Canton Forge Taking Cities In Japanese Southwest Advance
Japanese advices from Canton said South China forces moved northward capturing North China frontier cities in Hunan. Reports said 250000 Canton troops advanced toward Fukien Kiangsi as Nanking denied hostilities. A Hong Kong source warned objectives unclear as Lingling and Ichang were claimed taken while Hengguang neared Changsha.
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Shanghai
Canton
South China
Cng
North China
Hunan
Fukien
Kiangsi
Nanking
Foreign Office
Hong Kong
Ichang
Chinchow
Kwangtung
Hengguang
Changsha
Kweichow
TVA Seen as Money Maker
David E. Lilienthal, TVA director, told Cleveland advertising club the Tennessee river improvement costs are already returning to the federal treasury as TVA projects boost power supply. He cited Muscle Shoals output and strong sales to private utilities, noting three TVA region utilities lead eastern markets in residential electricity use and appliance sales in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Federal Treasury
Advertising Club
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Alabama Power Company
Georgia Power Company
Rockies
Cabbage Distribution for Relief Residents Set on Thursday
Relief recipients in Decatur were asked to visit the warehouse on Sixth avenue north this Thursday to receive cabbage distributed by county public welfare officials. The distribution aims to aid residents on relief and provides a direct aid event organized by the county department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Sixth Avenue
County Department of Public Welfare
Patrol reports 530 arrests in north Alabama counties
The Alabama state highway patrol, based in Decatur, disclosed 530 arrests since January 1 across Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, Lauderdale, Colbert, Madison, Cullman and parts of Jackson and Marshall counties. Drunk driving led with 17 cases in Morgan and 16 in Limestone. fines include 100 dollars plus costs for most offenses.
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State Highway Patrol
Decatur
van Gilbert
Montgomery
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Lauderdale
Colbert
Madison
Cullman
Jackson
Marshall
Gilbert
State
Alabama
Bee Line Highway
Tennessee River Bridge
Vote Buying Probe Is Set by Alabama Judge
Huntsville Alabama June 3 Judge Paul Speake called a grand jury to meet Friday to investigate reports of wholesale vote buying. He urged citizens to testify. The move comes ahead of the Alabama runoff primary as absente ballot requests exceed 900 and poll tax exemption certificates surge.
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Huntsville
Ala
Paul Speake
Speake
Alabama
W. E. Butler
Violence ban issued as Alabama mine strike continues
In Birmingham on June 3 an order from the strike leader called for ending violence after eight men were shot since the strike began Sunday night. A federal conciliator questioned miner responsibility for ambushes and suggested outsiders may be to blame. A. E. Horn of the International Union urged peaceful conduct and no mass picketing as the strike proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
A. E. Horn
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Graduate To Receive Diploma While In Hospital Bed
Robert Wilson of 820 Oak Street, member of the Decatur High School 1936 graduating class, will receive his diploma in hospital. He missed the final exercises at Riverside Auditorium due to appendicitis and underwent surgery at Baugh's Infirmary, resting well. Principal W. T. Jordan plans to present the diploma at the infirmary soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Robert Wilson
Oak Street
Riverside Auditorium
Wilson
Baugh’'s Infirmary
W. T. Jordan
Decatur High
Hoffmans Defeat Hopes Rise As NJ Police Chief Pick Faces Senate
In Trenton New Jersey questions mount over Governor Hoffman choice for police superintendent Col Mark Kimberling after law professor Spaulding Frazer urged Senate leaders to rebuke the pick. With 11 votes needed and only 12 Republicans in the chamber Democrats offer no support. Schwarzkopf’s removal hinges on a two week legislative adjournment leaving a deputy to run the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N Jy
Harold G. Hoffman
Senate
Hoffman
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey
Spaulding Frazer
University of Newark
Law School
Lester H. Clee
Schwarzkopf
Hoffman Club
Clee
Essex County
Mark O. Kimberling
Princeton University
King Kong Hoffman
Lou Wedemar
Wedemar
New York
Hypnotist Kirma to Demonstrate 24 Hour Sleep Stunt
Hunter Furniture Co in Decatur invites the public to watch Kirma the hypnotist as he attempts a 24 hour sleep demonstration starting Thursday at 8:00 p m in the show window. The event claims to reveal the subject's physical state while under hypnosis and includes other demonstrations across two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Furniture Co
