Coroner to impanel jury in two Morgan County crashes
Coroner Rey Howell continues probing the Sunday deaths of Sam Young of Decatur and R B Jarrett of Massey in Morgan County. He plans to impanel a jury for Jarrett’s death this afternoon and likely another for Young’s case later, with suspects Brown Long and Huey Hopper in custody for leaving the scene.
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Rey Howell
Morgan
Sam Young
Decatur
Here
Moulton Road
R. B. Jarrett
Massey
Parker Gap Road
Falkville
Howell
Lewis Brown
L. D. Long
Nee
Huey Hopper
Cullman County
Jarrett
Morgan County
Brown
Lewis
J. Street Sandlin
W. R. Kilgore
Ed Blalock
Hopper
Young
Parker Gap
Chet Driver
Bob Reed
Reed
Battleground
Cullman
Driver
Long
Ride To Health in Car Ads Warn of Summer Heat
The feature urges families to consider an automobile to escape extreme heat this summer. It promotes following daily USED CAR offerings in want ads to find a car that fits needs and budget, advising readers to read the ads every day for personal use.
Judge Corio Indicted in Newark on Income Tax Evasion
Federal grand jury in Newark indicts Judge Joseph A. Corio a 60 year old Atlantic City Republican leader alleging net income of 60 000 in 1935 versus 9 000 claimed. Corio could face a long sentence if convicted.
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Joseph A. Corio
Atlantic City
Newark
Corio
Central Press
Peach Back From St. Joe Hearings On Local Labor Case
John H. Peach returned from St. Joseph where an affiliated CIO group pressed labor law violations against Cooper-Wells and Co. A local employee group is set to intervene and hearings will occur here two days after St. Joseph testimony ends. The local plant union claims majority support and reports satisfaction with working conditions. Lewis has no revenue from local union members.
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John H. Peach
Cooper-Wells and Co
Decatur
St. Joseph
CIO
Peach
Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Cooper-Wells
Mr. Lewis
Rites Today for J. H. Cain
Funeral services for James Henry Cain 68 of Madison are set for 3 30 PM at his residence with Rev. H F Keeble officiating. Interment follows in Madison Cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Mary Cain Smith Evansville NC and Mrs Collins Detroit MI one son John Cain Madison and two sisters Mrs L C Humphrey Huntsville and Mrs D C Wolcott Decatur.
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James Henry Cain
Madison
H. F. Keeble
Madison Cemetery
C. P. Gillispie
R. L. Stone
W. H. Tribble
D. S. Lanier
Ernest Collier
F. A. Finney
C. Broyles
W. C. Gillispie
Joe Brewer
George Darwin
Milton Lanier
D. N. Teague
Ollie Wikle
J. A. Kyser
J. E. Williams
Cain
Mary Cain Smith
Eville
N. C
Collins
Detroit
Mich
John Cain
L. C. Humphrey
Huntsville
D. Cc. Wolcott
Decatur
Violet Ray Leaves Hospital After Grade Crossing Crash
Miss Violet Ray, one of five hurt in a grade crossing crash that claimed her mother Ella Ray, left Benevolent Society Hospital in Greenbrier to return home in Huntsville. William Smith, another victim, was up and expected to go home later today.
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Violet Ray
Ella Ray
Greenbrier
Benevolent Society Hospital
Huntsville
William Smith
Firemen hunt more victims in hotel debri s
Bodies of two men were removed from the Terminal Hotel ruins raising the death toll to 28. One identified as W. H. Snider of High Point North Carolina, father of 13 year old Howard Snider also perished. Fire Chief O J Parker called it the deadliest fire in Atlanta history and warned of more victims under the debris.
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Atlanta
Terminal
Yestern
W. H. Snider
High Point
N. C
Howard Snider
Henry Jackson
Jackson
O. J. Parker
Parker
TVA Probers Split as Deadlock Holds Start Inquiry
A special congressional committee split over whether to begin TVA probes immediately or wait. Mead led a prompt move to question current directors and ex-chair A. E. Morgan, while Donahey backed delaying until after adjournment. Tomorrow's meeting will shape how the inquiry proceeds.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
A. E. Morgan
Mead
Donahey
D.ohio
TVA
Knoxville
White House
David E. Lilienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Roosevelt
Schwartz
D-Wyo
Brown
D-N. H
Driver
Dark
Thomason
D.-Tex
Mercy planes begin hunting for missing Lockheed transport
Search teams mobilize including sheriff's Aero squadron and Northwest Airlines staff to locate the Lockheed model 14 with nine aboard. Weather ceilings near 2000 feet hinder prospects as 1:40 p m departure from Union Terminal to St Paul is traced above Mint Canyon toward Daggett and Las Vegas.
