Three Die in Chicago Shootings and Alabama Farm Plan
Three men were shot to death in Chicago last night with motives linked to a bootlegging feud and family quarrel. In Alabama a bill to fund and place agricultural demonstration farms at 10 schools and four regional stations passed the House, with $100,000 for stations and $17,500 for farm setups, to be implemented over four years.
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Chicago
Joseph Bracken
Jesse Elliott
William Elliott
John A. Miller, Jr
Miller
Tennessee Valley
Alabama House of Representatives
Senate
Alabama
House
Blackbelt
Wiregrass
Gulf
Auburn
Piedmont
Mississippi
Students of Agriculture
Tax battle looms as chief issue in senate sessions
In Alabama, the revenue bill remains unsettled as the senate plans to take it up for detailed review. The finance committee backs a tax plan aimed at tobacco sales while opponents push back against a nuisance tax. House debate centered on railroad, hydroelectric, and mineral taxes with tensions expected to continue. Senator Teasley proposes an amendment to tax railroads and energy and mining firms to offset potential revenue loss.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Sraud Taxation Committee
House
Finance and
Tompkins
Teasley
Coal and Iron
ManDriven Mad by Samaritans Act Backlash in Toccoa
In Toccoa Georgia James Ayers, who aided a flogged woman, is deemed insane after threats and fear he will face the Ku Klux Klan. An investigating board declares him insane as authorities prepare to remove him to the state asylum amid arrests of four men tied to the beating of Mrs. Ansley Bowers and her son.
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Toccoa
James Ayers
Ku Klux Klan
Ayers
Ansley Bowers
Thee
Daughter Improves After Appendix Operation At St. Vincent
Mrs. S. I. Nichols was called to Birmingham Thursday for her daughter Lola who had an appendix removal at St. Vincent's hospital. Friends are pleased to hear Lola is improving after the operation.
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S. I. Nichols
Birmingham
Lola
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Convicts End Mutiny After 177 Hours in Coal Mine
In Lansing Kansas a prison mutiny ended with 28 prisoners surrendering after 177 hours barricaded in a coal mine. The uprising began over a cigarette and coal ultimatum with hunger forcing surrender as leaders controlled food and the shaft cage then guards were locked in an electric shop.
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Lansing
Kan
River level drops as gauges show 7.6 feet
The Tennessee river continued to fall with a local gauge reading of 7.6 feet today.
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Tennessee
Spanish Hercules Completes Endurance Drive to Birmingham
Al Vini, nicknamed the Spanish Hercules, drives an Essex from Decatur to Birmingham in 1 hour 45 minutes amid risky treacherous highways. He also reports swift trips from Hartselle and Athens, and says he plans a 120 hour no sleep challenge using Woco-Pep for efficiency while contacting Polytinsky Motor Co.
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Al-Vini
Birmingham
Echols Hill
Decatur
Hartselle
Athens
Gene Polytinsky
Polytinsky Motor Co
Essex
First Yarn 10 Be Spun Saturday at Connecticut Mills Plant
The Connecticut Mills plant will spin the first yarn this afternoon under N B Greenleaf. Alabama Power plans to supply the power for operation as they expand local crews. Greenleaf and Gray report 1200 applications for employment with more hoped for. the mill will not operate Sunday and may run six or seven days a week with night and day shifts continuing.
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Connecticut Mills Company
N. B. Greenleaf
Alabama Power Company
Messrs Greenleaf
Roland Gray
Official welcome from South Dakota Legislature to Coolidges
President and Mrs. Coolidge received an official welcome from the South Dakota Legislature in Rapid City. Legislators from Pierre attended a luncheon at the summer White House and joined the couple for a tour of the Black Hills rock formations and a ride through a narrow rock tunnel.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
White House
Pierre
South Dakota
Junior Chamber Committee Sets Brunswick Stew Aid Plan
The Junior Chamber of Commerce committee plans an afternoon meeting to arrange for the Brunswick stew donation by the Whites to the Reds. Members listed are John Wilks George Clem Howard Caldwell and Gil Speake.
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Chamber of Commerce
John Wilks
George Clem
Howard Caldwell
Gil Speake
Typhoid Case Found in Morgan County
The Morgan County health department reports a new typhoid case in the Breedlove area between Hartselle and Danville. Health officer Dr. H C McRee will inoculate contacts Monday at 9 in Breedlove and at 10 in Danville, aiming to prevent further spread.
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Morgan County
Breedlove
Hartselle
Danville
H. C. MceRee
Health Department
L. and N petition to discontinue trains 14 and 15 heard
The L and N railway seeks to discontinue trains 14 and 15 on its Lewisburg division from Decatur to Nashville. A hearing is set for Friday July 15 at 10 o'clock in Railroad Street city hall before the Alabama Public Service Commission.
