Albany area saving over disputed 1923 assessments
Decatur bondholders committee backs no interest on reduced Albany 1923 assessments until Nov 7 1934 and allows property owners to repay in twenty semi annual installments or face sale of property to satisfy the lien. The plan involves city of Decatur and the 1934 resolution restoring reductions with 8 percent interest after the cutoff date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Albany
Hasen
Tur
John E. Wilks
Bradley
Baldwin
All and White
Birmingham
City of
Morgan County Circuit Court
Albany City Council
Decatur Bondholders Committee
Pal
T. C. Almon
Messrs. Bradley
Decatur Bondholders’ Committee
Operation on Girl Delayed Two Weeks
In Philadelphia on May 8 Temple University hospital announced that the operation to remove an inch long cigarette lighter cap from the lung of 16 year old Pauline Lane will be postponed for two weeks. The hospital also confirmed preliminary localization studies are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pauline Lane
Temple University Hospital
Knoxville
Tenn
Public Enemies Get Speedy Hearings In Kidnaping Case
William Mahan, captured in San Francisco, arrives in Tacoma for immediate trial over the 200000 George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. U S Attorney J Charles Dennis says the boy will be the chief witness as federal prosecutors prepare a fast presentation before Judge Edward Cushman.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
San Francisco
J. Charles Dennis
United States
Young Weyerhaeuser
Harmon Metz Waley
Margaret
U. S
Huge Zepp due on Saturday
The Hindenburg crew expected arrival in Lakehurst New Jersey around 8 p.m. E T after a crossing from Friedrichshafen lasting about 63 hours. Passengers glimpsed an iceberg and prayers were offered for nations’ prosperity as rough weather and a headwind tested the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
America
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrich. Gaten
Grand Banks
Newfeandland
Pittsburgh
New York
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Company
Hindenburg
Dr. Eckener
Paul Schulte
Judge criticizes firearms use in liquor raid case
Federal Judge John McDuffie of Mobile assailed the "flagrant and unnecessary use" of firearms by federal officers at a whiskey still raid in Jackson Mississippi. A defendant shot in the eye and peppered with bullets was discharged, while officer Sam Newman of Jackson testified regarding his actions.
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Jackson, Miss
John McDuffie
Mobile
United States District Court
McDuffie
Sam Newman
Jackson
Lindbergh Juror Killed by Train Near High Bridge
Philip Hockenbury 66 a Hauptmann juror was killed today by a railroad collision near High Bridge New Jersey A trackwalker he apparently stepped from one train into the path of another His body lay 100 feet west of the station after two Central Railroad of New Jersey trains passed He is the second of the 12 jurors to die following Liscomb Case’s February heart ailment.
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High Bridge
N. J
Philip Hockenbury
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hockenbury
High Bride
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Liscomb
Landsdown
Roosevelt Seeks Ideas From Business Leaders
President Roosevelt said he wants suggestions from industrial leaders to expand rail equipment and housing capacity. He cited talks with Baruch, Young, and Chrysler at a press conference as part of pursuing this goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Owen D. Young
Walter P. Chrysler
Norris Asked to Make Race
Omaha reports a Democratic convention platform praised Senator George W. Norris for his work and urged his reelection while failing to endorse the party’s Senate nominee Terry Carpenter. Carpenter charged the platform was rushed and pledged an unprecedented campaign. He teamed with Townsend supporters and attacked Mullen and Burke after Burke won the national committee post. Burke later said he would urge Norris to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Conmay Terry Carpenter
Norris
Congress
Carpenter
Arthur F. Mullen
Grid
Edward Burke
Burke
Graduation Set at Athens May 28
Athens Ala May 8 Special Harry Denman business manager of the First Methodist church Birmingham will deliver the graduation address at Athens College Thursday May 28 at 10 30 am The baccalaureate sermon on Sunday May 24 will be given by Dr A S Pitts presiding elder of the Albertville district The annual concert of the fine arts department will take place Wednesday May 27 with plays and alumni reunions planned for commencement week at the well known Methodist institution
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Athens
Ala
Harry Denman
First Methodist Church
Birmingham
Athens College
A. S. Pitts
Albertville
May Day Fete at Athens College on May 15
The Athens College May Fete will be held on the evening of May 15 on the campus. Miss Deweese Dunavant of Pontotoc Mississippi a senior will preside as May Queen, and the student body will participate in the festival and pageant under colorful spotlight effects.
