Dyer Electric to Begin City Power Plant Work in Decatur
Dyer Electric Company of Birmingham wins Decatur power system contract worth 239 417 08 and starts work within days after notification. City finances include 350 000 for the system with 268 000 loan from the PWA and TVA power. project includes a three mile white way costing about 25 000 and lighting on both sides.
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Dyer Electric Company
Birmingham
Decatur
E. Moulton Street
C.S. Dyer
Dyer Company
TVA
First Avenue
PWA
Alabama
Sixth Avenue
Jackson Street
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Bank Street
Church Street
Old State Bank
Lelia Cantwell Seton Hall
Wilson Avenue
Bank A Street
Couple Slain Beside Road Near Austell
In Austell Georgia a traveling salesman J Ed Peek Jr 43 and his bride three months killed near their demolished car in a railroad cut. Police consider murder after findings include a slipknot noose around Mrs Peek and kerosene stains. Corner's jury rendered no verdict after a four hour inquest.
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Austell
J. Ed Peek, Jr
Atlanta
Whooping cough cases rise in Alabama counties
The Alabama Health Department reports a sharp increase in whooping cough with 152 cases in the last two weeks, up from 70 in the previous two weeks, notably affecting upstate counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Upstate
Alabama Health Department
Bath Iron Works bids low on two destroyers
Bath Iron Works of Bath Maine submitted a bid of 5315000 for two of four fifteen hundred ton destroyers as part of a naval vessel program. The bid was the lowest among the shipbuilders submitting offers.
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Washington
Bath Iron Works
Bath
RIFT RUMORS AROUND BARBARA HUTTON REVENTLOW MARRIAGE
London reports a British court order sought by Barbara Hutton Reventlow to safeguard her two year old son Lance. Rumors circulate of a rift with her Danish noble husband Count Court who has been absent from London since his rapid departure two weeks ago.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haugggitz-Reventlow
Lance
Count Court
Swift Begins Distribution Plant On Lee Street
Swift and Company start erection of a brick distributing storage and refrigeration plant on Lee street between L and N freight depot and gas plant. The $22,500 project will take about three months and use a spur track to serve a wide North Alabama area.
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Swift and Company
Lee Street
City Hall
Athens Lumber Company
Athens
H. H. Hetrick
Lumber Company
L. & N. Railroad
Decatur
North Alabama
McCord Withdraws From Campaign for National Committeeman
Judge Leon McCord, newly named to the U S circuit court of appeals, says he will not influence the selection of the next Alabama national committeeman. Senator Bankhead asks friends to abstain from efforts for his election, while McCord notes a separate primary would cost about fifty thousand dollars and may be impractical with the November general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Leon McCord
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
McCord
Bankhead
Montgomery
Gadsden
Benson Holds Commanding Lead in Minnesota Primary
With 3 160 of 3 739 precincts reported, Governor Elmer A. Benson led former Governor Hjalmar Petersen 187 413 to 178 333. Benson built margins in the Twin Cities and Iron Range while Petersen drew strength from rural districts.
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Minneapolis
Elmer A. Benson
Hjalmar Peterson
Benson
Twin Cities
Minnesota Iron Range
Pete
Petersen
Hamilton Seeks Dixie Real Democrats Fusion in GOP Appeal
Republican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton urged a union of Real Democrats and Republicans at the Alabama convention. He framed the GOP as the only organized champion of Jeffersonian principles and argued Southern loyalty to their party can endure if free enterprise goals prevail. He noted the South voted for Smith in 1928 and called the move a first step to erode solid Democratic support.
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Birmingham
Als
John D. M. Hamilton
Alabama
Hamilton
South
Deep South
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Lehman Bids for Senate Seat as Bennett Enters Governor Race
New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman announces he would accept a senatorial nomination to succeed Royal Copeland, a move that clears fog on state politics. State Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. quickly enters the race for the governorship as party leaders gauge national trends and party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Loveys
Albany
N. Y
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
John J. Bennett, Jr
Lehman
Roosevelt
Royal
Copeland
Bennett
Hundreds Enter Morgan County Fish Rodeo at Wheeler Lake
A flotilla of boats filled Wheeler and Wilson Lakes as Morgan County Conservation Club hosted a large fish rodeo. About 850 registered to enter at start time with 40 vehicles at Spring Creek bridge and many more participants across streams. Seventeen prizes await winners with a fish fry planned at Wheeler Lake Skeet Club Thursday afternoon.
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Wheeler and Wilson Lakes
Morgan County Conservation Club
Spring Creek Bridge
Wheeler Lake
Morgan County
Wheeler Lake Skeet Club
Stocks Continue Upward Swing In Three Day Rally
New York June 22 Stock prices rose for a third straight day as bulls drove a broad and active buying move. Shares gained $1 to over $5, pushing averages to their highest level since mid March with many issues up $6 to more than $10 over the three day period.
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New York
Wall Street
State Police Solve Attack in Memphis Case
Chief Mark N Lowry said Sidney Queen 20 confessed to slugging Ben Kohn with a blackjack after Kohn swore out an assault to kill charge. Queen was arrested in Osceola Ark returned to Memphis for questioning. A Shelby county political group backs Prentice Cooper against Gov Browning in the August primary.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mark N. Lowry
Gov
Kohn
Sterick
Madison
Third Streets
Queen
Osceola
Ark
Tennessee
Clark
E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Browning
Birmingham Employers Arrested Over Unemployment Insurance Violations
The Alabama Unemployment Compensation Commission announced the arrest of two Birmingham employers for alleged violations of jobless insurance act requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Unemployment Compensation Commission
Birmingham
Decatur votes to retain aldermanic government in two to one defeat of 3 man plan
Unofficial municipal election returns show 644 for commission and 1 324 against it as Decatur voters choose to keep the aldermanic form. Absentees and 11 voting boxes reported the light turnout with rapid tabulation and widespread public curiosity. The city council will certify results after official review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Benn Ra
Reece
Carnegie Library
Steel operations up in New York weekly steel review says
Operations of the nation's steel mills this week averaged 28 percent of capacity. This marks a rise of two points from last week and three points above the 25 percent rate of two weeks ago, according to Iron Age in its weekly industry review.
