Byars Trial Nearing End at Hamilton Alabama
Trial closes in Marion county with Brad Byars facing the electric chair after admitting he fired the shots that killed Mrs. Reuben Barnes. Defense cites Dr. Barnes as influence while prosecutors seek maximum penalty. testimonies describe Byars as not normal with a troubled past and a claimed confession.
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Hamilton
Ala
Marion County
Brad Byars
Reuben H. Barnes
Winfield
K. V. Fite
Byars
Barnes
Richard White
James McClung
Jefferson
Birmingham
Jasper
Brad
J. B. Byars
Fayette
Apartment Rented After Twice-Run Want Ad
The daily ran a want ad thrice with two airings already completed and the apartment found a tenant after the second run. The repeated listing secured a rental, finalizing the housing arrangement.
Self-Imprisonment In Lover's Home Ends In Irvington
IRVINGTON N Y June 29 Mrs Hedi Heusser the red haired Hungarian love striker broke her 9 day self imprisonment in the Rollo K Blanchard mansion today Making her way to a roadstand she ordered a hot dog and looked brighter then visited her attorney Mortimer O’Brien at White Plains From the roadstand she returned to the public photographers at the mansion and wore lounging pajamas over her dress She is divorced from a Swiss and has two children.
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Irvington
N. Y
Hedi Heusser
Rollo K. Blanchard
White Plains
Mortimer O'Brien
Blanchard
Probe Made of Absentees in North Dakota Primary
Senate campaign investigating committee will poll all county auditors in North Dakota to determine how absentee ballots were used in yesterday's primary. Chairman Sheppard said Roosevelt speeches on behalf of candidates are not likely to fall under the committee’s jurisdiction. The move follows a request from Senator Nye for a survey in the name of clean elections.
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Washington
Sheppard
Tex
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Nye
Ind
Anti Nazi league reports bets won on Louis fight
The non sectarian anti Nazi league says it received 25 from members who bet on Joe Louis in the Schmeling title bout. The group had boycotted the fight.
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New York
anti-Nazi League
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Louis
June Heat Returns as Decatur Awaits Summer
L. P. Waddell of Decatur route 2 notes a repeat of a cool June from sixteen years ago while residents brace for summer and the expected hundred degree heat across Decatur and nearby counties.
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L. P. Waddell
Decatur
Japan Moves to Boost Exports by Rationing Domestic Goods
Tokyo reports a government decree ordering factories to halt 47 product types on July 1 and 34 more on July 15 to curb domestic supplies. The aim is to promote cotton textile exports while conserving raw cotton and shifting factories to war production.
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Belman Morin
Tokyo
Japan
Seihin Ikeda
Theda
Chinese hold key Matowchen Boom in river drive toward Hankow
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese forces still contest the Matowchen Boom as Japan presses up the Yangtze toward Hankow. Both sides claim air activity in the central river corridor with Nanchang bombed and Chinese air units claimed to harass Japanese forces. Cont in Page Two.
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Shanghai
Japan
Yanetze
Hankow
Yangtze River
Nanchang
Hangchow
Chikiang Province
Women Convicts Recaptured Near Wetumpka Alabama
Two white women convicts who briefly escaped from a garden work squad were recaptured on the Atlanta highway near Wetumpka. Billie Jean Guthrie, serving six months for vagrancy, and Jakie Walker, serving 60 days for vagrancy from Russell County, were returned to the state women's prison in Wetumpka.
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Wetumpka
Ala
State Women's Prison
Atlanta
State Department
Montgomery
Billie Jean Guthrie
Jakie Walker
Russell County
Only Three Gray Veterans Living In Morgan
The Morgan county welfare department will distribute quarterly Confederate veterans pension checks on July 1. Only three veterans remain, all over 90, two in Hartselle and one nearby. Names include J. D. McClanahan, 94, I. Johnson, 91, and Francis Scott Ferguson, 94. Also 45 widows will receive pension warrants.
