Man Held on Charge of Robbery Near Hartselle
Clais Thompson of Walnut Grove near Priceville was jailed in Morgan county on a robbery charge after Wilbert Lloyd a hitchhiker from Kentucky said nine dollars were taken and he was struck near Hartselle. Lloyd identified Thompson and warned of threats against him after the arrest. no lawyer yet for Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clais Thompson
Walnut Grove
Priceville
Morgan County
Wilbert Lloyd
Hartselle
Lloyd
Kentucky
Thompson
E. Templeton
Offi
Court of Justice
T. B. Glasscock
Townsend funds under fire in Townsendgram debate
Washington May 21. A house committee questioned a Townsend old age pension group claim that mails were used to defraud. James R. Sullivan said 11490 was raised for a congressional fund via Townsendgrams while Dr. Townsend testified he did not know of the appeal until after it went out and did not believe mail fraud occurred. He noted 23490 had funded seven men brought to Washington in January 1935 to work on the McGroarty bill and Townsend plan with Clements and others handling finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Hershey Press
Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
House
James R. Sullivan
Congressional
F. E. Townsend
Sullivan
Townsend
Robert E. Clements
Youth Vanishes From Fishburne School In Virginia
Edward L Boyer 17 son of Col P L Boyer U S Army disappeared after leaving Fishburne Military School Waynesboro Va on April 27 His description lists a 5 10 150 pound medium build fair complexion blond hair glasses and good features Police in Washington DC urge anyone with information to contact local officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, D. C
Edward L. Boyer
P. L. Boyer
U. S. Army
Fishburne Military School
Waynesboro
Young Boyer
Washington
Dr Smith to Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon at Negro High
Dr James Allen Smith of Central Baptist Church will preach the Baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class and faculty of the Negro high school in the assembly room at 4:00 p.m. Sunday. Excellent music is arranged and special seats will be reserved for white friends of the school who attend with Pastor Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Church
Pastor Smith
Edgerton to Speak to Edgerton Kiwanis Meeting
John E Edgerton head of the Southern States Industrial Council will address the Kiwanis club at its Edgerton meeting on the evening of June 18. The talk is anticipated with much interest by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “E. Edgerton
Southern States Industrial Council
Kiwanis Club
Admission of guilt bared in Titterton slaying case
Fiorenza confessed on April 21 to strangling and attacking Mrs Nancy Evans Titterton in her Beekman Place apartment on Good Friday April 10. Swander and detective testimony described the confession after the suspect’s stubborn alibi collapse. The case centers on an upholsterer’s helper linked to the murder and subsequent statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat McGrady
Associated Press
New York
Fiorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
Titterton
Beekman Place
Piorenza
Johnny
Swander
Theysician
Theodore Kruger
Wreck Probed and Liquor Found Near Falkville
A Cor dova resident, arrested near Falkville by Police Chief Dan Ryan, is jailed on prohibition charges after a Bee Line highway wreck. Officers recovered five cases of beer and three cases of whiskey hidden in nearby woods. the driver admitted ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Morgan County
Falkville
Dan Ryan
Ryan
Bee Line Highway
Pension Group Meets Saturday at Courthouse
The Old Age Pension Group will meet Saturday at 1 30 at the courthouse. Leaders called the gathering important likely the last before summer and urged all interested to attend.
