President Roosevelt plan on veterans cuts approved with changes
The special house veterans committee approved Roosevelt’s plan on veterans cuts with modifications. Averaging about 18 percent, presumptive cases to be cut 25 percent, boards of review set for presumptive cases, and a House procedure avoiding direct Senate amendment votes. Spanish American War vets gains hinge on age limit concessions. Original economy estimate near 50 to 60 million. Senate would raise to 170 million with increases.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Special House Veterans Committee
Democratic Steering Committee
House
Senate
White House
Roosevelt Veterans Aid
Bargain Bride prominent character Lida in new serial
Katharine Haviland Taylor writes Bargain Bride with Lida as a key figure. The Decatur Daily notes she forced her daughter into unbecoming clothes to seek admiration, recalling Beauty's former title as the most beautiful woman in New York.
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Stafford
New York
Lida
Katharine Haviland-Taylor
Decatur Daily
Knife weapon in triple tragedy in New York
Ray mond Irizarry used a ten cent bread knife in a quarrel at a East Side flat to stab his mother in law Cecilia Vicarrondo his sister in law and his wife Ricardo killing all three before gravely wounding himself. Police found his three daughters ages four and under sleeping in the flat days later a crowd pursued him.
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New York
Raymond Irizarry
East Side
Irizarry
Julia Vicarrondo
Cecilia
Ricardo
Beer Bills Drawn For Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi June 9 Walter Sillers Rose Dale chairman of the House rules committee and administration floor leader said two bills for beer legalization were being prepared for presentation to the Mississippi Legislature. He described the bill as a personal undertaking and expected action in the regular session next January or sooner if a special session is called. One bill is written and the attorney general is preparing the other to address possible constitutional questions. Each bill will include the county option clause.
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Jackson
Miss
Walter Sillers
Rosedale
House Rules Committee
Mississippi
Sillers
All Day Sing at Woodland Mills Promises Large Crowd
An all day singing with dinner on the ground is planned at Woodland Mills on Sunday June 11. Pred Overstreet, a leading local singer, announced the event. Officials expect one of the largest crowds ever to attend the Woodland Mills gathering for singing and a bountiful dinner.
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Woodland Mills
Pred Overtsereet
Alabama Fliers Prepare for Delaware Air Carnival
Maxwell Field units under Col. John F. Curry will depart June 14 for a major air carnival near Fort Dupont Delaware. Twenty seven planes will fly from Montgomery to Bolling Field Washington as a base for the maneuvers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pacific Coast
Maxwell Field
Fort Dupont
Delaware
John F. Curry
Bolling Field
Washington
Household Goods Wanted For Young Couple
Child welfare officers request donations of household goods kitchen equipment and utensils not in use to aid a young couple not yet seen. Persons holding items should call 515 and arrangements will be made to turn over donated articles to the deserving couple.
Cotton Scales Will Be Tested Across Alabama
Inspectors from the department of agriculture will test about 650 cotton scales used in Alabama as the state moves northward from south Alabama ahead of the crop. H. S. Holloway, chief of weights and measures, notes a 16 percent fault rate last year, down from 50 percent in 1925, with faulty scales condemned until repaired and rechecked.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Department of Agriculture
H. S. Holloway
Mr. Holloway
Auburn Officers At Fort Benning
Eleven Auburn graduate officers of the Reserve Corps will spend two weeks at Fort Benning Georgia teaching ROTC students. Major G H Franke will lead the camp with about 200 Auburn students receiving instructions in artillery and engineering from June 9 to June 22.
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Auburn
Ala
Fort Benning
G. H. Franke
Auburn Commat
W. B. Paterson
Montgomery
Sam Wittel
Howard L. Eubanks
Slocomb
J. LeRoy Fincher
Roy W. Wages
James D. Wallgham
Grigsby
S. Cristopher
Gadsden
Donald T. Jones
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. Ralph Jordan
Selma
C. F. Striplin
Huntsville
Thomas W. Sparrow
Snyder's Tours Founder Visits Decatur on Business
Mr. Snyder of Snyder's Tours paid a business visit to Decatur today, meeting local contacts and discussing upcoming tours and partnerships.
