Woman Held in Husband's Knife Death
Maudie Ruby Lathon, charged with murder in the knife slaying of Louis Lathon, was ordered held for investigation by the grand jury with bond set at 2500. Witnesses testified Lathon had previous wounds and possible drunkenness, while the defense argued self defense and accidental stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudie Ruby Lathon
Louis Lathon
Seybourn H. Lynne
Lathon
Lathan
18Th Avenue
East
Sandlin
Morgan County
Rey Howell
Melvin Hutson
Mrs. Lathon
Newton B. Powell
E. C. Nix
Senate Approves Compromise Tax Revision Bill
The Senate gave final approval to the five billion dollar tax revision measure. It now goes to the House where adoption of the conference agreement will send it to President Roosevelt for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Trio Escapes as Boat Sinks on Tennessee River
Carl Bendick and Ed Fuller of Cullman narrowly escaped drowning when their boat capsized west of the railroad bridge near Swan Lake. Bendick swam ashore to alarm authorities while Fuller and another man clung to the vessel, then reached safety on an islet after about three hours in the water. Rescue boats pulled them aboard. all suffered only exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bendick
Ed Fuller
Cullman
Tennessee River
Swan Lake
Bendick
Fuller
Bill Moore
J. B. Whitmire
Edgar Webb
O. L. Newsom
James Sherrill
Chester Shields
Newsom
Move to Accelerate Wage Hour Bill in House
Chairman O'Connor of the rules committee proposed waiving the rules to bring the controverted wage hour bill to a vote at any time. A petition already signed would otherwise delay action until May 23. Speaker Bankhead noted the president's eagerness to pass the bill before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O'Connor
N. Y
Rules Committee
House
Committee On Rules
Bankhead
Miss Miley Wins Low Medalist Honors in Dixie Golf
Miss Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky fired a 75 on the Birmingham Country Club East course to lead the 27th annual women's southern golf championship and appear to have won low medalist honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Country Club
Marion Miley
Lexington
Immediate Effort to Curb Fatal Disease in Baby Helaine Colan
A Chicago panel of nine physicians and two rabbis met to decide if baby Helaine Colan, five weeks old, should undergo immediate surgery to halt a glioma threatening her eye and brain. Options discussed included removing both eyes, removing the left eye with X ray treatment to the right, or allowing the disease to run its course likely leading to death within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Helaine Co~lan
Samuel Hoffman
Herman Colan
Hoffman
Helaine
Morris L. Hershman
Samuel A. Hoffman
Paul Schmitt
Garfield Park Hospital
Saul Silber
Chicago Hebrew Theological College
Samuel Cohen
New York
United Synagogues of America
Seymour Hershman
Cowan
Heflin Questions De Kalb Returns After Loss
Former U S Senator J Thomas Heflin questioned unofficial returns from De Kalb county after losing the fifth district race to Joe Starnes. He said he would likely be in Montgomery for the official canvass and may comment then. Unofficial totals showed Starnes 22 241 to Heflin 16 823 with De Kalb giving Starnes about 4 444 and Heflin 1 691.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ala
U. S
J. Thomas Heflin
DeKalb County
Heflin
Montgomery
Joe Starnes
Starnes
Congress approves bridge project between Mainland and Dauphin Islands
A House Interstate Commerce subcommittee advanced a bill extending the time limits for starting and finishing construction of the Mainland to Dauphin Islands bridge and causeway in Alabama by one and three years from the date of approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Interstate Commerce
Dauphin Islands
Ala
Sparks Delay Hurts Chance In Alabama Runoff
Chauncey Sparks, runner up in the Democratic primary, remains silent as Major Frank Dixon headlines the runoff race. Sparks meets leaders in Montgomery and Birmingham without a declared stance while observers say his delay weakens his chances. Several former critics now back Dixon hoping for a decision on whether a runoff occurs.
