Roosevelt to Press Congress on Sustaining His Veto
Washington May 16 reports indicate supporters of the Patman bonus bill plan to send the legislation to the White House for President Roosevelt to veto. The White House confirmed a veto will be issued and urged Congress to sustain it, with a decisive vote expected next week as economic warnings about new currency risks are raised by Benjamin M. Anderson Jr. of Chase National Bank.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Thomas
Okla
Congress
Stephen Early
la Rogers
Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr
Chase National Bank of New York
Woman Passenger Robbed of Jewelry Aboard Bremen
Southampton police investigate after a Bremen passenger reports jewelry valued at about 6 000 pounds stolen from her handbag in her cabin following the ships departure from New York on February 8. A New York assessor for an insurance firm supplied a description of a diamond and pearl necklace a bracelet and a ring believed taken during the night of February 8 into February 9. The victim’s name was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Eng
Bremen
New York
Miss Flick Testifies in $100000 Butler Slander Suit
Miss Margot Flick testified in defense of her mother Mrs. Henrietta Flick in a libel suit filed by former butler William Lawrence Graham. The case centers on allegations of an affair with a Boston society matron Mrs. Louis Shaw and a disputed bedroom incident.
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New York
Margot Flick
Boston Society
Miss Flick
Henrietta Flick
Lenox
Mass
Louis Shaw
Henry Uterhart
Flicks
Graham
Sandler
Uterhart
Non Jury Term of Court Opens in Limestone County
Athens Alabama May 16 Special Non jury term of the Limestone county circuit court will open May 27 with Judge A A Griffith of Cullman presiding for one week. Civil and criminal cases will be tried and the equity docket sounded. a large number of cases are set but none are of particular interest.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County Circuit Court
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Ruth Rumors Fold Around Braves Star as Managerial Sparks Fly
Boston Braves president Judge Emil Fuchs comments on reports Babe Ruth may quit baseball pointing to the western road trip as pivotal. New York reports cite Ruth’s slumps and batting woes with talks of a possible midseason change, including Ruth’s aim to manage a big league club.
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Boston
Emil Fuchs
Boston Braves
Babe Ruth
Pon
Babe
Fuchs
Ruth
Puchs
New York
Nationals
Braves
Bill McKechnie
Emil E. Fuchs
Second Victim of Accidental Death in Texas Hunt
Raymond Leopard, 25, son of Mr and Mrs R E Leopard of Athens, was killed while hunting in Texas when a gun fired as he tried to draw it through a fence. He was brought home Wednesday and buried at Isom's Chapel Graveyard. This is the second son the family has lost to accidental deaths, a younger brother having died while swimming years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Texas
Raymond Leopard
R. E. Leopard
Isom
Leopard
Reynolds urges Denmark to return Virgin Islands
Senator Robert R. Reynolds remarks in Puerto Rico that Denmark should be paid to take back the Virgin Islands. He chairs a senatorial subcommittee appointed to investigate administration of the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Values Islands
Little San Juan
Puerto Rico
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Virgin Islands
Denmark
Communists Near 4000 in Alabama Burr Says
Alabama Senate committee hears Birmingham attorney Borden Burr claim of 3000 to 4000 communists in Alabama and evidence they advocate overthrow of state and nation by force. He supports a sedition bill aimed at broader authority to suppress communism with details of alleged covert plots and foreign study, naming groups and personnel involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Mahan
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Borden Burr
Birmingham
Alabama Senate
Revision of Laws
Communistic Party
Alabama
Burr
Senate
House
Pogst
Black Belt
America
South
Soviet Russia
Communist School
New York
Fred McDuff
Jefferson County
T. H. Street
Tallapoosa County
William Pritchard
Alabama Department of American Legion
T. Raiford
Selma Times-Journal
Crowd Protests Stock Law at Montgomery Hearing
About 200 anti stock law supporters gathered at Cramton Bowl as the House revision of laws committee opened the Hamner statewide stock law bill hearing. The crowd cheered Speaker Holcomb and voiced opposition while the committee planned a vote at its next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William I. Truby
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
House Revision of Laws Committee
Cramton Bowl
Alabama labor federation re-elects Moore and Hare amid tensions
May 16 Alabama federation of labor re-elected Moore as president and W. O. Hare as secretary after an uproarious session. Other officers include district No. 20 UMWA president William Mitch as delegate to the AFL convention, with several district vice presidents named from Birmingham Muscle Shoals Gadsden Bessemer Montgomery Tuscaloosa Mobile Anniston Jasper.
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Capea
Ale
Alabama Federation of Labor Today
Moore
W. O. Hare
Labor
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Willie Taylor
Birmingham
E. Z. Yeager
E. Roper
Muscle Shoals
Dave Green
Gadsden
Frank Barksdale
Bessemer
Eric Stevens
Montgomery
McHugh
Mobile
Shelley Walden
Tuscaloosa
Gene Parnell
Anniston
J. W. Heathcock
Jasper
Prohibition Referendum Narrowed Lead in Georgia Counts
Early returns show repeal leading by 2 910 votes in Georgia with 78 556 for repeal and 75 646 against as results stream in from yesterday's referendum. Chatham county's strong wet result helped shape the tally with ministers leading services at polling places across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Chatham County
Savannah
Spence Grayson
Associated Press
Prohibition Forces
Milton L. Fleetwood
Cartersville
Georgia Press Association
Auguste
Atlante
Fulton County
Jury Deliberates Over Slaying of Vina Police Chief
Franklin County jurors weigh fate of Zula Cochran charged with murder in the slaying of Walter Sanderson chief of police of Vina. The jury, after late deliberations, resumed with no verdict near. Cochran’s associate George Prewitt was convicted and sentenced to death in a separate trial.
