Czechs Hold Borders As Nazi Tensions Persist
British and French warnings to Hitler shadow a cautious calm in Czechoslovakia. Milan Hodza and Konrad Henlein were set to meet as Prague’s forces keep a semi mobilized frontier watch. Sudeten Germans show gains in early communal elections amid international pressure for peace.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Hitler
London
Paris
Praha
Konrad Henlein
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Milan Hodza
Henlein
Germany
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
France
Britain
Spain
Berlin recalls Falkenhausen staff in China recall
Berlin ordered General Alexander Von Falkenhausen and about 400 German advisers to withdraw from China, moving to Chiang Kai-Shek's army after pressure from Tokyo. The decision follows the German on again pact to combat Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
Berlin
Alexander von Falkenhausen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tokyo
Trial Set for Canty in Nurse Slaying Case
Montgomery Alabama May 23 The trial of Dave Canty a Black man on a murder charge in the slaying of 48 year old county health nurse Miss Eunice Ward was tentatively set for May 31 after canty was arraigned before Circuit Judge Eugene Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dave Canty
Picket Lines Break Near J I Case Plant
In Rockford Illinois May 23 police clashed with United Automobile Workers pickets surrounding the J I Case plant. Police removed a car blocking a bridge, a mass of workers rushed the plant, and Chief Deputy Palmgren was injured. About 150 supervisors entered the plant after the fray, and the strike line was kept from blocking the entrance beyond the injunction period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ill
J. I. Case
United Automobile Workers of America
Carl Palmgren
Death claims Irvin Stewart at Trinity home
Irvin Stewart, 46, of Trinity Route 1 died at his home at 10 oclock last night after a long illness. Funeral rites were held at 3 oclock this afternoon at the residence with Rev. W. Brooks in charge. Burial followed at Granger Cemetery, Trinity Mountain. Survived by widow, a son Gay Lee, a daughter Betty Jane, brother Arthur, and three sisters Mrs. Mattie Vaughn, Mrs. Ima La Baugh, and Miss Dora Belle Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Stewart
Trinity Route 1
W. Brooks
McAfee and Young
Grange Cemetery
Trinity Mountain
Gay Lee
Betty Jane
Arthur
Mattie Vaughn
Ima LaBaugh
Dora Belle Stewart
Gilbert Thornton Hurt in Accident on Moulton Highway
Gilbert Thornton was taken to Baugh's Infirmary after his car overturned on the Moulton highway near Moulton Heights. He recovered enough by Sunday to return to his home at 1415 Fifth Avenue.
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Gilbert Thornton
Baugh’s Infirmary
Moulton Highway
Moulton Heights
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court broadens federal tax reach to games and Port Authority
The Supreme Court, in two 6 to 2 rulings, upheld federal levies on intercollegiate football ticket sales at Georgia and Georgia Tech and on Port Authority officials income tax. Justice Roberts and Justice Stone framed the decisions as within constitutional federal taxing powers, noting state immunity would not shield business enterprises for gain from federal taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
New York Port Authority
Roberts
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Stone
Port Authority
Pan's Engineer in Critical Condition After Stroke
Maybin, veteran Pan American engineer, is in a Montgomery Alabama hospital after a paralytic stroke. He was found unconscious in Union Station locker room shortly after delivering the Pan American southbound train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
O, Maybin
Williamson Heiress Readmitted After Weekend Hospital Flight
Mrs. Martha Lee Williamson heiress of a southern power fortune was readmitted to the hospital today following a weekend escape in a pink nightgown and a blue satin dressing robe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martha Lee Williamson
Rebel Chief's Nephew Killed in Clash Near San Luis Potosi
The Defense Ministry said Hipolito Cedillo nephew of rebel leader ex General Saturnino Cedillo was killed with eleven followers in a clash with government troops near Lazunita in southeastern San Luis Potosi. Cedillo led about 150 rebels opposing President Cardenas and attacked a 35th cavalry column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Defense Ministry
Hipolito Cedillo
Saturnino Cedillo
Lazunita
San Luis
Potos
San Luis Potosi City
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Lazardo Cardenas
Villa Hermosa
San Luis Potos
Cardenas
Cedillo
Huasteca
Buenavista
Ciudad Maiz
Ciudad Maly
Porfirio Diaz
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Anacleto Guerrero
The
Workman Overcome by Heat in Barge
H. B. Brown of 437 Grant Street was overcome by heat Sunday morning while working inside a barge at Ingalls Iron Works shipyard. He was taken to Benevolent Society Hospital by ambulance and is reported not to be in serious condition. Brown's home is in Florence.
