Judge rules against Alabama Power in Decatur city power loan case
Judge Griffith denied Alabama Power Company’s petition for a preliminary injunction to block Decatur from borrowing $350000 from the PWA for an electric light plant. The ruling preserves the contract amendment allowing purchase of power from any available source and permits city work to proceed. Mayor James A. Nelson indicated the program would continue while details are arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Power Company
Decatur
PWA
Griffith
Congress of the United States
Public Works Administration
James A. Nelson
Charles H. Eyster
Birmi
Long Nee
Canning Schools Held at Athens
A canning school for farm women ran this week in the TVA display room in Athens organized by Limestone county extension service led by Mrs Herion Spidle. Athens College Alumnae Association will host a cooking school next Wednesday afternoon and Henrietta Hine will present a fashion show for attendees. The TVA room has become a hub of neighborhood activities in Athens and Limestone county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
TVA
Limestone County Extension Service
Herion Spidle
Athens College
Limestone Deputy Sheriff Gravely Ill
Clay Williams chief deputy sheriff of Limestone county is seriously ill at home with pneumonia. His fever has reached 105 degrees and concerns grow for his recovery. Williams fell ill Monday after taking office in January when Sheriff James den assumed the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Clay Williams
Limestone County
Williams
James
Den
Maverick Launches One Man Drive to Force TVA Vote
Washington June 5 AP Rep Maverick Texas begins a push to force House action on TVA amendments. He plans a discharge petition needing 217 signatures or a rules maneuver to send the bill to flood control or public lands committees. A new TVA measure with compromise aims to bypass military committee hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representative Maverick
Texas
Military
Rules Committee
Flood Control
Public Lands Committee
Maverick
O’connor
TVA
Cumberland River
Manhunt for Five Convicts Spreads Across States
Kentucky roads guarded as state police and county officers pursue five escaped convicts from the Frankfort State Reformatory. Four armed men were seen near Pewee Valley after a citizen's shooting incident in Middletown. Indiana and Ohio officers join the search, with two suspects hunted near Cincinnati in Campbell and Kenton Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Pewee Valley
Middletown
Frankfort State Reformatory
Campbell
Kenton
Cincinnati
Ihwaye “Ath Ky
Graduation Gift Arrives After Eleven Years for Searcy Grad
B Elmo Taylor finally receives a graduation present mailed from Black Rock by Miss Ivyn Bea Penn. The 1924 Searcy high school graduate displayed the gift today, after the parcel traveled about 75 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searcy
Ark
B. Elmo Taylor
Taylor
Ivyn
Bea Penn
Black Rock
Searcy High Lechool
Youngest Official L L Graney Jr Serves in Graves Admin
Youngest official L L Graney Jr of Baltimore is named as assistant state superintendent of insurance in Governor Bibb Graves administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Graney, Jr
B.rm
Bibb Graves
Telephone tax relief passage in Alabama House
The Alabama House, in a full committee session, rolled back the gross receipts tax on telephone companies from 4 percent to 2 1/2 percent and restored the present 2 1/2 percent rate. The move was adopted by acclamation with little debate. The measure also addressed tax on express and bus lines, delinquent tax interest, and salary limits for tax officials through the Sparks amendment, expiring October 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery, Als
Todyy
Welch
Bessemer
House
Alabama
Miller
Sumter
Sparks
Young Peoples Unit Picnic Planned by Central Methodist Church
The church youth group will hold a picnic Thursday evening. Central city residents meet at 6 30 at the church, while west side residents go to Miss Virginia Rhinehart’s Seventh avenue home at the same hour. The gathering will decide the picnic location after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Department of
Central Methodist Church
West Side
Virginia Rhinehart
Seventh Avenue
West
Alabama Senate panel backs Coleman horse racing bill
The temperance committee approved the Coleman bill to legalize horse racing and pari mutuel betting under a three man racing commission by a five to three vote. The measure has House approval 65 to 30. A final Senate vote is set for next week amid opposition from ministers and lawyers alleging lobbying by officials.
