Morgan County 4-H Rally Draws 1200 Plus Attendees
More than 1200 Morgan County 4-H boys and girls attended the annual rally. The program included theater visits, a parade, luncheon at Benson Field, and athletic events. The parade featured a police escort and a long list of club banners and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
4-H
Princess and Capitol
Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company
Benson Field
Eldridge Cockrell
Pagenia Price
Morgan County Club
L. L. Self
W. H. Gregory
B. C. Shelton
Chamber of Commerce
Louis HH. Knight
Eugenia Price
L, L. Self
R. N. Harris
Br L. Malone
Board of Revenue
Wallace
Berean Club
Berean Study Club
Estelle Hendrix
W. P. Dozier
Cotaco Club
H. N. Peurifoy
J. T. Nelson
Coterie Club
Helen Fisher
Frances Nungester
Entre Meres
J. O. Cokvard
George Morris
Mother's Club
H. McDougal
FE. M. Chenault
W. P. Baugh
Paul Eubanks
John W. Jones
Earl Calvin
B.L. Malone
L. R. Murphree
Eleanor Ramage
Bertha Timberlake
S. W. Brown
D. W. Speake
Roland Gray
E. W. McLeod
T. J. Cottingham
Julian Harris
Maynard Layman
Wallace Meadows
Princess and Capitol Theatres
Wheeler Park
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Bank
Gladys McKnight testifies in murder trial calm page
Gladys McKnight 17 testifies that co defendant Donald Wightman 18 killed her mother with a hatchet amid a knife struggle. She describes blood, threats, and a plan to involve neighbors as the trial proceeds.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
Jersey City
N. J
Gadys McKnight
Donald Wightman
Wightman
Helen McKnight
Gladys
Donald
Elizabeth Feury
New Jersey
MacKnight
Mie Knight
Negro killed by freight train near Decatur station
The unidentified one armed Black man died when a northbound freight struck him near Decatur station at 5 45 PM Friday. He lost multiple limbs and suffered severe head injuries. George Reynolds funeral home reported hundreds viewing the mangled body at 705 West Vine Street.
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Reynolds Funeral Home
West Vine Street
Decatur Station
Tennessee River Bridge
George Reynolds
Nightwatchman assaulted at Decatur Box and Basket Co.
Officers search for an assailant who struck Jack Cleridy, the night watchman, with a black jack about nine o clock last night. Cleridy, though hit several times, was not badly hurt and remained on duty after warning the man off the premises.
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Jack Cleridy
Decatur Box and Basket Co
Cleridy
Basket Company
Alabama coal output rises in 1936 report
The 1936 Alabama coal production reached 12,689,749 tons, up from 9,012,743 in 1935, per the state mining department. Chief inspector W. B. Hillhouse noted coal came from 79 railroad mines and 350 truck mines, employing about 23,000 men across 997 working days.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Mining Department
Alabama
W. B. Hillhouse
State Board
Senate battles over relief funds intensify in Washington
Economy advocates press renewed fight in the Senate after the House vote 210 to 128 approving the administration's 1.5 billion work relief request for the new fiscal year starting July 1. House debates to continue Monday as hearings are expected soon with Harry Hopkins slated as first witness.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
WPO
Curb Market Reports Strong Sale Volume
Curb market posted solid sales totaling 40.00 with one of the week’s best volumes. Miss Mabel Br tarda curb master notes cherries and dewberries planned for sale Tuesday.
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Mabel Br Taid
Curb
Ed Pippin Sentenced to 30 Days in County Jail
Williamsburg reports Ed Pippin found guilty of drunken driving by Assistant Trial Justice C C Armi stead. He must serve 15 weeks totaling 30 days, with five day work weeks continued and 15 Saturdays and Sundays in jail.
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Williamsburg
Ed Pippin
C. C. Armistead
Pippin
Solons Focus on 10 Economies Amid Labor and Farm Plans
Washington May 22 1944 Administration leaders in congress set to work on an economic program tied to a 40 hour week and 40 cent minimum wage for interstate industries. A regional planning bill would cover flood control irrigation and soil erosion with farm price stabilization. Roosevelt messages awaited to finalize labor standards and planning bills.
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Washington
Congress
Anh
Roosevelt
Phunsiy
Gested
William ‘A
American Federation Labor
Supreme Court
Wallace
FDR
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
Car and Truck Collide at Intersection injures none
At 11:30 last night a car driven by W D Lee of Decatur and a truck operated by Charles Osteen from a CCC camp near Moulton collided near the Somerville road and Bee Line highway. Both vehicles were damaged and no injuries were reported. State Highway Patrolman C T Barrett investigated.
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Somerville Road
Bee Line Highway
W. D. Lee
Decatur
Charles Osteen
Moulton
C. T Barrett
State Highway Patrol
Miss Kirby Leads In Golf Tourney
Atlanta report says 17 year old Dorothy Kirby led Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page three up after 18 holes of their 36 hole battle for the women's southern golf crown in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Dorothy Kirby
Estelle Lawson Page
Greensboro
N. C
Auburn ROTC Receives 18th Consecutive Top Rating
Auburn University president Dr. L. N. Duncan announced that Auburn’s ROTC unit has again earned the maximum annual rating from the War Department. This marks the 18th straight year the school has achieved the highest rating.
