Africa union urges Germany aid in reclaiming southwest Africa
Press dispatch from May 9 reports Africa’s union ready to back Germany’s claim to Southwest Africa. Officials say South Africa may support restoring the territory. observers note no official policy until Germany raises the question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Wilson
Union Africa
Africa
Reich
Britain
John Simon
Empire
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
J. B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
Simon
Ramsay MacDonald
O. Pirow
South Africa
South-West Africa
London
Liberia
North
Decoration Set at Bethel For May 19
Decoration scheduled at Bethel one mile northeast of Hartseli¢ for the third Sunday May 19 with an all day program and preaching in the forenoon and a sing in the after noon. Interested urged to attend the preceding Wednesday cemetery services to be held next Sunday May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Hartseli
Riot Prep Report from Manila Police May 9
Police in Manila issued a warning following reports of planned riots. Officials said they would increase patrols and coordinate with local units to prevent disorder. No injuries or arrests were confirmed at this time.
Apple of Ber Eye Dough Order Trial Fragment
Fragmentary OCR reads of a legal notice or court record show phrases about a dough order, six weeks, and related actions. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a procedural financial matter proceeding in a courtroom.
Little Lessons in Leadership or Dirty Work at the Crossroads
Washington analysis by Rodney Dutcher critiques the Senate Finance Committee NRA resolution as a fatal dose of chloroform. It details Pat Harrison's chairmanship, internal subcommittees, administration tensions, and the political maneuvering around Roosevelt, Long, Clark, and Daniels Hastings amid NRA revival risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
NEA Service
Sint
Ashington
Senate Finance Committee
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Joe Robinson
Senate
Roosevelt
Huey Long
NRA
Pat
Sisted
NIA
Ennett Clark
Missouri
Dan Hastings
Delaware
Dr. Roosevelt
Amendment Still Up 10 Committee Up 10
Senate agriculture committee considered Bankhead farm tenant bill amendments aimed at capping the $1 billion funding. The plan would limit the farmers home corporation to $50 million in year one and $300 million over the next three years, with bond issuance constraints. The measure seeks to fund farm laborer and sharecropper housing at low interest, but a quorum was not reached to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bankhead
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ala
Senate
Farmers’ Home Corporation
Woman Silent on Cause of Shooting in Alabama Home
In Birmingham on May 9 AP reported Mrs. Mattie Lee McNutt refused to elaborate on domestic differences cited in the fatal shooting of E. McNutt, 36, at their home. Detectives questioned her as she was photographed and fingerprinted, but she offered no details of the alleged discord. The husband died after she said she shot him when he entered the kitchen following a warning to stay away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Mattie Lee McNutt
E. McNutt
Cisiceaiken
as_ sheg
Wade Wright Shows Slight Improvement
Attorney Wade Wright who had a paralytic stroke at his office Tuesday afternoon was reported slightly improved at Benevolent Society hospital. His condition remained critical but friends statewide welcomed the favorable bedside update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Wright
Benevolent Society Hospital
Supreme Court Decisions From Montgomery Alabama
The Supreme Court issued multiple decisions including affirmations reversals and remands from Jefferson Barbour Mobile and Colbert circuits among others. Notable items include Anderson Leeper Cleaning & Dyeing Co. v McKinney and Wood Lumber Co. v Great House plus writs denied in certiorari petitions and mandamus requests.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Anderson
C. J.leeper Cleaning & Dyeing Co
Bertie H. McKinney
Jefferson Circuit Court
Eugene B. Henry
State
B'ham, Water Works Co
Thomas
I. Maud Howell, Exrx. v. Alice Ward, G'd’n
Barbour
Minnie A. Faulkenberry
Jim Lawrence
Court of Appeals
Luke Ridley
G. Moyer
Colbert Circuit Court
Equity
Brown
J. Edward Chastang
Beulah Moog
Mobile Circourt
Identity of Boy Still in Doubt in Knoxville
In Knoxville on May 9 a missing youth case sparked fresh doubt about the body returned from Chattanooga. The Wooliver family remains uncertain if the deceased is Elvis, 18, while Mrs. Mattie Isabell asserts the body is her brother Jasper Bane, 28, of Durham, North Carolina. Sam Isabell questions the identification even as neighbors insist the youth appears under 18. The body was moved to Mrs. Isabell’s home amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tnn
Chattanooga
G. W. Wooliver
Elvis
Wooliver
Mattie Isabell
Jasper Bane
Durham
N. C
Tsabell
Former champion Duffield dies in Memphis at 53
Mrs. Kenneth G. Duffield once the Southern women's golf champion in 1917 and head of Red Cross work in Memphis during World War I died at her home. She was 53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth G. Duffield
Red Cross
Potatoes Mixed in Chicago Supplies on the Move
Potatoes in Chicago report shows 124 on track 355 U. S. shipments 603 old stock steady, supplies liberal and trading slow. Idaho U S No. 1 sprouted 1.60 to 1.65, new stock weak, supplies liberal and trading slow. Alabama Bliss quoted U S No. 1 2.25 and U S No. 2 1.45 to 1.50.
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Chicago
U. Ss. Dept
U. S
Idaho
Russell U.S
Alabama
Bliss
Rabies Treatments Lead All Time High Since 1934
April Tennessee Valley Laboratory report shows 7206 examinations for a 30 day period and 122 rabies treatments issued, the highest monthly rabies output since April 1934 when 156 were sent out. The detailed figures include tests for diphtheria typhoid syphilis tuberculosis and other diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Weiner Roast Planned by Central Methodist Youth
The young people from Central Methodist church plan a weiner roast at Seneca Springs Friday night. City residents are asked to meet at the church at 6 45 p m, while west side attendees should go to Miss Vi Rhinehart Seventh avenue west.
