Goodyear Alabama workers sign statement of harmony
In Gadsden Alabama June 25 T L Bottoms reports that nearly every Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company employee has signed a statement praising relations with management. The letter says there are no differences now and none expected, and workers vow peaceful, steady employment. Gulf Steel and Dwight Manufacturing also run at full tilt.
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Gadsden
Ala
T. L. Bottoms
Eivil
Goodyear & Rubber Co
Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear
Bottoms
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of
Alabama
Gulf Steel Company
Dwight” Manufacturing Company
South
Light sleep, dark room spark murder remark in court
Robert L. Leffel 76 and James B. Coombs 45 shared a Los Angeles room. Leffel said Coombs turning out the light disrupted his sleep and led to a confrontation in which Leffel struck with a rifle butt. He received a 30 day jail sentence.
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Los Angeles
Robert L. Leffel
James B. Coombs
Leffel
Coombs
Athens Ladies Host Bridge Party and News From Area
Mrs J E Washington hosted a small bridge party for friends and guest Miss Mickey Wood of Birmingham with flowers and an ice course. Prizes went to Mrs R M Reeves and Mrs F G Poer with a consolation to Mrs M A Jones. Several locals traveled to Cuba with the Alabama Press Association and others visited Birmingham and Florida. About 125 ministers attend a pastors school at Athens College led by faculty and religious leaders.
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J. E. Washington
Bridge
Mickey Wood
Birmingham
R. M. Reeves
F. G. Poer
M. A. Jones
Alabama Press Association
Cuba
Elizabeth Malone
St. Petersburg
Fla
Walker McLemore
Memphis
Party of Alabama Press Association
Robert M. Rawls
South Clinton Street
G. G. McCracken
Evelyn Cole
Florida
J. B. Sarver
W. R. Hightower
Mentone
Martha Hightower
North Alabama Methodist Conference
Athens College
Slay Trial Recalls Snake Poison Case in Los Angeles
Charles Hope, a confessed slayer who turned state's evidence, testifies against Robert S. James in a wife murder case. The defendant allegedly used snakes and drowning after prolonged mistreatment. Hope describes helping restrain the victim and arranging the snakes for the plot.
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Los Angeles
Charles Hope
Robert
S. James
Mary James
James
Hope
More Highways Will Be Opened In Next Five Weeks
Montgomery Alabama June 25 motorist will ride over several hundred miles of new roads in 41 counties within the next five weeks as Alabama nears the end of its three way construction program 475 miles have been resurfaced and opened with many projects already complete and in use said State Highway Department Engineer F A Salmon.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Theighways
State Highway Department
F. A. Salmon
Experts Join Landon’s Staff for Election Drive
The Landon campaign adds Ralph W. Robey of Columbia University to its staff as an economist adviser. Charles P. Taft, a Taft era official, is named as one of Gov. Alf M. Landon’s campaign aides and authority on city government.
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Ralph W. Robey
Columbia University
Robey
William Howard Taft
Charles P. Taft
Alf M. Landon
Taft
Landon
Earl H. Taylor
Kansan
Taylor
Country Gentleman
Highway plans await WPA extension funding decision
The highway department awaits completion of plans for the Works Progress Administration extension of the highway program during the current fiscal year.
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Highway Department
Works Progress Administration
Senator Ellison Smith Walks Out At Convention Over Negro Invocation
The June 25 report from Philadelphia says South Carolina Senator Ellison D. Smith, a 27 year Senate veteran and cotton planter, walked out when a negro offered the opening prayer. Rev. Marshall Shepard called the act unfortunate and urged a broader outreach, offering sympathy and prayer for Smith to overcome prejudice.
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Philadelphia
South Carolina
Ellison D. Smith
Brother Smith
Smith
Senate
Marshall Shepard
Baptist Church
Republican Party
Shepard
Surveyors Confirm Lodge Bar in Nevada and Tables in California
Sacramento reports two weeks of survey work establishing the bar of Calnera's Lodge in Nevada and the tables in California. Following verification, officers raided the resort and arrested "Waitre George" amid the investigation.
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Sacramento
Calif
Calnera’s Lodge
Nevada
California
Waitre George
California Bar Case Cites Garner for Liquor Transport
Polaw charged with carrying liquor from bar to table patrons and importing liquor into California without an importer's license in a case tied to Garner's name.
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Polaw
California
Bankhead Praised at Homecoming in Jasper Alabama
William B. Bankhead received affectionate praise during a Jasper homecoming after becoming Speaker of the House. Supporters hailed him as a statesman and potential future president, while Mrs. Bankhead and his brother John H. Bankhead attended the celebration amid excitement and parades.
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Jasper
Ala
William B. Bankhead
National
House of Representatives
Bankhead
Joe Burns
Tennessee
Court Square
Feman
Good Neighbor
Characta
Werane
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John. H. Bankhead
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Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Dave Sholtz
Athens
Hanes
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P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem
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Wu.r. Moores
Garner
James V. Alfred
Texas
John Nance Garner
City Park Flower Shop
J. S. Steadham
Benson Jewelry CO
Woolworth
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