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Auburn
Ala
L. N. Duncan
War Department
Auburn R. O. T. C
Traditional Wedding Ring To Be Used In Duke And Wally Wed
Monts France May 22 A source says Wallis Warfield will wed with Britain’s royal tradition ring of Welsh gold on her third finger at the planned June 3 civil ceremony. The Duke’s contract ensures property separation without a bequest. under French law both spouses would share equally.
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Duke
Wally
Gloucester
Kent
Wales
Bates
Warfield
Static Blamed For Air Mishap By Dr. Eckener
Dr Hugo Eckener, famed dirigibles master, calls the Hindenburg disaster extremely mysterious and suggests a static spark ignited free hydrogen aft, causing the burning. He doubts engine sparks and rejects ball lightning as unlikely, believing gas may have leaked and accumulated near the stern.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Hindenburg
Commerce Department
Eckener
Youths Held After Blunt Teacher Slaying
Norman Westbergh 17 and Howard Christenson 16 were arrested for fatally shooting and robbing Ada Carey a Blunt South Dakota teacher. They admitted the crime and were moved to Sully County jail amid fears of mob violence after the killing on a Frankfort route home.
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Norman Westbergh
Howard Christenson
Ada Carey
Blunt
Reedy
Dixon Called Home In Virginia on Visit
C M Dixon of Florette Morgan county died suddenly last night at Bent Creek Virginia aged 80 while visiting his sister Ida Marks. The body will be returned to Morgan county for burial with funeral arrangements by Peck of Hartselle. Survived by two daughters J M Palmer Florette and J M Godwin Irondale a step son C P Stacks Decatur Route 3 three sisters C W Phelps Ida Marks Bent Creek Va Robert Brown Shipman Va and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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C. M. Dixon
Florette
Morgan County
Bent Creek
Virginia
Ida Marks
Dixon
Peck
Hartselle
J. M. Palmer
J. M. Godwin
Irondale
C. P. Stacks
Decatur
C. W. Phelps
Robert
Brown
Shipman
Decatur Man Naaman Johnson Dies After Short Illness
Naaman Johnson 29, of Decatur Route 4, died at 10 30 last night at Benevolent Society Hospital after a short illness. The body was prepared by Brown and moved to the home of Coleman Hill on Somerville road for funeral rites to be conducted Sunday at Cedar Creek cemetery. Rev R S Rains will officiate with Brown in charge of burials. Surviving are a widow a son J C Johnson two daughters Rosa Lee and Madge Grace Johnson three sisters Mrs Dewey Rhodes Misses Topsy and Tom Melburn and the stepfather B W Melburn. Relatives will be pallbearers.
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Naaman Johnson
Decatur
Route 4
Benevolent Society
Rosa Lee
Madge Grace Johnson
Dewey Rhodes
Topsy
Tom Melburn
B. W. Melburn
Soviet Arctic Expedition Establishes North Pole Base
An eleven man Soviet expedition landed on an Arctic ice floe near the North Pole to establish a permanent base as a prelude to a Moscow to San Francisco polar air route. Dr Otto Schmidt heads the party with four aircraft to equip the Rudolph Island base and begin weather observations for the polar airline project. Four crew remain a year to study polar conditions while seventeen spent the Arctic winter on Rudolph Island preparing for the base mission.
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Moscow
North Pole
San Francisco
Pole
Otto J. Schmidt
Rudolf Island
M. V. Vodopyanoff
Lee
Schmidt
Soviet Union
Dudolf Island
Russia
United States
Ivan Papanin
Ernest Krenkeln
Pyotr Shirsov
Eugene Federov
Girl's suicide note follows grand jury's nonindictment
In Montgomery on May 22, 20 year old Marjorie Carter Howan lay near death after a self inflicted gunshot wound. She whispered she was glad the grand jury had not indicted her mother Lillie B Carter for killing Linwood Carter and wounding Marion Johnson. The shooting occurred on hospital steps as the husband was being returned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marjorie Carter Howan
Lillie B. Carter
Robert Alford
Warren Reese, Jr
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Nearby States
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 21.7 feet with a rise noted. Temperatures ranged from a high of 92 to a low of 64 with 0.94 inch of rainfall. Alabama experienced partly cloudy skies with locally strong showers and cooler air in the north, while Tennessee expected showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight then generally fair on Sunday, cooler in the east and central portions. The forecast calls for a generally fair start to the week with scattered showers in the east states later.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Central
East Gulf States
East
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Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Justice van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Solons
Robert P. Howard Gillespie
Superior Coal Company
No. Apne
Wilsonville
Orty
Dan McGill
Miss Kirby
Dr. Eckener
Carey
Frankfort
Frisco
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