U S Officials Discuss Hoover Plan With French Officials
Stocks surged on heavy buying as 900000 shares traded in early sessions. Reports say the Federal Reserve plans short term credits for Germany to ease June 30 settlements. Secretary Mellon tours France. Stimson to sail Saturday. Laval lunch noted at the ministry.
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Associated Press
Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Germany
Treasury
Stimson
Washington
Europe
Paris
Mellon
Previer Laval
Ministry of the Interior
Reverend Owens Named Pastor of Church of God Somerville
Reverend W. W. Owens has been elected pastor of the Church of God in Somerville and will preach for the first time on the first Sunday in July the fifth. Regular preaching occurs on the first and third Sundays. Rev. Owens previously served at Vine Mont.
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W. W. Owens
Church of God
Owens
Vinemont
Gardner Enjoying Vacation Time at Present
Warren G. Gardner, banker and attache at First National Bank, is on his annual vacation. He will return to his duties next Monday at the bank.
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Warren G. Gardner
First National Bank
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady
New York June 25 cotton futures opened steady with July at 9.70, October 10.12, December 10.37, January 10.49, March 10.69, and May 10.89.
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New York
Lightning Bolts Endanger Man and Farm Fires at Byars Farms
In Landersville on June 25 a severe storm struck two Byars properties. A bolt knocked G. D. Byars from his cultivator under a tree, frightening his team and breaking the implement. Another bolt hit a smokehouse four miles away, damaging stored hay but the blaze was quickly put out.
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Landersville
G. D. Byars
Byars
Old Twin City Quartette to Sing Again Next Saturday
The Twin City quartet meets for a reunion on the Fourth of July weekend. Members W. R. Irish Nelson of Decatur Cy Graham Montgomery Charley Camody of Cullman and Horace Kelley of Memphis are listed with roles baritone second tenor first tenor and bass respectively. Graham and Kelley will visit relatives while Camody travels from Cullman to join the group.
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Twin City
W. R
Irish
Nelson
Decatur
Cy Graham
Montgomery
Charley Camody
Cullman
Horace Kelley
Memphis
Messrs
Graham and
Kelley
Mr. Camody
Hastings Home Destroyed In Strange Fire
PINEY CHAPEL June 25 Special The Robert Hastings home was totally destroyed by fire in the early morning hours. All contents were burned and the origin remains a mystery as no family member was at home when the blaze started.
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Piney Chapel
Robert Hastings
Morgan County Bank Official Plans South Alabama Vacation
Joe Sheed of the Morgan County National Bank will depart Monday for a vacation visiting points in South Alabama.
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Joe Sheed
Morgan County National Bank
Alabama
Mrs Dovie Hicks Granted New Trial in Murder Case
The Tennessee Valley case involves Mrs Dovie Hicks and Harold Culbreath linked to 1929 murder of Gilbert Ayers in Winston County Alabama. The court reversed a five year sentence and ordered a new trial after finding error in the judge’s instruction that the evidence must tend to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Culbreath remains jailed for 30 years for second degree murder.
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Dovie Hicks
Connec
Gilbert
Harold Culbreath
Morgan Countian
Tennessee Valley
Associated Press
Montgomery
Davie Hicks
Gilbert Ayers
Winston County
Court of Appeal
Winston Circuit Court
Hicks
Ayers
Alabama
Marshall
Culbreath
Ft. Payne
All Day Singing Planned at Central High School Lauderdale
Elaborate plans call for a large crowd Sunday at an all day singing event at Central High School ten miles from Florence on the Savannah highway. Dinner will be served on the ground.
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Central High School
Florence
Savannah
Arson Charges Proceed in Morgan County Court
J. D. Whisenant and Bill Lemley face arson indictments at Morgan County Court House with Judge W W Callahan presiding. The trial hinges on the Union Hill school blaze amid a large eastern county turnout as witnesses testify and earlier accidental explosion theories are weighed.
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J. D. Whisenant
Bill Lemley
Morgan County Court House
W. W. Callahan
Whisenant
Lemley
Union Hill
Rae
Decatur Charity Council reports aid to 269 families
Rev Peter M Dennis chairing notes six month relief program from Nov 7 1930 to Jun 1 1931. Charity Store helped 269 families 1323 people with food clothing prescriptions fuel and meals. 25 tons of food 2585 clothing items 311 shoes 106 overcoats 120 prescriptions 1182 fuel cases 195 meals 26 nights lodging 267 Christmas parcels 65 garden seeds.
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Decatur Charity Council
Peter M. Dennis
Decatur
Clothing Department of
Police Department
Charity Council
Mail Route Substitution in Somerville
R C Miller of this section serves in stead of Carl Walker carrying the mail on Somerville route three at the present time.
