Cullman Readies Holiday Strawberry Festival Jubilee
Cullman hosts a first annual strawberry festival with 50 plus floats in the parade. events include 4 H exhibitions, fiddlers contest, strawberry and floral shows, coronation, grand parade, pageant, street dance, and a festival dance with Fess Whatley and the Saxo Symphonic orchestra. tourists forecast a memorable community celebration across Cullman County.
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City Auditorium
Bland Motor Show
Cullman High School
Fess Whatley
Saxo Symphonic Orchestra
Cullman
Settlement Near In Soft Coal Talks At Steelman Field
Soft coal operators and miners study a new formula to end the deadlock as federal conciliators plus Dr. John R. Steelman work toward a possible settlement before a midnight deadline. No immediate resumption of work was reported as sessions continued with both sides optimistic yet cautious about a breakthrough.
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New York
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
U.S. Conciliation Service
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
HOLC Homes Sold Here Through Patterson and Agency
HOLC sales announced by The John Patterson Co. Inc with direct sales of residences at 513 Seventh Avenue West and 515 12th Avenue West to Buford Guire and I D Cockrell. Additional HOLC homes sold through W M Chenault Agency include 701 Jackson Street to John C Bates and 1214 Sixth Avenue West to Ethel Key Whitten.
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John Patterson Co. Inc
HOLS
Seventh Avenue
Buford E. Guire
Kuhn
Ethel Key Whitten
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
L. B. Wright
Patterson Company
Mr. Wright
HOLC
Holc Homes
Mrs. Ethel Griffin Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs. Ethel Yarbrough Griffin died suddenly at 10 30 am at her son Paul L Gr If nth home 416 Grant Street She had recently moved from Hartselle to live with her son Funeral rites are set for 1 pm Thursday at the Griffin home with Rev R L Archibald of Central Methodist Church Burial will follow in Pulaski cemetery with Brown of Decatur in charge Pallbearers named Survivors include husband I V Griffin two sons Horace and Paul L Griffin a sister Mrs J M Griffin Pulaski two grandchildren Ted Powers Griffin and J Randall Griffin both of Decatur
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Ethel Yarbrough Griffin
Paul L. Griffin
Grant Street
Griffin
Hartselle
R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Pulaski
Brown
Decatur
D. W. McNeill
Herman Puckett
Sim Orr
P. Pattilo
E A. Oden
J. M. Lindsay
John Houston
Emmett Bridges
I. V. Griffin
Horace
J. M. Griffin
Ted Powers Griffin
J. Randall Griffin
Roberts gets new hearing in assault case
The Alabama Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Rey Roberts after reversing a Jefferson county conviction for assault with intent to ravish. The court found the trial court erred in excluding defense testimony from the complainant. A second case involved Bibb Lassiter in a second degree murder verdict and a 20 year sentence, reversed for improper admission of self defense evidence.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Court of Appeals
Rey Roberts
Jefferson County
Roberts
Court of Appeals
Covington
Bibb Lassiter
Lassiter
Pending Appropriation Bill Explains Aid To Crop Producers
Washington May 10 The government would aid farmers under the agriculture department appropriations bill now before the senate. It would divide subsidies among farmers cooperating in the 1940 crop control and soil conservation programs. Farmers would restrict plantings to acreage allotments and idle land would be put into soil-building crops to prevent overproduction and surpluses. Payments include soil conservation and parity for certain crops, with rates aimed at restoring income levels described in the article.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
Congress
Body of man still sought in the river
Searchers dragged the Tennessee river north of Hillsboro seeking Wilburn Allred a World War veteran believed drowned when the boat he shared with Farl Stewart and Preston Dotson capsized Monday night They clung to the hull as the craft sank and Allred vanished after 9 30 p m The life preserver found on the north bank increases belief of a drowning
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Tennessee
Hillsboro
Wilburn Allred
Parl Stewart
Preston Dotson
Alfred
Farl Stewart
Mallard’s Creek
Stewart
Dotson
Mr. Stewart
Allred
State route not opposed in Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal plan
War department testimony to the house appropriations committee states there was no rejection of the Alabama route for the Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal. Representative Rankin had claimed the Alabama option would not be endorsed, while Major General Julian L. Schley indicated no unfavorable report had been filed.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Army Engineers
Alabama
Rankin
D.-Miss
Mississippi
Department
Board of Engineers
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Starnes
D.-Ala
Julian L
Schley
Appropriations
Tombigbee Way Approved by Committee
Washington May 10 The house rivers and harbors committees approved the Tombigbee Tennessee river waterway project in executive session by a 12 to absence vote. A recommended appropriation of 12 5 million to begin construction was cited with total estimated cost 66 million. The route runs Mackeys Creek and Yellow Creek in Mississippi linking the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf of Mexico. The waterway would be nine feet deep primarily aiding navigation with some claimed flood control benefits.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors
Tombigbee
Tennessee Rivers
Mackey’s Creek
Yellow Creek
Mississippi
Tennessee Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Landon Plan Rejected by Methodist Uniting Conference
At Kansas City on May 10 the Methodist uniting conference rejected Alf M Landon's proposal to reconsider a clause pledging support to members who conscientiously object to military service. Delegates faced a busy final day as they pursued church unification and debated positions on munitions to Japan and foreign law obedience by Methodists abroad.
