Decatur High Awards 98 Diplomas at Riverside Auditorium
Dr L Frazier Banks urged Decatur High graduates to seek meaningful work over money and plan big ideals steadily. 98 seniors received diplomas from C W Mathews as the class sang Alma Mater and announcements followed.
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Decatur High School
L. Frazier Banks
Birham Public Schools
Riverside Auditorium
United States Patent Office
Banks
Dr. Banks
William Isbel
Stanley Jones
C. W. Mathews
Board of Education
W. W. Benson
James D. Wallace
Irma Murphree
Mary Sue Bethany
Mary Frances Rauschenberg
Edna Minor
Mary Sue Hardin
Kathleen Odom
Jewel Harwell
Bridge Bill Reaches Roosevelt On Toll Freeing Plan
Governor Bibb Graves seeks President Roosevelt signature on a bill extending the state bridge corporation toll authority to 1956 to reassure bondholders. The measure preserves $3.78 million debt security by ensuring annual rent payments cover bonds at five percent interest.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Roosevelt
State Bridge Corporation
Bridge Corporation
State Highway Department
Graves
Supreme Court
Board Rejects Plea in Harrell Clemency Hearing
The Alabama board of pardons recommended execution for Tyrie Harrell, an Elmore county Black man, after a clemency hearing. He was convicted of killing Chester Estes near Kent amid a debt dispute. Governor Graves weighs a two week reprieve for Elmer N. Arant, also set to die Friday, after a three week stay. state officials cite insanity as a reason for clemency review. Auditor McCall dismissed Arant’s plea. The Norman killings at Ft. Deposit in 1934 involved Mr. and Mrs. John E. Norman and were cited in the case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Board of Pardons
Tyrie Harrell
Elmore County
Harrell
Chester Estes
Kent
Estes
Bibb Graves
Elmer N. Arant
Lowndes County
Howell Turner
A. A. Carmichael
Charles E. McCall
Arant
John E. Norman
Ft. Deposit
GOP Final Plans In Cleveland For National Convention
In Cleveland on June 2 supporters of Senator Borah and Governor Landon met at hotel headquarters to finalize arrangements for the Republican National Convention. A meeting of the arrangements committee was set for today and the national committee would convene tomorrow to elect delegates. Roll calls for South Carolina Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana delegations must be decided. Borah and Landon representatives voiced confidence in their candidates' nomination.
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Cleveland
William E. Borah
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Eee
Republianee
Committee On
National Committee
Gates
South Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Landon
Borah
Washington
Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Grand Jury Seated for June Term in Circuit Court
Judge A A Griffith presides as a 17 white and one negro grand jury is urged to probe slot machines and reckless driving. Foreman J A Crawford leads a list of 17 jurors from multiple towns. Criminal docket hearings begin June 15 after a two week civil term.
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Circuit Court
A. A. Griffith
Griffith
J. A. Crawford
Joppa
Richard Gill
Somerville
D. A. Sharp
Edward §. Smith
Eva
Herbert F. Self
Sam J. Smith
Herbert A. Maxwell
Thomas J. Murphy
Lacey's Spring
Walter E. Murphree
Falkville
Edward Hamilton
John
Absentee Ballot Requests and Votes Rise Ahead of June Primary
Among voters, 329 requested absentee ballots while 164 had already cast them. The August uptick follows 317 requests for the May 5 primary, signaling growing interest in the June 9 contest.
Massacre Reported of Italian Air Force Soldiers
Italian military authorities said that 30 air force soldiers en route to Addis Ababa were massacred.
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Rome
Air Force
Addis Ababa
TVA to Begin Decatur Interceptory Sewer Project
TVA will start an 18 lasting interceptory sewer in Decatur within two weeks. The main line runs over three miles with two pumping stations and gravity sections totaling about 16 000 feet. The $500 000 project will be built by TVA crews under T B Lebby and employ up to 200 workers over about seven months.
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
T. B. Lebby
Riverview Avenue
Market Street
Market
Ferry Streets
First Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Church
Lafayette Streets
W. Vine Street
Skillington Street
Wells Street
Railroad Street
Seventy one students promoted to senior high at Central building
Seventy one junior high students are promoted to senior high and will attend Riverside classes next term. Names include John D. Grimes Virginia Osborne Geraldine Ash June Spanable J B Whitemire Fred Markham John Wyker Millard Lenz and others.
