Hull and Sir John Simon draw fire in Washington scene
In Washington on July 28 Cordell Hull belts Sir John Simon over Far East debts and disarmament while President Hoover and Stimson share the same view. Mrs. Roosevelt tours the Columbia River as Kim Moffett faces busy lunches in a three state sweep. Ben Cohen studies British social insurance laws in London as ex Hooverite Stanley Reed rises in the Roosevelt administration.
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Washington
State Department
Cordell Hull
Tennessee Mountains
Hull
John Simon
John
United States
Far East
Sir John
Hoover
Stimson
Roosevelt
Columbia River
Portland
Kim Moffett
New Housing Administration
Maryland
Ben Cohen
London
Decatur Typhoid Immunization Drive Surpasses 4000 Doses
Decatur health officials report over 4 000 typhoid inoculations in the city with 400 shots administered Friday and 1 300 in rural areas. Trinity HQ drew 630 residents for treatment while no new deaths or cases were found. The mass drive continues daily with clinics open afternoons next week and extended hours Sunday.
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Decatur
Trinity
SSS Wifth
Fifth Avenue
Moon
L. R. Murphree
Prison hospital escape uses skeleton key and dummies
Five Indiana state prison inmates escaped from the hospital today, four convicted of bank robbery. Guards missed them as beds held dummies and a skeleton key was found outside a basement door. Some fled after a tank toppled. others were recaptured or injured.
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Michigan City
Indiana
Indiana State Prison
Mrs Oliver Parker Plans Move to Columbia Tennessee
Mrs Oliver Parker will relocate soon to Columbia Tennessee where she intends to settle and make her home, according to local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Parker
Columbia, Tenn
Honolulu Greeting From Pacific Isles About Former President
Reporter recalls meeting a former U S president on a Pacific island who smiles through questions about sugar quotas. Honolulu residents celebrate his visit with optimism and humor and threaten to lobby General Hugh Johnson if policy changes are not made.
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Honolulu
Congress
Pacific
Hugh Johnson Sutel
Garden of Eden
Funeral services planned for Mrs Ann Jane Nelson
Mrs Ann Jane Nelson dies after protracted illness at home in Decatur. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM from 617 East Vine Street. Survived by husband Mayor James A Nelson two sons William R and B J Nelson and daughter Mrs Ben M Bloodworth. Born in Ireland in 1867 she and Nelson moved to Decatur 46 years ago.
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East Vine Street
Ann Jane Nelson
Nelson
Seri C. Shelton
Robert T. Sheppard
Fred A. Bloodworth
Rufus Peerson
Wilbur Royer
John W. Jones
James A. Nelson
William R. Nelson
B. J. Nelson
Decatur
Ben. M. Bloodworth
Mrs Roan Undergoes Serious Operation at Beholdent Society Hospital
Mrs D A Roan of Eva and mother of Dr A M Roan of Decatur underwent a serious operation at Benevolent Society hospital. She was resting as well as could be expected given the seriousness, with large numbers of friends here and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Roan
Eva
A. M. Roan
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Local angle on Dillinger death near Biograph Theatre
Rev. Ernest N. Hart ties a nearby school to John Dillinger's death outside the Biograph Theatre in Chicago last week. The school Rev. Hart attends each summer sits just a block away from the crime scene.
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Ernest N. Hart
John Dillinger
Biograph Theatre
Chicago
Rev. Hart
Visitors glimpse new Eastern Airline plane in Montgomery
Mr and Mrs J R Daniels visited relatives in Montgomery and observed the first landing of the 18 passenger Eastern Airline craft touring the South. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and pilot Jimmy Mattern joined the event as the giant airliner paid a visit with other noted aviators.
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J. R. Daniels Ha
Montgomery
Capitol City
Daniel
Eastern
South
Eddie Rickenbacker
Sirace
Decatur
Jimmy Mattern
Civil Service Exams Open for Meteorologist Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announced open competitive examinations to fill associate meteorologist and assistant meteorologist roles. Salaries range from 3200 to 3800 dollars and 2600 to 3200 dollars yearly, with applications due by August 21, 1934 in Washington D C. H Yarbrough at Decatur post office listed for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
H. Yarbrough
Decatur Post Office
Inspection of State-Aid Project at Austinville School
R. B. Ledbetter of Montgomery director of school house planning for the state department of education visited Decatur today to inspect the state-aid project at the Austinville school. The campus was equipped with a water system this summer and Ledbetter reviewed the project.
