Republicans Demand Peace Declaration For Platform
A 26 member House delegation led by Representative Hamilton Fish pressed the platform committee to declare against any policy that might draw the U S into war. They urged a strong peace plank and criticized President Roosevelt’s national service proposal as dangerous. Col Robert R McCormick also condemned it as insanity.
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Philadelphia
Republican Resolutions Committee
America
Republican House
Hamilton Fish
New York
Roosvelt
Lewis
John L. Lewis
C. I
Roosevelt
Johns
Wisconsin
Bender
Ohio
Bradley
Michigan
Dworshick
Idaho
Illinois
Chipperfield
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago
Tribune
Community Notes from Morgan County Mount Tabor
Sunday visitors include Mrs Alice Baker with sister Mrs Emma Abercrombie and Mrs Whisenant of Gadsden visiting A L Whisenant. Many neighbors attend Antioch singing. Geneva Tyler weds Jack Couch in a noted community event. Planning for Pine Ridge Church all day singing on the fifth Sunday in June.
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Alice Baker
Emma Abercrombie
Whisenant
Gadsden
A. L. Whisenant
Corene West
Imogene Light
Gladys
Grace Oden
Evie Whisenant
Antioch
Leonard Smith
Alvin Light
Dulcie Black
Horace Black
Mr. Black
Guntersville
William Brooks
Homer H. Morrow
Kenneth Whisenant
Arkansas
Ruth Baker
Velma Bramlett
Aubrey Irwin
West Point
Carmen Mabrey
James Whisenant
Rain Lifts Cullman County Crops And Gardens
Farmers welcomed beneficial rainfall over the past week easing dry conditions. Local residents and visitors attended church and social events at Jones Chapel and Evergreen, with many reporters noting improved crops and gardens despite some late growth.
Sudden Death in Morgan County Near Corinth
Obituary notes the death of Baskin Looney last Tuesday night in the community. Survivors include his wife two children four brothers and mother Mrs Callie Looney. The column also lists local social visits and 4 H Club attendance by area residents including O W Hogan Bernice Bryant Kattie Turrentine and others.
Rain Lifts Crops as Community Notices Honor Local Residents
Rain brings relief to Lawrence County as Miss Earline Alred visits, Odessa Ausborn recovers from illness, and multiple families share weekend hospitality. Roy Tipper and Jesse Terry with their wives attend gatherings, while G H Bankston, a noted farmer, is buried at Claudy cemetery. Community extends condolences.
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Earline Alred
Evelyn
Katie Pearl Moore
Odessa Ausborn
Jesse Terry
Hillsboro
Harvey Moore
Johnie Sims
Nancy Ausborn
Roy Tipper
Dawson Cottingham
Flower Hill
G. H. Bankston
Claudy
Local residents share visits and births in Morgan County
Mrs Fred Hicks remains in Huntsville Hospital for an operation. Mrs Jocke Naylor improves after illness. Mr and Mrs Carl Bowling visit grandparents. Homer Hornbuckle welcoming a baby boy born June 13. Many visits among Helms, Moon, Tyler and Pettit families. Tidwell Helms visits father W E Helms. LuthersAdams spend several days visiting community members.
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Fred Hicks
Huntsville
Jocke Naylor
Tidwell Helms
Lydia Lawrence
Claudie Edwards
Anna
Tennessee
Carl Bowling
Joe Lawrence
Ida
Agnes Helms
Lillian Lawrence
Jewell Helms
Decatur
Mamie Hornbuckle
Wilma Moon
Dorthea Helms
Ruby Tyler
Verlin
Verna
Grace Helms
Virgie
Catherine Helms
Homer Hornbuckle
Virgie Helms
Augie Whisenant
Owen Edwards
C. S. Edwards
W. G. Whisenant
Ella Pettit
Flora Helms
Joecie Naylor
Leo Tyler
Huston Helms
Oleander
Birdie Moon
Sallie Hornbuckle
Emmit
Harvey Helms
Winford Pettit
Elmer Compton
Ruth
Mamie
Melvin
Ethel
Alta Curry
Miss Opal
Bessie Tyler
Senator Ernest Gibson Dies at 67 in Washington
Vermont Senator Ernest Willard Gibson died at age 67 in Washington after 16 years in Congress. A lawyer by training, he served in the House from 1924 to 1933 before moving to the Senate. He had been ill with heart disease for over a week and was hospitalized on June 12. He once said he was read out of the Republican Party for voting to override President Coolidge’s veto of the soldiers bonus bill. He sat on the naval committee, a key group on defense legislation.
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Washington
Ernest Willard Gibson
Vermont
Congress
Gibson
President Coolidge
House
Senate
Naval Committee
Morcan County and Area Visit Highlights
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Butler and children visit Tuscaloosa relatives this week. Mrs. Merrell and Mrs. Halcome visit Centerdale. Mrs. Turrentine and Mrs. Lindler visit Falkville. Darrell Childers stays with grandparents Elbert and spouse. Elizabeth and Doris Sue McDonald stay with Willie McDonald’s grandparents. Comner Livingston and family from Lawrence Cove visit Lindlers. Truman Ryan and daughter Margaret Ann visit Wade West. Myra Lee Adams attends Lindlers dinner. Robert Adams makes business stop in Birmingham. Irene Patterson guests with Lola Lindler. Home Demonstration Club women attend rally at Hartselle.
