Lindberghs reportedly welcome third son in Kent home
Reports say Charles A. Lindbergh and wife welcomed a third child on coronation night May 12 at Langhorne Kent amid secrecy. Anne Cutter confirms birth. birth not publicly named. Family remains secluded at Langhorne as Col Lindbergh returned from a Europe East tour with their sons.
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Ee Esternae
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Annie
Cutter
Lindbergh
Langhorn
Sevenoaks
Kent
Lindberghs
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Charles Allene Lindbergh, Jr
New York
United States
London
Col. Lindbergh
Europe
East
Jon
Gatwick Airdrome
Surrey
India
Kentish
Key
King
Newemege
Isetris
Miss Ina Weaver Wins 4-H Health Contest
Ina Lee Weaver of Florette and Cotaco 4 H Club won the senior county health exam at the county health department offices on Saturday. Martha Glenn Rowe of Falkville Club was runner up. Weaver earns a trip to the 4 H encampment at Auburn May 31 and may advance to district and state contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Lee Weaver
Florette
Cotaco
Couty
Martha Glenn Rowe
Falkville Club
Weaver
Auburn
North Alabama
Cotaco High School
East
Morgan County
Former Resident Dies of Pneumonia in Chattanooga
Rufus Matchem formerly of Catur died in a Chattanooga hospital. He will be transported to his sister Mrs. Paul Miller in Moulton Heights for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Matchem
Chattanooga
Paul Miller
Moulton Heights
Soviet flier ready for polar flight toward United States
Sigismund Levaneffsky the American trained Soviet pilot prepared his Douglas transport for a dash from Rudolf Island toward the North Pole. Stalin designated him to inaugurate the permanent North Pole base and set the stage for Moscow to San Francisco air service. The expedition, led by Dr. Otto J Schmidt, reached the pole area after supplying the base and awaiting favorable weather to complete a yearlong polar settlement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Nutter
Moscow
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Douglas
North Pole
United States
Levaneffsky
Josef Stalin
North Polar
San Francisco
Soviet Union
Russia
Meteorological
Otto J. Schmidt
Rudolf Island
Pole
Parker child dies from colitis at age two
Little Wendal Parker two and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W W Parker died at home in Wren Moulton Route 3 at 845 Sunday night after a week long illness of colitis. Funeral services were to be held at Wren at 330 this afternoon with Rev Dee Montgomery officiating and Drinkard Howell of Hartselle to direct burial at Montgomery cemetery. The bereaved parents survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendal Parker
W. W. Parker
Wren
Moulton
Dee Montgomery
Drinkard-Howell
Hartselle
Montgomay Cemetery
M CUTCHEON CHILD LAID TO REST IN LIMESTONE COUNTY
Funeral services for Marjorie McCutcheon a 15 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs O V McCutcheon were conducted at Cambridge cemetery Limestone county at 3 this afternoon with Brown of Decatur in charge Burial followed at Cambridge cemetery The child died Sunday afternoon at the Madison Route 1 home Survived by parents a sister and three brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
O. V. McCutcheon
Cambridge Cemetery
Limestone County
Brown
Decatur
Madison Route 1
Former Rector Tells Decatur Rotary Aid to City
Rev. Peter M. Dennis former rector of St John s Episcopal church and now Grace Episcopal Birmingham delivered the principal address at the Decatur Rotary Club on what the club can do for the city. He urged citizen cooperation with city administration to speed progress and to build a city of justness kindness happiness and joy. Next week s meeting will be at Woodall s at noon. A softball game is scheduled with Hartselle Rotary Club Thursday at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter M. Dennis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church of
Birmingham
Decatur Rotary Club
Irwin Mitchell
Dennis
Isee
Mitchell
John H
Decatur
Woodall's
Hartselle
Central High PTA to Install New Officers
The final meeting of the Central High Parent-Teachers Association is scheduled for Tuesday at 3 30 PM. New officers to be installed are Mrs J N Laubenthal president Mrs Andrew McKenna vice president Miss Jean Humphrey secretary and Mrs A A Parker treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High Parent-Teachers Association
J. N. Laubenthal
Andrew McKenna
Jean Humphrey
A. A. Parker
Marks Sues City Over Icy Sidewalk Fall
