Lawrence County Rural Letter Carriers Meet At Mt Home Springs
The Lawrence county rural letter carriers held their annual meet ing and social on May 17 at Mt. Home Springs eight miles north of Moulton. A fish fry for about forty people topped the social hour. Attendees included state secretary O. J. Mink Red Bay Carrier Hester Judge Chas E Bragg and Willie Shelton county commissioners. Afterward a business session saw Bragg and Shelton pledge aid for rural road funding and Mink discuss state efforts for rural lateral roads. New officers elected were Leonard Terry president H P Smith vice president Robert Berryman secretary and J C Weatherwax treasurer. Delegates to the state association named were H Smith Leonard Terry Robert wan and J C Weatherwax.
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Lawrence County
Mt. Home Springs
Moulton
O. J. Mink
Red Bay
Hester
Belgreen
Chas. E
Bragg
Willie Shelton
Shelton
Mr. Mink
State Association
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Leonard Terry
Hillsboro
H. P. Smith
Mt. Hope
Robert Berryman
Town Creek
James E. Stewart
J. ©. Weatherwax
Atlanta Paint Shop Fire Destroys Downtown Building
A downtown two story building housing the Georgia Paint Company and others burned after an early morning blaze. Firemen from Atlanta fought the fire for two hours with all district equipment deployed. Three firefighters were slightly injured. Damage is estimated as total loss. Buildings involved include The Wright Company and Peeples and Melone.
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Atlanta
O. J. Parker
Jake Hirsch
Georgia Paint Company
Wright Company, Inc
Peeples and Melone
Cotton Seed Products Company
Wright Company
Peeples and
Melone
Bonus Edict Sparks Fears Among FDR Allies
Report of a new bonus bill triggering unrest as veterans from the West Coast organize a “California Bonus Army- Death March Division.” Royal Robertson leads a California contingent with about 100 enrollees within an hour of opening recruitment in Los Angeles. Leaders caution on whether the march will actually begin.
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Capitol
West Coast
Royal Robertson
California
Los Angeles
Dionne Quintuplets Reach First Birthday Milestone
On May 28 the Dionne quintuplets celebrate their first birthday with a radio program and plans for a church mass. Dr. Dafoe and officials will speak as the children remain in careful daily routines amid growing tourist attention and new hospital measures for year two.
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Quins
NEA Service, Inc
Allander
Ont
A. R. Dafoe
Dafoe
Croll
David Croll
Canadian Red Cross
J. A. Valin
Dafoe Hospital
Dr. Dafoe
Ontario
Dionne
Toronto
Callander
NRA Extension Debated as Roosevelt Signals Labor Support
Washington May 25 key administration figures rush to extend the NRA beyond its June expiry while President Roosevelt signals agreement with Wagner labor relations principles. debate centers on a 21 1 2 month extension versus a nine month plan amid senator threats from Borah Nye and King.
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Washington
NRA
House
Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho
Nye
North Dakota
King
Utah
Naval graft put in at Honolulu
Roaring seaplanes sweep from Midway Island to Honolulu signaling the arrival of the greatest array of U S naval craft ever to visit Pearl Harbor as 165 surface ships move in for unprecedented tests of the $35 000 000 base facilities.
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Honolulu
Midway Island
Pacific
United States
Pearl Harbor
Naval Base
Senate aims to limit NRA regulation scope on interstate commerce
The administration plans to sever the broader application of NRA regulation from interstate commerce by proposing a resolution in the Senate. The resolution would apply regulation only to interstate commerce in the narrow sense, excluding other industries that affect it.
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NRA
Senate
Athens Social News Highlights Bridge and Sewing Clubs
Athens hosts two club gatherings with menus and prizes as Mrs. John Henry Bitting entertains a bridge group at Mrs. N. K. Bitting Sr. home and Mrs. W. B. Crutcher and Mrs. R. C. Martin host sewing and bridge events. Notables include Miss Irene Patton and David Patton away at college.
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John Henry Bitting
N .K Bitting
Kelly Bitting, Jr
Decatur
R. B. Patton
Mesdames P,. W. Hendricks, Jr
van Gilbert
Baylis Hightower
Pearl Harbor Under Watch Of Navy Chiefs In War Test
The strongest American fortifications guard Pearl Harbor as naval leaders gather to assess the harbor’s defense and the performance of hosting the Pacific fleet in wartime scenarios.
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United States
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
School Program Presented Here at Joe Wheeler School
A large audience attended a school program last night at Joe Wheeler school. The event featured multiple songs by different grades, readings by students Sarah Stockton, Margaret Ann Norwood, Dan Weathery, Annette McRae, and David Byars, plus plays and group performances including Belling the Cat and The Good Ship Lollipop. Curtain marked the close of the program with farewell songs from various classes.
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Joe Wheeler
Sarah Stockton
Margaret Ann Norwood
Dan Weathery
Annetle McRae
David Byars
Belling the Cat
John Lyle
Parewell
Burglar Suspect Not Alvin Karpis
Jack Loague, 36, ex hi jacker and burglary suspect, arrived in Memphis from Chicago after being mistaken for outlaw Alvin Karpis. The airport was nearly empty as Loague and Detective Sergeant A O Clark deplaned, while photographers crowded the scene and Loague joked about the Karpis rumor.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alvin Karpis
Jack Loague
Loague
A. O. Clark
Chicago
One League
Yaie
Ore
Omaha
Karpis
League
Sergeant Clark
Swiss Customs Protest Over German Flights
Swiss customs authorities complained that squadrons of German airplanes violated the frontier by flying over Swiss territory in recent days.
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Berne
Switzerland
Mandy for mayor in Glennville sparks a feminist challenge
In Glennville West Virginia Amanda Thompson known as Mandy launches a reform party bid for mayor against her husband Roy Thompson the town photographer. Backers post Mandy for mayor signs promising a cleaned up town with reform rhetoric and jail if rules aren t followed. The husband offers no public response.
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Glennville
W. Va
Amanda Thompson
Roy Thompson
Mandy
Reform” Party
Hill Town
West Virginia
Public Improvement
Cotton Market Sees Gains Amid Extended Banct Talks
New Orleans May 3. The cotton market rose 3 to 13 points on hopes the Banct extension to 1936 would be confirmed. Prices climbed on light orders as traders debated the 12 cent loan. Roosevelt denied a Senate deal tied to loan continuation. May 1936 futures opened at 11.91 with active trading but some gains faded by day’s end.
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New Orleans
Washington
Roosevelt
Ding
President Watches His Son Pull Oar
President Roosevelt traveled to Annapolis to watch Navy Harvard and Penn crew races. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr rows for Harvard’s junior varsity, with the president in the referee’s boat, ending talk of his naval or visiting team allegiance.
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Washington
Navy
Harvard
Penn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Crimson
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Roosevelt
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Lawrence
FDR
Commercial Printing Department
World
Willis Thornton
NEA
Service
Gand
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Veterans’ Administration
Whipple
Ariz
Carl Hayden
Alabama Business Institute
Athens
R. C. Martin
Bridge Club
Kirk Henry
M. M. Rosenal
Mack Adams
Lou Herring
Birmingham
Irene Patton
Lila Coleman
Nora Garth Gray
Elkmont
Margaret Rosenall
Frances Arnold
Trenton
David Patton
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Dixie
Shreveport
Wheeler
Cavis
Washington News
Lau
Pry
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