Delegations Jubilant Over Bee Line Funding Move
Limestone and Morgan county officials greeted early news that federal funds of 1.66 million dollars would finance the Bee Line highway project between Athens and Decatur. Governor Graves cautioned delays but pledged priority paving once funds are released. Mayors, judges, and legislators from Limestone and Morgan attended the briefing at the state capitol and highway offices.
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North Bee Line
Athens
Decatur
Alabama
Limestone
Morgan Counties
Tetone
Morgan
Graves
Limestone County
Colonel Finnell
John Turner
Gaston Scott
Hway Board
Fred J. Crampton
Montgomery
C. W. Sarver
Ab McConnell
Gilbert White
Decatur Rotary Club
Morgan County
B. L. Malone
John Patterson
A. G. Patterson
B. C. Shelton
Dairy
River Rising As Gauge Reaches Twelve Feet
The Tennessee river rose today with a gauge reading of 12 feet this morning. Officials warned residents downstream to monitor water levels and prepared flood-response measures.
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Tennessee
Enjoyable Farm Agent Gathering Highlights Glove Making Instruction
The session at Hotel Lyons featured farm workers receiving glove making instruction led by Miss Gladys McCain from Birmingham. Attendees included Mrs. Marion W. Spidle of Athens and Mrs. Annie P. Rounds of Cullman along with several other women from Huntsville Florence Tuscumbia Buellville Hamilton and Jasper.
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Hotel Lyons
Gladys McCain
Birmingham
Marion W. Spidle
Athens
Annie P. Rounds
Cullman
Elizabeth DeLaney
Huntsville
Cecil Hester
Florence
Lucille Brasswell
Tuscumbia
Clara Hale
Buellville
Ella Hamilon
Hamilton
Pearl Rowe
Jasper
Woman Held on Narcotic Charge in Alabama
Miss Lillian Brassell a 30 year old Tallassee business college instructor was arrested by narcotic agents and postal inspectors at Tallassee for receiving two consignments of narcotics through the mails. Other drugs valued at 100 dollars were found on her person. A preliminary hearing before a United States commissioner was set for Tuesday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lillian Brassell
Tallassee
Montgomery County
Miss Brussell
United States Commissioners Court
Continued Rises In Rivers Forecasted
Government observer H. Smyth reports less rapid rises in streams toward the gulf with no immediate alarm. Increased reservoir water prompts raising floodgates to ease dam pressure. Alabama at Montgomery expected to rise 18 feet in the period ending seven a.m. today.
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Gulf of
H. Smyth
Smyth
Alabama
Montgomery
Body found in burned Lake Deeplake cottage near Antioch
Firemen discovered a mutilated young woman's torso amid ruins of a winterized cottage five miles south of Antioch. Edward Schram, caretaker for Henning Johnson, reported the blaze at the secluded lakefront site. The Waukegan undertaker noted extensive damage and suspected removal of limbs based on bone condition.
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Antioch
Ill
Aptes
Deeplake
Antioch Fire Department
Edward Schram
Henning Johnson
Schram
Waukegan
Bomb Trust Raided Near Melrose Park Farm
Chicago police arrested eleven men at a rural Melrose Park farm suspected as headquarters for a bomb trust. Two bombs four shotguns and several pistols were seized during a late night roundup as detectives surrounded the farmhouse and ordered occupants to surrender. Several attempted to flee by windows but were captured. many arrestees were former members of the state's attorney's office and a midnight meeting was planned at the isolated farm southwest of Chicago.
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Chicago
Melrose Park
State’s Attorney's Office
The
Bomb Trust
Lonely Farm
Jail Congestion To Be Relieved
The county jail congestion is set to ease next week as circuit court takes up many jail cases on Monday and Tuesday. Judge James E. Horton is expected to sentence defendants once cases are tried, with state transfer officers arriving to take prisoners afterward.
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Circuit Court
James E. Horton
World Prayer Day Observed At First Methodist Church
Rev George Boyd announces at First Methodist church two morning observances on Sunday World Prayer Day and a Pentecostal service will be observed during the morning hour at the church in the community event description.
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George Boyd
First Methodist Church
Baptists in Hartselle to Hear Dr Mahon Address
Baptists of the Hartselle section plan a Monday morning gathering to hear Dr R P Mahon of the Bible Institute in New Orleans speak. Mahon is regarded as a leading Baptist figure in the nation.
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Baptist of
Hartselle
R. P. Mahon
Bible Institute
New Orleans
Joseph Frahn 10 Be Buried Sunday
Joseph W. Prahn known local contractor dies suddenly at his Decatur home Friday noon. Funeral Sunday 3 PM at 432 East Moulton Street with Dr. John R. Turner officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Pallbearers named. Survivors include wife four sons one daughter mother and two brothers. Frahn moved to Decatur in 1888 and built many structures.
