Woman to file charges over Earle flogging case
Miss Willie Sue Blagden a 29 year old Memphis social worker said she would file charges against six men for floggings she and the Rev. Claude C Williams of Little Rock Ark received near Earle Ark Monday afternoon Sheriff Howard Carlin of Crittenden county is criticized for allegedly not investigating The government plans to review federal implications of the incident Williams is expected in Memphis for a lawyers conference Dudley the district prosecuting attorney says charges will be pursued with evidence and the grand jury meets in September.
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M Omphis
Willie Sue Blagden
Memphis
Claude C. Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Earle
Blagden
H. L. Mitchell
Southern Ténany Farmers’ Union
Howard Carlin
Crittengen
Washington
Curlin
Williams
Denver Dudley
Jonesboro
Crittenden County
Carlin
Arkansas
Dudley
Watermelons Headed to Eastern Markets From Gulf Coast
Watermelons will begin a long trek from the southern end of Houston county and the northern portion of Florida to eastern markets by week’s end. T A Shealy assistant general manager of the Bay Line Railway said the shipment moves this route.
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Dothan
Ala
Houston County
Florida
T. A. Shealy
Bay Line Railway
Silk Stocking Slaying Confession Shocks San Francisco
Albert Walter Jr a 26 year old New Yorker confessed to police that he murdered Blanche Cousins a 24 year old Idaho Falls native in Nob Hills apartment. He led officers to the scene claiming she resisted his advances and that the killing occurred Tuesday night after she lapsed into unconsciousness. He said he strangled her after she resisted and then could not recall details.
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San Francisco
Albert Walter, Jr
Blanche Cousins
Walter
Nob Hills
Idaho Falls
Idaho
George Engler
Frank Lucey
Frank McMahon
Miss Cousins
Drought Warning Follows Torrid Weather Across Regions
Heat waves sweep from Alaska to Florida signaling drought risks as crops suffer in the Dakotas Montana and the Carolinas. Grasshoppers menace grain in Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Montana Illinois Wisconsin Colorado with aid requests rising.
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Tom Harbrough
Associated Press
Kansas City
Alaska
Florida
Anise
Seward
Wyoming
Indiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Montana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
Leonard Haseman
Missouri University
North Dakota
Walter Welford
Welford
Washington
H. C. Rabero
Campbell given 10 year term for manslaughter in Morgan circuit court
A Morgan circuit court jury convicts Johnny Campbell of manslaughter in the first degree for the December killing of W F Bramlett, recommending a 10 year prison term. Judge A A Griffith had not yet imposed sentence, and appeals were not filed. Bramlett died after a throat wound in a Union Hill road fight on December 22, 1935.
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Morgan
Johnny Campbell
Valdermosa
W. F E. Bramslett
Union Hill
Campbell
A. A. Griffith
A. Lynne
J. N. Powell
Defense Council
Griffith
Bramlett
Ralph Hildreth
Carl
Church Street
Heentanreth
Boston
Hildreth
Department of Justice
Washington
Melvin Hutson
Department of the Record
Council Bluffs
Brceny
William Christopher
Christopher
Wetumpka
Kilby
Will
James Tyler
Hillsboro
Bryce Richardson
Second Avenue
Lewis Farley
Henry Good Announces Benson Field Horse Show Plans
Henry Good, chair of the grounds committee, said Tennessee Valley Horse Show will be Friday night June 26 at Benson Field. Crews are setting up the show ring, seating, and lighting. Alabama Power, under Garner Pride, installs flood and spot lights. Peavine Melody Chief, winner at Mountain Brook Riding Academy Show, Birmingham, June 13, will be entered. owned and ridden by Mrs. Bee Crawford of Estill Springs, Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Good
Benson Field
Alabama Power Company
Garner Pride
Peavine Melody Chief
Mountain Brook
Sluice Gates Opened at Norris Dam for Navigation
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that sluice gates at Norris Dam will be opened tomorrow releasing flood waters stored in spring to aid navigation on the Tennessee River.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam
Tennessee River
Owner gets beer refund in Alabama Supreme Court ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a St. Clair verdict awarding 219 cases of beer and 82 cases of whisky and gin to Messcroll Distributing Co of Pensacola after seizures at Ashville on May 27, 1935. The company argued the shipment crossed states in interstate commerce and was illegally seized. The court ruled Mescroll had a right to join the appeal and establish its rights despite late entry.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
St. Clair
Meseroll Distributing Company
Pensacola
Fla
Ashville
Ab Crow
Mescroll Distributing Company
W. W. McCall
Louisville
Florida
Coul
Supreme Court
New Bank for Athens Opens August First
Athens Alabama will gain a second bank around August 1 as the Tennessee Valley Bank plans a local branch in the former Peerless Dry Cleaners building. Limestone County Bank remains the sole operating state bank while Citizens Bank and Farmers & Merchants Bank closed in 1931.
