Sparkman Draws Big Crowd in Decatur Campaign Stop
John Sparkman reduced the smoke screen in a lively address at the Morgan County courthouse in Decatur. He pressed real campaign issues before a packed room with additional listeners outside, recounting his past work and denying ties to the power trust while defending his record in eight district service.
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John Sparkman
Congress
Morgan County Court House
Seybourn Lynne
J. H. Riddle
Professor Riddle
Eighth District
Washington
Alabama
Mr. Sparkman
Mad Dog Bites Three During Typhoid Clinic in Bethel
A rabid dog attacked three people at Bethel in Limestone County during a typhoid clinic. The dog was shot on scene after biting Mrs. Gaston and her daughter Mildred, who suffered a severe arm slash. Miss Harbin and Tennessee Valley Laboratory officials arranged anti rabies treatment for four patients as a precaution.
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Bethel
Limestone County
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Mami
Harbin
Miss Harbin
T C. Gaston
Tle
Mildred
Records Cited In Sparkman Decatur Talk
State of Alabama Circuit Court Madison County Huntsville May 23 1936 To Whom It May Concern This certifies Taylor Richardson Sparkman formed in 1931 The Circuit Court records show this firm appeared for Alabama Power Company in nine cases over five years Six small notes accounts and three damage suits No Sparkman personal appearance in any case The letter supports Sparkmans reliability Also includes Alabama Power scholarship note Wyatt Simpson received September 1924 to May 1927 from W E Pickens Jr
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Taylor, Richardson & Sparkman
Circuit Court
Madison County
Alabama
Alabama Power Company
Sparkman
Power Company
Mr. Sparkman
Paul Speake
Twenty-third Judicial Auentt
University of Alabama
John J. Sparkman
Tennessee Valley Bank
Huntsville
Wyatt C. Simpson
Simpson
W. E. Pickens, Jr
Florence Faces TVA Proposal Clash Over Power Plans
A telegram from Secretary Ickes outlines TVA plans to buy and rehabilitate Alabama Power facilities in Florence and nearby communities, with Florence urged to accept TVA options. The Florence meeting dismisses the plan as betrayal while warning of broader regional harm, amid accusations against Lilienthal and tactics by the TVA and PWA.
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Ickes
Tri-Cities
Lilienthal Tva
North
Alabama
Florence
Alabama Power Company
PWA
Lilienthal
TVA
Public Works
R. T. Sim Sr
Bob 8
Ala
R. T. Simpson, Sr
TVA Power
City Escapes Damage As Storm Closes In
A wind and dust storm struck Decatur causing downed trees blocking traffic and power lines. No injuries were reported as Alabama Power crews repaired outages by nightfall. A freak fire at the county jail and an arcing wire were minor incidents amid record heat and heavy rain.
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Decatur
West Decatur
South Decatur
Austinville
Canal Street
Alabama Power Company
East Moulton
Sycamore Street
West Vine
Ferry
Canal
Lafayette
Jackson Streets
County
Paul Worley
Eddie Davis
Walnut Street
Wind storm claims life in Huntsville Alabama
A wind and dust storm hit Huntsville and surrounding North Alabama causing one death when a roof collapsed on a street cleaning wagon. Debris blocked streets and wire communications were briefly crippled as rain showers watered crops in need. Hin Wadsworth's home was struck by lightning amid the chaos.
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Huntsville
Ala
North Alabama
Will Humphrey
Hin Wadsworth
Ing
Blum Takes Over Reins In Turbulent France
Paris June 4 The third republic named its first Socialist premier Leon Blum to form a cabinet as 500000 workers kept up a nationwide strike. Manufacturers warned the stoppage could paralyze industry after Premier Sarraut resigned.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Paris
Third Republic
Leon Blum
France
Albert Labriili
Blum
Elysee Palace
Seat
Nene
Albert Sar- Traut
Bankhead Becomes First Alabama Speaker of U S House
Jasper Alabama June 4 Fifty years of one Alabama family in congress attains a climax as Representative William M Bankhead is chosen speaker of the national house of representatives He is the first speaker Alabama has sent to the nation and part of a political family. Bankhead overcame a heart ailment to take the helm as house leader and has the support of his wife Mrs Bankhead in maintaining his health.