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Somerville
R. C. Miller
Carl Walker
Louise Gerard Begins New Serial Love Mystery in The Daily
Author Louise Gerard, famed for The Mysterious Young Man and other novels, starts a new serial in The Daily this Friday. She explains her process of selecting settings for local color and aims to deliver engrossing plots with love, adventure, and noble sacrifice.
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Central Press
Louise Gerard
Ae Asen
America
Brazil
Sahara
England
Gerard
Ger
Senate OKs delay on Muscle Shoals disposal plan vote
In Montgomery on June 25 the Alabama Senate debated for over an hour before approving 17 to 15 a motion to table and delay sending a resolution to the governor. The measure would name a three person commission to study disposing of Muscle Shoals, with opposition and absences noted among the list of senators.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Peach
Reeder
Teasley
Walker
Limestone
Senate
George Jennings Convicted in County Circuit Court
George Jennings of the east county section was found guilty today of a grand theft charge. The jury imposed a sentence of not less than 18 months and not more than two years, with Jennings planning an appeal. The trial drew many residents from the Somerville-Waldemose district to circuit court before witnesses and attorneys.
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George Jennings
Jennings
Somerville-Waldermose
Dry Weather Hurts The Curb Sellers
Curb market sellers in Morgan county report poor supply as dry conditions cut garden yields. They expect relief from upcoming steady rainfall to boost fresh produce entering the market.
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Morgan County
President Wilson’s Grandchild Rescued From 30 Foot Well
The two year old son of Edward Wilson, identified as a Negro, was saved yesterday after falling into a 30 foot well on West Walnut Street. He was rescued alive, then treated for fright shock and chill but is not believed to be badly hurt.
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Wilson
Edward Wilson
West Walnut Street
Knights to Meet at Parish House Friday Evening
The Knights of St. John will meet Friday at 7 30 in the parish house with Commander presiding.
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Knights of St. John
Atlantic airmen hillig hoiriis forced landing near Erefeld
Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis, trans Atlantic airmen, made a forced landing at Erefeld Germany after 32 hours aloft from Newfoundland. They then took off for Copenhagen, missing their Copenhagen crossing. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty were reported in Moscow after a nine hour 950 mile leg from Berlin.
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Associated Press
Erefeld
Germany
Otto Hillig
Holger Hoiriis
Newfoundland
Copenhagen
Denmark
New Foundland
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
World Fliers
Moscow
Berlin
Eeee
Hagen
Harbor Grace
Eos
Nine Sellers at Decatur Curb Market Earn Over Fifty Dollars
Nine sellers at the Decatur curb market collected more than 50 dollars for Mor gan county produce this morning before a brief selling hour. Quantities were light as garden yields were reduced by continued heat and drought. Curb master Mrs. J. T. Nelson said more food could have been sold if sellers could bring larger quantities to market.
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Decatur
Morgan County
J. T. Nelson
Tapscott Murder Case Postponed to October Term
Floyce Tapscott, a negro woman, awaits trial for the murder of Gussie Previtt. The case began earlier in the week but ended in a mistrial after a hung jury. Judge W W Callahan set the hearing for the October term of the Morgan County circuit court.
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Floyce Tapscott
Gussie Lee Previtt
Morgan County
Tapscott
W. W. Callahan
Moye Family to Attend Niece’s Evergreen Wedding
A L Moye and family will travel to Evergreen on Sunday to attend the wedding of his niece.
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A. L. Moye
Evergreen
Three Milkcows Die After Sugar Cane Ingestion
Three fine milk cows owned by Mrs L P Kilpatrick of Parkville district wandered from the barnyard into a sugarcane patch last night and were found dead this morning. The loss leaves the herd at six with half of them dead after eating the cane. Further details remain unclear.
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L. P. Kilpatrick
Parkville
Highway Trage Victim Mary Royer Cobb Buried
The battered body of Mary Roger Cobb Royer Cobb arrived in Decatur from Camden Tennessee and lay in state at her parents home ahead of a 430 service. Detectives questioned suspect Ben Cassety while Deputy Cass County officials pursue leads as notes surface about a letter Mary sent from Memphis to her mother in Decatur.
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Mary Roger Cobb
Decatur
Camden
Tenn
Lanier Royer
Jackson Street
A. H. Nabors
Capites
Iesea Cemetery
Brown
Nence
Ben. Cassety
Murfrees
Nashville
Benton County
Mr. Brown
Goad
Mary Royer Cobb
Cassety
Mary Royer
Memphis
Gadsden
Alabama
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