Troops Welcome Back From Spain Parade Across Europe
Italy and Germany greeted veterans returning from Franco’s Spain with grand receptions in Naples and Berlin. Hitler and Goering reviewed 18 000 German volunteers while Franco’s circle eyed potential talks with Italy. Meanwhile Spain urged public denouncement of suspected rebels as authorities report up to 15 000 arrests since Madrid fell. Soviet Japan tensions rose over Manchoukuo border clashes near Changkufeng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated” Press
Italy
Germany
Generalissimo
Franco
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Military and Political Information Service
Madrid
Russia
Japan
Manchoukuo
Tokyo
Asahi
Changkufeng
Morgan County Ed Board Sells Bonds for Schools
The Morgan County Board of Education sold 27000 dollars in county school bonds to King Mohr and Co. and Stubbs Smith and Lombardo Inc of Birmingham to finance buildings equipment and alterations. The deal closed at 3.25 percent with a 225 dollar premium. Bid representatives from six bond companies attended. Principal matures begin 1957 with annual 4000 dollar bonds. 3000 dollar bonds mature in 1962 and 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Board of Education
King, Mohr and Co
Stubbs, Smith and Lombardo, Inc
Birmingham
For Rent Two Buildings in Moulton St 245 247
For Rent two buildings on Moulton Street numbers 245 and 247 as listed by Strother and Smither.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Strother & Smither
Free Theatre Tickets Offered to Want Ad Readers
Daily drawings at the Princess Theatre give away free tickets to readers who see their name in the Want Ad column. Entries may include readers hoping to win and attend screenings or performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theatre
Cullman men indicted in mail fraud case over cotton loans
Two Cullman cotton factors W C Griffith and Arnold Abbott and nine associates were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of fraudulent mail use and false bills to obtain cotton loans from the Federal Commodity Credit Corporation. Names include J J Griffith C L Green A P Stricklin Talmadge Glasscock Luther Jones Durwood Waldrop A A Giles Durward Griffin and A J Uhl. Potential total up to $50 000. Offenses cited occurred in late 1937 and early 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Cullman Cotton
Federal
Federal Commodity Credit Corporation
W. C. Griffith
Arnold Abbott
Cullman
Jim C. C. Smith
Smith
Griffith
Abbott
J. J. Griffith
C. L. Green
A. P. Stricklin
Talmadge Glasscock
Luther Jones
Durwood Waldrop
Hanceville
A. A. Giles
Durward Griffin
Bankers Leader Warns on Government Credit Control
Philip A. Benson of Brooklyn, head of the American Bankers Association, warned at the American Institute of Banking convention that government control of the credit system could become control of the entire economy. He argued against replacing private banks with government agencies and urged a pro business, pro capital recovery plan to restore initiative and wealth creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Philip A. Benson
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Bankers Association
American Institute of Banking
Bankers’ Association
Benson
Congress
American Enterprise Order
Flier Rescued Near Chatham After Sea Drift
A two-place high wing monoplane piloted by Cheeton Eshel of Carlisle Pennsylvania reportedly drifted 250 miles at sea before being rescued near the Georges Bank fishing grounds. Fishermen aboard the trawler Villanova brought Eshel aboard just before the plane sank in 40 fathoms of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Mass
Cheeton Eshelman
Carlisle
Georges
Boston
Villanova
Fourteen Finish Life Saving Course In Morgan County
Final examinations were given to the junior life saving class with John Roberts presiding. Fourteen completed the course as instructors Benens Speer Jr and Elbert Drinkard Jr prepared to travel to Pass Christian Mississippi for the Red Cross aquatic school and to reopen classes on their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roberts
First Aid
Morgan County Red Cross Chapter
Roberts
Benens Speer, Jr
Elbert Drinkard, Jr
Pass Christian
Red Cross Aquatic School
Thetis Submarine Sinks 99 Crew as Inquiry Looms
Naval experts said Thetis likely to be beached by Friday if weather holds. Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a full public inquiry may begin next Monday in Liverpool or Birkenhead. Four of 103 men aboard escaped via the Davis lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Irish Sea
Time figures in farm bill time pressure builds in Washington
