Edward of Windsor wins absolute divorce from Wallis Simpson
The London divorce court issued the absolute decrees ending Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII's marriage after a routine final hearing. Edward, now free to marry, boarded a train toward Tours while Mrs. Simpson remained in seclusion at the Chateau de Candé. The coronation and royal affairs loom as the pair contemplate marriage after the king’s brother ascends the throne.
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London
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward of
George VI
Boyd Merriman
Simpson
W., Vs. Simpson, E. A
Edward
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Windsor
Salzburg
Tours
Chateau de Cande
France
Stimpson
Boyd
Walter Frampton
Edward of Windsor Says Goodbye at Austrian Retreat
Edward of Windsor parts from a celebrated Austrian beauty at St Wolfgang Austria on May 3 this year in a discreet farewell scene noted in local society circles. The event closes after a time of courtship reported by observers and linked to the retreat.
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ST. Wolfgang
Austria
Edward of Windsor
Dog Escapes May Be Rabid in Boston Area
Mrs. S. B. Cross warns the public after a small black and white Boston bull puppy escaped from her home Sunday following a fit. She fears rabies and says the dog bit her and a visitor before fleeing. She will pursue treatment if the dog is not found quickly.
Decatur Boy Wins First District Music Contest
David Allen Gibson nine wins Class A group First District Music Contest in Alantsville defeating rivals from Huntsville Hartselle Athens and Guntersville. He will compete in Montgomery state contests Friday after receiving a $10 prize for state winners and is a member of the Decatur Juvenile Music Study Club.
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David— Allen Gibson
D. D. Gibson
W. Gordon Drive
Alantsvile
First District Federation of Music Clubs
Lass
Brahms
Grieg
Montgomery
Huntsville
Hartselle
Athens
Guntersville
Gibson
S.T. Rollo
Decatur
Rachel Pattillo
Annie Ruth Waldsmith
Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Social Security Act
The Supreme Court postponed a final ruling on constitutionality of the federal Social Security Act at least until May 17. Justices will also review unemployment insurance and old age pension provisions, hearing unemployment arguments already and planning to debate pensions next. The court also decided two other cases, upholding a three cent per pound cocoanut oil import tax from the Philippines and allowing the U S to sue for Soviet assigned assets under a 1930 recognition agreement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philippines
Frank Chenault Injured At Vanderbilt Spring Practice
Frank Chenault son of Mr and Mrs W M Chenault Vanderbilt University Nashville sustained a severe knee injury during spring football practice last week He is reported to be recovering well Chenault is a law student and has earned honors including election as secretary treasurer of the Ace Club He is a freshman representative of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on campus
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Frank Chenault
W. M. Chenault
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Chenault
Ace Club
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Coronation Controversy Affects Duke of Windsor Libel Case
A review of Geoffrey Dennis's Coronation Commentary triggers a libel suit by the Duke of Windsor. Dennis questions Edward VIII's abdication and critiques Wallis Simpson and American expatriates in London. The piece notes sensational rumors and spurred public reaction influencing the court case.
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NER
Geoffrey Dennis
Duke of Windsor
Dennis
Edward VIII
Edward
William Heinemann, Ltd
England
Dodd, Mead & Co
Missing comics disrupt Daily mail delivery. duplicates en route
Five regular comics are missing from The Daily as the package containing the week’s supply was not received. Duplicates have been mailed from New York and are expected to arrive Tuesday.
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New York
Health unit to check for breeding sign on Lee Street pools
Morgan County health officials will test ponds behind businesses on Lee Street after heavy rains to see if mosquitoes are breeding. If breeding is found, the city will discuss draining the pools with Decatur authorities. Water remaining 10 days to two weeks has been noted, but recent rains may have washed away evidence. The "Chinese Wall" section from Ferry to First Avenue floods, halting business and hindering traffic as storm sewers are evaluated for improvements.
