Train kills woman near Hartselh in 9 15 incident
Coroner Bev Howell ruled Mrs Ed George of Hartselle Route 3 died after being struck by the Pan American near Hartse h Sunday at about 9 15 am. Witnesses said she sat on the embankment path then rose as the train approached and was dragged under the wheels. She left home at 8 am to go to the store of W H Walker. Burial rites were planned at Mt Tabor church with Rev Lannie Smallwood. she left a husband and seven children.
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Bev Howell
Ed George
Hartselle
Hartseth
Howell
Ige
Hartsell
Nashville
Ed Carter
Kimberly Named Executive Representative for Southern Railway
Southern Railway officials announced from Washington the appointment of Charles M. Kimball as executive representative of the company. Kimball, widely known for safety work, will serve with headquarters in Washington.
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Southern Railway
Washington
Charles M. Kimball
Daily Want Ads Draw Inquiries For Desired Tenant
A short notice highlights how the simple daily want ads attract inquiries and lead to a desirable tenant quickly. It urges readers to place their own ads by calling phone number 46.
Pulitzer prize winner Lochner hailed for Berlin reporting
AP writer Louis P. Lochner, chief of the Berlin bureau, wins the Pulitzer for distinguished service as a foreign correspondent. The 52 year old journalist has covered Germany closely since 1924 and is praised for impartial, wide ranging news interpretation amid May Day events and speeches by Hitler Goering and Goebbels.
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New York
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Field Marshal
Goering
Goebbels
Lochner
Washington
Springfield
University of Wisconsin
Henry Ford
Hitler
Starnes Attacks Bund Ties at Rotary Conference
Mobile Alabama May 2 Rep Joe Starnes warned Alabama Rotarians the German American Bund aims to build a vast spy net and sabotage machinery while spreading Nazi ideology He tied his charges to the Dies committee probe and urged dissolution of secret violent groups and new state laws He was joined by district official Houston Cole Tuscaloosa Oscar Dupre Gadsden John Henley Jr Birmingham Dick Watson Tuscaloosa and Karl Miller Dodge City Kansas as speakers
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Joe Starnes
D-Ala
Bund
Starnes
Dies Committee
Houston Cole
Tuscaloosa
Oscar Dupre
Gadsden Club
John Henley, Jr
Birmingham
Dick Watson
Karl Miller
Dodge City
Kas
Costly Good Deed Ends in Tragic Fall
In Chicago on May 27 a bystander, 25 year old John McDonald, attempted to retrieve a ball from a three story building after neighborhood youths hit it onto the roof. He lost his balance and fell to the street, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Chicago
John McDonald
Merchants Propose Thursday Noon Half-Holidays
A large group of local merchants across many lines of business announced plans to close Thursdays at noon. The half-holiday will run through May June July and August, starting this Thursday.
Plan's 12 mile zone for territorial waters debated
Washington May 2. The state department weighs the national defense value of a 12 mile territorial waters zone around the United States. Sen Pittman says peacetime benefits exist and talks of extension by proclamation or treaty.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Department
Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Capitol Hill
Senate
A J Stewart Rites Set For 76 Year Old Rural Resident
A J Stewart aged 76 died at Benevolent Hospital last night. He leaves a widow, two sons A Y Stewart and A W Stewart, five daughters Nannie Lewis Ora White Lucy Sutton Ruby Tucker and Mary Ann Stewart, 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at Pleasant Hill church with Rev J D Praytor and Rev J A Gomes presiding. Interment at Roselawn Cemetery with McAfee and Young directing. Pallbearers listed: Eugene Lamon J B Lamon Melvin Stewart Clint Stewart Douglass Johnson J D Johnson.
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A. J. Stewart
A. Y
A. W. Stewart
Nannie Lewis
Ora White
Lucy Sutton
Ruby Tucker
Mary Ann Stewart
Pleasant Hill Church
J. D. Praytor
J. A. Go
State Guard School Opens in Montgomery Alabama
The Alabama National Guard opened a special school at Fort Dixie to train leaders in forming a state organization for recruiting and the draft under the national defense act. Adjutant General Ben Smith emphasized its compliance role and noted prior delays. Eight commissioned and six noncommissioned officers attended. Capt. R L Torovsky will instruct. Classes run three hours each Tuesday at the National Guard armory.
