Cullman Murder Suspect Be Sent Here
Mrs Pearl Coker wife of Larkin Coker is held in Cullman jail along with her nephew Grover Coker and Joe Wright on charges tied to the death of Larkin Coker whose body was found near Holly Pond. The trio may be moved to Decatur jail to separate them during further questioning.
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Cullman
Pearl Coker
Cullman County
Morgan County
Ala
Grover Coker
Joe Wright
Larkin Coker
Holly Pond
J. H. Edwards
Coker
Decatur
Girl Heroic Rescue Amid Deadly Tennessee Valley Crash
A Scottsboro girl Miss Myrtle Finley died in a severe Athens Huntsville highway crash. John Cartwright and Sidney Robinson, two Negro men, were released on manslaughter charges after a preliminary hearing. Judge J E Clem ruled no probable cause to bind them over for trial.
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Athens-Huntsville
John Cartwright
Sidney Robinson
Myrtle Finley
Scottsboro
Tennessee Valley
Finley
Cartwright
Robinson
J. E. Clem
Athens
Decatur
Clem
Miss Finley
Huntsville
President's Son Starts in the West Building Aviation Radio
Herbert Hoover Jr the president's son works as technical assistant to Western Air Express president in California developing an aviation radio network for coast to coast travel. He holds amateur license 6 XH with Palo Alto station and recently earned a license for an experimental short wave station with Frederick Terman to study very high frequencies for university instruction.
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Los Angeles
Golden West
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Western Air Express
Young Hoover
New York Central
Chicago and Alton
Santa Fe
New York
Aviation Company
Kansas City
Palo Alto
Hoover
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Frederick Terman
Leland Stanford University
Volstead Sees No End to Prohibition Yet
St Paul July 18 Andrew J Volstead longtime foe of alcohol laws asserts perfect prohibition is impossible and there will always be liquor for those who want it He says law regulates morality and personal liberty was already curtailed by other statutes He remains chief legal adviser at the northwest prohibition enforcement headquarters as he reflects on the Volstead act and its social impact.
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ST. Paul
Andrew J. Volstead
Prohibition Enforcement
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Enforcement Bureau
Great Britain
Japan China Russia tensions mount in Manchuria crisis
Tokyo indicates possible representations to China and Russia to preserve peace as forces mass on the Manchurian frontier. Moscow breaks relations with the Chinese nationalist government. Russian officials are ordered home and railway links suspended amid a three day ultimatum.
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Peping
China
Harbin
Khinaya
Manchur
Moscow
Russia
Manchuria
Lia Wen Sun
L. N. Karakhan
Nanking
Karakhan
Cooper-Wells sale to Caldwell Company announced
Cooper-Wells & Co. hosiery makers sold to Caldwell & Company investment brokers of Nashville. Local mill and others at Decatur, Alabama, reportedly bought for Cadet Knitting Company of Philadelphia. Reported deal valued around $2,000,000.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Cooper-Wells & Counby
Caldwell & Company
Nashville, Tenn
Fred W. Tebbe
Decatur
Ala
Cadet Knitting Company
Philadelphia
Brown Singers to Perform Friday at J C of C Hall
Interest grows for Friday concert at the Junior Chamber of Commerce hall at 8 pm closing event of the Decatur singing school. Brown's quartet from Falkville will join other quartets for the program.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Singing School
Brown
Falkville
Quarterly Meet At Cross Chapel Held Friday Night
Attention of people of the Willing ham community Cullman Route 5 was called today to the convening of the Third Quarterly conference at Cross Chapel on next Friday night July 19. Rev. McGill of Oneonta district superintendent will conduct the services.
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Willingham
Cullman
Cross Chapel
McGill
Oneonta
Case docketed as speeding charge in city courts
A single case was docketed in the city courts today with one defendant arraigned on a speeding charge.
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Messer Released Under Five Hundred Dollar Bond
B H Messer of Decatur Ala was released on 500 bond as investigators probe the death of six year old Jean Paul Forsyth struck by a truck believed driven by Messer. The child reportedly ran into the trailer while racing with companions.
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Birmingham
B. H. Messer
Decatur
Ala
Liberty
Jean Paul Forsyth
Messer
Planes Blamed For Nervous Kansas Cattle Weights
Cattlemen tell the Kansas City Livestock Exchange that low flying planes over pasture drive cattle into constant nerves. An objector says a herd once ran a full mile after a plane passed.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Eight Die in Rock Island Colorado Express Wreck
Officials confirm eight dead in the Colorado Express wreck near Stratton Colorado after a cloudburst swelled a stream. Seven passengers and one Pullman porter perished as a chair car sank. many injured as crews brace for recovery once floodwaters subside.
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Chicago
Rock Island Line
Colorado Express
Stratton
Colorado
Col
Rock Island & Pacific
Here
Goodland
Kansas
Small Crowds At Session Of Court
Only a few people attended the final days of the first week of the Morgan County court term at the Morgan County Courthouse. The civil docket was heard and the schedule for criminal cases in the coming week was outlined.
