Irwin Begins Fight Against Lethal Chair
New York June 28 Robert Irwin the 29 year old sculptor faces possible execution after a Beekman Hill triple murder. Prosecutors plan three first degree murder indictments and a grand jury review while Irwin seeks post ponement of arraignment and a possible fall trial. Attorney Samuel Leibowitz led a fast moving defense and arranged a postponement.
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New York
Samuel Leibowitz
Robert Irwin
Alabama
Scottsboro
Leibowitz
Irwin
Decatur
Ala
Moody
Beekman Hill
Lewis J. Valentine
William C. Dodge
Veronica Gedeon
Gedeon
Brough
Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Valentine
Dodge
Ronnie
Ethel Rudner
Hitler supports Nazi demand for world resources and colonies
Adolf Hitler applauded as Nazi Germany’s leaders announced a claim to a share of global raw materials and trade. Goering and Schacht spoke to 1,500 delegates from 40 countries, seeking German economic dominance and the return of war-lost colonies.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
International Chamber of Commerce
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
H. Jalmar Schacht
der Fuehrer
Goering
L C. C
F. H. Fentener von Vlissingen
Netherlands
United States
Ford Charge Held Untrue in NLRB Complaint
Detroit June 28 A Ford Motor Company attorney called NLRB charges untrue alleging no violation of the National Labor Relations Act. The nine page complaint cites assaults on UAWA organizers outside the Dearborn plant May 26 and threatens a July 6 hearing in Detroit federal building marking a new clash with the federal government.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
Louis’ J. Colombo
NLRB
Detroit Federal
United States
Henry Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford
Mammoth Rough
Dearborn
State allocates 100000 from sales tax to counties
The state today allotted $100,000 for distribution among counties from the sales levy. Half is based on population, half is equal. Listed allotments include Lauderdale 1523, Lawrence 1255, Cullman 1521, Colbert 1310, Limestone 1438, Maison 1259, Morgan 1618.
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Lauderdale
Lawrence
Cullman
Colbert
Limestone
Maison
Morgan
Two Drivers Escape Injury After Sunday Collision
Cars driven by O.8 Bird of Trion North Carolina and M. D. Rhoades were slightly damaged in a collision on Railroad Street at 5 30 Sunday afternoon. Neither driver was hurt.
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O. 8
Bird of Trion
N. C
M. D. Rhoades
Railroad Street
Rabid Dog Attack In Austinville Child Eye Injury
Harris and his young son of Austinville received anti rabies serum after a dog belonging to Mr Harris scratched the boy in the eye. The dog died and tested positive for rabies at Tennessee Valley Laboratory. The father was given precautionary treatments after handling the animal.
Girl Dies in Car Crash Near Selmer
In Tennessee six miles west of Selmer a car overturned while attempting to pass another vehicle. Lois Litson 22 of Joiner was killed after being hurled from the car. Charles Sherman of Decatur Alabama, held for questioning, said the passenger jumped in fright as the vehicle rolled. The victim recently worked in Corinth Mississippi and was visiting relatives arranged by local station staff.
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Selmer
Tenn
Lois Litson
Joiner
Charles Sherman
Decatur
Ala
Here
Sherman
Corinth
Miss
Goode Undertaking
Oscar
Aged Man Held On Old Death Charge
District Attorney Clyde L. Starrett said a 61 year old man was held in Colorado Springs for the 25 year old slaying of a 10 year old Grand Island Nebraska girl and assaults on two Colorado Springs girls ages 7 and 9. He announced charges against Charles Esley Cox based on the recent assault of the two girls.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Clyde L. Starrett
Grand Island, Neb
Starrett
Charles Esley Cox
Champion Walking Horse of U S To Be At Show Here Tuesday Night
Mary Legs the champion walking horse of America will appear at the local show tomorrow night with Lloyd Caruthers of Wartrace, Tenn. Tennessee Walking Horse Association head Burt Hunter will attend, and Birmingham Sabres plan a Roman riding feature. Frolic owned by C S Vaughn of Courtland arrives first and will compete tonight in Cullman along with other entries.
