Bandits raid Bank of Waterloo. president kidnapped
Three young white bandits robbed the Bank of Waterloo 25 miles west of Florence Alabama and kidnapped bank president Buck Sharp. Sharp was later released. cashier A D Ray Jr in Florence said the bandits may have entered the bank with Sharp alone and that only a small amount was left outside the vault. Telephones to Waterloo were down, delaying details.
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Florence
Ala
Bank of Waterloo
Here
Buck Sharp
A. D. Ray, Jr
Sharp
Ray
Waterloo
Roadwatch As Officers Track Suspected Bandit
Lauderdale county officials asked officers to watch for the bandit described in a reported trip. Police believe the suspect may have fled toward Decatur as they keep a sharp lookout.
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Lauderdale County
Decatur
Bank Boss Kidnapped by Bandits Near Tennessee Line
Three masked white youths robbed a bank and Kidnapped President Buck Sharp, taking about 1000 dollars. Sharp was later released near the Tennessee border after being driven toward Savannah Tennessee. The bank cashier A J Ray Jr was away in Florence at court. Suspects believed to be three young men from Florence Alabama, no names released.
Justice J. W. Bailey Wins Big Unopposed Vote
Congratulations flowed as Justice J. W. Bailey polled a huge primary vote for re election to Justice of the Peace. He ran unopposed and observers say the result reflected broad confidence in his record. The tally matched or exceeded his prior high vote totals.
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J. W. Bailey
Office of Justice of the Peace
Justice Bailey
Justice ‘Bailey
Office of Justice
Clyde Shoun Reassigned to Barons on 24 Hour Recall
Clyde Shoun, rookie left hander who won 12 of 20 for the Barons last year, was returned to Birmingham by the Chicago Cubs under a 24 hour recall agreement. Shoun came from sandlots and was strong before being sold mid season. he remains Cub property.
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Birmingham
Ala
Clyde Shoun
Barons
Chicago Cubs
Shoun
Cubs
Cub
Spring in Missouri street scene with shoeless man
Joe Mitchell notes another witness to a downtown incident. A man with a small black bag paused against a building, removed one shoe, then the other, pressed both shoes against the wall and walked away in stocking feet along a Missouri city street.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Joe Mitchell
Relief Bill Heads to House Floor in Final WPA Fight
A $2.364 billion deficiency appropriation bill for WPA relief moves to the House for a showdown over policies. The measure includes 1.425 billion for relief with 75 million shifted to the Civilian Conservation Corps and allocations across highways, public buildings, parks, utilities, flood control, and various programs. Republican critics urge dismantling WPA while administration leaders expect passage this week or early next.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security
Tennessee Valley Charity
Eta
House
National Youth Administration
Colvin Heads Prohibition Party Ticket With York as VP
The Prohibition party nominated Dr. D Leigh Colvin of New York City for president and Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee for vice president at Niagara Falls. Colvin won on the first ballot with 166 votes. Harley W Kidder of Barre Vermont received 12. Woolover withdrew after stating he did not wish to be nom-inated. Mrs Colvin is a national figure in temperance work. Howard L Holmes of St Louis backed Kidder.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Prohibition Party
D. Leigh Colvin
New York City
Alvin York
Tennessee
Dr. Colvin
Harley W. Kidder
Barre
Harry E. Woolover
Washington, D. C
Methodist
Woolover
Colvin
New York State
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Howard L. Holmes
St. Louis
Kidder
County School Tax Warrants Sold In Morgan County
Morgan county board of education sold 127000 in county school tax warrants at 3.5 percent with a 2225 discount to four brokers bidding jointly. Warrants issued as $1000 denominations to secure a government loan for a PWA grant and the county three mill tax will pay interest and principal. Delivery to the government had not occurred, allowing sale to proceed.
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Morgan County Board of Education
Wakins, Morrow and Company
Birmingham
Kalman and Co
St. Paul
Fox, Einhorn and Co
Cincinnati
H. Little and Co
Jackson
Tenn
Geo. T. Woodruff
PWA
County Board of Education
Giant Zeppelin's first flight to America
The Hindenburg passed Land's End at 6 05 a m and Scilly Islands 40 minutes later en route to Lakehurst New Jersey. With 51 passengers 3300 pounds of freight and 20 mail sacks the airship carries eager observers while Dr Hugo Eckener notes the night bridge view. Weather clear and calm aids a record pioneer voyage opening future flights.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
America
Land’s End
Cape
England
Scilly Islands
English
Rhine
Isle of Wight
English Channel
Hindenburg
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Company
Ernest Lehmann
Eckener
Azores
Lakehurst
N J
New York Journalist Eleanor Meade Found in Addis Ababa
Detectives report Eleanor Meade, a New York journalist, located in Addis Ababa after being listed as unaccounted for among Americans. The search ended when Cornelius Van H. Engert, the U.S. minister to Ethiopia, informed the state department of the discovery.
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Washington
Cornelius Van H._ Engert
Ethiopia
State Department
Eleanor Meade
New York
Addis Ababa
Tennessee Valley run off to decide Democratic race
Committees meet in all counties Thursday to finalize the official count of more than 31 000 ballots from Tuesday's first primary in the district. Bob Simpson leads by about 2000 as officials prepare the runoff against John Sparkman with others jostling for votes in Morgan and surrounding counties.
