Fatal grade crossing crash near Greenbrier injures family group
A two vehicle crash at a rural crossing near Greenbrier two miles north of the Madison Limestone line killed Mrs. Ray and sent six others to Benevolent hospital in Decatur. Survivors include Louis Rice Earl Whitt Violet Mamie and Mary Ray.
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Benevolent Hospital
Violet Ray
Mamie Ray
Mary Ray
Louie Rice
Earl Whitt
Thomas Ray
Benevolent
Greenbrier
Madison
Limestone County Line
Southern
Whitt
Huntaville
Mra. Ray
Decatur
Belle Mina
J. J. Pettus
Union Station
R. S. Porter
Charles W. Short
Cliff Davis
Love Theft Suit Involving New York Socialite Milburn Cheeseborough
New York society beauty Charlotte Milburn Cheeseborough is sued for 25000 in an alienation of affections case filed by Mrs Katherine Wright of Madison Connecticut. Mrs Wright plans divorce from John Wright who inherited a fortune. Wright also faces a superior court assault trial for firing at a neighbor he believed to be his wife in the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Milburn Cheeseborough
Mra
Katherine Wright
Madison
Morgan County 4 H Rally Draws 1761 Members
More than half of Morgan County 4 H Club members attended the annual rally despite threatening weather. The parade led by Boy Scouts and state highway patrol showcased banners from each unit as youths of all ages marched through principal streets.
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Morgan County
State Highway Patrol
Princess Theatre
Capitol Theatre
Princess
J. H. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Capitol
Riverside Auditorium
Supreme Court weighs TVA review and Mooney petition
The Supreme Court debated reviewing a private power challenge to TVA competition and Mooney's habeas corpus plea in a San Francisco bombing case. If reviewed, arguments may come next fall with May 31 end of term near.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee
TVA
Florence Allen
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
California
San Francisco
High Tribunal
California Supreme Court
New York Port Authority
Mrs. Cora Posey Called by Death
Mrs. Cora Posey 45 died at 7 this morning at her home Moulton route 1 after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Parker cemetery Rev Emmett Byars officiating burial to be by Brown of Decatur. Survived by husband Buddy Posey two daughters Mabel and Aver Posey a sister Flora Nelson and brothers Walter and Willard Nelson.
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Cora Posey
Moulton
Parker Cemetery
Emmett Byars
Brown
Decatur
Buddy Posey
Mabel
Aver Posey
Flora Nelson
Walter
Willard Nelson
Protest Over Arrest Of Germans In Rio
The German government protests to Brazil after six German citizens are arrested as suspects in the abortive Fas cist rising against President Getulio Vargas. Brazil says they were arrested as individuals with no foreign power link, despite Vargas accusing the Integralist rebels of foreign help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getullio Vargas
Vargas
Greenshirts
Taxi Tangle to Fore Again in Decatur
Three former cab operators Cliff Ward Raymond Ward and B D Meadors were arrested for operating taxis without a license in Decatur. They pleaded not guilty and appealed. The case follows a state supreme court ruling that reversed a lower court order requiring the city to grant permits to old cab owners.
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Decatur
Supreme Court
Cliff
Raymond Ward
B. D. Meadors
W. P. Moore
Ward Bros
the Daily
Cliff Ward
Second Avenue
R. N. Harris
S. H. Darnell
State Supreme Court
Colitis Fatal to 11 Month Old Boy Murphy Family
Carl Delmore Murphy eleven month old son of Mr and Mrs James Carl Murphy of 1822 Fifth Avenue South died at noon after a two week illness of colitis. Funeral services set for Sunday at 3 30 at Moss Chapel Drinkard and Howell directing. Survived by parents a brother James Donald and grandparents.
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Carl Delmore Murphy
James Carl Murphy
Fifth Avenue
South
Moss’ Chapel
Drinkard and Howell
James Donald
Republicans Join In Effort to Cut Public Works Funds
A bipartisan Senate group led by Senator Byrd seeks to strip public works loans and grants from the Roosevelt spending plan, favoring relief programs instead. They would require states to cover relief costs and push penalties for political use of relief funds, while opposing new PWA projects. President Roosevelt defends the program as essential amid economic woes.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Byrd
Works Progress
House
PWA
Bra
Ser Bagg
Gerry
D RI
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Atlantic City
Adams
D Cole
Appropriations Subcommittee
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Ickes
McCarran
New
Rules Committee
Chile Likely to Quit the League of Nations
Inform ed sources said Chilean representatives were told to hand in a resignation from the League unless the council grants satisfactory covenant revision. Augustin Edwards, Chile's delegation head, was directed to submit formal notice immediately after the council meeting if demands are unmet.
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Geneva
Chile
League of Nations
League Council
Augustin Edwards
Mexico Severs Diplomatic Ties With Britain Over Expropriation
Mexico declares its minister in London withdrawn and its legation closed after Britain's refusal to pay a 370,962.71 peso bill tied to oil expropriation. O'Malley warned the move risks unilateral action as both nations contemplate further economic measures and recalls.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Great Britain
Britain
Lazaro Cardenas
London
Primo Villa Michel
Owen St. Clair O'Malley
O'Malley
Cardenas
United States
Aguila Royal Dutch Shellil Company
Jane
Eduardo Hay
Japanese Guts Key Rail Line Halts Central China Drive
A Japanese army communique reports the Shanghai railway line cut east of Nanjing as mobile units blow up a bridge. The Suchow area bombs trap about 400,000 Chinese forces, with Suchow bombed and 100 civilians killed. Japanese forces push toward Foochow and Canton Hankow rail links with air support.
