Three Killed by Fireworks Mark Low Holiday Toll
The Associated Press reports 513 people died in the Independence Day period across 46 states and DC. Only three fireworks deaths, all home-made. Motor crashes led with at least 256 fatalities, followed by drownings and other causes. New York tops states with 39 deaths.
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America
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ilinois
Missouri
Brooklyn
Ho-Ho- Kus
N. J
Face
Logan says Roosevelt Garner unlikely to seek third term
Senator Logan of Kentucky, an administration supporter, states he doubts Roosevelt or Garner will run for a third term. He notes he has not discussed it with them but believes neither will seek a third term though Garner could be a strong 1940 presidential candidate with broad support. Senator Burke also sees Garner as receptive to a 1940 nomination though not as a vice president.
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Logan
Roosevelt
Garner
Kentucky
Senate
Burke
Neb
Texas
Nebraska
Hog purchase boosts local farmers at Decatur plant
The Decatur Packing Plant bought 44 hogs this morning, paying producers about 675 to 700 dollars in cash. About 80 percent were tops, purchased from roughly 15 local farmers in surrounding counties, reflecting a growth in hog production since a market opened three years ago in Decatur.
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Decatur
North
Alabama
Hughes Plans Paris Hop in Transcontinental Flight
New York reports Howard Hughes, the California millionaire and independent movie producer, arrived at Floyd Bennett Field after a one stop hop from Burbank. He plans to fly to Paris for the experience and will decide on a world flight based on European conditions.
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Howard Hughes
California
Paris
Europe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wiley Post
Hughes
Hollywood
Floydnett Airport
Burbank
Calif
Bride slain by husband near Murfreesboro
In Murfreesboro Tennessee on July 5 sheriff reports Joseph O Barley a 51 year old Nashville railroad brakeman shot his three month bride 32 years his junior in a farm home injuring her and then killed himself The wife was in bed when shot and her uncle Howard Barrett said Barley admitted the act and grappled before the pistol fired Mrs Barley likely to recover from arm and head wounds.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
W. F. McCrary
Joseph O. Barley
Nashville
McCrary
Barley
Howard Barrett
Mrs. Hedwig Riedel Dies in Leipzig at 86
News from Leipzig Germany reports the death on June 20 of Hedwig Riedel mother of Mrs. Herman Hinz of Decatur. She was 86 years old. Two years ago Mr and Mrs Hinz and their son Joe visited her in Leipzig.
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Germany
Hedwig Riedel
Herman Hinz
Decatur
Riedel
Perkins to aid Roosevelt commission on British labor
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said she will spend a week in London assisting the nine member commission studying how Britain manages to settle labor disputes amicably.
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London
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Britain
Market Dips After Fourth of July Rally on Wall Street
Traders returned from the Fourth of July holiday in a selling mood as New York stocks gave up part of two weeks of gains. Major commodities fell with wheat, cotton, and rubber futures down, while large downticks hit Westinghouse Electric Bethlehem Steel Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Santa Fe Johns Manville Standard Oil of New Jersey and U S Steel.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Westinghouse Electric
Bethlehem Steel
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Fe
Johns Manville
Standard Oil
New Jersey
U. S. Steel
Fifty Texas yearling steers fed out on Alabama farms
Harry Kloppfer of the Decatur Packing plant bought fifty Texas thoroughbred whiteface yearling steers shipped from Ft Worth. Thirty five went to Cooper Cowan, ten to R E Buck Rogers, five to J Walter Clapton. They weigh about 539 pounds on average and will graze this summer feed out this winter and be market ready next spring.
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Harry Kloppfer
Decatur
Texas
North Alabama
Ft. Worth
Cooper Cowan
R. E. “Buck” Rogers
J. Walter Clapton
Deputy Shoots Four Foot Diamondback Rattler
Ed Blalock deputy sheriff killed a four foot diamondback rattler near Cedar Cove. He saw the snake partly hidden in weeds, drew his pistol from his car and fired a shot to the head, killing it instantly. The reptile had seven rattlers and a fore arm sized circumference.
