Death Edict Is Attacked in Jim Orr Case
Attorney motion seeks rehearing and reversal of the Morgan circuit ruling in the Jim Orr death penalty case. The defense claims trial errors include admission of testimony tying Orr to the crime by a jailhouse cap and coat. The Alabama Supreme Court's decision to uphold Orr's sentence and set August 19 execution is under challenge amid constitutional questions.
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Alabama 60
Jim Orr
Orr
Warren White
West Moulton Street
Alabama Supreme Court
J. N. Powell
Newton Powell
Morgan Circuit Court
Ion
Fred Sitta
Last Survivors of Civil War Head For Gettysburg Reunion
Aged Civil War veterans gather in Gettysburg June 29 to July 6 for a Blue and Gray reunion to mark the era. About 4,000 of the 8,000 surviving Union and Confederate soldiers are expected, with a July 8 dedication of a peace memorial and eternal flame by President Roosevelt.
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Gettysburg
Raymond Wilcove
Central Press
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania State Commission
Samuel L. Tumbleson
Montague
Tex
Sylvester “D. Mosher
Oakland
Mich
Company A
13Th
N. Y. Artillery
Ferdinand J. Jackson
Tippecanoe
Ind
Jerome Kendall
Millport
N. Y
Joseph W. Paul
Pike Road
N. C
W. H. L. Wells
Plano
Pickett
Sunday Visitor Notes From Morgan County Lynn Town
Mrs Pauline Roberts and child visited her mother Mrs W M Fowler Sunday. Douglas Ralph of Marshall County was guest of Marvin Ralph Sunday night. R C Quinn returned from Guntersville. Attendees joined singing at Antioch Sunday. Little A Q Maze of Pines visited Lum Maze this week. Floyd Quinn Busie Johnson and Icilene Bartlett visited Mr G A Johnson. Lynn Reed of Center Grove visited relatives here. Jack Thompson visited Mid Thompson Monday night. Mrs J W Lynn was in Decatur on business Thursday. Otto Roberts went to Woodland Mills on business Thursday. Jackie Weaver of Birmingham visits Mrs Susie Johnson.
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Pauline Roberts
W. M.fowler
Douglas Ralph
Marshall County
Marvin Ralph
R. C. Quinn
Guntersville
Antioch Sunday
Little A. Q. Maze
Pines
Lum Maze
Floyd Quinn
Busie Johnson
Icilene Bartlett
G. A. Johnson
Y. Lynn Reed
Center Grove
Jack Thompson
Mid Thompson
J. W. Lynn
Decatur
Otto Roberts
Woodland Mills
Jackie Weaver
Birmingham
Susie Johnson
Decatur Marble and Granite Works Promotes Monumental Design
The article profiles Decatur Marble and Granite Works run by J. L. Joly at 114 West Moulton Street. It highlights their range of marble and granite monuments tombstones markers and other designs and urges contact for in stock pieces ready to be carved etched raised or installed with cash or deferred payment options.
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Decatur Marble
J. L. Joly
Decatur Marble & Granite Company
RFC Will Aid Power Plans in Washington
RFC will aid power plans as Chairman Jesse Jones announces RFC agreement to buy 5.8 million dollars of Knoxville Tennessee revenue bonds to allow Knoxville to acquire Knox County distribution system of the Tennessee Public Service Co. TVA power will be used.
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Washington
RFC
Jesse Jones
Knoxville, Tenn
Knox County Distributing System
Tennessee Public Service Co
TVA
Jones
Knoxville
Northwest
Bonneville
Grande Coulee
Fort Peck
PWA
Nebraska
Johnson Chapel Visitors Share Sunday with Stroups
Families from Morgan County visit Johnson Chapel relatives. Chastan West of Guntersville, Will Gingrich and daughters Ruth Peggy Martha, and the Stroup family host and hostesses, with Eloise Hendrine Rogers and others listed as guests.
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Chastan West
Guntersville
Joe Stroup
Will Gingrich
Ruth
Peggy
Martha
Bell Rogers
Eloise
Hendrine
Roy Puckett
Hazel
Martha Gingrich
Decatur
Hendrine Rogers
Johnson Chapel
Roosevelt Aims at Kentucky Stop in Barkley Campaign
President Franklin D Roosevelt plans a transcontinental tour with a Kentucky stop to back Senator Alben W Barkley renomination. Barkley, leader in the Senate, faces opposition from Governor A B Chandler.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kentucky
New Dealer
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
White House
A. B
Happy
House Leadership May Be Liberalized
Washington June 28. Minority Leader Bertrand H Snell retires after 24 years in Congress leaving the door open to changes in House leadership. Speculation centers on a successor who favors a more progressive program as prior insurgent efforts in 1936 failed.
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Washington
House
Bertrand H. Snell
Snell
Roosevelt
New York
Representative Fish
R.N. Y
No Man's Land timber theft reported in Limestone County
Non resident owner Benjamin Willoughby of Vincennes Indiana owns 320 acres in Limestone County where hundreds of dollars of timber has been cut and carried away this year. Warrants were issued for nine men and cases heard in Limestone County Municipal Court, with defendants allowed to repay timber value and court costs. The site is repeatedly cited as No Man's Land due to ongoing timber theft.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Benjamin M. Willoughby
Vincennes
Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Willoughby
G. C. McCracken
Municipal Court
No Man's Land
Baptismal Revival Draws Large Crowd at Sixteenth Avenue Church
An unusually large congregation gathered Sunday at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist as 19 candidates were baptized, marking the climax of a revival led by Rev. J. Vernon Rich of Huntsville at the church.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
J. Vernon Rich
Huntsville
Women Target Man After Nail Manicure Sighting
Two women in Chicago on a June afternoon hurled a stone through a west side beauty parlor window after calling a man receiving a manicure a sissy. The incident shows gender bias in public spaces and highlights tense attitudes toward male grooming.
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Chicago
West Side
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