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Department of Public Welfare
Carlton Kelley
Morgan County
Hartselle
J. D. McClanahan
I. ©. Johnson
Francis Scott Ferguson
Gettysburg
Market Dives Raise Shares to New 1938 Highs in New York
The New York stock market surged to near record levels with broad gains across steel, chemicals, rail and utilities. Major leaders like U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Westinghouse Dupont Union Pacific Santa Fe Johns Manville and American Telephone rose sharply as turnover hit a post October high and brokers noted strong buying from out of town and abroad.
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New York
U. 8. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Westinghouse Electric
Dupont
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Johns Man
American Telephone
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Dow Chemical
Decatur Visit Of Route 3 Resident On Business
B R Childs of route 3 visited Decatur this morning for business matters.
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B. R. Childs
Decatur
Police Fire Shots as C I O Strike Turmoil Grips City
A New Orleans police officer fired twice into a crowd of African Americans amid C I O strike violence targeting major trading firms. Patrolman Harold Gerhardt, guarding a truck, said four negroes approached the vehicle and were driven back. City officials faced a federal court hearing Friday over claims they intimidated C I O activists during the organizing drive.
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New Orleans
American Federation of No One
Harold Gerhardt
C.I. O
Alabama board says it will not hinder coming administration
Rogers, president of the Montgomery Rogers Cooperative board, said the board would not embarrass the incoming administration while discussing a possible one year union contract for state prison camp guards. Alabama officials note guards petitioned for a one year working contract. talks to be held with union representative.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cleon B Rogers
Board of Administration
Rogers
Federation of State
Reee
State Highway Commission
Alabama
Highway Department
Scott
Frank Dixon
Dixon
Graves
Triplets Enter Miss Idaho Contest as a Unit
Judges face a dilemma as Elsie, Ethel and Edna Eeles, 16 year old blonde triplets from Pocatello Idaho, enter the forthcoming Miss Idaho contest as a single unit and indicate it is all or none.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Elsie
Ethel
Edna @eeles
Legion Post 15 to Dedicate Fort Stephen Decatur Armory
Former Legion Post 15 commanders from 1919 onward will attend the Friday night dedication of the Fort Stephen Decatur armory. The event marks a long-sought facility with a drill hall rifle range baths and lounges that will later be open to the public for conventions and large gatherings.
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Legion Post 15
Fort Stephen Decatur
Legion
Decatur
The
Legion Post
Legionnaires
Richard Burleson
L. E. McGregor
Raymond Brown
W. Wert
Jack Y
Joseph M. Pettey
Ralph W. White
Thos. W. Wert
Jos. A. Woods
I. W. Kerlake
Te J. Gags
R. E. Catles . Billings
R. C
Leroy McEntire
W. L. Grimes
J. M. Pettey
Garner Pride
Red Cross Forming Instructors Club in Morgan County
Red Cross in Morgan County organizes an instructors club after returning from a Brevard aquatic school. George Porter to direct a life saving drive titled learn to swim, with D. M. House as president and Miss Mae Davis as secretary treasurer. Classes begin July 5 at City Hall at 7:30 and registrations are taken at Red Cross headquarters.
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Morgan County
The
Red Cross
National Aquatic School
Brevard
N. C
W. Vine Street
George Porter
D. M. House
Floyd Elkins
Mae Davis
Ida McAllister
Anne Hodges
Frances Cleeman
BE. M. Chenault
Frank Kirby
Riber
City Hall
Rites set for Colonel Wallace Edmundson Thursday
Last rites for Colonel Wallace Berry Edmundson a long time Decatur resident and leader in Morgan county will be held at 4 p m Thursday at St John s Episcopal church with the Rev Oliver Cox officiating. Burial will be at City cemetery with Rising Sun Lodge No 29 A F and A M directing. Surviving are his widow two daughters Mrs Jack Smiley of Decatur and Mrs Nell Bond of Oklahoma City. Edmundson came from Oklahoma to Decatur in 1906 and was active in agriculture and local civic religious work noted for kindness and humor.
