Community notes of visits sports and events in Louisville area
Mrs. R R McGwire visits Tennessee relatives. Rev L B Hart spoke at the Louisville and Nashville shop gates. Horseshoe pitching gains traction at M A. Y M C A programs receive praise. Leroy McEntire attends wrestling in Birmingham. Dart baseball thrives at Louisville and Nashville shops. J E Galey and Ross Anderson plan Red Boiling Springs trip. Decatur Legionnaires eye Talladega convention. Tennessee river gauge holds at three feet. Weather: high 90, low 68, no rain. Be fond of meeting at Be fond on Cave Springs. Westminster church delegates elected for Athens conference. Baptists plan annual picnic with Frances Watkins directing orchestra. Gibson and Briscoe assemble baseball teams. Matlock organizes horseshoe event turnout in hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Watkins
Carl Gibson
Floyd Briscoe
John P. Matlock
New Construction In State Shows May Increases
May construction activity in Alabama totaled about three quarters of last year’s pace with Birmingham leading at $304 302 started. Other city figures include Bessemer $1 520 Mobile $40 067 and Montgomery $83 780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
S. W. Straus and Company
Birmigham
Bessemer
Mobile
Montgomery
Capone Faces Maximum Prison Term For Tax Evasion
Al Capone the Chicago mob boss with the scarred face is to be sentenced in federal court on June 30 for income tax evasion and about 5 000 violations of prohibition laws he admitted in guilty pleas. Maximum sentence 34 years and fines up to 90000 dollars. Federal agents probe gangland links across New York and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
Brooklyn
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Lincoln Tomb Address Drills Rededication to Nation
President Hoover spoke at Lincoln's tomb in Springfield Illinois urging a renewed citizen service to the nations ideals. He praised Lincoln's truth justice and right and said the tomb is a shrine symbolizing the spirit and deeds that renew national aspirations.
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Springfield
Lincoln
Hoover
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Republic
Sales of Cotton Wares in Survey
Census figures show 1929 cotton small wares sales totaling 64.968 million. Buyers included cotton mills and garment and auto body makers who purchased 51.1 percent of goods. Other channels included wholesale dealers 36.4 percent and converters 3.6 percent.
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Washington
Carey Baptist Church All Day Service Planned
Piney Chapel reports an all day service at Carey Baptist Church next Sunday. Children's services begin at ten with Bro. J. M. Hitt preaching at eleven. Dinner will be spread on the ground at noon. Singing continues in the afternoon as the committee invites all to bring lunch baskets for a full day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Chapel
Carey Baptist Church
J. M. Hitt
Home of Myrtle McCormack Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the residence of Mrs Myrtle McCormack causing heavy loss. Origin of the blaze could not be determined.
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Myrtle Mc Cormack
Grocerymen Agree Thursday Afternoon Close For Summer
City grocers reached a consensus to close Thursday afternoons during June July and August. Starting tomorrow, Piggly Wiggly Sheats Grocery A H Garnett Campbell Street E M Lee & Son S Grocery Central Market L Frazier Hargrove M J Be Chappell H G Hill and A P Tea Company stores will shut at noon each Thursday throughout the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piggly-Wiggly
Sheats Grocery Co
A. H. Garnett
Campbell & Street
E. M. Lee & Son
S Grocery
Central Market
L. Frazier, Hargrove & M . J. BE. Chappell
H. G. Hill
A & P Tea Company
Fourth of July Celebration Prep at Union Grove
Union Grove residents including Joe Briscoe plan a Fourth of July celebration with local preparations and community gatherings described in a brief item from June 17.
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Union Grove
Joe Briscoe
Itl Ncan
Mrs. Bob Hargrove Improves After Paralysis Attack
Falkville reports Mrs. Bob Hargrove, longtime resident, is improving after a paralysis attack several days ago. Friends express happiness at her gradual recovery.
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Falkville
Bob Hargrove
Lincoln Tomb Rededication by President Hoover
President and Mrs Hoover rededicate Lincoln Tomb in Springfield Illinois amid 21 gun salute. Crowds line city streets as the presidential party arrives from Indiana and Ohio and are taken to the state mansion for the day’s program. The rededication is scheduled for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Hoover
Lincoln Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Emmerson
State
Probation Bills Voted Approval in Alabama Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee in Montgomery voted eight to three for a favorable report on the Sanderson probation bills allowing circuit court judges to sentence probation. The measures were previously postponed by the temperance committee, then recommitted last week. Bill Mills of the Anti Saloon League disputed claims about league leadership.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sanderson
Senate Temperance Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Bill Mills
Dama Anti-Saloon League
Edgar
Washington County
Few Fines Upon the Records For Month
City records show a very small number of fires in May and June. The summer has been comparatively free of fires with an additional decrease in June.
