Steinmetz Trial Recessed Over Marriage Forcing Claim
The trial of Joseph L. Steinmetz 22 accused of murdering his 19 year old bride Ruth was recessed until Monday after the state failed to prove he was forced into marriage. Judge Charles C. Nott excluded much of Ruth Armstrong's father's testimony about Steinmetz seeking consent and alleged prior relations. The case centers on whether alcohol or other factors negate any claim of responsibility for the deaths at the Knights of Columbus Hotel last November 26.
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New York
Joseph L. Steinmetz
Brooklyn Divinity
Ruth
Charles C. Nott
Samuel Armstrong
Steinmetz
Alexander H. Kaminsky
Sky
Joseph J. Leonard
Knights of Columbus
Armstrong
Kaminsky
Leibowitz
Beauty Pageant Staged Tonight At Riverside Auditorium
A beauty pageant to crown Miss Decatur features 64 contestants with five out of town judges. The winner advances to Birmingham in June for Miss Alabama and possibly to Atlantic City for the national contest. Rehearsals and two one act plays accompany the main event, with performances at 8 o'clock.
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Riverside Auditorium
Birmingham
Alabama
Atlantic City
N. J
West
Violet
Harold Vaughn
Jack Kelley
William Sherman
Madelyn McKnight
Cecilia Alexander
Lucile Chenault
Milton Davis
Nancy Laubenthal
Princess Ingrid Becomes a Bride in Royal Wedding
In Stockholm on May 24 Princess Ingrid wed Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Iceland in a 13th Century church. The ceremony crowned her as future queen, blending tradition with pomp amid gleaming swords, boots, and formal court ritual.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ingrid
Frederik
Denmark
Iceland
Actress Emily Whitfield Found Dead at New Mexico Ranch
Mrs. Emily Whitfield, once married to Raoul Whitfield and formerly linked to William H. Vanderbilt, was found with a self-inflicted bullet wound at the Dead Horse ranch near Las Vegas New Mexico. A nine year old daughter survives.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Emily Whitfield
William H. Vanderbilt
Raoul Whitfield
Whitfield
Deadhorse
Francisco Delgado
San Miguél County
Hollywood
German Sterilizations Reported Through 1934
Berlin authorities report 56,244 Germans sterilized up to December 31, 1934. The Justice Ministry released the figure in a May statement noting the policy's reach across the population.
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Berlin
German Ministry of Justice Today
Size of Veto Vote Surprises Supporters in Congress
The Patman veto vote in the Senate fell 54 to 40 short of a two thirds override, dampening veteran bonus supporters and triggering new proposals. Senators voiced mixed views on future cash payments while strategizing around attaching a rider to key bills or pursuing the Vinson bill for full cash payment.
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Nathan Roberson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Veterans’ Forces
Harrison
Patmanite
Ees
House
Clark
Vinson
Patman
NRA
Senate Finance Committee
Martial Law May Be Lifted Soon
Baton Rouge Louisiana may end military rule soon after Senator Huey P Long visits this weekend officials have not confirmed or denied the report Baton Rouge has been under martial law since January 25 when militiamen gathered to guard Longs murder plot hearing after citizens opposed his rule
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Civic Center Opens With Musical Evening at Aycock Building
The Aycock building on Ferry street hosts the opening of a new civic center this evening. The Cooper-Wellsian orchestra of 15 pieces, directed by Neal Wells, provides music. the Cooper-Wells Employees Association, tenant, reports a new floor and other improvements funded by a large expenditure.
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Civic Center
Aycock
Ferry Street
Cooper-Wellsian
Neal Wells
Cooper-Wells Employes Association
Labor chieftain urges extension of NRA two years
William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged the House Ways and Means Committee to extend the NRA for two years. He warned that killing the program would cause unemployment to rise and wages to fall, and said extending it is better than a doomed reform. Hugh S. Johnson was invited to testify. Green warned of a nationwide strike if NRA is not extended.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
W . Washington
NRA
William Green
American Federal of Labor
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mln . Co
Ekailink
Hugh 8. Johnson
New York
Green
Congress
Laurel Concern 10 Build Camps in Fourth Corps Area
Eastman Gardner and Company of Laurel Mississippi received contracts for eleven Civilian Conservation Corps camps totaling 109000 dollars. Bids include TVA and non TVA sites across Alabama Georgia Florida Mississippi and Tennessee with camp costs ranging from 9500 to 11750 dollars.
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Atlanta
Civilian Conservation Corps
Eastman, Gardner and Company
Laurel
Miss
Guntersville
Ala
TVA
Decatur
Hartseile
Fort Benning
Vilas
Fla
Lakeland
Forest
Calhoun City
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Chattanooga
Cotton Control To Be Extended
Extension of the compulsory cotton production control bill for another year was agreed at a White House conference. The move extends Bank head control measures to stabilize supply and prices in the cotton sector.
