City Completes Decatur Electric Light System
Decatur’s municipal light and power distribution system is completed after a project begun July 6. Dyer Electric Company of Birmingham did the work with a $350,000 PWA loan. 2750 poles, 40 miles of wiring, 89 metal standards, 135 wood poles, 60 metal suspension lights and 238 bracket lights comprise the system. First service started March 15 with 2,700 customers on line.
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Decatur
Dyer Electric Company of
Birmingham
Johnston Street
Public Works Administration
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Sixth Avenue
Church Street
Gordon Drive
Q. BE. Eddens
Dyer Electric Company
Continuca
WPA's Rolls to be Purged in Relief Reform Push
Washington June 1 WPA relief reform moves forward as a House subcommittee crafts a plan to purge ineligible workers from WPA rolls. Estimates of invalid relief status range from 5 to 30 percent, with longest tenure cases likely first. Debate targets writers and theatre projects amid criticism of relief misuse.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Rep. Woodrum
Appropriations
WPA
Subcommittee
Torrid Wave Now Broken
The Associated Press reports relief from the first widespread heat wave across the nation as rain cooled cities from Baltimore 94 and New York 92 to Chicago 88 and Phoenix 100. Heat deaths reported in Philadelphia and New York City. Naval advisory to ships to avoid icebergs southeast of usual lanes amid a shifting weather pattern including storms across the Plains and West.
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Atlantic
Baltimore
Mercury
New York City
Newark
Detroit
Chicago
Phoenix
Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
North Atlantic
Navy Department
Coast Guard
Duluth
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Utah
Thistle Center
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Lamar
West Coast
Portland
Ore
Birmingham
Ala
New Orleans
Atlanta
Nashville
Florida
Red Cross Official Praises County First Aid Program
Ellis D. Fusal of Washington DC, field representative for the National Red Cross in first aid and life saving, visited the Morgan county chapter this week and said he was well pleased with the county wide program. He departed for Pass Christian Miss to serve as associate director in the Red Cross aquatic school at Camp Kittywake. Eugene Speer Jr John F Roberts and E L Drinkard Jr of Morgan county will attend the school.
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Ellis D. Fusal
Washington, D. C
National Red Cross
Morgan County
Pass Christian, Miss
Red Cross Aquatic School
Camp Kittywake
Eugene Speer, Jr
John F. Roberts
E. L. Drinkard, Jr
Bankhead Daughter to Wed Cobb in Jasper
Miss Blossom Bankhead daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Will Bankhead will wed William Frank Cobb Jr of Carbon Hill Ala at 530 p m in Jasper Alabama today.
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Jasper
Ala
Blossom Bankhead
Walter Will Bankhead
William Frank Cobb, Jr
Carbon Hill
General's Aide Fears Drinking Water Is Unsafe
Major General George Van Horn Moseley told a House committee he approved Hitler's return of Germany to German control and cited his remarks on Jewry as reassuring. He denied endorsing Nazi methods and said Jewish courts would be dangerous. An aide blocked Moseley from drinking water as testimony continued, with prior witnesses describing a Jewish Communist plot.
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Washington
George van Horn Moseley
Congressional
Hitler
Germany
House Committee
Fourth Army Corps
James E. Campbell
Owensboro
Moseley
Campbell
George Deatherage
St. Albans
W. Va
The
Knights of the White Camellia
United States
Atlanta
Boston
Salvage of Squalus Progress Slower Than Expected
Rear Admiral C W Cole says salvage of the sunken submarine Squalus is slow, with divers working 40 fathoms deep and 10 minutes of work followed by 45 minutes of dead time. Salvage uses pontoons for staged lifts, first 50 60 feet, then towing toward shore into shallower water.
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Portsmouth
N. H
C. W. Cole
James H. McDonald
Large fee to Wilkinson draws Alabama lawmakers scrutiny
Alabama lawmakers grill L Hood state examiner over 1935 39 bridge litigation costs and hidden legal fees. Hood says $751,800 in four years for legal services may be incomplete while noting $34,500 charged as court costs and a $45,000 fee to Birmingham attorney for the Cochrane bridge case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Cochrane Bridge
Hood
Judiciary Committee
Bibb Graves
Mobile Circuit Register
Chancery
State Comptroller’s Office
Boswell
Steiner, Crum and Weil
Montgomery Law Firm
Verde Elmore
Lovelace
Escambia
A. L. Crumpton
Clay
Hugh Kaul
Jefferson
Rep
Attorney General's Department
Daniel R. Boyd
Roanoke
Pace
Sugar importer charged with grand larceny in New York
Carlos Garcia a sugar importer admitted stealing 1 070 427 dollars using falsified warehouse receipts to cover losses from sugar futures trading and canceled customer orders. He was set for arraignment on grand larceny charges in New York.
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New York
Carlos Garcia
Frank A. F. Severance
Britain France Stalemate Yet Hope For Soviet Front
Molotov said Britain and France made a forward step but demands for Finnish and Baltic guarantees linger. Reactions in Berlin Rome and Warsaw varied with fascist and nazi leaders weighing implications for the British-French front ongoing negotiations continue.
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Associated Press
Russia
London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Vyacheslaf Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Britain
France
Finland
Latvia
Estonia
Poland
Greece
Turkey
Rumania
Molotoff
Italy
Germany
I Messagerou
Warsaw
Charles Burckhardt de Reynolds
League of Nations
Free City of
Danzig
Albert Forster
Free City
Japan
Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Romania
Chamber of Deputies
Carol
Come
Spy Probe Underway on West Coast Espionage Crackdown
Attorney General Murphy announced tightened counter espionage efforts on the west coast citing many military naval and aviation bases. He said more espionage exists than before and that efforts would extend to the east coast with interagency talks in his office.