Guy C. Marks filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Buffalo claiming injury from a January fall on an icy sidewalk. He alleges a dislocated heart as a consequence and seeks damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Guy C. Marks
Marks
Spanish Refugee Children Flee In England Blanket Camp Terror
Four thousand Spanish Basque refugee children arriving from Bilbao aboard the Havana endured a panic when Royal Air Force planes passed overhead. Camp officials calm the frightened youngsters as they adjust to life in a tent city near Southampton. Many recall the bombing of Guernica and the loss of relatives as they begin new lives in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
Bilbao
Havana
Royal Air Force
Guernica
Roosevelt seeks flexible labor law with minimum wage and child labor ban
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a flexible labor bill setting a 40 cent wage floor and 35 to 40 hour work week, to curb child labor and exploitation of unorganized workers. A five member labor board would administer standards and adjust limits by industry, with exceptions and overtime pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Connery
Mass
House Labor Committee
Labor Board
J. M. Ellison Laid to Rest in Hartselle
J M Ellison age 74 prominent Hartselle resident died Saturday after a lingering illness. Survived by wife and son Louie Ellison three brothers Joe Fili Columbus Ga W J and Lewis Ellison Altoona. Baptist member services at Hartselle Baptist Church conducted by Rev C L Cobbs burial in Hartselle Cemetery Peck directing flowers by church members pallbearers named Ed Crane Ernest Bennett Versa Henderson John and Floyd Cooper Emmett Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Ellison
Hartselle
Mr. Ellison
Louie Ellison
Joe Fili
Columbus
W. J and
Lewis Ellison
Altoona
Hartselle Baptist Church
C. L. Cobbs
Peck
Ed Crane
Ernest Bennett
Henderson
John
Floyd Cooper
Emmett Bennett
Henry Goad Enters Real Estate Field
Henry Goad joins Roy Wyatt Real Estate at 607 1 2 Second Avenue after 25 years with L. N. Railroad and four years farming. He owned several farms in the county and previously ran a Birmingham business for 10 years. He has long managed his own real estate holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Goad
Roy Wyatt
Second Avenue
Goad
L. & N. Railroad Company
Decatur
Birmingham
Federation in open drive on the IO group
The American Federation of Labor met in Cincinnati to plan doubling dues to fight C I O expansion and expel Lewis unions from local and state bodies. The drive targets coal, textile, and garment territories as C I O leaders push auto and steel organizing including Ford workers in Detroit. Cricible Steel and SWOC fights loom as Inland Steel and others face bargaining battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Cincinnati
Lewis
A. F. of L
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Ford
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Crucible Steel Company
United States Steel
SWOC
Crucible
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel
Lechem Steel
San of Steel Corporation
Sha
Lowellville
Inland Stee
Gordon school hosts Prizes at annual parade and sports carnival
Gordon school pupils joined a parade led by a traffic officer through Second and Fourth avenues during a PTA sponsored carnival. Prizes went to John Carey Price Bonnie Ray Cantrell for costumes and Earl Long Faye Dobbs for decorated bicycles, with further trophies to Earl Long Mary Nell Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priday
Gordon School
Gordon-Bible School
P.T. A
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
John Carey Price
Bonnie Ray Cantrell
Earl Long
Faye Dobbs
Clio Levin
O. C. Cox
L. H. Knight
Mary Nell Miller
Plizabeth Bethany
Jewel Mathews
Robert Caudill
Kirkland Sharpe
Ossie Sanders
James Sparkman
Life Saving Classes Announced by Red Cross Leader
George Porter of the Life Savings Corps Morgan county chapter announces a life saving class at Crystal Plunge from May 31 to June 4, 8 to 10 am. For ages twelve and up. Instructors include Porter and Lewis Nelson with free pool use from Crystal Plunge manager Mr Adams. Enroll at Chamber of Commerce by May 29 or at the pool May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Porter
Life Savings Corps
Morgan County
American National Red Cross
Crystal Plunge
Lewis Nelson
Red Cross
Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Dog Head Tests Positive for Rabies at Local Lab
Mrs. W A Hale of Fairfield Route 1 sent a dog head to Tennessee Valley Laboratory for analysis. Examination showed positive signs of rabies. The dog became ill in late March and was confined, then went mad a few days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hale