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Central Building
Riverside
John D. Grimes
Virginia Osborne
Geraldine Ash
June Spanable
J. B. Whitemire
Fred Markham
John Wyker
Millard Lenz
William Samuel
Warren Sherrow
James A. Jones
Elbert Lee Jolly
Billy Hoppers
Annie Lou Johnson
A. B. Harvey
Gunter Hurst
Eubern Halbrooks
C. D. Graham
Omar Glass
Harvey Farish
Billy Duncan
John Thomas - Wallace
Albert Weaver
Harold Watkins
Jack Tankersley
Jack Fite
Mary Louise Argend
Ted Huie
Evelyn Childs
Darlene Baron
Mildred Lively
Mary Louise Emens
Ada Ruth French
Elizabeth Holland
Nancy Thompson
Sarah Campbell
Jimmie Holland
Kathleen Brazelton
Katherine Boswell
Doris Wohl
Ellawee Barr
Edith Young
Geraldine Worley
Florence Henderson
Jessie Wilson Howland
Anne Johnson
Doris Laubenthal
Dorothy Rose Swatzell
Mildred Swatzell
Mary Swafford
Hattie Lots Speer
Eloise Sparkman
Evelyn Sneed
Janie-Ruth Sheffield
Mary Virginia Roberson
Mary Kathryn Nungester
Charlotte Reeves
Wanda
Margaret Louise Nash
Be E Wear, Jr
Tom Wiley, Jr
Wil
Robert Snow
Carmene A
Cora Vines
Mahlon Yarbrough
Eleanor Cassele
Carl Thos. Robertson
Lonnie McDaniel
Chas. Murphy
Ed Langley
Lindsay Cemetery Cleaning Set for June 6
Those with loved ones buried in Lindsay Cemetery are urged to meet at the graveyard on Saturday June 6 to help clean and maintain the plots. Attendees should bring hoes and shovels.
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Lindsay
Family Tragedy Ends in Double Murder Suicide
Dayton authorities report Walter Johnson 42 killed his wife Louetta 41 and five children in their home, then shot himself after leaving a note citing work stress and money worries. Horace 18 and Wilbur 16 survived to tell the coroner of the planned killings and conferring suicidally.
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Dayton
Walter Johnson
Horace
Wilbur
H. W. Harris
Johnson
Louetta
Daughte Rose Marie
Elsie Mr
Marietta
Iter
Waur
Harris
Elsie May
Walter
Rose Marie
W. F. Johnson
Goodby
Arthur
Election Officers Will Serve Again
The same election officers who conducted the first primary will serve in the run off election. Rutledge S. Thomas, chairman of the county Democratic executive committee, called attention to the law and urged all officers to be at their polling stations on time next Tuesday.
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Rutledge S. Thomas
Democratic Executive’ Committee
Young Escape Artist Is Held
Philadelphia police report a 10-year-old boy Eddie Schiernitzauer who ran away after his wrists were taped to two brothers during a bedtime prank. Eddie spent the night in custody at the police station before being found by a patrolman.
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Philadelphia
John Schiernitzauer
Eddie
Job, Jr
Joseph
John
Hoffmann ousts Schwarzkopf. Kimberling named NJ State Police head
Governor Hoffman deposes Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf after 15 years as New Jersey state police chief and names Col. Mark O Kimberling as successor. Kimberling would lead the force once linked to the Hauptmann Lindbergh baby murder case, with confirmation debates likely in the Senate.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Senate
Mark O. Kimberling
Schwarzkopf
Kimberling
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
John E. Toolan
Middlesex
Yaar
Hauptmann
Lindbe
Hoffman
Scharzko
Donation of Books by Mrs Knight to School Libraries
Mrs John W Knight donated 50 volumes of literature and history to the city school libraries. The books, well bound and of standard literary quality, will be placed in both the senior and junior high libraries. Local citizens continually support the libraries and officials will send Mrs Knight a letter of thanks.
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John W. Knight
Hattiette
Jean's Stand-In Will Quit Place Hollywood
Hollywood report states Brown, longtime secretary and stand-in for five years, will quit after Harlow finishes her current picture. She plans to seek work in a business office, praising Jean as sweet while seeking a new challenge.
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Jean
Hollywood
Calif
Pares. Brown
Harlow
Salt Lake City
Wealth of San Francisco Police Ties to Graft Probe
Grand jury records in San Francisco reveal a patrolman earning $200 a month accumulating large bank deposits over 25 years. Patrolman James F Madden reported depositing $126,415 in 1929 and $143,209 in 1934, saying stock and bond investments generated the funds amid a graft inquiry prompted by tax inquiries into vice protection payments.
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San Francisco
Leslie C. Gilfen
James F. Madden
John V. Lewis
Federal
Federal Collector of Internal Revenue
Vice Protection
Trio Company Deputies Shot During Mine Strike Clash
Three deputy sheriffs were wounded in a dawn attack near the Muscoda ore mine as violence flared in the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad strike. About 150 shots were fired. two other officers were treated for light injuries. The outbreak follows a Sunday night shooting that left three miners wounded and prompted mine shutdowns affecting 2,500 jobs. Dep. Kemp ordered extra patrols as federal and state officials move to resolve the dispute amid Birmingham steel plant needs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Muscoda
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
W. T. Kemn
Bessemer
W. L. Roy
John Bridges
Mr. McReynolds
Kemp
TCI
Secre
Ibb Graves Attromery
Robert R. Moore
Alabama
Labor
Rotary Speaker Delights Members At Lyons Hotel Meeting
The Lyons Hotel hosted the Rotary club gathering with Julian Harris presiding. Dr W Jackson led the entertainment featuring Mrs Billy Moye and Miss Virginia Goode. TVA official Willard Hayes spoke on Recreation. guests included Karl Waltersdorf Huntsville Atlee Hoff Decatur and John Sparkmen Huntsville.