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Julian Butler
Jane
Julian David
Tuscaloosa
L. H. Merrell
John Halcome
Centerdale
B. F. Turrentine
Brooks Lindler
Willie McDonald
New Hope
Comner Livingston
Lawrence Cove
Truman Ryan
Margaret Ann
Wade West
Falkville
Myra Lee Adams
Local Social Visits and Guests List in Speake Area
Lawrence County notes social visits across Speake and Plain View include Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Helsoe visiting J P Sullivan, Mrs. Bob McCaghren and children staying with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Borden, plain view. John A Crow and son Warner spent Saturday with J W Williams family, Speake. Grace Callahan and Mrs Davis West met Monday. Mrs Wesley Curtis visited grandmother Mrs J W McCaghren Monday. Buck Way of Speake visited Moulton on business. Biddie Johnson was in Moulton Monday. Friends report Minous Cross improving after nights with Wiley Edwards. Wilburn Whisenant visited Edward Lawrence Sunday.
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Lawrence Helsoe
Speake
J P. Sullivan
Bob McCaghren
Jim Borden
Plain View
John A. Crow
Warner
J. W. Williams
Grace Callahan
Davis West
Wesley Curtis
J W. McCaghren
Buck Way
Moulton
Biddie Johnson
Minous Cross
Community Notes From Morgan County Rock Springs
Mrs Velma Roberts spent Saturday with sister Mrs Mary Sue Thompson. Claude Pearson family called to Lawrence County by illness of Mrs Pearsons mother Mrs Will Bradford. Rosa Roberts and daughter Opal visited in Hartselle with sister Aunt Mrs W F Brown who has been ill. Knightsen family serious illness. John McCaghren visited Saturday afternoon. Milton Edward Borden and Far Hampton were Saturday night guests of Walker Hampton Double Springs. A T and Robert Lewis were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Edd Jones. Pervis Wallace and son Wayne weekend guests of relatives at Rocky Ford. Elbert Self visited Buren Bridges Hopewell Sunday. Laverne Knighten and son Robert Lewis and Carrie Jones called on Mrs Judson James Sunday. Fred Stephenson and children spent Sunday with mother and grandmother Mrs Annie Wallace Oak Ridge. Ray Osborn spent Monday night with his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Roberts. Woodrow Roberts spent part of last week with his parents Mr and Mrs CG J Roberts. Mr Roberts is…
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Elbert Sheats
Charlie England
Masey
Vergil Lee Oldacre
Clara Buckelew
Claude
James Gardner
Wesley Cheatham
Cullman
Malcolm Cheatham
Elmer Little
Jones’ Chapel
George Aaron
J. W. Cheatham
Leona Hinson
Buel Benefield
Evergreen
Richard Barnett
Sardis
Oscar Buckelew
Birmingham
Flint
Lowell
Harry
Opal
Babe Via
Led
Hollis
Simons Buckelew
Malcolm
Harold
Merle Cheatham
Buel Bennefield
Hosea Buckelew
Jones Chapel
Elbert Buckelew
Cullman Hospital
Lester Cheatham
Max
Pleasant View
Merle, Grace
Hettie Maddox
Ruby Braswell
Gleeda Hogan
Visa Hampton
Grace Morgan
Link Rooker
Aaron Blevins
Lois Johnson
Ozell McClellan
Bruce Bonds
T. P. Carter
Tolbert Humphrey
Albert Turrentine
Howard Evans
Nancy Evans
Robert Turrentine
J. H. Rigby
Velma Roberts
Mary Sue Thompson
Claude Pearson
Lawrence County
Grace Callahan
John McCaghren
Milton
Edward Borden
Far Hampton
Walker Hampton
Double Springs
A. T
Robert Lewis
Edd Jones
Pervis Wallace
Wayne
Rocky Ford
Elbert Self
Buren Bridges
Hopewell
Laverne Knighten
Carrie Jones
Judson James
Fred Stephenson
Annie Wallace
Oak Ridge
Ray Osborn
Claude Roberts
Woodrow Roberts
CG. J. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Colbert County Officials Bonded in Election Probe
Probate Judge Charles B. Carmichael and Colbert county Democratic executive chairman J B Baker were each held on under $300 bond after a special grand jury indicted them for alleged election irregularities. They face charges over false voters lists and altered returns from the May 7 and June 4 primaries. October term will hear the cases. Carmichael issued a statement defending the polling list use and urging corrections where errors were found.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Charles B. Carmichael
J. B. Baker
Democratic Executive Committee
Colbert County
Otis McRight
Carmichael
Baker
Peraoria
Board of Registrars
No Nation a Democracy in War Says Governor Dix
Governor Frank Dix declares in Birmingham that no nation is a democracy during war urging Americans to sacrifice liberties to preserve the nation’s way of life. The remarks were made amid wartime warnings and national defense concerns.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Dixon
Henry County residents charged in postal fraud cases
U S Commissioner J W Daughtry said three Henry County residents were arrested and charged with postal law violations tied to several insurance fraud schemes.
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Dothan
Ala
U. S
J. W. Daughtry
Henry County
Local News Brief From Rock Springs
Mrs. Lattle West leaves in a few days for Shreveport Louisiana and is on the sick list along with Mrs. Dixie Roberts. Regular preaching day and night is announced for Saturday night and Sunday by Rev. L. B Toon of Decatur.
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U. S. Army
Shreveport
Dixie Roberts
Rock Springs
L. B Toon
Decatur
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