Alabama Supreme Court rules homestead exemptions effective for 1936–37 taxes
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously holds the 1937 homestead exemption act applies to tax year 1936-37 and thereafter, effective on approval. Gov. Bibb Graves hails it as the administration’s greatest victory, noting exemptions relieve many taxpayers while city and county levies remain unchanged.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Bibb Graves
Albert A. Carmichael
Supreme Court
Graves
Dr Joseph to address civic clubs on TB sanatorium
Dr Kellie Joseph medical director of Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium will speak to the Lions Club in Guntersville tonight then to the Civitan Club in Boaz on Friday. He will discuss the Scottsboro sanatorium project which is expected to open August 1.
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Kellie Joseph
Morgan County
Lions Club
Guntersville
Civitan Club
Boaz
Scottsboro
Last rites for 15 month old Bostick child
Wayman Bostick two died after a brief illness of colitis at home. Burial was at Alexander cemetery near Moulton with Rev E E Byars in charge. Survived by Mr and Mrs Raymond Bostick and grandparents Mr and Mrs W F Johnson.
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Wayman Bostick
Raymond Bostick
Moulton
Alexander Cemetery
E. E. Byars, Highsmith
W. F. Johnson
Ross Denies Girl's Story In Grand Jury Appearance
Executive Ross faced the grand jury in Hollywood as Patricia Douglas accused him of attack on May 5 at a hayloft party. Douglas identified him. she cried and her mother supported her account despite his denial. Casting director Vincent Coniff dismissed the claim as impossible and said extras knew they were to provide atmosphere.
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Patricia Douglas
Hollywood
Chicago
Buron
Douglas
Miss Douglas
Ross
Vincent Coniff
Grand Jury
Northwestern doctors meet at Lyons hotel luncheon program
The northwestern division of the state medical association opened its meeting with a noon luncheon at Lyons hotel. About 75 physicians from several North Alabama counties attended. Dr Kellie Joseph of Morgan County Medical Society presided. Vanderbilt's Dr Barney Brooks delivered the main address as sessions continued to 4 pm. The luncheon program featured student dance and musical acts led by Shirley Williams and other performers.
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The
State Medical Association
Lyons Hotel
North Alabama
Kellie Joseph
Morgan County Medical Society
Barney Brooks
Vanderbilt University
Shirley Williams
Katherine Ann Wiley
Nancy Wilson
Jean Link
Betty Jean Johnson
June Claire Ompson
Charles Murphey
Bottle of Gasoline Traced to Woman on Trial
A fingerprint expert linked a print of Mrs Helen Tiernan to a gasoline bottle used in the fatal harm of her 7 year old daughter Helen. A hatchet and bread knife were found near the hacked and burned body in woods on May 15. The trial of Mrs Tiernan for the killings and an alleged plot involving her 4 year old son Immy proceeds as prosecutors plan to introduce her statements to police.
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Helen Tiernan
Riverside, N. Y
Central Press
Riverhead
N. Y
Helen
Daniel P.reddington
Tiernan
Immy
Manhattan
Cooking Electrically to Balance the Budget at Hartselle Show
The Hart selle cooking school at Morgan county high school auditorium opens at 2 pm after the electric appliance show. Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corp and local dealers host through Saturday with demos on entertaining electrically baking and cost advice for rural power. Thelma Wilson leads with Miss Wilson in charge. displays include many local shops from Hartselle and Decatur.
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Morgan County High School
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
TVA
Morgan
Lawrence
Thelma Wilson
Smith and Summerford
J. H. Corsbiere and Furniture Co
Auto Parts Company
Speake Hardware Company
Moore-Newton Company
Doss Hardware and Furniture Company
Hartselle
Thomas Furniture Company
Sterchi Bros
John D. Wyker and Son
E. E B. Forbes and Sons Piano Company
Hurston Sales Company
Dinsmore Bros., Furniture
Decatur
Self-Defense Plea Entered by Defendant in Murder Trial
Robert Morgan, 36, pleads self defense in second degree murder case over William Martin's death last April 24. Morgan testifies Martin threatened him and forced entry. witnesses describe threats, Morgan's gunfire, and a tense confrontation in a circuit court in Limestone County.
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Robert Morgan
William Martin
Sharp split in theory of probe bared
Sharply growing differences between federal agents and Suffolk county authorities over the disappearance of Mrs. Alice McDowell Parsons. The feds push a kidnapping theory while local officials favor murder and urging quick action bound for a grand jury. A possible ransom contact and secret HQ reports accompany the tense dispute as searches continue.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Suffolk County
Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island Society
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Piven
White House
New York
Shumake Heads New Store at Bank Street
J L Shumake, longtime figure in retail furniture, plans to open a new furniture store at 407 409 Bank Street soon. He serves as president of Shumake Furniture Co Inc, a $20000 corporation, with Mrs J L Shumake as secretary treasurer.
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J.L. Shumake
Bank Street
Shumake
Shumake Furniture Co., Inc
J. L. Shumake
Delinquent Tax List Shrinks as Collector Reports Progress
Hodges Crow the tax collector said the delinquent list is gradually reduced this year and is smaller than in several years. The remaining defaulters will be turned over to Probate Judge B L Malone on July 1 for decree and sale advertisement.