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A. F. Mahan
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Temperance Committee
Theoleman
House
Co. L. Tompkins
Dothan
Henry Long
Tax Commission
Pitt Tyson Maner
Ed Taylor
Nesented F. Leake
Long
Taylor
Maner
John McNeel
Coleman
Alabama
McNeel
C. M. A. Rogers
Mobile
Rogers
Wellborn
Mooneyham
Carlton
Kuykendall
Bonner
Swift
Russell
Game and Fish Committee
Senate
Office of Game and Fish Commissioner
Vernon L. St. John
I. T. Quinn
Game and Fish Commissioner
Commission
Quinn
Explosive Found Near Quezon's Summer Home
Eleven boxes of dynamite were found buried near Manuel Quezon's summer home at Baguio, Philippines. The article notes the dynamite could have destroyed his home if exploded, tracing the materials to a Manila city construction camp and signaling renewed opposition to Quezon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. I
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Senate
Baguio
Manila City
New Tax System Approved in Florida
Governor Shultz signed a tax act in Tallahassee levying occupational licenses and gross receipts taxes on business. Chain stores face higher scales, with the legislation expected to raise 3.5 million dollars annually for the state public school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Shultz
NRA code fate debated as Congress eyes new recovery plan
Democratic leaders said Roosevelt may submit additional legislation to replace invalid NRA codes. Doughton suggested taxes could back a long-range NRA program while White House officials noted proposed extensions did not meet Supreme Court limits. A temporary NRA measure and liquor tax tweaks were also discussed amid White House input and committee sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
NRA
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Supreme Court
Coughton
Senate
Donald R. Richberg
Senate Finance Committee
Clark
Richberg
Cummings
Reed
Roosevelt Delivers 14 Point Legislative Must to Congress
President Roosevelt outlined a 14 point program in a blunt demand to Congress. The list signals top policy priorities and immediate action expected from lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Martial Law Seen As Alternative Of Labor Bill Failure
President Roosevelt warned martial law might be needed to curb unrest if the Wagner labor dispute and the Guffey Snyder coal stabilization bills failed to pass. The United Mine Workers planned a June 17 strike affecting about 450000 miners, with leaders pressing for swift action on the Wagner bill amid House opposition and Rules Committee hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Coughton
Ways and Means
Guffey
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Wagner
Associated Press
Washington
Guffey-Snyder
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Toledo Electric Strike Hits City Power Supply
A major walkout by the Electrical Workers Union at Toledo Edison Company halted power for 30 000 workers and disrupted hospitals, newspapers, water works, and homes across Toledo and nearby towns. Company officials reported 450 of 535 employees joined the strike amid unresolved wage talks. Oliver Myers urged continued power for essential services during the outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrical Workers Union
Toledo Edison Company
Toledo
Union
Oliver Myers
The
Laval Unable to Form a Cabinet in France Crisis
Paris June 5 Pierre Laval failed to form a new government after Bouisson’s overthrow. Laval told President Lebrun he could not assemble ministers within 24 hours and suggested recalling Bouisson or inviting Leftist leaders Edouard Herriot and Joseph Paul Boncour. Bank of France gold reserves again rose amid the cabinet crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Associated Press
Paris
Pierre Laval
Fernard Bouisson
Bouisson
Laval
Serrin
Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Edouard Herriot
Joseph Paul Boncour
Bank of France
Merchants Sign For The Holiday Half-Holidays
Merchants petition the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee to observe half-holidays during the summer season. Signers include Speake Warren Ratliff Shoe Box Booterie Ligon's Ben Franklin Stores Russell Speake Kuhns Dinsmore Bros Drygoods J C Penney Co Buttreys Emporium Beshara Wilder Central Shoe Store Brown's Woolworth's Tinsley Crane’s Louise Shop Humphrey's Cash Store Campbell Hodges W M Bailey Patter son Decatur Savings & Loan New Morgan County Building & Loan Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Speake
Warren & Ratliff
Shoe Box Booterie
Ligon’s
Ben Franklin Stores
Russell Speake
Kuhns
Dinsmore Bros
Drygoo@s
J. C. Penney Co
Butt
Maria Jeritza Says Career Holds Priority Over Romance
Hollywood June 5. Opera star Maria Jeritza states her career is her only interest and denies reports of a divorce from Baron Lepold Poepper de Podhragy filed in Vienna and any second affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Maria Jeritza
Baron Lepold Poepper de Podhragy
Vienna
Class of 1933 to Have Its Reunion
Attention was called today of all members of the senior class of 1933 who will have their annual reunion on Thursday week. All members were requested to get in touch immediately with Mrs. Bob Murdock, president of Lamar Moye, treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Murdock
Lamar Moye
Firemen Honored for Help at Hay Fire
City firemen receive cigars from H. B. Beard of American Oak Leather Company in appreciation for their swift response to a hay barn fire at the plant ten days ago. Firefighters contained the blaze and prevented spread to other areas of the large facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Beard
American Oak Leather Company
Laymen's League Banquet At Westminster Church
The Laymen's League of Westminster Presbyterian Church will host a banquet Thursday night at 7 o clock. The Laymen's League from Westside Presbyterian Church will be guests. Committees finished arranging an entertainment program.
Federal Sleuth Labor 10 Break Case by Thursday
Tacoma report says agents hunt for kidnapers of George Weyerhauser after a ransom bill appeared in Eastern Oregon. A former bootlegger, tied to the case, is sought. officials say a break is imminent within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Sleuth Labor
Leland Hannum
Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Oregon
Jack Keegan
Portland
Keegan
Department of Justice
Issaquah
George
Pacific Northwest
Ring
Ing
Nquor
Department of
Union ‘Pacific & Tem
Utah
Steel Recedes in New York Trade After NRA End
Iron Age reports a smaller-than-expected dip in steel bookings after the NRA end, noting demand softened but not as sharply as feared. The weekly trade summary indicates the recession in bookings was modest despite the political impact.
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New York
NRA
Iron Age
Weather fragment reports river height and timing
An incomplete weather note mentions the Te river with a height of seven feet at a specified clock time. It hints at temperature review but lacks full details.
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the Review
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Shadanta
A. A. Griffith
Limestone
Inberale
Lele Gwaltney JR
Robertson
Cullman
Young Peoples Unit
TRIO
Florida
Robinson
Harrison
Miss
France
Star
Laymen’s League
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