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Mr. Snyder
The
Snyder
Timberlake to Visit Stevenson Relatives
Cecil Timberlake will leave Saturday afternoon for a weekend visit with relatives in Stevenson.
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Stevenson Cecil
Timberlake
Stevenson
Prominent Moulton Merchant John H. Brewer Dies
John H. Brewer 78 a famed Lawrence county merchant and farmer died at his Moulton residence after a two month illness. Funeral service set for 3:30 at Moulton Church of Christ with J. P. Harris officiating and burial at McDonald cemetery under Highsmith direction. He survived by a widow six sons and three daughters including Ernest Luther Roy John Monroe Henry and Rev. Henry Brewer and daughters Lucile Roxie and Margaret. The community mourns the loss of a well respected longtime resident.
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John H. Brewer
Lawrence County
Moulton
Moulton Church of
California
Henry Brewer
Kansas
Lucile Clayton
Roxie Harvey
Houston
Tex
Margaret Chambers
Brewer
Girl Slayer II Granted Parole
Helen Spence Eaton a 20-year-old DeWitt girl was paroled from the state farm for women after serving more than one-third of a two year manslaughter sentence for shooting Jack Worls in a DeWitt courtroom during his trial for killing her father Cicero Spence. The parole was recommended by the judge and prosecuting attorney.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Helen Spence Eaton
DeWitt
State Farm For
State Penal Board
Jack Worls
Cicero Spence
Worls
Rubber Tires For Street Cars Likely
CHICAGO June 9 AP A new kind of street car with rubber wheels is to appear in Chicago announced by Guy A President of the Chicago surface lines. He released the first report on four years of research for 25 major street railway companies noting rubber in axles and trucks reduces noise while the trolley wheel remains the most distinguishable sound.
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Chicago
Guy A
Chicago Surface Lines
Price Undergoes Operation At Benevolent Hospital
Frank Price underwent a surgical procedure at Benevolent Hospital Wednesday for removal of his appendix. His condition was reported as satisfactory after the operation.
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Frank Price
Benevolent Hospital
Bodies of 2 Men Taken From Jail Found
Mob abducts Jerome Boyett and Harvey Winchester from Scott county jail in Tennessee. Winchester’s body is found shot along a highway between Huntsville and Helenwood. Boyett’s body remains missing. Winchester faced murder charges for two past killings. Boyett faced murder charges in the killings of Sheriff G. B. Winningham and deputy Floyd Winningham in Pickett county. Jailer reports about 100 armed men involved.
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Huntsville
Tenn
Scott County
Jerome Boyett
Harvey Winchester
Winchester
Helenwood
Boyett
Winfield
G. B. Winningham
Floyd Winningham
Pickett County
Decatur to Host North Alabama Dental Meeting
The North Alabama Dental Association voted Decatur as the site for its next quarterly meeting in October with dates to be announced. Attendees from Decatur included Drs. W A Rickles L A Neill and R C Berry. The Huntsville convention featured a denture retention clinic by Dr. Ewell Neil of Nashville and a Nashville essay by Dr. Sims. A Russell Erskine hotel banquet closed the event.
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North Alabama Dental Association
Decatur
Huntsville
W. A. Rickles
L. A. Neill
R. C. Berry
A. L. Rodgers
Athens
Ewell Neil
Nashvile
Sims
Nashville
Russell Erskine Hotel
Returns Home From Aniston Visit
Prof. W. T. Jordan and Mrs. Jordan with their son have returned from a brief visit to Aniston.
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Prof. W. T. Jordan
Mrs. Jordan and Son
Anniston
New High Temperature Reached in Decatur
Decatur set a new high for the season at 101 degrees on Thursday. The day surpassed the prior 100 degree reading and a shower cooled the city in the afternoon. Overnight lows fell to 70 degrees, four below the prior 24 hour minimum.
