FHA Clinic At Ly Hotel Attracts Decatur Homeowners
A mortgage clinic run by the Federal Housing Administration at Ly Hotel draws many Decatur residents seeking the FHA backed loan program. Interviews target loans up to 100000 for new construction and convey how Title II aims to boost housing standards and the construction industry through insured mortgages and a cooperative finance model.
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Fed~ Housing Administration
Ly- Hotel
Decatur
Priday
Caine O’rear
FHA
Wilbur B. Nolen
Nolen
Lindy Snatch Still Probed by Secret Investigators
The New York Sun reports an organization of unnamed investigators and private detectives, known as K-4, is continuing the Lindbergh kidnapping probe with possible government knowledge. Harold C. Keyes is identified as K-4, a former Secret Service agent now licensed private detective. The group allegedly searched Center Pond near Becket, Massachusetts for a black bag tied to Dr. John F. Condon, linked to the case, shortly before Bruno Hauptmann’s execution.
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New York
New York Sun
Lindbergh
Hoffma
New Jersey
Harold C. Keyes
Keyes
United States Secret Service
New York State
The
Sun
K-4
Center Pond
Becket
Mass
the Sun
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Frank Broadhurst
John F. Condon
Jassie
Warns Japan and Alabama on liquor permit crackdown
The Birmingham News reports Alabama may move toward dry enforcement as federal rules force wholesale liquor permits. It notes wholesalers in dry states cannot buy from wet states without permits and Alabama law already prohibits whiskey traffic, signaling potential business closures as enforcement increases. Local officials seek guidance on federal permit requirements.
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Birmingham
Birmingham News
Alabama
W. D. Hearington
Atlanta
Federal Alcohol Administration
FAA
Internal Revenue Bureau
Alcohol Tax Unit
Jim Gibson
Hearington
Internal Revenue
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Supreme Court
AAA
Alleged Fiend Rescued From Lynch Mob in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania on May 16 officers pulled a man from a mob that threatened lynching after an alleged attempt to attack an eight year old girl. Patrolman George Wolfenden found the suspect William Brasco 24 at the center of the crowd as women struck him and two men had ropes ready. Police Chief George J. Christoph confirmed the name Brasco.
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Erie
George Wolfenden
George J. Christoph
William Brasco
Frogs Readied for Calaveras Jumping Jubilee
About 500 frogs prepared to jump at Calaveras county in the annual frog jumping jubilee. Preliminary hops open a two day program with the world championship final to be held tomorrow.
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HOP Angels
Calif
Calaveras
Doctor James Tate Mason Elected AMA President in Kansas City
Dr James Tate Mason of Seattle was installed as president of the American Medical Association at the Kansas City convention. The 55 year old physician, educated in Virginia and once a Philadelphian, was described as near death from gangrene.
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James Tate Mason
Seattle
American Medical Association
Kansas City
Virginia
Eight convicts escape McAlester penitentary
Two fugitives kidnapped a young farmer near Clayton Oklahoma as part of the breakout from McAlester. Natives joined with posses pursued the escapees while Jess Cunningham, wounded in the May 16 breakout, was captured near a farm south of Antlers.
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Antlers
Okla
Jess Cunningham
McAlester Penitentiary
Here
Desperate Oklahoma prison breakout survivors hunted after capture
In Antlers Oklahoma on May 16 lawmen and mountain natives joined in a manhunt for the escaped penitentiary gang. Claude Pugh was captured near McAlester after a deadly breakout that killed a foreman and wounded two guards leaving five fugitives at large in the rugged southeast region.
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Antlers
Okla
Kiamichi Mountain
Claude Pugh
McAlester
Pugh
Oklahoma
Claude Beavers
Claude Fugate
Julis Bohannon
Jess Cunningham
A. C. McArthur
State Penitentiary
Preakness field cut as Snark scratches from race
The Wheatley stable's Snark was scratched from the $25 000 Preakness reducing the field to 11 three year olds. Giant Miller Ane roid and three others had already been withdrawn. Eddie Arcaro had prepared to ride Snark in his 1936 debut before a leg problem forced withdrawal.
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Orlo Robertson
Associated Press
Pimlico
Baltimore
Wheatley Stable
Snark
W. M. Jeffords
Giant Miller
Edward Bruner
Boojum
Triple
Granville
Teufel
Eddie Arcaro
Louisville
Seiie
Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons
Three Men Held as Burglary Suspects in Decatur
Three men Noah McEntire Lewis Farley and Wilson Brown face burglary and grand larceny charges in Morgan county jail after arrests Friday by Officers Bill Moore and J W McCall. They are tied to the theft of 1800 pounds of cotton seed from Wilder Place Wednesday night with 1500 pounds recovered. Police say 1200 pounds were found with the suspects who tried to sell the seed at a local mill and 300 pounds were found at their Gum Street East Decatur home.
