Sunshine Boosts Alabama Farm Crops This Week
The week brought faster crop growth in Alabama with improved stands and rising farm incomes. Weather through March and April aided growth in most areas, though some sections faced replanting and late planting in the Tennessee Valley. Corn and oats show better progress than cotton, while fruit and truck crops advance and strawberries are being sold in several regions.
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Alabama
Congress
Cottom
Tennessee Valley
Gazettes Begin in Venice with St Marks Square Sale
The first European newspaper appeared in Venice and went on sale in St Mark's Square. It priced at a gazetta, a small Italian coin, giving rise to the term gazette used by newspapers thereafter.
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Venice
St. Mark’s Cathedral
Gazette
Machine Company Burglary on West Moulton Street
Police sought burglars after H. and H. Machine Works on West Moulton Street was entered Sunday night. Thieves stole an acetylene welding torch, oxygen and acetylene tanks, and various gauges and tools. The firm fixed the time as Sunday night, noting the rear door showed no prior tampering. Police said the gear could be used to drill a safe, but no safe robbery reports were found locally.
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H. & H. Machine Works
West Moulton Street
Means Resumes Stand in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Gaston Means resumed the stand in the ransom hoax trial and testified that a month ago he told attorneys Mrs. Evelyn McLean and four men he named as principals in the Lindbergh kidnapping were in Washington and could be arrested. Moments later, both defense and government rested.
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Washington
Gaston Means
Evelyn McLean
Means
McLean
Highway Truck Damaged by Fire
A state highway department truck caught fire and was controlled by fire crews. The blaze damaged seat cushions and the cab top, likely starting from a short circuited battery.
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State Highway Department
Cotton recovers some losses as rains aid market rally
New Orleans May 15 cotton prices rose sharply after rains in Texas. The market rallied about 50 cents from session lows, then steadied near high levels at midday and recovered into the afternoon, trading roughly 6 to 11 points below Saturday’s close.
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New Orleans
Losnie Citenan Wea
Texas
Pay Increases Reported Today in Montgomery Mills
Pay increases for 1000 textile workers and 400 new jobs were reported from cotton mills in the Montgomery area. Bradford Cotton Mills raised pay 5 to 10 percent for 1000 employees in Montgomery and Prattville, Tallassee mills added 300 workers, and West Boylston Manufacturing re-employed 125. Roland Nachman, Montgomery retailers president, said conditions are improved.
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Montgomery
Bradford Cotton Mills
Prattville
Tallassee Mills
West Boylston Manufacturing Company
Roland Nachman
Jackson County Cannot Cover Heywood Patterson Trial Costs
Jackson County will be unable to pay the expenses for the Heywood Patterson trial this year. Sheriff A. W. Davis of Morgan received a letter from Jackson Probate Judge J. M. Money explaining slow tax payments left no funds beyond the budget to meet jury and other fees, and that there is no possibility of meeting the claims this year.
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Jackson County
A. W
Bud) Davis
Morgan
J. M. Money
Jackson
English Pope Adrian IV the English Pope in papal history
Pope Adrian IV the fourth and only Englishman to sit on the papal throne was born around 1100 at Langley Hertfordshire. His birth name was Nicholas Breakspear and he rose to lead the Catholic Church in Rome.
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Pope Adrian
Papal
Langley
Hertfordshire
Nicholas Breakspear
Health Unit Reports April Immunization and Births Lead County
Lawrence County Health Unit report for April shows 21 typhoid, 148 diphtheria, 2 smallpox injections and 78 Schick tests. There were 24 tubercular visits, 13 to communicable diseases, 40 sanitary inspections, 3 dairy inspections, 76 births to 29 deaths, and coverage miles by Dr. Harper and nurse Willie Crawford.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County Health Unit
R. E. Harper
Harper
Willie Crawford
Public Enemy Rocco Belcastro Shot to Death in Chicago
Chicago police report the 25 year old Rocco Belcastro known as Public Enemy and tied to burglary liquor dealing and the circus gang was found murdered. His body showed binding and burial style details and a loaded revolver carried in a shoulder holster.
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Chicago
Ill
Rocco Belcastro
Four In Line-Up In Police Court
Four offenders appeared in police court Saturday two whites and two negroes. Both whites drew fines for being drunk and one negro faced a similar charge. The other negro was arraigned on petit larceny.