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Decatur
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Howd
Prohibition Convention Candidacy Closures Urged Before June 12
Pete B. Jarman Jr urges state at large candidates to qualify for the prohibition repeal convention by June 12 to meet absentee ballot deadlines. Alabama law allows June 18 qualifying. certificates must reach probate judges by Monday. Delegates to a 106 member convention will be elected July 18 from the state at large. only 11 have qualified so far. County candidates must qualify with their probate judges.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pete B. Jarman, Jr
Alabama
Jarman
Home Bakery 10 Opens Saturday on Second Avenue
The Home Bakery under C Robey will open on Second Avenue this Saturday. A full line of bakery and delicatessen products will be offered. The modern plant invites the public for a visit Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 with refreshments provided by management.
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C. Robey
Second Avenue
Robey
Cotton Soars 15 Points Amid Market Rally
Cotton rose 15 points today as middling prices on Decatur markets moved to 8.85 from 8.70. New York July futures settled at 9.16.
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Decatur
New York
Trip Resumes Across World Flight After Rest
Jim mie Mattern continued his globe circling attempt resuming with four hours rest. He took off from Kras repairing his damaged plane after yesterday’s Belovo landing while aiming toward a takeoff point for the trans Pacific leg. In California Lieut. Jack Richardson and Chief Machinist Mate F C Glazener were killed when their plane hit high tension wires during emergency landing near Oceanside. Glazener survived by widow Flora E. Glazener in San Diego.
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Moscow
Jimmie Mattern
Kras
Belovo
Oceanside
Calif
Jack C. Richardson
F. C. Glazener
Naval Air Station, San Diego
Here
Richardson
Senate Edges Toward Vote on Major Relief Measure
Washington June 9 AP The Senate moved toward a vote on the industrial and public works bill after adopting an amendment that limits net appropriations to less than fifty million from the three billion for national forests roads and rails. The committee amendment also makes twenty five million available for homestead purchases and redistribution of population in industrial centers. The House approved the rail read bill with amendments, leaving only Senate action before sending it to the president.
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Washington
Senate
House
J T Jordan Called By Death
J T Jordan longtime agent for the Southeastern Express company here died at Benevolent Hospital at 11 30 this morning. The body was moved to his East Church street home for burial at Iuka Mississippi. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown's.
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Southeastern Express Company
Benevolent Hospital
East Church Street
Iuka
Miss
Brown's
Clarke County farmer given suspended five-year sentence
C M Turbeville a Clarke county farmer was sentenced to five years suspended in Atlanta Federal Prison after pleading guilty to sending threatening letters signed Ku Klux Klan. Judge Robert T Erwin ordered no further threats against R R Johnston of Eiler Alabama, with the letters tied to a land and timber dispute.
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Mobile
Ala
C. M. Turbeville
Clarke County
Atlanta
Robert T. Erwin
Ervin
Turbeville
R. R. Johnston
Eiler
Heat Wave Keeps Pressure on Eastern States
The eastern half of the nation endures a two day heat wave with nearly 100 deaths. Illinois reports 23 deaths, Chicago area 18, while Indiana Kentucky Wisconsin Nashville and Atlanta also tally fatalities. Rain scarce and winds high with limited damage as relief approaches tonight. House Democratic steering committee approves the compromise and schedules action for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New York
Midwest
Illinois
Chicago
Detroit
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Nashville
Atlanta
South
House Democratic Steering Committee
Largen To Lead Campaign Tent Meeting in Fayetteville
Andy T. Largen, Church of Christ minister of Fayetteville Tennessee, will begin a tent meeting here Sunday evening at 7 30 o clock. Services will be held each evening and a cordial invitation was extended to the public to attend.
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Andy T. Largen
Church of Christ
Fayetteville, Tenn
Dramatic twist in Stafford murder case sparks inheritance motive
Victim E. Bentwell Stafford was seriously wounded by a bullet amid rumors the shooter associated with Stafford's wife. Authorities note Stafford's sharp resentment over an inheritance from the Sexton millions, fueling a dramatic unfolding.
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E. Bentwell Stafford
Stafford
Sexton
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