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Morgan County
Bill Moore
J. W. McCall
Noah McEntire
Lewis Farley
Wilson Brown
Wilder Place
Gum Street
East
Decatur
Diplomats study aggression in China amid open door policy debate
Washington reports renewed U S concern over Japanese military gains in north China and possible breach of Boxer protocol. Undersecretary William Phillips cited Secretary Hull’s December statement defending nine power pact and open door rights, stressing treaty obligations shared by China and other powers.
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Washington
William Phillips
China
Phillips
Hull
Great Wall of
United States
Trent Omnes
Japan
Soviet Border Patrol Comes Under Fire on Manchoukuo Frontier
Soviet officials reported a new clash on the Manchoukuo border as a patrol near Khabarovsk came under fire from the Manchukuoan side amid ongoing boundary dispute talks with Japan.
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Moscow
Mancheukuoan
Far Eastern
Russia
Japan
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Manchoukuoan
Diplomats Review Japan Moves in North China
Foreign diplomats in Peiping began a study of Japan s strengthening garrisons in North China that prompted the Nanking government to Tokyo. They cited the Boxer protocol allowing only protective forces and noted Japan s nearly 10 000 troops could seize air fields rail stations and passes to protect residents. Diplomats said no danger existed.
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Peiping
United States
Japan
North China
Nanking
Tokyo
Great Wall
China
Gunter Named Guard Medical Detachment Officer
Montgomery officials report Dr W A Gunter Jr son of the mayor will be commissioned to the medical detachment of the 167th infantry Alabama National Guard. The vacancy follows Captain A D Cowles transfer to inactive status after criticizing the governor and calling for school fund parity.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Advertiser
W. A. Gunter, Jr
167Th Infantry
Alabama National Guard
A. D. Cowles
Cowles
Ramner
Bibb Graves
Compromise on Tax Plan Now Sought
Washington reports seek a three week adjournment while lawmakers advance a 1.425 billion relief appropriation and push tax reform. Senate finance panel shapes a plan raising normal income tax to 5 percent, taxing undistributed profits, 18 percent corporate tax, 7 percent surtax on undistributed profits, and 5 percent on dividends. House defeats Frazier Lamke farm debt refinancing 235 to 142.
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Washington
Congress
New Deal
Senate Finance Corfitee
Roosevelt
Senate
Ickes
PWA
Rexford G. Tugwell
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Mitchell Palmer
Contract on Church Nears Bid Result
The Christian Science church at Johnston Street and Sixth Avenue received four bids Friday. An award is not expected until Tuesday night when the building committee meets at 7. The structure, designed by Charles H. McCauley of Birmingham, will cost about 25 000 dollars and is anticipated as one of the citys finest buildings.
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Christian Science Church
Johnston Street
Sixth Avenue
M. C. Thomas
Decatur
P. G. Kimbrough
Hartselle
Charles H. McCauley
Birmingham
Date Extended on Work Sheets in Alabama Farm Program
Alabama farmers may file worksheets for the $470,000,000 national farm program now through May 30 with the state conservation committee. The extension follows a busy planting and cultivation period, according to committee chairman J Litt Edwards of Selma.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
State Conservation Committee
J. Litt Edwards
Selmar
Acquittals in Shoemaker Mob Violence Trial
In Bartow Florida Judge Dowell ordered the acquittal of two of seven former Tampa policemen in the Eugene Poulnot kidnapping case. Former Police Chief R G Tittsworth and Robert Appell were freed as accessory and principal respectively.
4 H Club Rally Draws Large City Crowd
Nearly 1 500 boys and girls from Morgan county 4 H clubs gathered at Princess theatre for a major rally. Judge Seybourne H Lynne welcomed attendees and urged citizenship, followed by a free film show hosted by G P Banaza. Probate Judge B L Malone lauded the youths for their achievements before a parade to Delano Park led by the Cooper Wells band and Scout traffic control. Community leaders aided by W H Gregory and L T Wagnon coordinated contests and games at the park.