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Ed Blalock
Killoy
Cedar Cove
Young hero risks life for sister in Rabid dog rescue
In Sylacauga Alabama on July 5 11 year old Jimmy Hare acted to save his sister Ann by grabbing a rabid dog and holding it for ten minutes until help arrived. Both children received anti rabies treatment.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Jimmy Hare
Jimmy
Ann
France Seizes Paracel Islands Igniting Far East Tension
Paris reports French occupation of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea to deter piracy and defend Hainan. Tokyo studies the move with care as Japan contemplates a protest, and Britain and France warned Japan to keep off Hainan amid potential joint action.
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South China Sea
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Tokyo
China
Indo-China
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Britain
Hankong
Singapore
Indo- China
Japanese Advance Reaches Hukow Amid Yangtze Push
Shanghai dispatch reports the Japanese army widening its Yangtze river corridor toward Hankow. After capturing Hukow, 160 miles from the capital, Chinese forces withdrew leaving munitions as Japanese pierced outer defenses with limited fighting.
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Yangtze River
China
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hukow
Contynuea
Prison gang member sentenced in $130,000 mail truck robbery
Rufus Costner, an east Tennessee mountaineer, was sentenced in a federal court in Asheville to 20 years for his role in a Charlotte mail truck robbery five years ago. He testified about his part and led officers to the hiding place of $8,000 of the loot.
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Asheville
N. C
Rufus Costner
Charlotte
Costner
Two Negroes Shot and One Held in Jail After Park Shooting
A shooting near the negro ball park on Washington street during a games day left Johnny White with a pierced lung and Jim Powell wounded in the head. Will Smith was arrested and jailed for investigation. Police say the men argued at the game before the shooting interrupted play. Powell was not seriously hurt. Independence Day passed with no major accidents and hot weather sent residents to relief areas or outdoors seeking cooling.
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Jai
Washington Street
Johnny White
Jim “Dago” Powell
Will Smith
Terry and
Hunter
Bill Moore
White
Smith
Powell
Moore
Independence
Decatur
Cash Fights Commutation For Kidnapping Case
Mr and Mrs James Bailey Cash plan to travel to Tallahassee as the state pardon board considers commuting the death sentence of Franklin Lee McCall for kidnapping their five year old son James Jr State Attorney George A Worley may decide if the parents attend The board meets Thursday About 2000 petitions against clemency were gathered including McCalls father in law J B Hilliard and circulated after a mass meeting.
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Princeton, Fla
James Bailey Cash
Tallahassee
State Pardon Board
Franklin Lee McCall
James, Jr
Cash
George A. Worley
McCall
J. B Hilliard
Funeral rites for former Decatur resident A B Hall
Funeral services for A B Hall, a former Decatur resident who died at his Birmingham home, are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at McAfee and Young funeral parlors. His body will arrive by rail at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in City cemetery. He was 58 and had resided in Birmingham for two years. Survivors include his wife, two sisters Mrs J M Smith of Decatur and Mrs R L Wilks of Austinville, and three brothers I H Hall of Corpus Christi, W F Hall of Chicago, and M J Hall of Austinville.
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Decatur
Birmingham
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City Cemetery
McAfee
Young Directing
J. M. Smith
R. L. Wilks
Austinville
I. H.,hall
Corpus
W. F. Hall
Chicago
M. J. Hall
Local Resident Marks 50 Years in Decatur Community
Charles E. Malone Sr. recalls arriving in Decatur July 4 1888 and living within 150 feet of his first house as he notes city growth from two towns to a developing center. He has been a businessman on E Moulton Street since childhood work near the present Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery site.
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Charles E. Malone
E. Moulton Street
Malone
Anderson
Searcy and House
Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery
O. Building
Lyons Hotel
Second Avenue
Bond
Johnson
Casa Grande
Princess Theatre
Tavern
Decatur
New Decatur
W. Moulton Street
Palace Cafe
Morgan County National Bank and Brothers
Harry Porter Narrow Escape From Gas Ignition at Garage
Harry Porter operator of an automobile repair garage on First avenue nursed two badly burned hands after gasoline ignited while he worked on a carburetor. A sheet of flame leaped but did not touch his body. he received first aid and was not seriously injured.