Kirma
Decatur
Hunter Furniture Company
America
Resignation, Special Election Held in Republic City
Mayor Vin W. Shover and several aldermen faced tax payment failures leading to resignations. A special election was held to fill vacancies, and Mayor Shover was reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Vin W. Shover
Shover
Confession 18 Put In Record By Defendant
Detroit June 3. Dayton Dean testified he fired the shots that killed Charles A Poole and that a Black Legion plot planned Poole’s punishment. He described a meeting where Poole’s hanging was decided and said Harvey Davis urged it. Dean described travel to the meeting and remarks about Poole’s fate before trial continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
Black Legion
Poole
Dean
Harvey Davis
Black Hooded
Duncan C. McCrea
Davis
McCrea
John Harvill
Charles Meehan
Bernard Cruse
Ralph W. Liddy
Sandlot Baseball Club
Ervin D. Lee
Lee
Frances Morgan Missed From Decatur High Grad List
Through an error the name of Miss Frances Morgan was left off the list of graduates of Decatur high school in the account of final exercises at Riverside. Miss Morgan was a leading student in scholarship and activities and highly popular with her classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Morgan
Decatur High School
Riverside
Solons Drive Toward Vote on Two Bills
Congress moves toward action on two key measures as the relief deficieny bill advances to conference and the tax program nears a Senate vote. Roosevelt schedules time for rapid action and signals potential last minute legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Senate Labor Committee
J. F.esford, Jr
National Illuminous Coal Ls
The
Communications Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone
White House
War Department
J L Loosier Illness Victim Funeral
Funeral services for Joseph L Loosier 63 will be at home 618 Seventh Avenue West at 4 this afternoon with Rev Ira F Hawkins. Burial at Roselawn cemetery arranged by Brown. He died at home after a ten day illness. Pallbearers will include sons and sons in law. Survived by two daughters Mrs W H Latham Landersville and Mrs W F Woods Decatur four sons Oscar F and Joseph E Loosier Thomaston Ga L Purdue and Waverly D Loosier Decatur and 11 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L Loosier
Seventh Avenue
West
Ira F. Hawkins
Roselawn
Brown
Loosier
W. H. Latham
Landersville
W. F. Woods
Decatur
Oscar F
Joseph E. Loosier
Thomeston
Ga. L
Local Man Invited to Republican National Convention
Augustus Bassett of Decatur invites life long friend Ralph E Williams of Portland to place on the Cleveland auditorium platform for the June 9 Republican National Convention. Williams, a Portland banker and real estate operator, helped arrange seats as part of the convention’s access plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E.williams
Portland
Ore
Augustus Bassett
Decatur
Cleveland Auditorium
Bassett
Williams
Dallas
Gve
Alaska
Cleveland
Sparkman to Speak at Morgan County Courthouse Tonight
A large crowd is expected as John Sparkman, congressional candidate, delivers a major campaign address at the Morgan County courthouse starting at eight. The move from Thursday was to avoid a home talent play and allow midweek prayer attendees to hear him. He will highlight ten day campaign developments and target the utility issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sparkman
Morgan County
Sparkman
Decatur
GOP Charges Considered by Republican National Committee
At the Cleveland meeting the Republican National Committee opened hearings on fifty seven contested convention seats. Grievances focus on color and representation with claims of discrimination against negro delegates in the South and disputes between white and Indian delegations in Alaska. Major contests include South Carolina seating disputes involving Dallas Gardner and J C Hambright and a Memphis seat contested by Robert R Church against John E McCall. Former President Herbert Hoover may address the convention with no notification ceremony planned.
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Cleveland
Republican National Committee
South
Alaska
South Carolina
Chicago
J. W. To
Dallas A. Gardner
J. C. Hambright
Hambright-Gardner
Louisiana
Mississippi
Perry Howard
Jackson
Miss
Henry P. Fletcher
Herbert Hoover
U S Eyes Drop Strike Arkansas Disputes
Attorney General Cummings orders an Arkansas inquiry into alleged violations of federal criminal laws in clashes between plantation owners and sharecroppers. Sam Whitaker will head the investigation as the rural planning committee pushes for peonage and kidnapping probes tied to a cotton workers strike demanding a $1.50 daily wage.
