Unemployment Day Protests Roil U S Europe
Demonstrations mark International Unemployment Day with clashes in Washington London Berlin and other cities. Police dispersed crowds after arrests. five Worcester communists detained. 25 000 gathered in Union Square New York singing Internationale. riots reported in Antwerp Stockholm Copenhagen Vienna Budapest Manchester and Paris.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
Washington
London
Berlin
White House
Sek Bieners
Worcester
Mass
Union Square
N. Y
Dublin
Hamburg
Bresslau
Kiel
Antwerp
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Vienna
Budapest
Manchester
Paris
Decatur Eyes Major Hotel and New Buildings Push
Local business circles buzz over T N Ladd proposal for a seven story 112 room hotel on Bank and Vine. Simultaneously W K McNeill complete LaFayette street apartment project as other new stores and a gasoline station rise on Second avenue and Lee Oak sites. A wide wave of construction signals an active year ahead as unemployment relief through building gains momentum.
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T. N. Ladd
Bank and Vine Streets
Decatur
W. K. McNeill
LaFayette Street
Frank Cook
J. A. Buttrey
Second Avenue
Lee and
Oak Streets
Pointer-Harlow
G. R. Mason
J. B. McBride
Unrest Flares As Union Square Parade Forms Crowd
Disobeying orders from Police Commissioner Whalen, communists gather at Union Square for an unemployment parade. Police charge the forming parade with night sticks and blackjacks as a crowd of about 40 000 erupts, with minor disturbances spreading to surrounding streets and police rushing in from nearby stations.
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New York
Whalen
Union Square
Rich Awards Spur Don In Speed Crown Trial
Daytona Beach reports a race for the Wakefield gold statue and annual £1000 stipend. The award honors the fastest car speed record holder with a 231.36 mph mark held by the Golden Arrow. Lord Wakefield funds the prize, with past winners Campbell Keech and Segrave noted.
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Rich
Spur Don
Daytona Beach
Fla
Kaye Don
Wakefield
Henry Segrave
Don
Malcolm Campbell
England
Ray Keech
Philadelphia
Royal Mint Advisory Committee
Committee of
Taste
Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths
Lord Wakefield
Segrave
London
Orbe
Abovajy
Kaye
Rains Damage Rural Roads In County
Heavy rains damaged rural roads as drainage ditches failed to carry off excess water. Roads, previously in decent condition after last winter’s floods, suffered further deterioration today across multiple county sections.
Appeal Taken In Liquor Case In Cult Court
Luther Orr was sentenced to a term not less than fifteen months nor more than twenty months for manufacture of intoxicating liquor. The defense gave notice of appeal and asked that the sentence be suspended. Bond was set at 1250 dollars.
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Luther Orr
Four teen Hazlewood students vie in constitution talk contest
Fourteen Hazlewood High School students at Town Creek competed in an oratorical try-out on constitution phases. Judges named Fred Durham Ruth Green and James Ray as three best speakers to represent the county in upcoming contests.
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Moulton
Ala
Hazlewood High School
Town Creek
Edith Agee
George
Nell Etheredge
Louise Etheredge
Ruth Green
Luey Johnson
Gunter McCullough
James Ray
Albert Patterson
Carrie White
Fred Durham
Edward Cocke
Slayer Pleads For Executive Mercy
In Montgomery at the capitol Jarvis told Governor Graves and the pardons board he had no murder in his heart when he entered the Citronelle bank in Mobile county and shot bank president Claude D. Hurt. He is sentenced to die in the electric chair March 14.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
State Board of Pardons
Citronelle Bank
Mobile County
Claude D. Hurt
Jack Jarvis
Capitol
Jarvis
Committee Meeting Tonight at Southside Baptist Church
A committee with representatives from several Baptist churches will meet at 7:30 this evening at Southside Baptist Church to discuss property owned by the Morgan County Association in Mentone.
