Debris Sheds Light On Bomber Crash In Storm
An army board investigates a Douglas B-18 bomber crash two miles northwest of Delavan NL. Eight aboard perished yesterday as the aircraft apparently disintegrated in a storm. Weather may have caused the accident. officials note no conclusive lightning strike. Bodies were moved to Chanute Field.
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Delavan
Roy W. Camblin
Cambriri
Here
Camblin
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Lowry Field
Denver
Richard B. Reeves
Waunakee
Wis
Norman Hives
Los Angeles
Thomas Langden
Galveston
Tex
Edward F. Murah
Corp
William H. Housley
Stillwater
Okla
Philip J. Truitt
Galax
Max W. Myser
Villa Grove
George L. Huntsman
Go Banga
Sor
War Department
Washington
Gerald C. Brant
Air Corps Technical School
Chaute Field
Col. Brant
Lieut
O. D. Henderson
Rainbow division veterans to meet in Alabama in June
Rainbow division veterans will gather for their annual state meet near Montgomery on June 18 and 19. Myles Simpson, state president, announced the event today.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rainbow Division
Montgomery
Myles Simpson
Daily to Publish Two Editions Starting June 13
The Daily begins two daily editions from Monday, June 13, with deadline rules for display ads. Ads must reach The Daily by 9 am on the insertion day for guaranteed mall and city edition placement. Late copy may appear in the ch edition only, with no guaranteed position. The mail edition will reach a wide area including Cullman Ardmore Huntsville Moulton Town Creek Russellville.
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Cullman
Ardmore
Huntsville
Moulton
Town Creek
Russellville
Hull urges restraint on bombings and arms sales
Secretary Hull condemned civilian bombings in Spain and China and warned that state department pressure should curb American plane sales to those who use bombs against civilians. He reiterated that the United States condemns both bombing and material encouragement and urged joint action to humanize warfare.
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State Department
Department
Spain
China
Hull
United States
Nashville
Tenn
Japan
Morgan county Red Cross group sails to swim school in Brevard
Nine representatives from Morgan county Red Cross depart by car for Brevard North Carolina to attend a national aquatic school running from Sunday to June 22. The delegation includes Mrs Ida McAllister Mrs Ann Hodges Cooper Wells Floyd Elkins head of Decatur fire department H L Thornton Miss Frances Coleman Morgan county health department George Porter Red Cross life saving chairman E L Drinkard Jr Drinkard Howell Funeral Co John Roberts Goldel Drug Store Miss Evelyn Jenkins Benevolent Society Hospital and Miss Lena McGregor of Sheffield representing Colbert county Red Cross.
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Morgan County
The
Red Cross
Brevard
N. C
National Aquatic School
Ida McAllister
Ann Hodges
Cooper Wells
Floyd Elkins
Decatur
Athens Public Library receives new book donations
The Athens Public Library reports several book donations since moving to the former Governor Houston home. A large gift of fifty books was given by Mrs. Charles Dillingham of Huntsville, among others in the recent contributions.
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Athens
Ala
Athens Public Library
Governor Houston
Charles Dillingham
Huntsville
Weather outlook and regional forecast summary
The report notes the Tennessee River at 19.8 feet with 0.06 inch rainfall. Alabama expected generally fair and cooler in the northwest with Sunday possible thundershowers. Tennessee mainly cloudy with scattered showers, easing north and west portions. East Gulf States forecast partly cloudy with local thundershowers and near normal temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
East Gulf States
Southern Plains
West Gulf States
Southwest
Xas
FDR seeks Rah aid bill amid railroad wage disputes
President Roosevelt pressed for congressional action on a railroad aid bill including bankruptcy law changes and RFC loans to keep carriers solvent. He met with Senate leaders Wagner and Wheeler to bridge management labor gaps over proposed 15 percent wage cuts and to grant circuits court original jurisdiction in railroad reorganizations.
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Washington
Wal
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
Senate Committee
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Dmont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Circuit Courts
Advertising Pays for Home Loan Banks
The Federal Home Loan Bank review found savings and loan associations nationwide expanded business through cooperative newspaper advertising. The survey reports heightened public awareness of facilities and advantages, plus unusually many new savings accounts and home loans.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Review
Review
Savings and Loan
Europe Shaken by Noon Earthquake Felt Across Several Nations
The noon quake rattled Great Britain Belgium Northern France and the Netherlands with tremors lasting up to twenty seconds. Minor damage reported including overturned items in Brussels and a wall cabinet in The Hague. no serious casualties. Epicenter cited as the North Sea.
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London
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Sevenermor
Brussels
North Sea
A _ wall
Hague
Financial District
West End
Regent Street
Largest twins born in Clarksburg weigh 16 pounds 5 ounces
Dr. William Ho Allman described the three day old twins born to Mrs. Dominick Panke as the largest twins he had heard of. The combined weight was 16 pounds 5% ounces. He noted no unusual difficulty in the Caesarean births and that both mother and sons are in excellent health.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
William Ho Allman
Dominick Panke
Jury verdict awaited in Florida kidnapping case
Miami reports a coroner jury weighs a formal verdict in the death of five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. after Franklin Pierce McCall confessed to abducting him in Princeton Florida. McCall described entering the home, rendering the child unconscious, and carrying the body to a palmetto thicket before fleeing with $10 000 in ransom funds.