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Washington
Murphy
Justice Department
Mental Condition Of Capone Not Good
Attorney General Murphy said Capone’s mental condition is “not good by the doctors” after a visit to Terminal Island in Los Angeles. He described Capone as physically fit but offered no details on racketeering or tax information.
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Washington
Murphy
al Capone
West Coast
Chicago
Terminal Island Correctional Jail
Los Angeles Harbor
Alcatraz
Jews Await Cuban Edict Over Saint Louis Refugees
In Havana on June 1 President Federico signed a decree ordering the German liner Saint Louis to depart with 917 German Jewish refugees or be towed from Cuban waters by a Cuban warship. Police guarded the liner as captives feared mass self harm and mutiny if forced back to Germany.
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Cuba
Federico
Saint Louis
Cuban
Luis Clasing
Hamburg-Amerika Line
Saint Luis
Germany
Federico Laredo Bru
Laredo Bru
Santo Domingo
Santiago de Cuba
Cayo Duan
John A Byars Dies At 91 In Moulton Farm Leader
John Andrew Byars 91 longtime Lawrence County resident died at 9 this morning at his home Moulton Route 2 Funeral rites are set for 3 o clock Friday at the residence with burial in the family cemetery He is survived by a widow and children J D L Byars James W Byars Sheriff George D Byars of Lawrence County Mrs Mary Walker Elgin Texas Mrs Dora Stansel Texola Oklahoma Mrs Carrie Baker Moulton 14 grandchildren 238 great grandchildren and numerous great great and great great great grandchildren He moved from Franklin County to Lawrence County about 40 years ago and was a prominent farmer and citizen.
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John Andrew Byars
Lawrence County
Moulton
Byars
J. D. L. Byars
James W. Byars
George D. Byars
Mary Walker
Elgin
Tex
Dora Stansel
Texola
Okla
Carrie Baker
Franklin County
Nude contest ends as four women enter courtroom showdown
Four young women paraded in the fair amusements area before a charge of indecent and lewd exposure. Two were fined after deputies intervened while two were acquitted for wearing bras under sheer netting. Queens County sheriff stopped the event as no contest concluded.
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New York
Marge Berk
Dolores
Ann Wilson
Lois de Fee
Fair
Sally Rand
Queens County
Maurice Fitzgerald
Plan 30 Day Rodeo at Cooper-Wells
Cooper-Wells employees start a fishing rodeo today lasting through June. Merchants have donated many prizes in fishing equipment for top catches including largest bass second largest bass largest crappie and top string of bream with seven awards in total.
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Cooper-Wells
Resolution seeks TVA tax restoration for Tennessee districts
A resolution petitioning Congress to amend the TVA act to restore taxes lost through the authority's acquisition of land and private power properties will be submitted tomorrow to the House Military Affairs Committee in Washington from Knoxville Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Congress
TVA
Tennessee
House Military Affairs Committee
Washington
British Submarine Dhetis Reported Overdue on Trials
The British submarine Dhetis on acceptance trials off Birkenhead was reported a few hours overdue. Built by Camel Laird and Company at Birkenhead, the vessel conducted surface tests but disappeared after diving. The Admiralty launched an immediate search.
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London
Dhetis
Birkenhead
Admiralty
Camel Laird and Company
Huge Margin Cast Against Pension Idea in House Vote
Washington June 1 Townsen old age pension bill crushed in the House 302 to 97 against. Rep Treadway attempts to send back to Ways and Means for a pay as you go plan while Rep Dirksen rebukes the measure as absurd.
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Pension Idea
Washington
Representative
Treadway
Rmass
Ways and Means
House roll call defeats Townsend old age pension bill
Vote tally shows Democrats Cannon, Collins, Green, Peterson voting for the bill while no Alabama Georgia Tennessee or South Carolina congressmen were listed as voting for it. The roll call occurred in Ashington on June 1.
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Ashington
Cannon
Collins
Miss
Green
Peterson
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Townsend movement figure questioned over pension bill
Rep. Hendricks pressed for the identity of a Townsend movement vice president named by Rep. Dirksen as saying the bill would not pass. Dr. Townsend confirmed L. W. Jeffrey’s role. The pension plan would pay up to 200 monthly at age 60 funded by a graduated transactions tax. Congress faces neutrality legislation and four major items beyond regular appropriations.
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Townsend
Dirksen
Rep. Hendricks
D. Fla
Mr. Jeffrey
Townsend Movement
Francis E. Townsend
News Men
L. W. Jeffrey
Townsend Organization
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cad dell Drug Co expands with Walgreens agency
Caddell Drug Company announces acquisition of the Walgreens Agency and will feature Walgreens products merchandising and advertising. There is no change in personnel. T. A. Caddell leads the Decatur firm, resident since 1915, who started in local drug trades in 1923. Walgreens, a major world manufacturer and merchandiser, targeted Decatur due to the town’s steady growth since 1933 and economic recovery.
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Caddell Drug Company
Walgreen
T. A. Caddell
Decatur
Tennessee River Rise With Wet Weather Pattern
The river reached 20.7 feet with a 24 hour period ending 7 am recording 0.55 inches of rain. Temperatures ranged from 71 to 77 degrees. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and thunderstorms tonight across Alabama and extreme north Florida, with Tennessee area showing similar unsettled weather.
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Alabama
Florida
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