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Russellville
Ala
Franklin County
Zula Cochran
Walter Sanderson
Vina
George
Buddy) Prewitt
Mississippi
Prewitt
Sandé@rsons
Branch Offices Open Next Week In Alabama Counties
Decatur National Re employment Service announces two new offices to open early next week in Town Creek Lawrence County and Athens Limestone County under Decatur unit supervision. White collar staff will handle and renew job applications for road project work in Lawrence and Limestone counties. Contracts for 2.3 miles Town Creek toward Wheeler Dam and 3.9 miles Athens toward Lexington were awarded to local firms, with 75 workers on each project to be employed and 100 working days to complete.
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Decatur
National Re-employment Service
H. P. Still
Town Creek
Lawrence County
Athens
Limestone County
Lawrence
Limestone Counties
Wheeler Dam
Mitchell Bros. Construction Company
Birmingham
Lexington
Lauderdale County
Beckham Lawler Construction Company
Cotillion Club Schedules Special Meeting Tomorrow
The Decatur Cotillion Club will hold a special called session tomorrow at 2 PM at Mrs Barrett C Shelton’s home 908 Eighth Avenue East. Members are urged to attend as many important matters will be discussed.
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Decatur Cotillion Club
Barrett C. Shelton
Eighth Avenue
East
Bank clearings decline reported by Dun and Bradstreet
New York May 16 AP Dun and Bradstreet reported a sizable drop in bank clearings for the last week reversing a recent rise. The report notes a noticeable decrease in total clearing activity across the banking system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ince
Dun & Bradstreet
Hopkins Outlines Works Progress Policy At Press Conference
Harry L. Hopkins announced at a press conference that all municipal projects funded entirely by the $4,000 cap will be handled by the Public Works Administration with oversight from the Works Progress Administration. Senator McCarren pledged to oppose a proposed 30 percent cut in wage rates for Works projects. Executives from 60 agencies were called to the White House to review proposals, with some likely to be approved. Relief rolls declined in 145 cities by 14 percent in April, affecting about 75,000 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
McCarren
D-Nev
White House
Hopkins
Public Works Administration
Progress Division
Students Tour Daily Plant At Junior High Visit
Twenty four junior three B science class students toured The Daily plant this afternoon. They explored teletype machines, linotypes, the press, job machines and stereotype is used in printing a daily paper. Professor O L Napps supervised the group.
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Science Clot
Patricia Hart
Mary Elizabeth Grubbs
Bear Little
Johnnie B England
Jorie Phillips
Margaret Dodd
Kel Buck
Mary Ruth Durham
Vivian Berry
Katherine Gillam
Edith Beard
Pauline Blankenship
Nell Eubanks
Martha J. Ellis
Annelle Reams
James Norton
Cole
James Sheffield
Benson Nt, Jr
Frank Speer
Henry Day
Speck
Dennis Elected to Provincial Synod
Florence Ala May 16 The 104th annual conv of the Alabama diocese church closed with election of provincial synod delegates and parish selection St Havens Birmingham off 1936 Clerical delegates named include Charles Clingman J Hodge Aldes John L Jenkins Peter M Dennis Decatur Peerce McDonald R A Kirchhoffer Lay delegates listed Algernon Blair D E Wilson W D Tent Crawford Jr H Dawson Oscar E Third rural regional conference set for Auburn July 11 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Alabama
St. Havens Parish
Birmingham
Charles Clingman
J. Hodge Aldes
John L. Jenkins
Biam
Peter M. Dennis
Decatur
Peerce McDonald
Montgomery
R. A. Kirch
Alabama Supreme Court orders new trials for Scottsboro defendants
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed and remanded for new trials of Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris to implement the U S Supreme Court ruling. Norris custody ordered awaiting lawful discharge while Patterson awaits a new indictment after a late bill, with trials to be held in Morgan County or Jackson County as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court of Alabama
Haywood Patterson
Clarence W Norris
Scottsboro
U. S. Supreme Court
Norris
Lucien D. Gardner
J. T. Young to Judge Tennessee Valley Horse Show
J. T. Young of Prospect Farm Lebenod Tenn has agreed to judge the Tennessee Valley Horse Show to be hosted by St. John’s church at Benson Field on June 13. Local enthusiasts hail his participation as a highlight amid plans for a premier event with top entries valued around fifteen hundred dollars.
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J. T. Young
Prospect Farm
Lebenod
Tenn
St. John’s Church
Benson Field
Judge Young
Government Ends Rebuttal in Barker Kidnapping Trial
In St Paul Minnesota on May 16 the government completed its rebuttal in the conspiracy trial of Arthur Doc Barker and six others over the $200000 Bremer kidnapping. The defense and a key witness had previously delayed delivery of charges until court reconvened at 1 45 p m. The judge estimated the charge would take about an hour.
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St, Paul, Minn
Arthur
Doc) Barker
G. Bremer
M. M. Joyce
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Hugh Gibson
Brazil
United States
Chaco
Buenos Aires
Stoge
Hamner
Holcomb
Franklin
Cotillion Club
Dennis
Morgan
JT. Young
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