Run-off races Decided Tuesday in Morgan County
Election officials completed plans for the second primary with 53 county boxes open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three county races Sheriff, county solicitor, and board of revenue determine runoffs. Arthur Heustess and W C Harrison contest the public service commission seat. Local voters in Decatur expected large turnout with numerous polling sites listed.
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Morgan Countians
Board of Revenue
W. T
Bill) Willough
P. Herman Aeoane
Newton B. Powell
James Crow
R. H
Bob) Burleson
Fred M. Speake
Public Service Commission
Arthur Heustess
W. C. Harrison
Decatur
Carnegie Library
City Hall
Chandler's Store
Third Street
Seventh Avenue
Texaco
D. W
Steagall Versus Farmer in Alabama Third District Runoff
In Alabama's third district Democratic runoff, veteran Henry Steagall of Ozark battles youthful challenger J Hubert Farmer over the congress seat. The race draws national attention due to Steagall's banking committee role and the farmers pledge, amid dry county votes in Marengo and a lingering liquor-store referendum.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
New Deal
Henry B. Steagall
Ozark
House Banking and Currency Committee
J. Hubert Farmer
W. Clint Harrison
Marengo County
Arthur Heustess
Montenery
State Public Service Commission
Marengo
Steagall-Farmer
Steagall
Cattle Buyer Arrested for Mann Act Violation in Kidnaping Case
Harry van der Cook of Adrian Michigan, a cattle buyer, is arrested on Mann Act charges after Lucille Wilson a 22 year old rural school teacher says he abducted her during a four day trip through five states she resisted advances and refused to share cabins with him.
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Harry van der Cook
Adrian
Mich
Lucille Wilson
van der Cook
Miss Wilson
Grand Jury Probes Kidnapping Case In Florida
In Miami a special grand jury heard from federal agents about the James Bailey Cash Jr. kidnapping. Franklin P. McCall allegedly confessed after the boy was snatched from Princeton on May 28 and found dead in a palmetto thicket. Cash Sr. paid $10,000 ransom. $5,000 reward funds may be returned. Sheriff Coleman said no outside help aided the case. FBI chief Edgar H. may testify if needed.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin P. McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
James Bailey Cash
Florida
D. C. Coleman
McCall
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami Beach
Coleman
Edgar H
Clyde Sharpe death victim
Clyde Sharpe 62, longtime Hartselle resident now in Miami, died suddenly at his Florida home. Funeral at Martselle Methodist Church Tuesday at 3 p.m. with burial in Hartselle cemetery. Survived by widow, two sons in Miami, three daughters, a brother, a sister, two grandchildren, four nephews and three nieces. Former partner in Cudd and Sharpe hardware.
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Clyde Sharpe
Hartselle
Miami
Martselle Methodist Church
Rudolph R. Scott
Hartselle Cemetery
Drinkard-Howell
Sharpe
Florida
Clyde, Jr
Howland
Clifford Coffee
Classie
Jean Sharpe
J. Henry Sharpe
W. S. Reeves
Decatur
P. W. Williams
J L. Rountree
J. L. Day
J. L. Houston
Miss Dorin Dorin Returns Home from Weekend Visit
Miss Dorin marks returns to Pulaski from a weekend with her aunt Mrs. John Hardy and family.
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Dorin Marks
Pulaski
John Hardy
Power sales talked again in Washington
June 13 report that TVA Paset renewed options for purchase of Tennessee Valley properties held by Alabama Power Mississippi Power and Tennessee Electric Power. Wendell Willkie Commonwealth and Southern president met TVA director David Lilienthal to discuss sale plans based on a New York audit of original cost and depreciation.
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Washington
TVA Paset
Tennesee
Ouantibe
Wealth
Southern Cerabeei
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth and
Southern
TVA
David Dilfenthal
Alabama Power
Mississippi Power
Tennessee Electric Power
New York
Lilienthal and Willkie
TVA chief outlines cost yardstick for power program probe
Francis Biddle told a ten man investigation committee that determining an honest yardstick of TVA power costs is essential. He said the probe will review TVA expenditures since inception and private utilities’ efforts to obstruct the federal program. He plans to go to Knoxville to start work after a Senate adjournment.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Tennessee Valley Authority Investigation Committee
TVA
Biddle
Labor Board
Knoxville
Canoe
Edwin A. Markham
The
Army Engineers
Markham
New York City
LaGuardia
Arthur C. Jackson
Raymond C. Cranch
Philadelphia
Jackson-Alden and Associates
W. 8. Leffler
New York
Circuit Court Second Week Opens With Guilty Plea In Seduction Case
The second week of the current circuit court term opens with multiple criminal cases listed for trial. Horace Johnson pled guilty to seduction and received a sentence of one to two years. Several other defendants face charges including assault to murder, grand larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and manufacturing whiskey. Capital cases are slated for Wednesday, with judges setting a 1 pm Tuesday recess for ready cases.
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Circuit Court
Horace Johnson
A. A. Griffith
Lester Hulette
Chariie Sherman
Luther Morris
John Thomas Black
J. B. Hatton
Shelton Moseley
Ed Brown
Matt Chenault
Buck Jetton
Andrew Kent
Hezekiah Johnson
Darrell Kelley
James Slatton
Glenn Butler
Edgar Webb
Fred Woods
Gilbert McMillan
Griffith
Waland Piasaec
aoWitanes Mt
Major Brooke Sits in Muscogee Jail Awaiting Grand Jury
Major John R. Brooke Jr. paced a Muscogee county jail cell awaiting a federal grand jury hearing on charges he killed his wife Elizabeth A. Brooke, 42. Commissioner Brown bound him over to a June 27 jury, after the body was found at the foot of a stair in their Fort Benning quarters. Brooke observed his 45th birthday in jail. Defense asks for more comfortable quarters and daily shares. jail rules allow two visits weekly.