Falrville
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Man slain and wife wounded near Huntsville grocery
In May in Huntsville Alabama a mid life grocer was held after the shooting of his wife and the murder of farmer Davis. Coroner Laughlin said Biggs on murder warrant and Davis aged 50 was shot in chest and abdomen while Mrs Biggs was hit in both legs. A witness said Biggs rode to the store by bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Davis
Mra. G. C. Biggs
H.C. Laughlin
Biggs
Laughlin
Pollen
A. M. Smith Named to Wesley Office at UA
Decatur resident A M Smith was elected vice president of the University of Alabama Wesley Foundation student group. Woodrow Geler of Anniston was named president and John Barnett of Monroeville treasurer. The retiring president, Robert Woolall of Mount Hope, praised for advancing the group’s campus activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Smith
Decatur
University of Alabama
Wesley Foundation
Methodist
Woodrow Geler
Anniston
John Barnett
Monroeville
Robert Woolall
Mount Hope
Wesley
Stranded Pair Try Dime Theft Near Dallas
Two strangers in Dallas asked for aid to reach Fort Worth. They stopped a man, one thief showed a dime to prove their need, and the man grabbed the dime and ran, prompting police reports of the attempted theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Fort Worth
Rites Set For Beloved Man C M Dixon
Funeral services are planned for C M Dixon a well known Florette retired farmer who died suddenly Friday night while visiting his sister Mrs Ida Marks in Bent Creek Virginia. The body arrived and will be taken to the home of daughter Mrs J M Palmer Somerville Route 3. Services set for 11 am Tuesday at Blue Springs with Rev DeWitt Prince and Rev B P Collier. Burial at Blue Springs cemetery. Survived by two daughters a stepson three sisters twenty one grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Dixon
Florette
Ida Marks
Bent Creek
Virginia
J. M. Palmer
Somerville
Blue Springs
DeWitt Prince
B. P. Collier
Marons
Peck
J. M. Godwin
Irondale
C. P. Stacks
Decatur
C. W. Phelps
Robert Brown
Shipman
Gandchildren
Special Train Takes Body Of Oil King To His N Y Home For Burial
John D Rockefeller Sr famed as the wealthiest figure of modern times died at his winter home in Florida at 97. He left most wealth to philanthropy and his son. a special train carried his body to Pocantico Hills for private funeral before Thursday burial in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil King
N. Y
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Harry L. Merryday
Croesus
John D, Jr
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Cleveland
Gilbert To Help At Birmingham
Cc Van Gilbert who heads state Highway patrol in this district will join six of his men in Birmingham this afternoon to arrest all who are operating cars without drivers licenses. Those detailed to duty are Franklin Moore J P Harris H L Thornton W B Little John Schlosser and B C Eddins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc van Gilbert
Birmingham
Franklin Moore
J. P. Harris
H. L. Thornton
W. B. Little
John Schlosser
B. C. Eddins
Prized Social Security Plan Survives Supreme Court Test
The Supreme Court sustains unemployment insurance and old age pension provisions of the Social Security Act and upholds state unemployment laws. Justice Stone wrote the 5 to 4 and 7 to 2 decisions, with Cardozo delivering the majority opinions. The ruling affirms administration plans while sparking predictions of court changes by some opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
Administration
Justice Stone
District of Columbia
Justice Cardozo
New York
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Butler
Putter
Tennessee River Gauge Stands at 21.7 Feet With Warm Day
The Tennessee river held at 21.7 feet with a maximum temperature of 83 and a minimum of 64 over the past 24 hours and no rainfall reported. Alabama sees partly cloudy skies with possible coastal thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Tennessee forecasts fair weather Tuesday with a rise in temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Alabama
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Miss Weaver
THE
Decatur Daily
Aviator
Parker
Cutcheon
P. M. Dennis
Rotary Club
Solons
War Chest
Bilbo
U. S
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Gilbert
Federal Social Security Board
Dlinois
Missouri
Florida
Cardozo
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