Navy to Build World’s Largest Military Plane
Washington reports the Navy plans a massive flying patrol boat costing up to 3 million dollars, with a 50 ton weight and a 5,000 mile range or more. Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook says it will surpass existing flying boats in capability, carrying 10 to 14 crew, and is budgeted by Congress despite shielding.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Seattle
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
Cook
San Francisco
Honolulu
Lolita Dances Into Bill Baron's Evening at The Owl
In Nogales Texas rancher Ellen Dale joins Felix Montoya while Bill Baron dines alone at El Owl. A floor show features Lolita in a vivid tango causing Bill to dance with the temptress and confront Ellen’s gaze, leaving his plans and loyalties in question.
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Ellen
Bill
Baron
Nogales
Elien
Hollywood
Ition
Durango
Arizona
Egales
Felix Montoya
Durango Ranch
Bill Baron
Felix
Senor Baron
el Tecolote
The
Owl
Lolita
Ellen Dale
Work of raising bridge is started Guntersville
Preliminary work on raising the George Houston bridge across the Tennessee river has begun as part of TVA driven highway development. The bridge must gain 17 feet clearance to 57 feet above the lake. the 767 foot main span will be raised in stages as piers are rebuilt. The $195000 contract includes reopening this fall with two ferries operating in summer before closing.
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Guntersville
Ala
Houston
Tennessee River
TVA
Paved Road Split Leads to County Dispute
In Indiana St Joseph and Marshall counties agreed to pave halves of a rural road. St Joseph crews later paved Marshall’s half by mistake. Marshall officials now urge St Joseph to honor the original deal and complete its own portion.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Marshall County
Marshall Commissioners
St. Joseph
Lawrence Singing Convenes Thursday at Courthouse
The Lawrence county community sing will convene at the courthouse Thursday evening. A cordial invitation was extended to the public to attend.
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Lawrence
Lawrence County
Blountsville Alumni Elects Hugh Fowler President
Hugh Fowler of Montgomery was elected president of the Blountsville college alumni association at a meeting held to perpetuate the memory of the college in Blountsville Alabama on June 8.
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Blountsville, Ala
Hugh Fowler
Montgomery
Old
Blountsville College Alumni Association
New Hope Community Notes and Local Tidbits
Cullman County brief from New Hope recounts infant burial at New Hope. births announced including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lott. Miss Eveleth Hadley returns from Jacksonville College. several residents visit, attend church events, or travel to Birmingham and Falkville. notes on illnesses and recoveries. local family visits and a plan to attend Hamby’s Chapel decoration day.
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Marvin Sellars
Athens
Eva
Leon Lott
Ovie Lindsey
Mary Lee
Catherine
Agnes Webb
Ruth Greer
Marie Bufford
Sylvester Ferrar
Stanley Young
Everett Grant
Catherine Alvis
Loriie Roberts
Hazel Roberts
Ruby Butler
Pearl Brown
Ruby Winsett
Ruth Lawrence
Burton Brown
John Brown
Lydia Brown
Leah Fitzgerald
Emitt Holmes
Falkville
T. M. Butler
L. L. Lindsey
L. E. Reeves
W. M. Suit
Robert Crisco
J.D. Robertson
Hamby’s
Clifton Robertson
J. D. Robertson
Almer
Lacel Lawrence
Lebanon
Army Lets Cat Out of the Bag at Maxwell Field
A stray black cat stowed away in a plane piloted by Colonel Jacob H. Rudolph and Master Sergeant George Mendel at Maxwell Field Alabama during instrument flight practice. The cat crawled into the cockpit and froze the control system until Mendel freed it, narrowly averting disaster.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Jacob H. Rudolph
George Mendel
Maxwell Field
Ala
Rudolph
Mendel
Politician Tickets Pay to Speak at City Church Open House
Oklahoma City church plans Tuesday and Friday open houses ahead of the election. Church officers say politicians may speak only if they pay, inviting paid speakers to address attendees as part of the campaign event plan.
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Oklahoma City
Star hurlers wed within days in Selma league romance
Selma Cloverleaf pitchers Matt Thernes of Notre Dame and Ralph Braun of the Birmingham Barons are set to marry Connie Ritter of Cincinnati and Minnie Overstreet of Birmingham respectively. Thernes wed at 7 30 this morning at the Church of the Advent. Braun plans a gala ceremony with fans and merchants in attendance and then will pitch for the Pilots against Gadsden.
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Shlma
Ala
Selma Clover Seafs
Matt Thernes
Notre Dame
Church of the Advent
Connie Ritter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thernes
Rowell Field
Ralph
Lefty) Braun
Birmingham Barons
Minnie Overstreet
Birmingham
Braun
Barons
Gadsden
Vanderbilt Heir Marries Miss Manuela Hudson Today
Gwynne Vanderbilt heir to a $20,000,000 fortune wed Manuela Hudson at the Sands Point Long Island estate of Mrs. Margaret Emerson. The couple met at Santa Anita Park and continued romance through Pimlico and Belmont meets.
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New York
Albred Gwynne Vanderbilt
America
Manuela Hudson
San Francisco
Santa Anita Park
Pimlico
Belmont Tracks
Sands Point
Long Island
Margaret Emerson
Vanderbilt
Alabama Court of Appeals Reverses Manslaughter Conviction
Dr. R. J. Barnett a Birmingham dentist won a reversal of a manslaughter conviction in a ruling by the Alabama Court of Appeals. He had been indicted for murder in 1933 after the death of Miss Elizabeth Alverson in a traffic accident and received a 12 month sentence on the manslaughter verdict.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. J. Barnett
Birmingham
Alabama Court of Appeals
Barnett
Elizabeth Alverson
Revival Here Has Fine Beginning at Memorial Drive Church
The revival started Sunday at Memorial Drive Methodist Church with large morning and evening attendances. Pastor Rev. R D Cook preaches the series with morning themes on Christian Attainment and evening topics on Church Life and Church Advancement.
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Memorial Drive Methodist Church
R D. Cook
Evangelistic rally headlined by Joe Philpot in evening
Henry Hanson leads morning program as the event features evangelical singing and preaching. The report notes the United States ranks second to Great Britain in tea consumption.
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Will
Joe Philpot
Henry Hanson
United States
Great Britain
Neal Ouster Plea Is Made At Howard College
Fifteen Howard College faculty members presented no evidence to support removing Dr. T. V. Neal as president. The board of trustees will decide after a report by the faculty committee, following actions urged by the Howard Alumni Association. Neal cited communistic influences in the dispute. petitions offered no reasons for dismissal. Howard, a Baptist school founded in 1842.
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Birmingham
Ala
Howard College
T. V. Neal
Howard Alumni Association
Neal
W. A. Berry
Dr. Neal
Howard
Board of Trustees
Meal
Pittsburgh youth earns degree despite handicap
Joseph Pirukowsky of Johnstown Pennsylvania, a University of Pittsburgh student who writes with a pencil clenched in his teeth after losing both arms at age four, earned a Bachelor of Science degree. Instructors note his handwriting exceeds average due to his determination.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Pirukowsky
Armieas
Johnstown
University of Pittsburg
Pirukowsky
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