Woman Companion Faces Jury After Prewitt Conviction
In Franklin County Alabama on May 15 a Mississippi escapee Frank Prewitt was sentenced to death for killing Walter Sanderson chief of police of Vina. His companion Zula Cochran faced a separate jury on a murder charge linked to the same crime. The 14 year old daughter testified for both sides.
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Ala
George
Buddy
Mississippi
Sie Cochran
Ty Walter Sanderson
Vina
He. Oe
Alto Evans
Sanderson
Evans
Prewitt
Russellville
Franklin Circuit Court
Frank Prewitt
Walter Sanderson
Zula Cochran
Cochran
Almon
Pre‘witt
Mrs. Cochran
Missing After Boat Capsizes on Lake Lure
Three missing after a small motorboat burned on Lake Lure in North Carolina. Johnnie H. Jones of J A Jones Construction Charlotte Val Harmon of Atlanta and Detroit and Miss Virginia Savage of Charlotte are unaccounted for. Miss Opal Barrow swam to shore but later became lost in woods and wandered out after six hours. Boat overturned about 10 40 last night.
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Johnnie H. Jones
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Charlotte
Val Harmon
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
Vir-ginia Savage
Opal Barrow
Alabama Man Fined $100 in Manslaughter Case
J E Newberry was fined 100 dollars in Houston circuit court for second degree manslaughter linked to the death of J L Wingate in an automobile crash.
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Ala
J. E. Newberry
Houston
J. L. Wingate
Notice of Election for April 22, 1935
Notice announces an election date in 1935 for a county in Als County. The readable portion specifies April 22 as the election day and references a local official or jurisdiction. The fragment lacks full names or details beyond the date and general election context.
Market Quotations Edge Forward Amid Cautious Trading
Wall Street edged higher with rail shares and commodities leading gains while several industrials held steady or pulled back. Trading focused on Washington policy chatter as the Wagner labor bill and NRA extension loomed, with 1,100,000 shares traded and notes on cattle and sheep prices mixed across markets.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
Associated Press
New York
London
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Columbin Carbon
Douglas Aircraft
Allied Chemical
American Telephone
Wright Areonautical
Cerro de Pasco
American Smelting
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Atlantic Refining and Mission Corp
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
du Pont
Johne- Manville
Westinghouse
Kelly- Springfield Tires
Washington
Senate
House
Patman
Liverpool cotton market report May 15 American prices
Cotton 1000 bales with American nil. Spot in good demand yet moderate business. Prices up two points with quotations: American strict good middling 7.46, good middling 7.16, strict middling 6.51, strict good ordinary 6.31, good ordinary 6.01. Futures closed steady May 6.56 July 6.51 Oct 6.33 Dec 6.30 Jan 6.30 March 6.31.
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Liverpool
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Close Steady
New Orleans on May 15 reports spot cotton steady with sales of 3,529 bales. Prices shown for low middling 11.63 cents, middling 12.38, good middling 12.83, receipts 400, stock 501,065. Quotations revised for white grades and stained or tinged samples.
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New Orleans
Cotton Futures Close Steady in New York
New York May 15. Cotton futures closed steady with gains of 3 to 12 points as market positions held through midday trading. Analysts cited light speculative interest and firm nearby lint prices supporting the settled tone.
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New York
Chicago poultry market report May 15 1930s prices
Live poultry traded steady across 37 trucks in Chicago with hens at 19 to 21 cents per lb and Leghorn hens at 19. Rock fryers quoted 23 to 23 1 2 cents, colored at 22 1 2, Rock Springs over 3 lbs 26, colored 24, Rock broilers 21, colored 21, Leghorn 18 to 20, barebacks 19, roosters 14 1 2, hen turkeys 17, toms 14, No 2 13, ducks old 4 1 2 lbs up 13, small 11, young white ducks 4 1 2 tp up 17 1 2, less than 4 1 2 lbs 13, geese 10.
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Chicago
Rock Springs
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed as Hogs Steady to Lower
Chicago hog market noted 12 000 head with prices 5 cents lower than Tuesday, top 9.45 for 190-280 lb pigs. cattle section with 10 000 head and 1 500 calves showing steady to higher activity, killing quality improved, steers 15.25 early, heifers 9.50-11.75, cows 10-9.25, yearlings mixed as demand remains strong for improved cattle and feeders.