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Morgan County Court
Morgan County Court House
COU
McCall refuses delay in Birmingham banks probe
Montgomery July 16 Attorney General Charlie McCall refused a state banking department request to delay grand jury investigation into the closing of Birmingham banks. Judge C E Thomas and banking officials were subpoenaed to appear with records, but delaying the probe would hinder liquidation and reorganization.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Banking Department
Grand
Birmingham
Charlie McCall
C. E. Thomas
Thomas
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Banking Department
Hutson to Speak in Tanner at Sunday School Convention
Hon Melvin Hutson of Decatur will be among principal speakers at the district Sunday school convention in Tanner. The event starts at 2 30 Sunday afternoon at the Tanner Methodist church with Tanner residents eager to host the gathering.
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Melvin Hutson
Decatur
Tanner
Tanner Methodist Church
Let Contract For Building A School In Tanner
A contract has been let for the construction of a negro school at Tanner after a previous fire destroyed the prior building. The new structure will include an additional room to accommodate growing enrollment, and an Athens firm wins the contract for the building.
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Tanner
Athens
Sales Lighter On The Decatur Curb Market
Decatur curb market sales were lighter with a total of $120.45. Nineteen sellers participated offering a good quantity of farm produce to Decatur consumers.
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Decatur
Athens farm girl risks life to save boys from fire
Miss Ella Green of Limestone county crawled through a corn crib blaze to rescue her brother George Green six and her nephew Eli Green six from a fire started by their match. The rescue occurred as flames blocked the escape, and friends consider pursuing a Carnegie Medal for her brave act.
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Ella Green
Nick Davis
Athens
Limestone County
George Green
Eli Green
George
Eli
Miss Green
Rotary Prepares Go 10 Hartselle Dinner Visit
Decatur Rotary members plan to meet at 6 pm at the Y M C A before traveling to Hartselle to be guests of the Lions club for an inter city gathering. The Hart selle Lions club has arranged the event praised as one of the finest meetings.
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Rotary
Hartselle
Decatur Rotary Club
Hartselle Lions Club
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Legionnaires 10 Gather Tonight at Post Meeting
Morgan County Post No 15 Legionnaires are reminded to attend an important 7 30 PM meeting at the Tennessee Valley bank building. I V Timberlake notes that new members from the recent campaign are welcome and praises the Fourth of July observance while announcing membership now near 250, doubling the previous record.
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Legionnaires
Morgan County
Alabama
No Word Yet Upon Traffic Lighting Delays in Decatur Order
Decatur city officials have not received notice of shipment for traffic lights ordered weeks ago for seven principal street intersections. Cause of the delay remains unspecified.
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Decatur
Reform School Looms for Otis Hankins After Patricide
Otis Hankins, 14, who killed his father Wes Hankins, awaits reform school in Otis Otis Hankins shows apathy toward home life but pleads for his cat Kitty to be fed. Grand jury testimony notes quarrels with his father. Otis aspires to be a lawyer, dislikes school, and says prison life is not bad while he clings to memories of his cat.
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Patricide
Kitty
Reform School
Pine Bluff
Ark
Otis Hankins
Wes
Ww. Hankins
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Otis
Hawkins
Stern
Aley
Tealm
Otis Shae
Governors Do Not Act Upon Letter At Conference
The 21st annual governors conference in New London refused to record approval or disapproval of reform recommendations on prohibition enforcement from George W. Wickersham. The executive committee, citing a pledge not to vote on controversial subjects, advised no vote. Governor Dern said consultations showed general support for the recommendations.
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New London
Conn
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Dern
Utah
Richards
South Carolina
Dothan Man Not Injured In Athens Car Crash
A. W. Lisindy of Dothan Alabama bank staff escaped injury when his Chrysler 65 collided with a Ford in Athens. The wreckage was moved to Decatur for repairs. Lisindy was driving at the time of impact.
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Dothan
A. W. Lisindy
Ala
Athens
Decatur
Lisindy
Bonanza Quartet Schedules Southern Alabama Tour
The Bonanza quartet with members of the Stamps quartet leave Sunday for southern Alabama for four concerts in Evergreen Greenville Montgomery and Birmingham G W Evans R C Hallbrooks A L Moye lead the trip John Peake unable to go W O Fossett and Et Burgess of the Stamps join the programs Fossett also sings with the Bonanza group
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Bonanza
Stamps Quartet
Alabama
G. W. Evans
R. C. Hallbrooks
A. L. Moye
John Peake
Neat Singers
W. O. Fossett
Et Burgess
Stamps Singers
Mr. Fossett
Evergreen
Greenville
Montgomery
Birmingham
Hill Employees Are Guests At Outing
The Hill Chevrolet Company staff enjoyed an outing and barbecue at the Moulton pike. A. W. Hill hosted the event as the automobile agency closed at 4 30 to allow all to attend.
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Hill
Hill Chevrolet Company
Moulton Pike
A. W. Hill
Hill Company
Lower Mercury Temperature Report From Decatur
The government observer announced a summer day in Decatur with the temperature at 83 degrees. This short note records the unusually lower mercury reading for the season.
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Decatur
Sharp Tops Decatur Curb in Daily Sales
D A Sharp a prominent ville planter led Decatur curb sales today with a gross of 19.63 dollars in an hour. He has been a regular on the curb since its move began.
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D. A. Sharp
Decatur Curb
Mr. Sharp
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