Sparks Await Word On Future Plans In Alabama Primary
Chauncey Sparks, runner up in unofficial gubernatorial returns, waited for a definitive statement on his political future. Alabama Democrat Leon McCord said he hoped Sparks would not enter the run-off against Frank Dixon on June 14. Sparks, from his Eufaula home, thanked supporters for their efforts in the first election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Sparks
Frank Dixon
Eufaula
Sparks
Associated Press
Major Dixon
Montgomery
Birmingham
Barbour County
Leon McCord
Nitteeman
Alabama
Operas
Ala
Rotary club meeting in Decatur features tax reform talk
Decatur Rotary Club program chaired by Rev Oliver Cox heard Rotarian Rutledge S Thomas nominated as speaker. Thomas urged elimination of homestead taxes while James H Johnson of the Chinese aid committee advised Rotary to take no action now. B G Hall and Dr Westover were noted as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Oliver Cox
Rutledge S. Thomas
Thomas
James H. Johnson
Rotary
B. G. Hall
Hartselle
Dr. Westover
Anniston
Morgan County
E. M. Chenailt
Japan weighs suggestions for new pact
Tokyo May 9 Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told The Associated Press fear of the United States worries many Japanese and raises the question of a non aggression pact. He praised U S policy on China and urged mutual understanding to ease anti Japan sentiment while denying any plan to interfere in the Philippines or adopt aggression toward the United States. The interview centers on whether Washington intends to conclude a non aggression treaty with Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belman Morin
Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Associated Press
United States
Japan
Washington
China
Woodring
Hirota
Philippines
Mo Fone
Willy Tad Nilatter
Commonwealth
Davao
Philippine
Mindanao
Danville Democrat Hardwick Named Morgan County Tax Collector
Chas G. Hardwick of Danville becomes Morgan county tax collector nominee after top in the Democratic primary with Lyle Roberts of Hartselle runner-up. Roberts withdraws to focus on business, saying the office should go to a man of integrity and ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. G. Hardwick
Danville
Morgan County
Lyle Roberts
Hartselle
Hardwick
Mr. Roberts
Roberts
Robefe
Morgan
Here on Visit
Charles Austin, formerly a local resident now living in Birmingham, is visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Austin
Birmingham
Organization Forms To Fight Methodist Unification
Atlanta May 9 G Sears Aiken filed four petitions in superior court for incorporation of loyal Southern Methodists to oppose the merger approved by the General Conference in Birmingham. The charter aims to preserve the church and its properties, provide information, oppose the creation of a united Methodist Church, and acquire churches and schools without pecuniary gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
G. Sears Aiken
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Methodists
Aiken
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Church
Hitler Opens Italian Visit As Britain and France Seek Italian Support
At Geneva the British and French foreign ministers push to mend 1935 quarrels with Italy while Adolf Hitler travels from Rome to Florence with signals of a strengthened Axis bond. Mussolini may grant him a free hand in Czechoslovakia as talks hint at delaying Italian participation in a four power security pact. Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie watches a likely loss of league backing as Italy’s fate shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Italy
Adolph Hitler
Pasclisi
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
League of Nation's Council
Geneva
Ethiopia
Hitler
Rome
Florence
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Tr Duce
Germany
Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah
League
Vittorio Emanuele
Russia
China
New Zealand
Bolivia
Local Used Car Sale Starts at Morgan County Motor Co
H L Peterson announces a new plan at Morgan County Motor Co presenting 50 late model fully reconditioned used cars. Buyers can trade in their current autos as full first payment, a method not previously tried locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Peterson
Morgan County Motor Co
German sailor held for grand jury in Tampa triple slaying
Paul F. Bunge, 52, a former German sailor and writer, admitted poisoning and slaying his wife Marie 47 and daughters Edith 9 and Nina 6 in their uncompleted home. He gave a chilling confession detailing chloroform, a razor, and an escape attempt that ended with his own near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fila
W. D. Bush
Paul F. Bunge
Marie Bunge
Edith
Nina
Bunge
Bush
Ingeborg Bunge
Pittsburgh
Port Tampa
Bids On Plant To Be Opened In Decatur
City council to open bids at 10 a.m. Tuesday for a new electric light and power distribution system. About 20 contractors submitted bids. Decatur secured $82,000 from the Public Works Administration and $268,000 in government bonds to cover project costs of about $350,000. The system will connect with TVA lines from Wilson and Wheeler Dams. Bonds bear 4 percent interest, mature 1958, with first principal due 1941, retired from plant revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis and Haley
Birmingham
City Engineers
Decatur
Public Works Administration
TVA
Wilson
Wheeler
Two Men Arrested After Madison County Raid
Police from Decatur and Huntsville arrested two men about 30 at a Church Street apartment in a raid linked to safe cracking and burglaries in Madison County and the Chase post office robbery. A woman present was released. officers found dynamite and tools, plus a suspicious metal cylinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Decatur and
Hunteville
Madison County
Bingham Vines
Roy Norris
Edward Rose
Vines
Bessemer
Rose
Connecticut
Bill Moore
Maude Norris
Norris
Chief Moore
W. C. Hunter
Alex Terry
Joe Weatherly
C. D. Lamon
Decatur
Pete Talley
Humphrey Miller
Ben Allison
Huntaville
Moore
Talley
Lamon
Harry Gurley
Belton Beard
Huntsville
Gurley
Beard
R. W. Nix
United States Postal
Weather notes from Tennessee and Alabama reports
The Tennessee river gauge at 7 am stood at 21.2 feet and rising. Temperatures over 24 hours ranged from a high of 82 to a low of 50 with no rainfall. Alabama forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday, cooler in the far south, with gentle north to northeasterly winds and slowly rising temperatures in Tennessee through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
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Helaine Judith Colan
Trio
Miss Miley
Dekalb
New Solon
Chas, G. Hardwick
Kingdom of Christ
Slayer
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