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Chicago
Dept
Chicago May and July futures slide and rise
In Chicago on May 15 futures trading shows May at about 90 to 91 percent with high and low ranging near 90 and 91. July futures trade around 91 to 92 percent with the same pattern of slight gains and pulls.
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Chicago
Harrison Bill Faces Road Funds Debate and Tax Changes
Lawmakers hear opposition to a proposed road funding increase and tax changes. Sylvian Baum warns higher rates would raise policyholder costs and prompt company withdrawals from Alabama. Plumbers object to higher trade taxes. Charles Rice urges keeping railroad exemptions to protect short lines. No rate increase planned, but exemption eliminations proceed.
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Sylvian Baum
Montgomery
Alabama
Charles Rice
Birmingham
Alabama House defeats three local option bills in temperance committee
In Montgomery the House temperance committee voted 10 to 3 to adverse the Connor beer bill and the Sanderson bills to legalize beer and establish liquor dispensaries in Montgomery Mobile and Birmingham. Also scheduled at 4 pm is the Dominick bill on sterilization for habitual criminals and the Senate health panel hearing. A Southern Bell amendment to the general revenue bill would cut the proposed gross receipts tax increase. A new automobile tag scale was proposed with A B OC designs and weights-based pricing.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Temperance Committee
Alabama
Hamner
Dallas
House Temperance Committee
Connor
Sanderson
Mobile
Birmingham
Joe Poole
Butler
Welch
Todd
Byars
Johnson
Coleman
Robertson
Matthews
Poole
Burleson
Quarles
Tolbert
DeKalb
Bateman
Taylor
Parker
Cleburne
Dominick
Senate
Public Health
W. A. Steadman
Southern Bell System
Don Drennan
Walton sponsors state anti rabies bill in Senate
Senator Will O Walton of Chambers introduced the health department backed anti rabies bill in the Senate and said he would push passage after a similar measure failed in the House last week. The bill requires dogs to be vaccinated and regulated to curb rabies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Will O. Walton
Chambers Today
State Health Department
House of Representatives
Poland's Helm in His Hands
With the death of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski Poland's dictator, a heavy burden falls on President Ignacy Moscicki. Moscicki, a noted scientist, was elected for a seven year term in 1926 and re elected in 1933, his rule guided by the nation s strong man.
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Joseph
Pilsudski
Poland
Ignatz Moscicki
Moscicki
Navy pleased by ships strategy in Pacific dash
The U S Navy reports high marks for precision and intricate deployment as the battleship fleet and its submarines completed a Pacific dash from California to Hawaii. Officers say the maneuver tested a high seas battle force and showcased the submarine division's scouting and tracking abilities against the main fleet.
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Walter B. Clausen
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States Navy
Pacific
California
High Command
Industrial Unit to Have Program at Kiwanis Noon Meeting
The Public Affairs Committee of the Kiwanis Club will run the program at the noon meeting on Thursday in the Hotel Lyons Assembly room. Judge Seybourn Lynne chairs with Judge B L Malone and Clyde Hendrix assisting. Industrial plant managers in Decatur are expected guests.
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Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Seybourn Lynne
B. L. Malone
Clyde Hendrix
Decatur
Peruvian Leader Antonio Miro Quesada and Wife Die in Lima
In Lima on May 15, Antonio Miro Quesada a Peruvian press and political leader and his wife Maria Laos were slain in the city.
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Lima
Peru
Antonio Miro Quesada
Maria Laos
Dairy Aid Program to Be Inaugurated in Alabama
Governor Bibb Graves announced Alabama relief administration funding of 50000 dollars for a dairy rehabilitation program. Relief labor will be used for sanitary and other improvements, with dairymen paying for the work in surplus milk for relief food.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama Relief Administration
Alabama
Alabama Senate debates rabies fee and road bond proposal
The Alabama Senate discussed a $1 rabies serum fee and license, citing deaths from dog bites, and examined Senator Edgar Russell’s road bond plan to pledge state gasoline tax shares for matching funds. The chamber adjourned after a 3 pm session without calendar action.