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Kansas City
Methodist Uniting Conference
Alf M. Landon
London
Japan
Landon
Uniting Conference
Henry Hitt Crane
Detroit
Crane
Germany
W. M. McAbee Rites Held
Funeral services for W. M. McAbee 79 were held at 11 o clock Tuesday at Johnson Chapel with Rev. Dan Praytor and Rev. Clark of Florence officiating Drinkard-Howell burial. He died Monday morning at his Pinson home after a seven months illness. Survived by five sons J M Danville Hubert Florence S B Florence E F Pinson and five daughters Mrs John Washburn Trinity route 3 Mrs J W Sams Trinity route 1 Mrs G W Burns Hartselle Mrs M Plunkett Tremont Miss and Mrs Gene Melvin Gardendale and 47 grandchildren
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W. M. McAbee
Johnson Chapel
Dan Praytor
Clark
Florence
Drinkard-Howell
Mr. McAbee
Pinson
W. H. Hartselle
J. M
Danville
Hubert
Falkville
S. B
Mrs. Isabelle Thrasher Dies at 70 in Hartselle
Mrs. Isabelle Thrasher, 70, died at 6 a m today at her daughter’s home in Hartselle route 2. Funeral at Forest Chapel at 2 p m Thursday with Rev. William Warren and others officiating. Burial by Drinkard Howell. Survived by husband G L Thrasher, three sons Will James and Newton, daughter Mrs Earl Sparkman, 11 grandchildren, one brother and two sisters.
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Isabelle Thrasher
Earl Sparkman
Hartselle
Forest Chapel
William Warren
M. L. Thrasher
Frank T. Smith
Drinkard Howell
Britain Bares Basis of Plan of Soviet Aid
The British prime minister told Parliament Britain sought Soviet military aid in Eastern Europe only if British French forces were already engaged. He aimed to dispel Moscow misgivings about London’s security proposals and noted Russia’s one sided Tass reaction.
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Britain
Associated Press
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Europe
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Berlin
London
Tass
Poland
Rumania
Russia
Sanity Restore Jobs Aimed At Rehabilitated Patients
A May Chicago launch by a national group promotes re employment programs for patients freed from insanity. The drive targets thousands of individuals deemed medically restored and seeks to remove stigma while resuming normal activities through work placement and rehabilitation programs.
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Stephen J. McDonola
Associated Press Science Sder
Chicago
Driv
Nois
Duncan Rites Set at 4 P M
Funeral services for George Duncan former state senator and prominent Limestone County resident will be held at 4 p m at his Athens home. He died after a long illness. Surviving relatives include his widow two daughters and three sons. Interment is in Athens cemetery with listed pallbearers.
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Athens
George Duncan
Limestone County
Duncan
L. N. Duncan
Auburn
Clay Rawls
Hunteville
Frances Woodruff
George Duncan, Jr
Cleveland
Wilton Duncan
Montgomery
Tom Duncan
Missing Vouchers Sought in Graves Era Special Fees
In Montgomery Alabama Senator Verde Elmore reports 500 to 600 vouchers issued under the Graves administration may contain special legal fees and are missing. Examiner L J Hood searches for the vouchers, which may be misplaced or destroyed. The judiciary committee reviews all special legal fees with over 100000 paid to Matt Murphy in tax cases.
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Montgomery
Ala
Verde Elmore
Legislative Recess Judiciary Committee
Elmore
L. Hood
Hood
Department of Archives and History
Judiciary Committee
Matt Murphy
Birmingham
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Maverick Is Named Mayor
Maury Maverick wins the San Antonio mayoral race and will lead the city. He is described as jovial and ready for next year’s political challenges after defeating incumbent C. K. Quin who conceded defeat, saying he was run over by stampeding mavericks.
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Olen W. Clements
San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
Texas
Maverick
C. K. Quin
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Breeder's Gazette
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Charlie
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