McNutt Seen as Possible Democratic Nominee Boost
Roosevelt defended appointing Paul V. McNutt as federal security administrator citing administrative ability. Indiana Senator Minton praised the choice as satisfactory to anti Roosevelts, while McNutt supporters expect broad campaigning across states. Administration aides fast tracked confirmation amid debate over campaign leverage.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Senator Minton
Ind
McNutt
Phillippines
Senate
Kiwanis Inter-Club Picnic Draws Nine Alabama Clubs
About 150 Kiwanians from Huntsville Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia Cullman Gadsden Decatur and others gather for an inter club session at Goodyear Decatur mills grounds starting at 12 30 with speeches barbecue fishing and golf on the program Decatur president John Caddell will preside Governor J Theodore Jackson will speak briefly and attendees will choose post luncheon activities including fishing or golf with matches arranged at Valley Country club.
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Kiwanis
Alabama Kiwanis
Huntsville
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Cullman
Gadsden
Decatur
Winston Alston
E. W. McLeod
Jimmy Williams
Decatur Club
J. Theodore Jackson
Alabama
Dothan
Finisst. John
Montgomery
Alston
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Goodyear
John Caddell
Jackson
Elmer Loyd
Webster McLeod
Lloyd Lively
Quince Eddins
Barrett Shelton
The
Valley Country Club
Florence Club
Eoat Decatur
Beloved Decatur Girl Dies at Home at 17
Miss Hattie Lois Speer 17, of 719 Fifth Avenue West, died after a long illness. Funeral at 4 p.m. Thursday Central Baptist Church with burial in City Cemetery. Survived by mother Hattie Speer sister Viola Speer and brothers Spurgeon Benjamin and Frank Speer. Pallbearers named. YWA and Sunday school class will arrange flowers. Born in Decatur she spent life there and belonged to Central Baptist Church.
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Hattie Lois Speer
Decatur
Fifth Avenue
West
Central Baptist Church
John C. Cowell
Brown
City Cemetery
Miss Speer
Hattie Speer
Viola Speer
Spurgeon
Wilson Dam
Benjamin
Frank Speer
Samuel Gamble
Charles Rice
Claude Oer
Pete Henderson
Maxie Marshall
Edward Siey
Joe Weatherly
Bruce Pettey
YWA
Leche summonsed as jury witness in LSU probe
Baton Rouge Louisiana July 12 former Governor Richard W Leche was named among 20 new witnesses by the East Baton Rouge grand jury probing conditions and affairs at Louisiana State University following the resignation of former President James Monroe Smith.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
East Baton Rouge
Cold air mass breaks heat wave across plains
An inland cold air mass moves in from the west to end a major heat wave across the Midwest. Forecaster J R Lloyd says the high heat shattered records in many states with Omaha reaching 105 and widespread highs of 96 to 110 amid expected showers as cooling begins from North Dakota to Iowa and along the lakes region.
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Middle West
J. R. Lloyd
United States Weather
Chicago
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Lloyd
Lakes
Omaha
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Oklahoma
Iowa
Alabama approves five constitutional amendments in low turnout election
Alabama voters approved five constitutional amendments with large margins after a low turnout. Governor Dixon praised the results as a forward step as count totals from 1,043 of 2,273 boxes showed supports ranging from 34 thousand to 36 thousand for amendments one through five, with substantial defeat margins. The measure would allow non capital felons to plead guilty, establish pardons system, shift to biennial legislative sessions with 60 day limits and raise pay, authorize investment in federally guaranteed securities, and permit machines in cities and counties. Governor Dixon touted the passage and the legislature planned to reconvene after a recess to finish the session.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Frank M. Dixon
Yester
Gov
Dixon
Roosevelt May Send Message on Neutrality Laws
President Roosevelt may urge immediate action on neutrality legislation as senators say he will back a six point program. The Senate committee voted to defer the issue to the next session but the administration plans continued push.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Munitions Board
City to buy four wagons and four mules for garbage work
Decatur approves purchase of four wagons and four mules to speed up garbage collection. Wagons dump directly into incinerator shafts, freeing trucks for street work. Four-man crews assigned per wagon. current operations include day and night shifts. Street committee chaired by W. F. Boswell with E. W. Kennedy and H. H. Hunter as members.
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Decatur
W. F. Boswell
E. W. Kennedy
H. H. Hunter
Negro Sentenced to Die in the Chair
In Mobile Alabama on July 12 a 22 year old Black man named Bell was sentenced to die in Kilby prison electric chair after a circuit court trial for criminally assaulting a white woman on June 17. The verdict came six minutes after the jury retired as state patrols deputies and police guarded the courthouse.
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Mobile
Ala
Herman Bell
Kilby
Old Age Pension Hire Approved In Senate
The Senate approved by 43 to 32 a plan to boost federal outlays for old age assistance by 80 million dollars yearly. Senator Connally proposed a 2 to 1 government match with state funds for monthly old age payments up to 12 dollars, and a 1 to 1 match from 15 to 40 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
AFL to push Congress to restore prevailing wage for WPA relief
William Green led 200 AFL leaders at a policy session urging Congress to end the 130 hour security wage rule and restore prevailing wage payments for WPA relief. He warned the solution lies with lawmakers while strikes in Minneapolis and St Paul test government stance and discharge notices go out to 10,000 workers.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Green
Minneapolis
St. Paul
WPA
F. ©. Harrington
Birmingham Visitors Welcome in Decatur for Fair and Trade
About 40 wholesale house and industrial representatives from Birmingham visited Decatur for a Dutch fair at Hotel Lyons. The program included welcomes from Carl Patterson and Donald Parks, with invitations to the Alabama Merchants Association meeting and the State Fair.
