Mystery of Decatur Home Intruder Baffles Police
In Decatur police disclose three separate home intrusion attempts by black men within three days. A man entered RE Graves, 321 Jackson, at 6 am before fleeing. Another suspect, Sam White, was arrested at a local grocery but not linked to the Graves break. A third attempt occurred at 322 Sherman Street as a prowler tried to enter through a back porch.
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Decatur
RE. E. Graves
Jackson Street
W. P. Moore
White
Graves Home
Grant Street
Athens
Lovenia Hoover
Fourth Avenue
South
County Purchases Cheaper Under New Control Act
Morgan county officials report purchasing savings since the Board of Revenue and Control's creation with prices now f o b destination, estimating $1200 to $1500 annual savings on General Fund items. The county has no current indebtedness, with $142,000 nonbonded debt financed at 4 percent to be retired in five and a half years. Bonded debt has fallen by $63,000 in the past 15 months and $6,000 of courthouse warrants are due later this year.
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Board of Revenue and Control
Morgasa County
Amendment Five voting machines amendment explained
The measure authorizes the Legislature to permit voting machines in cities and counties that want them. It cites long standing demand in some areas, ongoing fraud concerns, and a state Supreme Court decision requiring a constitutional amendment for installation. Mobile’s past attempts are recalled.
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Mobile
Earl Sanders Faces Preliminary Murder Hearing in Jacobs Case
In Lawrence county court Earl Sanders 35 charged with murder over John Taylor Jacobs 31 found fatally stabbed in a cave near Moulton June 19. Hearing before Judge Charles Bragg began at 9 am with seven state witnesses and one defense witness examined. two more planned. Defense attorney Tom Pettus and state solicitors Melvin Hutson and James Miller attended.
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Earl Sanders
John Taylor Jacobs
Lawrence County Court
Charles Bragg
Moulton
Jacobs
National Forest
Sanders
George D. Byat S
Tom Pettus
Melvin Hutson
James Miller
Welfare Office Reopens Monday for Public Welfare
The county department of public welfare says offices will not close Monday as previously announced. They will close only on Tuesday July 4. Confederate pension checks are ready and will be issued Saturday and Monday to those who call for them.
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County Department of Public Welfare
Noted racer Jimmy Snyder killed in Cahokia crash
Jimmy Snyder, 31, Chicago racer famed for a second place in the 500 mile Indianapolis Classic, died in a midget auto crash at Cahokia track near East St. Louis. His white car overturned after striking an outer guard rail, was then broadsided by Paul Armbruster’s car. Armbruster suffered severe burns. Snyder left behind a wife and two children in view of 4,000 spectators.
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East ST. Louis
Jimmy Snyder
Cahokia
Ill
Indianapolis
Snyder
Paul Armbruster
St Louis
Armbruster
Damages Asked In Tire Company Suit
Four Atlanta tire firms sue Goodyear and Firestone for false advertising seeking damages and injunction. Plaintiffs allege Goodyear and Firestone claimed 50 percent savings on tires through newspaper ads. They contend the advertised former prices were inflated to create a false savings.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Tire Companies
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear’ Company
Firestone Company
Rumors Shake Europe as Leaders Warn of Aggression
The Associated Press reports Europe tensions rise as British and French leaders warn that any further aggression will meet force. Rumors claim Germany plans a new coup, possibly against Danzig, while Berlin downplays alarm and Italians grow uneasy. General Gamelin tours France Italian frontier as France opens foreign enlistment.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Free City of
Danzig
Lord Halifax
Daladier
Berlin
Halifax
Britain
Minclowe
Hitler
England
France
Paris
Brenner Pass
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Far East
Army expands biggest buildup since world war begins tomorrow
Washington reports the army will commence its largest expansion since the world war with a 112 500 soldier recruitment and replacements push as the new fiscal year opens. General Malin Craig urges further 25 000 men and a fortified Alaska Hawaii Panama Puerto Rico line, plus 200 000 regulars and guards and five full divisions ready to reinforce. Craig retires August 5, with Brig. General George C Marshall to lead. Expansion includes training for 2 134 pilots and 18 000 aviation mechanics.
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Washington
Malin Craig
Craig
United States
Puerto Rico
California
George C. Marshall
General Marshall
Virginia Military Institute
Feather Duster Brooders Rise on Cumberland Mountain Alabama
On Skyline Farms in Alabama farmers use feather dusters as chicken brooders. Talmadge Hopper, a homesteader with the Farm Security Administration model community, built two brooders from ten cent dusters each. He modified packing boxes and sawed off handles. Hopper reported 200 day old chicks raised with only 20 losses, a lower mortality rate than many heated incubators.
