Scout Meet Delights Huntsville With Large Attendance
The Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts met at the Russell Erskine Hotel in Huntsville drawing about two hundred attendees. A district crossroad map, a crossword style display, and a tableau contrasted headlines like Boy Bandits Confess with modern scouting work for youth.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Russell Erskine Hotel
Huntsville
America
Frank Fleming
Flynn G. Humphrey
A. W. McAllister
W. T. Jordan
J. N. Jenkins
M. R. Moorman
Roland Lash
Moorman
T. T. Hackworth
H. G. Richards
W. W. Head
Emerson Lucas
Schacht Dismissed as Reichsbank President in Hitler Move
World news report the abrupt dismissal of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht as Reichsbank president with Walther Funk poised to shift Germany's economic policy. Emigration talks with Jews falter as Berlin indicates a harder export stance. In Spain, Franco’s forces reclaim Igualada as they push toward Barcelona, intensifying the Catalan front. Wang Chung-hui urges allied action to settle Asia and Japan.
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Associa
H. Jalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
Germany
Spain
Francisco Franco
Calaf
Barcelona
Lerida
Wang Chung-Hui
China
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Asia
Wang
London
Schacht
Walther Funk
George Rublee
Inter-Governmental Refugee Committee
Dr. Schacht
Rublee
Berlin
Funks
America
Balkans
Igualada
Mrs. Mollie Butler Called Home
Mrs. Mollie Butler aged 62 died this morning at 3 30 at her sister Mrs Annie M Weir’s home in Birmingham. She leaves four sisters and two brothers. The body will be transported to Hartselle for funeral at the Methodist church Saturday at 1 30 officiated by Rev. Frank T Smith and Rev. J F Browne. Pallbearers named.
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Mollie Butler
Annie M. Weir
Birmingham
Butler
Lola M. Curry
H. R. Spiegle
Johnnie Cook
Columbia
Tenn
Weir
George Morrison
Decatur
Jim Morrison
Mt. Hope
Hartselle
Louisville and
Nashville
Peck Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Frank T. Smith
J. F
Robbery at Citizens' Service Bank in Doerun
A bandit armed with a sandbag entered the Citizens' Service Bank in Doerun Georgia just after opening, knocked the cashier unconscious and fled with cash estimated between 2300 and 3000 dollars. Sheriff T V Beard of Colquitt County said initial checks tracked the missing amount.
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Doerun
Citizens’ Service Bank
T. V., Beard
Colquitt County
Free Tickets to The Princess Theatre Promotion
A brief promotional note offers free tickets to the Princess Theatre with a phone contact listed as 46 indicating how to claim. The fragment provides no further details on eligibility dates or terms.
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Princess Theatre
Russell Gets State Post
Noble J. Russell, a Decatur attorney, is named assistant attorney general for Alabama by Governor Frank Dixon. He will move with his wife and baby to Montgomery. Russell, educated at St Johns Annapolis and Alabama, has practiced in Decatur since 1931 and is active in local clubs and church.
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Noble J. Russell
Decatur
State of
Alabama
Frank Dixon
Russell
Baby
Montgomery
Mr. Russell
St. John's College
Annapolis
Maryland
University of Alabama
Melvin Hutson
First Methodist Church
Absentee Ballot Requests Rise Ahead of County Jail Vote
Probate Judge T C Almon reported 22 requests for absentee ballots for the January 31 election on bonds for a new county jail. Twelve ballots have been cast so far. The last day to obtain ballots was January 26, with returns accepted through election day.
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T. ¢. Almon
No More Snow This Winter Is His Forecast
Rufus Norwood of Fourth Avenue asserts there will be no more snow this winter based on his August fog count. He turns to a sign taught by his great grandfather, a veteran of General Jackson's forces at New Orleans, who linked foggy mornings to December through February snow.