Luciano Net Tightens Grip on Lucano's Vice Ring Trial
New York reports on the Luciano trial for a $12,000,000 vice racket. Joe Bendix, a thief with prior convictions, testified Luciano offered a collector job and discussed pay before Bendix faced a grand larceny sentence in January 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aoe
Sing Sing
Chayes
Lucky
Luciano
Joe Bendix
Bendix
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Philip McCook
Jimmie Frederico
Little Davie
Betillo
Judge Denies Directed Verdict in Shumaker Flogging Trial
Judge Robert T. Dowell denied the defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal for five defendants in the Shumaker flogging trial and ordered immediate start of final arguments to the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow
Fila
Robert T. Dowell
Shumaker
The Glamorous Adventure begins on page five
Gail Everett, the heroine, has beauty brains and charm and is caught in a love triangle. The serial centers on Gail who is loved by Dick Searles yet loves another man whose memory falters. The ongoing adventure promises excitement from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Everett
Dick Searles
Gail
Morgan County Petroleum Industries Committee Forming
Oil men and others in Alabama plan to organize the Morgan County Petroleum Industries Committee in Decatur on Friday May 22 at 7 30 PM in the Hotel Lyons assembly room. The aim is uniform gasoline tax rates fair licenses and to direct tax revenues to highways while opposing extra taxes and bootlegging or adulteration of petroleum products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hil
Decatur
Morgan County Petroleum Industries Committee
Morgan County
Hotel
Lyons
Alabama
Alabama and
American Petroleum Industries
Petroleum and Allied Industries
Earl M. Hearne
Alabama Petroleum Industries Committee
Armour Head Urges Union For Diversified Alabama Farming
Gilbert White and other local leaders attended a joint Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club meeting at the Tutwiler Hotel. Robert H. Cabell of Armour and Company spoke on the value of livestock in Alabama and urged cooperation between industrial and agricultural interests to diversify farming and develop the livestock sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert White
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Neher
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
E. W. McLeod
Kiwanis Club
Joe Duncan
Rotary Club
Harry Kloppfer
Decatur Packing Plant
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and
Tutwiler
Robert H. Cabell
Chicago
Armour and Company
Alabama
Giant
Meat Company
Develo
Engineers Named by the TVA at Guntersville and Chickamauga Dams
Knoxville Tennessee May 2 George K Leonard named construction engineer for Guntersville Dam and James B Hays named construction engineer for Chickamauga Dam TVA announced Leonard joined TVA in 1933 as assistant construction engineer for Wheeler Dam and served as acting construction engineer after March 23 transfer Hays came to the authority from the United States Bureau of Reclamation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
George K. Leonard
Guntersville Dam
James B. Hays
Chickamauga Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Leonard
TVA
Wheeler Dam
Guntersville
Hays
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Agreement on voluntary rail worker protection reaches final
Washington May 21 Roosevelt announces successful end to voluntary talks between rail labor and management over displaced workers in consolidations. The accord offers dismissal pay up to one year for 15 year veterans, plus option for partial salary over months. 60 percent pay for 60 months for those with 15 years. No decision yet on Eastman or Wheeler Crosser bill prospects following the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8. Ardery
Associated Press
Washington
Rail Labor and Management
Roosevelt
George M. Harrison
Committee of
Railway Labor Executives
Harrison
Mr. Roosevelt
Joseph B. Eastman
Cee Berkman
Riot in Carbonear sparks police reinforcements
Police from St Johns sent 60 officers to Carbonear to quell a riot between union and non union workers. Several shops closed amid unclear cause and extent of the disturbance.
Senator Bankhead Recovers Health After Illness
Senator John H Bankhead, renominated by a large majority, has recovered his health after flu and stress from farm legislation. He has been at Ormond Beach Florida and plans to return home within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Bankhead
Bankhead
Ormond Beach
Fla
Negro School Presents Play Cinderella At the Race
Instructor Madge Irwin Boulware leads third and fourth graders in Cinderella At the Race at 8 tonight in the school assembly room. Principal Henry Evans and the Hor ne club members will perform at the same time tomorrow, the last contra of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Irwin Boulware
Peres
Hor Ne
Henry Evans
Edict on custody of child star due Monday
Los Angeles May 21. Decision in the custody contest for child film star Freddie Bartholomew may be announced Monday. Superior Judge Harry Arch bald signals preference for returning the boy to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Harry Archbald
Compromise Reached on Corporate Tax Plan in Senate Committee
The Senate finance committee agreed on a corporate tax compromise, imposing an 18 percent rate on corporate income and 7 percent on income withheld from distributions, with a $1,000 exemption for small-earnings corporations, while retaining capital stock and excess profits taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Treasury
Color Line Is Duce's Worry Across Africa Crisis
The article notes the Ethiopian crisis with Italy and the fate of foreign guards in Addis Ababa. It reports France declining to withdraw French colonials from Dire Dawa and British French talks on legation guards. It mentions Leon Blum as France’s coming premier and pressure for a settlement of the war sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Tl Messagero