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Southside Baptist Church
Morgan County Association
Mentone
Banniza Oversees Lyric Theatre Reopening With Western Electric Sound
Cres cent Amusement Co manager G. P. Banniza visited Huntsville on Wednesday night for the Lyric theatre reopening. The venue now features the Western Electric sound system like the Princess theatre here.
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G. P. Banniza
Crescent Amusement Company
Huntsville
Lyric Theatre
Western Electric
Princess Theatre
Price Of Eggs Cut To a Third
Fresh eggs are now offered at twenty cents per dozen, about one third of the price seen before the holidays during winter. Poultry products have dropped to a new seasonal low.
Eufaula Tribune Buys The Citizen
Eufaula Alabama March 6 H L Upshaw announces the outright purchase of the Eufaula Daily Citizen. The Citizen's equipment will be moved to the Tribune building and the papers consolidated. The Citizen was established a age and is a member of the Associated Press.
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Eufaula
Ala
H. L. Upshaw
The
Eufaula Daily Citizen
Citizen
Tribune
Aoe
Associated Press
Sudella Tomlin Funeral Details Released
The obituary notes Sudella Tomlin passed away at home. The funeral plan lists services at 11 o clock Friday morning at Boonehill Church of Greer, with the cortege leaving after the service for interment in Boonehill, Tennessee.
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Sudella Tomae
Fourth Avenue
West
Oh Greer
Boonehill
Tenn
Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz Dies in Bavaria at 80
The father of Germanys submarine warfare, Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz, died in a Munich sanatorium at 2 30 AM after a brief bronchial illness. He would have been 81. The aging wartime naval ruler, once allied with the Kaiser, had led the Imperial Navy to its peak and later campaigned for Hindenburg as German president.
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Ebenhausen
Bavaria
Alfred von Tirpitz
Germany
Odin
Feldafing
Starnberger Lake
Munich
von Tirpita
Reichstag
Hanover
Paul von Hindenburg
von Tirpitz
Imperial Navy
Ins
Kiwanis Enjoy a Song Gathering at Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis club took a noon break to sing and be entertained. Forty five members attended despite bad weather. Little Miss Jean Huey opened with a reading before a piano program by the Teens club, with business kept to a minimum at the end.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Jean Huey
Seceategy
Plano
Plans A Tryout of Home Built Airplane Soon
Madison reports a one man aircraft plant will test its home designed airplane soon. Benny Humphrey, builder of an aircraft of his own design, plans a flight within a short time if the manufacturing process proves successful.
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Madison
Benny Humphrey
Seaboard Orders $2 Million Box Cars From Pullman
Seaboard Air Line announces a $2,000,000 order for 1000 50 ton box cars to be built at the Pullman Car and Manufacturing plant in Birmingham with work starting immediately. The deal follows a recent $300,000 rail tonnage order in the Birmingham district.
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Birmingham
Ala
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company
Pullman Company
Tee
Powereans
Seaboard
Local Officers On Lookout For Prison Break Suspects
Local officers continue to search for three escapees still at large after the Athens jail break. None have been sighted locally and officials believe the fugitives likely moved north toward the Tennessee border.
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Liberty
Athens
Tennessee
Mexican Killed In Border Skirmish Near Mission
One Mexican was killed and another wounded when rum runners attacked the American boundary near St. Ann's Episcopal mission in El Paso Texas. U S Border Patrol members were not reported wounded despite heavy firing.
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EL Paso
Texas
St. Ann’s Episcopal Mission
U. S
Income Tax Man Aids Decatur Residents At Post Office
A tax representative stationed at the Decatur post office for several days helped numerous residents prepare and file their income tax returns. Returns must be filed no later than March.
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Decatur
New Low Prices Made On Cotton
Local cotton buyers express that five cents per pound reductions below the season high may boost this year's cotton acreage. The Pedera Farm loan plans are noted in relation to the market drop.