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New York
Alabama cotton rated mostly good in weekly crop report
The U S Weather Bureau reported Alabama cotton in mostly good condition for 1938 with last week’s weather described as generally moderate rains benefiting all crops. The report noted improvements across crops due to the rainfall and favorable conditions.
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O. K. Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
Grand Old Company E in Wars and Post 15 History
Grand Old Company E, part of American Legion Post 15, has a storied record across two world wars and a Mexican expedition. It fought in Spanish American War, Pershing's Expedition, World War I, with key leaders Major Roy C. Horton and Captain Everett H. Jackson, moving from Key West to Camp Mills and then to Europe in 1917.
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American Legion Post 15
Pershing
Maine
Manila Harbor
Company E
Key West
Huntaville
Ala
Pancho Villa
Roy C. Horton
Decatur
Everett H. Jackson
Montgomery
United States
Germany
Iy Company
Camp Mills
Long Island
New York City
England
Liverpool
Winchester
Lafonds
France
British Ships Sunk by Aerial Raider in Spanish Waters
Two British freighters Thorpeness and Sunion were sunk by a lone air raider in Spanish waters. A Chinese crew member died on Thorpeness. others were rescued. The events occur as Chamberlain presses for a Spanish war truce amid tensions over Franco Mussolini and European war threats.
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Associated Press
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Italy
Europe
London
Rome
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Barcelona
Catalonia
Orient
Swatow
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Namoa
Louis and Schmeling Weight In For Heavyweight Title Fight
Joe Louis weighed 198 3 4 pounds and Max Schmeling 193 for their 18 round heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium in New York. The weigh in drew nearly 700 reporters and photographers and featured tense exchanges and a gloves controversy as the commission enforced exact weights.
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New York
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
Schmeling
Madison Square Garden
Louis
Julian Blackhmeling
Te Fabyeranch
John J.phelan
Commission
North Alabama drunken driving arrests top 23
State Highway Patrol here reported 23 persons arrested for drunken driving over the weekend. Etowah led with five arrests, Cullman followed with four.
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Northere
Etowah
Cullman
Court approves grand jury probe of Earle administration graft
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejects Gov George Earle's writ plea and allows a Dauphin County grand jury to investigate graft and corruption in the Democratic administration. District Attorney Carl B Shelley urged the probe to expose ties to Philadelphia contractor Matthew H McCloskey and the political machine.
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George Earle
Pennsylvania State Supreme Court
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
Shelley
Earle
Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
Central Press
Farmer dies from accidental gun discharge near Cairo
Ross Clanton a 35 year old Cairo area farmer was killed when a shotgun fired by accident as he returned home from crow hunting and tried to put the gun away. No eyewitnesses. funeral set for 2 p m Thursday at Sandlin cemetery with McConnell of Athens directing. He leaves a widow and several children.
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Ross Clanton
Cairo
Athens
Clanton
Sandiin Cemetery
McConnell
Helen Jacobs Collapses at Wimbledon Championship
Helen Jacobs of Berkeley California fainted in the Wimbledon clubhouse before a rematch with Joan Ingram. She has fought a right arm nerve injury and recent weight loss, was treated at a hotel, and her match was postponed to tomorrow amid the All England championships.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Calif
Joan Ingram
Land
Miss Jacobs
Mary Whitmarsh
Great Britain
Miss Jacob
Miss Ingram
Alleged spies in not guilty pleas in New York
Four of the fourteen indicted on espionage charges pleaded innocent in federal court in New York. Three men and a woman faced $25,000 bail each as bench warrants were issued for others, including two men described as German war ministry officers. The defendants named include Johenna Hofmann, Guenther Gustave Rumrich, Erich Glaser, and Otto H. Voss.
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New York
Vincent L. Liebel
Germany
War Ministry
Johenna Hofmann
First Grants Announced by Howard A Gray
The Public Works Administration began 1938 spending with 291 projects totaling $92.5 million in construction. Howard A Gray says grants cover 45 percent and loans 55 percent, with applicants covering any remaining gap. Notable grants exceed a million dollars, including Southbury Connecticut for school construction and Fort Wayne Indiana for sewerage work.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Howard A. Gray
Gray
Southbury
Conn
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fla
Jacksonville
Shelter Island
N. C
Natchez
Center
Ala
Gadsden
Gainsville
University Bus
Age Jacksonville
Q Linden
Midway
Stro Rogeravill
Sylacauga
PWA
Property to be advertised for sale for unpaid taxes
The county tax collector plans to advertise the sale of property with unpaid taxes. H R Summer, tax collector, says payments must be made by July 11 to avoid penalties. The decree of sale was issued by the probate office on June 13.
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H. R. Summer
37 Known Dead in Custer Wreck
Officials counted 37 known dead as the Milwaukee Road Olympian crash near Custer Creek near Miles City Montana neared, with workers pulling three bodies from a submerged coach and Dean Hanscom identifying his son Don J 19. More bodies recovered from the Yellowstone River distant from the crash site.
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Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee Road
Custer Creek
Dean Hanscom
Dollar Line Steamship
New York
Don J
Yellowstone River
Tennessee River Gauge Signals Stable High Water
Weather report notes the Tennessee river at 20.6 feet and stationary today with unclear hour-by-hour readings. Alabama records show no rain while coastal areas experience light winds and mild conditions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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