France
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Paris
Leon Blum
Earthquake Devastates Pingshin in Szechuan Province
Reports from Shanghai state a severe quake struck Central China causing hundreds of deaths and injuries. In Pingshin sixty percent of buildings were leveled, with widespread destruction and fear among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Centralhina
Pingshin
Szechuan Province
Railway Order Placed by Van Sweringens Totals 13.5 Million
Railway equipment orders totalling over 13.5 million dollars were announced by the Van Swerin gens railways. Manufacturing firms in Huntington West Virginia Butler and Johnstown Pennsylvania Columbus Ohio East Chicago Illinois Richmond Virginia and Michigan City Indiana will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
van Sweringen
Huntington
W. Va
Butler and Johnstown
The Glamorous Adventure Prompts Scandalous Plans
Derek misreads Lucille and Gail's intent as Gail is set to marry another man. Derek avoids Gail while Lucille’s scheme progresses as planned. Read the full tale beginning on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derek
Lucille
Gail
Alabama Supreme Court Rules State Can Tax Incomes From Outside
The Alabama Supreme Court held that residents and corporations owe state income tax on all net incomes, regardless of where earned. The ruling, upholding the 1933 income tax amendment, allows taxation on bonds and stock dividends from outside Alabama and decides tax method by value on January 1, 1933, not original cost. The decision rejects 14th Amendment equal protection challenges and affirms power to tax citizens with foreign-source income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Adolph Well
Well Brothers
Weill
Weil Brothers
Alabama
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York
Berlin
Hamburg
London
Amon
Supreme Court
Judee Walter B. Jones
Weil
Joel B. Brown
United States
Sheriffs to Get New Feed Allowance Upholders Ruling
Attorney General Albert A. Carmichael upheld the 1935 Calhoun act raising sheriff feeding allowances for prisoners. He said warrants must be issued despite the 175000 dollar annual cap, placing the fund among essential government expenses. The ruling boosts expenditures to about 300000 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Albert A. Carmichael
Carmichael
Charles W. Lee
James Simpson
Inter
Negro Charged in Shooting Surrenders to Sheriff
Charles Simpson, charged with assault with intent to murder in the Willie Garth shooting near Priceyville, surrendered at the Morgan county sheriff's office today. Garth was wounded in the neck but not seriously hurt. Simpson said he was hunted by a group of men in East Morgan county during the days before his surrender. Deputy Herman Sandling corroborated that Simpson admitted shooting Garth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Simpson
Willie Garth
Priceyville
Garth
Simpson
Morgan County
Herman Sandling
Rural electrification program receives 410 million loan act
President Roosevelt signed the Norris bill authorizing 410 million dollars over 10 years for rural electrification. Morris L. Cooke of Pennsylvania was nominated for a 10 year term as rural electrification administrator. The act funds loans up to 50 million in year one and 40 million annually for nine years, prioritizing farm co operatives and non profit groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morris L. Cooke
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Cooke
Norris (R
Senate
Norris
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rural Electrification Administration
Signing of rural electrification measure speeds Valley power work
The Norris bill's enactment allows the RFC to negotiate 10-year loans to aid cooperative power user groups in agriculture. The TVA already operates in the Valley with offices directing electrification efforts and officials expect the measure to hasten their plans despite no formal statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
RFC
Red Cross Examiners Course Offered At Crystal Plunge
The Red Cross will run an examiners training course at Crystal Plunge Malone Park from May 28 to 30 under John O Broadway Nat ional Red Cross life saving representative. Applicants must be 19 or older. Registration is at the Chamber of Commerce Lyons Hotel building. The program aligns with national first aid week beginning Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Crystal Plunge
Malone Park
John O. Broadway
National Red Cross Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Lyons
Democratic caucus to discuss anti lynching bill in Washington
A Democratic House caucus was called for tomorrow night to press anti lynching legislation. The movement was led by Representatives Ford and Gavagan after a petition by 27 members. House leaders doubt action will occur this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Ford
Calif
Gavagan
N. Y
Bankhead D
Ala
House
Huntsville Mill Strike Settled
Huntsville Alabama May 21 The strike at Lincoln Mills of Alabama local textile plant is settled and operations are expected to resume as soon as conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Lincoln Mills
Alabama
Tennessee River Weather Update Hub
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 42 feet with no rainfall reported. Temperatures ranged from 63 to 87 degrees over the past 24 hours across Alabama and the extreme northwest, with partly cloudy conditions extending into Friday and minimal changes expected in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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DR. Smith
Edgerton
Kiwanis
Baton Rouge
Harry Williams
John
Red) Worthen
Williams
Wedell-Williams Air Service
Corona
Tion
Wedell-Williams Air Corporation
Jimmy Wedell
Walter Wedell
Mr. Williams
Marguerite Clark
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Pension Group
Tom Hagenbuch
Morgan
Negro School
Duce
High
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