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Athens
Ala
Tennessee Valley Bank
North Alabama
Peerless Dry Cleaners
Limestone County Bank
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Protection promised for informants in Black Legion probe
Detroit authorities pledged protection to informants aiding the roundup of about 40 suspected Black Legion members amid an investigation into a woman’s beating. Dorothy Guthrie, 33, accused her husband of printing anti communist material for the group. James Stewart of Ecorse testified of a mysterious early morning visit by three strangers. 38 detainees face trial on flogging to murder charges and 15 were sent to circuit court over a conspiracy case involving Highland Park publisher Arthur Kingsley and Highland Park official William Volsine.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Dorothy Guthrie
William H. Guthrie
James Stewart
Ecorse
Michigan
Ers
John Taavaree
Navaree
John L. Bielak
Hu ; Motor Car Co
United Automobile Workers
Monroe
Mich
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
William W. Volsine
Kingsley
Arthur F. Lupp, Sr
The
N. Ray Markland
John
Dr Greer Severely Ill At Home On Grant Street
Dr H D Greer continues very ill at his Grant street home after a severe influenza attack. He recently returned from Rochester New York where he accompanied a patient to Mayor's hospital.
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H. D. Greer
Grant Street
Greer
Rochester
N. Y
Mayor's
Democrats foresee Roosevelt renomination by acclamation
Washington dispatch reports a prediction that the Democrats will renominate Franklin D Roosevelt by acclaim, breaking a 48 year precedent, while a Republican forecast argues the London ticket would win in November. Representative Cannon notes the Philadelphia convention is expected to be a ballot to honor a first nominee since Grover Cleveland in 1888.
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Washington
Roosevelt
London
Representative Cannon
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Rain Postpones Joe Louis Bout at Yankee Stadium
Rain forced postponement of Joe Louis versus Max Schmeling in a 15 round heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium until tomorrow night. Promoter Jacobs said if more rain falls, they may try to stage the fight Saturday possibly in the afternoon.
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New York
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Jacobs
Congress approves relief-deficiency bill for White House
Washington June 18 Congress vetted action today on the 2.375 billion relief-deficiency appropriation bill and sent it to the White House. The Senate eliminated an amendment to revive the Florida ship canal, leaving only the tax bill to clear before adjournment Saturday night.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
House
Conferees Head Toward Tax Bill Agreement
Senate and House tax conferees reported progress on a compromise revenue bill but lacked treasury figures. They tentatively agreed on taxing undistributed corporate earnings, a key dispute, and aimed to seal a final understanding this afternoon or tonight amid Roosevelt's tax agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Senate House
Senate-House
Roosevelt
Gable Faces Court Fight Over Property Agreement
Private financial issues between Clark Gable and his estranged wife move toward a possible court airing. The dispute centers on a property settlement claimed signed last September but dated to December 1934. The couple separated last November with no divorce plans disclosed by Mrs. Gable.