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Decatur
Alabama Merchants Association
Alabama
Sale House
Birmingham
Lyons
Carl Patterson
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
John D. McKibben
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Sam H. Malone
Barrett Shelton
Mr. Patterson
Donald Parks
Clay Friedman
Merchants Convention
Leon Gilbert
C. D. LeMay
Tennessee Coal, Iron& Railroad Company
Legion Units to Install Officers at Morgan County Meeting
The American Legion Post No. 15 and the Auxiliary will jointly install officers at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Armory. Auxiliary officers include Bertha Timberlake commander and Ruby Jones treasurer with several others named. Legion officers to be installed include T B Middlebrooks commander and W T Hulsey adjutant among listed posts.
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Morgan County
American Legion
Auxiliary
Armory
Bertha Timberlake
John Broderick
Butler P. A. Hine
Jack Coolidge
Parl Williams
Ruby Jones
Erin Walker
Louie Ar
AHM To Hold Yearly Picnic
The Alabama Hosiery Mill annual barbecue picnic for employees and guests will be Saturday at Alabama Park after the Blue Devils versus mill team game. Festivities start about 6 30 with athletic contests and a musical program for about 1 000 attendees.
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Alabama Hosiery Mill
Alabama Park
Blue Devils
Parachute Rescue Captures New York World’s Fair Couple
A couple, Mr and Mrs J Cornelis Rathborne of Old Westbury Long Island and Baltimore society belle Nancy Nelson Huidekoper, dangled for five hours on a 125 foot high board at the world’s fair. Two mechanics cut the jammed guide wire and lowered them to safety as thousands watched. They were treated at an on site hospital and driven away. The man is 32, the woman 25.
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New York
J. Cornelis Rathborne
Old Westbury
Long Island
Rathborne
U. S
Hig
Nancy Nelson Huidekoper
Ruxton
Baltimore Society
Long Branch
A.m
Rathbomme
James AH. Strong
U .S. Army
Navy
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Germany
Hungary
London
Romania
Britain
Bucharest
Dino Grandi
Arrigo Solmi
Grandi
Wold
Tyrol
Bolzano
Mussolini
Italy
United States
Shanghai
Puki
Chuanchow
Chaoan
Big Bombers Mass Flight Angers Nazis
Allied air power tests between Britain and France provoke headlines in Berlin while plans for a Bulgaria Yugoslavia alliance surface as a possible little axis. Britain and France show aerial prowess with a 200 bomber round trip over France and a matching French return flight.
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Associated Press
Europe
Britain
France
Berlin
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
London
Royal Airforce
Paris
Poland
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Boebachter
Belgrade
Romania
Turkey
Greece
Rumania
Coal group hails TVA bond compromise as victory
The National Coal Association hailed the compromise legislation authorizing a new Tennessee Valley Authority bond issue as a real victory for the coal industry. Executive Secretary John D. Battle said the principal vices of the Norris bill, which opposed it at every step, have been rectified in the compromise.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Coal Association
John D. Battle
Norris
Herbert S. Marks Named Lead Counsel for Bonneville Project
Herbert S. Marks of Chattanooga Tennessee, a TVA legal staff member since 1934, is appointed general counsel of the Bonneville power project in the Pacific Northwest, Washington.
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Washington
Herbert S. Marks
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bonneville
Pacific Northwest
Miners, Guards Clash as Shots Echo at Harlan Mine
At the Mahan Ellison mine in Gartons Creek Kentucky one miner died and several were wounded in a gunfight between pickets and National Guardsmen. Captain Hanberry was seriously wounded and a guard captain explained the exchange of fire as troops confronted attackers. Governor Chandler ordered tanks and machine gun units into Harlan along with reinforcements as arrests followed and warrants were planned for Union officials.
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Earlan
National Guard
Harlan
A. B. Chandler
Ashland
Kentucky
Harlan County
Campbell
Wilson Berger
Catrons Creek
Here
John Hanberty
Hopkinsville
Dan Noe
Noble Boyman
John Kennedy
Hubert Green
Fplint
Kitcie Green
Mithan-Ellison
Green
Ben Herndon
Barbourville
Garton’s Creek
Herndon
Hanberry
Pic
Fred Staples
George Titler
United Mine Workers
Chandler
William Turnblazer
Harlan District
Runyan and Hogan Even After 18 Holes in PGA Championship
Defending champion Paul Runyan and Ben Hogan were all square after the first 18 holes of their 36 hole third round in the PGA Championship at Pomonok Country Club New York. Hogan birdied the 15th for an eagle while both players posted 10s.
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New York
Paul Runyan
Ben Hogan
Pomonok Country Club
Hogan
Exemption Sidetracked By Ways and Means Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to sidetrack until next session legislation to bar future tax exempt securities and to reduce surtaxes on high income individuals.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Weather roundup for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee River gauge reads 200 feet with a 91 degree high and 66 degree low and no rainfall in the past 24 hours. Alabama forecasts fair tonight with partly cloudy skies and light winds, while Tennessee expects fair conditions with possible thundershowers tonight and Thursday, temperate heat continuing.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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