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Morgan County Health Department
Lee Street
Wiley Dies in Hart Selle After Long Merchandising Career
W G Wiley a Hart selle merchant and longtime resident died Sunday at his home aged 73. Funeral services are set at his residence with Rev J H Chitwood officiating and Masons in charge of graveside rites. He leaves his wife a daughter Mrs Doyle Larkin two grandchildren and a double first cousin J E Wiley of Danville.
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W. G. Wiley
Hartselle
J. H. Chitwood
Drinkard and Howell
Wiley
Doyle Larkin
J. E. Wiley
Danville
W. S. Poole
R. T. Puckett
W.,v. Pattillo
Donnie Bibb
L. H. Houston
D. W. McNeill
J. J. Rountree
L. O. Waldsmith
S. L. Sherrill
F. F
Pettengill Nominated for P T A President
Mrs J K Pettengill of Detroit Michigan was nominated today in Richmond for president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers to succeed Mrs B F Langworthy of Chicago.
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Richmond
Wrecks Send Eight to Hospitals Saturday
Automobile accidents Saturday afternoon sent eight people to hospitals with injuries not believed serious. Mrs J F Ricks suffered broken collar bones in a collision on Seventh street and Sixth avenue with a truck driven by Houston Hargrove. The Ricks reside at Fairfax. Five other injuries occurred in separate wrecks near Wheeler Station and Lacon mountain.
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J. F. Ricks
Grady Ricks
Trene Ricks
Charles Ricks
Houston Hargrove
Seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Bee Line Highway
Miss Ricks
Baugh’s
Ricks
Fairview
van Gilbert
Kumpe Ayers
State Highway Patrol
Gilbert
D. C. Pudge
Athens
Benevolent Society
E. W. Johnson
Joseph Dodge
Jas. Cobb
Irene Cobb
Wheeler Station
Florence
Johnson
H. L. Thornton
J. P
Cleuce- Jones
Fla
Lacon Mountain
Pilaski
Tenn
Jones
Bill Lavonia
Carl Sykes
Moulton Road
Here
Elmer Young
Moulton
Second Avenue
Holly Street
Accused Sheriff Replies to Charge in Alabama Impeachment
Henry county Sheriff J L Corbitt faces impeachment over the lynching of Wesley Johnson. His counsel argues the information shows no impeachable offense while the state cites neglect and connivance. Attorney General says proceedings were directed by Governor Bibb Graves.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. L. Corbitt
Henry County
Supreme Court
Ayeville
T Today
W. L
Lee
Han
Corbitt
Albert Carmichael
Bibb Graves
Burlesque Licenses Face Court Ruling On Discretion
New York City burlesque theaters await a ruling as Supreme Court Justice Rosenman sets next week for a jury to decide if License Commissioner Paul Moss acted with proper discretion in denying license renewals for the 1937 38 season. The hearing will focus on whether Moss exercised lawful discretion amid sharp public debate on decency and vice.
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New. York
Supreme Court
Samuel I. Rosenman
Paul Moss
Justice Rosenman
Moss
New
York
Robert W. Carillo
Irving Place
Charles A. Weinstein
Envelope Trick Worked on Two Local Dealers
A street swindler dubbed Envelope Eddy fleeced two local merchants Saturday night. He presented a $20 bill in an envelope with ones, left to fetch a missing dollar, and disappeared with the envelope while the shopkeeper counted. A second victim, a $10 bill, was similarly targeted with a Mobile addressed envelope and special delivery stamps.
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Eddy
A. W. O. Loose
Mobile
Tennessee Valley laboratory reports April specimen totals
Johnson, director, reports 3089 specimens tested in 30 days across nine Alabama counties. Notable positives include syphilis 212 from 1303, gonorrhea 45 from 190, tuberculosis 53 from 281, diphtheria 6 from 114, malaria 11 from 338, rabies 11 from 22, and undulant fever 0 from 22. Rabies treatments issued.
