TVA Malaria Control Program Underway Along Wheeler Pool Shore
The Tennessee Valley Authority has six men at work on a large summer malaria control project along an 80 mile Wheeler Pool shoreline. Equipment sits at sub-bases. mosquito breeding found in dipping tests. planes will dust waters inaccessible by boat. twenty of sixty boats are aiding shoreline clearing to reduce breeding grounds. Cooperation with county health departments is urged to ease TVA’s workload.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Pool
Flint Creek
TVA
Hanging death of convict in Talladega jail cell
Eugene Red Thornton, serving a 20 year term for second degree murder tied to a deadly textile labor dispute clash near Samoset Mills, was found hanged in a hospital cell at the county jail. Officials report Thornton had shown religious devotion after an illness and a morning cry of "praise the Lord."
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Talladega
Ala
Samoset Mills
Eugene “Red” Thornton
Thornton
John J. Bryant
Joe Hayes
Homer Welch
United Textile Workers of America
R. Haynes
Sam Burns
Max Hawkins
Haynes
Funeral tribute for Lt Governor Knight Jr in Alabama
Lt Governor Thomas E. Knight Jr. is honored in a state funeral in Alabama with a guard of honor, a Methodist service, and burial at New Live Oak cemetery. Governor Bibb Graves, former Gov. B. M. Miller, and state dignitaries attend. Knigts's household staff and guards stand nearby as pallbearers and officials gather.
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Ana Mahan, JR
Alabama
Thomas E. Knight,Jr
Southern Methodist Church
John W. Fraser
deep-South
Supreme Justice
Thomas E. Knight
Live Oak
Bibb Graves
B. M. Miller
U. S
John T. Morgan
Knight
Jack
Matt Murphy
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Birmingham
Pitt Tyson Maner
Graves
Files Crenshaw, Jr
Montgomery
Colquit Lane
Paul Vaughn
Selma
Alabama moves on liquor store leases in wet counties
The Alabama beverage control board continued leasing and site selection for state stores in counties still dry. Huntsville Sheffield and Gadsden were sent leases, while staff trained local store personnel on operations. Only Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile had state stores since the March election repealing dry laws. A Marengo County election suit was dismissed. results showed 816 to 803 in favor of keeping prohibition, challenged by a Demopolis hotel operator.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Beverage Control Board
Huntsville
Sheffield
Gadsden
Birmingham
Mobile
Marengo County
Walter B. Jones
Mare
Demopolis
Roosevelt Signs Bill For Congress Funding
President Roosevelt signed a bill appropriating 24,000,000 dollars to run Congress in the next fiscal year, announced from Washington on May 19.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Giggling Mother Faces Murder Case Over Child Slaying
Mrs. Helen Tiernan 25, a widow, confessed to stabbing her four year old son and killing her daughter in Suffolk county jail. She showed remorse asking to peek at son Jimmie in Patchogue Hospital as District Attorney Hill prepared to present to a grand jury. A suitor, George Christodulus, 29, was held as a witness but cleared after her admission.
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New York
Helen Tiernan
Jimmie
Suffolk County
Riverland
L. I
L. Barron Hill
Hill
Jimmy
Edward And Wallis Contract For Marriage In France
Monts France May 19 The Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield signed a marriage contract under British law with no details disclosed Spokesman Herman L Rogers said Mrs Warfield will be Her Royal Highness by noon June 3 The wedding may involve private ceremonies and diplomatic considerations
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Warfield
Maurice Carcassone
Tours
Ministry of Justice
Chateau de Cande
Charles Mercier
Monts
Carcassonne
Chateau
Cande
Wasserleonburg
Austria
Duke of Kent
Princess Royal
Winder
Edward
All Scouts in City to Meet
All Boy Scout troops in Decatur are summoned to meet Thursday at 7:30 PM in Decatur city hall on call of district Scout commissioner Billy Wyker. They will receive instructions for Saturday traffic duties during Morgan County 4-H Club visit. attendance urged for every Scout.
