Picket Army Aims To Picket Theaters In Major Cities
The federation seeks a 340000 strong picket force at big city theaters by nightfall with AFL and CIO aid. Republic Steel declines new bargaining due to Wagner act while F M P C members may return to work for wage parity. Screen Actors Guild signs guild shop with six major studios as a broader strike action unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charles Lessing
Hollywood
Calif
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pitsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
U.S. Department of Labor
Republic Steel Corporation
Ooo
Golden
Republic Corporation
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Boston
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Pat Casey
Lessing
Screen Actors’ Guild
Freight rate fight pushed by nine Southern states
Nine Southern states prepared to take their freight rate dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission led by their governors. Eight states sent representatives to a conference that created three subcommittees to sue the ICC on commodity, class, and general rate barriers, with a $100000 fund from public and private sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erees
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
White
Mississippi
Leche
Louisiana
ICC
Eeening
Tennessee
Hugh White
Child Breaks Leg While Playing at Home
Autry Childers six year old son of Mr and Mrs W M Childers Falkville route 1 is in Baughs Infirmary with a broken left leg that fractured between knee and ankle after he jumped from a barn loft Saturday afternoon while playing with other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autry Childers
W. M. Childers
Falkville
Baugh's Infirmary
Childers
Carlisle Bid on Bonds Man Found Dead in Atlanta Hotel
S H Carlisle a Decatur cotton man and Williamson Inman Co representative died in an Atlanta hotel room after a short illness. A daughter, two brothers, a sister, and a Roanoke Alabama home awaited services. An inquest was planned. Morgan County rejected a refund bid on 1908 waterbound road bonds, seeking lower interest. bonds mature 1938 with $390,000 interest paid since issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Carlisle
Decatur
Atlanta
Autrey and Lowndes
Roanoke
Ala
William
son-Inman Cotton Co
Carlisle
Rome
Williamson- Inman and Co
West Point
E. F. Carlisle
Griffin Ga
C. F. Carlisle
M. W. Y. Young
Louisville
The
Baptist Church
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Marx and Co
Birmingham
Well Known Farmer Dies at 80 in Decatur Area
Richard Shaneyfelt retired farmer died at 9 45 p m at his Decatur route 4 home after a long illness. He was 80. Funeral will be Wednesday at Cedar Creek church with burial at Cedar Creek cemetery. Survived by widow four daughters six sons two dozen grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a long time Baptist church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Shaneyfelt
Decatur
Cedar Creek Church
T. W. Myers
Brown
Cedar Creek Cemetery
Shaneyfelt
G. W. Oden
Dallas
Tex
Ed Parker
Athens
Albert Morgan
Hart- Selle
Mary Shaneyfelt
E. R
St. Louis
George
Herschel, Booth
Samuel Shaneyfelt
Anna LeMay
Hattie Harvey
Ebbie Rogers
Nelly Crook
The
Baptist Church
Fatal Accident near Opelika Claims Auburn Worker
Neal P. Webster 21 of Auburn died after falling from a road tractor and being crushed beneath its wheels on the Loachapoka highway four miles from Auburn. He was employed by the state highway department.
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Opelika
Ala
Neal P. Webster
Auburn
Loachapoka
State Highway Department
Tennessee House blocks local option liquor bill
The Tennessee House tabled and killed a local option liquor bill by a 52 to 42 vote despite Speaker Haynes urging its passage. The measure would authorize cities to vote on liquor legalization with governors veto possible if not statewide referendum approved.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives
House
Walter M. Haynes
Tennessee
Haynes
House of Representatives
Senate
Browning
Eleven raids in five hours blast Bilbao outskirts
Insurgent air raids struck Bilbao area in five hours with bombers from the north, forcing refugees to flee and prompting warnings of a potential takeover. Franco’s forces moved on San Andres Hill near Teruel, shaping a V-shaped front toward Madrid and Valencia.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Spain
Emilio Mola
Hill
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Valencia
San Andres Hill
Madrid-Valencia
Teruel-Valencia
Bibao
Rigoitia
Santa Cruz
Guernica
Basingo de Basquio
Bermeo
Mola
Arsarenas
Bay of Biscay
Fine Revival Brings 17 Additions To Southside Baptist
Rev I W Meyers pastor of Southside Baptist church returned from Lockart Alabama where he led a week long revival. The campaign resulted in 17 additions to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Meyers
Southside Baptist Church
Lockart
Ala
Services For Survivors Of Hindenburg Tragedy Held
A mourning ramp on the North German Lloyd pier hosted a mass funeral for 24 Hindenburg victims. Bodies to be shipped to Europe aboard the Hamburg for burial. Lakehurst inquiry paused to permit survivors and notable attendees to attend the ceremonies.
