Six Die in a Wave of Executions Across States
An aged Delaware mother Mrs Mat H Carey became the first white woman hanged in the state in a Sussex county jailyard execution. Her 27 year old son Howard also died for the murder tied to a 2000 life insurance. In Massachusetts Morton Millen and his brother Irving along with Abraham Faber were executed in Boston. Huntsville saw Albert Carr die, and Edward Lange waited in San Quentin as others faced death in later hours.
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Associated Press
Mat H. Carey
Delaware
Sussex County
Howard
Irving
Abraham Faber
Huntsville
Tex
Albert Carr
Edward L. Lange
San Quentin Prison
California
Memorial Service Set For Morgan County War Veterans
A memorial service honoring Morgan County World War veterans will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at the Princess Theatre under the American Legion Auxiliary. The public is invited and relatives of the deceased veterans are specially extended an invitation. A list of the deceased veterans and Auxiliary officers is provided, with a request to notify if any names are missing.
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Morgan County
Princess Theatre
American Legion Auxiliary
William Shaw Haslett
Henry Davidson
Ingold W. Timberlake
Clarence W. Mitchell
John Kemper Johnson
Edwin Shackelford
James W. Bunch
Charles E. Lanier
John W. Rose
Earl Williams
Robert H. Stovall
Thomas E. Wright
John A. Mitchell
Ollie R. Finn
Floyd Herbert
Frank Frohoff
Sam Black
Herman H. Bussey
George E. French
Clyde Patterson
Ray White
Willie Beckham
Eddie Boeglen
Pete Carson
John Bradley
Ernest M. Doss
Herbert P. Cryer
Teet Montgomery
W. A. Rhodes
J. C. Kleppner
Jake Drake
Wm. S. Burgess
Jesse E. Miller
Chinese Move Out of Peiping Today
Chinese officials announced that Gen. Yu Hsueh-Chung s 51st Army, formerly the garrison of the governor, has moved from Peiping to Paotingfu the new seat of Hopeh province. Japanese troop movements continued in Tientsin as detachments of several hundred soldiers paraded through crowded Chinese districts.
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Tientsin
China
Yu Hsueh-Chung
5Ista
Vernor
Peiping
Paotingfu
Hopeh
Alabama House Adjourns In Session To Finish Revenue Bill
The Alabama House, in a committee as a whole, voted to stay in session until 3 p.m. to finish debate on the general revenue bill and return Tuesday for a final vote. A memorial service for Col. Alfred M. Tunstall delayed work, and discussions focused on exemptions for tire dealers, amusement licenses for American Legion events, and building contract licenses.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Senate
Dominick
Tuscaloosa
Posey
Walker
American Legion
Sanderson
Alfred M. Tunstall
Hale
Lightler
Miss Burleson to Study At University of Alabama
Miss Martha Witt Burleson of Hartselle will leave Sunday for a summer course at the University of Alabama. The Morgan County High School valedictorian posted a four year average of 95 and a fraction, one of the school’s best scholastic records.
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Martha Witt Burleson
Hartselle
University of Alabama
Burleson
Morgan County High School
War Department Allocates 66 000 for Mobile Harbor Dredging
Washington reports the war department allotted 66 000 dollars for dredging to restore portions of the main channel in Mobile Alabama harbor to a 32 foot depth. The funding aims to improve navigation and harbor capacity.
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Washington
The
War Department
Mobile
Ala
Woodward Leaves Barons Beloved Birmingham Team
Rick Woodward vice president and major stockholder of the Birmingham Barons sells his holdings and retires from baseball. Clyde Milan also departs as Barons manager amid club reorganization led by president W. A. West. Woodward’s stock goes to Thomas Bowron Jim Burt and Crawford Johnson Jr as fans wonder about 1936 franchise changes.
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Birmingham
Ala
A H
Rick) Woodward
Birmingham Barons
Southern Association
Clyde Milan
Woodward
Milan
W. A
Billy) West
Dallas mill workers walk out over non union hire
About 800 textile workers at the Dallas mill in Huntsville Alabama walked out in protest of a non union hire. W L Benham the mill superintendent said no formal complaint was filed. The United Textile Workers local voted the walkout. pickets were posted as shifts changed. The walkout was not tied to wages or hours despite a Supreme Court ruling on the textile code.
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Huntsville
Ala
Dallas
W. L. Benham
United Textile Workers of America
United States Supreme Court
Major Trends In Trade Upward
The weekly summary from Dun and Broad street notes improvement in trade and business during the last week. Progress appeared in many directions despite NRA termination adjustments, and retail sales rose to the highest level in weeks at several centers.
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New York
Dun
Broadstreet
NRA
Roosevelt Nominates Johnson Ambassador to China
President Roosevelt named Nelson T. Johnson of Oklahoma the present minister to China to be ambassador to China in the newly elevated post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nelson T. Johnson
Oklahoma
China
George McNutt Found Not Guilty In 1932 Danville Slaying
A Morgan circuit jury acquitted George McNutt of murdering his cousin Ewell Lindsey at a Danville baseball game on August 13 1932. Lindsey died hours later from pistol wounds after a family dispute.
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Morgan Circuit
George McNutt
Ewell Lindsey
Danville
A. Lynne
McNutt
Lindsey
Liberty
Benevolent Society Hospital
Hartselle
Webb
Néd Johnston
Johnston
Two Phases of Farm Program Dodged Washington
June 17 1934 AAA officials concentrated on safeguarding processing taxes from NRA code changes. Rewritten amendments omit protections for Bankhead cotton and Kerr-Smith tobacco taxes, risking refunds to growers if these laws are struck unconstitutional. Bankhead tax set 5.6 cents a pound on cotton ginned above national quota. Kentucky court already ruled Kerr-Smith unconstitutional.
