Bombing outrages condemned as civilians die at factories
United States officials denounce aerial bombings in Spain and China as barbarous after a Roosevelt meeting. Reports cite 40 killed at a Canton textile factory and widespread civilian deaths as Japanese forces push on central China.
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Washington
United States
China
Spain
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
State Department
Hull
Welles
Great Britain
Franco
Hong Kong
Canton
Taishatau
Central
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
Lanfeng
Lunghai
Suchow
Sangihai
Kenji Doihara
Idle rooms for rent prompt quick Daily Want Ad
A short Daily ad urges owners to rent idle rooms to avoid dust and waste. It argues that a small classified notice can quickly reach many prospects, then notes a three day ad placement in The Daily as the solution.
115 Children at Clinic in Fort Stephen Decatur
115 children were examined at the crippled children clinic in Fort Stephen Decatur yesterday making it one of the largest counts since starting nine years ago. North Alabama counties were represented with 40 Negro and 75 white patients. Dr Earl Conwell led the examinations with aid from Thelma McGinity and Missy Kinter. Local volunteers assisted with registration and care and another clinic is planned for November allowing public visits.
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North Alabama
Earl Conwell
Birmingham
Fort Stephen Decatur
Thelma McGinity
Yoy Kinter
Conwell
Comer Ezell
Skeggs Crawford
Elmer Loyd
Earl Calvin
Joe Smith
Billy Barron
R. B. Bagley
Bob Harris
B. F. Martin
George Connell
B. F. Martin, Jr
Estelle Hendrix
Louisa Barnett
Mary Vernon Dix
Labor Bill HIts Snag in Wage Standards Debate
Washington reports sharp party divisions within a joint congressional panel over wage and hour rules. While most members favor a 25 cent minimum, agreement on final figures and a 40 hour week remains unsettled. House conferees stand by a plan for nationally uniform standards with no interstate exemptions.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
House
Athens College fund drive extended to raise 60000
The Athens College bond payoff campaign to end June 1 is extended with hope of reaching the goal. Pledges guarantee return of all money collected if the amount is not met, and college authorities pledge no further drives if the total is raised.
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Athens
Ala
Athens College
Rail freight loadings rise in week to June report
The Association of American Railroads reported 562,061 cars of revenue freight were loaded in the week ending last Saturday in Washington on June 3. The figure reflects a rise in car loadings for the period and is part of the ongoing weekly freight activity data.
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Washington
The
Association of American Railroads
Portrait suit over star Constance Bennett portrait dispute nears verdict
Los Angeles reports on Constance Bennett and artist Willy Pogany as unpaid fees rise from 500 to 3500 dollars for a portrait critics call exaggerated. Pogany testifies Bennett noted color changes and refused a fingernail paint request. Attorneys expect closing arguments and jury submission today with a 12 person panel.
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Constance Bennett
Willy Pogany
Miss Bennett
Pogany
Foster Addresses Social Security Talk to BPW Club
Decatur BPW members heard W. W. Foster, manager of the local Social Security Board, outline the unit’s functions at St. John's Guild House. He stressed old age benefit provisions. about 30 members and guests attended the regular meeting.
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Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
W. W. Foster
Social Security Board
St. John’s Guild House
Shirley Temple Visits Grand Canyon Honored by Shriners
Child film star Shirley Temple, with her parents Mr and Mrs George F Temple, visited the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and was made an honorary member of the Aladdin Shrine Temple patrol of Columbus Ohio. A ceremonial fez was presented to her on the canyon rim.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Shirley Temple
Aladdin Shrine Temple Patrol
Columbus
Ohio
Shriners
Shirley
George F. Temple
Housing Aid Watch: Senate Approves 3.7 Billion Relief Bill
The Senate approved a $3.722 billion relief package including $300 million for slum clearance, part of a broader administration bill. Debate stretched late as lawmakers rejected limits on WPA activities and considered power allocations to utility projects. The measure adds to ongoing fights over housing and relief funding.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner D
Wagner
Dent Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
Hatch
Barkley
Administration
PWA
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
White House
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chamber
Ige
Rmass
City Council Plans Action On Taxes Owed To City
The council appointed Mayor R N Harris and C D Patterson to pursue taxes due the city from Maryland Casualty as surety for former tax collector Hodges Crow. An audit showed about $11,000 in taxes owed amid a $38,000 deficit. Elections officials began being named for June 21 with 11 voting boxes location list set.