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Boy Scout
Decatur
Decatur City Hall
Billy Wyker
Wyker
Morgan County
Reduced deficit forecast as May reports trim estimate
Washington officials forecast a smaller federal deficit of about 2.6 billion dollars as agencies report curbing expenditures through May. Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell says exact savings await department-by-department reports and notes bonuses paid total well under Roosevelt's earlier projection.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
Prefi
Bell
Tne
Berryhill to make daring leap at national air carnival
Herbert Berryhill, a Decatur youth and veteran parachute jumper, plans a high altitude jump during the national air Carnival in Birmingham on June 5. He will leap from a speeding plane at 12,000 feet, deploy his chute after 10,000 feet, then glide the final 2,000 feet to the ground.
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Herbert Berryhill
Decatur
Birmingham
Terra Firma
Gasoline Prices Rise in Montgomery Stations
Data show gasoline prices up one cent a gallon at almost all filling stations in Montgomery. Major brand grades now 21 24 and 26 cents per gallon.
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Montgomery
Ala
2000 4 H Club Members Planned Visit to Decatur
Morgan county 4 H clubs are expected in Decatur Saturday for a large countywide visit. The day features picture shows softball games wrestling and a parade with stops at the Creamery and Dixie Ice Cream. W H Gregory farm agent M iss Erien Rowe home demonstration agent and L T Wagnon 4 H club director lead the events for the day.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Gregory
Erien Rowe
L. T. Wagnon
Princess Theatre
B. C. Shelton
Addre L. Self
R. N. Harris
B. L Malone
Wallace H Meadows
Board of Revenue
John McQutcheon
R. H. Burleson
J. L Rowe
George T Woodruff
W. W. Benson
Roland Gray
Wheeler Park
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Bank Street
Church Street
Walnut
Creamery
Benson Field
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Co
Dixie
Baby Beating Death Ties Noel Galvin to Infant Sister
In New York on May 19 autopsy finds infant Dolores died from a large thymus gland, not Noel. Police said the 3-year-old Noel admitted striking the baby with metal toys during play. mother away in kitchen. neighbor action and left-handed bloodstains noted.
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New York
Noel Galvin
Doris
George W. Ruger
Dolores
Harry Bilms
Noel
Geraldine Galvin
Brooklyn
Bilms
Senator Robinson Emerges as possible successor to Van Devanter
Washington May 10 Democratic senators push Robinson D Ark as leading candidate for Justice Willis Van Devanter’s successor. Debate over Robinsons eligibility centers on the Sumners retirement bill which would grant full retirement pay to justices. Other names include Wagner and Barkley with discussion of amending the retirement law.
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Washington
Robinson
D. Ark
Willis van Devanter
Pittman
D. Nev
Congress
Supreme Court
Ator Adams
Col
Robinson Gested
Adams
Robert F. Wagner
N.Y
Senate
Justice McReynolds
Alfred EB. Smith
Smith
Liberty League
Barkley
Harrison
Miss
Burns
Neb
van Devanter
Cummings
Girl's Trial Goes Forward in Hatchet Slaying Case
In Jersey City on May 19, 17 year old Gladys Mc Knight stood trial for her life alongside 18 year old Donald Wightman for the murder of Mrs. Helen McKnight. A pathologist testified the hatchet and clothing bore human blood of the same type, and alleged confessions were discussed as the defense seeks to separate the two defendants.
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Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Jersey City
N. J
Tom Wightman
Miss MacKnight
Wightman
Gladys McKnight
Helen McKnight
Bayonne Club
Gladys
Emily C. Hass.miller
Bayonne
William B. Braunstein
Donald
Thomas F. Meaney
Roosevelt court bill faces Senate defeat and gridlock
In Washington May 19 the Roosevelt Supreme Court bill met strong opposition as Senate leaders declared the measure dead. Senator Logan Ky forecast a compromise would fail in the floor fight and the plan to set a 75 year cap on justices or to raise the court to fifteen if older judges withdrew appears unlikely to pass.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Justiciary
Logan
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Cook
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The past 24 hours brought a maximum 87 and minimum 70 degrees with no rainfall. The Tennessee River gauge reached 21 feet and is rising. Alabama expects fair conditions tonight with partly cloudy Thursday fields, while Tennessee remains generally fair and cooler with possible showers in the extreme southwest tonight.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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