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Los Angeles
Sierras
St. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Union Air Terminal
Rugged Mint Canyon
Sidney Willey
Lockheed
Fred Whittemore
Henry Salisbury
Carl B. Squier
Livia Totty
Glendale
Calif
Udede
Dingle
Sheriff's Aero Squadron
Commercial Airlines
Claude Morgan
Robert F. Gross
Joseph Marriott
Bureau of Air Commerce
Transport
L. D. Carlson
Western Air Express
Union—Air
Willey
Mint Canyon
Forest Rangers
Mount Gleason
Missing Deputy Finally Found and Put On Trial
Hugh Taylor a former Harlan County deputy linked to a terrorization case in the Harlan coal fields appears in federal court after being found near St Charles Virginia He faces trial with 66 coal operators peace officers and corporations under Wagner act civil rights charge He had fled Kentucky earlier and was ordered into court with appointed counsel Ray Lewis to represent him.
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London
Hugh Taylor
Harlan County
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Harlan Coal
Taylor
H. Church Ford
St. Charles
Kentucky
Rome
Toaty
Ford
Ray Lewis
FHA Club Holds Final Meeting At Trinity Mountain
Members of the FHA Club of Senior High enjoyed a year end gathering at Trinity mountain with attendance by Jimmy Holland Cassie Reynolds Beatrice Hogan Sara Peck Weaver Cynthia Glenn Kathleen Brazelton Olene Woodruff and sponsor Miss Virginia LaBoon. Guests included Mr and Mrs Russell Britton Tom Kimbrough Henry Day Margaret Buchanan and Imogene Halbrooks. The Decatur chapter joined the national organization in January and the club has met twice weekly during lunch in home economics with lunches planned prepared and served by the girls under Miss LaBoon. President Sara Peck Weaver and officers were named with Kathleen Brazelton elected president for next term.
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FHA
Trinity Mountain
Jimmy Holland
Cassie Reynolds
Beatrice Hogan
Sara Peck Weaver
Cynthia Glenn
Kathleen Brazelton
Olene Woodruff
Virginia LaBoon
Russell Britton
Tom Kimbrough
Henry Day
Margaret Buchanan
Imogene Halbrooks
Decatur
Margaret Ann Rogers
Miss LaBoon
Governor Graves Says Tax Commission Field Force Faces Axe
Governor Bibb Graves announced it is about time for the axe to drop on the state tax commission field force. He estimated a quite number of agents would be eliminated within the agency.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
State Tax Commission
Former local girl among 27 dead in Atlanta hotel fire
A former Decatur resident Miss Esther Thomas was among 27 people killed in the Terminal hotel fire in Atlanta Monday morning. Relatives in Decatur have been advised. She had lived in Decatur for years, left about ten years ago, and was living in Birmingham at the time of the blaze.
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Decatur
Terminal Hotel
Atlanta
Esther Thomas
Birmingham
Bloodworth Is Valedictorian With Day Salutatorian At River Side High
George Bloodworth is valedictorian and Henry Day is salutatorian for the 1938 River side High School graduating class. Bloodworth holds 95.55 average, Day 92.86, with runner ups Olen Woodruff and Sarah Peck Weaver. Class night May 27, sermon May 29 by Rev. L H Knight, and graduation May 30 with principal address by Dr. Ben Baldwin.
