Scout Camp Opens June 22 West Upland Preparations Complete
Scout executive Norris reports strong registrations for Camp West Upland opening June 22. Assistant executive Lafley oversaw two weeks of prep work with carpenters and laborers. Upgrades include a new kitchen, a modern swimming complex, a high dive, a new dock, a cove walkway, and a 60 foot steel flagpole donated by Muscle Shoals supporters. Six week sessions extend the program from five to six weeks with a sixty boy weekly limit.
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Boy Scout
Norris
Camp West Upland
Lafley
Safley
Athens
Elias
Mon Amous Friends of Scouting
Muscle Shoals
Ting
First Aid Station Installed at State Highway HQ
Morgan County Red Cross and the American Red Cross placed a first aid station at the State Highway Patrol headquarters on Bee Line Highway near the river bridge. The set up includes a large cabinet with splints bandages tourniquets and medicines. Highway patrolmen carry small kits and have completed Red Cross recognized first aid courses. Dr Erskine M Chenault chairs the Morgan County Red Cross first aid department.
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Morgan County
SES Ame Ican Red Cross
State Highway Patrol
Bee Line
River Bridge
American Red Cross
Erskine M. Chenault
Red Cross
Man with Trio Of Wives Gets Help of Courts
Memphis officials say a mild business man with three wives was helped by Judge Camille Kelley and probation chief Beulah Wood Fite after conferences with him his present wife and two ex wives. No alimony issues were settled but he provides for all. The group must maintain three separate homes to ensure proper environment for the children.
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Memphis
Tenn
Camille Kelley
Beulah Wood Fite
Tea Room Head Slain In Illinois Mystery
Miss Nella Penunzi 23, manager of the Red Parrott Tea Room at Club Arcadia, was found shot in a ditch on the Dunham road two miles north of St. Charles Illinois. Sheriff Kantmeyer sought Rin aldo Di Pietro of Geneva for questioning after evidence suggested a meeting with Di Pietro the night before. The vicinity near Dunham Castle was cordoned as investigators probe motive and whether the killer acted alone.
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ST. Charles, Sr
Nella Penunzi
Red Parrott Tea Room
Arcadia
Dunham Gravel
St. Charles
Wayne
A. J. Kantmeyer
Dunham Castle
Chicago
Kantmeyer
Rinaldo di Pietro
Geneva
Ill
di Pietro
New York City
Riziero Paul
Bond Delivery To Start Monday In Local Area
Postmaster Leroy McEntire announced the first delivery of bonus bonds will occur Monday morning via city and rural carriers. One hundred sixty eight bonds are on hand with more shipments expected before Monday. Veterans should stay home to sign receipts or be near mailboxes in rural areas to receive their bonds.
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Leroy McEntire
Man Jailed For Firing Into Automobiles On Highway
O E Moon of Madison County was jailed in Limestone County on a charge of assault with intent to murder after being arrested on Road 72 near the Madison Limestone line by state highway patrolmen. Moon allegedly fired into cars and snapped his pistol at others while driving. no injuries were reported. His chauffeur J B Adams faced a driving while intoxicated charge. another intoxicated driver was arrested earlier nearby.
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the Plains
O. E. Moon
Madison County
Limestone County
Athens
Limestone-Madison
C. C. Barrett
J. Hale
Moon
B. M. Harris
TVA
J. E. Wellden
Limestone
Harris
Huntsville
J. B. Adams
Barrett
Hale
Bee Line
Eight Die as Lightning Strikes Across Southeast
Reports from Montgomery indicate eight deaths from lightning in scattered areas including Alabama. In Anniston James Sisson, 19, and Francis Moore, 20, died crossing a field after a swim. near Fort Payne Eugene Kelly, CCC worker, was killed inside a shed. Miles Memorial College building burned by fire set during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Eugene Kelly
Kingston
CCC
Negro Miles Memorial College
Florida
Cross City
Monroe
N. C
Charlotte
Arkansas
Maryland
North
Georgia
Alabama
Middle Tennessee
Carolinas
Cotton May Consumption Report
The census bureau reports May cotton usage totaling 530,799 bales of lint and 64,670 bales of linters. This compares with 576,762 lint and 61,450 linters in the same month this year and 470,42? and 64,583 last May, noting revisions.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Free Tickets to See the Quins at Princess Theatre
Youngsters are told they can win free tickets to see the Dionne Quintuplets at the Princess Theatre Monday and Tuesday by reading all the advert ads in today’s Daily and presenting the store ad with their name for a ticket.