Congressional action on the record breaking 1 218 000 000 farm bill may become a race against time. A senate house committee began work on the measure as advocates push larger government outlays for farmers. The Senate added 386 000 000 to house funded programs, with big jumps for parity payments 225 000 000 surplus removal 113 000 000 and tenancy 25 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Joint Committee
Alabama Day Proclaimed at New York World’s Fair
Governor Dixon proclaims June 22 as Alabama Day at the New York World’s Fair. The Alabama Press Association leads a convention tour to the fair June 18 week, urging Alabamians nationwide to attend and help make the day a successful, memorable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon Laday
Alabama Press Association
Kibitzers Meet at New York Sidewalk Superintendents Convention
The first national convention of the Sidewalk Superintendents Club opened at 48th street and Sixth Avenue. Eight delegates from seven states discussed kibitzing construction and dedicated a 30 foot pavilion as a headquarters. Ruth Burrow led the bottle ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sidewalk Superintendents Club
48Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Sidewalks Superintendent ” Club
Rockefeller Center
Ruth Burrow
Jersey City Medical Center
Atlantic
Pacific
Kenneth Booth
Harvard
Elizabethan Chowder and Marching Society
Sidewalks Superintendents Club
Dog fly eradication drive targets Alabama coast
Alabama conservation officials announce a campaign to eradicate the dog fly pest harming fishermen and swimmers. Biologist Allan Archer will visit Dauphin Island to locate breeding areas as part of the state effort. the plan emerged during a meeting with conservation director Dr. Walter B. Jones and Florence resident David Gardiner at a Boys State encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Conservation Department
Walter B. Jones
H. P. Loding
Mobile
Allan F. Archer
Dauphin Island
David Gardiner
Florence
Jones
Alabama
Boys’ State
The
American Legion
Decatur Reissues City Water Plant Bonds After Mayor Harris Death
The city rewrites 877 bonds and about 40 000 coupons for the Alabama Water Service Co plant after Mayor R N Harris’s death required signatures. Mayor T R Harrison to sign. bonds bought by Marx and Co Watkins Morron Co and Cumberland Securities Corp. Revenue from plant will cover principal and interest with net city revenues of about 25 000 annually, rising to around 70 000 later. The purchase also adds real estate and a new 30 000 incinerator. City to resume one hour parking on Second avenue and Bank street weekdays 2 to 6 pm and Saturdays 2 pm to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama Water Service Co
R. N. Harris
T. R. Harrison
Harris
Marx and Company
Watkins Morron and Co
Birmingham
Cumberland Securities Corporation
Nashville
Water Company
Second Avenue
Bank Street
Jackson and
Holly Streets
Vine and
Church Streets
Negotiations Underway for TVA Purchase of C S Electric Properties
New York June 6 Negotiations are under way for the Tennessee Valley Authority and affected municipalities to acquire Commonwealth and Southern Corp electric properties in Northern Alabama and Mississippi utility sources said TVA has recognized Wendell L Willkie president of C S for an agreement delimiting future TVA expansion for a period. Both sides have submitted drafts of a clause covering this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
Commonwealth & Southern Corp
Alabama
Mississippi
TVA
Wendell L. Willkie
Crippled Children's Clinic Planned for Decatur Wednesday
A crippled children diagnostic clinic for Morgan Lawrence and Limestone counties is set for Wednesday at the Decatur Junior High building starting 8 a m. About 100 children are expected with 75 from Morgan County. Dr Earl Conwell of Birmingham will head the clinic assisted by Morgan Lawrence Limestone health workers and Miss Mary Kinter district crippled children director. Lunches will be provided by the Alabama Crippled Children's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone Counties
Morgan County
Earl Conwell
Birmingham
Limestone
Mary Kinter
Crippled Children's Work
Kinter
Alabama ‘Crippled Children’s Society
Auto Tag Plan Of Boys' State Is Not So Bad
Alabama legislature approves a bill to set automobile tag prices from $2 to $9 based on car condition. The measure, Senate Bill No. 1, was introduced by Fred Terry, arguing many people with cheap or old cars face an unfair system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Fred Terry
Labor trial clash over Goodyear contract offering
The National Labor Relations Board hearing in Akron focused on whether Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co offered a contract to the United Rubber Workers CIO. Union counsel accused Goodyear of not presenting a written wage and hour provision, while Goodyear cited a proposed 10 percent wage cut and an eight hour day. The proceeding addressed the board's charge that Goodyear failed to bargain in good faith amid four main union allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