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U.S
Mary Legs
America
Lloyd Caruthers
Wartrace
Tenn
Burt Hunter
Lewisburg
Tennessee
Hunter
Tennessee Walking Horse Association
Birmingham Sabres
Ing
C. 8. Vaughn
Courtland
Cullman
Marian Boswell
Rose Bud
C. W. Wilkinson
Birmingham
Betty Black
George Lawrence
Solons Back On The Job In Washington June 28
Democrats in congress settle to pass a heavy Roosevelt admin program with court reform government reorganization and wage and hour bills. Robinson says court bill debate may wait until after July 4 as farm legislation also advances. Wallace hints at a pronouncement on general farm policy amid adjournment notes from Annapolis docking.
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Washington, J
Congress
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
House
Wallace
Naval Academy
Anapolis
Driver Held After Mishap In Town Creek Area
Felbert Terry, 13, was injured when struck by a car near Town Creek as Searcey Tapscott of Hartselle was held in the Moulton jail on a charge connected with the crash. Julius Hale of the state patrol said Tapscott admitted striking the boy while he was walking along Joe Wheeler highway.
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Felbert Terry
Tom Terry
Courtland
Town Creek
Searcey Tapscott
Hartselle
Moulton
Julius Hale
State Highway Patrol
Tapscott
Joe Wheeler
Here
van Gilbert
Terry
Gilbert
Hale
Lawrence Coll Line
Grandmother Helps Erwin Mother Becomes Grandmother
In Erwin North Carolina Dora Odom Hobbs becomes a grandmother at 32 when her daughter Calypso Hobbs Stewart gives birth to a son. Hobbs’s mother is now a great grandmother at 56.
Longtime Decatur police chief Riggsbee dies at 61
C M Riggsbee 61 a prominent North Alabama figure and former Decatur police chief died suddenly at his tourist camp near Athens. He served 21 years as police chief and over 22 years on the force, coming to Decatur from Raleigh North Carolina. Funeral plans to be announced by Brown with relatives arriving. He retired last year and ran a tourist camp with limited details on survivors provided.
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C. M. Riggsbee
North Alabama
Decatur
Athens
Mr. Riggsbee
Raleigh
N. C
R.L. Smith
Bank Street
Brown
Riggsbee
Nations balk at Franco British plan for Spanish patrol
Italy and Germany reject a Franco British international neutrality patrol for Spain, saying no action possible without their participation. Virginio Gayda of Giornale D Italia argues Europe cannot act in the Mediterranean without Rome and Berlin, criticizing Britain and France over Spain and Soviet Russia ties.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Spain
Rome-Berlin
Europe
Virginio Gayda
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
Giornale D'Italia
Gayda
Britain
France
Russia
Patrolmen Suspended After Personal Argument in Decatur
Montgomery dispatch reports Chief Walter K. McAdory announced Patrolmen John Bryant and W T McKlesky were suspended indefinitely following a personal argument in Decatur. Suspension followed a telephone link between McAdory and Captain Van Buren Gilbert who supervised North Alabama patrols.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter K. McAdory
State Highway Patrol
John Bryant
W. T. McKlesky
Decatur
McAdory
van Buren Gilbert
North Alabama
Ohio Guards Back 15 500 Steel Workers In Strike Front
Major General Gilson D. Light said about 15 500 Ohio National Guard members were back at work at steel plants in Youngstown as SWOC led a broad back to work movement. He reported numbers at Campbell Brier Hill and Republic plants while Gov Davey planned a truce reopening under Wagner act hearings.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Gilson D. Light
Ohio National Guard
Ohio-Pennsylvania
A«Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria
Johnstown
Inland Steel Company
SWOC
Mahon Valley
Sheet and Tube
Campbell
Brier Hill
Republic
Light
Thow
Bessemer
General Light
F. B. Howell
Franklin Borough
Calumet
Chicago
National Guardsmen
M. Clifford Townsend
Diana
National Labor Relations Board
Co. I. O
Inland
Republic Steel
Buffalo
N. C
South Buffalo
Elmer F. Cope
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Ohio National Guardsmen
Cleveland
Murray
Canton
Ohio
Indiana Harbor
Massillon
Davey
CTO
Shade Tree Blaze Sparks Unusual Local Fire
A decayed hollow shade tree in the 1600 block of Sixth Avenue South caught fire on Saturday afternoon. Firemen believe a cigarette from a passing car started it and quickly extinguished the blaze, noting the extreme dryness made the blaze unusually rapid.