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Pedera Farm Loan
City awards contract to rebuild Mrs. Buttrey home on Vine Street
A contract is expected to be awarded soon for rebuilding the residence of Mrs. Buttrey on Vine Street, damaged by a Sunday morning fire. Officials say the home should be ready for occupancy by late summer, as planned.
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Buttrey
Vine Street
Fire destroys five story South End apartment. three dead
Three persons died and nine were hospitalized in critical condition after a five story South End apartment house fire this morning. Victims suffered smoke inhalation as firefighters battled the blaze in Boston.
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Boston
City Hospital
South End
Policeman Finds Diamonds Hidden In Car Across State Line
Birmingham authorities say Milton McDuff recovered over 1000 dollars in loot from the blond bandit trio. Eddie Dombkiewicz confessed to hiding stolen jewelry in McDuff's auto while transporting them from Montgomery to Birmingham. The woman and her companion received 20 year sentences.
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Birmingham
Ala
Milton McDuff
Birmingham Bureau of Identification
Buffalo
N. Y
Montgomery
Eddie Dombkiewicz
Sallie Joyce Richards
Eddie Palmer
McDuff
Birming- McDuff
Walker County SRD Fire Fatalities Rise With Third Case
The third fatal burning in Walker county within a week is reported. Four year old Jack Enis, son of Mrs. Thomas Flynn of Manchester, died after a gasoline iron explosion ignited his clothing. Flora O'Rear, 18, of Jasper, remains in critical condition from burns after falling into a fire in a residence.
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Walker County
Jack Enis
Thomas Flynn
Manchester
Flora O’rear
George O’rear, Jr
Jasper
Jail Sentence Reassessed in Manslaughter Case
Two years after trial in which Raymond Smith faced a five year state prison term for fixed race, an appeal led to reversal and remand. In court the defendant pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received one hour in jail and a $100 fine.
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Raymond Smith
Garth Cnet
Race
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
New Contracts In Cotton Trade
Farmers tracking cotton values through The Daily note New York quotations show New contract prices for January October and December cotton. The new system removes the thirty five point differential against southern delivery, adjusting the spread for northern shipping points.
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Daily
New York
New
Road Surfacing Hopes Rise After Muscle Shoals Gravel
Following the extra gravel addition on the Muscle Shoals highway, many locals express hope for broader road surfacing projects. Residents and officials note improved conditions and expect further paving in the area.
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Muscle Shoals Highway
Legion to Convene At Bank Tonight in Tennessee Valley
Members of the local post are urged to attend a meeting at the Tennessee Valley Bank at 7 30 this evening. Business items will be discussed and attendance is requested.
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Maine
Ee Ae
Lass
Ln Ant Business
Tennessee Valley Bank
Actress Christine Norman Falls to Death in New York Window
Christine Norman, once named among the 12 most beautiful women in the United States, leapt from a 20th floor hotel window in New York. Six sealed letters were found in the room. she was formerly married to E. S. Booth, they separated five years earlier.
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New York
Marth
Christine Norman
Neysa McMean
United States
Walleck
Norman
Peg O
My Heart Company
Booth
Garfield. Hays
Ee Trust Company
Sixth Avenue
54Th
Special Sermon For Young People at EERE Church
The service led by Rev. M. Newton invites all young people of the church to attend a special sermon. Special music will be provided by Misses Evelyn and Frances Kelly.
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Eere
M. Newton
Evelyn
Frances Kelly
Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary E Peck Postponed
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Peck wife of ae Se were postponed from Tuesday to 2 o'clock Friday afternoon due to torrential rains. The Somerville Methodist Church will host the service at 2 PM conducted by Rev. James Allen Smith.
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Mary E. Peck
Ae Se
Somerville Methodist Church
James Allen Smith
Suspension of Stock Market Quotations in Dull Season
The Daily will suspend 2 o'clock stock and grain quotations during the dull season. Courtesy of R. BE. Cooney of the Cotton Exchange provides complete New York and New Orleans cotton market quotations.
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R. BE. Cooney
The
Cotton Exchange
New York
New Orleans
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