Solons Approve Method 10 Ink Own Pay Checks
The Alabama House rules committee favored the Arnold bill to raise legislative pay from 4 to 6 dollars daily. Speaker Harry Walker voted against the Taylor motion amid questions of constitutionality and past Supreme Court rulings on expense allowances.
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Solons
Montgomery
Ala
House _ rules committee
Arnold
Harry Walker
Taylor
Mobile
House
Walker
Supreme Court
Senate
Local optionists banded under Staples in Alabama push for controlled whiskey
Advocates of local option formed a united front led by Representative A L Staples to push a revenue producing whiskey plan in the Alabama legislature for counties that voted wet in the February state wide referendum. Staples named chairman and authorized a five member committee to draft a bill acceptable to all supporters.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. L. Staples
Mobile
House
Senate
Staples
Residential construction climbs in 37 eastern states in April
F W Dodge reports April contracts for residential building in 37 eastern states reached 42 million dollars, up from 22.6 million a year earlier. Chief statistician L Seth Schnitman notes gains follow March increase and a 23 percent rise in the first quarter of 1935.
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New York
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Rocky Mountains
L. Seth Schnitman
Kiwanis Mother's Day Meeting at Hotel Lyons
The Kiwanis Club will observe Mother's Day at a noon meeting on Thursday in the Hotel Lyons assembly room. Guests will be mothers and mothers in law. program led by Reverend Ernest Hart, Paul Dix, and John Harlow. Notify secretary John White by today for guests. Attendance last week was 100 percent.
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Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Lyons
Ernest Hart
Paul Dix
John Harlow
John White
Hughey Woodward Shot At Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
Hughey Woodward 36 of Pulaski Tennessee was critically wounded by a seven and a half gauge shot fired from a target pistol at the Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop. He was taken to Baugh's Infirmary for emergency surgery. His brother B W Woodward works at the shop and another brother Herman Woodward arrived from Pulaski to assist.
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Hughey Woodward
Pulaski
Tenn
Baugh’s Infirmary
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
Second Avenue
B. W. Woodward
Woodward
Decatur
Herman Woodward
Third Avenue
West
Ex Cuban Leader Antonio Guiteras Slain by Soldiers
Havana May 8 Army officials say Antonio Guiteras former interior secretary and radical leader was slain in Matanzas in battle with soldiers this morning. One companion died and two soldiers were killed, Major Ramon Valls told the AP. Matanzas lies on Cuba's north coast about 66 miles east of Havana.
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Havana
Antonio Guiteras
Matanzas
Cuba
Ramon Valls
Guiteras
Valls
Bethany Wins in Central Junior High Student Election
The May 7 mock election at Central Junior High drew over 400 qualified voters. Winners include C W Bethany for governor and Chas Green probate judge, with Ben Craig mayor and Luke Pryor education chief among others.
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Central Junior High School
Civics Department
He School
Yean
C. W. Bethany
Chas. Green
Ben Craig
Raymond Parks
Johnny Smithers
Sammy Stanley
Shelby Cole
Luke Pryor
Lucille Kaufman
Frank Troup
Peggy Brown
Margaret Ann Rogers
Is Greenhill
George Bloodworth
Jane Brown
Henry Day
James Norton
Dorothy Grace Finley
Charles Murphy
Norman Safley
Clintelle Hancock
Spanish American Veterans Meet at Courthouse Sunday
Spanish American Veterans and families will gather at the courthouse Sunday at 1 p.m. for re organization of the Ladies Auxiliary ahead of the Birmingham reunion scheduled June 2 to 4. About 14 members will attend with a military parade and a ball at the Tutwiler Hotel.
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Birmingham
Tutwiler
Circuit Court to Convene June 3 With Four Week Term
Judge W. W. Callahan will convene a four weeks term of circuit court starting June 3. Two weeks focus on civil cases and a fortnight on criminal docket with many capital cases anticipated. At present nine capital offenders are held in Morgan county jail.
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W. W. Callahan
Morgan County
Restless Katharine Strykhurst Seeks Nursing Training
Katharine Strykhurst longs for nursing training or office work but is blocked by stern father. Her case reflects constraints on women pursuing professional careers in her era.
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Katharine Strykhurst
Cummings Reports on Court Decision and Roosevelt Program
Attorney General Cummings delivered a lengthy analysis of the Supreme Court ruling invalidating the railroad retirement act to President Roosevelt who reserved comment pending study. Officials expect the administration to push social security measures and seek an amended bill if possible to satisfy the court.
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Washington
Cummings
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Batar Jonassen
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Decatur Delegates Attend Alabama Music Club Convention
Decatur residents travel to Birmingham for the Alabama Federation of Junior and Juvenile Music Clubs third annual convention at the Tutwiler Hotel. Local youths David Allen Gibson and Frank Leigh Chenault will compete in state elimination contests with finals and a Friday program.
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Decatur
Alabama Federation of Junior and
Tutwiler
Birmingham
David Allen
Gibson
Frank Leigh Chenault
Chenault
Veteran of Two Wars Dies at Home in Cullman County
R. R. Cofer 58 a Spanish American and World War veteran died suddenly at his Cullman Route 9 home near Eva after returning from a fox hunt. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Center Grove in Cullman County with widow and four others listed among mourners. He was discharged from the service in 1928 and held the rank of sergeant.
