Man Dies In West Market Street Robbery Shootout
Deputy Sheriff W E Kilgore in Benevolent Society Hospital after gunbattle with Floyd Lang 22 who died at the scene during an attempted prisoner take by Lang. Coroner ruled self defense as Cornelius questioned and Lang’s brothers held as witnesses. Funeral for Lang conducted at City cemetery chapel with survivors listed.
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W. E. Kilgore
Benevolent Society Hospital
West Market Street
Floyd Lang
Lang
Whitemire
Railroad Street
Terry
Kilgore
Pete Cornelius
R. L. Metcham
Cornelius
Lewis C. Brown
J. L
A. L. Lang
L. D. Patterson
City Cemetery Chapel
Brown
Henry Lang
Dave Boles
A. L
J. L. Lang
Illness Victim Child Dies in Hartselle
Little Jimmy Carl Thompson 18 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Jim Thompson of Hartselle Route 3, died Saturday at Benevolent Society Hospital. Funeral services were held at 9:30 a m Sunday at the residence with Rev J H Chitwood and Rev DeWitt Prince officiating. Burial followed at Mt Tabor under Drinkard Howell of Hartselle directing. The parents survive.
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Jimmy Carl Thompson
Jim Thompson
Hartselle
Route 3
Benevolent Society Hospital
J. H. Chitwood
DeWitt Prince
Drinkard- Howell
Mt. Tabor
One Negro Shot in Priceville Affray. Suspect Sought
Willie Garth a negro suffered a shotgun wound in the neck during a reported affray in the Priceville community Sunday afternoon. Sheriff’s forces were seeking Charles Simpson on a warrant sworn by Garth before Justice J. W. Bailey charging assault with intent to murder. Garth was not seriously hurt, officers said.
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Willie Garth
Priceville
Charles Simpson
Garth
J. W. Bailey
Absentee ballots arrive as June primary nears
Absentee ballots for the June 9 primary were received today at the Probate Judge B. L. Malone office. Thirteen ballot requests were on record at noon. Ballots may be mailed to absent voters up to five days before Election Day.
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B. L. Malone
Colonial Secretary Faced Budget Leak Inquiry
Sir Alfred Butt testified that Colonial Secretary J H Thomas gained 632 pounds 9 shillings from an insurance against a 1936 election after meeting Butt at a race track. Butt claimed he induced the cabinet member to obtain 1000 pounds coverage and later sent a 632 pound payment after the election. Thomas was upset by the leak link to his son Leslie.
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London
Alfred Butt
J. H. Thomas
Sir Alfred
Thomas
Alfred
Leslie Thomas
Guffey Coal Bill Falls in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court voided the Guffey soft coal act stating price fixing provisions are closely tied to labor terms, making it likely the labor provisions would fail too. The six to three decision was led by Justice Sutherland with Justices Cardozo Brandeis and Stone dissenting. Senators Guffey and Snyder were present as authors of the law.
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James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Justice Sutherland
Guffey
Cotive Snyder
Cardozo
Brandeis
Stone
Market gains after Supreme Court ruling boosts stocks
New York May 18. The stock market swung into a sharp advance after the Supreme Court declared portions of the Guffey act unconstitutional. Early declines were erased as buyers pushed many shares up by $1 to about $4.
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New York
Supreme Court
WPA worker loses hand in strange Valhermosa blast
W. E. Grady, 31, WPA laborer, suffered severe injuries when a dynamite cap exploded in his front yard. The blast destroyed his left hand, ripped off the thumb and index finger of his right hand, damaged an eye, and cut his arm. He was hospitalized and an operation performed Saturday afternoon. He had worked four months for the WPA and is expected to recover.
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W. E. Grady
WPA
Baugh
Valhermosa
Mr. Grady
Grady
Works Progress Administration
Bolivia Seizes Power in Quiet Military Coup
A junta of soldiers and socialists toppled President Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano in La Paz and named Col. David Toro to lead. The move, aimed at a gradual socialist shift, halted a general strike with reported interior tranquility as Bolivian politics shift after the Chaco War.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano
Col
David Toro
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Ausetio Ayala
Rafael Franco
German Busch
Tedeskal
Salrdis
Invading Golfers Have Better Luck In Local Play
Huntsville players returned to Decatur for a morning and afternoon session. Duke Bailey and Bob Lowery defeated A. C. Bailey and Bill Curtis, Julian Blackwell and Tom Lebby defeated Quincy Love and Mr. White. Lowery and Duke Bailey won the first round, Curtis and Bailey the second, and the eighteenth hole match. Garrett Hagan and Sam Brown beat Quincy Love and Mr. White.
