Tornado Hits Midland City Area Killing Woman and Wounding Family
A tornado and damaging storm swept a mile long path near Midland City Alabama killing Mrs Dewey Contrite about 28 and injuring her husband and small child as houses outbuildings and livestock were destroyed. Rescue crews restored lines and reported headway toward the Georgia line as damage spread across Dale County.
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Dothan
Ala
Midland City
Alabama
Dewey Contite
Birmingham
Headland
Dewey
Ozark
Dale County
Here
Georgia Line
Tornadic Winds Kill One in Mississippi Area
A tornado near Utica in Hinds county kills a black child and damages about 12 houses. Several people are injured as the storm damages the Utica Institute and surrounding property. A lighter storm hits between Mendenhall and Magee in Simpson county with injuries reported.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Hinds County
Utica
Utica Institute
Negro College
Mendenhall
Magee
Simpson County
Markets At A Glance As Stocks Steady And Hogs Rise
New York on May 20 reports stocks steady with specialties and communication shares higher. Bonds mixed while U S governments hold steadier. Curb market uneven with improvements in specialties. Foreign exchange quiet as sterling climbs. Cotton quiet amid liquidation and foreign selling. coffee falls as commission houses sell. Chicago wheat falls on rains. corn firm with May squeeze possible. Cattle and hogs mixed with hogs up 15 to 20 cents. top at 9.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Commission House
Chicago
Morgan Attacks TVA Audit in House Hearing
TVA chairman Arthur E. Morgan criticized the Comptroller General McCarl audit as biased and incomplete during a House Military Committee session on broadening TVA operations. He urged appointing a qualified reviewer to assess TVA field operations, calling the current process a fishing trip by critics seeking power for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
House Military Committee Today
McCarl
Morgan
McCart
TVA 1
Tennessee
Mavreick
Texas
Power Trust
Priceville 4-H Club Organized With Officers Named
A 4-H club was organized at Priceville today with officers Johnny Collier as resident Ralph Weinman as vice president Almon Walker as secretary treasurer Ben Collier as reporter Dwight Smith as cheer leader E G Hamilton principal of Priceville school will be local club leader for the boys The girls club has set a standard and the boys plan to pursue agriculture and leadership training as other clubs are to be organized county wide this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priceville
Johnny Collier
Ralph Weinman
Almon Walker
Ben Collier
Dwight Smith
E. G. Hamilton
Priceville School
Chaco War End Russian Request
Maxim Litvinoff urged mediation to settle the Chaco war while the League of Nations assembly met in Geneva to preserve the covenant. The Soviet foreign minister opened with tribute to the late Marshal Pilsudski as talks addressed Italo-Ethiopian tensions and proposed changes to trade clearing arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
League
Joseph Pilsudski
Poland
League Council
Frogs Enter Twain Centenary Hop Off Match
About 200 bull frogs took part in a centennial event in New York where Abbie Villaret won by jumping three feet six inches over three attempts. The crowd, including sports figures and radio personalities, watched as the frogs acted sluggishly and many appeared unaware of the officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louisiana
Abbie Villaret
Dan'l Webster
Jack Dempsey
Clem McCarthy
Body of Child Found in Cave Near Home
An eight year old girl Shirley Evans vanished during a two day search by police and neighbors. Her body was found buried in a cave she and friends dug on a vacant lot near her Jackson Heights home. The district attorney suspects a landslide but will continue the search for a possible kidnapper.
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Associated Press
New York
Shirley Evans
Charles P. Sullivan
Queens County
Taylor Putney, Jr
New York University
Evans
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Jackson Heights
Putney
Taylor
Pauline Evans
William Evans
Mark Biery
Allentown
Shirley
Elaine Halstead
Court to Review Bankhead Act ruling in Texas case
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if lower courts erred in dismissing Lee Moore of Clint Texas from challenging the Bankhead Cotton Control Act. The case will be reviewed at the Court's next term beginning in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Lee Moore
Alabama House committee approves tax shift on sub divisions
A five to four vote by the house ways and means committee would require cities and counties to pay six cents state gasoline tax even for governmental fuel. The panel also cut mineral severance tax to one half of one percent based on selling price, excluding coal and iron.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Ways and Means
Clint Harrison
Marengo
Prohibition Vote Certified in Georgia After Tight Margin
Georgia certified repeal of prohibition with 81,891 for and 82,134 against, a 243 vote lead. Secretary of State John B. Wilson transmitted the results to Governor Eugene Talmadge, with possible contests in Calhoun and Colquitt counties. Beer and wine tallies were 85,438 for beer and 83,155 for wine, against 73 and 74,535 respectively.
