Ledlow Murder Case Opens Morgan County Trial Week
Morgan county circuit court focuses on criminal cases with Ledlow murder charge opening Tuesday. Baxter Bowman and Fred Walker facing rape and murder charges Wednesday, drawing wide county interest as 150 special jurors join regular jurors for the high profile hearings.
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Morgan County Circuit Court
William Ledlow
Thomas Ledlow
Baxter Bowman
Fred Walker
Wesley White
Court of Appeals Rules in North Alabama Cases
Alabama Court of Appeals releases decisions involving North Alabama parties. C. E. vs Neeley Lauderdale overruled on application. Richard Lauderdale vs State Morgan overruled. Willie Clay vs State Lawrence reversed and remanded. Boss Peden vs State Lauderdale affirmed. Charlie Bonds vs State Franklin J. Brogram vs State Madison Pete Cornelius vs State Morgan Connie Clemong vs State Morgan Houston Black vs State Morgan.
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North Alabama
Alabama Court of Appeals
C. E
Sam D. Neeley
Lauderdale All Court
Richard Lauderdale
State
Morgan Circuit Court
Willie Clay
Lawrence — Court
Boss Peden
Lauderdale
Charlie Bonds
Franklin Circuit Court
J. E. Brogram
Madison Circuit Court
Pete Cornelius
Connie Clemong
Houston Black
Commandery Meets DeMolay at Knights Templar Session
Commandery No. 14 Knights Templar will meet in requ ression tonight to confer the K degree. All members urged to be present.
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Knights Templar
Jaysee
Cotton Market Reports Mixed Middling Prices
The market shows tight reading with strict middling around 18.25 and middling near 18.00. Traders note limited offers and steady demand as futures and local sales hinge on global demand and seasonal harvest timing.
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Nernitee SE Iinthiiek
Millionaire broker Strandberg retires after 27 years in stocks
Alva J. Strandberg leaves a Kansas City firm with a $1.1 million sale. He built a $5 million daily business with Milton J. McGreevy, avoided margin trading, and urged investors to stick to tested stocks. Now 55, he plans to rest, fish, and invest in outdoor air to regain health.
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Kansas
Alva J. Strandberg
Kansas City
Strandberg
Milton J. McGreevy
Mistrial Motion Overruled In Jones Whiskey Case
The circuit court overruled a motion for mistrial in the Charley Jones whiskey manufacturing case and continued the case before a jury. The jury was excluded during the argument on the motion.
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Charley Jones
Circuit Court
Brown horticulturist to speak on pests at Y M C A
Planters show interest in Julian Brown visit set for Saturday morning at 9 30 at the Y M C A. Brown addresses curb market officials on Decatur curb pest control and discusses orchard and general crop conditions. Public invited, farmers urged to attend.
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Julian Brown
Mr. Brown
Decatur
Brown
Best Thursday Sale Records at Decatur Curb Market
The Decatur curb market posted a new Thursday best with $119.75 in sales for the morning. Curb master Mrs. J. T. Nelson said this is the largest Thursday total since the market opened about two years ago, noting they had reached $100 once or twice before but never $119.75.
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Decatur Curb
J. T. Nelson
Curb Master
Exclusive Paris Style Studio Offers Personalized High-End Wardrobe
Paris June 20 A fashion feature reports Baroness Accurtis launches a clothes studio charging top prices for exclusive designs. She will select and supervise clients personally, meeting in rooms described as a living room and a luxuriously appointed bedroom to ensure clients see themselves as they should be.
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Associated Press
Paris
Europe
Accurtis
Snook Admits Theft of Key in Ohio Coed Slaying Case
Dr James Snook admitted taking a key from Miss Theoria Hix's key ring at the scene where her body was found. He said the key opened the room they shared, which he surrendered to the landlady before identification. Bloodstains on his car remain unexplained as investigators test their origin.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. G. Shellenbarger
James Snook
Theoria Hix
Ohio State
Snook
Shallenbarger
Reorganization urged for public schools at Alabama conference
Dr. George D. Trayer of Columbia University urged reorganization of the public school system before about 400 officials at the University of Alabama. He argued for varied courses and special classes to serve children of differing abilities as the conference planned to close with Bibb Graves Hall dedication for the college of education.
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Bibb Graves
College of Education
City to install stop signs to ease traffic on Alabama Street
Officials decide to place stop signs on streets feeding into Alabama Street and Sixth Avenue to manage rising traffic on the Bee Line highway through Deee engagement. The boulevard declaration has increased local motorist traffic as drivers use the highway as a through street to move between city sections.
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Alabama Street
Sixth Avenue
Bee Line
Deeeng
Heflin Jr. faces police court charge for DUI
James Thomas Heflin Jr., son of Alabama senator, is charged with driving under the influence after his car hit a laundry truck near the Capitol. Bond set at $1,000, he pleaded not guilty and admitted drinking. a syringe and needle were found in the car and the bottle sent for analysis.