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Harry Porter
First Avenue
Porter
Fate of Six Unknown Yet Arrives Near Colorado River
Two government staff at Lee's Ferry Arizona monitor the Colorado River flood tide awaiting the June 20 Colorado expedition from Green River Utah. The six member party led by Norman Nevills includes two women Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter and other scientists, crews in three light boats. News from a Rio Grande trip reports diverging fates with Wakefield lost and Hunt rescued.
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Lee's Ferry
Ariz
Colorado River
Green River
Utah
A. J. Hanson
Anderson
U. S. Bureau of Geological
Rio Grande River
New Mexico
Wakefield
Denver
Hig
Hunt
Norman Nevills
Colorado
Elzada Clover
University of Michigan
Lois Jotter
Don Harris
U. S. Geological Survey
Eugene Atkinson
Michigan
W. C. Gibson
San Francisco
Science May Solve Death in Glendale Case
In Glendale California police believe incomplete chemical tests may reveal the cause of Mrs Marie Colombus death during a visit by vaudeville hypnotist Robert A Gilbert The Great Gilbert who is in custody on suspicion of murder says he was called by her husband George Colombus and did not subject her to any treatment The woman collapsed lifting a 150 pound day from the floor after the husband left with their 17 month old daughter
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Glendale
Calif
Marie Colombus
Robert A. Gilbert
Gilbert
George Colombus
George
M Mtother Pardie Gaynor
Bir
Mrs. Colombus
James Roosevelt Improved at Mayo Clinic Hospital
Rochester Mayo physicians report definite improvement in James Roosevelt son of the president and patient with a gastric ulcer. No surgery is needed and discharge within two weeks is expected after yesterday's X-ray.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Threats Bared in London Hearings Over Divorce Battle
In Bow Street a tally of shocking charges filed by Barbara Hutton Haughits-Reventlow against her Danish husband Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow includes threats to shoot a London society man and to seize their son Lance. The hearing adjourned to July 13 with bail set at 2009 pounds. counsel described threats of violence and a possible duel as part of their separation dispute.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haughits-Reventlow
Bow Street
Lance
Count Court
Woolworth
France
William M. Mitchell
Sir Patrick Hastings
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
England
Patrick
Sir Patrick
Paris
Record North Alabama Holiday Safety Sets Low Mishap Toll
Capt Van Gilbert of the state highway patrol reports a superb safety record across 14 North Alabama counties over the holiday weekend with only one hospitalization. A nose injury in Colbert county is the only noted accident amid heavy Bee Line traffic and a peak bus count of ten between Athens and Decatur.
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van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
North Alabama
Colbert County
Athens
Decatur
Hound
Alabama Governor Commutes Scottsboro Defendant's Death
Governor Bibb Graves commuted Clarence Norris's death sentence to life imprisonment after the state Pardons Board recommended clemency. Norris was one of five defendants in the Scottsboro rape case. three others remain under long terms, one pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder, and another was freed after six years. Norris had been sentenced to die August 19.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Clarence Norris
Norris
Alabama Supreme Court
Graves
Board of Pardons
Samuel Leibowicz
New Yor
State Supreme Court
Oneld Seace
Scottsboro
Decatur
New York
Andy Wright
Charlie Weems
Heywood Patterson
U. S. Spreme Court
Ozie Powell
Blood Money Rival Claims In Nelson Insurance Plots
In Waycross Georgia on July 5 rival claimants to 468 dollars in premiums on two life policies of 12 year old J C Nelson were revealed as the father Harvey Nelson and two women stand accused in an insurance plot. Judge M D Dickerson will hear the case while a third policy for 1500 dollars was reportedly delivered after the boy s death but not put in force.
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Waycross
J. C. Nelson
Ware Superior Court
Life Insurances Company
M. D. Dickerson
J. C
John Gibson
Harvey Nelson
Robert Jones Visits Falkville Resident on Business
Robert Jones spent the morning on a business mission and is listed as a resident of Falkville route 1 section.
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Robert Jones
Falkville
Tennessee River Rises as Heat Bakes Regional Forecast
The river gauge stood at 20 feet this morning as heat peaked at 92 and 73 at night. Temperatures were high with fair skies inland while southwestern areas remained cooler. coastal winds were NE to gentle.
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Alabama
Bec
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