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Huntsville
Decatur
Duke Bailey
Bob Lowery
A. C. Bailey
Bill Curtis
Julian Blackwell
Tom Lebby
Quincy Love
Mr. White
Lowery
Curtis
Bailey
Garrett Hagan
Sam Brown
Rev James Howard Becomes Pastor at St. Anne's
The Rev James Howard assumed his duties as pastor of St Anne's Catholic church and led his first services. He comes from St Vincent's Mobile where he was assistant pastor. He was aided by Rev Edward F Shea formerly of St Anne's. Rev C Kennedy moves to St Vincent's Mobile as assistant.
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James Howard
St. Anne's Catholic Church
St. Vincent’s Church
Mobile
Mr. Howard
Edward F. Shea
St. Anne's
C. Kennedy
Father Howard
St. Vincent's, Mobile
Sparkman Backs New Deal TVA Stand In Alabama Race
In Alabama's eighth district campaign John J. Sparkman declared he aligns with President Roosevelt on the TVA holding company bill and challenged opponent R T Simpson to state his position. The issue dominates the primary in the eighth and ninth districts with former votes against the bill by Huddleston and Carmichael noted.
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Tennessee Valley
John J. Sparkman
Huntsville
Roosevelt
R. T. Simpson
Florence
Alabama
Huddleston
Carmichael
Scottsboro
Jackson County
Sparkman
TVA
New
Noone
Amarkman
Dancer Logos Skirt Cop Wakes Up Raid at Dog House
City Detective on a tame floor show at North Rampart street club Dog House observed a dancer in a grass skirt. When a nude performer appeared the raid began arresting five musicians seven entertainers two hostesses four patrons and the proprietor. patrons faced drunkenness and disturbance charges.
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Rampart Street
Eddie Groschell
Patsy McCoy
Patsy
Scanlon
Lilienthal Nominated for TVA Board Reappointment
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of David E. Lilienthal of Wisconsin for a 9 year term on the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors. Representative Samuel Hill of Washington was nominated for a 12 year term on the board of tax appeals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Wisconsin
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Samuel §. Hill
Wash
Board of Tax Appeals
Experts to Rescue of Sea Horses in Chicago
The U S Bureau of Fisheries moves to save a starving school of 60 Chicago sea horses. Director Fred Or singer of the aquarium seeks a food solution using Artenia, a small marine crustacean, whose eggs hatch in salt water to feed the young.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Chicago
Fred Orsinger
Bureau
Aquarium
Commerce Department
Contest Set at Princess Tonight
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a popularity contest at the Princess tonight with a large local field of candidates entered. A second program is planned for Tuesday evening.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Princess Tonight
Wallace Rates Upheld by Court
In a unanimous decision Justice Roberts held that Commission men at Chicago Union stockyards cannot collect higher rates than those authorized by Secretary Wallace under the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act. The case records Wallace's rate orders issued January 8 1934 and modified March 12 1934 and affirms lower court rulings sustaining his authority.
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Washington
Commission
Chicago Union
Supreme Court
Wallace
Justice Roberts
Federal District Court
Leper escapees kill seven in Manila dash to sea
Six Moro lepers at Cullen Island leprosarium kill seven men during a bloody escape. They seize boats, attack Chinese merchants on Jalumpang and Bonobono, then flee toward Tigalok, Borneo, amid police shortages and fear of infection. The leprosarium, largest of its kind, is near Manila 200 miles southeast.
