Bandit Matthew Kimes Escapes After Bindings and Car Theft
Oklahoma hunt for Matthew Kimes intensifies after he binds Marshal George McAninch to a tree and steals a car with a two year old asleep inside. Kimes flees toward the hills after stopping in Drumright and Hominy, prompting a large manhunt across Osage County.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jennings
Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
Kimes
Hominy
Osage County
Drumright
George McAninch
Kimesday
McAninch
Orville Noble
Noble
Senate plans drastic changes to revenue bill in state
Montgomery June 15 AP The senate signals major changes to the revenue bill passed by the house including opposition to nuisance tax and insurance tax sections. Governors views on hydro electric power railroads and corporations may shift as open hearings are promised and a new tax form could replace cigars and tobacco levies. House leaders expect a long fight over the measure before any senate action.
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Montgomery
Senate
House
Tunstall
Tompkins
Morgan County to change Revenue Board to County Commissioners
A bill will be introduced in the current legislative session to replace the Board of Revenue with a five member County Commission for Morgan County. The districted board includes F A Bloodworth, R A Mesala, W E Bearies, M Way, and A M Dunaway as at large chair. terms run 1928 1931 and 1930. The measure sets districts four plus at large, defines terms, quorum of three, directs elections by voters, and authorizes road supervision. bill available July.
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Board of Revenue
Board of County Commissioners
Morgan County
John Patterson
Wehak
F. A. Bloodworth
Ees No
R. A
Mesala
W. BE. Aries
Way
As. Ee
Agen
Trmcas
Jean
Bey
Lindbergh Signs First Contracts For $2 Million Romance
Colonel Lindbergh signs the first of $2,000,000 in contracts for a 50,000 word life book and aviation views to be published on royalty terms. New York City spent $16,000 cleaning 1,800 tons of waste paper from the Lindbergh welcome. Two thousand white wings worked overtime to clear the chaotic paper snow while officials recalled warnings that throwing paper from windows was illegal.
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New York
Lindbergh
Paris
England
France
Belgium
Slippery Road Conditions South of Cullman
Roy Nash and Rev. James D. Hunter reported slick pavement on the Bee Line highway south of Cullman after rains. Their car skidded but they regained control without any injury during their return trip from Birmingham.
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Cullman
Roy Nash
James D. Hunter
Birmingham
Nash
Serious Charge Against the Cult in Michigan Case
George Nichols, chief state's attorney, filed an open obstruction of justice accusation in the receivership suit against the House of David colony. He alleged the colony bought a car and hid Mrs. L. D. Bundy of Gary Indiana, a former member who planned to testify against colony leader Benjamin Purnell. Bundy disappeared soon after.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
House of David
George Nichols
Nichols
L. D. Bundy
Gary
Ind
Benjamin Purnell
California
America Ready For Hop-Off To Race Over Seas
Commander Richard Byrd announced the tri motor monoplane America could depart soon for a non stop flight to Paris from Roosevelt Field. Indications suggested the start would occur later in the week after Lindbergh’s reception and when favorable weather permits. A return flight from Europe to the United States had not been decided.
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Roosevelt Field
Richard Byrd
America
Paris
Ander Byrd
Charles Lindbergh
Europe
United States
Mock Trial Plans Set for Early Event in Decatur
Plans for a mock trial to be given by Decatur junior Channing with endorsement from the directors of the organization. Local attorneys Ben Britnell and Wade Wright are coordinating details as Morgan County bar members expected to participate.
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Decatur
Graves Promises Paved Bee Line Highway Across Alabama
Governor Bibb Graves pledged a paved road from a Tennessee Valley valley to the Gulf at Mobile Bay bridge dedication. The plan aims to complete every mile of the Bee Line highway through Alabama with $25 million in state funds. Judge Woolsey Finnell of the highway commission backed the pledge and announced a Perdido Bay to bay bridge route will be built without delay, with 14 bridges on the Spanish Trail slated for completion this year.
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Tennessee Line
Gulf
Bibb Graves
Mobile Bay Bridge
Governor Graves
Tennessee Valley
Alabama State Highway Department
Bee Line
Graves
Woolsey Finnell
The
Highway Commission
Highway Director of
Alabama
Finnell
Perdido Bay
Bay Bridge
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Bay Ridge
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Committee Nominating Actions Planned This Week
The junior chamber of commerce nominating committee will meet to select officers for the next six months. Members vote next Tuesday at Malone hall 7 30 pm. Officials installed at the following meeting two weeks after the election, likely a social gathering.