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L. & N. Railway
Lewisburg
Railroad Street City Hall
Alabama Public Service Commission
Decatur
Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
Child in Pain Displays Courage After Fall
Eight year old Tom Friend son of Mr and Mrs L B Friend of 509 7th Avenue West fractured his left arm just above the wrist in a fall from a tree. He was treated by Dr J C Bragg and rested comfortably at home this morning.
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Tom Friend
L. B. Friend
7Th Avenue West
J. C. Bragg
Two Pastors Will Reach At Central Church
Rev. A. H. Nabors of Birmingham and Rev. J. S. Robertson, Decatur district elder, will fill the pulpit at Central Methodist Church Sunday morning. Rev. James D. Hunter conducts a revival at Cordova, concluding Monday. Officials urged congregants to attend.
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A. H. Nabors
Birmingham
J. S. Robertson
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
James D. Hunter
Cordova
Harry Ehle Three Up At End of 18th
Harry Ehle of Asheville led Charlotte’s Jack Heath by three holes at the end of the 18th in the morning round of the 36 hole final of the Southern amateur golf tournament. Heath struggled with poor putting while Ehle played to par and pulled ahead after the ninth hole.
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Charlotte
N. C
Harry Ehle
Asheville
Jack Heath
Charlotte Star
Heath
Ehle
Fokker Begins Long Nonstop Flight Attempt
Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hegenberger of the Army Aviation Corps took off from Rockwell Field San Diego aboard a tri motor Fokker monoplane for San Francisco. From there they plan a nonstop flight to Honolulu marking a bold long distance test of aviation endurance.
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San Diego
Cal
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Army
Rockwell Field
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pistol Battle At Andrew Jackson Hotel In Nashville
Tom Murrey of Chicago lies in a Nashville hospital with possibly fatal wounds after a daylight pistol duel on the eighth floor of the Andrew Jackson hotel. Private detective Robert Shearon was wounded in the leg as two intruders attempted to rob the hotel. W. H. Slater, 21, alleged Murrey ally, was arrested.
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Nashvile
Tetin
Tom Murrey
Chicago
Nashville
Robert Shearon
Andrew Jackson Hotel
W. H. Slater
Murrey
Slater
Shearon
Americas Flight Set for Monday
The morning weather report says Monday likely the first favorable date for the monoplane America to take off for France from New York. Fog between here and Nantes has delayed earlier attempts and forecaster James Scarr notes rapid clearing but a Sunday start is unlikely.
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New York
Weather Bureau
France
America
Here
Nestouamand
James Scarr
Byrd
Laboratory to Close for July Fourth Shutdown
Tennessee Valley laboratory will close all day Monday July Fourth under director A d Perolio. Health department plans were not completed but an announcement will be issued in a day or two.
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de. A.d.Perolio
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Health Department
Paving Question Not Discussed By Decatur Council
The Decatur council did not discuss paving of Second Avenue during a special Thursday session with the school board to address financial problems. No indication was given on when ordinances for the improvements will be enacted.
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Second Avenue
Decatur Council
Mecotg
Advertising Plan To Be Discussed
Plans for publication of an advertising booklet for the greater city of Decatur will be discussed Monday evening at a meeting of the directors of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will be held at 7:30 o clock in the Daily office.
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Decatur
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Florence attorney stays home after auto knockdown
R T Simpson Sr Florence attorney, knocked down by an automobile Thursday morning while crossing a street, remains confined to his home with shock as the family reports. He is well known across the state.
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R. T. Simpson, Sr
Florence
Simpson
Mrs. W. E. Forbes Dies After Illness
Mrs. W. E. Forbes died after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at the local church with Rev. B. E. Hart officiating. Interment in City Cemetery. Survivors include husband, mother Mrs. J. P. Rognon, two daughters Mrs. Newlin and Mrs. Langdahl, three brothers and four sisters. Pallbearers listed.
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W. E. Forbes
Cleveland
E. G. Rognon
Rochester
Orville Rognen
San Francisco
Cal
Tenney Rognon
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Jeffrey
Belgrade
Slavia
Moneta Billings
Angeles
Harry A. Relson
Nome
Alaska
Emma Holland
Los Angeles
J. H. Thompson
J. 7
Britain
E. P
Rainfall to ease briefly under Alabama forecast
Government weather forecast from Washington says Alabama will see a short pause in daily rains. Decatur had no rainfall in the last 24 hours as observer Mrs. A. H. Irons notes, with clouds tonight and possible thundershowers Sunday. Farmers hope for a break as crops need warmth and weeding follows ongoing wet weather.
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Alabama
Washington
A. H. Irons
Decatur
North Alabama
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