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Alabama
Walton
Edgar Russell
Dallas
United States
Russell
Senate
Rules Committee
Frazier-Lemke
Congress
Max Wellborn
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Webb
Chesnut
L. A. Weaver
America
Weaver
Reconstruction Finance
Frazer
Thrower
Crenshaw
Aye
Carlton
Chestnut
Cook
Glover
Kuykendall
Locke
Mooneyham
Riddle
St. John
Starnes
Walden
Woodall
Bonner
Browder
Dorsey
Pletcher
Mixon
McDowell
Parrish
Rogers
Mobile
Simpson
Stephens
Swift
Taylor
Tucker
Wellborn
Ty Boards
Spiritual Power Needed by Alabama Diocese Speaker Says
Bishop W. G. McDowell of Birmingham addressed the 104th annual Alabama diocese convention saying spiritual power, not material safety, is the need of the day. He noted slow, steady progress and commended the layman's league with 17 chapters in the diocese's larger cities.
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Florence
Ala
W. G. McDowell
Birmingham
Alabama
Lines Drawn In Election By Labor In Alabama
Gadsden Alabama May 15 The Alabama Federation of Labor faces a fast moving convention as officers near election after morning ratification of minor constitutional changes.
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Labor
Gadsden
Ala
Alabama Federation of Labor
Behind The Scenes In Washington
Rodney Dutcher reports on the Business Advisory Council clashing with Roosevelt policies over the Wheeler Rayburn holding company bill. Aldrich of Chase proposed compromise measures, but were rejected. Roosevelt pressured for a stricter bill while publicizing only approved points.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Dan Roper
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
White House
NRA
Wheeler- Rayburn
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Wall Street
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie
Aldrich
Sam Rayburn
House Committee
Interstate Commerce
Walter Splawn
Auburn
Splawn
Chase Bank
Electric Bond and Share
Bond and Share
Roper’s Council
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Decatur Diary News Bits and Local Appointments
Mrs John Arantz returns home after six months with daughter in Nashville Tennessee. Mrs John Martin of Birmingham departs after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J R Smiley. Locals visit Birmingham and Florence for short trips and medical care. Church Night at Westminster Presbyterian features catechism class Bible study and choir rehearsal. Hatfield opens Hatfield's Lake near Athens with updated facilities after three years of management.
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John Arantz
O. Freed Baur
Fam-Lly
Nashville
John Martin
Birmingham
J. R. Smiley
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jesse Hatfield
Hatfield
Athens
Champlain Strikes Halt French Liner Outbound
A crew strike aboard the French liner Champlain in Le Havre stops its sailing plans as of May 15. Details on duration and motives were not immediately available from AP reports.
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LE Havre
France
Workers at Toledo plants Edge Toward Full Return to Work
Motors officials said many automotive plants in 12 cities will return to full operation within a week after the Toledo Chevrolet plant walkout. About 16,500 of 33,000 idled workers were back today as Toledo transmission production resumed under the settlement terms. Reopenings included Cleveland Fisher Body and Toledo transmission with thousands of workers restored, plus St Louis Chevrolet and Fisher plants and Fisher Body No. 2 in Flint Michigan.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
Chevrolet
Fisher
Fisher Body Co
Filnt Mich
New Organization of Planters Won't Be Tried Now
The piece covers a farm march in Washington backing the continuation of the agricultural adjustment act and AAA amendments. President Roosevelt praised farm policies, attacked critics, and noted supporters and tensions with Gov. Thomas E. Talmad ge of Georgia and Senator Dickinson amid the march's reception.
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Congress
National Congress
White House
Wallace
Gov. Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
AAA
South Georgia
Atlanta
Talmadge
Tugwell
Washington
Dickinson
R. Town
Capital
Administration
Iowa
Blimp Crashes at Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Arthur Crawford, a forest fire lookout at the naval air station in Lakehurst New Jersey, reported that a K type blimp crashed on the field late today. He said two men were taken from the damaged ship.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Arthur Crawford
Naval Air Station
Here
Crawford
Strike Threat Delays Maiden Voyage of Normandie
Afternoon labor unrest halted the Normandie's scheduled departure from New York as sympathizers vowed further delays unless the strikers' salary demands are granted.
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New York
Normandie
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