Voters Residence Rule Adopted in Morgan County Elections
For the first time Morgan County will show voters by precinct and by election district on the poll list for July 11 amendments. The probate office prepares the 1939 list, noting limits of 300 votes per box and that voters must cast ballots at their district box. The change, explained by Judge T C Almon, speeds counting and aids officials.
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Morgan County
Mobile
Supreme Court
T. C. Almon
Decatur
Precinct One
Johnston
Street Fire Hall
Almon
Mob Stones U S Embassy in Mexico City
About 40 persons stoned the American school as police guarded the U S embassy amid fears after Mexican air hero Francisco Sarabia was killed in a plane crash near Washington. At least 20 windows were broken and a student was slightly cut by a stone.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Francisco Barabia
Washington
Ernesto Romero
Juliet Thacker
el Paso
Texas
Josephus Daniels
Sarabia
Potomac River
Bolling Field
Ashington
Seoceen
Canal meet to decide action on Tennessee-Warrior- Tombigbee link
Montgomery Alabama June 8 Governor Dixon orders a Birmingham meeting of the canal committee to review an army engineers report calling the waterway not justified The group led by H A Berg seeks to connect the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers via the Warrior and Valley Creek with a Guntersville junction and ties to Birmingham's industry The governor also plans talks with wage hour officials and notes his son Sam Perry Dixon’s graduation plans
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Dixon
Birmingham
iTutwiler
H. A. Berg
Tennessee River
Mobile
Atlanta
Earl McGowin
Sam Perry Dixon
Bell Buckle
Tenn
Sean Russell Released Amid White House Pressure
The Labor Department ordered the release of Sean Russell, self styled head man of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, held in Detroit as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Cana dian territory. Some House members threatened to boycott the royal reception unless Russell was freed, appealing to President Roosevelt for intervention.
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Washington
Labor Department
Sean Russell
Irish Republican Army
Detroit
Department
Immigration Service
House of Representatives
Congress
Russell
Roosevelt
Sweeney
Dohio
George Washington
McGranery
D-Pa
Roosevelt Signs Bill for War Material Purchases
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing the purchase of 100 million dollars in stock of strategical war materiel and related supplies over the coming years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Distribution of Commodities Begins in Morgan County
Officials from the Morgan County Department of Public Welfare started distributing relief commodities from the warehouse on West Vine Street. The carload of oranges and staples such as beans graham flour meal butter and cereals are being provided to those on relief rolls.
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Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
W. Vine Street
Dosser Preaches on Prepare Ye The Way at Central Methodist
Rev Dosser urged spiritual highway building in hearts in a large Wednesday service at Central Methodist. He tied Isaiah and Luke to prepare for Christ, calling out the Valley of Neglect, Mountain of Hate, and Hill of Pride. Five worshippers came to the altar, committing to God.
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Dosser
Central Methodist Church
Christ
Israel
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Dooser
Peter
Clovis Chappel
Rev
Exports Rise as Japan Expands Textile Trade
The Agriculture Department reports Japanese cotton textile exports to China more than double in 1938 reflecting Japan's expanding influence amid wartime conditions. The increase underscores broader trade shifts during the period.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Foreign Service
China
Queen Mary Makes First Public Appearance Since Accident
Queen Mother Mary attends the royal colors ceremony at Marlborough House with King George VI visiting the United States. Despite bruises from the May 23 crash she smiles as the event proceeds in midsummer heat. Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent, Princess Elizabeth noted attend.
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London
Mary
George VI
United States
Ottawa
Marlborough House
Duke of Gloucester
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Edward
Elizabeth
Civil docket closes in June circuit court session
The civil docket in the June term of Circuit court ended after a three day session with a few cases set for trial. After a week’s recess, court resumes Monday morning June 19 with the criminal docket scheduled.
Alabama Boys State grants extra half hour sleep
The Alabama legislature's boys state has passed a law providing citizens of the miniature democracy an additional forty five minutes of morning sleep each weekday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
High Court rules smoke tax valid in interstate sales case
Alabama Supreme Court reverses Jefferson Circuit injunction blocking state and Birmingham from taxing cigarettes ordered from Murphey Cigarette Sales Co. Feld argued interstate commerce. court finds tax non discriminatory and intrastate sales only. Circuit court seizure of 21 car tons of cigarettes reversed and returned to Feld.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Jefferson Circuit
Birmingham
Alabama
Frederick Feld
Cigarette Sales Co. Murphy
N.C
Circurt
Feld
W. H. Thomas
United States
Circuit Court
State Revenue Department
First Detachment of Convicts Arrives at New Camp
The first detachment of 65 convicts, all Black, were moved from Speigner prison to a new convict camp on state highway property near the maintenance shop west of here. They will work on road repair and maintenance projects in the area. The camp holds 125 to 150 inmates.