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Washington
AAA
Bankhead
Kerr-Smith
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Douglas Fairbanks Sr Arrives After Stirring Cable
Douglas Fairbanks Sr arrived by plane from Batavia en route to the United States. He described the incident as a most disturbing cable and spoke about the trip during the Singapore stop on June 7.
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Singapore
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Batavia
United States
Lilienthal Praises Private Plants Prosperity in TVA Area
Tennessee Valley Authority power director David E B Lilienthal stated private TVA area companies have spurred nationwide electric growth. Edison Institute named Tennessee Electric Power Company outstanding for 1934 in residential commercial and industrial sales gains. He posed six questions about private utilities’ sportsmanship and rate reductions amid public scrutiny.
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Knoxville
Tenn
David EB. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Edison Electric Institute
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Chattanooga
Nashville
Lillienthal
Mrs Frank Borton Dies in Decatur Illness Victim
Mrs. Frank Borton a prominent Decatur woman died at 2 30 am at Benevolent Society hospital after months of illness. Funeral at 319 Johnston St at 3 pm Saturday with Rev E N Hart of Westminster Presbyterian officiating. Burial at Roselawn. Brown directing. Survived by husband a brother W B Skelton and sister Mrs Fannie Cagle. Pallbearers named Harry Wyatt Gil Crane Harold Carter Dr T G Morrow Gilbert Speake Lamar Penney. A longtime Presbyterian church member.
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Frank
Borton
Decatur
Benevolent Society Hospital
Commons Cheered Attlee On Ethiopian War Talk
The House of Commons greeted Clement Attlee with cheers as he warned that if Italy uses force against Ethiopia it must be told it would not have access to the Suez Canal. He spoke as deputy leader of the opposition in London.
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London
House of Commons
Clement Richard Attlee
Italy
Ethiopia
Vote of Confidence Given to Cabinet
Paris June 7 AP Prime Minister Pierre Laval asked for decree powers to save the French franc from devaluation and won a quick vote of confidence from the chamber within 117 hours after forming his government.
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Paris
Pierre” Laval
Souvenir Urge Proves Costly For Normandie
New York June reports detail a passenger souvenir craze aboard the Normandie on its maiden voyage. Passengers took cabin keys as mementos, locking many cabins and forcing stewards to recover keys and use improvised master keys.
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Normandie
New York
Charles Courtney
Hampshire
Lord Kitchener
Tribute Paid 10 Solon's Memory
Governor Bibb Graves and Alabama leaders honor Alfred M. Tunstall known as The Gentleman From Hale, lauding a 40 year legislative career including three terms as speaker. Widowed wife in white listens as statements recall his service and faith of his home people across political changes.
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William I
Truby
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
House
Senate
Hale
Alfred M. Tunstall
Graves
Alabama
Sparks
Barbour
Ten Cent Cotton Loan Sought With Tax Continuance
Washington reports a ten cent loan on cotton and keeping processing tax in force as parts of recommendations to the special cabinet textile committee. The proposals come from the Committee for Economic Recovery led by Allie Freed of Paramount Motors, urging government action to ease wage disparities between the North and South and to accelerate relief in the cotton textile sector.
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Washington
Special Cabinet Textile Committee
Committee For Economic Recovery
Allie 8. Freed
Paramount Motors Corporation, Inc
Baldwin Succeeds MacDonald as British Prime Minister
London June 1 Stanley Baldwin accepts the post after Ramsay MacDonald resigns due to ill health. The switch occurs quickly with Baldwin forming a new cabinet and the country effectively without a minister for four minutes. MacDonald and Baldwin meet the King at Buckingham Palace and Downing Street announces the new leadership.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
George
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
No. 10
Downing Street
Lord Londonderry
John Simon
Kingsley Wood
Treasury
Lord Hailsham
Neville Chamberlain
Samuel Hoare
House of Lords
Lord Halifax
Dominions
J. H. Thomas
Philip Guncliffe-Lister
India
the Marquess of Zetland
Scotland
Sir Godfrey Collins
Malcolm MacDonald
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
The
Admiralty
Sir Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Sir Kingsley Wood
Board of Education
Oliver Stanley
Walter E. Elliot
Ernest Brown
William Ormsby-Gore
League of Nations
Anthony Eédén
Earthquake Rocks Japanese Province Reported Casualties
The Exchange Telegraph reports a severe earthquake at Shokushow in Taichu province Japan with five casualties. A market building and a grammar school were wrecked and 460 dwellings damaged or demolished.
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London
the Exchange Telegraph Company
Shokushow
Taichu Province
Japan
Tokyo
Voluntary Codes Conform to Anti Trust, NRA Debate
President Roosevelt says voluntary codes must conform to anti trust laws as Congress backs continued NRA skeleton. The A F of L criticizes extended NRA and calls for new act licensing interstate industries to enforce labor standards. Sears Roebuck reports voluntary continuation of code practices amid wage and hour debates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
NRA
House of Resentatives
A. F
Council of the American Federation of Labor
Weather outlook for Alabama and Tennessee
Increasing cloudiness tonight with Saturday mostly local showers and cooler temperatures in northern areas. Partly cloudy with showers tonight through the central and eastern regions, with some clearing by morning in parts of Tennessee.
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Alabama
Tennessee
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