Governor Leche to resign amid Louisiana university probe
June 26 Baton Rouge Louisiana Governor Leche promised to resign as soon as ongoing inquiry into university affairs is finished. Lieutenant Governor Earl Long said Leche assured resignation before six p m and police search for James Monroe Smith linked to recent university turmoil.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Richard W. Lewhe
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Smit
Long
Leche
Amendment to allow guilty pleas before grand jury indictment
Amendment authorizes felony defendants to plead guilty and begin sentence after arrest without awaiting grand jury indictment, except in capital cases. It requires counsel and a 15 day waiting period to prevent coercion, preserves not guilty rights, shortens grand jury sessions, and reduces witness subpoena costs. The measure is presented as humane and fiscally beneficial to the state.
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Dment
House Drafts Counter Plan in TVA Bond Dispute
Washington reporters note House conferees drafted a counter proposal to Senate changes on a Tennessee Valley Authority bond bill. The House trimmed the bond issue to 65 million dollars and urged TVA limits to the Tennessee River watershed plus areas under Tepco talks. Senator Norris and Senate conferees were to be briefed at 3 p.m. after a morning meeting.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVVA
May
Norris
Ind-Neb
TVA
Tepco
Body Identified in Lincoln County Corn Field
The body of a man found in a corn field two miles north of Lincoln in Talladega County was tentatively identified as Ralph Taylor of Margaret. An autopsy was ordered by Coroner Leonard after the body, found by Rodell Chapman, had been dead about 24 hours.
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Anniston
Ala
Lincoln
Talladega County
Ralph Taylor
Margaret
Leonard
Rodell Chapman
Labor Board Accused Of Bias By Chamber Leader
John W. O Leary, chairman of the executive committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, charged the national labor board with being active in supporting strikes and using fallacious figures to claim a decrease under the Wagner net.
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Washington
John W. O'Leary
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Board
Paving Group to Be Formed for City Improvements
Citizens were urged to attend a 7:30 pm meeting at the Railroad Street city hall to form a paving group. The plan would have the WPA cover 80 percent of street improvement costs with property owners responsible for the remaining 20 percent. organizers may involve owners from other cities.
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Railroad Street
WPA
Mercury Up To 91 Today In Decatur Weather
The Decatur noon temperature reached 92, the second hottest day of the summer. Officials expect afternoon heat to rise several degrees and likely break the summer high record.
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Decatur
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Heat, storms spread across the nation with damage and flood
The weather forecast calls for hot conditions with thundershowers in many areas. A Wichita Kansas tornado killed a jockey, injured 12, and destroyed stables and horses at Stearns race track. Thunderstorms felled crops, power lines, and sewer systems overflowed after heavy rain. Tomato crops in Sandersville Georgia may suffer due to heat. Southern highs included Birmingham 92 Mobile 94 New Orleans 94 Thomasville 96 Macon 92 Augusta 92 Atlanta 88 Memphis 88.
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Wichita
Kas
Stearns Race Track
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Sandersville
Birmingham
Mobile
Thomasville
Macon
Augusta
Atlanta
Memphis
Suspect Arrested After Slayings Near Hillsboro Ohio
Frank Case a 43 year old farm hand sought all night for the slaying of a man and woman near Hillsboro Ohio was arrested east of Portsmouth today.
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Portsmouth
Frank Case
Hillsboro
Here
CIO Will Bar Limited Union Information
John Abt counsel for the Textile Workers Union of America agreed to provide union membership and contract information with reservations. He offered witnesses to show total members north and south, labor board election figures, and minimum wages in contracts, as opposition to a 4 1/2 cent minimum wage. The hearing before wage hour administrator Elmer F. Anders moved to Atlanta from Washington for southern mill owners.
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Atlanta
John Abt
Textile Workers Union of America
Elmer F. Anders
Abt
Washington
Tyre Taylor
Andrews
Taylor
Boris Shiskin
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
South
Mason-Dixon Line
TWUA
North
Fishermen Report Very Good Luck and Catches
Weekend fishing yielded strong results at Gorgas Hollow and Wheeler Lake. James Balew and Willie Free nabbed a large string, A B Pickens Arthur Mathews and J F Smithers landed 23 crappies, Tinsley Yarbrough hit the crappie limit, N W Birdson caught a 4 12 pound bass, and a Birmingham group brought in 200 pounds of bass from Wheeler Lake.
