War on rackets started in New York
Federal investigators and city police launched a campaign against gangs and racketeers using income tax laws and New York’s public enemy statute. A police directory lists gang leaders and racketeers in poultry produce prostitution laundry and gambling and outlines probation terms. Officials aim to prosecute tax evasion and curb price fixing of foods under the Brownell law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Special Treasury
al Capone
Waxey Gordon
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Noted Musician Joins Cooper-Wells Orchestra in Decatur
Earl Woods of Toronto joins the Cooper-Wells orchestra in Decatur. The 12 piece group will perform Friday night May 24 at the civic center on Ferry Street, showcasing a library of orchestration and popular hits from past years. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Woods
Toronto
Ontario
Gene Goldcats
Gold Coast Orchestra
Cooper-Wells Orchestra
Mr. Woods
Decatur
Cooper-Wells
Aycock
Ferrytreet
Man lists himself as livestock collateral in odd note
In Dodge City Kansas a man trying to lend a debt to a woman used the livestock description space on a document. He wrote age 24 color white weight 170 and height 6 feet 2 inches for the animal he claimed to collateralize. The register, Mrs Harrie Connaway, recognized the description as referring to the man himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kas
Harrie Connaway
Hail Storm Causes Ice Drift Flood Warnings Near Ord
Farmers near Ord Nebraska report a severe spring storm with hail three weeks earlier at the Carl Bouda farm. Flood waters after the hail left gullies filled with two foot ice drifts. Local reports describe an unusually harsh late spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord, Neb
Carl Bouda
B. C. Relief for Pains in Three Minutes Advertised
A periodical pains relief ad promises fast soothing results in three minutes with B. C. a pharmacist blended formula. It claims use for colds headaches neuralgia fevers and nervous distress without opiates, sold in 10c and 25c packages nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Summer Sweetheart4 Seeks Purpose Amid Quiet Rural Life
Katharine Strykhurst, a discontent socialite, recovers after a riding accident at Violet Merser’s house. Michael Heatheroe, owner of the local riding club, visits and bonds with Katharine as she meets Violet’s children Sybil and Diana. Katharine shares memories of her mother and a lost dog, while a subtle romance develops in a tranquil country setting.
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Katharine “Strykhurst
Beautiful
Michael Heatheroe
Sally Moon
Zoe Parker
Katharine
Europe
Gibbs Larkin
Gibbs
Michael
Violet Merser
Michael Heathenroe
Lavinia
Miss Strykhurst
Merser
Sybil
Diana
Michael Heathcroe
Bertine
Michael Youth
Mrs. Meiser
Michael Heatherpe
Deggie
Victor Strykhurst
Lochinvar
West
Mrs. Merser
Daddy
Victor
Violet Meiser
Local People Visit Cullman to See Ave Marie Grotto
About 50 members of St Anns church traveled to Cullman on Sunday visiting the Ave Marie Grotto and St Bernard College. They viewed marble statues from Carrara Italy costing 1500 to ship and enjoyed a large afternoon picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anns Church
Cullman
Ave Marie Grotto
St. Bernard College
Carrara
Italy
Death of Lawrence of Arabia Shocks World
England mourns Col. Thomas E. Lawrence known as Lawrence of Arabia after a cycling accident fatal injury. Funeral to be simple in Moreton against his wishes for public acclaim. Burial beside Pat Knowles’s parents. no military honors expected.
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Wool
Dorsetshire
England
Lawrence of Arabia
Empire
Thomas E. Lawrence
Moreton
Lawrence
T. E. Shaw
France
Great Britain
Arabia
Royal Air Force
Tank Corps
Knowles
Pat Knowles
Gordon
Khartum
The
News Chronicle
Longfellow Hero and Iroquoian Figures Puzzle Clue Set
A dense crossword style puzzle with clues across and down. Entries refer to historical, linguistic, and cultural terms including poets, tribes, dress fasteners, animals, and forms of words. The grid features numerous clues about names, measurements, and objects across time.