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W. T. Jordan
Riverside High School
George Bloodworth
Henry Day
Olen Woodruff
Sarah Peck Weaver
Jordan
Riverside Auditorium
L. H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ben Baldwin
State Teachers College of Florence
County Refunds Old Bonds With Lower Rate
Morgan county refunded a $230000 bond due July 1 1988 at 3 percent with a $523 premium. The issue, in place since 1908 at 5 percent, had cost taxpayers about $390000 in interest. Refunding began in October 1997 cutting $30000 from the original $260000 issue. Proceeds funded pike roads around Decatur Hartselle and Falkville built 1909 1910. Watkins Morrow and Company of Birmingham won the auction after a two to five pm session led by Judge B L Malone. The county pledges a third of the excise gasoline tax to retire the issue over ten years with $23000 yearly payments.
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Morgan County
Jean County
Pike
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
Watkins, Morrow and Company
Birmingham
B. L. Malone
T. J. Cottingham
Tennessee Valley Bank
Board of Revenue
Gettysburg Civil War Veterans Reunion Aims for Harmony
Gettysburg marks the 75th anniversary of the 1863 battle with about 2 500 veterans expected. President Roosevelt signed funding for June 29 to July 4 events. National and Confederate veterans leaders accept the call for a unified celebration. Federal funds cover travel food and housing. Thousands invited. state police and National Guardsmen detailed for site security.
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Gettysburgh
Mason and Dixon Line
Blues and Grays
Gettysburg
John 8. Rice
United States
Rice
Roosevelt
Overton H. Mennent
Los Angeles
Grand Army of the Republic
James M. Claypool
St. Louis
United Confederate Veterans
Pennsylvania
Relief group holds hall in Cleveland city protest
About 1 000 relief dependents gathered outside Cleveland city hall after a sit down demonstration in the council chamber. Police were posted as Mayor Burton called emergency action. $80 000 was diverted from the city fund to meet relief costs while a special legislative session considers needed funds.
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Cleveland
Relef
Aaron
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Columbus
Bernard V. McGroarty
Labor
League
McGroarthy
Co. B. Cowan
Association of
Burton
Florida Man Nominated for Fifth Circuit Federal Judge Post
Senator Harrison recommended to President Roosevelt the appointment of C. L. Waller of Tallahassee Florida as an additional judge for the fifth federal circuit court of appeals. Waller, a former law partner of Senator Pepper, and once Harrison’s secretary, is a longtime Mississippian associate of the senator.
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Washington
Harrison
D-Miss
Roosevelt
C. L. Waller
Tallahassee
Fla
Fifth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate House
Waller
Pepper
D-Fla
Four Die in London Subway Crash at Victoria Embankment
A collision between two crowded London Underground trains in the Victoria Embankment tunnel killed at least four people and injured scores. The disaster, described as the worst in Underground history, caused a panicked rush as passengers fled the wreck.
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London
Victoria Embankment
Underground
Certification of Petition Prompts Decatur Election Talk
Probate Judge B L Malone certified that a Decatur petition for a referendum on switching to a commission form of government contains over 468 qualified signatures. The city council will discuss calling an election within 40 days, with three commissioners to be elected for three year terms and salaries of 2250 for the president and 1800 for other members.
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Decatur
B. L. Malone
Se Baineen
Gate
Grave Found of Missing Aviator Paul Redfern in Guiana
Georgetown British Guiana May 17 A guide reports wreckage of Paul Redfern's plane and a grave nearby near the Cuyuni river where it meets Venezuela An Indian said to have seen the crash and burn while natives also tell of Redfern becoming a jungle guardian Three expeditions since 1927 searched the jungle for the American flyer and Dr Frederick J Fox died during the Waldeck expedition Gilbert says Fox died in his arms after exposure and fever Waldeck reports finding the crash site and proof of Redfern's death
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Paul Redfern
Cuyuni
Venezuela
Alexander Gilbert
Theodore J. Waldeck
New York
Guiana Wilds
Redfern
Gilbert
Brunswick
Brazil
Waldeck
Cuyunt
Frederick J. Fox
Fox
Weather Brief Tennessee River Gauge Rises. Tennessee and Alabama Forecast
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 21 feet and rising at 7 a.m. with a 24 hour high of 79 and low of 58 and no rainfall. Alabama expected showers tonight and Wednesday with strong southerly winds on the coast. Tennessee forecast shows showers through Wednesday, mainly in eastern areas.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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TVA Probers
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Palmdale
Daggett
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Nev
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Bridger Mountains
Montana
Geo. Bloodworth
Analice
Watervliet
N. Y
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