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James Balew
Willie Free
Gorgas Hollow
N. W. Birdson
A. B. Pickens
Arthur Mathews
J. F. Smithers
Tinsley Yarbrough
Birmingham
Wheeler Lake
Accused Man Requests Hearing in Murder Case
Earl Sanders a 35 year old stave mill worker from Lawrence county asks for a preliminary hearing after hiring attorney Tom Pettus. Sanders is charged with murder in the June 18 knife slaying of John Taylor Jacobs at the stave mill camp near Moulton. Jacobs died from a heart wound in a cave near the National Forest site. Authorities noted a knife wound and knucks on Jacobs. Sanders claimed Jacobs fell while fleeing after Sanders chased him from his home. Ethel Mozingo 17 and Carl Bridges 25 were detained as witnesses but released. Fingerprints were taken from the knife and Jacobs hands. Sanders had no immediate attempt to leave the camp after arrest.
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Earl Sanders
Lawrence County Se
Moulton
John Taylor Jacobs
Tom Pettus
Charlie Bragg
Lawrence County
Jacobs
Stave Mill
National Forest
George D. Byars
Sanders
Sander
Ethel Mozingo
Carl Bridges
Huntsville
Lawrence
Byars
Former Resident Dies in Florida
Word was received of the death Sunday in Kissimmee Florida of Mrs Tom Kearns 65 a former resident of Decatur Mrs Kearns and her husband moved to the Florida city to reside more than 12 years ago She had been ill only a short time Mr and Mrs Kearns came to Center from Kentucky more than 40 years ago He was in the paint and paper business here and was formerly a member of the Albany city council and of the Albany school board
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Kissimee
Fla
Tom Kearns
Decatur
Swimming Pool Enlargement Contract Awarded at Seneca Springs
G. C. McRae won a contract to enlarge the bathhouse at Seneca Springs Pool. The dressing room and shower areas will be tripled and the expanded facilities should be ready for use in a few days.
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G. C. McRae
Seneca Springs Pool
Republican Economy Cut Proposed In Congress Action
Washington June 26 A Republican plan calls for a 10 percent cut in all properly susceptible appropriations excluding relief distress social security veterans benefits and debt interest The measure aims to reduce federal spending by 500 million while aides push new relief and farm funds before the fiscal year ends June 30 Democratic leaders show little interest focusing on passage deadlines and a Senate panel races to finish revising the House relief bill before nightfall
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Martin
Mass
House
Martin
Senate
Cang
Pair Of German Policemen Sentenced In Murder Case
In Prague on June 26 two German policemen, George Bulla and Paul Stehr, were each sentenced to 15 years in prison for the killing of Czech Policeman Johann Mueller on June 6 at Nachod. They were also dishonorably discharged from the German police.
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Prague
George Bulla
Paul Stehr
Johann Mueller
Nachod
Mueller
Warreton columnist beaten and tarred after dance
Count Igor Cassini a Washington column writer said six young men beat him and tarred and feathered him after a Warreton Country Club dance. Warrants issued for Tan Colin and Alexander. Justice Glascock set bonds and scheduled September grand jury appearance.
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Warrenton
Igor Cassini
Washington
Times. Herald
Warrenton Country Club
Count Cassini
United States
Tan Montgomery
Colin Montgomery
Alexander Calvert
Ian Montgomery
Calvert
B. Richards Glascock
Faquirer County Grand Jury
Glascock
W. H. Robertson
Baltimore
Virginia
Tabor Suspended Three Games By Red Sox
Boston manager Joe Cronin suspended outfielder Jim Tabor for three days citing team discipline. Rozier Berger will start in Washington, with Tabor expected to rejoin in Philadelphia after the series. Tabor, a former Alabama player, joined from Little Rock in the Southern Association.