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Princess Theatre
Prisoners Plead Guilty Sent 10 Kilby
Six Morgan county inmates were sent to Kilby prison after pleading guilty before Judge A. A. Griffith. Sentences range from four months to six years for burglary grand larceny and petty larceny. Trial dates set for several others. capital cases slated for June 22 with multiple defendants listed.
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Morgan County
Kilby
A. A. Griffith
Montgomery
Griffith
Eddison Yarbrough
William Christopher
Frank Madry
James Haymon
John Glass
Grady Clapton
Louis Farley
Johnnie Mangrum
Russell Lynne
Ralph Hildreth
Newton Powell
Robert Black
Weaver Denton
W. H. Long
John Ve] Waurder
H. Long
J Dock Norman
Willie Roberts
E. C. Nix
Clais Thompson
J. N. Powell
Mary Pitts
Ben Britnell
Everett
Alvin Minor
W. L. Nault
Birmians to Enter Local Tennessee Valley Horse Show
Mrs. C. L. Sartor announces the Tennessee Valley Horse Show will be held Friday night June 26 with 14 events from children classes to jumping. Entrants are expected from the Mountains Brook show in Birmingham tonight and attendance may reach about 3,000 as advance ticket sales surge. Colonel Edward Eggert of Bowling Green Ky. will judge.
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C. L. Sartor
Mountains Brook
Birmingham
Edward Eggert
Bowling Green
Funeral Held for Wesley Vincent Slain Policeman Case
Final rites were held for Wesley Vincent in the presence of his mother who traveled from Washington state to plead for her son's life. Vincent, a youthful bandit, was executed for the slaying of Policeman F. J. Harris during a Roosevelt ball raid.
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Washington State
Wesley Vincent
F. J. Harris
Roosevelt Ballre
Grand jury returns ninety eight true bills in Morgan County
The Morgan County circuit court grand jury convened by Judge A A Griffith returned 58 true bills with 85 cases docketed. They condemned the county jail as dilapidated and urged construction of a new facility, noting white prisoners were held in Huntsville for repairs. They discharged Cecil Tubbs Catherine Margrove and Julius Wedeman due to insufficient evidence.
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A. A. Griffith
Circuit Court
Madison County
Huntsville
Cecil Tubbs
Julius Wedeman
Catherine Hargrove
Aubles
Wedeman
James A. Crawford
Morgan County
Richard Gill
Somerville
Alabama
Cecil Catherine Margrove
Americans Win Sixth Straight Wightman Cup Match
The United States defeated England for the sixth consecutive year in Wimbledon on June 13 as Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan beat Kay Stammers and Freda James 1 6 6 3 7 5 in the decisive seventh match.
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Wimbledon
Eng
United States
England
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Kay Stammers
Freda James
Education Board Urges Re-vote on Local School Tax
In a statement to Decatur residents the city board of education urges voting June 20 to re‑vote the three mile school tax. Officials cite rising enrollment from 3048 in 1933 to 3917 this year and say loss of the tax would shorten the term by nearly three months. The council American Legion and many civic groups support the measure.
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Education Board
Decatur
Board of Education
The
American Legion
Fifty Deaths Investigated In Single Court
In Springfield Mass on June 13 a Ludlow judge urged a wide probe into about 50 suspicious deaths across Ludlow Chicopee and Indian Orchard. He questioned possible insurance schemes funding outsiders and noted three recent deaths may be homicides or foul play.