George W Royer To Receive Engineering Degree
George W Royer returns to Auburn after a brief visit and will receive his engineering degree tomorrow morning.
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George W. Royer
Auburn
STILL RAID NEAR DECATUR ENCOUNTERS BRAVADO AND ARRESTS
Four men were arrested after a raid near Decatur uncovered a 300 gallon still and 600 gallons of beer. Deputies pursued two whites and two Negroes, one man swam the river to safety, another fled across a field, all captured. The still was destroyed and beer dumped. preliminary hearing date not set.
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Walton
McGlathery
Reid
Sheriff Davis
Kilgore
Decatur
Congress Hopes 70 Quit June 10
Congress enters the tenth week of the special session with optimism for adjournment by June 10. Leaders expect three major measures soon including the Tennessee Valley Authority program, securities regulation, gasoline tax and postage reduction bills. Roosevelt era public works and industrial control legislation also planned for Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Tennessee Valley
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Local Weather Max 89 Min 66 for 24 Hours
The weather bureau reports a high of 89 degrees and a low of 66 degrees for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
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the Weather Bureau Today
Mrs J M Pickens Called by Death in Ninth Street Area
Mrs J M Pickens of Ninth Street area has been summoned by death, prompting notices of bereavement and funeral arrangements in the local column.
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J. M. Pickens
Ninth Steel, South
Final Exercises at Lawrence High School
Miss Margaret Ross headlines the final exercises as Lillian Simms and Earline Aldridge graduate as valedictorian and salutatorian. Dr. W. H. Dendy delivers the commencemen t sermon at the high school auditorium. Raymond Stephenson to give the class oration before diplomas presented by Principal H. L. Tidwell.
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Margaret Ross
W. H. Dendy
Presbyterian Church
Courtland
Lillian Simms
Earline Aldridge
Business Meeting Held at Southside Baptist Church
A business meeting of the church women at Southside Baptist Church convenes this afternoon at 2 30. All officers should have written reports ready. Mrs Will Spanable, president, will preside.
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The
Southside Baptist Church
Will Spanable
Old Man River May Go on Rampage Soon
Flood warnings issued by the weather bureau for parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries after heavy rains. Warnings cover the Ohio River and its tributaries below Parkersburg West Virginia the Illinois River the lower Missouri River the Arkansas River and the section of the Mississippi from the Missouri to the Arkansas mouths.
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Old Man River
Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Bureau
Ohio River
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Illinois River
Missouri River
Arkansas River
Missouri
Arkansas
Visit Russellville by Mrs Oldham and Mrs Leyden
Mrs J C Oldham and Mrs J A Leyden visited friends in Russellville Sunday.
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J. C. Oldham
J. A. Leyden
Russellville
Evacuation urged for Tungchow amid rumors of Japanese advance
The U S legation warns Americans in Tungchow near Peiping to flee as rumors spread of a Japanese push. About 30 missionaries with the American Board of Missions are in Tungchow. Evacuation also starts at Tangshan, British mining HQ, while Nan ing comes under attack and Miyun may fall within miles.
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Tungchow
United States
Peiping
American Board of Missions
North China American School
Tangshan
Kailen
Naning
Miyun
GARE OF MOTHERS VITAL NECESSITY
County eight women set out for motherhood but did not reach the end. Prenatal care is urged as essential for mother and baby, with early physician visits, health monitoring, and prudent habits to prevent suffering and death during childbirth.
Courthouse Roof at Moulton Is Painted
The Lawrence county courthouse roof in Moulton Alabama is being repainted bright red to contrast with surrounding green trees. The spire has its coat of paint and work continues on the main roof.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County
Objection Halts Senate Action On Muscle Shoals Bill
Senate delayed consideration of the Muscle Shoals bill after Republican Leader McNary objected, allowing a day for study. House conferees reported progress noting the Tennessee Valley project hinges on board capacity, not legislative posture, with key provisions about net proceeds, tax shares, and hydro power allocations outlined.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
House
McSwain
Treasury
Tennessee
Alabama
Canarying Off Key Lands Man In Toils of Law
Deputies arrested a young white man Sunday night at the singing at Mason's Ridge. K ers said the man was decidedly off key, long, loud incoherently, and on being a¢ posted, it was discovered he had
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Mason's Ridge
Kers
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