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East Moulton Street
Joseph W. Prahn
John R. Turner
Central Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
R. L. Parsons
Rufus Warren
Harold Carter
C. J. O’bryant
John Arntz
James A. Nelson
J. D. Bush
J. F. Smithers
Frahn
Harry Frahn
Sheffield
Lawrence Frahn
Decatur
George Frahn
Toledo
Albert Frahn
Claude Aycock
Mary E. Frahn
New Carlisle
Ohio
C. A
Rainfall total 0.06 inch report from weather bureau
The weather bureau reported rainfall here reaching 0.06 inches by seven o clock this morning. The brief note records the light precipitation and the time of measurement.
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Weather Bureau
Publisher in Senate Scrap on Principle
Frederick I Thompson of Mobile a prominent Alabama publisher and U S senate candidate entered the race to prevent a Bankhead nomination He frames his platform as independent of corporate influence and says he will campaign to the people His papers include the Mobile Register the Montgomery Journal the Florence Times News and the Florence Florence area publications
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Frederick I. Thompson
Alabama
Mobile
United States Senate
John H. Bankhead
Thompson
Tennessee Valley
Wspaper
J. L. Meeks
Florence Times-News
Montgomery Journal
Mobile Register
News Item
Florence
Times-News
Sheffield
Tri-Cities
Associated Press
United States Shipping Board
Daily Features Pleasing Folks Daily Features Pleasing Folks
Deputy Sheriff Bud Davis describes The Daily as the best paper this side of New York. He notes family readers find Tillie the Teller Polly and her Pals sports general news sections appealing for every member of the family.
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New York
Bud Davis
Daily
Tillie
Polly
Weather report notes high and low for 24 hours
The weather office reports a maximum temperature of unknown today and a minimum of 40 degrees in the past 24 hours. The data reflects local conditions recorded by the meteorological service.
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Weather Bureau
Lenten Services at St Ann's Church Schedule
The article lists St. Ann's church Lenten services: Sunday masses at 8 and 10 a m with a 9 15 a m Sunday school, Sunday evening holy hour adoration rosary litany instruction and benediction at 7 30 p m, Wednesday rosary litany sermon and benediction at 7 30 p m featuring The Seven Words of Christ on the Cross, Friday Stations of the Cross at 7 30 p m followed by Benediction, daily mass at 8 a m, and confessions Saturday 5 to 8 p m. The public was invited.
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St. Ann’s Church
Christ
St. Ann's Church
Dairy Farming Had Prospects Of Growth In County
Reports indicate farmers in large parts of the county are increasingly turning to dairy farming. They expect a material rise in the bovine population within twelve to eighteen months as investment decisions are made after careful study. The enterprise shows promising dividends seen in other regions and a ready local market for dairy products.
Age Gap Myth Debunked in Morgan County Marriages
County records show the last twenty two marriages with an average groom age of twenty eight and a half and brides around twenty five and four and a half months. The youngest bride was seventeen with parental permission, while the oldest groom was fifty seven. most licenses went to couples near or just after their early twenties.
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Ann
Morgan County
Aaa
Daniel Cupid
North Alabama anger over Jemison centered hospital site
The Gadsden Chamber of Commerce protests the hospital board decision placing the veterans institution within a 15 mile radius of Jemison, claiming unfair discrimination against northern Alabama cities. The AP dispatch from Gadsden notes the state population center lies north of Jemison, amid racial population considerations.
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North Alabama
Veterans’ Institution
Alabama
Jemison
Gadsden
Civic Chamber
Black Magic and a Murder on the Cayugas
Lila Jimerson and Nancy Bowen, Cayuga women aged 35 and 66, confess to using a ouija board to plan the murder of Mrs. Marchand. Police say Bowen killed Mrs. Marchand while Jimerson lured Marchand’s artist, hoping to secure marriage. Walter F. Holbeins will seek first degree murder indictments from a grand jury. both suspects held without bail in county jail. Bowen acted alone in the killing. Jimerson allegedly conspired and phoned police and the museum visit followed.
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Lila Jimerson
Nancy Bowen
Cayuga Squaws
Ouija Board
Marchand
Walter F. Holbeins
Bowen
Boosters Club To Meet On Monday
The Louisville and Nashville Boosters' Club will meet Monday evening in regular session at 7 o'clock at the M C A. All members were notified to attend.
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Boosters Club
Louisville & Nashville Boosters
Decatur Resident R C McWhorter Social Visit
R C McWhorter a well known Decatur resident on route 3 mingled with friends in the city Friday afternoon.
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R. C. McWhorter
Decatur
Justice Sanford Dies After Dentist Visit
United States Supreme Court Justice Edward Terry Sanford, 64, died at his Washington home after a tooth extraction at a dentist’s office. He collapsed shortly after leaving the chair and suffered uremic poisoning, with funeral plans said to be in Tennessee.
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Washington
Meee -Ap
Edward Terry Sanford
Chaise States Supreme Court
Justice Sanford
Capitol
William Howard Taft
George Cameron
Florida
Knoxville
Tenn
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Senate
House
Congress
J. L. Thompson
Arthur B. Crane
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