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Manila
Cullen Island
Abdullah
Palawan
Jalumpang
Aboabo
Bonobono
Bonobobo
Tigalok
Borneo
Cullon Island
Commonwealth Assembly
Frank Murphy
The
Islands
Philippines
Commonwealth
Murphy
Young Matron Annie Brown dies at Benevolent Society Hospital
Mrs. Annie Frances Brown age 37 of 1102 Locust street died at 2 30 this morning at Benevolent Society Hospital Funeral services will be held at Union Hill at 3 p m Tuesday conducted by Rev W O Brown and Rev Joe H Holmes Burial entrusted to McAfee and Young of Decatur Survivors include husband John Lee a son Nathan Brown and several sisters and a brother plus her mother Sherrod Webb
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Annie Frances Brown
Locust Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Union Hill
W. O. Brown
Joe H. Holmes
McAfee and Young
Decatur
John Lee
Nathan Brown
Agnes Raft
Minne
Auline, Althe i Davnest "Brown
Brown
Sherrod Webb
Infant daughter of St John called by death
Funeral rites for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs E J St John were to be held at Bliné Springs at 3 this afternoon with Rev I W Myers officiating. Burial directed by Drinkard Howell of Hartselle. The baby died at 5 this morning. Surviving are the parents two brothers Paul and Ralph Mr St John is Morgan county license inspector and brother of Senator Vernon L St John.
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E. J. St. John
Ninth Avenue
South
Bliné Springs
I. W. Myers
Drinkard Howell
Hartselle
Paul
Ralph
Mr. St.John
Morgan County
Vernon L. St. John
Lafayette School PTA Holds Last Meeting of Year
The Lafayette grammar school PTA meets in the school library at 2 45 Tuesday afternoon. A program is planned followed by installation of officers for the coming year.
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PTA
Lafayette Grammar School
Alabama Loses Gas Tax Suit
The U S Supreme Court ruled that Alabama cannot tax gasoline sold to the Federal government deeming the tax unconstitutional.
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Alabama
Washington
Supreme Court
Farley Seeks Sparkman Help for Roosevelt Campaign
James A. Farley asks John J. Sparkman of Huntsville to serve on the national bureau of speakers for the Democratic party during the presidential campaign. Sparkman accepts, pledging to work to reelect President Roosevelt and to keep the New Deal active in national affairs.
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Roosevelt
John J. Sparkman
Huntaville
Sparkman
James A. Farley
Democratic National
Farley
Arctic Rule Under Fire in Trial Over Polar Dictator
In Moscow on May 18 a doctor’s widow testified at the trial of K. D. Semenchuk, the Wrangle Island polar station administrator charged with murder in the death of Dr. W. R. Wulfson. She said Semenchuk sought to starve her and drive her to the Arctic wastes after her husband’s death. Other witnesses described food denial to ailing camp members and danger at Traitor Bay. Prosecutors planned to call polar explorer George Ushakoff after the next court recess.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
W. R. Wulfson
K. D. Semenchuk
Wrangle Island
Semenchuk
Lee Eskimos
Senate panel tax plan forecast for 642 million
Washington May 18 The treasury estimated the latest compromise tax plan would raise 642 million this year with 173 million from individual income taxes. The committee still seeks methods to meet the 623 million permanent revenue target while considering additional estimates or other revenue options.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
Demopolis Doctor Shot to Death
Demopolis Alabama authorities reported Dr. C N Lacey was found shot to death at his home after a three week Selma hospital stay He had been in ill health for months Survivors include his wife and two daughters Mrs James Porter Collier of Memphis and Claudia Lacey of Demopolis
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Demopolis
Ala
C. N. Lacey
Selma
James Porter Collier
Memphis
Claudia Lacey
Justices Strike Down RA Measure in DC Court ruling
The DC Court of Appeals ruled the 1936 relief act contravened the constitution, voiding the Resettlement Administration and limiting presidential and federal powers. The decision backed similar NRA AAA cautions and leaves relief policy unsettled pending possible congressional amendments.
Press urged to curb lynchings in Southern press
Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames, executive director of the Association of Southern Women for Prevention of Lynching, told the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in Asheville that the Southern press should shape public opinion against lynching and propaganda. She warned that sensational reporting fuels fear and violence and urged truthful coverage to prevent lynchings.
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Asheville
N. C
Jessie Daniel Ames
Association of Southern Women For Prevention
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Tennessee River Gauge and Regional Weather Update
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 4.2 feet this morning with no change. Temperature highs reached 93 and lows 66 in the past 24 hours, with a trace of rain reported. Alabama expected cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday, while Tennessee forecasts indicate overcast conditions with possible showers and cooler air west-central regions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
East Partion
West
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Piiumrson
JUNTA
Lilienthal
ST. John
Lafayette School
Court of Appeals
E. B. Harkinson
Resettlement Administration
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
NRA
AAA
New Deal
Harry L. Hopkins
Congress
Idlebeck
Works Relief Fund
Hopkins
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