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the Daily
Rufus Norwood
Fourth Avenue 8
Norwood
Mr. Norwood
Jackson
New Orleans
Cuts Sought in Tag Prices and Auto Fees
Montgomery Alabama January 20 The report lists several proposed and current tag prices Faulk's plan would cut auto tag costs by up to 50 percent with lower weights and revised light truck licenses. Other measures include increased Confederate widow pensions and forest land funding shifts with a noon Tuesday recess in the Senate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin
Greene County
Congress
Faulk
Faul
W. W. Malone
Limestone
P. F. Devane
Choctaw
Forestry Department
Perry Calhoun
Houston
Senate
Roosevelt backs Guam defense bill while distinguishing authorization
President Roosevelt said he favored the 5 million defense improvements for Guam but noted authorization does not guarantee completion. He explained the bill covers harbor deepening, Marines barracks, and air landing facilities, not fortification, and stressed the difference between authorizations and actual appropriations.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Guam
Congress
Panama Canal Zone
J D Milton Illness Victim Dies At 60 In Decatur
James Otis Milton longtime Decatur police officer died at 17 15 after a 10 day pneumonia illness at his home 401 Church street He was 60 prayers service Sunday at Laman minister Grant Street Church of Christ followed by funeral at McBurg Church of Christ Andy Largen conducting burial in McBurg cemetery pallbearers will be brothers in law Survived by widow a son Horace Milton of Chicago and brother Walter Milton of Nolansville Texas Milton served on the night police force for years
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James Otis Milton
Decatur
Church Street
Llen
Grant Street Church
Milton
Horace Milton
Chicago
Walter Milton
Nolansville
Tex
Railroad freight cars loaded rise in week ending Saturday
The Association of American Railroads reported 586,877 revenue freight cars loaded in the week ending last Saturday, up 56,028 from the prior week or 10.6 percent, and up 6,137 or 1.1 percent from a year ago while down 109,158 or 15.7 percent from 1937.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Martin seizes CIO records in split with UAW leaders
Homer Martin, UAW president, announced suspension of 15 of the 24 international executive board members after he and followers removed records and filing cases from CIO offices in Detroit. Several named members are listed, amid ongoing factional strife and a planned special convention.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
International
Martin
George F. Addes
RR. T. Thomas
Richard T. Frankensteen
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hall
Ard
Charles Millard
Oshawa
Ont
Desmond Garst
St. Louis
Morris Rield
Fred Pieper
Atlanta
Walter Reuther
Paul Miley
Cleveland
Richard Reisinger
Iveland
Ellsworth Kramer
Oledo
Leo LaMotte
Tracy Doll
Addes
Frankensteen
Mortimer
Hall
CIO
Ee Martin
UAW
New Name Brought Into Murder Trial
In Brunswick Georgia on January 20 sheriff witnesses testified that Grady Stevens now serving a burglary sentence and Henry Cofer in an under indictment had possible roles in the killing of Dr. Charles H. Lee at Christ Episcopal Church. W. Ben Gibbs earlier suggested Stevens was involved.
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Brunswick
George Clayborn
Charles H. Lee
Christ Episcopal Church
W. Ben Gibbs
Grady Stevens
R. E. Warren
Wayne County
Clegborn
Henry Cofer
W. Cofer
Dr. Lee
Samford Named U S Attorney for Middle District of Alabama
President Roosevelt nominated Thomas D. Samford for reappointment as United States attorney for the Middle District of Alabama in a January 20 nomination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas D. Samford
United States
Middle District
Alabama
Morgan County Woman Ties to King George VI Ancestor
Mrs. Hattie Jane Goodlett of Eva route 1 Morgan County is a distant relative of King George VI. She is the granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Gibson, son of Colonel William Gibson, a first cousin of King George III.
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Morgan
King George VI of
England
Hattie Jane Goodlett
Morgan County
George VI of England
Samuel Gibson
William Gibson
George III
Goodlett
Hattie Jane Fowler
Greenville
S. C
Mary Daniel
D. M. McCoy
Hartselle
George T. Woodruff
Woolich
Ruppert Will Gives Wealth To Young Girl
Col Jacob Ruppert Yankee owner leaves three chief beneficiaries in his will filed for probate in New York. Helen Winthrope Weyant named alongside nieces Helen Ruppert Silleck and Ruth Rita Silleck with a $300000 specific bequest and $150000 to Lenox ital. Ruppert’s fortune is estimated between 30 and 70 million dollars.