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Atlanta
Georgia
John B. Wilson
Eugene Talmadge
Carlton Mobley
Talmadge
Calhoun
Colquitt
Wilson
Secretary of State
Richberg urges two year NRA extension before Senate panel
Donald Richberg defended a two year extension of the National Recovery Act before the Ways and Means Committee. He warned that a nine and a half month extension invites continued opposition and urges action to maintain enforcement of codes and fair competition. He said the Senate bar on interstate code effects risks evasions and that revising the law now serves the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
May
Senate
Donald R. Richberg
House
Ways and Means Committee
NRA
Congress
Richberg
Roosevelt
Federal
Alcohol Control Administration
Injured Man Reported Struck By Monkey Wrench in Mooresville
Walter Beddingfield of Mooresville was cut and bruised about the head in an alleged altercation Sunday involving three others. He received treatment at a Decatur physician's office and returned home. he was reportedly struck with a monkey wrench.
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Walter Beddingfield
Mooresville
Decature
Beddingfield
Hay Barn Fire at American Oak Leather Company
Fire departments battled a hay barn blaze at American Oak Leather Company for nearly two hours on Sunday night. Four hose lines fought flames that threatened other plant areas. part of the hay was destroyed and the fire was brought under control after advancing spread was halted.
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American Oak Leather Company
Priest Will Stay in Decatur After Sale of Funeral Home
Friends of H. M. Priest learn he will remain in Decatur after selling Priest Funeral Home to Bryan McAfee. Priest still owns Roselawn Memorial Park cemetery and the building housing the funeral home and will remain associated with the firm.
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H. M. Priest
Priest Funeral Home
Bryan McAfee
Decatur
Priest
Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Gayle Nominated for Brigadier General in National Guard
Abington May 20 nominations sent to the senate include William Armistead Gayle of the Alabama National Guard as brigadier general in the United States National Guard.
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Gayle
Abhington
Senate
National Guard of the United States
William Armistead Gayle
Alabama National Guard
Solons Walk Out During Ceremony
In Washington five Senate liberals and a sixth abstained as Dennis Chavez was sworn in as Bronson Cutting’s successor. Norris Johnson Nye LaFollette Shipstead and Borah left the chamber in protest against the Roosevelt-administration backed contest to Cutting’s reelection. Chavez received the oath from Vice President Garner. all returned after the ceremony.
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Washington
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Senate
Dennis Chavez
Curtin
Johnson
California
Norris
Nebraska
Nye
North Dakota
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Shipstead
Labor
Minnesota
Borah
R. Ida
Chavez
Garner
Cutting
Missouri
Senator Cutting
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Hatch
N. M
House
Senator Hatch
Bonus payment issue stirs White House talks on veto
In Washington the House Democratic steering committee meets with President Roosevelt to press the Patman currency inflation bonus plan as the president readies a veto message. Rep Patman outlines points claiming veterans and others deserve immediate payment without harming the monetary system.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Patman
Tex
White House
Capitol Hill
House Democratic
Texas
Congress
American Legion
Senate
Legion
Clark
Coolidge
Mass
Dietrich
Ill
Gore
Okla
Murphy
Pittman
Nev
Pope
Ida
Austin
Davis
Penn
McNary
Ore
Townsend
Del
White
Birmingham Man Charged In Wife and Adopted Daughter Slaying
Police charge 53 year old George C Wade with the murder of his wife Nancy W Wade 45 and adopted daughter Anne Pillow Wade 6 found beaten to death at their Birmingham home Neighbors say no known domestic trouble and a drunken condition noted by coroner and witnesses Detectives pursue further questioning as details emerge
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wade
Nancy W. Wade
Anne Pillow Wade
Clarence
Wade
Clarence Henderson
Graymont
Carleton
Eddie Lyons
Central Quarters
Henderson
Gip Evans
Evans
Julia Bailey
Wades
Anne Pillow
Car Crash Leaves Three Hurt on Wheeler Highway
Fentriss Ray of Corinth Mississippi is in serious condition with a broken leg and head injuries after a car carrying Miss Anna Kate Redman of Courtland and Mitchell Ruffin of Corinth veered off Wheeler highway and hit a concrete culvert after sideswiping another vehicle. Redman was unconscious with facial cuts but discharged today. Ruffin had head lacerations and was treated and released. The other vehicle occupants escaped injury.
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Fentriss Ray
Corinth
Benevolent Society
Anna Kate Redman
Courtland
Mitchell Ruffin
Miss Redman
Ruffin
Ray
Weather summary notes heavy rain and high temps
One of the heaviest rains in weeks drenched the area with 2.05 inches. Temperatures ranged from 87 to 65 degrees over the last 74 hours as the Tennessee River gauge at 74 miles today showed a 93 rise. Alabama faced afternoon and tonight thunderstorms with cloudy to unsettled and cooler conditions in the west portion.
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Alabama
Wes
Tomigist
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House Committee
Priceville Club
Chaco
Litvinoff
Pat McGrady
A. F. Mahan, JR
R. D. Beatty
Jefferson County
Beatty
Oper
Prohibition
H. M
New Idol
Maurice Chevalier
Charles Boyer
Pat Paterson
Solons
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