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Miami
Fla
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Franklin Pierce McCall
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sal McCall
Princeton
McCall
Cella
Dade County
Skeegie
Hoover
Boy
PBI
Joseph Hilliard
U W Wood Dies of Heart Attack at 98
U W Wood aged 98 died Friday of a heart attack at his daughter M Carl Levels home in Empire Alabama. Survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Luther Powell of Los Angeles and Mrs Levels and son Floyd Wood. Funeral at Center Church Lawrence County at two this afternoon by Rev Dan Dutton. Interment Peck
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U. W. Wood
M Carl Levels
Empire
Ala
Luther Powell
Los Angeles
Levels
Floyd Wood
Center Church
Lawrence County
Dan Dutton
Peck
Iowa Senator Gillette to Attend Roosevelt Luncheon
President Roosevelt invites Iowa Senator Gillette to the White House for luncheon as he filed a Democratic primary victory over Otha Wearin. Gillette stressed he is not an anti Roosevelian and that he fights for progressive liberal democracy, while opponents eye outside help in the race.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gillette
White House
Iowa
Otha Wearin
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
James Roosevelt
Wearin
Supreme Court
Senate
Iowalan
Cpst
Otha We
Harry Hopkins
Two Drowned in Alabama Fishing Tragedy
In Jackson County near Long Island two fishermen died when their boat capsized. Mrs. Tate Rhodes and her baby were saved after fishermen Dr. R. J. Quest Jr Hoyt Wilson G Weatherly Jr and James Ross pulled them from the water and revived them. The drowned were Tate Rhodes and his three year old daughter Betty Sue. Funeral services for father and child were held at Long Island.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Long Island
Jackson County
Tate Rhodes
R. J. Quest
Hoyt Wilson
G. Weatherly, Jr
James Ross
Labor Bill Nearing Agreement With Wagehour Standards Set
Southern members of the joint conference committee reported near agreement on wage hour legislation with a bedrock 25 cent minimum wage and staged increases to 40 cents in seven years. The plan includes 44 hour week first year, with overtime, geographic wage differentials, and administrator pay of 10,000 dollars.
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Washington
Joint Confessional Committee
Bankhead
Ellender
Pepper
D. Flay
Four Month Old Clyde Chammess Dies of Colitis
Clyde Haywood Chammess aged four months died of colitis at 9 this morning at his parents home on Moulton route 1. Funeral services with Rev. George Montgomery at 10 Sunday at Montgomery cemetery, burial directed by Brown of Decatur. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Chammess and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Dover and Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Chammess.
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Clyde Haywood Chammess
Sanders Chammess
Moulton
George Montgomery
Montgomery Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
J. D. Dover
M. J. Chammess
International tensions rise as Spain and Czechoslovakia near voting day
On the eve of communal elections in Czechoslovakia the central European scene bristles with tension amid Spanish war advances and Japanese moves near Hankow. Headlines from Berlin mock Prague while Britain and France seek to shield shipping and prepare for possible alliance shifts as France negotiates Syria’s Alexandretta and Turkey ties.
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Czechoslovakia
Spain
Castellon de la Plana
Valencia
Hankow
Chengchow
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Mussolini
Alicante
France
George
Elizabeth
Viscount Halifax
Halifax
Turkey
Mediterranean
Alexandretta
Syria
Austinville Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Avery Roberts home on Cedar Street and Spring Avenue in Austinville Friday afternoon. Decatur firefighters lacked water supply, but a booster tank and bucket brigade saved a garage and limited damage. a few mattresses and porch furniture were saved.
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Avery Roberts
Austinville
Cedar Street
Spring Avenue
Decatur Fire Department
Three men dead in mine blast near Birmingham
An explosion at a coal mine of the Southern Coal and Coke Company in Boothton near Birmingham killed three men and left another severely burned, with state authorities investigating the incident.
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Boothton
Ala
Birmingham
Southern Coal & Coke Company
Hart selle project advances bonds for municipal power systems
approval by TVA board and PWA in Chattanooga clears final steps for Hartselle Courtland and Decatur electric distribution plans. Mayor Hodges and City Clerk Sherrill head to Atlanta to deliver 33,000 revenue bonds dated March 1 1988 and collect funds plus interest.
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TVA Board of Directors
Power Con
Hartselle Courtland
Hartselle
Chattanooga
Courtland
Chatta
Decatur
PWA
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Hartselle Sogem
Suan Aution
Rae
T C Marsh Illness Victim Dies at 48
Thomas O. Marsh of Madison route 8 died at 9 30 this morning at Baughs Infirmary aged 48. Immediate cause was a hemorrhage after short illness. Funeral 4 PM Monday at his mother Mrs J S Wrights home Madison route 3 with Rev Bentley, burial Roselawn. Survived by widow two sons Thomas Jr and Floyd, daughter Mary Ruth Marsh, four brothers and a sister. Pallbearers named Leoard Prime Standsridge Black Davis and others.
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Thomas O. Marsh
Madison
Baugh’s Infirmary
Wright
Bentley
Roselawn
Drinkard-Howell
Circuit Court to Resume Monday with Criminal Hearings
The June term of circuit court will be resumed Monday with criminal hearings led by Judge A. A. presiding. Tuesday will open capital case hearings while Monday focuses on lesser offenses such as burglary grand larceny and prohibition law violations.
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A. A. Th
Hamilton to Visit Birmingham for Republican Talks
John D. M. Hamilton chairman of the Republican National Committee will visit Birmingham on Tuesday to confer with leading Republicans in the state. He will address a civic club luncheon on Wednesday.
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Birmingham
Ala
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Civic Club
Apartment for Rent Offers Extra Room
Advertises a mid sized home with an available apartment and an extra room. Mentions affordable rates and invites inquiries for the rental unit. Includes contact details for interested parties.
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