Decatur Launches Roosevelt Nomination Drive in Alabama
W A Dinsmore named Democratic financial chair in Decatur. A rally at 7 30 p m on Railroad Street City Hall forms Roosevelt Nomator clubs to enroll thousands for the November campaign. Proclamation designates June 22 27 as Roosevelt Membership Drive Week with calls to enroll.
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W. W. Dinsmore
New York
Decatur
Roosevelt
Railroad Street
Dinsmore
E. A. Harris
James A. Nelson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Unpardonable Sin Sermon At First Christian Church
Evangelist Duke C. Jones will preach The Unpardonable Sin at First Christian church tonight with aims to clarify scriptural meaning for worried souls. Large crowds attended Sunday services despite rain and Bible school attendance set a record.
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Duke C. Jones
First Christian Church
Jones
Final rites for Luther Adcock held in Danville area
Luther Adcock 76 longtime Danville route 1 resident died Saturday after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at Evergreen at 2 p m Monday by Rev T M Bailey and Rev Wiley Stephenson with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include his widow two daughters Mrs G L Martin Vine mont route 1 and Mrs C H Hayes Philadelphia Miss three sons Walker Oneonta L B Adcock Birmingham and T B Adcock Houston four sisters Mrs J M Bentley Virmont Mrs Carrie Brown Carrollton Ga Mrs Ola Bonner Colorado and Mrs Lizzie Miller Calera. Grandsons served as pallbearers and granddaughters as flower girls. He was a former rural merchant who later farmed.
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Luther Adcock
Danville
Evergreen
T. M. Bailey
Wiley Stephenson
Adcock
Peck
Hartselle
Evergreen Cemetery
G. L. Martin
Vinemont
Route 1
C. H. Hayes
Philadelphia
Miss
Mr. Adcock
Rain Brings Welcome Relief From Heat Across County
Light rainfall totaling .06 inch offered relief from a week of extreme heat across Morgan County. Showers reached Eva Union Hill Hartselle Danville and nearby areas with additional moisture easing parched crops. Strong winds toppled trees south of Cullman as the long dry spell eased for now.
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Morgan County
Eva
Union Hill
Hartselle
Danville
Lawrence County
South Limestone
Madison
Lauderdale
Cullman
Rainfall Offers Hope As Alabama Faces Heat and Drought
The Associated Press reports that thundershowers across Alabama bring cautious optimism for drought relief. Seventeen weather stations logged rain, with totals from Anniston to Meridian including Montgomery 1.22 inches, while highs stayed around the century mark in many areas.
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Associated Press
Alabama
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Central Bureau
Montgomery
Anniston
Auburn
Birmingham
Clanton
Decatur
Bufaula
Florence
Gadsden
Goodwater
Greensboro Aoilo
Selma
Tuscaloosa
Union Springs
Wetumpka
Meridian
Miss
Mercury
Greensboro
Thomasville
Decatur Woman Attends Parley in Alabama
The state advisory council of the Alabama unemployment compensation commission met in Montgomery to discuss rules for the compensation law set to begin January 1. Members include Loveman Lanier Gorsyth Hare Denmark Kelly Neill Noojin Mills plus Kaufman's forthcoming announcement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Unemployment Compensation Commission
Joseph H Loveman
Birmingham
George H. Lanier
Lanett
Arthur R. Gorsyth
W. O. Hare
Inez Denmark
Mobile
Roy Kelly
Sheffield
Louis Neill
Decatur
Lonnie Noojin
Attalla
J. L. Kaufman
Commission
Community Sing Postponed to July 2 at Ninth Street Church
The community singing event scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed due to the revival at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. It will now be held at 7 45 p m on July 2 at Ninth Street Methodist Church.
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Sixteenth. Avenue Baptist Church
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Third Arrests in Girl's Death Tie Hartselle, Decatur Figures
Homer Hill of Hartselle and Ophelia Stephenson of Decatur were released on $1000 bonds after being indicted on abortion charges tied to the death of 19 year old Lonnie Mae Smith of Decatur last April. Etta Oldacre of near Hartselle was previously arrested on the same charge with a $1000 bond.
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Homer Hill
Hartselle
Ophelia Stephenson
Decayur
Liberty
J. Street Sandlin
Lonnie Mae Smith
Etta Oldacre
Miss Smith
Lewis C. Brown
Florida Democrats Go to Polls for Governor Nomination
Florida voters in Jacksonville went to the polls to nominate the Democratic candidate for governor. Raleigh Petteway a Tampa criminal court judge and Fred P. Cone a Lake City banker and attorney compete for the ticket amid a personality driven campaign with few issues.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Raleigh Petteway
Tampa
Fred P. Cone
Lake City
Well Bankhead to Speak at Roosevelt Loyalty Rally
Birmingham crowd will hear Will Bankhead of Jasper address the Roosevelt loyalty rally at the municipal auditorium Saturday night. He returns to Alabama for the first time since becoming speaker of the National House.
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Birmingham
Will Bankhead
Jasper
Alabama
National House
Municipal Auditorium
Thirteen Die As Madrid Express Crashes Near Ponferrada
Thirteen people were killed and 28 injured when the Madrid Express collided with a freight train emerging from a tunnel near Ponferrada, Leon. No foreign nationals among the dead.
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Leon
Spain
Madrid
Ponferrada
Robert Blags Given Life Team By Jury
A circuit court jury sentenced Robert Blacks to life imprisonment for the fatal shooting of Roy Hoover, a taxi driver, at a Bee Line highway barbecue stand near the city. The case featured testimony about a dream-induced shooting and prior ill feeling between the two men.
