PurseStrings of aid bill in hands of FDR
Senate votes 6 to 1 for a 3.723 billion spending and lending program, granting President Roosevelt broad discretion. The chamber defected amendments on political activity by relief workers and earmarking funds, sending the measure to a joint conference with the House for final adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Arder
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
PWA
Chamber
Byrd
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
White House
House
Joint Conference Committee
Barkley
Adams
Colorado
McKellar
Tennessee
Hayden
Arizona
Byrnes
South Carolina
Hale
Maine
Townsend
Delaware
Austin
RVI
Burke
Neb
WPA
Call By Five If You Miss Your Daily
Notice from the Decatur Daily instructs readers to call a specific number by five o clock to receive a daily newspaper delivery. Calls after the deadline will not be processed.
Barcelona Hit by Sudden Air Raid Says Provisional Government
Dispatches report Barcelona and Valencia regions struck in overnight raids. Four warplanes circled the city in the afternoon raid with anti aircraft fire. Five killed, four injured in the Barcelona incident. One plane reportedly fell into the sea. A British tanker Maryad was set afire off Alicante after a separate incident.
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Barcelona
Madrid
Pallas Oil and Trading Company of
London
Alicante
Valencia
City of Decatur Bond Purchases Cut Debt and Interest
City purchases $3,000 of bonds bring total Decatur bonds bought since October 7 1936 to $257565 and reduce bonded debt by that sum since October 1 1936. Annual interest saved amounts to $12878.25 as indebtedness declines by over a quarter million dollars in about eighteen months with no new tax hikes.
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City of Decatur
City of
Decatur
Haleyville Woman Killed in Camp Accident
Mrs. A. D. Harris, 27, of Haleyville Alabama, died in Birmingham from a gunshot wound received last night at a tourist camp on the Atlanta highway. Coroner Gip Evans ruled accidental death stating the couple were handling a 38 automatic pistol in their cabin when it discharged.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. D. Harris
Haleyville
Atlanta
Gip Evans
Armed junks attack Japanese patrol off Chinese coast
Six armored Chinese junks attacked a Japanese patrol vessel off the south China coast near Kwanghai with naval air support. Three junks were set afire or sunk, two eluded capture, and the attackers claimed the sea campaign marks a guerilla extension. Japanese advances report gains toward Kaifeng and Chengchow with heavy fighting near Lunghai railway and Lanfeng as Chinese forces mass for Chengchow showdown.
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Shanghai
South China
Kwanghai
Canton
Sunghai Front
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Peiping-Hankow
Reooin
China
Tungsu
Chenlu
Lunghai Railway
Yellow River
Lanfeng
Kenji Doihara
Japan
Lawrence of
Chenliukow Ford
Chengow
Donald F Moore Called by Death
Donald Forrest Moore of 210 West Wilson avenue died at 10 30 this morning at Benevolent hospital of colitis. He is survived by parents two brothers Wade Franklin and Milton Monroe Moore and his grandmother and great grandfather. Funeral services set for Sunday at four at Moses Chapel with Rev Walter Bates. Interment at Moses Chapel Drinkard Howell directing. The cortege leaves the home at 3 30.
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Donald Forrest Moore
West Wilson Avenue
Benevolent Hospital
Wade Franklin
Milton Monroe Moore
Moses Chapel
Walter Bates
Drinkard-Howell
Compromise on wage bill turned down in Washington
Washington June 4 House members on a wage hour conference rejected a plan setting a 26 cent minimum wage and 44 hour week for two years. A commission would report in two years, then Congress could act. Hartley and Ramspeck backed the plan, opposed by five conferees. The Senate may reintroduce the measure if conference deadlocks.
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Washington
House
Congress
Hartley
Ramspeck
Senate
Norton D
N. J
House Labor Committee
Conference Committee
Ellender
Pepper
Citizens Hear Talk Against City Change
A mass meeting at the courthouse by opponents of changing Decatur’s aldermanic government drew about 150 attendees. City attorney John H. Beach urged retention of the present form, arguing a change to a commission would be costly and require multiple elections. He noted salaries, duties, and the added expense to taxpayers, urging voters to demand concrete reasons for any shift.
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Decatur
John H. Beach
Peach
Earry
Co Nm
Harris
Roosevelt Telegram Sparks Iowa Senate Primary Fight
James Roosevelt endorses no candidate but confirms White House neutrality in the Iowa Democratic senatorial race. The telegram to Ed Dunn supports Otha Wearin against Guy M. Gillette, reflecting White House distance with Wearin’s camp claiming presidential backing. The dispute widens as Kraschel backs Wearin rival Wegman ally.
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Des Moines
Roosevelts
Iowa
James Roosevelt
Otha Wearin
Wearin
White House
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
Roosevelt
Fede
Ed Dunn
Mason City
Sevelt
Ago
Harpers Ferry
Duhn
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Nelson G. Kraschel
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Baby Tumbles To Death From Riverside Drive Roof
A March 16 month old named Karan fell sixteen stories from a Riverside Drive apartment roof in New York after tugging at a dangling radio aerial. Mrs Jacob, distressed by her maid's resignation, had taken the child to the roof for air. The tragedy followed a moment of inadvertent danger.
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New York
Mra
Lillian Jacobs
Jacoba
Karan
Riverside Drive
Labor debate draws 10000 in San Francisco crowd
A mass meeting in San Francisco heard CIO leader Harry Bridges and employer spokesmen clash over labor questions. Bridges pledged CIO support against outlaw jurisdictional strikes while employer reps urged balanced reforms. Both sides endorsed workers right to organize and bargain, disagreements over sympathy strikes and the closed shop.