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H. B. Brown
Grant Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Ingalls Iron Works
Brown
Brown Ambulance
Florence
Wage Hour Bill Debated After House Vote Move
The House voted 322 to 73 to bring the revised wage hour bill to the floor after a petition by 218 members. The measure would set a universal minimum wage for interstate commerce starting at 25 cents an hour, rising to 40 cents, with 44 hours a week initially and a two year stepdown to 40. President Roosevelt urged flexibility but the bill omits regional wage variations.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Congress
Mies
D-Tex
Dies
Norton
D-Nj
Labor Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Thousands Of Fleeing Chinese Soldiers Caught In Suchow Trap
Japanese field command reports 10 000 Chinese soldiers surrendered since Suchow fell as they pursued routed forces across the central China railroad zone. Flying over Suchow at 500 feet, Elmer W. Peterson saw Japanese troops tanks and aircraft in control of the city while devastation and mass movement continued in the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Peterson
China
Suchow
Central China
Lushan
Suhsien
Lunghei
Tientsin-Pukow
Shanghai
Lay Off Order Hits Alabama State Patrol Units
The state issue a lay off reducing personnel across departments affects eleven North Alabama patrolmen with indefinite leaves starting June 1. Capt. Van Gilbert confirmed names including W B McCluskey and Oren Robinson among those notified. Montgomery announces about forty patrolmen face indefinite leave on the same date as Governor Graves cites revenue drop from fines despite higher driver license income.
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State Highway Patrol
North Alabama
van Gilbert
W. B. McCluskey
Oren Robinson
Fred Robinson
W. A. Whitely
W. B. Little
Logel
W. Daniels
Frank Agimi
J. W. Lee
Cecil Folson
Green
Montgomery
Boy Slayer Faces Trial In Death Pact Case
Sixteen year old Donal Carroll Jr. goes on trial for first degree murder in New York. The defendant and his girlfriend Charlotte Matthiesen reportedly planned a death pact after learning of her pregnancy. Prosecutor notes a joint note was left before the shooting, and Carroll told police Charlotte died in his arms. The defense, supported by Carroll’s parents, seeks the best legal strategy as witnesses threaten to testify.
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New York
Donal Carroll, Jr
Fred Matthiesen
Mah
Ember
Donald
Sullivan
Jackson Heights
Miss Matthiesen
Matthiesen
New Yorkers Hurt When Car Turns Over En Route to New Orleans
Mr and Mrs E J Freniere of 17 West 32nd Street New York were treated at Benevolent hospital for painful but not serious injuries after their car overturned on the Bee Line highway five miles south of Decatur Saturday about 5 30 PM. Freniere said he did not know how the crash occurred.
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E. J. Freniere
West 32Nd Street
New York City
Benevolent Hospital
Bee Line
Decatur
New Orleans
Just War Doctrine Affirmed by Presbyterian Assembly
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States reaffirmed support for war on just and necessary occasions. A move to remove moral justification for war failed 234 to 75, and a defense-only war proposal lost 165 to 138.