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Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Romeo
Hollywood
Gable
Three Mill Tax Vote Drives Decatur City Election
Absentee ballots returned show strong interest as Decatur faces revote on the three mill tax funding city schools. The levy, in force 17 years, finances two months of a nine month term and does not raise overall taxes. Local officials and school supporters urge turnout to preserve the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Educational
Mob Baffles Texas Protests at El Campo Cafe Crisis
In El Campo Texas on June 18 a mob of about 300 swarmed Wharton and Bay City jails seeking nine imprisoned black individuals. The crowd set a cafe blaze and slashed Deputy Tip Simmons while police evacuated the alleged victims, later reported missing from both jails as authorities stressed vigilance.
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EL Camp
Texas
Wharton
Bay City
Tip Simmons
el Campo
Harris Milner
Dismissal Motion Filed In TVA Suit By Nine Power Firms
The Tennessee Valley Authority asked Judge Davis in Birmingham to dismiss the nine power companies suit contending the bill seeks to convert courts into a forum for broad political controversy. James L Fly said courts should hear actual cases with concrete disputes, and the Authority will cooperate if a genuine injury is shown.
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The
Tennessee Valley Authority Today
Tennessee Valley
Davis
United States District Court
Birmingham
Authority
Supreme Court
James Lawrence Fly
General Soldior
Two Injured In Bee Line Highway Accidents
J E Templeton state highway department employee suffered a lacerated leg after a car struck him on Bee Line highway one mile north of Hartselle. The driver was identified as Mr Flack of Somerville Route 4. Templeton was treated and discharged. A second crash near Valley Country Club sent a car off the Bee Line into a golf course green, striking and killing a cow. W A Crow of near Priceville escaped injury though his car was damaged. A coal truck and a car collided near the Cullman county line, injuring the passenger car driver who was taken to Cullman hospital. names were not learned.
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J. E. Templeton
State Highway Department
Bee Line
Hartselle
Mr. Flack
Somerville
Templeton
Decatur
W. A. Crow
Priceville
Preacher Duke C Jones Opens Revival at First Christian
Rev Duke C Jones conducts a revival at the First Christian church speaking on One Thing Decatur Needs Most. A large congregation attended last night and a very impressive service followed.
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Duke C. Jones
First Christian Church
Decatur
TVA seeks dismissal of 19 utilities suit over alleged propaganda
The Tennessee Valley Authority asked the U S District Court to dismiss a May 29 suit by 19 power companies aimed at halting TVA operations and declaring its authority unconstitutional. TVA argued the complaint is vague and fatally defective, lacking concrete, immediate injury and specific controversy.
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Tennessee It Petty
U. S. District Court
TVA
Power Companies
Utilities
A. E. Morgan
David E. Liliensthal
H. A. Morgan
Lawrence Fly
United States
State Ginners to Banquet Tonight
Alabama Cotton Ginners Association opens a two day convention in Birmingham with 300 to 400 ginners expected to register. Speakers include G M Lester J Miss president of the Halional Ginners Association Scott Roberts Anniston textile maker and Charles M Bennett of the government cotton ginning experiment station. C D Patterson of Decatur is association president.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Cotton Ginners Association
G. M. Lester
J. Miss
Halional Ginners Association
Scott Roberts
Anniston Textile
Charles M. Bennett
Government Cotton Ginning Experimet Station
Stonewall
Miss
C. D. Patterson
Decatur
Association
Weather roundup for Tennessee and Alabama region
Maximum 103, minimum 75 in past 24 hours with trace rain. Tennessee river gauge at 3 feet and steady. Alabama rights expect fair tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures, north portions partly cloudy. Tennessee forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions, cooler nights and a fair Friday in eastern portions.
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Alabama
Tennessee
East
Dortion
Elon
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General Federation of Labor
Ambassador Straus
Neuilly-Sur- Seine
Actio
Croix de Feu
Col. Prancois de la Rocque
League For French Solidarity
Young Patriots
Francistes
DR. Greer
Edward Herlich
Meta Herlich
Burns Cafe
State Ginners
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