Mutiny in Prison Mine Ends With Defeat for Convicts
In Kansas on June 19 1935 Warden Lacey Simpson led officers to quell a 21 hour mutiny by 300 convicts in a Kansas state coal mine. The clash produced smoke driven by ventilators and a battered door that ended with no injuries and the convicts surrendering their holds.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Kas
Lacey Simpson
Kansas State
Simpson
David F. Parker
Tommy McMahan
Markets at a Glance on June Nineteenth
New York stocks heavy with utilities resisting late selling. Bonds irregular. power and light issues higher. Curb and mining mixed. shares easy. French market lower. sugar rising. coffee barely steady amid liquidation. Chicago wheat weak with selling pressure. corn down. Cattle steady to 25 cents higher. early top steers at 12.25. hogs slow with 10 to 20 cents off, top 2.70.
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New York
Wall Street
Commission House
Chicago
Malaria Control Demonstration Amid Alabama Convention
At the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association annual gathering in Birmingham a moving picture on malaria control illustrated government relief work. Association president C. C. Thomas of Selma denounced the sales tax as a racket and urged support for the NRA while praising relief efforts and planning to reduce tax burdens.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Pharmaceutical Association
Gitar
Evernment
C. C. Thomas
Selma
NRA
State Department
Mr. Thomas
Mississippi
Alabama
Britain Ready For Naval Bargaining
British officials, armed with leverage from a new naval agreement with Germany, plan to host delegations of naval experts from France Italy and Russia to discuss a proposed multilateral treaty for naval limitation. An invitation to France is said to be extended and details may be set during Capt Anthony Eden’s talks with Premier Pierre Laval in Paris Friday.
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London
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
Anthony Eden
League of Nations Affairs
Pierre Laval
Paris
Finger Crushed As Flat Tire Repaired
Clay Counts of Moulton Route 1 suffered a crushed finger while repairing a flat tire. After the car slipped from the jack his finger was caught between the car and the jack block. Three men nearby lifted the car and freed the finger. Counts was treated at Irwin and Dyar Infirmary in Moulton.
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Clay Counts
Moulton
Plane hunter bags two partridges in first flush
Orangeburg South Carolina June 19 Dick Horne with More’s plane shoots down two partridges on the first flush as he lands at the field.
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Orangeburg
8. C
Dick Horne
Collingt
More
Jurors Sleep Alleged in Giers Manslaughter Trial
Attorney J N Powell for Gene Giers asks Morgan circuit court for a new trial alleging two jurors slept during Judge Callahan's charge. Giers was convicted of manslaughter in connection with Henry Love's killing at Valdermosa Springs. a one-year sentence was imposed. A hearing is scheduled later this month.
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W. W. Callahan
J. N. Powell
Gene Giers
Morgan Circuit
Giers
Henry Love
Valdermosa Springs
Powell
Telia
Attorneys for Speck name two firms in murder case
Mrs. Mattie Speck mother of J. D. Speck says Powell and Powell and Hartselle have been retained as defense counsel. Henry Jones of Florence had been announced earlier to represent the defendant. A preliminary hearing is set for June 25 at city hall with Justice J. W. Bailey presiding. Julian Harris prosecutes for Morgan County with forty-nine defense witnesses and six for the state. Speck claims self defense after surrendering to Sheriff Sandlin.
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Mattie Speck
J. D. Speck
Lester Ingram
Powell and Powell
Hartselle
Henry Jones
Florence
Speck
City Hall
J. W. Bailey
Julian Harris
Morgan County
Sandlin
Ingram
President Roosevelt Plans Early Message To Congress
President Roosevelt indicates at a press conference he may send two or more messages to Congress, with one possibly transmitted today. He has not announced the subject and is reserving details for later.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt Views on Bill Announced
President Roosevelt voiced approval of a section in the utilities holding company bill aimed at eliminating non adjacent holding companies. Concurrently a House subcommittee recommended a substitute measure drastically amending the Senate bill’s abolition provision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Interstate Commerce
Senate
France Considers Treaty Scrapped
PARIS June 19 Members of the chamber debate naval treaties as German demonstrations and reexamination of agreements influence the outlook on naval accords.
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France
Paris
Chamber Naval
Germany
Mitchell airing scandal charges at Senate hearing
Former assistant secretary of commerce claims widespread appearances of favoritism in ship subsidies and calls for a grand jury probe to determine if charges are prosecuteable. He cites a $1.72 million Leviathan subsidy, defends his graft allegations as appearances, and faces questions for specifics from senators.
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Preston L. Grover
Associated Press
Ewing Y. Mite
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph B. Keenan
Vandenberg
Mich
Keenan
Mitchell
Roosevelt
United States Lines
Leviathan
Fletcher
Fila
Roper
Missouri
Commerce Department
Congress
Shipping Board
Washington
Franklin
Kermit Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
White
H. I. Cone
Black Air and
Ocean Mail
Pogo Interests
No Action Taken Toward Placing Negroes on Rolls
Morgan county will not add Negroes to jury rolls until new legislation is passed. Solicitor Melvin Hutson says the current jury box is full and changes require a special act. The Bonner bill would require qualified electors first, then jurors, and Negro inclusion depends on voting numbers and future court terms.