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R. R. Cofer
Cullman
Route 9
Eva
Cofer
Center Grove
Cullman County
Drinkard- Howell
Professor Clarence Cason Found Dead in Alabama Office
Clarence Cason head of the University of Alabama journalism department, 87, was found dead at his desk in the Alabama Union building last midnight with a pistol nearby. The coroner ruled death by own action. his wife Mrs. Cason found the scene. His recently finished book 90 in the Shade was due for release Saturday.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Clarence Cason
Department of Journalism
University of Alabama
Cason
Alabama Union
George Hay
University
Casons
DeKalb County
Federal control of relief seen by Washington
High officials said the government plans to take command of state relief administrations by July 1. Most existing state directors would stay in place but report to Washington instead of governors to speed the 4 billion dollar work relief drive.
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Richard Rendell
Washington
Civil Works Administration
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Harry L. Hopkins
Local Committee Seeks Morgan For Sewer Plan Meeting
A council delegation led by Mayor James A Nelson will travel to Knoxville Thursday afternoon to meet with Dr Arthur Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Authority. They will discuss details of a proposed sewer line costing about half a million dollars prompted by back waters anticipated after Wheeler dam is completed.
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James A. Nelson
Knoxville
Arthur Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Dam
Thumbs Worn Out Butler Plans His Long Ride to Orlando
A 15 year old, McGowan, set out on a two mile march toward Orlando after saying he is fed up with the journey. He described it as his last trip, noting the many hops and the weariness of the trek as he travels from Prospect.
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Butler
McGowan
Orlando
Conscience Triggers Dime Gift in Local Letter
A local resident received a dime with a note saying the sender was moved by conscience after reading about others sending dimes. The missive claimed the sender did not intend to send the dime but felt compelled to act.
Chamber of Commerce Board Discusses Plans and Resignation
The board of directors met Tuesday to review business plans and county Public Works projects. Archie W. Hill resigned from the directorate and Lloyd L. Lively was endorsed to fill the remainder of the year, with war trade day activities and April activity levels highlighted.
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Chamber of Commerce
Archie W. Hill
Lloyd L. Lively
Hill
Wade Wright in Grave Condition
Wade Wright prominent attorney suffered a stroke of paralysis at his Second Avenue office late Tuesday. Struck about 5 p m he was found by his wife and rushed to Benevolent Society Hospital where doctors reported he was in critical condition with slight improvement noted the next morning. Wright, a former county and circuit solicitor, is well known in North Alabama and his illness prompted widespread regret.
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Wade Wright
Second Avenue
Wright
Priest
Benevolent Society Hospital
North
Alabama
Beloved Resident Brought Home After Illness
James F. Cain of Morgan county returns home from Birmingham to Cain Plantations after weeks of critical illness. He was transported by Brown's ambulance as friends express relief at his convalescence.
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James F. Cain
Morgan County
Birmingham
Cain Plantations
Brown
Mr. Cain
Rescue Thrills as Horseman Saver Leaps In
In a dramatic scene on Thursday in The Decatur a horse reared and a girl fell from the saddle. Michael Heathcrace caught her as voices shouted and the danger passed, the rescue ending with a whispered greeting.
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Michael Heathcrace
Michael
Roosevelt Opens Flexible Policy on City Relief Loans
President Roosevelt said there would be no fixed rule for loans to cities under the 4 billion work relief program. The policy would depend on the specific projects and a city's financial condition. Officials say the federal government plans to take command of relief administration in the states by July 1. May funds remained withheld from Illinois as Hopkins allocated money to New York Pennsylvania Iowa and Vermont. Illinois and California, not yet applying, received no grants for the month. Hopkins said Illinois must contribute 3 million dollars a month before further grants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vermont
Tllinois
California
Hopkins
Senate filibuster threatens Norris bill in NRA debate
In Washington on May 8 the Senate faced a possible filibuster that could block consideration of the Norris bill. The measure would grant the Tennessee Valley Authority explicit authority to sell surplus electricity as part of the NRA future debate.
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Washington
NRA
Senate
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lung inflation from punctured lung shocks Alabama man
In Anniston, J. R. Ragsdale, hurt when a truck ran over him, suffered a punctured left lung and broken ribs. Air escaped into tissues inflating the left side from shoulder to hip while doctors monitor and plan potential deflation if needed. He remains conscious and in good condition.
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Anniston
Ala
May
J. R. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Quotas Announced For Training Camps
Four corps area quotas set for 1936 citizen military training camps announced by Major General George Van Horn Moseley. Camps run August 5 through September 3. Fourth corps area totals include Alabama 479 Louisiana 441 Mississippi 18 Tennessee 557.
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Atlanta
George van Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Brooks Speaks at Open Air Service
The Rev. W. S Brooks pastor of Somerville Methodist church will speak at the open air services led by Rev. M. D. Johnson at the A. M. Crow home one and a half miles west of Somerville. Services start at 7 30 P M and the public is invited to attend.
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W. S Brooks
Somerville Methodist Church
M. D. Johnson
A. M. Crow
Somerville
Dr. Brooks
Roosevelt hints message will go to Congress soon
The piece reports President Roosevelt signaling a veto message on the Patman veterans bonus bill would be sent to Congress soon. Senate action had approved an inflationary plan to pay via new money, while House support remained. debate centered on whether enough votes exist to sustain a veto or pass the measure over it.
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Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
West
Mgr
Tlon
Thomas D. Oklay
White House
Thomas
Patman
Ds Tex
Six Crew Members Die in Mosquito Control Boat Accident
Six members of a work crew drowned in Bayview while returning from a mosquito control tour near Birmingham. Names and ages include Henry Jackson, 18, and Frank Cantrell Cantrell, 9, both of Docena, plus Brown, a 00 year old Black man. The boat overturned about 40 feet from shore in shallow water.
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Birmingeham
Bayview
Henry Jackson
Frank Cantrell Cantrell
T Brown
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Brooks
Open Air Service
Burns
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