Plot Against Solon Bared In WPA Workers Testimony
The House committee heard that an alliance branch in Reading planned to physically block Rep Moser D from the cornerstone laying if he attended due to his vote against more relief funds. The plan was not approved and communist members withdrew. Olin C Eckley accused WPA purchasing policies of harming local dealers and urged bids be managed by them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
WPA
Workers Alliance
Reading
Chris Doose
Alliance
Ben Rubin
Moser D
Doose
Moser
Olin C. Eckley
Michigan Builders’ Supply Association
Eckley
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Mental Time Turned Back to Aid Mental Disease
Dr Milton H Erickson described hypnosis as a tool to reverse mental development and reset thinking to childhood to treat disordered minds. Trials show some patients regain childhood mental states while others return to earlier illness stages. Additional remarks note a Detroit court study finds 36 percent of traffic offenders mentally feeble minded and four percent psychotic enough to impair driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Chicago
Milton H. Erickson
Eloise
Mich
American Psychiatric Association
Erickson
Lowell S. Selling
Detroit
Association
Selling
Wartime tensions rise over Danzig and European alliances
British Prime Minister Chamberlain warned that any forceful change to the Danzig situation would trigger a general war involving Britain. Daladier urged unity and collaboration as France and Britain pledge solidarity, while talks of a four power alliance and a Geneva meeting sought to ease tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chamberlain
Premeri Daladier
Danzig
Britain
Paris
Dalladier
France
Local Band Plans Friday Night Concert at Benson Field
The Benson Field event features the first formal school band concert at 7 30 PM with two waltzes marches and a novelette plus Night in June by a brass sextette. A softball game between two local all star girls teams follows, proceeds benefiting the band, with a city PTA council sponsorship and a 4 15 PM parade through the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Field
Kenneth Hey
H. L. Ogle
Ray Pepper
Dolly Walters
Ozelle Isbell
H. Ll. Ogle
Virginia Brock
Ruth Hennessey
Bertha Speigel
Ollie Mae Shafer
Ruth Pettey
Frances Pettey
Brownie Littrell
Pam Littrell
Helen Mooney
Elizabeth Mooney
Ruth Beasley
City P. T. A. Council
Clemency hearings set for seven may die in Kilby chair
Governor Dixon and the state pardon board will hold clemency hearings May 24 25 for seven men slated to die June 9 in Kilby prison electric chair. Five defendants were convicted of murder and two of rape. Names include Grady Tubbs Roy Anderson Lonnie Avery Harvey Lee Gilmore J T Jones and Joseph Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Dixon
State Pardon Board
Kilby
State Supreme Court
Grady Tubbs
Hale
Horace Nash
Tubbs
Nash
Charles White
Pike
Roy Anderson
Jefferson County
Lonnie Avery
Bibb County
Harvey Lee Gilmore
Jefferson
J. Q. Hall
J. T. Jones
Russell County
Joseph Frazier
Marengo
Caroline Frazier
Eight Feared Dead In Chicago Grain Elevator Fire
An explosion and blaze at the Rosenbaum Brothers grain elevator on Calumet River in Chicago sparked fears of at least eight deaths among workers. Fire crews battled the 150 foot high, block sized structure as smoke and flames reached nearby elevators. four men were hospitalized and investigators pursued cause, with dust explosion suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Chicago Hospital
Second Street
Calumet River
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
Robert Thomas
Edward J. Kelly
Frank Walsh
Omer A Black Dies at Rural Home
Final rites planned for Omer A Black 46 who died at 11 last night at his Union Grove route 2 home. Services set for Mt Tabor Marshall county at 4 30 pm with Rev Slater in charge. Burial by Drinkard Howell. Survived by widow, mother Mrs Sarah FE Black, three brothers Walter M John F Milton E Black, two sisters Mrs Rosie Oden and Mrs Myrtle Culbreath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer A. Black
Union Grove
Mt. Tabor
Marshall County
Slater. Drinkard-Howell
Black
Sarah FE. Black
Walter M
John F
Milton E. Black
Rosie Oden
Myrtle Culbreath
Railroads set hearing on interstate rate revision
The public service commission in Montgomery has scheduled a May 23 hearing on a petition by Alabama railroads to revise interstate rates for road building materials to align with charges approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cullman Man Dies in Spillway at Wheeler Dam
Avery McAdams of Cullman city crew drowned when his fishing boat was sucked into Wheeler Dam spillway at 11 30 Wednesday morning. Bill Fromhold and Jack McMurray were injured but rescued. Propst, Decatur, aided. Officials had no update on spillway opening as search continued. McAdams left a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery McAdams
Cullman Street
Wheeler Dam
Bill Fromhold
Jack McMurray
McAdams
Cullman
Fromhold
McMurray
S. N. Propst
Decatur
Frank McMurray
Jack
Propst
Froithold
Cullman Trio
Ontt
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Poorer Folk Better Pay Poverty in Home Loans
John H. Fahey urged cutting prices for low income homes at the national mutual savings banks meeting. He said over 80 percent of urban families cannot afford homes over 4000 dollars and urged collaboration among lenders, builders, and workers to reach more affordable 5000 dollar homes and better housing for the mass of families with moderate incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
National Association of Mutual Sallings Banks
United States
Treasury 10 Asks Changes In Tax Law
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau says he will urge Congress to remove business deterrents in tax laws and notes he stands by prior statements urging a careful review. He expects House Ways and Means to summon him in about a week and favors a single corporate levy with loss-offset provisions among other technical changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Committee
Treasury Secretary
John W. Hanes
Wall Street
Treasury Garden
