Double Execution In South Carolina For Murder
In Columbia South Carolina two Black men were electrocuted for murder. Ransome Emanuel 65 was executed for fatally assaulting a 91 year old white woman in Florence County. Monroe Stewart 22 of Calhoun County was executed for killing Ed Haynes a St Mathews pool room operator. The double execution lasted about thirty minutes and paused briefly when a witness fainted.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
Sau
Ransome Emanuel
Florence County
Monroe Stewart
Calhoun County
Ed Haynes
St. Mathews
Widow Spider Faces Tarantula in Mobile Jail Ring
In Mobile Alabama the famous fighting widow spider known as Helen prepares for a crucial test tonight in the Mobile county jail arena. She will battle a giant tarantula, five inches across, as spectators follow her clashes with successive opponents. Her trainers say a tarantula of this size would be a light challenge, yet she has endured a trying week.
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Mobile
Ala
Little
Helen
Fettle
Church Overseer Named by Hitler
Hans Kerri, now named by Chancellor Hitler as minister without portfolio, is tasked with enforcing Goering's decrees regulating Protestant and Catholic church activities in Germany. He is expected to act against clergy who criticize the Nazi state.
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Hans Kerri
Haitler
General Goering
Germany
Unnatural Insect Fight Described In Odd Roundhouse Tale
A bizarre account details a group of giant orange swamp spiders two roaches a quartet of house spiders four bumble bees a pair of long legged wasps and a baby tarantula all knocked out in hard battles. A looming giant brown house spider arrives after the tarantula and promoters claim the creature has killed two widows. County Jailer A Hi Beatty says the widow guard and threats will be ready for the roundhouse battler soon.
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Helen
A. Hi. Beatty
Mourners Shot at New York Funeral Service
Two mourners were wounded when a gunman opened fire at a funeral parlor in New York during services for Martin Alfano. Alfred Ortiz of Morone town, New Jersey, identified as the attacker, fled before arrest. Police pursued him as a former suspect in Alfano’s case.
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New York
Martin Alfano
Alefano
Potternia
Wilder
Alfred Ortis
Matone Town
N. J
Miss Alfano
Raymond
Becharia & Bon Ie
Ortiz
Mise Alfano
Decatur Heat Wave Maintains Lead Across Alabama
The heat wave neared a month as Decatur reached 101 degrees for the second straight day. States across Alabama recorded varied temps with Anniston 91 Birmingham 94 Florence 86 Gadsden 84 Clanton 84 and Ozark 78. Montgomery saw 86 with 87 inches of rain noted and overall cloudiness expected.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Decatur
South Alabama
Mobile
Union Springs
Auburn
Wetumpka
Settlement terms on bonds approved for Phenix City water works
Judge Charles B. Kennamer in Montgomery approved refunding bonds for Phenix City water works. The filing set July 1 as the issue date with reduced interest rates. Outstanding debt totaled 346000 dollars with 45528 dollars in unpaid interest.
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Montgomery
Ala
Phenix City
Charles B. Kennamer
U. S. District Court
Grade Crossing Projects Listed in Alabama
The U S Bureau of Public Roads considers six grade crossing elimination projects from the Alabama highway department and requests permission to advertise for bids. Projects target Bessemer Talladega Montevallo Anniston and Montgomery with a total estimated cost of 734100 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Alabama Highway Department
Bessemer
Talladega
Montevallo
Anniston
Denver Man Elected At Mexico City Lions Meeting
The International Association of Lions Clubs adjourned in Mexico City after a record attendance. Richard J. Osenbaugh of Denver was elected president as Lions praised the convention's success and aim for closer North American understanding.
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International Association of Lions Clubs
Mexico City
Lions of
Mextico
United States
Canada
Mexico
North America
Roosevelt
Premier Bennett
Republic of Mexico
Senor Lagaro Cardenas
Lions
Richard J. Osenbaugh
Denver
Lion
Dick” Osenbaugh
Denver Sewer Pipe and Clay Company
Osenbaugh
Denver Lions Club
Colorado Lions Clubs
Presi
Presida
Farmers Rally Behind AAA at Three District Meetings
Alabama farmers launched a coordinated push to back the Agricultural Adjustment Act and a constitutional amendment. Dr. L N Duncan announced meetings in Dothan and Abbeville with a third planned for Geneva on Saturday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Alabama
AAA
L. N. Duncan
Alabama Polytechnic Titute
State Agricultural Extension Service
Dothan
Abbeville
Geneva
New President Named for Sea Road Railroads Leader
William Johnson Harahan, veteran railroad executive born 1867 in Nashville, Tennessee, has been named president of the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Pere Marquette railroads. He succeeds the late John J. Berne and began his career at age 14 as a messenger boy.
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America
William Johnson Harahan
Fltecvis Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pere Marquette
Harahan
Nashville, Tenn
John J. Berne
Convicts Break From County Jail Near Cadiz
Escaped convicts led a group of six through a jail breach using a ventilator, fleeing around 4 a.m. A posse of about 100 pursued them near the village. Leading escapees were Edgar Smith 41 and Eugene Denton 41, with others named in the shattered report.
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Cadiz
Lour
Ison
Tomersee Edgar Smith
Eugene Denton
Ip Rogge
Ry Pee
Quy Carson
Eee
Floyd Hython
Negro
Tax collections on gasoline rise in Alabama July
Montgom ery Alabama July 26 AP July gasoline tax collections based on fuel sold in June rose by 71 over the previous year. The state total increase since January 14 is 518 015. Tax commission president Henry Long reported July receipts at 846 388 versus 774 455 in 1934.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry Long
Tax Commission
British Guard Ten Go Into Ethiopia
London reports the British government orders 100 soldiers and officers to Addis Ababa to guard the legation. Officials say plans include using expert black troops under white command and possibly the King's African Rifles from Kenya. Haile Selassie has not approved transport rights yet, but this is viewed as a formality. Additional troops may follow if needed.
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Associated Press
London
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
King’s African Rifles
Kenya
Haile Selassie
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