Speck Retains Florence Lawyer in Murder Case
Defendant 5 D Speck hires Henry Jones to lead defense after killing Lester Ingram with a shotgun at 310 Canal Street. Preliminary hearing likely next week as 54 witnesses summoned by defense and five by the state. Speck claims self defense after an altercation Saturday threatening his wife and himself.
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D. Speck
Lester Ingram
Henry Jones
Florence
Lauderdale County
Speck
Melvin Hutson
Sandlin
Ingram
Canal Street
Mahan May Have Slipped Through Cordon of Police
District attorney staff and federal investigators pursue possible escape of Mahan amid police cordon rumors continuing from page one. No victim harm yet reported as authorities weigh murder charge implications.
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Mahan
Tugwell’s AR A hailed as potential millstone in relief drive
Dr Tugwell faces critics as Rural Resettlement Administration expands under his leadership. Budgeted at 100 million dollars to relocate and rehabilitate stranded farm families, ARA personnel draw mixed reviews while concerns grow over subsistence homesteads and shifting programs. Supreme Court settles to a busy docket as AAA taxes loom, and University of Chicago researchers expose alleged Communist teaching links at their alma mater.
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Rural Resettlement Administration
Tugwell
ARA
New Deal
Interior Department
Moley
Douglas
Johnson
Richberg
Rex
AAA
Supreme Court
Beason
Tjniversity OF
Chicago
Food and Drug Administration
NEA Service, Inc
George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case follows nerve damage claim
Tacoma agents would not comment on possibility of death sentence tied to George Weyerhaeuser’s alleged harmed nervous system. Parents J P Weyerhaeuser Jr issued a statement after his release describing him as frightened and badly shaken. A mysterious airplane was reported to head toward the city with the kidnapped boy.
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Tacoma
George
President Praises Civilian Support and Naval Academy
The president stresses the strength of reserves and civilian resolve behind the lines. He lauds neighbors and notes the Naval Academy as a symbol of democracy and equal opportunity, highlighting two military institutions as exemplars of national unity.
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Naval Academy
Bird seed salesman arrives at Tacoma with family report
A man calling himself a bird seed salesman arrived at the local airport from the north. In Tacoma, the family said the child was not at home but was believed not out of the state.
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Tacoma
Pitts Seeks Albany Baseball Chance After Sing Sing Fame
Edwin C. Alabama Pitts, once sentenced to Sing Sing where he starred in sports, awaits trial and hopes to join Albany New York’s baseball team wearing an Albany uniform.
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Edwin C
Alabama
Pitts
Sing Sing
Albany, N. Y
Albany
Senate approves gin limit bill by 28 to 1 vote
The Senate passed the gin limit bill by a lopsided 28 to 1 margin. Walden hopes to push the measure before the upcoming election in Dothan where voters recently changed city government form. Local bills move forward.
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Senate
Walden
Dothan
Sister Marys Kitchen Pineapple Pork and Rhubarb Fluff
A home cooking feature outlines a pork chops dish with apples and wine, potato nests and peas, then rhubarb fluff dessert. Includes step by step baking times and quantities for dinner components, plus custard and vanilla variations.
Daily Menu Highlights Breakfast Lunch Dinner
A historical menu lists breakfast items of stewed prunes cereal cream poached eggs on toast milk and coffee. Luncheon includes open ham cheese tomato sandwich melon halves and iced chocolate. Dinner features pork chops French style green peas in potato nests spinach and egg salad rhubarb fluff and milk coffee.
Senate Advances Health Bills and Outlaws Marathon Dances
The senate passed five health regulation bills, then, by 29 to 0, approved a house measure banning marathon dances and walkathons. The Weaver recall referendum bill was delayed after Frazer sought time to study it, with Weaver agreeing to print copies for study. Final action postponed to Friday with 5000 copies ordered.
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Tom Frazer
Weaver
State petition and recall measures advance in legislature
A bill would require 25 percent of qualified voters to sign election petitions up from 10 percent for city county offices and 25,000 names for state petitions. If signed, probate judges would call recalls and governor referendums. Saunderson bill on equity practice was passed 26 to 1 and Mooneyham bill 29 to 0 to restrict trust funds from Alabama real estate and require judge approval for loans longer than two years.
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Saunderson House
Mooneyham
Alabama
Census says cottonseed crush falls from last year
Washington June 12 report from the census bureau shows 3,400,544 tons of cottonseed crushed in the August 1 to May 31 period, down from 3,963,954 tons in the previous year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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Mom’'n Pop
Emmy
Cowan
Enmy
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NEA Service
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Dr. Tugwell
NRA
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Decatur Daily
Mussolini
Somaliland
Haile Selassi
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Addis Ababa
Sing Sing Star
Mary E. Daguenea
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Decatur Dairy
America
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Detroit
Poole Motor CQ
Oak Street
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