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Athens
Ala
Athens College
Deweese Dunavant
Pontotoc
Simpson leads Sparkman by 2444 in eighth district vote
An Associated Press tally shows R. T. Simpson Jr of Florence ahead of John Sparkman by 2,444 votes in the Democratic primary for Alabama's eighth district. Final totals list Simpson 11,792. Sparkman 9,348. Malone 5,518. Money 3,723. Snodgrass 2,335, with a second primary set for June 9.
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Birmingham
Ala
Associated Press
Eighth
R. T. Simpson, Jr
Florence
John Sparkman
Huntsville
A. H. Carmichae
Simpson
Sparkman
B. L. Malone
Decatur
J. M. Money
Scottsboro
John Snodgrass
Colbert
Malone
Money
Snodgrass
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Morgan
Gloomy Harris to Appear at Sterchi Bros Store
Gloomy Harris known as the gloom chaser makes his first Sterchi Bros appearance this afternoon from 3 to 7 pm and tomorrow from 3 to 8 pm. He challenges viewers to make him smile in the Sterchi window while demonstrating Frigidaires and offers a Plymouth car or Princess theatre tickets as prizes for those who succeed. Harris has entertained royalty and dignitaries worldwide and once performed at the Century of Progress in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H
Gloomy Harris
Gloom Chaser
Sterchi Bros
Harris
Sterchi’s
Jack Holt
Princess Theatre
Mechanical Man
Europe
Ripley’s
Chicago
McLarnin Beats Canzoneri Set For Ten Round Bout At MSG
Jim McLarnin former world welterweight champion holds a four and a half pound weight edge over Tony Canzoneri in their ten round lightweight title bout at Madison Square Garden. McLarnin weighed 143 pounds to Canzoneri's 136 1 2.
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New York
Jimmy McLarnin
Tony Canzoneri
Madison Square Garden
McLarnin
Canzoners
Coroner's Jury Blames School System for Bus Wreck
A coroner's jury in Carthage North Carolina finds the school system responsible for employing schoolboy drivers in a Tuesday bus wreck near town that killed one child and left 17 injured Roy Callaway aged 16 was held not responsible for the crash
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Carthage
N. C
Here
Roy Callaway
TVA Opens an Electricity Office Here
Tennessee Valley Authority sets up a department of electricity in Decatur occupying Bank and Vine streets before moving to 405 Bank Street. F. F. Beauchamp, division engineer, outlines a rural electrification plan and survey for seven North Alabama counties with a 500 households per county minimum to trigger line erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
Department of Electricity
Bank and Vine Streets
Bank Street
Decatur
Alabama
TVA
Alabama Power Company
F. F. Beauchamp
Wheeler Dam
Beauchamp
Farm Federation
North Alabama
Carnegie Library
Morgan County
Caerab
TVA F
Pommi
Comepany
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone
Democrats and Republicans Clash Over Emergency Agencies
Washington May 8 Democrats and Republicans praised as Chairman Buchanan of the Appropriations Committee argued that emergency agencies should be restricted. He urged turning 13 agencies into direct congressional appropriations and bringing their funds into the treasury to secure congressional control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brechanan
Tex
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Buchanan
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury
Three Women Killed In Fairmont Hotel Shooting
In Fairmont West Virginia on May 8 a 32 year old glass worker Nick Lacamera went on a shooting spree at a downtown hotel killing three women. The victims were Mrs Yanus Dudley 50 Mary Sue Brom 26 and Mrs Lucille Limer 30. Lacamera claimed memory loss as officers detained him awaiting further inquiry.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Yanus Dudley
Mary Sue Brom
Lucille Limer
Dudley
Nick Lacamera
Lacaera
Kenna Clark
Beaten Ruler Begins Tail? In Jerusalem
Ethiopias beaten ruler Haile Selassie arrived in Jerusalem by train from Haifa amid reports of Harars fate and European tension over Ethiopias fate. Reports conflict on Harar whether burned or captured as Grazianis forces closed in Addis Ababa.