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Rotary Club
Lyons Hotel
Julian Harris
W. Jackson
Billy Moye
Virginia Goode
Karl Waltersdorf
Huntsville
Atlee H. Hoff
Decatur
John Sparkmen
Most of Decatur Dealers to Close at Noon
Decatur business houses will close at noon on Thursdays during June July and August except for food stores. Groceries and food stores may give employees a half holiday on Thursdays with some signed agreements. Sixteen stores have signed for a half holiday if grocers also close at noon.
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Decatur
France to Merge War Forces Under One Minister
Paris June 2 Leon Blum the prospective socialist premier protects consolidation of France's war forces under a single national defense minister Edouard Daladier former premier and radical socialist party head was chosen to lead the new ministry with three assistant officials declared authoritative sources confirm the plan
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Edouard Daladier
Radical Socialist Party
Laurens County Surveyor Candidate Says He Aims For Minimal Work
J Lester Jackson campaigns in Laurens county as an unopposed July 1 primary candidate for surveyor. He pledges to perform the least work needed and hints the race was influenced by persuasion from unnamed sources. Dublin Georgia confirms the context and timing of the statement.
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Dublin
Laurens County
J. Lester Jackson
Bride Talks To Solon's Doctor About His Case
Mrs. Marion A. Zioncheck, 21, wife of Washington state Rep. Zioncheck, visited Gallinger Hospital for mental observation and spoke with Dr. Joseph Gilbert. She provided an address for her whereabouts and said her husband spent a comfortable night after arrest and commitment for tests.
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Bride
Solon
Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Gallinger Hospital
Washington State
Ziocheck
Joseph Gilbert
District of Columbia
Rubye Louise Nix
PWA
Zioncheck
Gilbert
Dr. Gilbert
Rebels Beat Loyal Troops Near Managua Fort
In Nicaragua on June 2 rebels defeated loyal troops after a three day siege at the Fort Acalasco as Gen. Somoza entered to accept surrender. The national guard announced peace elsewhere in 14 departments while authorities were removed and an armistice held in the capital as talks continued.
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Managua
Nicaragua
National Army
Juan B. Sacasa
Leon
Anastacio Somoza
Somoza
Acalasco
National Guard
Central American Republic
Tiscapa Hill
Senate Finance Committee Hikes Tax Bill Yield to 829 Million
The senate finance committee majority estimates the compromise tax bill would raise about 829 million dollars annually with 82 million in temporary revenue. The report notes this exceeds the house bill by 26 million and covers the president’s requested permanent 620 million and temporary funds for the next fiscal year. Two minority reports criticize the measure as extravagant and oppose tax increases without clear taxpayer benefits.
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Douglas B. Cornel
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Majority Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Hastings
Del
Congress
Republicans Oppose Tax Bill After Conference
Senate Republicans at a party conference on revenue legislation pledged to vote against passage of any tax bill. They favored the finance committee compromise plan over the House bill and would back it initially but oppose final adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Declaration Against Japs Sparks War Talk in Shanghai
Reports from Shanghai describe conflicting notices over Canton declaring war on the National Chinese government. Japanese sources say Canton issued a manifesto and vowed an independent Canton government while claiming Nanking would be at war with Japan. The scene centers on South China provinces Guangtung and Guangsi amid mobilizations and disputed union talks with Nanking.
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Shanghai
South China
Canton
Japan
North China
Nanking
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Kwangtun
Chang Chai-Tong
Kiongsi
Hunan
Negro Flee From Posse In Axe Slaying Case
Lemon Larkins, a negro sought for questioning in the axe killing of Edward Beavers, 20, white, last Wednesday, is believed to have escaped a posse in a swampy woods east of Foley Alabama. Sheriff M H Wilkins and aboard bloodhounds from Almoresto prison hunted him after a gun battle with C D Andress who fired at a figure matching Larkins description.
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Foley
Larkins
Andress
Athens TVA Manager Transferred to Dickson Tennessee
H F Clark Athens manager of TVA electrical operations was transferred to Dickson Tennessee with the inauguration of TVA service there. He has served two years in Athens during which electrical consumption rose about three hundred percent.
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Athens
Ala
H. F. Clark
TVA
Dickson
Tenn
Clark
Weather Log Shows River Drop and High Temperatures
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 2.6 feet with no rainfall. Temperatures reached 93 degrees maximum and 63 degrees minimum over the past 24 hours. Alabama forecast: fair tonight and Wednesday, slightly warmer interior. Tennessee: chances of showers this evening and Wednesday across western and central areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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