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Decaturefty Council
R. N. Harris
C. D. Patterson
Maryland Casualty Company
Hodges Crow
Morgan County
Crow
Austinville
Moulton Heights
Courthouse
Carnegie Library
Chandler's Store
Seventh Avenue
Malone Park
Walton Street
Nston Street
Ace Gleaners
Second Aventh Avenue
eCormick
Eight Cities to Get Funds for Slum Clearance
President Roosevelt announced approval of 57 million dollars in United States Housing Authority funds for slum clearance projects in eight cities including Allentown Baltimore Birmingham Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit and Pittsburgh. Rentals on the eight projects will run 375 to 400 per month per unit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
Allentown
Baltimore
Resigns as Home Demonstration Agent in Limestone County
Mrs. Marion Spidie resigns from her post as Limestone County home demonstration agent effective immediately to become director of home economics at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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Athens
Ala
Marion Spidie
Limestone County
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ford Sees Prosperity Ahead Despite Criticism After Eastern Trip
Henry Ford returned from a Washington visit and said the coming era would bring prosperity through a back to the land movement. He criticized certain financial interests and urged a spotlight on few powerful financiers while noting veterans will shape future affairs. Ford praised J P Morgan as constructive and ready for volume production.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Washington
White House
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Wall Street
J.P. Morgan
Fourth Of U S Income Paid To Meet Interest
Senator Bankhead of Alabama told the senate that a quarter of this year’s national income would go to interest on public and private indebtedness. He estimated the total debt at 250 billion dollars and urged tax profits from the Federal Reserve Bank be paid into the treasury above six percent, not as an immediate bill passage.
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Washington
Bankhead
Senate
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Black suspect confesses to slaying five women and girl
A Black eighteen-year-old, Robert Nixon alias Thomas Crosby, confessed to murdering four women and a girl in Chicago and Los Angeles. Victims include Florence Johnson, Florence Castle, Anne Kuchta, Edna Worden, and Marguerite Worden, all fatally harmed by a brick-wielding prowler.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Bristate
John
Walter Storms
Robert Nixon
Thomas Crosby
Boyle
Storms
Florence Johnson
Florence Thompson Castle
Jimmy
Anne Kuchta
Chicago Hospital
Edna Worden
Marguerite
Revival Opens Sunday at Memorial Drive Methodist Church
The Memorial Drive Methodist Church revival starts Sunday morning June 5 with Rev R D Cook preaching. Services run 10 am and 7 30 pm daily for two weeks. Musical direction by Joe Philpot and Opal Holland. Henry Hanson will sing and lead songs. A ten day Vacation Bible School follows the campaign under W M S leadership and Mrs Oscar Hames, division superintendent.
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Memorial Drive Methodist Church
R. D. Cook
Joe Philpot
Opal Holland
Henry Hanson
Birmingham
Children’s Department
Children's Division
Oscar Hames
Louisiana to Collect Tax One Percent Sales Levy
Baton Rouge officials report the general one percent sales tax bill, awaiting Governor Leche's signature, would apply to all sales with merchants passing the tax to customers. A bracket system may set no tax on small purchases, with one cent on midrange and two cents on higher purchases.
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Baton Rouge
Richard W. Leche
Lewis to Oppose Any Changes In the Wagner Law
President Roosevelt says a summer commission will study misunderstandings of the British trade union pact but will not target the Wagner Act. John L. Lewis objects to any participation by the CIO, warning the inquiry could seek amendments to the Wagner Act. The British law limits sympathy strikes and civil servant union ties and does not require union registration.
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Commission
Britain
Roosevelt
Lewis
Wagner
Washington
England
United State
John L. Lewis
Commission For Industrial Organization
Committee For Industrial Organization
Aldes
Frances Perkins
Labor Department
Treasuries
Kiwanis Outing Enjoyed With Decatur Scouts
Kiwanis members met Thursday evening with Decatur Boy Scouts in the Goodyear Decatur Mills grave yard area. The event featured a weiner roast setting a record for hot dogs eaten and a campfire program led by Walter Floyd and the Boys and Girls Work Committee.
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Kiwanis Club
Decatur
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Walter Floyd
Submarine Gas Main to Span Lake Pickwick
Work on a submarine gas main across the lake floor from the Sheffield generating plant to Florence will start in about a week. Project engineer Roger W. Autrey said 20,000 feet of welded steel pipe will be laid across the lake bottom.
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Florence
Ala
Lake Pickwick
Sheffield
Roger W. Autrey
Autrey
Rate adjustment asked by sixty six railroads
A group of sixty six railroads operating in the south east and middle west asked the interstate commerce commission today for permission to readjust rates on cream shipments by passenger train.
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Washington
South
East
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boats extend hunt for lad into the Keys
Dives probed a rock-filled pit 40 miles south of Princeton Florida as federal agents led a widening search for kidnapped James Bailey Cash Jr. J Edgar Hoover arrived with 146 agents as volunteers and boats scoured Everglades mangrove swamps and Cape Sable. The boy’s parents, shaken by the ransom payment, awaited any clue while the hunt stretched toward Key West and Biscayne Bay.
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Princeton
Fla
Here
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Jimmy Cash
Florida Keys
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Bailey Cash
Hoover
FBI
Miami
Clyde Polson
E. J. Connelley
Washington
Everglades
Tamiami Trail
Cape Sable
Card Sound
Key West
Sound
Bureau
Biscayne Bay
Keys
Weather summary for Tennessee river and Alabama forecast
Partial weather note reports the Tennessee river at 20.8 feet with minor barometric reading and 0.03 inch rainfall. Alabama forecast calls for fair conditions, light to gentle southeast winds, and temperatures around 60 degrees.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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