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Chamber of Commerce
Malone Hall
Decatur Kiwanis Club Tops Alabama Delegations in Memphis
The Decatur Kiwanis club sent the largest Alabama delegation at the Memphis convention second day, second only to the Birmingham club which brought a special train with the Boys Industrial School band. Decatur aimed to lead in both attendance and Kiwanis spirit.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Memphis
Alabama
Birmingham
Decatur Club
Rights-of-way Granted for Decatur-Courtland Highway
Property owners along the Decatur to Courtland highway agreed to rights-of-way for the project. The Alabama Morgan County committee and highway department officials visited Tuesday. The work may bid by July 1 with construction starting by September proposed.
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Decatur-Courtland
State of Alabama
Morgan County
D. DB. Burleson
J. W. Clapton
8. W. Irwin
Highway Department
Nelson
Decatur
Church Street
Vine Street
Trinity
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Fish Pond Branch
W. R. Jackson
Moulton
Warrant Sweep Targets Slot Operations in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama 132 warrants were issued for 66 businessmen on charges of operating rescue slot machines and punch boards. Each man faces two warrants with $150 bond. The warrants follow a raid led by the attorney general and a recent grand jury failure to indict.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Court of Common Pleas
William G. Mimmick
Fred J. Cain
McCall
Bond
Escaped Convicts Believed Found Near Birmingham
Four prisoners who overpowered a guard at Camp Cosby near Birmingham were believed trapped in a dense thicket near the St. Clair county line by a posse that has tracked them since the escape. The men Johnny Lawes Ralph Pierce Carl Mooney and Mose Meadows took a guard’s shotgun and fled eastward still shackled as a rush into the woods was planned.
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Birmingham
Ala
Camp Cosby
St. Clair County
Johnny Lawes
Ralph Pierce
Carl Mooney
Mose Meadows
President Coolidge Heads to Black Hills Summer Home
President Calvin Coolidge traveled toward his summer residence in the Black Hills of South Dakota aboard a special train. The journey brought a sense of the prairie and the old west as he nears the familiar retreat.
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President Coolidge
Black Hills
Prairies
Coolidge
South Dakota
All-Vini Pulls A Pair Of Motors
Al-Vini the Spanish Hercules pulled two automobiles with his neck at the Woco-Pep station corner Lee and Bank streets at 12 30 today a crowd watched. He will repeat the feat Thursday tugging a Woco-Pop truck at the same place and hour.
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Al-Vini
Lee and
Bank Streets
Applicants Urged to Seek Work at Connecticut Mills Plant
Applicants for Connecticut Mills plant must go to the mill site to apply at the offices of manager Roland H. Gray. The offices are now located at the mill site, not over Central National Bank as before. Mill officials quote a pay range of 500 to 600 for employment.
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Connecticut Mills
Roland H. Gray
Central National Bank
Kiwanis Meet Set At Decatur YMCA
The Decatur Kiwanis club will hold a regular business session on Thursday evening at 6 30 at the Y M C A. Officials urge every member to be in place.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Defendant Fined On Two Charges
A defendant arrested on driving while intoxicated was arraigned this morning and fined but also fined 13.60 on a charge of destroying city property. It is alleged the defendant damaged the city jail during his occupancy.
Notices Will Be Served Shortly Street Tax
Notices will be served shortly by the Daily's job department. The year’s tax rate is five dollars per annum, consistent with long established practice in the area.
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E Ebany
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J. E. Stevenson
R. A. Summerford
W. E. Forman
A. M. Dunaway
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Ray D’autremont
Babe
Steubenville
Roy
Oregon
John Mgehee
Rising Sun
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Rising Sun Lodge No
AF & AM
K. of P.hall
Mr. McGehee
C. J. Hill
W. H. Wise
J. H. Blackwell
B. R. Ross
J. Y. Holegapple
E. E. Dickinson
G. W. Lawhorn
J. H. Berryhill
R. M
Rev. Tyler
Albany Lodge
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Bank’ Street
J. T
Courtland
President
All-Vini
Kiwanis
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