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Young People’s Department of
Central Methodist Church
Seneca Springs
Miss Vi
Rhinehart
Seventh Avenue
West
Bandits Rob Highland Quassaick Bank Branch in Broad Daylight
Five men armed with a machine gun held up the Broadway branch of the Highland Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company in New Burgh, New York. They fled toward Pennsylvania in a small automobile with about $15,000 in loot.
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New Burgh
Broadway
Highland Quassaick National Bank and Trust Company
Pennsylvania
Armed holdup at Worcester bank nets $14400
Three masked attackers robbed the Worcester County Institute for Savings branch this morning. They fled by car with fourteen thousand four hundred dollars in cash. The bank sits about three miles north of Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Worcester County Institute For Savings
Gravy secrets and caper sauce from Sister Mary’s Kitchen
A domestic recipe feature explains how to save money by using gravy from roasted meat juices and a simple flour fat roux. It includes steps to avoid lumps, seasonings, and directions for a medium gravy suitable for potatoes or bread, plus a caper sauce for mutton with butter flour broth and cream option.
Breakfast and Dinner Menu Items Listed for Day
The menu lists breakfast items pineapple juice rice omelet graham Rand raisin muffins milk and coffee. Luncheon includes asparagus shortcake beef pickles filled cupcakes milk and tea. Dinner features English cut beef roasted with brown gravy potatoes broccoli brawn butter sauce lemon juice orange onion salad rhubarb dump bags milk and coffee.
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Graham Rand
Decatur Notes: Local Visits and School Science Spiders
J L Shumake of Sterchi's visits Huntsville for business. Mrs Munn travels to Birmingham to visit relatives. Mrs Royer recovers at home after a car crash. Southside Baptist church holds monthly meeting. Miss Timberlake returns from Taylorsville with Miss Mann. Mrs Williams and Mrs Penny shop in St Louis. Kudlow and Hames visit the city for business. Spiders visit local schools for science display, sparking debate. Mrs Hoppers travels to Collinsville for a funeral.
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Southside Baptist Church
Ida Bell Timberlake
Taylorsville
N. C
Sarah Mann
Stevenson
Jimmy Bloodworth
Bobby Wilds
Prof
Knapp
Ed Berry
Jack Williamson
Williamson
Solons Mull Bills and Local Option Moves in Legislature
Lawmakers debated central depository profits for school books and eased divorce grounds while granting immunity for journalists. Auto tag reductions and a front and rear tag requirement were discussed along with a local option push to legalize liquor in wet counties led by a five member committee chaired by Senator Isham Dorsey and including Rogers Sanderson Adams and McPhaul.
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Montgomery
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb
Birmingham
House Revision of Laws
Calhoun
Houston
Wallace
Clarke
Mobile
Sanderson
Adams
Jefferson
McPhaul
Baldwin
Alabama Docks and Warehousemen Protest Cotton Tax
The state docks commission and Alabama Warehousemen's Association oppose a $1 per bale cotton storage tax in a $22 million revenue bill. They warn the tax will push storage to Gulfport and New Orleans and lower Alabama handling revenues. Lawmakers debate exemption effects on investment and stock movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Docks Commission
Alabama Warehousemen's Association
Joint Legislative Committee On Finance and Taxation
Gulfport
New Orleans
Gaillard
Mobile
Shelby Fletcher
Senate Committee
C. E. Segrest
Geneva
Segrest
Fletcher
Clint Harrison
Marengo County
Alabama
Atlanta
House Highways Committee
Welch
J. R. Wallace
Transient Hurt In Fall From Train Near Decatur Crossing
P. B. Barnes a 22 year old transient suffered bruised chest and head abrasions after falling from a freight train near the Decatur cemetery crossing at 6 this morning. He was taken by Brown's ambulance to Benevolent Society hospital with non serious injuries. He said he originated from North Carolina and had boarded the train at notes and was traveling .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. Barnes
Decatur Cemetery
Brown
Benevolent Society Hospital
Barnes
North Carolina
Noes
All-Day Singing at McCoy Chapel Harris
An all-day singing is announced for McCoy Chapel Harris on the fourth Sunday in May. Singers are invited to attend and dinner will be served on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy Chapel
Harris
France Reaffirms Gold Standard Commitment
Paris reports that France will maintain the gold standard as Finance Minister Germain Martin told 126 chambers of commerce in Paris. He assured representatives that the policy would continue to be upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Germain Martin
Balloon victim II of pneumonia and emphysema in Alabama
J R Ragsdale 36 year old ice tracker from Alabama suffered three broken ribs when a truck ran over him. A punctured lung led to a rare emphysema that inflated the left side of his chest like a balloon. Pneumonia complications worsened his condition and doctors considered deflating the air pocket if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
J. R. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Rain Brings Joy to Springfield Farmers in Colorado
Rain in the Southeastern Colorado dust belt gives Bac County farmers relief after last week’s showers. A shower tonight added nearly a third of an inch, prompting plans to plant crops.
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Springfield
Colo
Colorado
Bac
Bandits in Uniform Rob Edison Plant Payroll
Five men, three in police uniforms, invaded the West Taylor street Edison General Electric Appliance plant in Chicago and seized 3800 dollars meant for payroll. They arrived by car marked police on the sides, witnesses reported.
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Chicago
Taylor Street
Edison General Electric Appliance Company
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Otatoes
Decatur’s
J. L. Shumake
Sterchi's
Huntsville
James T. Munn
Melinda Royer
Moulton Highway
J. W. Williams
Cliff Penny
St. Louis
William T. Kudlow
Decatur
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Hartselle
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