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Morgan County
Melvin Hutson
United States Supreme Court
Haywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Morgan Circuit
Victoria Price
Hutson
Jackson County
J. E. Horton
Athens
W. W. Callahan
Sen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Norris
Patterson
Kilby
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Miss Decatur crowned in Crescent Amusement beauty pageant
Edna Elizabeth Adcock daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Adcock 1215 Sixth avenue south won Miss Decatur at the Princess theatre after two nights of competition from 44 contestants She will depart June 26 for Nashville to compete for tri state honors with a free Hollywood screen test promised the Nashville winner Adcock attends Central High School and will be chaperoned during the trip
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Edna Elizabeth Adcock
J. R. Adcock
Sixth Avenue
South
Decatur
Crescent Amusement Company
Princess Theatre
Miss Adcock
Nashville
Bama
Tennessee
Hollywood
Ming Adcock
The
Princess
Central High School
Court of Honor Awards Listed for Boy Scouts
The monthly Court of Honor at the courthouse awarded Walter Marvin Penney the Eagle Scout badge, with many life badges and merit badges conferred on members from Troops 16, 19, and 20 including Harold Watkins, Robbie Wilds, Jimmie Bloodworth, and others for badges in metal work, handi craft, first aid to animals, civics, textiles, athletics, cooking, pathfinding, poultry keeping, astronomy, and more.
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Court of Honor
Boy Scouts
A. Lynne
Walter Marvin Penney
Jimmie Bloodworth
Robbie Wilds
Harold Watkins
Muncey McGlathery
Bryan Carrell
Joe, Hinze
Tom Wiley, Jr
Donald Nelson
Lumpkin Guy
LeRoy McEntire, Jr
John D. Givens
Russell Speake
Hice Ana Caine
Lawrence
Ethiopian Troops Move on Borders Reported by Pomo Dima
Heavy Ethiopian forces move toward frontier zones with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, reported from Rome on June 19. The dispatch notes uninterrupted advance by Ethiopian troops as tensions rise along the border.
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Rome
Kidnapper is Ordered to Die Under Lindbergh Law
Federal Judge R L Williams sentenced Arthur Gooch Texas and Oklahoma outlaw to death for kidnapping Paris Texas officers last November. The first execution under the Lindbergh kidnapping statute is set for Friday September 18. Gooch defended his stance saying other crimes are worse while Williams labeled such views cowardly.
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Muskogee
Okla
R. L. Williams
Arthur Gooch
Texas
Oklahoma
Paris
Tex
Durant
Gooch
Williams
Stern
Japanese Drop Plan of Attack in China Report
TIENTSIN June 19 The Japanese military apparently renounced any plans for armed action in China as a result of the Chinese government's capitulation to North China demands. Japanese spokesmen inferred that China by dismissing General Sung Cheh Yuan as governor of Chahar and ordering the 132nd Chinese division to evacuate the province had brought the issues there to the stage of amicable settlement.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
China
North China
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Chahar Province
Graves to Meet Hopkins on Alabama Works Plan
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama and Harry L. Hopkins were to confer in Washington to launch Alabama's new works relief program. Graves said he would likely have news before returning home tonight.
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Washington
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Graves
Alabama senators hear governor supports $6000 county pay cap
Probate Judge J A Carnley said Gov Bibb Graves backs a $6000 annual salary limit for county officers as part of the Sparks amendment. He noted support from the Association of County Commissioners and Probate Judges of Alabama and discussed fees and clerical pay changes across county scales. Mayor George Vann warned a $2000 homestead exemption could wreck municipalities. Senator Frazer pressed if it aligns with the governor’s platform.
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Carnley
Senate
Heustein
Welch
Bessemer
Sparks
Barbour
Lusk
Etowah
Heflin
Chambers
George 8. Vann
Gadsden
Tom Frazer
Bibb Graves
Vann
Construction Funds Move for Guntersville Dam
Washington June 10 Provision for beginning construction of the 17 million Guntersville dam in Alabama and the 15 million Chickamauga dam in Tennessee was carried today in the deficiency appropriation bill reported to the house. The measure would provide 34.7 million for TVA operation to build the dams, with Guntersville opening a navigable river channel 10 feet deep for seventy miles above the city.
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Washington
Guntersville
Alabama
Chickamauga
Tennessee
Oae House
Ana
Comml
Tennessee Valley Authority
Governor Plans Personal Appeal to Keep Peace
Two men were shot to death during rioting at the Monarch Mills Company plant as 800 workers struck after night shifts. Victims were W. B. Nae Lin, a magistrate's constable, and L. Stutz, a mill employee. Sheriff James G. Fauccet and deputies investigated as National Guardsmen, called in earlier, stood by.
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B. C
Monarch
Monarch Mills Company
W. B. Naelin
L. Stutz
Hap
James G. Fpaucett
Cabinet panel faces tax clash as textile groups push repeal
Washington reports a cabinet committee examining the textile industry’s woes amid renewed demands from the Cotton Textile Institute for repeal or compensation of the processing tax. A separate House vote affirmed support for the processing tax, while an amendment to repeal the tax was rejected. committee findings awaited by Secretary Roper as courts weigh NRA decisions.
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Washington
The
Cotton Textile Institute
G. H. Dorr
Agriculture Adjustment House
Rep
Worth
R. Mass
Rogers
Roper
Mittee
NRA
Early Senate Vote on AAA Is Sought
Roosevelt leaders sought an early Senate vote on farm amendments prepared to strengthen AAA. Secretary Wallace backed new provisions as opposition reportedly dissipated after an initial surge.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Supreme Court
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NRA Organization
Emily Newel Blair
Consumers’ Advisory Board
James L. O'Neill
Leon ©. Marshall
New Board of Review
Britain
Bill
Morgan
Walter. Penney
James Heustess
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