Flogging Incident Sparks Conference Across Arkansas Counties
A minister and social worker recount a whipping near Farle Arkansas amid a Tenant Partners Union strike. Williams and Miss Blagden faced six assailants at Earle while investigating the death of Frank Weems. They sought support from unions and churches and refused to file a local complaint until after a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farle
Ark
Willie Sue
Priday
Tenant Partners
Crittenden
Cross
Poinsett
Williams
Miss Williams
Howard Curlin
Marion
Little Rock
Crittenden County
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
American Federation of Labor
The
Presbyterian Church
American Federation of Teachers
Curlin
Weems
Roy Morelock
Parkin
Earle
Miss Blagden
George Blagden
Memphis
Religious and Labor Foundation
Probate Notice in Estate of Porter Smith Deceased
State of Alabama Morgan County probate court sets hearing for July 10 1936 at 10 a.m. in Decatur to hear report by commissioners on homestead and personal exemptions for Martha Ruth Smith widow of Porter Smith. Interested parties in Tennessee and others may appear and contest the report. Judge B L Malone signs notice dated June 9 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Morgan County
Porter Smith
E. H. Smith
Carrie Smith
Clayburn Kimbrough
William Troupe
James Stafford
Venture Smith
Perry Smith
Columbia
Tennessee
John Collins
Lewisburg
Turner Davis
Brick Church
Martha Ruth Smith
Decatur
Infant Hazel Kelley Dies. Funeral in Roselawn
Infant Hazel Kelley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Kelley, died this morning at 4 30. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at 4 30 at Roselawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roselawn
Hazel Kelley
Richard Kelley
Four Circles of Athens Methodist Society Meet in Homes
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church in Athens held four circles meetings on Monday. Circles met at Miss Laura Davis’s Athens College home, Mrs. FR. H. Richardson Jr.’s back terrace, Mrs. Ernest Hine’s garden, and Mrs. H. A. Darby’s home. Hosts served refreshments as members discussed the Bible study and conducted brief business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society
First Methodist Church of
Athens
Laura Davis
Athens College
C. B. Beasley
L. W. Chambers
Circle No. 3
Ernest Hine
W. R. Battle
N. R., Nichols, Jr
H. A. Darby
Jesus
W. 8. Garth
Darby
J. B. Leeman
Decatur
J. E. McClellan
Drakesboro
Debated Ruling Split Solid South Over Nomination Rule
Atlanta June 17 A sharp cleavage emerged in the Solid South over proposals to abrogate the Democratic Party's century old two thirds nomination rule. Delegates weigh whether to change at Philadelphia convention as leaders express mixed views. Texas with 46 delegates is instructed against abrogation while others see harmony in faster nominations.
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Atlanta
Solid South
Philadelphia
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Claud Sapp
Columbia
South Carolina
Palmetto
Carmac Cochran
Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Terrorists Fire On Children's Home in Sharon Plain
Gunfire hit a children’s home on the Sharon plain as the countryside in Palestine remains tense. An Arab was killed near Jaffa after ambushing a British police car amid a campaign against Jewish immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plain of Sharon
Jaffa
Palcor
Palestine
In of Sharon
Rate reductions ordered for West Tennessee Power
Nashville June 17. The railroad and public utilities commission ordered West Tennessee Power and Light to cut residential and commercial rates by about 16 percent. Commissioner engineer Malcolm Williams said the new schedule brings the lowest average private power bill in Tennessee and he estimated annual savings of about 66,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
West Tennessee Power & Light Company
Malcolm W Williams
Tennessee
Two Naval Aviators Die in Norfolk Plane Crash
In Norfolk Virginia on June 17 a naval air field crash killed two fliers after their aircraft fell from about 100 feet soon after takeoff. The men were tentatively identified as Lieutenant Mallory and Radioman Braye with initials not yet released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Naval Air Field
Mallory
Braye
Athens Notes on Local Guests Election Idle and Weather Woes
Mrs Leacie Black Wilson and daughters of Florence visited Athens relatives while Mrs Charles Painter returned to Washington D C after time with her mother Mrs Laura Chandler. The piece notes the municipal election lacks candidates and hints the old board may win. showers are widespread though rain is scarce for crops. Remodeling at Gilbert Drug Company advances into a modernized city office space.