National Labor Relations Board
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
L. M. Buckingham
Fred Climer
United Rubber Workers (Cio
Stanley Denlinger
Climer
Denlinger
Buckham
T.E. Dudley
Rubber Workers Generaly
Jersey City Meeting Set by ACLU after Supreme Court ruling
In Jersey City New Jersey the ACLU and allied groups plan a mass meeting in Journal Square or nearby after a Supreme Court ruling. Norman Thomas the Socialist leader will speak. Mayor Hague plans to confer with ACLU officials and will implicitly obey the ruling ending the permit requirement for public meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
United States Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Frank Hague
Journal Square
Hague
Norman Thomas
ACLU
CIO
Health department offers weekly inoculations in Morgan County
Inoculations for typhoid fever smallpox and diphtheria are available at the Morgan County health department offices on Second Avenue. Vaccinations are given every Thursday from 8 a m to 4 p m and Saturdays from 8 a m to noon. Officials urged the public to observe these hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Health Department
Second Avenue
Ickes Says West Favors Roosevelt Third Term
Secretary Harold Ickes said in Albuquerque that laborers, farmers and others he met on a western trip overwhelmingly favored a third term for President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
Albuquerque
N. M
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
Royal Couple To Be Closely Guarded In Washington
Washington June 6 royal visitors arrive from Canada aboard a Niagara Falls greeting party. The king and queen will tour the capital with 1943 police and 425 firemen on duty. They will ride in multiple automobiles along a two mile parade route watched by 6 000 soldiers and sailors. Public access to Mount Vernon grounds will be restricted during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John M. Hightower
Pennsylvania Avenue
United States
God
England
Union Station
White House
Hull
Ronald Lindsay
Niagara Falls
Canada
Capital Police
Secret Service
Nicaragua
British Empire
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Arlington Cemetery
Legion Post 15 Morgan County Inspection Night
The American Legion Morgan County Post 15 holds its annual inspection Thursday night at the Armory. Legionnaires meet at 5 30 PM with J M McDonald of Athens serving as inspection officer and officials urging full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
American Legion
Armory Legionnaires
J. M. McDonald
Athens
Man Pleads Guilty in Pittsburgh Murder Case
Paul Cervenak, 31, a WPA worker, admitted fatally beating 79 year old Mrs. Naponocena Jaczynski after she told neighbors he would marry her. He said he pitied her. Judge Thomas W. Crichton set a nine to 18 year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Paul Cervenak
WPA
Naponocena Jaczynski
Thomas W. Crichton
Deadline for Haven Offers Not Extended Havana
The Cuban deadline for offering temporary refuge to 907 Jewish refugees aboard the liner St. Louis has passed without acceptance. The ship, ordered out of Havana, remained at sea with no agreed landing site, and Hamburg-Amerikan Line reports say she headed back toward Hamburg. The refugees’ fate beyond Hamburg was not clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Federico Laredo Bru
Germany
St. Louis
Isle of Pines
New York
Havana Harbor
Hamburg
Florida
Hamburg-Amerikan Line
Home Office
Associated Press
Cuba
Fedeiro Laredo Bru
Caribbean
E. H. Dedrick
William Schroeder
Bernard H. Sandler
Convicts to Report at New Camp Monday
Highway official H. D. Barnum said the first group of about 40 convicts will arrive Monday at the new camp near the Joe Wheeler highway maintenance shop west of the city. The facility has 125 capacity and will employ labor on North Alabama highways with paved-road repairs planned first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler
H. D. Barnum
Highway Department
North Alabama
Tennessee River Gauge Rises. Warm, Wet Weather Outlook
The Tennessee river gauge stands at 204 feet and rising. Temperatures ranged from 69 to 88 degrees with 0.22 inches of rainfall. Alabama and Northwest Florida expect partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday, with light to moderate variable winds and possible local showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mussolini
Admiral Leahy
Secretary of Navy
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Claude A. Swanson
Washington Committee
Kibitzers
By John Ferris
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
F. O. Jacobson
Des Moines
Arden
Crippled Children’s Clinic
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!