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New York
Helen Winthrope Weyant
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Helen Ruppert Silleck
Ruth Rita Silleck
Col. Ruppert
Fifth Avenue
Helen Winthrope Wéeyant
Winthrope Wayne
Byron Clark
Chorus Equity
AFL
George
The
Ruppert Brewery
Surprise to girl in New York sparks probate query
A spokesman for Helen Winthrope Weyant said she knew nothing of a request until a telegram arrived this morning. Rex Weyant, her brother, appeared as the spokesman in the brief notice about Colonel Jacob Ruppert’s large baseball and brewing estate.
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New York
Helen
Winthrope Weyant
Jacob Ruppert
Rex
Fake G Man Sentenced After FBI Impersonation
Thomas Jefferson Whitehead, 22, who swindled a Flint merchant of $50 while posing as a federal agent, was sentenced to 10 years for violating the national motor vehicle theft act. He previously drew five years on two auto theft counts, with an additional 10-year sentence suspended and probation set after term.
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Thomas Jefferson Whitehead
Flint
George C. Taylor
Knoxville
Whitehead
J. B. Matthews, Jr
FBI
Matthews
Taylor
Knox
Chattanooga
Tafayette
Ind
Georgia
Atlanta
Huntsville
Spurigus
Rate Group Formed to Seek Equal Rail Freight Rates
Sixty southern and western House members formed a rate group led by Ramspeck of Georgia to eliminate interregional freight differentials. The group elected Ter ry of Arkansas as vice chair and McLaughlin of Nebraska as secretary and will seek a public hearing from the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Western House
Ramspeck
Dga
Terry
D-Ark
McLaughlin
Dneb
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Rankin
D-Miss
Southern and Western
Atlanta Freight Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cox
D-Ga
Georgia
Arkansas
Virginia
Mississippi
Texas
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kentucky
California
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Arizona
Iowa
Utah
Unanimous Legislature Moves to Reorganize Alabama Government
Alabama legislature backs Governor Dixon plan to dissolve the three member highway commission and replace it with a one man director. Bills create a state department of revenue and a department of commerce while extending the highway program to 1945. House approval includes contingency fund for the governor and legal counsel for revenue.
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A. F. Mahan
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Dixon
Senate
Highway Commission
House
State Commission
Orteman
Dixon
Norman
Bullock
Earl McGowin
Joe Berizo Guy
Lown
Guy
Vier
Faulk
Johnston
Stakely
Omas
Street
Lowndes
Black Belt
Geneva
Department of Revenue
Peacock
Coffee
State Land Commission
State Department of Revenue
State Tax Commission
Department of Commerce
Banking Department
Building and Loan Board
Bureau of Insurance
Pension ALSN to Meet Saturday
The Alabama Old Age Pension Association will meet at the courthouse at 2:00 PM Saturday. All interested in the old age pension movement are urged to attend this important gathering.
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Alabama Old Age Pension Association
Old Age Pension Movement
Mutual Savings Life Insurance declares 20 percent dividend
At a board meeting of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company a Decatur organization a 20 percent dividend on par value was declared yesterday. Clyde Hendrix was elected chairman. Officers re elected Melvin Hutson president Miss Nina Hodges secretary M K Vickrey and Bryan McAfee vice presidents. Jere Murphey of Huntsville named to the executive committee.
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Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company
Decatur
Clyde Hendrix
Melvin Hutson
Nina Hodges
M. K. Vickrey
Bryan McAfee
Jere Murphey
Huntsville
Tennessee River Gauge Stands at 19 Feet, Falling
The Tennessee river gauge read 19 feet today with a steady decline. No rainfall in the past 24 hours. Alabama observed fair weather with slightly warmer conditions in the extreme north portion.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Mrs. Butler
Navy
J. D. Milton
Cios Records
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Samuel
Tondon
Elizabeth Roe
Fowler
Gibsons
Charleston
Rupert Will
G-Man
Murray Humphreys
Humphreys
al Capone
Pension Alsn
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