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Columbus
John R. Brooke, Jr
Muscogee County
Elizabeth A
N. A. Brown
J. W. Vincent
Brooke
Fort Benning
T Hicks Fort
Brookes
Fort Screven
Sav
Colitis Battle Rages as Johns Hopkins Experts Arrive
Morgan county authorities prepare for a major study as a Johns Hopkins bacteriologist arrives to identify germs behind a deadly colitis outbreak. Dr. L R Murphree notes fatalities rise faster than in 1934 while urging strict diet and pest control to curb transmission.
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Morgan County
Samuel R. Damon
State Laboratory
Morgan County Health Department
Johns Hopkins
John Hopkins
L. R. Murphree
Murphree
Lang Infant Dies. Burial Planned at Friendship
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Decatur route 1 died this morning at Baughs. Funeral rites will be held at 10 o clock Tuesday at Friendship with Drinkard in charge of burial. Parents listed as two Jenn and Ernest.
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Decatur
Baugh
Drinkardbe
Jenn
Ernest
Offensives In Two Wars Gain Important Steps In Day's Drive
Japanese forces advance in China capturing Anking Anhwei provincial capital and a vanguard of insurgents reach Castellon De La Plana. In Europe Sudeten German dominance grows as Czechoslovakia faces pressure while British PM Chamberlain plans a cabinet reshuffle to counter Spanish insurgent air attacks on shipping. A Japanese thrust toward Hankow and Yangtze river consolidation continues amid Chinese resistance and naval support.
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Harkow
Anking
Anhwei
Yangtze
Castellon de la Plana
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Pfa
Sudeten de
Valencia
Johanson de la Plana
Yellow River
Hankow
Telece
Yangtze River
Handshake Not Needed Lunch For This Iowa Candidate
President Roosevelt hosted Senator Gillette of Iowa at the White House for a five course luncheon after Gillette defeated Rep Wearin in the Iowa primary. The meeting hinted at party harmony and touched on senatorial nominations between Doyle and Dickinson, with Gillette calling himself no rubber stamp.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gillette
D. Towa
White House
Iowa
Rep
Wearin
L. J. Dickinson
Dickinson
Towan
Problem Boy Dies in Chair at Rockview Prison
Wendell Forrest Bowers, 20, condemned for the December 13 slaying of Mrs. Wilma Carpenter and assault on Mary Griffin, was executed at Rockview prison in Pennsylvania. He faced 2,000 volts at 12 33 a m and declined a last meal. He wrote to his father and read a Bible as sentences ended.
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Bellefonte
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Pennsylvania
Ronald F. Bowers
Ambler
Bowers
Mrs. Carpenter
Benson Receives Watch Chain From Board of Education
W. W. Benson of the Decatur school system after 18 years of service was presented a handsome watch chain by members of the Board of Education at the board's final meeting of the season. The gift honored his valued service and showed the esteem of his colleagues.
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W. W. Benson
Decatur
Board of Education
Benson
Election Officials Asked to Call Election Results
The Daily asks election officials to telephone results of Tuesday's election to this office. Call 46 or 1000, out-of-town officials may call long distance collect. Because of the short ballot and early returns, The Daily will not flash results but will answer telephone inquiries.
Armament Expected to Serve Cause of Peace
Washington reports a record peacetime program expanding Uncle Sam’s defense. Secretary Woodring and Rep Vinson tout 1938 measures, including over 1 billion in direct funding, a billion navy expansion, 46 warships, 26 auxiliaries, 950 naval aircraft, and new bases and ammunition storage. A large anti-aircraft fund and swift new planes are approved.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Woodring
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Congress
Navy
Fae
Army Air Corps
Army
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Midway Island
Pacific
Hawat
Negro Woman Charged With Murder in Morgan County
Ola Cunningham, 37, a Black woman, is jailed in Morgan County charged with murder after a shotgun slaying of Allen Coleman, 28, in a Moulton Heights yard. She surrendered claiming self defense against an advancing man with a butcher knife.
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Ola Cunningham
Morgan County
Allen Coleman
Moulton Heights
Coleman
Cunningham
W. B. Kilgore
Willie Lyle
Ceiling Collapse Injures Entertainer In New York Club
Night club performer Lavelle, known as Dot, earned the house’s acclaim before a false ceiling gave way during a restaurant act. A section collapsed, injuring her slightly as she sang and the crowd gasped.
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New York
Dottie Lavelle
Dottie
Congress to adjourn without new railroad legislation
Senate Leader Barkley said Congress would adjourn by Wednesday night without enacting new railroad laws. The White House conference included Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead. Rail wage and RFC loan debates linger, with prospects for rail reorganization doubtful. John L. Lewis commented on the wage hour bill as the page continues.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Dy Ky
Roosevelt
Congress
Banking Committee
White House
Garner
Bankhead
Rayburn
D. Tex
House
Congressional
John
Ann Clark
Nahant
Maas
RFC
Railway Labor Executives Association
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Brotherhoods
Wheeler
D. Mont
Interstate Commerce Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Thomas
Utah
Senate-Hour
Department of Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William Green
A. F. of L
W . Sloan
Alfred P
Ral Motors Corporation
Tennessee River Rise Forecast and Coastal Winds
The Tennessee River gauge reached 20.4 as river levels rise. Overnight to today the maximum temperature was 87 with a low of 66 across a 24 hour period starting at 1 am. Light to gentle winds from the north to east along the coast. Fair and cooler conditions expected in the east portion with mostly cloudy skies tonight.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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Circuit
Morgan
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