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Montgomery
Alabama National Guard
Ben Smith
Smith
National Guard
R. L. Torovsky
106Th Quartermaster Regiment
Fort Dixie
Small Loot Taken In Store Burglary At J. B. Harlow
J. B. Harlow wholesale grocery on First avenue was burglarized last night with only a small amount of merchandise missing. A shirt found at the rear of the store traced to a box. The intruders opened the unlocked safe in the office but no money was taken. Desks were searched and a glass broken from a rear window. A sledge hammer and window bar were found nearby.
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J. B. Harlow
First Avenue
Southside Baptist Church to Begin Auditor ium Excavation
Excavation for the new auditorium may start late this week as blueprints are prepared. Sunday is set for building fund payments with a goal of 2000 dollars, and all congregation members are asked to contribute.
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Southside Baptist Church
Poison plots real brains still sought in Philly murders
Philadelphia reports name a physician allegedly mixing a poison brew sold for 300 a pint to mask pneumonia symptoms. Herman Petrillo says he’s a small timer and that detectives will reveal the brains behind 21 murders. Police say 13 are in custody including Morris Bolber and David Brandt. ringleaders identified as Cesare Valente and Mrs Rose Carina, with Carina still missing.
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Philadelphia
Herman Petrillo
William J. Connelly
Philadelphia Record
Petrillo
Connelly
David ‘Brandt
Earlher
James Kelly
Bolber
Cesare Valente
New York
Rose Carina
Seaboard States
Valente
Carina
Rural Urban Talks Made
Decatur Rotary Club meeting focused on rural and urban cooperation. Wallace Meadows chaired the rural urban committee and announced an all day session next Saturday with county 4-H club members. Fred Waller of the Decatur packing plant attended as a visitor.
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Decatur Rotary Club
Wallace
Meadows
Mobile
Fred Waller
Decatur
Potatoes Moving by Road as Railroads Shift South Alabama Shipments
L. and N. Railroad officials report heavy potato shipments from South Alabama now moving by road to the North and East. Three trainloads passed through today and a similar number yesterday.
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South
Alabama
Three Card System Set to Regulate Cotton Sales
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration will issue white red and blue cards to regulate 1939 cotton sales under farm quota rules. White cards cover within allotments, red cards for overplanting, and blue cards for carryovers from 1938. Excess sales incur a three cent per pound penalty.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Weather Man In Corrigan Rose As Snow Fell
A May snow fell in parts of Eastern North Carolina as hail storms swept through the region. Henderson reported seven hours of rain totaling 1.41 inches with snow briefly in the morning, Burlington saw snow after a hail storm, and hail harmed flowers and crops while the strawberry harvest remained unaffected.
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Raleigh
N. C
Corrigan
North Carolina
Henderson
Burlington
Wilmington
Decatur Plans First Church Day Transportation Initiative
Decatur ministers push a community Church Day aiming for 127000 attendees. A joint Daily feature will promote church attendance with free rides coordinated via Decatur Cab Company phone 231. Volunteer cars will collect worshipers, with churches arranging special music.
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Decatur
Ministerial Association
Deccatur Cab
Transportation Committee
Beloved Man Called Away
J. M. McCluney aged 78 died at 3 a.m. today at his nephew J. D. McAnnally’s home on Eva route one. Survived by his wife, one sister Mrs. Tom Emory of Cullman route two, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral held at Friendship near Arab on Wednesday at 3 p.m. led by Rev. Chester Moody. Interment at Friendship with Peck directing. Pallbearers: Mack Hill Reuben Hill Coy Hill Albert Hill J. C. Hill Nathan Collier. Flowers by nieces: Easter Hill Bocie Hill Essie Hill Bertha Hill Mig Thelma Collier Imogene Hill.