Increase Planting Of Feed-Seed Crop
MARION Ale June 17. Dallas to farmers have increased their age of peanuts soy beans and corn this year. County Agent J P Robinson reports a general interest in the production of feed crops as a means of reducing farm costs.
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Marion
Ale
Dallas
J. P. Robinson
Madison Farmer Has Fine Yield of Hay
Madison county farmer C F Beasley reports 30 tons of excellent hay from 12 acres of Austrian peas and hairy vetch with legume left to rot as soil improvement. County Agent J B Mitchell says this and other demonstrations may boost winter legume plantings and fall grazing on a large scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
C. F. Beasley
Madison County
J. B. Mitchell
Local cotton middling price quoted today
Middling cotton was quoted here today at seven and one quarter cents per pound.
Birmingham pastors protest near beer bill passage
The Birmingham pastors union directs Dr. John R. Hobbs to present Alabama legislature with resolutions protesting the near beer bill and a separate plan to let judges suspend sentences. The action follows J Bibb Mills address of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Pastors Union
John R. Hobbs
Alabama Anti- Saloon League
Legislature of
Alabama
D. Hobbs
J. Bibb Mills
Alabama Anti-Saloon League
Flag Day Observed By Local DAR Chapter
Just 154 years after the Continental Congress defined the flag’s design the Daughters of the American Revolution in Stephens Chapter marked Flag Day by observing Tag Day to support the Kate Duncan Smith Mountain School fund. Flags were displayed along business streets and homes while patriotic messages filled local sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress of National Patriotic Societies
Stephens Chapter
Daughters
American Revolution
Kate Duncan Smith Mountain School
Daughters Revolution
Legion
New York Cotton Market Opens Steady
New York June 17 cotton opened steady with July at 8.78, October 9.18, December 9.43, January 9.55, March 9.74, May 0.94.
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New York
Rural letter carriers to meet in Gadsden Alabama
Rural letter carriers from Alabama prepare for their annual convention in Gadsden July 15 with R E Adams of Fayette leading the state association affiliated to the Alabama Federation of Postal Workers. About 300 delegates are expected to attend.
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Gadsden
Ala
R. E. Adams
Fayette
Alabama Federation of Postal Workers
Adams
Jefferson
Washington County
Talladega
Walker
Blount
Butler
Coffee
Cullman
Dallas
DeKalb
Etowah
Franklin
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lee
Marshall
Morgan
Pike
Uncle Sam's Debt Grows as Deficit Rises
Washington reports the federal deficit for the second quarter increased by over 8 million dollars to 1,099,903,063, up from 1,091,809,366 the day before. Early income tax tabulations show ongoing pressure on the national balance.
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Washington
Former Decatur Woman Held as Welder of Pistol
Mrs Willie Mae Clausen 35 shot Foster Hale Jr a widely known Mobile attorney in his office claiming he wrecked her life and she got what he deserved The shooting occurred Tuesday in Hale's office He died from two gunshot wounds Hale told police before operation that their affair would end and she fired He was registered at a local hotel Tuesday from Phoenix Arizona
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Willie Mae Clausen
Foster Halejatier
Hale
Clausen
Associated Press
K. Hale, Jr
Willie Macy
City Hospital
Erie
Phoenix
Ariz
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R. R. McGwire
Tennessee
L.b.hart
Louisville and Nashville
8. E. Arvidson
Leroy McEntire
Post No.1
Ama
Aw. Legion
Louisville
Nashville
J. E. Galey
Ross Anderson
Red Boiling Springs
Irena
Decatur Legionnaires
Ohvention
Tennessee River
Weather Bureau Today
Weather’ Bureau
Cave Springs Yestern
J. D. Pickens
Southside Baptist In
Fefian Church
E. ‘N. Hart
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Athens
Capone
Gotham
Union
Incoln
Gov. Emmerson
Anti-Saloon League
Madison
Ane
Indianapolis
Florence Renn
Butler University
Republican State Editorial Association
Eslow
Leslie
Hoosier Capital
Uncle Sam
Decatur
Foster Hale, Jr
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