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Speigner
State Highway Department
Huntsville Nurseryman Robert C Chase Dies at Home
Robert C Chase 63 a Maine native and co owner of Chase Nursery Co died suddenly at his home in Chase Alabama after six weeks of illness. The Chase Nursery a large national grower, was run in partnership with his brother Henry B Chase for nearly fifty years. Death caused by a heart attack.
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Huntsville
Ala
Robert C. Chase
Chase Nursery Co
Chase
Maine
Henry B. Chase
Chase Nursery
Royal Tourists Set for Five Hour New York Stop at World’s Fair
King George and Queen Elizabeth will visit New York for a five hour World’s Fair stop with vast security, 13 000 policemen and an 8 000 strong special detail. Their only public appearance will be a five minute platform moment outside the federal building.
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New York
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Keokuk
Chattanooga
Woonsocket
Broadway
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Avenue
West Side
City Hall
Central Park
Relations near breaking as tensions surge in Europe and Asia
Reports from Prague and Tokyo detail near breaking points in British German and Japanese relations. Britain seeks Soviet cooperation while Japan enlarges actions in China and plans a major offensive as Italian aid to Franco surfaces amid pressure on Polish Jews and Germans.
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Japan
Britain
Tokyo
London
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
France
China
Admiralty
Asahi
United States
Domei
Hongkong
Shanghai
Kalgan
Bri
Tientsin
Swatow
Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Leorze Armate
Spain
Germany
Poland
Legion Post 15 to Hold Annual Inspection at Armory
Morgan county post No. 15 of the American Legion will conduct its annual inspection at the Armory starting at 7 30 tonight. Inspector J M Mc Donald of Athens will lead the review and post officials expect a full membership turnout with refreshments to follow the sessions.
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Morgan County Post No. 15
The
American Legion
J. M. McDonald
Athens
Two Army Planes Join Hunt For Crashed Plane
In Dozier Alabama two Army planes from Maxwell Field joined the search for a plane believed to have crashed in swampy lowlands northwest of town after an electrical storm Tuesday. A farmer found an empty parachute in a tree top with bloodstains on its lines, though no wreckage has been located.
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Dozier
Ala
Ewampy
Here
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Harold Bell
Bell
Yarmer
Clin ic Diagnoses Day for 100 Crippled Children Listed
One hundred crippled children from ten North Alabama counties attended a diagnostic clinic at a junior high building directed by Dr Karl Conwell of Birmingham. County health doctors and nurses assisted. 38 from Morgan, 90 from Lawrence, 13 from Limestone, and other counties sent patients for diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
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North Alabama
Karl Conwell
Birmingham
Morgan County
Madison
Limestone
Lawrence
Franklin
Cullman
Lauderdale
Winston
Jackson
Colbert
Mary Kinter
North
Alabama
Emmie Frances Polhill
Milas Virginia Bayliss
County Welfare Department
W. P. Dozier
Margaret and
Jean Humphrey
Margaret Morrison
Skeggs Crawford
Helen Rauschenberg
Dorothy Cornelius
King George and Roosevelt greet in Washington ceremony
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Washington. President Roosevelt welcomes them with a formal reception at Union Station, followed by a procession to the White House and a 21 gun salute amid cheering crowds. The royal party and First Family share brief exchanges as guards salute and music plays God Save the King and the Star Spangled Banner. Queen Elizabeth shields her eyes with a parasol from the sun.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George
Britain
Hull
Canada
Union Station
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Searetea
Ar Pne Ore
White House
Capitol Grounds
Capitol
President Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Marine
Two Men Held in Arson Slaying of Grant Storekeeper
Special jury plan weighs in as Solicitor Mack Kilcrease considers calling a Marshall County grand jury. Edward McDonald of Scottsboro and Hubert Chandler of Grant are jailed on murder arson and robbery charges in Irwin Whitaker death. Sheriff Blakemore said both men admitted complicity and the store was set ablaze after a robbery. Whitaker's body was found by neighbor John Kirkland.
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Guntersville
Ala
Mack Kilcrease
Irwin Whitaker
Grant
Edward McDonald
Scottsboro
Hubert Chandler
Whitaker
H. C. Blakemore
Madison County
Huntsville
Blakemore
John Kirkland
McDonald
Chandler
Kilcrease
Snead Leads Philly Open Round With 68
Slugging Sam Snead, the West Virginian, shot two under par 68 to take the lead in the first round of the 43rd national open golf championship in Philadelphia. Half the field remained on the course as final scores loomed.
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Philadelphia
Sam Snead
Weather roundup for Tennessee and Alabama reports
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20.8 feet with a 90 degree high and 69 degree low, no rainfall reported. Alabama trends showed cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers tonight and Friday, variable onshore winds, and no temperature change expected in eastern districts.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Shelbyville
Ben Hall
Graham Chambers
Hall
Queen Mary
Prague
Konstantin von Neurath
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Kiadno
Liceman
Associated Press
Legion
Snead
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