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Princess Theatre
Seybourne H. Lynne
Judge Lynne
G. P. Banaiza
B. L. Malone
Judge Malone
Delano Park
Cooper- Wells Band
Boy Scout
Decaturer of Commerce
W. H. Gregory
L. T. Wagnon
Erien Rowe
Morgan County
Lawyer Gave Up to Police in Smith Extortion Case
New York May 16 A Henry Ross Brooklyn lawyer and Max D Krone a private detective surrendered to the Assistant District Attorney after Alfred E Smith Jr signed a complaint charging extortion Smith the son of the former governor said he paid 12900 after being threatened with exposure over taking a young woman to a West 23rd street hotel in 1933 Krone was held in the Tombs and is named in a separate indictment Ross was accompanied by his partner Abraham H Brodsky and taken to the Hastings office before booking Krone said the charges are not true and was later brought before Judge Morris Koenig who set bail at 50000 a major part of the extortion probe involved four additional cases under investigation with possible Krone involvement
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New York
A. Henry Ross
Brooklyn
Max D. Krone
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
John L. Sullivan
Smith
West 23Rd Street
Ross
Morris Koenig
Krone
David Krauss
Sullivan
Dr. Eckener Stays Home Amid Zeppelin Flight Plans
Dr. Hugo Eckener, veteran Zeppelin commander, decides to remain in Germany and not accompany the Hindenburg on its second regular trans Atlantic flight to the United States. He cites no link to his dispute with the Nazi propaganda ministry.
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Frankfort
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Hindenburg
United States
Cripple Aims Five Shots as Former Chief Wounded
In Huntsville Alabama Bill Smith using a wheelchair fired on street injuring former Huntsville police chief J A Hackworth who was reported not seriously hurt. Hackworth had previously faced charges in a separate case involving Smith and was acquitted.
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Chic
Huntsville
Ala
Bill Smith
J. A. Hackworth
War Debts Loom Again as Europe and US Face Settlements
AP reports rising proposed war debts totaling over 13 billion dollars as Leon Blum signals possible debt talks. London sources downplay payments while Paris hints London may initiate moves. Blum’s party cautions against reopening debts. Kurt Schuschnigg shifts focus to economics and restoring markets in Austria. Missionaries in Ethiopia prompt dispatch of runners to locate Americans amid tensions.
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Associated Press
Europe
United States
Leon Blum
London
Lavorite Daily Herald
Paris
Blum
America
Austria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Heimwehr
Ernst von Starhemberg
von Starhemberg
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Well known farmer A J Clemons dies at 53
A J Clemons 53 a well known farmer of Hartselle Route 3 died suddenly at his home at 10 a m Funeral services were set for Antioch church 2 pm Sunday with Rev Lannie Smallwood Burial under Peck of Hartselle direction He is survived by five daughters five sons five sisters three brothers and other relatives from multiple area towns.
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A. J. Clemons
Hartselle
Lannie Smallwood
Antioch Church
Peck
Clemons
Carl. Young
Willie Lee
Newt Kirby
Somerville
Buck Shadrick
Miles H
Morris Edward Clemons
Nannie Murphy
Madison
Ruth Luke
Decatur
Clara
Dulcie Clemons
Lum McDonald
Little Rock
Ark
Bob
Charlie
Onnie Clemons
Valhermosa
Firestone Sues to Block Rubber Monopoly Claim
Attorneys for Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. say United States Rubber Co. seeks to perpetuate its long standing monopoly by opposing a lower court ruling in a patent dispute against Firestone in the Supreme Court proceedings.
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Washington
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Supreme Court
United States Rubber Co
New York City
Firestone
J A Hackworth Wounded in Gunfire on Huntsville Street
J A Hackworth, wounded today in gunfire on a Huntsville street, is a well known figure in Decatur. Earlier he helped introduce affidavits for the Scottsboro defense in a move to take trial of the star court, acting as a state detective.
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J. A. Hackworth
Huntsville Street
Decatur
Scottsboro
Star Court
PWA Bloc Gains Ground on Ickes Relief Plans
The PWA bloc in the Senate subcommittee advances a $250 million grant proposal to fund states and municipalities with Ickes empowered to spend. The move follows Roosevelt's plan to continue RA and RA under WPA influence next year, with Hopkins directing relief funds.
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Richard Rendell
Associated Press
Washington
PWA
Ickes
Senate
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Tugwell
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hopkins
Two Brothers and Woman Die in Whiskey Truck Blaze
A truck carrying whiskey exploded into flames near Philadelphia killing three people. Victims include Mrs Helen Ben ner 30 Roy Perkins 30 the driver and Harold Perkins 28 Roy’s brother. Bodies were charred beyond recognition.
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Philadelphia
Helen Benner
Roy Perkins
Harold Perkins
Roy
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions today
Tennessee river fell to 4.2 feet with a high of 87 and low of 60 and no rainfall. Alabama shows partly cloudy north and coastal showers tonight and Sunday while Tennessee forecasts fair to warm with clouds and a chance of showers early next week in central and eastern sections. Temperatures remain above normal.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Gulf
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Dr. Mason
Mcalester, Okla
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Hugh Askew
Gunter
Throng City
DR. Eckener
Robinson
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Alice Stoll
Glendale
Hackworth
H. O. Blakemore
Huntsville Times
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