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Robert Black
Roy Hoover
Bee Line Highway
Black
A. A. Griffith
Hoover
Decatur
Sturgess
Miss
Alabama
J. W.mcclung
Birmingham
Georgia
Mississippi
Henry Jones
Florence
Griffith
T. C. Almon
Melvin Hutson
Weaver Denton Charged With Murder In Son in Law Death
Weaver Denton is charged with murder in the death of his son in law Percy Ward on May 10. The incident occurred at their residence and the case continues on page two.
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Weaver Denton
Percy Ward
Guard slain as guns bark in Portsmouth riot
At the Wheeling Steel plant in Portsmouth Ohio a company guard, George Myers, was killed and at least four others wounded as pickets and guards exchanged rifle fire during a railcar food transport incident. Sheriff Oakes read the riot act and troops cleared the street after 200 to 300 shots were fired.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corporation
George Myers
Arthur Oakes
New Boston
Clarence Highfield
West Street
Here
Adams Johns
Highfield
Deon
Tans
West Avenue
President Studies Drought Relief Plan
A congressional delegation from the drought-stricken Southeast urged relief for farmers and met with President Roosevelt who agreed to confer with Secretary Wallace, Rexford Tugwell and Aubrey Williams of the Resettlement Administration on the drought situation and relief efforts.
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Washington
Southeast
Roosevelt
R Roosevelt
Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Aubrey Williams
Asre Gh Works Progress
Alabama Leaders Readying Compromise Plan on Taxes
Gov. Bibb Graves and Rep. Chauncey Sparks, opposition leader, plan a compromise tax program for a potential second 1936 extra legislative session. sources say agreement seems likely, while rumors of Sparks replacing Rep. Clint Harrison are denied.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Sparks
Clint Harrison
Republican invitation to Alfred E. Smith to join anti Roosevelt faction
In New York on June 23 1936 Republican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton urged Alfred E. Smith and four other Democrats to align with Republican opposition to the New Deal. He said Republicans would honor them for choosing country over party as they backed a movement to replace Roosevelt. The invited group includes former Governor Joseph B. Ely former Senator James A. Reed former Secretary Bainbridge Colby and former Justice Daniel Cohalan.
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William 8. White
Associated Press
New York
Alfred E. Smith
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
Smith
Hamilton
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
James A. Reed
Missouri
Bainbridge. Colby
Supreme Court
Daniel Cohalan
Ae Hamilton
al Smith
Bainbridge Colby
Woodrow Wilson
Daniel F. Cohalan
New York Supreme Court
James J. Farley
North Carolina
Robert Wagner
Wallace
Garner
James M. Curley
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Farley
Man Fires Through Door During Gadsden Intruder Incident
In Gadsden Alabama police report rubber plant worker B L Crow fired through a door after someone knocked at his back door and rocks shattered his home. Officers said the incident occurred amid an intensified labor campaign at the Goodyear plant linked to United Mine Workers president S H Dalrymple who said he was beaten after a meeting.
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Gadsden
Ala
B. L. Crow
J. Rogister
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Pony
S. H. Dalrymple
United Mine Workers
Crow
FDR Signs Tax Bill and Interior Appropriation
President Roosevelt signed the new tax measure and a $100 million interior department appropriation, clearing major post session business. The tax act reallocates corporate taxes to stockholders, with total yield about $800 million including $630 million from a new corporate tax system and $100 million from import taxes on fish and vegetable oils.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Congress
House
Senate
France to push three regional peace pacts
Paris June 23 Premier Leon Blum's government announced it would pursue negotiation of three regional mutual assistance pacts to safeguard Europe from war. One pact would apply to western Europe based on Locarno. The other two would cover the Danube Basin and Mediterranean states.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Europe
Danube
Mediterranean
State favors keeping rule in Democratic platform
Alabama urged a farm tenancy plank in the Democratic platform and sought a simple majority on nominating rules after a voice vote. Governor Bibb Graves led the delegation, instructing Hugo Black to pursue the tenancy provision. Endorsement in principle was given to the Bankhead Jones bill.
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Henry
Wrenn
Philadelphia
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Delegatin
Hugo L. Black
Senate
Graves
Black
Donald Comer
Birmingham
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
WPA Wage Scale Fixed Amid New Relief Rules
Ashington June 23 The Sparks Prog ress Administrator ordered state HPA administrators to keep the current $19 to $94 monthly security wages and issued changes in work relief rules. The changes direct that veterans relief eligibility exclude bonus payments, bar illegal aliens from relief jobs, and allow reasonable time loss compensation for interrupted rations or work.
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United
WPA
Hunt Opens Law Office on Bank Street
Frederick S. Hunt Jr, a recent law graduate from the University of Alabama, is establishing a law office on Bank Street above John D. Wyker & Son. The space is being renovated to house his practice.
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Frederick S. Hunt, Jr
the Unity of Alabama In Law
Bank Street
Hunt
John D. Wyker & Son
Farley Opens Convention in Fiery Fashion
James A. Farley as Democratic National Chairman delivers a militant keynote blasting the Republican ticket and defending the New Deal. He declares the continuance of the New Deal the central issue as delegates cheer, amid speculation over John Hamilton, London Knox, and Roosevelt platform prospects in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
London
Knox
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Farley
du Pont Liberty League
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tennessee River Gauge Holds Steady Amid Heat and Rain
The Tennessee river mark stood at 2.2 feet with no movement today. Temperatures ranged from 67 to 98 degrees, and rainfall totaled 0.06 inches. Alabama and Tennessee forecast scattered showers and thunderstorms with warmer conditions in the north and east respectively.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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