Two Tri-State gangsters to die in electric chair in Virginia
Robert Mails and Walter Legensa, captured after a jailbreak, arrived back in Richmond to face execution for murder. Guards with machine guns and tear gas escorted them to the state penitentiary where they were placed in death cells amid tight security. Both men faced imminent death in the electric chair.
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Rhncmmond
Mais
Walter Legensa
Richmond
E. M. Huband
Federal Reserve Bank
Legensa
Tri-State
Havana
Atlantic Coast Line
State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington
Virginia
Broad Street
Mass
Legenza
Congress action overview and key bills described
Senate debates World Court and munitions hearings while Finance weighs social security. House reviews reorganizing military profits restrictions and draft of crop loan and relief bills. Senate earlier passed a farm aid measure and World Court discussion continues.
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Senate
Finance Committee
HOUSE
Coergan Military Committee
Ways and Means
Esterday
Wheat Thrives in Kas Church Seed Patch at Satanta
A 500 acre wheat patch planted by the Methodist church in Haskell county near Satanta shows strong growth after recent rains. Claude Coppleman notes the crop as the best yet, with thriving stalks and promising yields for the region.
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Satanta
Kas
Methodist Church
Haskell
Claude Copia Lemean
How One Man Lost 22 Pounds
A newspaper ad claims a man shed 22 pounds after a four week regimen using a recipe with a spoonful of bra in hot water each morning. It promises rapid fat loss and overall rejuvenation and directs readers to Goldel's Store for purchase.
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Goldel’s
America
Public appeal for School Childrens Milk Fund support
A Decatur Daily note urges readers to sponsor a hungry child by providing milk. The appeal asks 60 cents a month to feed one child and invites contributions via the Decatur Pilot office, under the School Childrens Milk Fund initiative.
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Decatur Daily
School Childrens’ Milk Fund
Decatur Pilot Giub Nee
Gordon Ditto Dies Suddenly at Home
Gordon Ditto 54 of Greenwood Mississippi died suddenly of heart failure at home. He leaves a wife and four children Gordon Jr Elizabeth Virginia and Jack, two brothers George W Biloxi and Charlies B Greenwood, four sisters H R Ross J M Briscoe Decatur T P Barnard Lacey's Spring and C B Trotman Florence. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Greenwood.
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H . R. Ross
J. B. Briscoe
Gordon Ditto
Greenwood
Ditto
Morgan County
Gordon, Jr
Elizabeth
Virginia
Jack
George W
Biloxi
Miss
Charlies B
H. R. Ross
J. M. Briscoe
Decatur
T. P. Barnard
Lacey's Spring
C. B. Trotman
Florence
Robbery suspects escape after shootout in Houston trap
Three robbers evaded a police trap after wounding Detectives J O Broussard and Owen Martin at a tourist camp. The two officers, shot in the hip, described the suspects and the getaway car as searchers continued the manhunt.
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Houston
Tex
J. O. Broussard
Owen Martin
Broussard
Martin
Taxicab and Truck Collision on Second Avenue
A Ward taxicab and a Valley Coal Company truck collided at 6 a m on Second avenue. No injuries reported. The taxi’s right side was badly smashed and the truck sustained damage.
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Ward
Valley Coal Company
Second Avenue
Officers School To Hear Major On Engineer Duties
The Huntsville combined branch school for army officers meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the federal building court room Huntsville. Major Charles E Perry CE district engineer will speak on Organization and Duties of the Engineer Department. He oversees Cumberland River navigation maintenance and 15 locks dams and ten Tennessee River locks and shoals canals. Attendees expected from Decatur and Hartselle.
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Huntsville
Army
Federal Building
Charles E. Perry
Nashville
Engineer Department
Perry
Cumberland River
Tenessee River
Muscle Shoals
Colbert Shoals
Elk River Shoals
Decatur and
Hartselle
Jury selection begins in Arthur Oliver murder trial
Wetumpka Alabama January 22 jurors chosen from a panel of 100 faced lawyers as Arthur Oliver a large farmer pleads not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity to the death of his wife reportedly beaten at their home several weeks ago Elmore County sheriff Hasty Golden found Mrs Oliver’s body tucked in bed Oliver asleep in the other bed investigators were told the initial claim was she fell from a porch during the probe.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Arthur Oliver
Elmore County
Oliver
Hasty Golden
Elmore
Russian Debts Return To Forefront In Washington
Moscow's answer to an American proposal on Soviet debts is expected within a week. Soviet ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky returns to Washington to confer with Cordell Hull and Walter R. Moore on boosting American sales to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Alexander Troyanovsky
Stalin
Cordell Hull
Walter R. Moore
Huey Long’s Late Night Thought Experiments
The passage notes Huey Long is most effective at 3 in the morning, implying some of the senator’s ideas were dreamlike. The line frames his unconventional thinking as a nightly habit influencing policy notions.
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Huey Long
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Itch Relief
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment to treat itch rash tetter foot itch ringworm and eczema. It claims the medicine melts in and kills the itch with fast absorption and offers money back if the first jar fails.
Program for Singing Here Sets Unusual Plan
Tennis Sparkman reelected president of the Community Sing plans an unusually interesting program for the next meeting to be held in the Ninth Street Methodist church with a large attendance anticipated one week from Sunday.
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Tennis Sparkman
Community Sing
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Roosevelt targets power rates with possible taxes on holdings
The Roosevelt campaign moves to curb high power rates by considering special taxes and regulation for utility holding companies. President discussed legislative possibilities with Morgenthau and aides, but officials say no final decision is reached. The FTC joins the push, saying state regulation is inadequate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Capitol Hill
Federal Trade Commission
Bellboy’s $10 Hamburger Sparks Disorderly Conduct Fuss
In Milwaukee on January 22 a bellboy, Emil Decker, paid $10 for a hamburger listed at a nickel causing a scene when Nolan Rash demanded payment. Police intervened and Decker bailed out $35, later fined $10 plus costs for disorderly conduct.
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Milwaukee
Buty Eanil Decker
Nolan Rash
Decker
Strawberry Growers Meeting Set at Decatur City Hall
F O Keller of the Tennessee Valley Fruit and Truck Growers Association calls a meeting at Decatur city hall on Railroad street Saturday January 26 for farmers interested in growing strawberries or early Irish potatoes. This is the second strawberry growers meeting this year after a prior session at Hartselle. All interested in the berry and potato crops are urged to attend.
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F. O. Keller
Tennessee Valley Fruit and Truck Growers Association
Decatur City Hall
Railroad Street
Hartselle
Ten Soldiers Die in Yugoslav Alpine Patrol Blizzard
Ten soldiers on patrol along the Yugoslav Albanian frontier froze to death in a heavy snowstorm. Rescue teams found seven bodies in mountainous terrain but couldn't recover the remaining three due to ongoing snow.
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Podgorica
Yugoslavia
Youthful Old Age in Excelsior Springs Tale
In Excelsior Springs Missouri on January 22 J H Brawner aged 83 is cutting a tooth. His wife aged 79 recently recovered from an attack of whooping cough.
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Excelsior Springs
J. H. Brawner
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N. J
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W. Va
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Philippi
Old Virginia
Louisiana
Officers School
Fletcher
William
Niagara
Tainless
Dillehay Bros
B. J. Reynolds
Winsten-Salem, N
Marguerite Osman
Strawberry
J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Aston Sotem North
Caroling
Ray Stevens
Raymond F. Stevens
Frazier Forman Peters
Jack Shea
George Webber
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