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San Francisco
CIO
Harry Bridges
West Coast
W. P. Fuller, Jr
Chatrof 7
Ced
Bridges
Canton Double Air Raid Roars Through City Streets
Japanese warplanes struck Canton twice today renewing devastating attacks that killed more than 750 and wounded 1 350 people, with about 75 aircraft involved. Chinese anti aircraft batteries repulsed the second raid but left heavy damage and casualties from falling masonry on Winghon road.
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Canton
Japan
Winghon Road
Class of 1933 to Hold Central High Reunion
The Central high school class of 1933 plans its annual reunion next week with time and place to be announced. President Mrs. Robert Murdock heads a committee including Lamar Moye Bob Hunter Billie Nelson Maurie Shumate and Mrs Wesley Cook, aided by sponsor Mrs W J Brown and class officials.
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Central High School
Robert Murdock
Murdock
Lamar Moye
Bob Hunter
Billie’ Nelson
Maurie Shumate
Wesley Cook
W. J. Brown
Child Dies of Dysentery in Tennessee Hospital
In Memphis on June 4 a one year old girl Lillian Dickerson of Savannah Tennessee died in a hospital from dysentery. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Dickerson and the tenth child to die in a few weeks from the disease.
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Memphis, Tenn
Lillian Dickerson
Savannah
Tenn
Albert Dickerson
Montgomery Mayor Gunter Faces Re-election Bid
Edward F. Taylor, clerk of the Alabama state house, claimed support for Montgomery Mayor W. A. Gunter in his race for re-election.
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Montgomery
Ala
Edward F. Taylor
State House of Representatives
W. A. Gunter
Possemen Thanked In Brief Talk By Victim's Dad
James Bailey Cash Sr expresses gratitude to about 2 000 searchers for the boy James Bailey Cash Jr. who was kidnapped from his Princeton home last Saturday. He says he believes the kidnappers will be caught and that, once caught, the fate of the boy will be learned. He admits he has lost hope of finding the child alive.
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Princeton
Fia
James Bailey Cash
Cash
Ratige
James, Jr
Miami Daily News Interview on Kidnapping Case
Wil lard Campbell describes federal agents using a lie detector on him and others linked to the James Bailey Cash Jr kidnapping. Campbell says he and relatives were held two days, released last night, and he was not allowed to call a lawyer. He cites a debt with Bailey and notes family members questioned.
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Miami
Fila
Miami Daily News
Willard Campbell
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Campbell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John
M. F. Braxton
Princeton Carpenter
Pedro Braxton
Ray Rayburn
Homestead
Braxton
Braxtons
Bailey
Stolen Cash Boy Case Drags On As Search Extends
In the Everglades region 2000 residents searched 220 square miles for the abducted Cash boy. Federal agents led by J Edgar Hoover pressed leads as hope waned and routine investigations began. A Cape Sable survey was planned to continue the effort.
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Cash
Everglades
J. Edgar Hoover
Cape Sable
Freud Leaves Vienna for London and New York
Professor Sigmund Freud, 82, left Vienna by train with manuscripts and books from his life’s work, saying he planned to go to London then New York and not return. The German Nazi press attacked the freudian school as a pornographic Jewish specialty, claiming Vienna’s physicians were largely Jewish.
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Vienna
Sigmund Freud
London
New York
Germany
Austria
Voelkischer Beobachter
Freudian Psychoanalytic School
Vienna Psychoanalytic School
Government seeks speedy action on coal act suit
In Little Rock on June 4 government counsel urged a three judge federal court to grant quick action in a suit challenging the national bituminous coal act of 1937. The move aimed to avoid potential lengthy delays and mass litigation impacting the coal industry.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tragic drowning at river slip claims Mildred Travis
Beautiful 16 year old Mildred Travis of 606 Ninth Street South died after drowning at a boat slip near the American Leather plant while swimming with friends. Rescue attempts by bystanders and a large mobilized team failed after about 30 minutes in Tennessee waters. Funeral planned at Church of Good in Sixth Avenue South with services by Rev. Conner.
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Mildred Travis
American Leather Company
Miss Travis
Ninth Street South
Misa Dolly Walters
Rudolph Walters
Herman Waddell
Waddell
American Oak Leather Company
Brown Ambulance
Alabama Power Company
Shester Turner
H. L.ee
Highway Patrol
Floyd Ejskina
Cat
Casey Sraith
Bo Hardeman
Joel Henderson
Leo Wright
F. W. Sharpe
W. E. Allen
Tennessee
Travis
Church of “*Good
Sixth Avenue
South
R. B. Conner
Moss Chapel
Brown
Almer Travis
Helen
Russell
Luker
Hartselle
Otto Winton
Fleming Hancock
May Cole
Carl McDonald
Grady
LeRoy Jackson
Buddy Luker
Otto Walters
James Rogers
Harold Self
Martial law easing reported in Syria district clashes
The French declaration of martial law in the District of Alexandretta in northern Syria was to ease tensions between France and local Arabs and Turks after rioting.
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Paris
Alexandretta
Syria
France
Ima
Tennessee River Gauge and Weekend Weather Outlook
The Tennessee river stood at 20 feet and falling. Temperatures ranged from 59 to 84 degrees with no rainfall. Tonight and Sunday show scattered thundershowers in the northwest and east, with mixed cloudiness and winds mainly from the south or west. The week ahead forecasts parts of the southeast with partly sunny spells and local thundershowers, temperatures above normal.
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Tennessee
Alabama
East Gulf States
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