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Sixth Avenue
Johnston Street Company
Morgan County Students Immersed in Summer Training
Twenty-two Morgan County students attend Florence State Teachers College this summer. Miss Edith Murphree Decatur and others teach reading Arithmet ic geography history science and English under the summer program.
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Morgan County
Florence State Teachers College
Edith Murphree
Decatur
Mildred McKee
Somervill
Orcatur
Fannie Kay
Lacey's Spring
Eva W. Johnson
Somerville
Cleo Tanner
Eva
Ethel Anderson
Carmen Tanner
Bernice Bryant
Falkville
Ellean Childers
Wright Child Called To Reward
Doris Wright two and a half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Wright died Sunday at 4 30 PM at the parents home on Decatur Route two The tot is survived by the parents one sister Jeanette two brothers Russell and Bob Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 4 30 PM at the residence by Rev R B Conner pastor of the Church of God with interment in Roselawn Drinkard and Howell directing Pallbearers will be B D Wright Harold Wright Fred Wright Clarence Strothers Flowers handled by members of the Prayer Circle
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Doris Wright
Ben Wright
Decatur
Jeanette
Russell
Bob
B. D. Wright
Harold Wright
Fred Wright
Clarence Strothers
Prayer Circle
Storms Collapse City Wall Slays Dozens in Chungking
Officials estimated about a hundred road workers were smothered when a city wall toppled during heavy storms in Chungking. Another hundred were believed injured as the damaged road intended for motor travel lay beneath the debris.
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Chungking
China
Rising Sun Lodge to Install Officers
A meeting is called for 7 30 tonight to install officers elect of Rising Sun Lodge No 29 A F and A M Those to take office for the Masonic year include G C Sh Worshipful Master D L Allen Senior Warden H G McCluskey Junior Warden W H Carter Treasurer J D Bush Secretary E L Jones Senior Deacon C B Murphy Junior Deacon John Hardy Senior Steward George W Royer Junior Steward George D Redding Chaplain Butler P A Stone Marshal and A C McKnight
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Rising Sun Lodge No
A. F
A.M
G. C
D. L Allen
H. G. McCluskey
W. H. Carter
J. D. Bush
E. L. Jones
C. B. Murphy
John Hardy
George W. Royer
George D. Redding
Butler P. A. Tone Marshal
A. C. McKnight
Court Rules Cotton Growers Owed Refunds Over Bankhead Tax
The U S Court of Appeals held 100000 cotton producers entitled to more than 3500000 in refunds for Bankhead act tax exemption certificates. It said farmers were coerced to buy certificates under threat of a confiscatory tax as the act was repealed after the Supreme Court struck down key principles of the AAA.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Central Methodist Church Plans Large Improvement Project
Central Methodist church began an improvement program today to enlarge the Sunday school annex and raze the old auditorium. The work, part of a permanent building plan, aims to create a premier church plant in the South. An entrance arch will be added on Sixth avenue and a new permanent south wall will extend 17 feet beyond the current wall, forming the auditorium north wall when built. The former auditorium, unused for years and damaged by fire, will be razed to beautify the lot.
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Central Methodist Church
Central Methodist
Sixth Avenue
Ministers praise The Decatur Daily for clean standards
Members of the Ministerial Association of Decatur at Central Baptist Church adopted a unanimous resolution praising The Decatur Daily for its service to churches and its refusal to accept beer or liquor advertising. The resolution commends the paper as a high class, dry newspaper and urges all citizens to support it.
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Ministerial Association of
Decatur
Central Baptist Church
Decatur Daily
Deceatur
John C. Cowell
L. D. Patterson
Weather notes on Tennessee river heat and showers
Noon temperature reached 95 with a 20.6 foot river level stationarity. Maximum 100 and minimum 78 in the last 24 hours, no rainfall reported across Alabama and extreme Florida. Partly cloudy tonight with possible local showers in Tennessee and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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Hitler
Nazi
Triple Slayer
Frank Byrnes
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Universal Service
Central Press
Mad Dog
Solons
Joe
UM. Riggsbee
F Decatur
Court OF Appeals
CIO
Guard Hotel
Wright
Rising Sun Lodge
Mississippi
Ernest L. Deal
W. A. Julian
Payne
Davis
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