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New York
Hudson River
Europe
Hamburg
Board of Inquiry
Lakehurst
Hindenburg Disaster Theories Under Scrutiny at Lakehurst
Aeronautical experts reopening the investigation into the Hindenburg disaster question two leading explanations. Eyewitness Rosendahl disputes ground spark and engine backfire sparks as causes. Hearings pause for funeral services in New York for 25 aboard the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener, aboard a German commission, awaited as a crucial witness.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Charles EB. Rosendahl
Rosendahl
Navy
Hindenburg
Department of Commerce
New York
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Knowledge
High Seas
Elliott Trust Fund Enables Factory Workers Harmony
Cambridge May 11 three hundred fifty Elliott Addressing Machine Company employees learned they are beneficiaries of a 250000 dollar trust fund established by President Harmon Elliott to restore harmony between employer and employees in small factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Elliott
Harmon Elliott
Kaleidoscopic Coronation Scene Draws Global Gaze
Edward J. Neil notes a vivid Coronation eve parade with diverse forces from India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. He includes mentions of Dick Merrill’s Atlantic flight, Swing Along, knock knock and handies jokes, and Libby Holman’s one night Coronation engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Merrill
Atlantic
Libby Holman
Coronation Day Time Table From London
Coronation day schedule lists dawn arrivals of fleet conveyances and spectators, royal processions from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, peers in velvet, large crowds in Victoria Embankment stands, dominion and foreign dignitaries, Queen Mary and royal family routes, the coronation ceremony with oath and anointment, followed by homage and grand celebrations.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Royal Gallery
House of Lords
Abbey
River Thames
Victoria Embankment
Buckingham Palace
India
Burma
Palace
Princess Royal
Princess Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Duchess of Gloucester
Duchess of Kent
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Mary
Marlborough House
Golden State
Canterbury
Ried
Tower of London
St. James Park
Duke of Gloucester
Stanley Baldwin
Ten Downing Street
Westminister
Charing Cross
Oxford Street
Piccadilly Circus
West End
Labor Peace Session Reviewed by Decatur Business Leaders
About 150 to 175 local businessmen met at Hotel Lyons in Decatur to review labor conditions and promote good working relations, fair wages, and employer employee harmony. Speakers noted it has been fifteen years since a major labor discord and argued peaceful labor relations could attract more industry and expansion in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel
Lyons
Dodd Warns of Wealthy Backer Aiding US Dictatorship
Berlin May 11 Ambassador William B Dodd says he was told a man who owns nearly a billion dollars plans to back and control a US dictatorship. He warns Roosevelt supporters against a split party risking democracy and cites wealthy individuals as potential backers of such a program.
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Berlins
United States
William B. Dodd
Dodd
Robert J. Bulkely
Lincoln
Roosevelt
South
Huey Long
Senate
Moscow
Berlin
Rome
Farmers in Cherokee County to Build Own Power Lines
Washington May 11 Farmers in Cherokee county Alabama may reject the Alabama Power Company line and build their own lines with REA support. REA chief John M Carmody said farmers would be protected in rights to form cooperative lines if needed while Alabama Power President Thomas W Martin denied plans for spite lines. Carmody indicated REA would survey and construct 75 miles of lines if farmers favor.
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Washington
Cherokee County
Ala
Alabama Power Company
John M. Carmody
REA
Carmody
Thomas W. Martin
Birmingham
Martin
Power Company
Earl Solomon
Cherokee
Bibb Graves
Montgomery
RHA
Patterson Named To Committees On Aldermen Board
Carl D. Patterson, elected by the city council to fill the late J. D. Ligon’s unexpired term, has been named to all committees Ligon served. Patterson is chairman of the finance and public property committee, chairman of the education committee, and member of the fire, water and light committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D. Patterson
J. D. Ligon
Aldermen
Mr. Ligon
Fire, Water and Light
Beakley Named Bridgeton High School Chief Janitor
Bridgeton New Jersey May 11 Frank R Beakley is the new chief janitor of Bridgeton high school He will receive 1350 dollars a year He resigned his previous position last night to accept the job For six and one half years he had been president of the board of education without salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton, N. J
Frank R. Beakley
Bridgeton High School
Board of Education
Ministers of Dominions Honor King in Coronation Prelude
King George VI addressed prime ministers and colonial representatives at Buckingham Palace on the eve of his coronation. He pledged to serve the empire as rain dampened preparations and crowds pressed for a glimpse of the royal procession.
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Associated Press
London
George VI
India
Hilizabeth
Greatham Palace
Weather Update Tennessee River Falls to 21 Feet
The river gauge reads 21 feet as of today with no rainfall. Across Alabama and northwest Florida, fair tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow. Tennessee sees cloudy conditions with showers in western areas and a slight warmup tonight and Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
West Portion
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S. H. Carlisle
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Edward VII
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Dominions
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