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Springfield
Mass
George B. Haas
Ludlow
Chicopee
Indian Orchard
Haas
Thomas F. Moriarty
Frank Kroll
Jacob Znos
Union Drive Planned to Organize Gadsden Campaign
Akron Ohio June 13 A plan to establish a $100 000 organization fund and center membership activities in Gadsden Alabama was announced by United Rubber Workers of America through secretary Frank Grillo They will fly to Birmingham and Gadsden to prepare for the campaign They demand Gov Bibb Graves investigate the beating of union man H Dalrymple at Gadsden Dalrymple is reported in fair condition with internal injuries Labor Secretary Perkins conferred with W F White in Alabama to pursue a federal probe while the National Labor Relations Board also investigates.
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Akron
Ohio
Gadsden
Ala
United Rubber Workers of America
Frank Grillo
T. F. Burns
Birmingham
Bibb Graves
H. Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Alabama Republicans count on disaffected Democrats in November ticket
Alabama Republicans, led by T. J. Kennamer, hope dissatisfactions with the New Deal will boost a landslide for Governor Landon and Colonel Knox in November. Delegates endorse Knox for vice president at the top of the roll call to New Hampshire, and the state committee will meet in July or August to name justices, a public service commissioner, and 11 presidential electors.
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Cleveland
T. J. Kennamer
Birmingham
Alabama
Landon
Kansas
Knox
Chicago
Kennamer
Persident
New Hampshire
Alabama State Executive Committee
Orvice Commission
O. D. Street
Naon
Emis
Shoe
Curtis Atkins
Bertrand Snell
Frederick Steiner
Topeka
Bs Boe
Gold Is Expected To Cause Serious Consideration
Associated Press report from June 13 analyzes how the Democratic and Republican parties approach gold policy, anti monopoly planks, and wage regulation as they head to Philadelphia. It notes Landon’s push for a constitutional amendment on wages and the New Deal’s gold convertibility action, with Roosevelt warning against monopoly and party debate over tariff and civil service issues.
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Philadelphia
Landon
Payaent
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Dallas
Senate
No Quarter Drive Plans Are Mapped
News from Cleveland reports Republican leaders mapping a vigorous no quarter campaign to unseat Roosevelt. Landon and Knox plan to discuss tactics in the field while opposition voices question platform harmony and predict mixed reactions from western independents and progressives.
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Edward J. Duffy
Associated Press
Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
William E. Borah
Landon
Nye
N.D
Washington
Norris
Neb
Roosevelt
Mayor Burns Heads Group in Alabama League of Municipalities
Mayor Lucian P. Burns of Selma was elected president of the Alabama League of Municipalities at the closing session of the annual convention. Mobile was chosen as next year’s meeting site. New officers include Jasper mayor John G. Burton as retiring president and M. L. Robertson of Cullman as secretary-treasurer.
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Birmingham
Ala
Selma
Alabama League of Municipalities
Mobile
John G. Burton
Jasper
M. L. Robertson
Cullman
Ed &E. Yl Montgomery
Cecil Bates
O. L. Cooper
Red Level
H. K Dickinson
Opelika
W. S. Coleman
Anniston
George 8. Vann
Gadsden
John C. Pearson
Tuscaloosa
A. M. Reid
Vina
R. H. Richardson
Athens
Jap Bryant
Bessemer
Ray Crow
Works Progress Administration
H. 8. Geismer
Public Works Administration
Landon Readies Fight for Republican Nomination
Governor Alf M. Landon, eager for a fighting campaign, announced plans to mobilize the Republican drive for the presidency. He spoke after accepting congratulations on his nomination and awaited the arrival of his running mate Col. Frank Knox and key party subcommittee members.
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Landon
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Tallith
Frank Knox
Weather update with heat, humidity and river rise
A 24 hour period saw a maximum of 92 and a minimum of 71 with trace rainfall. The Tennessee river gauge reached 24 feet and rose. Alabama mixed conditions with fair nights and Sunday showers along the coast. Tennessee forecast calls for fair conditions Sunday with a cooler trend later in the week.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Hoover
Herbert Hoover
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John Hamilton
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New York
Hamilton
Roosevelt-Garner
Independence
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