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Associated Press
Ethiopia
Jerusalem
Harar
Europe
Haile Selassie
Haifa
Sidney Barton
Addis ‘Ababa
Djibouti
Somaliland
Mogadiscilo
Romé
Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
Africa
Palestine
Addis Ababa
Addis
A .Ible
Baldwin
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Ras Seyoum
Trial date set for Luciano and 12 others in prostitution ring
The New York Supreme Court denied three last minute motions by Charles Lucky Luciano and Abe Wahrman. The trial will start Monday after the judge refused to split the 90 count indictment or quash the charges.
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New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Supreme Court
Philip J. McCook
Luciano
Abe Wahrman
Wahrman
Justice McCook
Former resident Henry Bernardi dies in Lansdowne Pa
News reports the death of Henry W. Bernardi after months of illness in Lansdowne Pa. formerly of Decatur he worked for the L and N Railway and lived with daughter Mrs Howard Chandler. funeral arrangements by Brown Funeral Co with bearers named. burial at City Cemetery.
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Henry W. Bernardi
Landsdown
Bernardi
Decatur
Lansdown
Howard Chandler
Gladys Bernardi
City Cemetery
H. E. Chandler
John Berry
Ed McDermott
Ben McDermott
J. M. Brown
Brown Funeral Co
A. C. Dillehay
Andrew McKenna
Henry Goidel
Tom Covey
John Babbler Eubanks
Omaha Runner Prepares for Shakedown at unfamiliar track
London May 8. William Woodward's great Omaha, largely overlooked since arriving in England, is slated for a shakedown race tomorrow on an unfamiliar turn track.
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London
William Woodward
Omaha
England
Girl Says She Was Pushed From An Auto
A pretty brunette identified as Donna Jordan daughter of a local fight promoter was found semi conscious on the Montgomery highway at the foot of Shades Mountain. Police said doctors will determine if she was drugged. At a hospital she told nurses she was pushed from an automobile and did not name her riding companions. Her knees were bruised and doctors checked for possible skull fracture. She remained intermittently unconscious.
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Birmingham
Ala
Donna Jordan
Montgomery
Shades Mountain
Deaths prompt renewed probe into Robert James case
Los Angeles reports reveal two more deaths being explored amid the Robert E James case. Authorities reexamine prior autos and an alleged plot to collect 400 in life insurance. Witnesses note a recurring presence of a companion during drownings.
No Clue Yet to Slayer in Chattanooga Killing
Crime in Chattanooga remains unsolved a week after 23 year old mother Bula Mae McConnell was battered in her apartment and died the next day. Police say no solid clues exist despite 11 officers and three captains investigating and a 1600 dollar reward offered. Her husband Tommy McConnell in Montgomery denies rumors of Alabama involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bula Mae McConnell
Eugene Bryan
T. Y. McConnell
Montgomery
Ala
Tommy McConnell
Tennessee
Eula Mae
Alabama
Cannypess
McConnell
Three white men plead guilty in Waterloo bank robbery case
Three white men charged with robbing the Bank of Waterloo and kidnapping its president pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner J L Jaynes in Florence Alabama. They were held in Jefferson County jail Birmingham awaiting federal action or bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Waterloo
Day
United States
J. L. Jaynes
Federal Department of Justice
Savannah
Tenn
Jaynes
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Federal Grand Jury
Three men confess to Waterloo bank robbery and kidnapping
Sheriff Charles Lay said three men arrested for the Waterloo Alabama bank robbery and the bank president kidnapping confessed. Orlan Wylie Eugene Wylie and Elmer Pickens were taken to Florence Alabama and then to Birmingham in DOJ custody. A woman in Memphis is being questioned by federal agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Watersloo
Lauderdale County
Savannah
Tenn
Department of Justice
Birmingham
Bank of Waterloo
Here
Buck Sharp
Tennessee Line
Bhago
Charles Lay
Hardin County
Tennessee
Orlan
Gene Wylie
Elmer Pickens
Lay
Orlan Wylie
Pickens
Eugenes Wylie
M Tenn
Horace Blount
Sharpe
Waterloo
Elmer ‘Kens
Eugene Wylie
Memphis
Regional Weather Beat Warm and Dry Across States
The Tennessee river gauge stood at five feet and falling. High reached 90 degrees with a low of 61 and no rainfall in the last 24 hours. Alabama sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday, while Tennessee remains generally fair and warm through Saturday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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