Labor leader backs Roosevelt for reelection at AFL gathering
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged backing President Roosevelt at the National Women’s Trade Union League convention. He praised the NRA era and social security, warned against changing leadership, and said a social consciousness is awakening in America.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
National Omen
Trade Union League
Green
NRA
Supreme Court
New Deal
Social
America
Banned snake demonstrations follow Bartow death
In Bartow Florida a city ban on poison snake demonstrations is enacted after Alfred D Weaver 35 a faith cultist died from a diamond back bite during a revival meeting The coroner jury cited his own carelessness while a fellow believer claimed he would lay down his life for the Lord Evangelist George W Hensley defended the faith noting many bites but no prior deaths and Weaver’s fatal bite occurred during a box snatching ritual before he declined medical aid
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Bartow
Fla
Alfred D. Weaver
Weaver
George W. Hensley
Hensley
Advertising gains in Chicago lead national ad rise
Advertising Age reports that retail advertising in newspapers across 66 major U S cities rose 4.6 percent in the week ended April 25 from the same period in 1935.
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Chicago
United States
Advertising Age
Incumbents Lead Early In Absentee Returns
Scattered tabulations show Bankhead ahead of Anderton by 10 to 1. White leads Ramsey 274 to 124, McCord 213 to Murphy 199, Mayfield 170 to Malone 148, Huddleston leads in the ninth and Boykin in the first for Congress.
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Bankhead
Anderton
White
Ramsey
McCord
Murphy
Mrs. Mayfield
Malone
Huddleston
Boykin
Congress
Bankhead Leads In Alabama Primary Returns Amid City County Votes
Early unofficial returns show Senator John H. Bankhead and other incumbents pulling ahead in Alabama Democratic primary races. Absentee totals favor Bankhead over H L Anderton for the Senate seat, with Huddleston leading in the Ninth District but trailing in statewide posts. Other race leaders include Judge Leon C. McCord and Mrs. A. Y. Malone in their contests, while Roosevelt remains unopposed for president.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Brad
Anderton
Barbour County
Martin Station
Dallas County
Roosevelt
Barbour
George Huddleston
Huddleston
Luther Patrick
Lewey Robinson
Rufus
H.L. Anderton
Lister Hill
Montgomery
Leon C. McCord
A. Y. Malone
Matt M. Murphy
James J. Mayfield
Tuscaloosa
Hugh White
Public Service Commission
W. W. Ramsey
Russellville
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Knight
Pulitzer Awards Spark Debate Over Drama and Novel
The 1000 prize for the drama goes to Robert E. Sherwood's Idiot's Delight and Harold L. Davis's Honey in the Horn, a debut novel by the Oregon author, provoking swift critic reaction at Columbia University's journalism alumni dinner.
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New York
Robert E. Sherwood
Harold L. Davis
Columbia University
School of Journalism
Public invited to get returns at Daily Office
The public is invited to obtain election returns from The Daily Office tonight. Polls close at 5 in rural areas and 6 in cities, with returns expected to begin around 7. Updates will be flashed to a screen on the Eyster building.
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Eyster
Ruth Robinson Freed After New Orleans Kidnap Case
Ruth Robinson, the woman linked to Alvin Karpis in the St. Paul kidnap case, was released without charge in New Orleans. FBI Chief Hoover confirmed her alias and that she had been taken from the federal building by agents to an undisclosed destination. Fred Hunter remained in custody though reports varied on his status.
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New Orleans
Ruth Robinson
Alvin Karpis
St. Paul
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Eens
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Fred Hunter
Karpis
Ohio
David W. Magee
Magee
Ruth
Bureau of Identification
Arkansas
Parole Granted For Three Morgan County Prisoners
Governor Graves granted permanent paroles to three Morgan county inmates after reviewing clemency pleas. Fostain Dean, jailed for possessing a still, was sentenced October 24 1935 for one year to one year six months. Henry George, convicted of grand larceny, faced two to three years from March 8 1935. Bonell Hutto, manufacturing whiskey, received one year to one year six months from March 6 1935.
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Morgan County
Graves
Fostain Dean
Henry George
Bonell Hutto
Rites Held Today for Mrs Ira Childs
Funeral services for Mrs Ira Childs 46 died Monday night at her Hatton Alabama home were held at Bethel Baptist church Colbert county this afternoon led by Rev Mr Baker Highsmith of Moulton directed the service Surviving are her husband a daughter two sons all of Hatton the parents Mr and Mrs George Moland Leighton three brothers and two sisters
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Ira Childs
Hatton
Lawrence County
Bethel Baptist Church
Colbert County
Baker
Highsmith
Moulton
George Moland
Leighton
Absentee votes lead for Morgan county candidate Baynard Malone
Baynard Malone leads the Morgan county race in early absentee tallies with 125 votes at 1:30 pm while Spark man and Simpson hold 14 each and John Snodgrass has three. Total absentee count stands at 247 with Judge Malone ahead in the Eighth district race and other county candidates G. Money and See receiving no absentee votes at that hour. City boxes tally 745 ballots noon to continue heavy flow expected. details list votes by box locations across Morgan County.
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Morgan County
Malone
Sparkman
Simpson
John Snodgrass
Judge Money
B. L. Malone
Congress
Boxea
Courthouse
Ferry St
Wilson Ave
City Hall
Railroad Street
Thirde St
Seventh Ave
Malone Park
Johnston Street
Black's Tailoring Shop
Second Ave
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
Fifth Ave
Grant Street
Fairview
Austinville
Moulton Heights
PWA Hearing Set Again on Municipal Power Loans
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District of Columbia supreme court said hearings resume May 11 on five injunctions challenging PWA loans to ten cities in Alabama Texas Oklahoma and Iowa for power plant construction. Private utilities allege PWA unconstitutional and unauthorized to finance municipal plants.
