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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1935

Page

2

No Chance Seen Of Early Creation Of Forty Ninth State

Veering editorial notes limited support for new states like Texlahoma and a few other regions. It cites scattered advocacy from western Oklahoma and Texas panhandle counties and mentions Puerto Rico Hawaii and Alaska as areas debating statehood.

Forty Ve — Weir Wash Texlahoma Absarakora Maryland Hawaii Puerto Rico Alaska New York City Chicago Oklahoma Texas Panhandle Santiago Territory of

Mistaken Identity and Statehood Talks Across Regions

The article notes calls for statehood in Alaska with 60 278 inhabitants and discusses historical secessions from Maryland to North and South Carolina. It mentions a Confederate veterans reunion in Alabama with registration set this afternoon and an expected turnout under 100.

Pacific Samuel W. King Alaska Northwest Maryland Chesapeake Bay Absaroka Black Hills South Dakota Montana Wyoming Alabama Lee Jacksn United Confederate Veterans

Present Play at Oak Ridge Church Tonight

The community’s young married people present the play The Poor Married Man at Oak Ridge Church on Saturday night May 25. Proceeds benefit the church with music by the Sparkman band.

Oak Ridge Church Sparkman Band

Miss Lois Hoppers Returns Home From Milligan College

Miss Lois Hoppers, a Milligan College student in Johnson City Tennessee, arrived home Monday to a warm welcome from her family after the term in college.

Lois Hoppers Milligan College Johnson City Tenn

Neutrality bills push to curb US entanglement in war

Washington report notes Nye and Clark plan to bring neutrality proposals to the country amid navy opposition. Three Nye-Clark resolutions curb loans to belligerents, ban passports for travel to combat zones, and require buyer risk for munitions shipments.

Rodney Dutcher Corres Ashington United States Gereff Nye Bennett Clark Munitions Committee Congress Navy Nye Clark New York LaGuardia Army Tudy State Department

Summer Visit With Hoppers Parents

The note mentions spending the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hoppers, indicating a family visit or stay during the season.

Mrs. W. A. Hoppers

FDR Opposes Any Cash Bonus as Senate Veto Looms

House Democrats vow to block attempts to rush a bonus vote until after a veto fight. An informed source says the American Legion may back a new bonus bill if the Patman proposal is vetoed, removing currency inflation features. President Roosevelt plans to deliver a formal veto message to a joint session as Congress resumes.

PH Navy Hull Nye and Clark Navy General Board Roosevelt Florida Congress Snana Snana Ark Senate Burns American Legion Patman House Ierican Legion Ise

Families Flee Flooded Texas and Oklahoma Areas

Hundreds of families move to higher ground as flood crests approach lowland homes. Officials evacuate about 300 families along the North Canadian river while death tolls reach 12 in Texas, six in Oklahoma, and one in Kansas.

Oklahoma City Okla Oklahoma Texas Kansas

Birmingham Man Denies Killings After Slayings Claim

George O Wade denied killing his wife Nancy White Wade 46 and adopted daughter Anne Pillow Wade 6 found beaten to death at their Birmingham suburb home. Wade admitted later he did not do it, claiming they were shot after choking and beating them in a drunken stupor. Coroner Gip Evans noted no known motive.

J. P Morgan Company Morgan Company NEA Service, Inc Birmingham Ala George O. Wade Nancy White Wade Anne Pillow Wade Wade Parolman Clarence Henderson Nan Gip Evans Evans

Dewey Clark Dies at Tuscumbia Home

Services were held Monday at Tuscumbia for Dewey Clark 32 who died at his home after an extended illness Interment followed in Falkville Mr Clark's old home

Tuscumbia Dewey Clark Falkville Clark

Aviator Ventures Romantic Flight Over South Atlantic

Madrid May 21 AP Juan Ignacio Pombo a young Spanish aviator flies the Santander toward Natal Brazil with a memory of his childhood sweetheart Eleana Rivero in his pocket and hopes to win her for a bride in Mexico D C if the voyage succeeds.

Madrid Juan Ignacio Pombo South Atlantic Santander Natal Brazil Mexico D. C Eleana Rivero

UCV Convention To Open Tonight

Huntsville Alabama prepares for the UCV convention with a supper and public reception tonight as officials outline agenda and speakers for the event.

UCV Huntsville Ala

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