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R. B Ledbetter
Montgomery
State Department of Educaton
Decatur
Austinville School
Ledbetter
Ten Fishermen Believed Lost After Nova Scotia Explosion
A Danish ship reported five survivors about 80 miles off shore after an explosion aboard the schooner Astrid W off Nova Scotia. The Astrid W carried 15 men when she left Luneburg, indicating ten were lost.
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Halifax
Astrid W
Nova Scotia
Alssund
Astrida
Luneburg
Concrete Steps Built At St John’s Episcopal Entrance
A new concrete stairway was added this past week at the entrance of St John’s Episcopal Church on Chickson Street. The project was led by J R ter F D Peebles and Frank H Duffey.
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St. John's Episcopal ‘Church
Chickson Street
F. D. Peebles
Frank H. Duffey
Special Divided Services Set for Sunday by Cowell
In Decatur two divided services feature Evangelist John Cowell Jr delivering The Unpardonable Sin at a tent service for men and boys while a women’s service at Central Baptist church features Mrs. Earl B Rodgers on China’s New Challenge. Cowell also speaks at First Baptist Church and Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with additional missionary talks at Central Methodist Church. The weekend emphasizes prophetic messages headed by The End of the World.
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John ©. Cowell, Jr
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Earl B. Rodgers
China
First Baptist Church
Rodgers
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Earl
Central Methodist Church
Ira F. Wikins
Cowell
Funeral services for Walter L. Hatchett held at Central Baptist
Walter L. Hatchett 61 died Friday night at home. Funeral 4 p.m. Sunday at Central Baptist Church with multiple ministers officiating. Interment at city cemetery. Survivors include widow, two daughters Mrs Lewter and Mrs Collier, three sons Harold Charles J B Hatchett, a brother R Hatchett. Hatchett a longtime Decatur resident, active in church and religious activities.
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Central Baptist Church
Walter L. Hatchett
East Prospect Drive
James Allen Smith
Central Baptist
Ira F. Hawkins
Central Methodist
J. D Pickens
Southside Baptist
City Cemetery
Brown
Order of United American Mechanics
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
A P. Johnston
B. L. Malone
Henry Davidson
J. R. Gibson
R. A. Nelson
Roy. Poff
Mr. Hatchett
Carl Lewter
Little Rock
Ark
Tom Collier
Decatur
Harold
Northville
Mich
Charles
J. B
Little Rock Ark
R. Hatchett
Wooley Springs
Hatchett
Détatur
Baptist Church
North
Alabama
Wood and Shields Fall to Britons in Davis Cup Opener
In Wimbledon July 28 Ridney B Wood Jr and Frank X Shields lost opening singles to Fred Perry and Bunny Austin. Shields fell 6-4 6-4 6-1 to Austin while Perry beat Wood 6-1 4-6 4-7 6-0 6-3. Wood battled but Perry prevailed.
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Wimbledon
England
Ridney
B. Wood, Jr
Frank X Shields
Fred Perry
Bunny Austin
Austin
Shields
Perry
Wood
Six-Love
Atlanta Couple Guests at Belle Mina
Dr and Mrs L Bivings of Atlanta are spending the weekend at Belle Mina as guests of Mrs Bivings tether John R Witt.
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Mrs
L. Bivings
Atlanta
Belle Mina
Waive Hearing Remains in Jail in Fatal Lawrence County Case
Preliminary hearing waived by Rev. L. P. Roger and his son in the Lawrence county jail at Moulton where they are held on charges connected to the death of Frank Pickens a Lawrence county farmer shot with buckshot. Grand jury to assemble August 6 with suspects remaining in custody. report of Morgan county jail transfer denied as erroneous.
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L. P. Roger
Nen
Lawrence County
Moulton
Frank Pickens
Roger
William
Morgan County
TVA Worker Injured By Falling Tree Near Courtland
Carlton G. Click a 27 year old Grant Alabama employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority land clearance division is in Benevolent Society Hospital with serious injuries after being struck by three falling trees while at work near Lock B Courtland around 430 PM Friday. He has a torn scalp internal injuries and body bruises and doctors expect recovery barring complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton G. Click
Grant
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Benevolent Society Hospital
Courtland
Click
Austrian Troops Gain in Styrian Fighting
Vienna reports government forces crushing Nazi battles in Styria while Carinthia holds with midnight deadline claims. Meantime Graz mob arrests rise as Italy sends a second border-ward wave to support Austria.
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Vienna
Styria
Carinthia
Dollfuss
Inthia
Meimwehr Graz
Rome
Secon
von Starhemberg
Austria
Heimwehrmen
von Papen
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Alva Adams
Stanley Reed
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City OF Decatur
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