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Johnson
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Alabama
Vincent
Weil-Felix
Three Brooklyn defendants plead guilty in Lindbergh kidnapping case
In Newark New Jersey on May 3 three co-defendants Martin Schlossman Harry Weiss and Murray Bleefeld pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges after the jury was sworn in the Wendell case tied to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Bleefeld also faced a state kidnapping plea in Brooklyn.
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Newark
N. J
Filis H Parker
Ellis, Jr
Wendell
Lindbergh
Martin Schlossman
Harry Weiss
Murray Bleefeld
Brooklyn
William Clark
Schlossman
J. Mercer Davis
Parkers
Clark
Davis
Sosa
Fall of Bilbao Nears as Refugees Flee by Bay
Reports from St Jean de Luz say Italians in an insurgent column near Bermeo are trapped or leaping into the sea to reach Guernica Inlet. Basque towns encircle Bermeo while 6,000 Bilbao-bound children await evacuation under British guns. Diplomats note Jaime Primero battleship heads toward Bilbao to shell insurgent forces and protect refugee ships while nine British freighters prepare to evacuate noncombatants.
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Associated Press
ST Jean DE Luz
France
Bermeo
Bay of Biscay
Bilbao
Pasque
Guernica
Gaiden
Audleenea
Jaime Primero
Espana
Madrid
Mediterranean Sea
Emilio Mola
Royal Oak
St. Jean de Luz
Faulkner
Terrible
Pauillac
Gironde
Bordeaux
Bay
Compromise hints surfaced in Roosevelt court bill talks
Senator Burke said there may be a real chance to reach agreement if the administration drops the president's plan and accepts Hatch proposals for one new Supreme Court justice per year and a temporary court size increase. Hatch described two amendments limiting appointments and making expansion temporary.
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Washington
Burke
D.-Neb
Hatch
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
High Court
Strike Sees 6000 Crafts Join Hollywood Picket Duty
In Hollywood on May 3 six thousand studio workers from eleven Federated Motion Picture Crafts unions joined a strike delaying film production. About thirty five hundred were assigned to picket lines as the dispute over sole bargaining rights for nine major companies escalated after a week of action led by Charles C. Lessing.
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Hollywood
Sping Film Industry
Auto Actors Ae
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Federated Crafts
Drcas
Charles C. Lessing
Strike at a Glance Hits Hollywood as 6000 Go Out
Fact sheet shows 6000 of 40000 industry workers called out by Federated Motion Picture Crafts for immediate recognition as sole craft bargaining agents by nine major studios. Picketing at all nine studios and Los Angeles theaters. crafts on strike include costumers, painters, scenic artists, molders, plumbers, cooks, utility workers, machinists, postermakers and welders.
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Hollywood
Federated
Motion Picture Crafts
Los Angeles
Screen Actors Guild votes on strike questions in Hollywood
About 2 000 actors and actresses aligned with the Screen Actors Guild met to vote on strike questions. A closed shop was debated but rejected for now to avoid 40 000 jobs lost and a 1 500 000 dollar weekly payroll halt. Negotiations with producers to continue this week with aims to improve working conditions and aid small players. Notables like Joan Crawford and Paul Muni attended outside stars posed for a guild card for admission.
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Crafts
Los Angeles
United To
Screen Actors' Guild
Federated Crafts
Guild
Aubrey Blair
Blair
Decoration Day at Bethel Church Observed Sunday
Bethel church, a mile northeast of Hartselle, will hold its annual Decoration Day on Sunday May 9. Sunday school begins at 9 45 with graveside cleaning at 10 30 followed by preaching. Afternoon singing and cemetery clean up are planned due to heavy rains. Volunteers were asked to report Wednesday morning to Bethel to aid in clearing.
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Bethel Church
Hartselle
Bethel
Weather update for Tennessee river region today
The Tennessee river measured 22.3 feet and was falling. The weather bureau logged a high of 63 and a low of 55 through 7 am with 0.07 inches of rainfall. Alabama remained mostly cloudy with showers in northeast portions tonight and Tennessee faced local showers tonight into Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Enka
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