Ex Convict Shot Dead in Alabama Home Shooting
James A. Wright 41, an ex convict, was shot and killed at the Gintown home of Leonard Fady near Birmingham. Wright allegedly demanded entry and reached for a weapon as Fady fired, claiming Wright appeared at the back door before the porch encounter. No arrests yet. coroner cites possible wrong house. Wright had prior felony records including 1918 reform school term, 1936 federal prison term for motor vehicle theft, and a 1933 Kentucky prohibition offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Gip M. Evans
James A. Wright
Gintown
Here
Evans
Wright
Leonard Fady
Fady
Adamsville
Eady
Frankfort
Kentucky
Leonard Eady
J. C. Eady
Mrs Wade Wright Injured After Vehicle Collision
Mrs Wade Wright of 201 Fifth Avenue West was knocked unconscious at the Bank and Vine streets corner and suffered severe cuts to the right arm and both knees. The driver Dawson Cottingham of Hillsboro assisted her to a doctor’s office. Wright returned to her secretary duties at Jack Smallwood’s Inc. later the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Wright
Fifth Avenue
West
Bank and Vine Streets
Dawson Cottingham
Hillsboro
Hospitals Observe Day In Decatur May 12
Decatur hospitals will observe National Hospital Day Friday May 12 with visitors welcome at Baugh Infirmary 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Benevolent Society Hospital 10 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The day honors Florence Nightingale and the nursing profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
the Baugh Infirmary
Benevolent Society Hospital
Florence Nightingale
National Hospital Association
Peace Hopes Rise From Pope Pius XII Peace Efforts
Diplomatic observers report a calming of tensions in Europe due to Pope Pius XII s peace moves. Papal delegates in Berlin Warsaw Paris London and Rome relay optimism for a gradual general settlement amid German Polish Danzig and Italian France disputes as Roosevelt proposals precede a possible encyclical urging prayer and action for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Warsaw
Paris
London
Rome
Europe
Free
Danzig
Pomorze
Oliver Stanley
British Board of Trade
House of Commons
Great Britain
Rumania
Britain
Romania
United Kingdom
Izvestia Today
Geneva
Russia
Vatican City
Pius XII
Holy Father
Free City of
France
Vatican
Roosevelt
Elks Launch Philanthropy Fund To Aid Crippled Children
Alabama Elks initiate a philanthropy project with a $50,000 goal for the year. Thomas Martin of Montgomery heads the fund, backed by 3,500 members statewide. The drive prioritizes crippled children but will fund any worthy charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Elks
Thomas
Martin
Harry Marks
Alabama Elks Association
Marks
Greenfield Case May Go to Jury By Nightfall
Louis Greenfield a Bronx businessman testified that God ordered him to chloroform his son Jerome a 16 year old with an infant mind as the jury could reach verdicts by nightfall in a manslaughter case. The defense and prosecution rested and closing arguments plus judge charges were expected later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis Greenfield
Bronx
Crome
Greenfield
Lames
Jerry
Jerome
Anna Greenfield
Hartwell Case Sent To Jurors In Mobile Trial
The Hartwell case, a former Mobile city commissioner charged with violating postal laws, was given to a federal jury. The defense rested without witnesses, and the government did not argue, though the prosecutor asserted the charge remained. Witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Megee testified Hartwell allegedly threatened them over a loan application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Harry T. Hartwell
Francis H. Inge
Inge
P. L. Megee
Hartwell
Federal Housing Administration
Hartwell Place
Cars collide at Moulton Street intersection
No one was hurt as a car driven by Mrs. J. S. Walker and a Decatur cab driven by Attilus Fogg collided at the intersection of Moulton street and Twelfth avenue east around 7 40 o clock last night. The Walker car suffered minor damage and the cab side was damaged more severely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Walker
Decatur
Attilus Fogg
Moulton Street
Twelfth Avenue East
Walker
Reopening in 14 districts urged today
Knoxville reports union and operator actions amid soft coal strike. John L. Lewis issued telegrams directing outlying districts to sign new contracts and push for immediate mine operation. Talks at the Hotel Biltmore stall as Appalachian mines remain closed since April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
Appalachian
Biltmore
Lewis
Telegram
U.M.W
Ellis Searles
UMW
al i
Cme
Searles
Auburn ROTC Receives War Departments Excellent Rating
Auburn Alabama May 11 Auburns ROTC for the 20th consecutive year received the war departments maximum rating of excellent. General Embick commended Pres J N Duncan Col Fred C Wallace and Auburn faculty for uniform excellence and student conduct. About 140 reserve commissions will be awarded at the 67th commencement May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
War Department
Pres. J. N. Duncan
D. Embick
Fmbrick
Fred C. Wallace
United States Reserve Corps
Pickup and private car collide at Ferry and Vine Street
At 2 p m Wednesday a pick up driven by Frank Dodd of Jervis Foundry and Machine Co. and a private car driven by F L Wesson of Hartselle collided at Ferry and Vine streets. Both vehicles were damaged but no one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry and
Vine Streets
Frank Dodd
Jervis Foundry and Machine Co
F. L. Wesson
Hartselle
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama Regions
Tennessee reports a river gauge of 20.8 feet and a 24 hour high of 82 and low of 59 with no rainfall. Alabama forecasts unsettled conditions with local thundershowers in the north tonight and Friday, cooler in the far north and inferior areas Friday, and lighter winds along the Tennessee line.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Solon
Nis
Daladier
Mercy Slayer
New York, N. Y
Samuel Leivowits
Acme
ELKS
Knoxville, Tenn
United Mine Workers of America
Auburn Rotc
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