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J. M. McCluney
J. D. McAnnally
Eva
Tom Emory
Cullman
Friendship
Arab
Chester Moody
Peck
Mack Hill
Reuben Hill
Coy Hill
Albert Hill
J. C. Hill
Nathan Collier
Easter Hill
Bocie Hill
Essie Hill
Bertha Hill
Mig Thelma Collier
Imogene Hill
Curb Market to Open Here in Morgan County
Saturday May 6 marks opening day for the Decatur curb market. It runs 7:00 to 10:00 with specials and a large variety of home grown goods including chickens fish vegetables strawberries plants eggs and flowers. Officials invite the public to visit. The market will be open each Saturday Tuesday and Thursday.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Malone dies prominent Dothan banker at 76
Final rites set this afternoon for George H. Malone 76 longtime president of Dothan National Bank and holder of banking interests in Pensacola Fla Malone died yesterday after a prolonged illness at his home in Dothan Ala obituary notes his civic and professional standing in the region
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Dothan
Ala
George H. Malone
First, National Bank
Pensacola
Fla
Malone
Pendergast aide Schneider’s disappearance sparks probe
Kansas City May 2 FBI and U S District Attorney Maurice Milligan probe Schneider’s vanishing after notes hint possible death by own action or foul play. Schneider, secretary of eight Pendergast firms, testified to income matters. his hat and notes surface as investigators search the Missouri river area.
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Kansas City
FBI
FE. L. Sehneitder
Pinny
Missouri River
Here
Pendergast
Schneider
Milligay
T. J. Pendergast
Profita
Wyandotte
Kansas
Educators Enjoy Annual Morgan County Fishing Trip
Seventeen attendees including principals and athletic coaches from Morgan County high schools fished at White Springs Lime stone County. Prof George T Woodruff led as education superintendent in catching the biggest fish while A R Leeman claimed the most fish. The group says all fish used at the fry were caught locally and not purchased.
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Morgan County
White Springs
Limestone County
Frank Philpot
Union Hill School
Julian Butler
Eva High School
George T. Woodruff
A. R. Leeman
Austinville
W. P. Snuggs
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Robert Taylor
Eva
J. J. Holladay
W. T. McMullan
Expulsion of Nazi Agents Said to Be Under Way
London reports say the British home office and Scotland Yard plan to expel more than a few Nazi agents from England. Some are described as newspapermen but the suspicions concern their Nazi organization activities. Detected by home office and war office intel, with orders to leave within a night for several named individuals including C. G. Karlowa and E. P. Himmelmann. Dr Gottfried Rosel named among the list.
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London
British Home Office
Beotland Yard
England
The
Star
United Kingdom
Scotland Yard
Home Office
War Office Intelligence Department
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Ireland
Samuel Hoare Apes
C. G. Karlowa
E. P. Himmelmann
Fraulein Anna Joanna Wolf
Sir Samuel
House of Commans
Inge Seeks Link Between Defendants and Gambling
Mobile jurors heard that Sam Powe and Peter V. Crolich tied to the numbers game and slot machines are blamed in a conspiracy to silence Henry P. Ewald, former Mobile Press Register editor, by threats and a beating at a defendant home. The district attorney described the photographs as blackmail and noted the alleged gambling ties in the case.
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Mobile
Ala
Francis H. Inge
Sam Powe
Peter V. Crolich
Powe
Crolich
Henry P. Ewald
Mobile Press Register
Crouch
Ewald
Inge
Tennessee River Gauge Falls As Warm Weather Persists
The Tennessee river stood at 21.2 feet and trending down with no rainfall. Temperatures ranged from a high of 80 to a low of 54 over the past 244 hours. Forecast calls for fair weather in Tennessee this Wednesday and Thursday with warmer conditions by Thursday. Alabama and extreme Florida expect fair conditions tonight and into the day with gentle northerly coastal breezes.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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Kuhn’s ‘Bund
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Weather Man In ‘Corrigan Rose
Snow Falls
Geo. Malone Dees
Milligan
Gottfried Rosel
National Zeitung
Essen
Hermann Goering
Dr. Rose
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