Alabama Legion Convention Promises Three Days Of Fun
Gadsden Alabama June 3. The Alabama American Legion plans a three day program July 25 27 at Etowah Post No 5. A dozen committees work on events and an official program will be mailed to 113 posts with invitations to send large delegations. The Texas congressman Wright W Patman address is highlighted.
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Gadsden
Als
Alabama Department
American Legion
Etowah Post No
Wright W. Patman
Texas
Congress
Curfew Imposed by Socialist Junta in Chile
Chilean capital imposes night restrictions on all citizens under a state siege. No liquor sales after 6 p.m. Amusement houses must close by 9 p.m. Streets closed after 10 p.m. Hotels to close at 11 p.m. Those on streets after 10 p.m. face firing squad or execution if armed.
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Gantiago
Chile
Socialist Junta
Bishop Cannon predicts dry forces okay voting on prohibition
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South said allied dry forces are willing as the wets to let the people vote on prohibition and that results would be surprising. He noted the Prohibition Board of Strategy will push its plan at the Democratic national convention resolutions committee. He leaves for Iowa and will return for the convention.
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Chicago
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Prohibition Board of Strategy
Bishop Cannon
Resolutions Committee
Iowa
Board of Strategy
Acquaintances Visit and Local Church News Report
Mrs. Byrum Hargrove and Marjorie and Virgil Ryan of Birmingham visit relatives here. Local residents host and attend church services. Mrs. Billie McCutcheon remains ill while several visitors from Decatur Cedar Grove Cedar Creek and Ardmore Tenn stop by. A birthday dinner for Mrs. Davie Wallace is noted along with other social visits and illnesses.
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Charlie McCutcheon
Decatur
Self
Ruby Eubanks
Gleston Eubanks
Cedar Grove
Elizabeth
Blanche Reeves
Cedar Creek
Ruby
Jewel Luker
Ola LeLe
Orval Luker
Lola
Myrtle Cushing
Lorene Ryan
Billie McCutcheon
J. ¥. Luker
Hartselle
Rev
Toon
Bethlehem
Susie Phillips
Prospect
Tenn
Jim Wallace
Jackson County
Joe Davis
Ardmore
Millard Davis
Charles Phillips
Eugene Adkins
Alfred
Miriam
Veto
Davie Wallace
L.E. Dunnavant
Lola Pettus
Pettusville Social Notes Highlight Elk Mountain Visit
Mrs Matilda Spence and Mr Carl Robinson with family from Elk Mountain visited Mrs Beulah Spence in Pettusville on Sunday afternoon joining Mrs Willie Jordan of Birmingham in the gathering.
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Matilda Spence
Carl Robinson
Elkmont
Beulah Spence
Willie. Jordan
Birming
How to make a rose jar and pot-pourri from petals
Garden expert explains drying rose petals and lavender then blending a fragrant pot-pourri mix. Gather petals in the morning, dry on newspaper with salt, weigh half a pound, and combine with lavender roots sandalwood powder spices and vanilla beans. Let the blend rest a month in a covered jar before using.
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Dean Halliday
Central Press
Pioneer Maker of Automobiles Dies
Alexander Winton, Cleveland inventor and early automaker, dies after a two week illness at age 72. He claimed to have sold the first automobile, with his Win ton Sixes later standard on highways and his early one-lunger sold for 1000 dollars. His car is now in the Smithsonian Institution.
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Cleveland
Alexander Winton
Winton
Ford
Haynes
Duryea
Smithsonian Institution
Differences of Opinion Delay Congress On Jobless Relief
Congress stalls over how to handle unemployment relief with sharp divides. Hoover opposes direct federal aid while supporters favor national action and broader use of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to back self-liquidating projects and state programs.
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Congress
Hoover
Dole
Uncle Sam
Sion
William Randolph Tearer
Geaker
William John N. Garner
P. Connery
House of Representatives’ Labor Committee
Robert M. la Follette
Edward P. Costigan
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kiwanis International to Convene in Detroit June 26 30
Sixteenth annual Kiwanis International convention will be held in Detroit the city where the organization started in 1915. Photos show officers including International President William Harry of Los Angeles and vice presidents Andrew Gaul and Harper Gatton, treasurer Walter Weiser, secretary Fred C W Parker, and Joseph Pranes who will help welcome thousands to the event.
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Kiwanis International
Detroit
Willam Harry
Los Angeles
Andrew—Gaul
Hamilton, Ont
Harper Gatton
Madisonville
Walter Weiser
Daytona Beach
Fla
Fred C. W Parker
Chicago
Joseph Pranes
House Burned Near Pettysville on Bailes Place
A house on W. B. Vaughn's Bailes place near Pettysville burned near midnight June 20. The structure was occupied by Belton Scott and family, with the fire destroying the residence.
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W. B. ‘Vaughn
Hoover aides lead the convention to back President's will
Two cabinet officers, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills, act as field marshals for President Hoover. They helped keep the Republican convention aligned with the president's wishes and served as Hoover spokesmen on the convention floor.
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Secretary of
Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Hoover
George Arliss in Alexander Hamilton at the Princess
The film presents George Arliss as Alexander Hamilton with a vivid, dramatic performance. It contrasts his usual elder roles and features a large cast including Doris Kenyon Dudley Digges Allan Mowbray and Lionel Belmore. John Adolfi directs a production set in Philadelphia Washington and early national figures.
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George Arliss
Alexander Hamilton
Philadelphia
Washington
the Land
John Jay
Jefferson—Moniroe
Count Tallyrand
Mr. Arliss
Doris Kenyon
Dudley Digges
Allan Mowbray
Rolfe Harolde
June Collyer
Charles Middleton
Montague Love
Lionel Belmore
Morgan Wallace
Gwendolin Logan
John T
James Durkin
John Adolfi
Franco German Alliance Proposed by Von Papen
Lausanne June 23 Chancellor Franz Von Papen privately proposed a Franco German military alliance to meet France security demands before disarmament. He argued it would best resolve issues at the disarmament conference due to French invasion fears and that acceptance would have far reaching effects.
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Lausanne
Franz von Papen
Germany
France
Franc
Decision By Court Saves Life of Boy
Springfield reports the Illinois State Supreme Court granted a stay to 17 year old Russell McWilliams just before his scheduled Joliet electric chair execution. The court will review his second conviction for killing a Rockford street car conductor during an attempted robbery. Clarence Darrow had been involved but could not appear.
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Springfield
Russell McWilliams
Joliet Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
Rockford
Illinois
Hausner Welcomed Back To His Hon Our
Polish American flier Stanley Felix Hausner, rescued after eight days adrift, was welcomed by two governments in Miami. He received the Gold Cross of Merit from the Polish government, decorated by Thadeus Zanzulinski, as officials and friends gathered with Mrs Hausner to honor the return.
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Miami
Fia
Stanley Felix Hausner
Atlantic
United States
Poland
Thadeus Zanzulinski
Washington
Hausner
Newark
N. J
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