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Washington
Alfred A. Wheat
District of Columbia Supreme Court
PWA
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Alabama Power Company
Texas Utilities Company
Oklahoma Utilities Company
Iowa Power and Light
Cotton Co Ops Defended in Senate Report Battle
Senator Bankhead defends the American Cotton Cooperative Association as a minority report is filed in the Senate investigation of federal expenditures for cotton cooperatives. Senator McKellar and Senator Townsend filed the previous majority report. McKellar filed the report for Bankhead who is ill.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
American Cotton Cooperation Association
Senate
McKellar
Ten
Townsend
Del
Five held on robbery charges in Morgan County
Five persons including Porter Harrison and Theo Butler face robbery charges in Morgan County jail over a plot connected to a $46 holdup of G A Burrow at the Silver Moon barbecue stand in Moulton Heights. Butler signed a guilty plea to robbing Burrow, but claimed only $21 was taken.
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Morgan County
G. A. Burrow
Moulton Heights
Porter Harrison
Silver Moon
Theo Butler
Alvie Minor
Mary Pitts
Mary Morrison
Decatur
Everett Minor
Lawrence County
J. W. Bailey
Aaron Walton
Kilgore
Burrow
Butler
Walton
Harrison
Mary
Parteras
Ravished Tod Found in Alders Near Messalonskee
The seven year old Mary Proulx was found dead by a stream near Waterville after being bound and gagged. Police tie the case to a prior slaying in Fairfield and note similar details including the knot and gag method. A high school senior helped aid the search as investigators pursue suspects amid a close residential area.
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Waterville
Mary Proulx
Messalonskee
Annie K. Knights
Fairfield
Knights
Napoleon Bisson
Robert Rancourt
Arthur Oe Proulx
Drunk Drivers Arrests in Morgan and Limestone Counties
Six of twelve arrested for driving drunk in Morgan and Limestone counties have pleaded guilty and paid $100 fines. Captain Van Gilbert said many were jailed in this county and that patrols will continue intensive efforts against intoxicated motorists.
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Morgan
Limestone
van Gilbert
State Highway Patrol
Gilbert
Killing Mystery Engulfs Tennessee Woman's Slaying
Chattanooga police say rumors of a heated argument before the beating are unfounded. Mrs Eula Mae McConnell, 23, died after being savagely assaulted in her apartment. investigators found no new leads and discarded an early claim of two men in a car.
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McConnell
Chattanooga
Joe Sessions
Grant Matheny
MacConnell
Peeson
Physician T. E. Dalton Dies in OPP Office
Dr. T. E. Dalton, 60, a widely known physician in OPP, Alabama, died unexpectedly in his office yesterday.
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Opp, Ala
T. E. Dalton
Yeaterday
Senate Debates Windfall Tax and Refund Proposals
Senate finance hearings focus on administration windfall tax plan and proposed refunds for processing taxes on floor stocks. Senator Hastings criticizes the measure as regulatory and ineffective, while the National Retail Dry Goods Association urges a simpler full refund of floor taxes. Treasury estimates suggest $42 million in refunds could be due under current wording.
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Washington
Administration
Has
Delaware Republican
Cotton Textile “Institute
Senate Finance Committee
Hastings
Congress
Cotton Fertile Institute
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Harold R. Young
Young
Treasury
Harrison
Sheats Named Local Dealer for Happy Feeds
The G C Sheats grocery store on East Moulton street is appointed local dealer for Happy Feeds. Paul McRae will run wholesale and retail sales for the feeds, the management announced today.
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G. C. Sheats
East Moulton Street
Happy Feeds
Paul McRae
Suspects Held Over Rockwood Water Main Blast
Rockwood Tennessee police report three suspects held for questioning after a dynamite attack on a 14 inch water main last night at about 1130. Chief J L Sartin says hosiery mill strikers are blamed for the act intended to force mill closure and cripple the town.
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Rockwood
Tenn
J. L. Sartin
Sartin
White Sox Trade Tietje for Cain From Browns
Chicago manager Jimmy Dykes announced a pitcher swap sending Leslie Tietje to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Merritt Sugar Cain. No cash changes hands.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Leslie Tietje
Merritt
Sugar" Cain
St. Louis Browns
Addis Ababa Legation Reoccupied. Italy Promises Victory
The U S state department reports the Ethiopian capital’s legation in Addis Ababa is reoccupied by its own officials and all contents remain undamaged. In Rome sirens sounded as Adunata, a mass rally, is called to mark perceived Italian victory. The Duce urged mass military formation amid news of Ethiopia’s fall.
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Washington
State Department
Addis Ababa
Andrew de
Associated
Rome
War Ministry
Italy
Ethiopia
I Duce
Europe
Foreigners to be protected as Italian forces reach Addis Ababa
The United States reported to Secretary Hull that Italy pledged to protect foreigners in Addis Ababa under war rules once the city is occupied. Italian planes were seen over the Ethiopian capital as troops advanced, with evacuees from the British legation safe.
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Washington
United States
Addis Ababa
London
America
Cornelus van H. Engert
Rome
Hull
Possble
Alexander Kirk
Kirk
Roosevelt Leads in Maryland Presidential Primary
Returns from Maryland show President Roosevelt ahead of Colonel Henry Breckinridge by more than five to one, securing Maryland's 16 Democratic national convention votes. Ballots counted as Maryland finished. primaries also held today in California South Dakota and Alabama in the Republican race.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
Henry Breckinridge
California
South Dakota
Alabama
Weather report on Tennessee river level and Alabama forecast
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 52 feet with no rainfall reported. Temperatures ranged from 15 to 52 degrees in the past 24 hours, while Alabama expected fair conditions tonight and partly cloudy skies Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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