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Washington
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Jim Tabor
Cronin
Tabor
Rozier Berger
Boston
Philadelphia Athletics
University Oflabama
Red Fe
Little Rock
Southern Association
Man Disappears From Produce Truck Near Robertsdale
Mysterious disappearance of Erwin Dodd of Birmingham from a produce truck near Robertsdale is under investigation by Sheriff W. R. Stuart and Town Marshal W. R. Duckworth after more than a week.
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Robertsdale
Ala
Erwin Dodd
Birmingham
W. R. Stuart
W. R. Duckworth
Fishermen In Shotgun Duel Leave One Dead In Alabama
In Gadsden on the Coosa river near Lock 2 a fishing dispute between M. C. Cotton and Calvin Higgins led to a shotgun duel. Cotton, 52, died at a hospital. Higgins, 61, is in critical condition in Anniston. Each man reported the other fired first.
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Gadsden
Ala
Coosa
M. C. Cotton
Calvin Higgins
Anniston
Ira Davis
St. Clair County
Cotton
Higgins
Survey Planned Of City School Buildings By State Team
A. R. Meadows will arrive Friday with a survey staff to inspect all city school buildings. Examinations will rate efficiency and maps will show each pupil’s residence to judge building convenience. Overcrowding is reported in nearly all local schools. recommendations for improvements will follow.
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A. R. Meadows
State Department of Education
Meadows
S. E. Alverson
More Postmasters Appointed Today
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate for confirmation the nominations of postmasters in Alabama Akson Chapman Bretha Deck Levie Sirmon Julius Hussey Gunterville Chalmers Hyatt Hamilton Belvie Cooper Leeds John Sprusell Lincoln Byron Watson Uniontown Ellalee Setzer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Alabama
Son
Claude W. Dent
Chapman
Bretha M. Deck
Rozier
Levie C. Sirmon
Guin
Julius N. A. Hussey
Gunteraville
Chalmers W. Hyatt
Hamilton
Belvie M. Cooper
Leeds
John M. Sprusell
Lincoln
Byron F. Watson
Uniontown
Ellalee M. Setzer
Defect Corrected at Incinerator
A factory representative inspected the incinerator last week and corrected a defect from a broken expansion joint that allowed smoke inside. The unit is now disposing of about 20 tons of garbage daily, well below its 50 ton daily capacity.
Lawson Davidson Attends Heat Engineering School
Lawson Davidson of the Davidson Coal and Feed Company travels to Birmingham for a three day session on gravity and forced hot air engineering. The program is hosted by the Williamson Heater Company of Cincinnati in partnership with the Wheelock Company of Birmingham.
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Lawson Davidson
Davidson Coal and Feed Company
Birmingham
Williamson Heater Company
Cincinnati
Wheelock Company
Merchants Planners Call Conference on Institute Plan
The merchants committee of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce asks all merchants to attend a Thursday morning conference at 8 30 in the Princess theatre. The meeting will consider a proposal to conduct a merchants institute.
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Merchants Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Princess Theatre
Merchants’ Institute
Vessels barred from Swatow by Japanese forces and tensions rise
Britain seeks settlement in the far eastern crisis as Japanese officials bar two British steamers from Swatow, detain passengers, and block embarkation while British and Irish tensions surge at home. Chamberlain urges restraint and Tokyo talks in hope of settlement amid new threats and border clashes involving Mongolia and Manchoukuo.
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Associated Press
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tientsin
Tokyo
Japan
China
Foreign Affairs Committee
Tientain
G. A. Herbert
Dome
Swatow
Domel
South China
Swatowago
Sapa
Britain
Far East
Germany
Boebbels
Shanghai
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
Scotland Yard
Murder charge against taxi union agent in April labor clash
Oscar Hoskin aged 37 a business agent for a taxi drivers local union was charged with murdering James Lawrence a truck helper during a labor dispute among truck drivers at Wieboldt stores on April 12 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Oscar Hoskin
James Lawrence
Wieboldt Stores
Weather Report For Tennessee and Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20.2 feet and is falling. Maximum temperature reached 91 degrees and minimum 76 with no rainfall in Alabama. Tonight and Tuesday show partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the south, light to gentle coastal winds, and fair central east areas with local showers in the afternoon.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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