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Cumberland Mountain
Skyline Parms
Ala
Talmadge -Hopper
Farm Security Administration
Hopper
Mary Elizabeth Hopper
Relief Bill Advances In House For WPA Funds
Washington June 30 The House approved a compromise $1 7556 million relief bill to fund WPA for the new fiscal year starting tomorrow Bill would end federal theater projects and shave 53 million from Senate total but raise House total by 20 million The measure must become law by midnight tonight to avoid gaps in relief funds with the Senate-House panel still to publicize final decisions and details.
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Washington
House
WPA
Bankhead
Senate
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Slayer Pleads Guilty After Shifting Confession
Daniel Kent 32 pleaded guilty to the hitchhike slaying of Detroit oil promoter George G. Hall after repudiating an earlier confession and accusing Miss Joby Doty of the crime. He testified Hall was dead in the car beside Doty when picked up near Grand Rapids a week ago. Kent claimed Doty pressured him, and Justice Black held him for circuit court where the guilty plea was entered. State police had said he confessed earlier in Grand Rapids. The courtroom, packed with about 1,000, erupted in boos as the shift occurred.
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William J. Black
Kelly
Sear
Grand Rapids
Kent
Hall
Alabama requests Georgia for return of Joe Whittenburg
Montgomery June 30 Alabama asked Georgia for the return of Joe Whittenburg wanted in Madison county on a forgery charge. The requisition said Whittenburg was being held in Georgia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Joe Whittenburg
Madison County
Whittenburg
Grisham Wins National Agriculture Scholarship
Charles F. Grisham of Athens Alabama and another recipient from an Alabama Polytechnic Institute background won national scholarships to study at Cincinnati. The two awards were granted in a nationwide competition in agriculture studies.
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Charles F. Grisham
Athens
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Cincinnati
Roosevelt Opposes Filibuster On Economic Bill
Washington reports that Senate Republicans announce the admin monetary bill will be talked to death as Roosevelt weighs public opinion. Senator Austin defends legitimate debate while Roosevelt cautions against sympathy for filibusters as Vandenberg signals stance on ending devaluation powers.
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Washington
Senate
Austin
Roosevelt
Missing LSU president James Smith still un found
Baton Rouge reports say Dr James M Smith, former LSU president, not located after disappearance amid embezzlement charges and a governor issued arrest order. Investigations shift toward alleged misused WPA materials as federal grand jury hears witnesses.
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New Orleans
WPA
Louisiana
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
Lsu
Wayne G. Borah
Borah
United States
Rene A. Wieson
Hansen
Washington
Congressional
Decatur Takes Ownership of Local Water Plant
The City of Decatur becomes sole owner of the Alabama Water Service local plant after deeds were transferred yesterday at a First National Bank meeting in Birmingham. Mayor T R Harrison and city officials received the deeds from William E Matthews III. The plant cost $825,000 and July bills will be issued in the city’s name by utility staff.
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Decatur
Alabama Water Service
First National Bank
Birmingham
T.R. Harrison
John H. Peach
H. ©. Troup
William E. Matthews, III
Water Company
George Godwin
Water Service Company
Mule Stolen From Barn In Falkville
State troopers were asked to help search for a mule reported stolen last night from a barn at Cicero Brown's Falkville home.
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Falkville
Cicero Brown
Treasury Keeps Foreign Silver Price At 38 Cents An Ounce
The foreign silver price set by the treasury remains at 38 cents per ounce as the compromise monetary bill preserves treasury foreign silver buying. The London market rose to 37.92 cents after the conference committee report. The treasury price had fluctuated from 44 cents to 40 and then 38 1/2 cents earlier in the week.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Senate
London
Debates Over Compromise Silver Bill In Senate Action
The compromise monetary bill keeps devaluation powers and sets a 70 cent per ounce price for domestically mined silver while a 77.57 cent official price had been voted in the Senate. Debate would stretch to midnight as emergency powers near expiry and Republicans and President Roosevelt trade remarks on filibusters and congressional action.
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Vandenberg
Stabilization Fund
Senate
Austin
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
D.-Ky
Townsend
R.del
Treasury
Conference
Weather notes from Tennessee and Alabama reports
The Tennessee river gauge read 21.3 feet with a 91 degree high and 71 degree low in the last 24 hours and rainfall of .05 inch. Alabama looks for cloudy skies with showers and possible thunderstorms in the far north, while Tennessee forecasts partly cloudy conditions and possible afternoon thunder showers with light to moderate winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Murphy J. Roden
James Monroe Smith
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