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Shanghai
Apanese
Sunghai
Japan
Central China
Ngehan
China
Suchow
Lung
Ranghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Mussolini Declares Peace Will Be Defended in Genoa Ceremony
In Genoa Mussolini laid the keel for a new battleship while warning that totalitarian states would unite if democracies declare doctrinal war. The Italian premier urged readiness of forces and cautioned against anti-Italian manifestations in the United States as Konrad Henlein pressed Sudeten German demands for independence in Czechoslovakia.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Italy
United States
Woodring
Mussolini
Genoa
Konrad Henlein
Fuehrer
Red Cross to Open Office at 110 W Vine Street
Morgan county chapter of the American Red Cross will establish a permanent office at 110 W Vine Street in the rear of the old First National Bank building. The office, open 9 to noon and 1 to 4 daily except Saturday mornings, will be led by executive secretary Mrs. Frank H. Kirby who will oversee home service, civilian relief, hygiene, junior Red Cross, life saving and first aid. A national aquatic school trip to Brevard, North Carolina, is planned for two delegates with expenses paid. Volunteers are urged to assist and a filing cabinet is among the needed donations.
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Morgan County
American Red Cross
W. Vine Street
First National Bank
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Red Cross
Hunt
W. T. Price
County Red Cross
Frank H. Kirby
George Porter
Harry Higdon
Irvin Mitchell
H. L. Thornton
Butler P. A. Hine
J. W. Darrah
E. M. Chendult
Mae Davis
Frank Kirby
Fred&. Hunt, Jr
NLRB seeks Supreme Court ruling on recall powers
The National Labor Relations Board asks the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to define its ability to recall and modify recall orders before certifying case records. The move follows a Philadelphia circuit court ruling blocking further steps in the Republic Steel case, which involved reinstating 6,000 workers tied to signed contracts with Little Steel and CIO tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Shintetom
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Little Steel
CIO
U. S. Circuit Court
Philadelphia
NLRB
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Republic
Department of Agriculture
Kansas City Livestock Commission
Should File for Benefits In Old Age Security Program
W N Foster manager of the local social security board asks if you are entitled to a lump sum payment under the old age insurance provisions. The Social Security Board has paid over a million dollars in lump sums to workers 65 and to estates or relatives of deceased workers since 1937. Many in Alabama and the Southeast have not filed claims and should visit the Social Security Board field office in the Malone Building on Ferry Street for filing information.
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W. W. Foster
Social Security Board
United States Treasury
Alabama
Malone
Ferry Street
Foster
Industry Slump Deepens Amid Weekly Downturn
New York May 14 industry slowed further as the Associated Press seasonally adjusted index of industrial activity fell to 66.2 percent of the 1929-30 average, a four year low. The reading dropped from 67.5 a week earlier and from 1086 a year ago.
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New York
Associated Press
CIO Affiliate Complaint Will Be Aired At Hearing Move Granted
Four employee organizations joined by the company seek to move the hearing on the Cooper-Wells Co dispute from St Joseph Michigan to Decatur Alabama. John H Peach, attorney for the Decatur union, says the motion for intervention was filed and the case will be transferred after testimony. Local employees funded their own counsel and oppose outside interference while insisting they control their own union.
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Decatur
Cooper-Wells Company
Labor Relations Board
John H. Peach
St. Joseph
Mich
CooperWella
Cooper-Wells and Company
Alabama
Cooper-Wells
CIO
New Attacks in War Games
In a staged Atlantic coast clash, a coalition of European and Asiatic powers battles General Headquarters air force in a defense drill. Reconnaissance and wing units from New Haven and Middletown attack simulated targets around Chesapeake Bay while black forces mount mock raids on Mitchell Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon Francis
Associated Press
New York
General Headquarters Air Force
Mitchell Field
New Haven
Plum Tree Islands
Chesapeake Bay
American
Newport News
Norfolk
Tobacco Road to Open Tonight for 1900th Time on Broadway
New York May 14 report notes Jack Kirkland's stage adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's novel Tobacco Road reaches its 1900th performance. The play about a degraded southern hill family remains a Broadway staple, more beloved by audiences than critics, outlasting several Pulitzer prize winners.
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New York
Hardy Perennial
Broadway
Tobacco Road
Jack Kirkland
Erskine Caldwell
Page Leads Miley Early In Southern Women's Golf Title
Mrs Estelle Lawson Page national champion holds a three up edge after nine holes in the 27th southern women's championship at Birmingham Country Club. Miley from Lexington Ky trails with a 42 out in front while Page shoots a 39 as a SW wind adds hazards on the east course.
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Kenneth Gregory Birmingham
Ala
Estelle Lawson Page
Miss Marion Miley
Birmingham Country Club
Page
Chapel Hill
Miss Miley
Lexington
Weather report notes river gauge and temperature data
The Tennessee river gauge at 7 am stood at 20.6 feet with a 60 degree high and low. Rainfall totaled .03 inches. Alabama and northwest Florida expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Tennessee generally fair with cooler conditions tonight and Sunday. Next week shows showers in the Central and East Gulf States then improving conditions with near normal temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Central
East Gulf States
Southern Plains
Tures
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Sult
Court Eyes Tva Review
Coalition
Rio
J. P. McKnight
Bill
Gut Key
Hitler
Labor Board
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