No Decision Yet on Troops for Scottsboro Hearing
Sheriff A W Bud Davis conferred with Judge Horton about the Scottsboro case hearing set for Monday in Athens. A decision on requesting state militia and potential severance petitions by the defense loom, with juror sums and trial length debated as Monday arraignments approach.
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Scottsboro
A. W
Bud
Athens
James E. Horton
Southern
Jackson County
Davis
B. M. Miller
Community Sing Moves to West Decatur Church
Officials announced this week’s community sing will be held at West Decatur Methodist church on Ninth Avenue instead of Ninth Street church. An open invitation was extended to all residents to attend.
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West Decatur Methodist Church
Ninth Avenue
West
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Few Veterans of Sixties Left in Alabama Pensions
Montgomery Alabama March 22 AP Only 597 of the 80 000 Alabama troops on the Confederate roll are on the state pension list for the quarter ending April 1. Walter K McAdory reports quarterly pensions total 280 320 for 3 950 persons. Veterans over 90 and most over 85 receive 150 quarterly while widows receive 75 for over 80 45 for over 70 and 30 for under 70.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Walter K. McAdory
Confederate Pension Commission
Morgan County students raise funds to keep school open
Morgan County High School at Hartselle asks students to contribute one dollar per month for the remaining term to cover teachers' board. The student donations aim to support teachers who continue to work under adverse circumstances.
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Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Enrollment of Club Increases
In Jefferson county 4-H Club enrollment rose with a goal of 600 members for 1933. The group trains boys in better farm practices and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Five in Line-Up in Police Court Drunkenness
Three white men were fined in police court for public drunkenness. Two Black men were arraigned one for fighting and one for petite larceny.
David P. Warren Dies on Tuesday at 81
Danville Route 2 prominent resident David P. Warren, 81, died at home Tuesday morning after a period of illness. He is survived by his wife, four sons W P Warren Cocoa Florida H P Warren Moulton R F James Warren Decatur. three daughters O W Dodd Danville Route 2 Elmer Paine Cullman Frank Morgan Cullman. one brother T J Warren Moulton. fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services at 2 pm today at the residence with Rev E Byer officiating. interment in the family cemetery. Priest in charge of arrangements.
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David Pope Warren
Danville
Warren
W. P. Warren
Cocoa
Fla
H. P. Warren
Moulton
R. F
James
Still Raid Leads to Multiple Arrests in Decatur
A still raid ends with four men jailed in Decatur county facility and a fifth man later arrested following clues to his identity. All prisoners were moved to Madison County jail in Huntsville.
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Decatur
Madison County
Huntsville
Heavy Rains Delay Sunday Services Across County
Reports from Basham and Walder Mose state heavy rains last Saturday pushed Sunday school services to be postponed due to high water. No county road damage reported, but many private roads to homes were flooded and rendered impassable during the downpour.
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Basham
Waldermose
PTA Urges Swift Action to Save Alabama Schools
The Riverside High PTA adopts emergency resolutions calling on the Alabama Legislature to fund education and keep schools open. It urges economy in government, a limited income tax, and a 2 percent general sales tax to fund the state debt and public education.
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Alabama
Parent-Teacher Association of
Riveside High School
P.T. A
State of
Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
Economy League
Committee of Five Hundred
Merchants Association
Sleeper Objects to Removal From Railroad Tracks
Police called to Union Station to remove a white man who lay on tracks as a southbound train approached. Bystanders tried to wake him. he resisted with kicks. Gendarmes moved him to city jail couch and fined him for public drunkenness.
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Union Station
Morpheus
President's reforestation plan delayed by House committee
Washington dispatch reports the Roosevelt proposed civilian conservation corps faces delay as the House labor committee votes to hold rather than act. Chairman Connery opposes the bill, while Labor Secretary Perkins and AFL President Green clash over plan provisions. Senate leaders quickly back the project, with Roosevelt saying 250000 men could be employed by early summer.
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Washington
House Committee
Irime
Conner
Connery
Senate Labor Committee
Miss Perkins
Conservation Corps
House
Congresseaders
House Labor Committee
Organized Labor
Rainey
Representative Burns
Tennessee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Green
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Wagner
New York
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
Anti-Repealists Meet at Falkville High School
Falkville residents plan a March 24 meeting at Falkville High School auditorium to oppose the Eighteenth Amendment repeal. Rev. George Dobbs and Rev. A H Nabors lead talks with benediction by Rev. E N Anthony and music by the Friendly Five string band.
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Falkville
Falkvile High School
A. H. Nabors
Decatur
E. N. Anthony
Hartselle
Friendly Five String Band
Cotton Down Quoted Prices Show Decline at Decatur
Cotton prices fell from Tuesday as Decatur quotations showed a 6 cent level at this afternoon. New York mixtures recorded around 1:30 p m with readings incomplete.
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Decatur
New York
Spring brings fishing complex to local scene
Balmy weather stirs a ho hum mood as streams invite perch trout and bream. Merchants promote fishing gear chasing Izaak Walton vibes while spring’s green brush foretells a rush toward lakes rivers bays and brooks with people abandoning desks.
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Izaak Walton
Jehol
Lambert Dead After Wound From Son in Family Quarrel
Dr. F A Lambert nationally known football authority dies from wounds inflicted by his seventeen year old son Samuel during a family quarrel. Lambert served on the advisory council of the national football rules committee. An inquest was held but the son was not charged.
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Columbus
F. A. Lambert
Samuel
Lambert
National Football Rules Committee
Limestone county site eyed for Alabama state park near Decatur
A survey by Sam F. Brewster proposes a Limestone county park across the Tennessee River from Decatur as part of Alabama’s planned state system. The site leverages riverfront access and a major highway, aiming to draw tourists and boost local business while showcasing swamp and upland plant and animal life.
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Alabama
Limestone County
Decatur
Sam F. Brewster
Auburn
Florida
Texas
Tennessee
Bama
Brewster
South Linestone
Morgan County
Davis Will Not Take 2 Salaries
Former Alabama attorney general Harwell G. Davis said he would not continue drawing army retirement pay if appointed collector of internal revenue. He spoke in Gadsden on March 22 to clarify his position and avoid any misunderstanding.
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Gadsden
Ala
Harwell G. Davis
Internal Revenue
Alabama
Black and Bankhead
Davis
Dorothy Murphy Improves After Appendix Operation
Little Miss Dorothy Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Murphy rests after an operation Monday at Benevolent hospital for removal of her appendix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Murphy
Clyde Murphy
Benevolent Hospital
Roosevelt to Send Farm Relief Proposals to Congress
President Roosevelt plans to submit proposals for no financing agriculture and home mortgages legislation to boost farm buying power. In Congress, members from both parties debated the broad plan with leaders endorsing or opposing the measure as war needs drive partisan stances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
Ala
Snell
Clarke
New York
Agriculture Committee
Jones
Kiwanis Meeting Thursday at Noon
The Kiwanis Club will hold its regular weekly meeting at noon Thursday in the Junior Chamber of Commerce rooms. Members and guests are urged to attend.
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Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
Poultry Car Sent Through Clay County
A cooperative poultry car moved through Clay County carrying 9,802 pounds of poultry. It carried $677.57 in value with 174 farmers participating in the sales. The event marked a notable cooperative effort in Ashland area.
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Ashland
Ala
Clay County
Cooperative
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