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Jasper
Ala
Alabama
Congress
William
Will” Bankhead
National
House of Representatives
Bankhead
John Hzd
Holyears
Will Bankhead
House
Capitol
John
J. Thomas Heflin
Senate
Moscow
Lamar County
University of Alabama
Georgetown University
Tallulah Bankhead
Madison County
Huntsville
14Th Judicial Circuit
Apd
John Craft Dies in Mobile After Long Illness
John Craft longtime Alabama public servant and advocate for roads died in Mobile at 88 after a long illness. A native Mobile native born May 20, 1856 he served four Alabama senate terms from 1919 retiring after Miller administration. He led social service work as Mobile humane society president for 30 years and was known for merchant ventures and early South America trade ventures.
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Mobile
Ala
John Craft
Good Roads
Alabama
Craft
New Yeesse Edie Mobile
Alabama Senate
Miller
Mobile Humane Society
South America
Sheffield Purchases Water Plant in Two Towns
Sheffield Alabama completes purchase of the Alabama Water Service Company waterworks in Sheffield and Tuscumbia for 350000 dollars with about 13000 dollars in additional costs. Transfer slated for June 6 or 15. A water commission is named with Colonel L. E. Wilson as chairman and C. T. Polk Ralph Johnson and A. B. Blackburn Jr. as members.
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Sheffield
Ala
Alabama Water Service Company
Tuscumbia
Hoyt Greer
Greer
L. E. Wilson
C. T. Polk
Confession Made in Colbert Death
Sheriff John B. Sockwell said Wiley Farris 31 confessed to killing John Hogland 65 a WPA worker. Hogland’s body was found in a field near Mynot in west Colbert county late Monday. Wiley’s father John Far 65 was held on homicide charges after the crime was discovered.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
John B. Sockwell
Wiley Farris
John Hogland
WPA
Hogland
Mynot
West Colbert County
Sockwell
John Far
Wiley
Hibi
Zioncheck may be free in week
Dr. Edgar A. Bocock announced Representative Marion Zioncheck may be released from Gallinger hospital by week’s end. The Washington congressman is improving with rest and sleep, and a psychiatrist examination today may finalize the case.
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Washington
Edgar A. Bocock
Gallinger Municipal Hospital
Marion Zioncheck
Bocock
Summer School Opens Monday for Extra Units
Central building will host a six week summer session starting Monday at 9 o'clock for junior and senior high students seeking extra units. Principal W T Jordan stated the program includes classes taught by Miss Lillian Odom and Miss Lila Pritchett with commercial work by Paul Crouch. Students should report promptly to form classes by need.
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Central Building
W. T. Jordan
Senior High
Jordan
Lillian Odom
Lila Pritchett
Paul Crouch
President Byrns dies prompting national funeral plan
Washington reports the sudden death of Joseph W. Byrns at 66 triggers a state funeral in Nashville with President Roosevelt and Congress attending. The House and Senate adjourn to honor the long serving speaker as traffic and cabinet plans adjust. Byrns requested the Nashville service be held on the Southern Railroad line with burial likely beside the city.
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Washington
Joseph Wellington
Byrnas
House of Representatives
House
William Brockman Bankhead
Alabama
Byrns
Roosevelt
Congress
Oism
Senate
Chamber
Wil Jeesein
Southern Railroad
Nashville
C. Goemery
McReynolkis
Tennessee
Bying
James Shera Montgomery
Joseph W. Burns, Jr
Burns
White House
Bush
Dump Scow Is Launched At Ingalls Iron Works Yard
Ingalls Iron Works launched a 145 ton dump scow on the Tennessee river bank near W Market street. The launch was postponed by wind and rain but the scow and three others will be completed in July and towed to Louisville? No. to Paducah and Pittsburgh for U S government delivery.
