State solons and TVA talk tax problem
Alabama legislators in Knoxville to press TVA for more power receipts to offset tax losses from public power acquisition. Governor Dixon says municipalities’ electric systems should not be taxed, but a tax equivalent could fall on the ultimate consumer. TVA will face legislative committee Thursday as talks continue on funding for tax replacements.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Iimate
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
TVA
Lnd
Representative Thomas Seeks TVA Tax Revenue Solution
Decatur's Representative Rutledge Thomas joined Knoxville officials and state legislative committee to discuss a remedy for tax revenue losses caused by TVA operations in North Alabama.
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Rutledge Thomas
Decatur
Knoxville
State Legislative Committee
TVA
North
Alabama
Officials debate TVA tax impact on Alabama power
Senators Oliver D. Young T H Street and Representative Rutledge 5 Thomas outlined a projected 1.5 million tax loss if TVA and upstate cities acquire electric utilities in 15 Alabama counties. Levy Tapsley proposed an excise tax on city power sales, while Alabama League of Municipalities argued TVA receipts would offset losses.
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Knoxville
Oliver D. Young
T. H. Street
Rutledge 5. Thomas
Young
John Lapsiey
State Revenue Department
Alabama
TVA
Upstate
North Alabama
Cotton Barter Plan Advances Toward 50 Million Trade
Negotiations aim to barter 1,000,000 bales of surplus American cotton valued at about 50 million dollars for rubber from Britain. Ambassadors Kennedy and allied officials seek a deal in the next ten weeks, with rubber stored in the United States as a defense reserve.
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Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Harlan Row End Seen in Coal Labor Talks
In Harlan Kentucky negotiators from coal operators and the United Mine Workers with federal and state conciliators aim to settle a long running dispute. John Conner predicts an agreement this week while tensions include shootings and a deputy killing a civilian, with 1,250 troops on duty.
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Harlan
Harlan County Coal Operators
United Mine Workers
CIO
John Conner
Brien McMahon
United State
London
McMahon
Decatur High Senior Garden Party Postponed
The senior class garden party at Decatur high school was postponed due to bad weather. It will be held Tuesday night at Miss Elizabeth Newlin's home on 16th Avenue East, beginning at 8 o'clock.
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Decatur High School
Elizabeth Newlin
16Th Avenue
East
Newlin
Pendergast Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasions in Kansas City
Tom Pendergast, longtime boss of Kansas City's Democratic machine, pleaded guilty to tax evasion on 443550 dollars from 1935 and 1936. Judge Merrill E Otis sentenced him to one year and three months on the first count and three years probation plus a 10000 dollar fine on the second, with details tied to a Missouri fire insurance settlement and use of straw men in construction and liquor ventures.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
Pendergast
John G. Madden
Merrill EB. Otis
Otis
Sapna Overen
Jim Pendergast
Tom
A. Sophian
United States
Ward Parkway
Missouri
R. Emmett O’malley
Lloyd C. Stark
U.S
Maurice Milligan
Edward L. Schneider
Seven Pen
Morgan County Fish Rodeo Headquarters Open on Lee Street
The Morgan County Conservation Club opens rodeo headquarters at 123 Lee Street this afternoon for the fish rodeo beginning tomorrow and running through Thursday. C Bert Childs says staff will be on duty to noon Thursday and weigh-ins occur at the headquarters. Entrants may register there through Wednesday morning as several hundred entries already logged for contests at Wheeler and Wilson Lakes and tributaries. Participants receive Brunswick stew at Delano Park starting noon Thursday, with prize awards at 3:30 that afternoon. The event, the club’s second, drew hundreds last year from 41 towns across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, and organizers expect more this year.
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Lee Street
Morgan County
C. Bert Childs
Morgan County Conservation Club
Wheeler
Wilson Lakes
Delano Park
Eighth Avenue
Prospect Drive
Conservation Club
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Junior group winner in 4-H club contests named
Miss Elizabeth Kitchens of the Moulton Heights club won the county wide junior 4 H Club contests held Saturday at the county health offices. Miss Marjorie Callahan and Miss Martha Ellen Howse tied for first in the senior group with 995 points each.
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Elizabeth Kitchens
Moulton Heights
Marjorie Callahan
Martha Ellen Howse
Parkville
L. R. Murphree
Auburn
Austinville
Flint
Falkville
Union Hill
Washington
Chicago
Tass Missanete
Legion Backs Poppy Sales In Decatur Campaign
World War veterans in Decatur urged to wear a poppy on Poppy Day May 27. Garner Pride, commander of Morgan County post of the American Legion, calling the poppy the memorial flower of the war dead. He urged veterans to donate to welfare for disabled veterans and families of the dead, with Auxiliary volunteers distributing the flowers.
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Decatur
Garner Pride
Morgan County
American Legion
Commander Pride
France
Belgium
American Legion Auxiliary
Nude body of UC professor found in Berkeley home
The nude body of Virgil H. Cherry, 32, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, was found in his bed in Berkeley. Police report no violence besides a nose bruise, but the house was a shambles with bedding on the floor and furniture overturned. Investigators questioned Cherry's wife and three men who reportedly visited the house. a coroner autopsy is planned.