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Bob Simpson
Florence
John Sparkman
Huntsville
Tennessee Valley
Simpson
B. L. Malone
J. M. Money
John Snodgrass
Morgan County
Huddleston Leads in Alabama Democratic Runoffs for Ninth District
In Birmingham on May 7, 1935, George Huddleston holds a 3,762 vote lead for a twelfth term in Congress from Alabama's Ninth District. John Sparkman and Robert L. Simpson are set for June 9 runoff selections for the Tennessee Valley Eighth District seat, as A. H. Carmichael retires.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jelleroan County
George Huddleston
Alabama
John Sparkman
Huntsville
Robert L. Simpson
Florence
Tennessee Valley
A. H. Carmichael
Huddleston
Luther Patrick
Lewey Robinson
Birmingham City
Patrick
Jefferson County
Walter Brower
Brower
Peter B. Jarman
Jarman
W. B. Oliver
16Th
Gadsden
Alto V. Lee
Pal of Karpis Taken in Raid in Toledo
FBI chief Hoover announced the arrest of Harry Campbell last of the Alvin Karpis gang, a woman described as his wife, and Sam Cokar in a Toledo apartment. Campbell faced charges in the Edward Brenner kidnapping and was taken to St Paul after surrendering without a shot.
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Cleveland
J. Edlgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry Campbell
Alvin Karpis
Sam Cokar
Toledo
Hoover
Campbell
Karpis
Barker-Karpis
Robert Miller
New York
Cokar
Oklahoma
John Brock
Tulsa
Okla
Garrettsville
Red Flag Flies Over Supreme Court Temple Prank
A red flag bearing the hammer and sickle was raised atop a Capitol Hill Supreme Court temple. Guards and police failed to remove it for over an hour. a fireman on a ladder finally engulfed the banner in flames. Police suspect Harvard University involvement.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of
United States
Supreme Court Guard
Phage Aceeem Burs
Harvard University
Capitol Hill
Lampoon
Is Duce Ready To Take Over All Ethiopia
Marshal Pietro Badoglio assumed full control of the Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad up to the French Somaliland border. Rome sources predicted a Saturday decree annexing all of Haile Selassie’s empire for presentation to the League of Nations council in Geneva. The Stefani agency said Italian occupation forces now commanded the line from Addis Ababa to the boundary with French Somaliland.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
French Somaliland
Stefani
Uiopia
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Grand Fascist Council
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa- Djibouti
Ethiopia
Nugs’ee
Italian administration tightens grip in Addis Ababa cleanup
Major Bottai directs roundup of Emperor Haile Selassie's force not in the hills and deploys Carabinieri and infantry with Badoglio units to restore order. Foreign legations including the American mission are surveyed for damage and security tightened around the British and French posts.
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Addis
Giuseppe Bottas
Rome
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Bottai
Pietro Badoglio
Marshal
Senior Play Held Tonight at Riverside Auditorium
The senior class presents The Whispering Room at Riverside auditorium tonight with curtain at 8. Mrs. Willard J. Brown, dramatics director, notes refined sound effects heighten eerie mystery while student technicians add hair-raising suspense and well-placed comedy and romance.
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Riverside Auditorium
Willard J. Brown
McCutcheon Wins Morgan County Board Seat
John F. McCutcheon of Union Hill Somerville route four defeated Jim W. Lynne for the Morgan County Board of Revenue seat in the fourth district. He expressed appreciation to voters and takes office next January.
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John F. McCutcheon
Union Hill
Somerville
Morgan County
Board of Revenue
the Daily
McCutcheon
Jim W. Lynne
Confessed slay of Waterville girl shocks Maine
Boston police Captain James Sheehan said Harry Asher of Brooklyn confessed to the murder and assault of 7 year old Mary Broulx of Waterville. He claimed the crime occurred after luring the girl toward New York and hitting her with an iron bar, but authorities questioned the accuracy of the confession.
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Boston
James Sheehan
Harry Asher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maine
Mary Broulx
Waterville
Sheehan
Asher
New York
Auburn
Augusta
Proulx
New Air Record Set by Woman at Capetown
Mrs Amy Johnson Mollison landed in Capetown at 2 31 p m GMT to claim a new flight record from Graveend England a three day thirty six minute journey surpassing the February mark held by Flight Lieutenant Tommy Rose Mollison completed a three day six hour twenty six minute flight after departure Monday from Graveend.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Amy Johnson Mollison
Greenwich
Gravesend
Eng
Tommy Rose
Morgan outlines TVA plan cost and dam sites
TVA chief Dr. Arthur Morgan testified before the House Appropriations Committee on a $479.15 million river basin development program. He outlined dam and power facility costs, annual operation expenses, and a proposed Fontana Dam option with Aluminum Company of America, plus decisions on funding for Fontana or Fowler Bend projects.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Tennessee River
TVA
House Appropriations Committee
Tennessee
Pickwick Landing
Wilson
Wheeler
Guntersville
Tisses Bar
Chickamauga
Gilberta+ville
Watts Bar
Oy Vt Shoals
Fowler Bend
Font
Arthur FE. Morgan
House
Aluminum of America
Fontana
Little
TVA Board
Hiawassee
Aluminum Company
Morgan
Bob Simpson Thanks Voters In Congress Race
R T Bob Simpson Jr of Florence tops the first primary in the race for Congress and issues a district wide statement thanking supporters and urging continued backing for his candidacy.
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R. T
Bob) Simpson, Jr
Florence
Congress
Bids Received On Four Highway Projects In Alabama
Nineteen bids were received by the state highway department for four highway and bridge projects totaling 230000 dollars. Low bidder to be announced later. Included is Cullman county grading draining and temporary surfacing with a concrete and steel bridge on the Cullman Holly Pond road 2.233 miles cost 81000 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Cullman County
Cullman
Holly Pond
Weather snapshot across Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 5.2 feet after falling. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 92 degrees with no rainfall. Alabama saw partly cloudy skies, Friday partly cloudy. Tennessee reports fair tonight, mostly cloudy with showers Friday night and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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