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Wallace Berry ‘Edmundson
North Alabama
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Oliver GC. Cox
Wilder Place
Edmundson
City Cemetery
Rising Sun Lodge
A. F
A. M
Brown
F. Martin
Ben Bloodworth
C. H. Buster
Council Elliott
Jimmie Coutsas
Charles Rountree
Gilbert Key
B. P. Wallace
St. John's Episcopal Church
B. L. Malone
Avc Dillehay
F. L. Chenault
Milton Harvey
St. John’s Church
Lelia Seton Edmundson
Jack Smiley
Decatur
Nell Bond
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Morgan County
Father Held in Death of Infant in Georgia Case
A WPA worker named Charlie Hester was detained in Lagrange Georgia on murder charges after a coroner's jury ruled the two and a half month old infant died from abuse by the father. Sheriff E V Hilyer said the father was held without bond following the police chief's filing of charges.
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Lagrange
WPA
E V. Hilyer
Charlie Hester
Hester
Hilyer
R. B. Carter
Walt Cagle Victim of Sudden Farm Attack in Boaz Alabama
Walt Cagle, known weather prophet, died at his farm near Boaz Alabama after a sudden attack. Thousands visited Boaz for his forecasts while health worries had lingered. funeral arrangements were set with an Albertville undertaker and Mrs Cagle accompanied the body along the mountain road.
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Walt Cagle
Boaz
Ala
Walt
Farm Home
Here
Cagle
New York
Albertville
Well Known Here Walt Cagle Remembered in Decatur
Well known here, Walt Cagle was a longtime resident of Decatur and had spent several days in the community. His presence and local ties stood out to residents who recalled his familiarity and time spent in the area.
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Walt. Cagle
Decatur
AAA to Send Farm Checks for Cotton Payments
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced a $130 million program to pay cotton farmers for 1937 output. Eligible growers must certify no overplanting in 1938 and will receive payments based on the difference between 12 cents and the 7 8 inch middling price on sale date. Funds may not cover all eligible cotton, with payments set as a uniform percentage later.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Sandys Quizzed By Military Court Over Secrets Act Row
Britain’s debate over the official secrets act deepened as Duncan Sandys told the House of Commons he was ordered to appear before a military court. Sandys said the attorney general threatened action unless he revealed sources for questions on anti aircraft defense.
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London
Britain
Duncan Sandys
House of Commons
Ndys
Winston Churchill
Sandys
Commons
House
Tean Army
Chamberlain
Lessie Hore- Belisha
War
Army Council
House Committee On Privileges
War Ministry
Edmund Tronside
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Dunhcan Sandys
Winston Cgourchil
Donald Somervell
Tiny tot born in Nashua incubator birth
A 38 ounce daughter was born today to Mrs. Horton Glynn, 18, near Bennington. Mother and baby, the latter in an incubator, were doing nicely, physicians said.
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Nashua
N. H
Horton Glynn
Bennington
Fascist Italy urges Franco to show moderation in shipping crisis
A Fascist regime spokesman Virginio Gayda says Italy advised General Franco to moderate actions to stop British and other ships supplying government Spain. He adds Italy approves bombing of contraband vessels but denies Italian responsibility. The report cites Ci and Lord Perth discussing Franco’s measures to calm Britain amid protests.
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Rome
Italy
Francisco Pranco
Spain
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D’italia
Gayda
Earl of Perth
Britain
Count Galeazzo Ci
Ciano
Perth Franco
Cmac
London
Pranco
Continuca
Tennessee River Stays Stationary At 20.4 Feet In Past Day
Weather notes show the Tennessee River gauge at 20.4 feet with no rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 59 to 80 degrees. Alabama reports generally fair skies and warmer conditions inland on Thursday. Tennessee forecast calls for fair weather with slight warming in the west and coastal areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Morgan
Rogers Cooperative
Franco
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