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Hodges Crow
Crow
B. L. Malone
Ten More Entries for Tennessee Valley Horse Show
Ten additional entries for the Tennessee Valley Horse Show at Benson Field were announced. Horses like My Man and Belle Allen join a lineup including Rose Bud and Miss Kel'y Bourbon as preparations begin at Helicost stables on First Avenue. Whitley plans to bring a truckload of entries alongside others from Florida to Clarksdale and beyond, with strong expectation of wider state participation and higher class horses.
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Benson Field
Helicost
First Avenue
My Man
O. H. Hathcoat
Rose Bud
C. W. Wilkinson
Birmingham
Sit-Down Moves Threaten Peace in Mahoning Valley Mills
The United States Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins orders a three man board to mediate the steel strike deadlock while a federal fact finding group will visit Cleveland. Gov Davey and Mayor Shields urge Roosevelt to end the battle of steel between John Lewis and independent producers as back to work drives loom in Mahoning Valley plants.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ice
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
Frances Perkins
Federal Board
Cleveand
White House
John L. Lewis
C. S O
Roosevelt
Martin L Davey
Daniel J. Shields
Johnstown
I. O
Tri
Steel workers return to Cambria plants amid idle strike
In Johnstown Pennsylvania an undetermined number of steel workers returned to the Cambria plants as Washington considers interventions in the labor dispute that has left about 100000 idle. The strike, called by the steel workers organizing committee, targets Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Inland Steel and Bethlehem Steel. May or may not be included. Officials sought to resolve the impasse with appeals from city and state leaders.
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Johnstown
Cambria
Washington
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Inland Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Morgenthau Sees Publicity to Curb Tax Evasion
Secretary Morgenthau testified before a joint Senate House inquiry on tax evasion and avoidance urging continued publicity to deter dodging. He noted various devices used to evade taxes and called for remedial legislation while avoiding naming individuals. Treasury later reported a list of names for submission.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Congressional Inquiry
Senate House
Riots Footage Suppressed for Senate Probe
Senate civil liberties committee plans to use the suppressed Memorial Day Chicago riot news reel in its probe of alleged anti union activity at Republic Steel. The St Louis Post Dispatch says five La Follette committee agents viewed the film, which Paramount News refused to release citing potential crowd hysteria and risk of further theatre violence.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
Republic Steel Company
ST. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch
la Follette Civil Mberties Committee
la Follette
Wisconsin
Thomas
Utah
the Paper
The
Post Dispatch
A. J. Richard
Paramount News
Everett
Fiend Incident Involving 12-Year-Old Girl In City Theater
Fran Mary Maglione, 12, was found in a theater air passageway in New York. She was hurt and muttered about a short stocky Black person in a brown suit with a mustache. The manager crawled into the air chamber to rescue her. she lives with her father John Maglione, a railroad flagman, and an aunt Estelle Maglione in the Bronx.
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New York
Fran Mary Maglione
John Maglione
Estelle Maglione
Bronx
Double Funeral Rites for Two Young Children Held
Double funeral services were conducted at Aldridge Grove cemetery for Betty Joe Cole, 22 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cole of Moulton Route 3, and her 20 month old cousin R. V. Nelson. The Rev E E Byars officiated with burial directed by Highsmith of Moulton. Betty Joe died at 11:40 last night from colitis. she is survived by her parents, a sister Frances, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W B Cole and W B Melson.
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Betty Joe Cole
Dauhter
Lowell Cole
Moulton
R. V. Nelson
Aldridge Grove
E. E. Byars
Highsmith
Cole
Willard
Frances
W.B. Cole
W. B. Melson
Kennedy Presides In Police Court In New Orleans
Mayor R N Harris out of town on business with pro tem Tom Harrison away. Alderman Dick Kennedy, head of the police committee, served as acting recorder in police court today.
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R. N. Harris
New Orleans
Tom Harrison
Dick Kennedy
Board named to mediate steel disputes in federal order
Secretary Perkins announced a three man federal steel mediation board to investigate hearings and issue findings. Charles P. Taft Lloyd K Garrison and Edward F McGrady will operate from Cleveland as a voluntary arbiter if requested by both sides. President Roosevelt approved the order to ease an interstate steel strike.
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Washington
Perkins
Charles P. Taft
Lloyd K. Garrison
Edward F. Mce- Grady
Federal Steel Mediation Board
Miss Perkins
Cleveland
McGrady
Europe
United States
Taft
Garrison
Roosevelt
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Mass arrests sweep Soviet Union under Stalin regime
Moscow reports a broad campaign against opposition as hundreds of arrests spread across the USSR and thousands are ousted from the party. Alexander G Cherviakoff, head of the White Russian Soviet Republic, is said to have killed himself for family reasons after denouncements at Minsk. High officers Uborevitch and seven others were executed for plotting to dismember the U.S.S.R.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Socialist Republics
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Alexander G. Cherviakoff
Soviet 5 Socialist Republic
Poland
Minsk
White Russia
Uborevitch
U. Ss. 5S. R
Weather summary for Tennessee and Southeast
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 21 feet with 0.08 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Temps ranged from 60 to 93 degrees. Alabama and northwest Florida saw partly cloudy skies with tonight and Friday thundershowers. Tennessee expected partly cloudy with local showers mainly Friday in the west and east tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
West Portion
East
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