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Washington
Cummings
Arkansas
Sam E. Whitaker
National Committee On Rural Social Planning
Little
Anu
Fire kills mother and two children in Marion home
Mrs. Carl Stratton aged 21 dies with her two small children, a 3-year-old son Robert and a 2-year-old daughter Elsie, after an explosion of a coal oil stove triggers a fatal blaze in Marion, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Carl Stratton
Robert
Elsie
Fate of 7 hangs on Graves decisions in Alabama
In Montgomery, Gov. Bibb Graves faced the Alabama board on six capital cases. The board urged execution for Walter Miller Seth Woodward and Tyrne, while recommending mercy for four convicted black killers. George Pruitt’s case was left undecided. Elmer Arant received a two week reprieve for insanity study while the governor considers final action overriding board stance. Troops protected Miller during trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
George Pruitt
Franklin County
Walter Miller
Seth Cea Snr Woodward
Huntsville
Tyrne
Chester Estes
Elmore County
Howell Turner
Albert Carmichael
Auitor
Charles E. McCall
A. B. Smiley
Speigner Prison
Gabriel Waters
Sheffield
Sumter County
Joseph Wheeler
Tuscalosa
Kilby
Pardon Board
Elmer N. Arant
Lowndes County
John E. Norman
Miller
Woodward
Ready for Election Supplies for June Primary
Sheriff officers prepared to deliver election supplies for the June 9 primary. The county has 53 boxes including the absentee box with poll lists tally sheets certificates of results letters of instruction to inspectors sets of challenge oaths and oaths of identity. Probate office reports 351 absentee ballot requests and 191 voters cast ballots.
Laymen's League to Hold Meeting at Westminster Church
The Laymen's League of West Westminster Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday at seven. Light refreshments will be served. Entertainment by Mrs S. T. Rollo, pianist Miss Geraldine Camp violinist and Co E Lowery vocalist. Full membership attendance requested.
Anniston Man Found Dead After Automobile Incident
The body of W. S. Dothard, an Anniston electrical worker, was found on the Atlanta Birmingham highway five miles east of Oxford. Sheriff Pete Cotton said Dothard had left a roadside house near the scene after midnight to walk to a sister's home, with evidence that more than one car passed over him.
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Anniston
Alsa
W. S. Dothard
Atlanta
Birmingham
Oxford
Pete Cotton
Dothard
Pearl
Paris Faces Food Shortage Amid Large Strike Wave
Paris and France brace as a 350000 worker and 300 factory strike spreads. Socialists move toward government control with fears of food milk water and meat shortages. Police reinforced in the red belt as workers sleep at plants and gendarmes guard factories in northern centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Foltz
Associated Press
Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Red Belt
Communist Party
Educators Meet in North Alabama to Plan Next Year
Nearly 100 educators from ten north Alabama counties gathered at Central High School to discuss the state educational program for the coming year. State leaders Dr. J A Keller Dr R L Johns and A R Meadows spoke along with Florence State Teachers College president Dr Henry J Willingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Central High School
J. A. Keller
R. L. Johns
State Department of Education
A. R. Meadows
Henry J. Willingham
Florence State Teachers College
Keller
John’s
Colbert
Franklin
Jackson
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marion
Morgan
Winston
Belle Mina Bank Pays 100 Percent Dividend
Sam Smith, liquid agent for Belle Mina Bank, calls on depositors to visit the bank for final dividend checks and interest, available Thursday. The payment equals 100 percent of deposits with interest for depositors after the bank did not reopen following the banking holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Smith
Belle Mina Bank
Kiwanis Club Meeting Set With Fellowship Talk and Aviation Speaker
Jimmie Munn will lead the Kiwanis fellowship meeting at the hotel at noon Thursday with reception committee members Lewis Brown Kelly Bitting Garner Pride Wyatt Barnes and John MacMath. A aviation speaker is on the program and several entertainment features are planned. The secretary says May attendance should reach about 95 percent once absent members catch up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Munn
Lewis C. Brown
Kelly Bitting
Garner Pride
Wyatt Barnes
John MacMath
Kiwanis Club
Tennessee River Gauge and Weather Outlook
The 7 am river level stood at 2.4 feet and falling. Temperatures reached a high of 94 and a low of 69 in the last 24 hours with no rainfall reported in Alabama. Partly cloudy with likely local showers in the north tonight and Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
North
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U.S
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