The incident involved the Barker gang tied to the Edward Bremer kidnapping, with no federal casualties. Bremer, seized January 17, 1934, was released after a $200,000 ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklawaha
Fila
Department of Justice
Fred Barker
Oklahoma
Ma” Barker
Bremer
St. Paul
Rochester
Minn
Arthur “Doc” Barker
Alvin Karpis
Middle-West
Sein
Hamm
Kidnapping of Edward Bremer Reported in 1984
Wealthy banker Edward G. Bremer was abducted on January 17, 1984, held for three weeks and released after a $200,000 ransom. Federal agents in Ottawaha killed gangsters in a summer house. DoJ in Washington named Arthur Barker and Alvin G. Eerie.
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ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Ottawaha
Bremer
Department of Justice
St Washington
Arthur
Dec) Barker
Alvin G. Eerie
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Associated
Ciated Press
Low
Slayer
Graves
Judiciary Group
Savings and
Federal Housing Administration
World Court
America
Europe
Republic
Harris
Nashville Hospital
Bruno
Bruno Hauptmann
George Johnson
Bronx
William A. Finney
Bettie Stak
Carson Bradford
Biscayne Kennel Club
Miami
T. C. Blackburn
Blackburn
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