Two New Efforts To Hold Meetings In Jersey City Planned Today
Jersey City turmoil over permits for open meetings continued as congressmen O Connell and Bernard were canceled from speaking amid a 65 000 crowd. Norman Thomas of the Socialist party planned a talk with permit application for next week. Hague faced calls to resign as Democratic National Committee vice chairman, while veterans warned speakers to stay away. meetings were called off to avoid clashes.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Jerry J. O'Connell
D. Mont
John T. Bernard
Fl. Minn
Hague
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
O’connell
Thomas
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
O'Connell
Roosevelt
Bernard
International Labor Defense Committee
New York
Local visits noted from Decatur area residents
Somerville A M Peck and Howell Turney of Decatur visited Mary Peck and Dr. Peck on Tuesday. Carter Davis spent Tuesday night in Decatur. Hodges Crow and son, also from Decatur, were here briefly Thursday. Annie B Campbell visited Hartselle Tuesday morning. Mr and Mrs Kenny Waugh and family attended the school program at Priceville on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Mary Peck and Dr C F Peck were in Hartselle Tuesday on business. Mrs Cora Poteet visited with Mrs Kittie Johnston on Tuesday. Mrs Harry Rice and son Charles of Decatur were here on Tuesday on business. Mr and Mrs Cecil Brooks and daughter Celia visited Decatur Monday afternoon. J R Ransom made a business trip to Decatur Wednesday. Dave Norris of Flint was here Friday afternoon. Mrs Gerbert Lemmond and daughter Jean and others attended the operetta at Priceville Friday night. Mrs C P Johnston and G D Mikell and son Winton visited Decatur Saturday afternoon.
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A. M. Peck
Howell Turney
Decatur
Mary Peck
C. F. Peck
Hartselle
Cora Poteet
Kittie Johnston
Harry Rice
Charles
Cecil Brooks
Celia
J. R. Ransom
Dave Norris
Flint
Rev John Cowell to Speak at Central Baptist Sunday
Pastor John C. Cowell of the Central Baptist Church is expected to resume pulpit duties Sunday after a recent illness. The return is anticipated as services continue under the church's schedule.
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John C. Cowell
The
Central Baptist Church
Wedding Entanglements Grip Barbara Kingsley in London
Barbara Kingsley learns Garry Page loves her while Wenda Ayer hints at Garry’s past with the actress. Barbara contemplates a return to Garry as Ray Lipton awaits, then a nightmarish revelation in a London lunchroom shocks her with a gripping cliffhanger.
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Barbara
Wenda Ayer
Bobbie
London
Miss Kingsley
Wenda
Garry
Paris
Kingsley
Garry Page
Ray Lipton
Robbie
Ray
Avon Territory
Westminster Abbey
Progietress
Bar
Brides Go Out to Colonists in Manchukuo Scheme
Thousands of Japanese immigrant farmers await 2,400 brides sent from Japan to Manchukuo as part of a colonial settlement plan. The brides are pitched as pioneers in a large-scale maneuver to expand Japanese influence and secure a population base in the Chinese region under Japanese control.
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New York
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Mikado
Japan
Bishop J L Decell Elected to Episcopacy in Birmingham
Bishop J L Decell was elected to the Episcopacy of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at the general conference last week in Birmingham. He later spoke in Birmingham about the decision and its significance.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Decell
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Woman Shot Dead in 800 Block Jackson Street
Annie Pearl Clay a 48 year old Black woman was killed by gunfire in the servant house on Jackson Street. Robert Ford a 50 year old Black man held in Moran County jail on murder charges after surrendering to police. Ford claimed a knife encounter as the motive. Coroner and officers noted gun and knife objects found and Ford’s empty revolver.
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Annie Pearl Clay
Jackson Street
Robert Ford
Moran County
J. A. McCall
W. H W. Parker
Ford
Johnston Street
Rey Howell
Seybourn HB
Lynne
Mowell
Powell
Parker
Howell
Lafayette Students to Present Comrades Courageous Play
The senior six class at Lafayette school will stage a three act comedy titled Comrades Courageous at Riverside auditorium Tuesday night at 8. Eleanor Harley, a faculty member, directs a cast of 25 students.
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Lafayette School
Riverside
Comrades Courageous
Eleanor Harley
FDR Reviews Legislative Program With Key Leaders
President Roosevelt discussed his spending lending program and the wage hours bill with congressional leaders in Washington. Speaker Bankhead hinted adjournment by June 1 may be unlikely as Rayburn noted rough prospects and House action on the 1938 revenue bill could occur soon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Senate
Ickes
Hopkins
Bell
Advances by Japs Claimed as They Press Toward Suchow
Shanghai dispatches say Japanese report rapid progress from the south toward Suchow in central China. Two columns move along the Pengpu highway in Anhwei, claiming capture 85 miles southwest of Suchow, while another force advances 70 miles from Suchow on the Tientsin Pukow line toward Kuchen. Chinese guerillas report new successes near Peiping and along the Great Wall in the north.
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Shanghai
Suchow
Central China Battle Area
Anhwet
Pengpu
Tientsin-Pukow
Kuchen
Tientsin- Pukow
Japan
China
Shantung
Provence
Taierchwang
Pihsein
Great Wall
Peiping-Bulyan Raiway
Peiping
Changping
Marco Polo Bridge
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HE Welshimer
Dua
Sportment
J. C. Black CO
Second Ave
Mrs. Hauptmann
Bronx
Manfried Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Fordham Hospital
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Sterchi’s
Gary Cooper and
Claudette Colbert
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Fighth Wife
FDR
Garner
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
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SLM
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Sterchi
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