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Berkeley
Calif
Virgil H. Cherry
University of California
O. M. Thompson
Cherry
Jacquéline Cherry
Diane Williams
Portland
Ore
Local Dancers Shine At Saxon Follies in Birmingham
Miss Joan Summer and her brother Benny Summer of Decatur performed at the Saxon annual Follies in Phillips Hill auditorium Birmingham. The event marked the third Follies with Jack and Dorothy Saxon directing and featured dancers from the Saxonia school. Summer plans a two week Miami engagement starting June 1 with other Saxon students, among a cast including Virginia McGraw and several Decatur figures.
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Joan Summer
Benny Summer
Decatur
Virginia McGraw
Miss Summer
Saxonia School
Miami
H. R.summermer
Pat Brock
Lucile
Annie Gus Murphey
G. P. Banniza
Charles, Murphy
June Claire
Virginia Gillam
Nancy Wilson
Dr Lazenby Preaches in Hartsville and Pettusville
Dr M E Lazenby, presiding elder of the Decatur district, will preach Sunday morning at Hartsville with Pastor J F T Brown. A conference will follow. Sunday evening he proceeds to Pettusville to preach with Pastor A M Jones and hold a conference after the service.
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M. E. Lazenby
Decature
Hartselle
J. F. T. Brown
Pettusville
A. M. Jones
Adams Named Director of State National Bank of Decatur
T F Adams, vice president of the State National Bank of Decatur, has been named a director of the institution. His appointment brings the board to seven members and was approved at a stockholders meeting over the weekend.
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McMahon
Harlan
Senarue
National Guardsmen
William Turnblazer
Harlan District
T. F. Adams
State National Bank of Decatur
Adams
SOGGS RITES TAKE PLACE
Funeral rites for Tennis Soggs 49 died Saturday morning at Benevolent Society hospital were held at 1 30 pm Sunday at Red Hill Lawrence county Rev E Byars officiated Drinkard Howell handled burial Soggs of Moulton route 2 survived by widow four sons Lewis Jim Buddy Holland four daughters Musey Rachel Bessie Nadine Audrey his father and three brothers Pallbearers were Benson Bryant Percy Kenum Almon Bryant Dewey Hampton Harris Kenum and A D Clark Flowers were arranged by Imogene Bryant Ruby Hamilton Ovada Kenum Pauline Barnes Lorene Bryant Imogene McCulloch Lucile Bates Imogene Stewart and Mattie Sue Barnes
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Soggs
Benevolent Society —Hospital
Red Hill
Lawrence County
Rev
E.&. Byars
Drinkard-Howell
Moulton
Lewis
Jim
Buddy
Holland Suggs
Musey Rachel
Bessie
Nadine
Audrey Suggs
Benson Bryant
Percy Kenum
Almon Bryant
Dewey Hampton
Harris Kenum
A. D. Clark
Flowers
Imogene Bryant
Ruby Hamilton
Ovada Kenum
Pauline Barnes
Lorene Bryant
Imogene McCulloch
Lucile Bates
Imogene Stewart
Mattie Sue Barnes
Nurse Minnie Lee Chase Dies By Own Action
Birmingham coroner Gip M. Evans ruled death of 22 year old nurse Minnie Lee Chase as death by own action. The body was found yesterday with a Bible nearby and a note reading So sweet is death Death where art thy sting.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gip M. Evans
Minnie Lee Chase
Evans
Queen and Quints Gift Exchange at Ontario Legislature
Queen Elizabeth exchanged gifts with the Dionne quintuplets in a private reception then their public appearance captivated more than 1,000 lawmakers. The quints signed photos for the royal party and later gained a standing ovation after a staged appearance in the Ontario legislature.
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Dionne Quintuplets
Toronto
Emilie
Annette
Cecile
Bunny
Marie
Yvonne
Queen Elizabeth
Dionne
Canada
Ontario
London
Witness Admits Organizing Group Against Red Revolution
Dudley P. Gilbert a New York socialite testified before the Dies committee that he had spent months trying to organize a campaign to prepare the American people for a potential Red revolution. He described fears of civil conflict and suggested the people might have to resist, referencing Franco as a model if a takeover occurred.
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Witness
U. S
Washington
Dudley P. Gilbert
New York
Dies Committee On UN- American Activities
J. E. Campbell
Owensboro
Gilbert
Healey
D-Mass
Franco
Axis Pact Deepens European Crackdown as Danzig Tensions Rise
Germany and Italy formalize a 10 year axis alliance to pool military and economic power, signaling broader coalitions. Britain moves toward an accord with the Soviet Union on mutual aid, while a Danzig shooting heightens strains between Poland and the Nazi controlled Free City.
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Germany
Italy
Britain
Soviet Union
Free City
Danzig
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Milan
Berlin
Rome
Europe
Geneva
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
London
Moscow
France
Soviet
Russia
Romania
Poland
Greece
Turkey
Gustav Gruebner
Kalthof
Gruebner
Weather summary for Tennessee and Gulf coast regions
The Tennessee River rose to 19.8 feet with 0.46 inches of rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 63 to 83 degrees. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida saw partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday, while coastal winds were mostly southward. Tennessee expected fair tonight with possible local thundershowers in the far east, then a warm trend, followed by showers Tuesday afternoon, night, and Wednesday with cooler conditions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Treme
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