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Meridian
Miss
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
United States
Sunday Closing Law Enforced Countywide by Sheriff
Sheriff Sandlin said grocery stores must close on Sundays and will be checked next Sunday with five deputies. Solicitor Hutson stated stores in the county and Morgan County must close, noting prior mixed compliance and public acquiescence. Evidence of violations will be turned over to the June 6 grand jury for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Street Sandilin
Melvin Hutson
Sandhin
Grand
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Sandlin
Hutson
Morgan County
War Veteran Rites Held for John A Campbell in Hartselle
Funeral services for John A Campbell a 49 year old World War veteran were held at Antioch United Methodist Church with Rev R R Scott officiating Burial by Peck of Hartselle followed his death Saturday night at the Augusta Georgia Veterans Hospital He is survived by three sisters Mrs John T Kyle Mrs J B Humphrey and Mrs Annie Belle Hamilton pallbearers named Monroe Bowling DeWitt Maxwell Tate Johnston L H Humphrey I N Johnson and James Johnston
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John A. Campbell
Hartselle
Antioch
R. R. Scott
Peck
Campbell
Veterans Hospital
Augusta
John T. Kyle
J. B. Humphrey
Somerville
Annie Belle Hamilton
Eva
Monroe Bowling
DeWitt Maxwell
Tate Johnston
Hum Hrey
I. N
Jounsoi
James Johnston
Decatur Man Not Involved In Birmingham-Area Crash
C. E. Lowery of Decatur, on Moulton Street, was relieved to learn he was not the E. Lowery injured in a head on crash on the Bessemer super highway near Birmingham. The report also linked C. Lowrey and H. S. Ivy to the crash. Lowery had visited relatives in Albertville and is a Central Methodist church choir member.
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C. E. Lowery
Moulton Street
E. Lowery
Bessemer Super Highway
Birmingham
Mr. Lwery
C. Lowery
Ivy
Lowery
Albertville
Marshall County
Central Methodist Church
C. E. Lowrey
Bessemer
Mr. Lowrey
Rotary Club Afternoon Meeting With Barbecue
Rotary Club met at 12:15 at Woodall's. Rev J H Chitwood gave the invocation as members dined on barbecued chicken. No program was held today. Next week Dr Erskine M Chenault will present First Aid.
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Rotary Club
Woodall’s
J. H. Chitwood
Erskine M. Chenault
Mrs Lula Thomas Dies At 68 In Alabama
Mrs Lula McCurdy Thomas, 68, wife of Alabama Supreme Court Justice William H. Thomas, died today after an extended illness. Funeral set for 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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Thomas
Montgomery
Ala
Lula McCurdy Thomas
William H. Thomas
Alabama Supreme Court
Motion Filed At Opening Of Hearing Here
Hugh McCarthy of the NLRB resumed hearings on the AFPWH complaint against Cooper-Wells and Company seeking transfer of the case to Birmingham. The Decatur mill alleged violations of NLRA sections and accused the CIO affiliate of coercion and anti union activity. Witness Northey Cox testified of a beating at the mill, while officials for Cooper-Wells denied countywide armed thugs and city officials testified to lack of violence and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McCarthy
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
AFPWH
Cooper- Wells and Company
Birmingham
Hosiery Workers Unit
Cooper-Wells Company
Decature
St. Joseph
Michigan
Labor Board
Decatur
Northey Cox
Cox
Horace Lee
Aaron Montgomery
NLRB
Hosiery Workers
Dominion
Cooper-Wells
J. Street Sandlin
Seybourn H. Lynne
R. N. Harris
Lynne
John H. Peach
Earl R. Cross
Detroit
R. L. Freeman
Chicago
Chas. H. Eyster
Gustav Frankel
Nicholas Lahr
Lew Frankel
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
River gauge on Tennessee at 21 feet this morning with rain totaling 0.10 inch. High 86, low 66 in 24 hours. Alabama mostly cloudy with showers likely today and tonight. cooler in some areas. Coastal winds southwest to west moderating. Thunderstorms anticipated central areas this afternoon and tonight with fair skies further north and extreme south tonight and Tuesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Los Angeles
Busby Berkeley
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Berkeley
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