Local travelers and townsfolk share events and notes
Alvin Richards, a Marshall & Bruce salesman, called on residents early this week. Hatton and Mt. Zion visitors dropped by Thursday afternoon. Town Creek’s Cliff Taliaferro hosted a fish fry with many present. Bankers L. W. Gentry and Robert Henderson attend Mobile bankers convention. Local school honor rolls list numerous juniors and seniors across grades. Birth notice: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moses on May 17.
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Alvin. Richards
Marshall & Bruce
C. K. Parker
Lora Moody
Hatton
Mattie Pae
R. L. Counts
Mt. Zion School
J. C. Johnson
Mt. Hope High School
J. H. Brown
Russellville
Newton Ford
James Blythe
Courtland
Cliff Taliaferro
Town Creek
Tennessee River
Amore
Albert George
L. W. Gentry
R C. Jackson
W. H. Marsh
Francis Forney
Lillian Shirey
Seibold
Beth Seibold
Guntersville
C. A. Young
C.D. Jenkins
Holt Idin
Hester Boys
Fred Brackin
Joe Taliaferro
Earl
Young
Huntsville
Joe ‘Taliaferro
Town ‘Creek
Guy Montgomery
Pin Hook
Robert B. Henderson
Alabama Bankers Convention
Mobile
L. B. Cropper
Isaac Johnson
Lawrence Kelsoe
W. V. Wright
Birmingham
Howell
J. H. Anders
Lawrence County
James E. Stewart
S. R. Sanders
Sanders
Anders
L. Judy
Lee. Mattison
J. Luther Gaines
Southern
H. H. Highsmith
E. W. Greene
Backfiring Kindness Temperatures Fall in Huntington
Temperatures fell sharply and unseasonably in Huntington on May 20 as a cold front swept through the area. Residents noted a brisk wind and overcast skies with no immediate relief in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Hutington
EPIC MOVEMENT AIMS TO AID ROOSEVELT IN CALIFORNIA
Upton Sinclair leads a California campaign advocating production for use as a remedy for unemployment. He says EPIC would back Roosevelt if he adopts the program and urges re election of Roosevelt while seeking broader party platform changes. The California convention endorses the Entity League and direct election of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Upton Sinclair
Denie
Franklin D. Velt
California
Roosevelt
Sinclair
Conchommen
Entity League, Inc
HPIC
Fraternity Plans Banquet at Lyons Hotel May 30
A fraternity meeting at Central Methodist church with the grand master absent approved a semi annual banquet for Friday week. After amendments the date was set for Sunday May 26? and the banquet for seven o'clock on May 30 at the Lyons hotel. Initiation fees and fraternity pins were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Lyons Hotel
Doghouse stove blaze injures Chapman in Chapman residence
Ross Chapman, 45, endured serious burns after lighting a small stove in a doghouse at his home. He was transported for emergency treatment after the incident and remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Chapman
Chapman
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Coal & Grain Co
Checkerboard Store
Mabel McElliott
Old Rogers Place
Violet
Miz’ “Merser
Williams
Longfellow
Hero 8
Vaillant Mar
Moovalton Item As
W. B. Johnson
Hugh Mitchell
Mt. Hope
Mr. Johnson
TVA
Ray Armstrong
James Rene -Dyar
Evelyn Maner
Carl Montgomery
Mabel Moody
Nina Lee Smith
McCoy Pitt
Gilbert Couch
Glenn Lott
Neal Delashaw
Bertie Lee Aldridge
Lora Dale Armor
Aiisa Grace McWhorter
Margaret Parr
Marjorie Hurst
Howard Parker
Norine Montgomery
Mildred Ellis
Helen Ellis
Marjorie Alexander
Waller Jo Parr
Josephine Byars
Mazel McMillam
Audrey Ellis
Nadine Royer
Sara Nell Delashaw
Frances Brewer
Evelyn Vandiver
Aoe
James Rene Dyar
Bertie Lee
Albany Grain & Coal CO
Davis ST
EPIC
Stickler
American Cleaners
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
E. Vine St
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