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Washington
James Thomas Heflin, Jr
Alabama
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital
White House
E. Gribovsky
Heflin
J. L. Thornton
Patrick Haaltigan, Jr
Reading
House of Representatives
Young Heflin
Thornton
Treasury Department
Membership Call for Decatur Jr Chamber Meeting
General membership call issued by W L Morris president for next Tuesday night. About 100 members invited to decide six month activities and elect officers. Meeting at the Junior Chamber of Commerce hall with urged attendance.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. L. Morris
Jaysees
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Has Bird Sense These Folks Say Yes After Study
Mr and Mrs W E Pinch of 10th avenue report a pigeon with a back injury they treated in city park. Two days later the bird perched on Pinch’s car and chirped, prompting them to believe the bird possesses sense.
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W. 8. Pinch
10Th Avenue
Finch
City Park
Centra l Baptist Leader Misses Jury Duty Picnic
J P Matlock a leader at Central Baptist Church lamented his call to jury service this afternoon He was missing the major church picnic near Moulton Heights planned by Central Baptists with several hundred attendees anticipated for weeks as a highlight in church history
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J. P. Matlock
Centra! Baptist Church
Moulton Heights
Central Baptists
Gas Strike Kills Two Children in Texas City
Investigators work to identify the source of a mysterious gas that killed two children and left 16 others in hospital near an oil refinery in El Paso. Officials consider natural gas from a broken main or marsh gas, while ten more may die as evacuation spreads and rescue teams search the district.
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EL Paso
Texas
Large Crowds Seek Typhoid Inoculations In Summer Campaign
Large crowds continue to obtain typhoid inoculations as Dr H C McRee county health officer and Mrs Lester Corbitt county health nurse administer vaccines. County health workers estimate about 3000 people will receive the treatment before the summer campaign ends.
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H. C. McRee
Lester Corbitt
Sewer Project To Be Talked By The Council
Decatur city council to meet in regular session tonight to discuss petitions for additional sewer facilities in the western section. If approved the project may lead to extensions of water mains in that area.
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Decatur
Stock Trades By Bishop Are Shown Today
New York June 20 reports in several papers show Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church and anti Smith leader as well as Anti-Saloon League legislative committee chairman at Washington discussing stock dealings. He is described as a Democratic party figure and South leader in the anti Smith forces.
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New York
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Democratic Party
Washington
Firing on U S Customs Boat Triggers Report Demand
Secretary Stimson asked the treasury department for a full report on the shooting of a customs patrol boat on the Detroit river by rum smugglers near the American shore. Assistant Secretary Lowman cited arming customs agents as necessary and said Canada was not asked to permit liquor exports.
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Washington
Stimson
Treasury Department
Detroit River
Lowman
State Department
Canada
Detroit
Canadian
Ottawa
United States
Dominion
H. P. Jackson Tops 18 Sellers at Decatur Curb Market
H. P. Jackson of Decatur route two led a list of 18 sellers at the Decatur curb market today. His gross income from morning sales totaled 17 dollars and 70 cents in the brief hour of selling. An unusually good market offered ample farm produce.
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H. P. Jackson
Decatur
Route Two
Former mill girl rises to business success in New England
Claudia Le Blanc Cushman, once penniless after a Quebec fire, immigrated to Lowell Massachusetts as a mill worker. She studied sales profits, secured a loan, built ventures, paid taxes in Lowell and nearby cities, and aided workers during a major textile strike, showing notable originality.
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Cambridge
Mass
Claudia le Blanc Cushman
Quebec
Claudia le Blanc
le Blancs
United States
Lowell
Fal River
Mre Cushman
Convicts Escape From Clements State Prison Farm
Forty four inmates kidnapped three guards at Clements State prison farm near Brazolia Texas and fled. A few hours later three were recaptured, two shot by a local cattleman. Others scattered into Brazos river bottoms as posses chase through dense brush.
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Brazolia
Texas
Clements State Prison
Here
Brazos River
Cash For Liberty
Sweeney
Prison Guard Killed by Convict in Leavenworth Riot
At Leavenworth federal prison Carl Panzran 26 attacked laundry foreman R J Warnke with a flatiron received from Washington earlier. Warnke died from a crushed skull. Panzran seized and terrorized prisoners prompting a near riot and solitary confinement. Officials said he would be tried for murder.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Carl Panzran
R. J. Warnke
Panzran
Washington, D. C
Warnke
Mure
Southern Air Transport to route coast to coast via Birmingham
Southern Air Transport will route coast to coast passenger service through Birmingham and Jackson Miss. Texas Air Transport will operate the service using trimotor Fokker cabin planes seating 12 to 14. The telegram from vice president Silliman Evans confirms the plan with a 60 hour schedule from New York to Los Angeles.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Air Transport Company
Jackson
Miss
Silliman Evans
Texas Air Transport Company
Southern
Meet
New York
Los Angeles
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