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Ans
T. E. Williams
Decatur
Vera Holmes
Phillips High School
Birmingham
Margaret Lipscomb
Montevallo
Young People’s Christian Education
Mis
Gladys Shelton
Emory Shelton
Powers Hospital
Homer McLemore
State Teachers College
Florence
William Bitting
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Fort McClellan
Anniston
W. H. Beasley
Paul Black
Lawcon Beasley
San Diego
California
Thomas H. Frost
Laura Chandler
Elizabeth Nations
Oneonta
Edward James
Marion
J. E. Washington
Wilson Carter
Prospect
Tenn
George Harsh
Little Daughter
Memphis
Henry B. Malone
Edward Goodrich
W. H
Leacie Black Wilson
Athens
Charles Painter
Washington, D. C
Baylis . Hightower
Macca Martin
W. L. Martin
Malone Moore
John P Hill
Hill
Ethel Phillips Chambers
Shelby Phillips
Robert Wiggins
Clearwater Beach
Florida
Vivian Parks
Tampa
TVA
Marvin Carter
Busi
Gilbert Drug Apany
Gilbert R. Smith
Mere
Lunsford
Gadsden
Debiensehan
Lo Va ccc
Ae One
Directian
Leonard Camp
Ts 7
Henry B Walthall Dies at 55 in California Sanitarium
Hollywood June 17 Henry B Walthall star of Birth of a Nation died in a sanitarium at Monrovia after three weeks of treatment for a chronic ailment. The Shelby City Alabama native was 55 and left a widow Mary Charleson Walthall and daughter Mary Patricia 18. He appeared in China Clipper Viva Villa Judge Priest and A Tale of Two Cities.
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Hollywood
Calif
Henry B. Walthall
Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
Henry Miller
D. W. Griffith
Walthall
Wallace Beery
Ace Mary Patricia
Health office announces shot hours and diphtheria reminder
Dr. L R Murphree announces Typhoid and Diphtheria vaccination hours: Thursdays 1 30 to 4 30 pm and Saturdays 8 30 am to 12 noon. He urges parents to vaccinate children, noting easy one dose protection for 90 percent and the need for safe water and sanitary premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Murphree
Three Bodies Found Off Inagua Island Vessel Wreck
Reports from Inagua Island Bahamas said three white men were found dead beside a wrecked small vessel on a reef. The craft is described as the Girlpat, an English boat reported stolen from Grimsby six weeks earlier by men seeking buried gold.
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Nassau
N. P
Inagua Island
Bahamas
Grimsby
Eng
W C Fields Shows Distinct Improvement In Riverside
Riverside California June 17 comedian W C Fields pneumonia struck showed distinct improvement early today Dr Jesse Citron reported His temperature dropped to 100 the lowest since admission to Riverside community hospital last Friday for treatment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Jesse Citron
Fields
Riverside Community Hospital
Nickel tax bill lands on delinquent list in Pallas City
Pat Patmore forgot a nickel personal property tax and faced a 41 cent total to clear the delinquent item. The charge included the nickel, one cent interest, and a 35 cent penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fpallas City
Neb
Pat Patmore
Pat
Nation’s gross public debt hits record $34.33 billion
Washington June 17. The nation's gross public debt rose by 2.643 billion to a new peak of 34.331 billion dollars as the government recorded its largest peacetime financial transaction on the daily treasury position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New High
Washington
the Treasury
Giles files contest in Madison county chairmanship race
B F Giles who finished second in the county commission chairmanship vote on June 9 filed a contest in Madison. He deposited the $50 required and alleged 300 absentee ballots were changed from him to Van Valkenberg and 150 absentee ballots for him were not delivered to absentee inspectors. The canvass showed Van Valkenberg leading by 245.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
B. F. Giles
Joe B. van Valkenberg
County Commission
Giles
van Valkenberg
Simpson thanks supporters in eighth district for continued progress
Robert T. Simpson Jr of Florence issues a statement to supporters in the eighth district expressing deep gratitude for their backing in his congressional race. He pledges to work with the county to develop the district as a proving ground for President Roosevelt's plan to use cheap power as a national end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Simpson, Jr
Florence
Legion of Friends
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Bob Simpson
Final Meeting of Laymen's League Shapes Leadership
The Laymen's League held its final summer meeting at St. John's with W. S. Chrisinger presiding and Gilbert White introducing speaker W. L. Hayes. Officers were unanimously reelected: Chrisinger as president, F. D. Peebles as vice president, John H. Acker as program chairman, and J. Irwin Mitchell as refreshments chairman. A half hour of fellowship followed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
W. S. Chrisinger
Gilbert White
White
W. L. Hayes
Chrisinger
F. D. Peebles
John H. Acker
J. Irwin Mitchell
Inland Steel and Carnegie-Illinois Steel Face New Canal Piling Talks
Secretary Ickes, informed by the labor relations board that no charges under the Wagner Act were filed against Inland Steel Co or Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co, began new negotiations for purchasing sheet steel piling for the all American canal in Washington on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Washington
Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company of
Denver
Ickes
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Joan Blondell
Joe
Jasina
F.D.R
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
Singer Foster & CO
Pease
Beckwith
Jacob Dall
Wurlitzer
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