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Washington
White House
Senate Committee Adversed State Law Pay Increase
The Alabama Senate finance and taxation committee adjourned in under five minutes with an 11 to 3 vote to adverse the Arnold bill raising legislator pay from 4 to 6 dollars per day. The action effectively kills the bill for now, with further moves planned to push it onto the weekly calendar.
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Montgomery
Ala
Arnold
Finance and Taxation Committee
Alabama Senate
Isham Dorsey
House
Browder
Kelly
Stephens
Bonner
Dorsey
Fletcher
Mooneyham
Russell
Simpson
Swift
Taylor
Tucker
Walden
Wellborn
Conecuh
Senate
American Legion
Revision of Laws Committee
James Simpson
Jefferson
Tom Frazer
Ce Te Meyham
Simpsons
Aye
Develop Prison Industry Plan Faces NRA Funding Request
The NRA plans to ask the Work Relief Administration to lend 50 million dollars to states to expand prison industry beyond a few factory lines. Cotton garment makers and private producers of shoes and brooms argue prison output creates unfair competition. Proponents say diverse prison manufacturing could avoid hurt to private industry. The WRA had just received new project proposals from government agencies before receiving the request.
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Thomas J. Hamilton
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Work Relief Administration
Work Relief Organization
Vote for Schools in Morgan County Election
Morgan county voters go to the polls Saturday to decide whether to continue a long standing special tax for school funding. The Daily urges a ballot in favor of continuing the tax to avoid financial chaos and preserve education for Morgan county students.
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Morgan County
the Daily
Re voting School Taxes Set For Saturday
Voters will decide on a county wide school tax for 30 years with the aim to fund all schools. Deputized petitions backed by hundreds urged the election, and May 26 was set. Rainy weather expected a heavy turnout and a likely yes vote to retain the tax.
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County Board of Revenue
Youths Believed Killed by Train in Kennedy
Robert Newton 18 and Harold Humber 15, both of Fayette, were found dead beside the Kennedy railroad tracks in Lamar County. Relatives say they rode a freight train to Kennedy last night to visit two girls. Officials theorize they slept on the tracks awaiting a return train to Fayette. Newton is son of Tax Collector R. B. Newton. Humber is son of a local contractor. Bodies taken to an Undertaking establishment in Tuscaloosa pending funeral plans.
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Fayette
Ala
Robert Newton
Harold P. Humber
Kennedy
Lamar County
Newton
R. B. Newton
Fayette County
Humber
Tuscaloosa
Legion Business Session Considers Boxing Promotion
The American Legion held a business session discussing a new boxing program and related promotion offers. No actions were taken yet as proposals are reviewed.
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Legion
American Legion
Arkansas Farmer Held For Murder
Aubrey Lancaster about 40 was ordered held for grand jury action on a charge of murder at a prelimin ary hearing in Parkin Arkansas. He allegedly killed a year old negro sharecropper when he found him a farmer.
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Parkin
Ark
Aubrey Lancaster
Alabama House Clears Calendar Sets Local Measures
The Montgomery Alabama House passed 14 uncontested color act bills and seven local measures including a pay cut for the Inferior court judge from 5500 to 4200. An Arnold home rule and a 5 million bond measure to fund toll bridges were introduced, while a governor takeover of docks failed to advance.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Rep
Mooneyham
Arnold
Wallace
Clarke
Alabama Bridge Corporation
Cochrane
Mobile Bay
Welch
House Judiciary Committee
John A. Lusk
Etowah
Chauncey Sparks
Lusk
Charlie Lee
Mt Hope Coach Injured In Late Night Crash
Mt Hope High athletic coach Edgar W. Green suffered facial cuts and body bruises when his car ran off a fill two miles west of Moulton around 11 last night. He received treatment at Irwin Dyer Hospital, discharged this morning, and returned home.
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Edgar W. Green
Mt. Hope High School
Moulton
Greene
Irwin-Dyer Hospital
Mr. Hope
TVA Power Expansion Bill Tabled by House Military Panel
The House Military Committee voted 13 to 12 to table a bill expanding TVA operations and power to private facilities. Comptroller General McCarls audit backed TVA as substantially correct with no intention to mislead, while Maverick urged reconsideration citing incomplete inquiry and potential court actions. The measure would grant TVA authority to sell excess electricity and use proceeds to acquire private power facilities, with debates over control of private utilities on Tennessee waterways.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Tennessee
J. R. McCarl
TVA
May Ky
McCarl
Senate
Catabintes Catribie
Maverick
McCain
May
James E. Cassidy
Alabama Power Co
D., Tex
Bom
Friends of
Syee Oe
Andy Mellon
Aluminum Co
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