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Ingalls Iron Works Company
Tennessee River
W. Market Street
Tennessee
Paducah
Pittsburgh
United States
Sparkman to Speak in Austinville Tonight at 7 30
Voters in Austinville will hear John Sparkman this evening in an address at the school building at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Austinville
John Sparkman
Hillsboro Girl Is Miss Decatur In Elyton Pageant
Miss Mary Sue Hardin daughter of Mr and Mrs Spence Hardin Hillsboro will be Miss Decatur at the Elyton Birmingham pageant at Legion Field Friday night Though living in another city she is a Hillsboro high school graduate with top honors She was chosen school beauty this year and has many other awards The pageant is directed by Mrs Mildred Martin Weldon and sponsored by the Fly ton Civic Club the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board and the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
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Mary Sue Hardin
Spence Hardin
Hillsboro
Hardin
Decatur
Elyton-Birmingham
Legion Field
Tur
Mildred Martin Weldon
F. BR. Benson
Line Street
Flyton Civic Club
Birmingham Park and Recreation Board
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Skule Open At 8 Tonight For Dees Trick Skule
The final rehearsal of the Dees trick Skule draws crowds as the auditorium doors open at 7. At 8 the skollars parade down the big road to skule and the fun begins with marbles leap frog stick horses and skipping to the Barber Shop tune. Songs and speeches in the third act promise lively humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deestrick Skule
Skule Riverside
Skollars
End of first civil docket week in circuit court
Judge A A Griffith presided as jurors were dismissed except those in a morning case. The grand jury, empanelled Monday, remained in session with over 200 witnesses summoned. Several more days were expected for examinations and a report likely after midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Griffith
Griffith
Honors Given at Junior High Graduation Exercises
Several boys and girls were honored at the Junior High School graduation. D A R citizenship medals were presented to Harald Watkins and Katherine Boswell, elected by pupils and teachers. Mildred and Dorothy Rose Swatzell were praised by Mr. Givens for excellent attendance and scholastic standing.
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F. S. Hunt
Harald Watkins
Katherine Boswell
Mildred
Dorothy Rose Swatzell
Givens
Runyan Opens Lead in United States Open Golf
Diminutive Paul Runyan from the Metropolis Club of White Plains New York fired a 35 34 69 four under par to take a one shot lead in the first round of the United States Open at Springfield New Jersey.
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Springfield
N. J
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. Y
Bankhead elected House Speaker after Burns death
Representative William B. Bankhead of Alabama was elected speaker of the House to succeed the late Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee. The vote was by voice, procedure finished in minutes, and a memorial resolution praised Burns’s fairness and leadership. A committee was named for a state funeral in Nashville.
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Washington
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
House
Joseph Wellington Burns
Tennessee
South Trimble
Trimble
O'Conner
Rules Committee
Willliam B. Bankhead
House of Representatives
Senate
Representative Bankhead
Joseph W
Neo
Sabath (Dill
Jennyson
McReynolds
D-Tenn
Foreign Relations Committee
Joe Burns
Speaker
Nashville
Richest Girl to Entertain Spouse at Duke Estate
Doris Duke Cromwell, reputed richest woman in the world, hosts a birthday dinner for her husband on the Duke estate in Somerville New Jersey. Initial plans called for fifty guests but were adjusted and estate staff declined to share further details of the celebration.
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Somerville
N. J
Doris Duke Cromwell
Duke Estate
Iea vi Ie
Weather Report Highlights Hottest Day Yet
A high of 97 marked the warmest day of the year with a low of 63. The agave river was sta today and a mix of clear and partly cloudy skies dominated the region. Alabama and Florida saw varying conditions with Tennessee generally fair and cooler in the far east.
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Ane Cavee
Pene Sea
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
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Power Trust
Friends
Mr. Simpson
Hartselle
Scottsboro
State of Alabama
Huntsville, Ala
Vevey
Madison County, Ala
Blum Takes Over Reins
William ‘B. Bankhead
Colbert
Hilsboro
Elyton
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