High Court to Hear Patterson Appeal in Scottsboro Case
Alabama Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Heywood Patterson, one of nine black defendants convicted in the Scottsboro assault case. Patterson faces a 75 year sentence as trials for others resume in Decatur on July 6, amid talk of a possible compromise and renewed court action.
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Montgomery
Ala
New York
Samuel Leibowitz
Defense
Patterson
Alabama
Allan Knight Chalmers
National Scottsboro Defense Committee
W. W. Callahan
Decatur
Chalmers
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Atate
Birmingham
Ossie Powell
Edgar Blalock
Scottsboro
Grand Jurors To Report June 7 For Duty
Court officials reiterate that grand jurors convened during the February term must report at the courthouse June 7 at 8 30 a m A four weeks session of circuit court will start Monday May 31 with Judge W W Callahan presiding
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Circuit Court
W. W. Callahan
French Plane Shot Down Near Bilbao Amid Spy Trial
Insurgent airmen attacked a French passenger plane near Bilbao as Basque police executed a consular spy. The incident followed a two week trial. the consul was killed at dawn and the French plane was downed northwest of Bilbao.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Here
Jean Gally
France
Plier
Nervion
Lindberghs Expect Home Return As Infant Birth Details Emerge
London dispatch reports Mrs Charles Lindbergh improving after the birth of their third son two weeks ago. She may leave the London clinic within two days. A second cot was set up at Longbarn near Weald in Kent for their newborn, alongside four year old Jon.
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London
Charles + Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Longbarn
Weald
Kent
Jon
Graves Proposes Use of Internal Funds to Cut Tax Exempt Debt
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama argues the U S government can save money by borrowing from itself rather than private lenders. He cites the Social Security reserve building toward 47 billion dollars and estimates about one billion must be invested annually.
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Washington
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Britain stunned by royal romance with Wally Warfield
Editors note introduces another installment on the romance between King Edward VIII and American-born Mrs. Wallie Warfield as Britain reacts with astonishment to the relationship.
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Britain
Edward VIII
Wallie Warfield
British King Edward in Seclusion Amid Love Crisis
News dispatch outlines Edward VIII stepping back from public life at Fort Belvedere as he faces a personal dilemma between his romance with Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson and his royal duties. Parliament learns Baldwin’s cabinet remains uninformed as the monarch weighs the constitutional crisis.
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Roger D. Greene
New York
Empire
Fleet Street
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Edward
Fort Belvedere
London
FDR Explains Position on Judiciary Bill and Labor Tests
President Roosevelt defended his judiciary reorganization plan at a press conference. He warned that recent Supreme Court decisions do not signify victory and noted ongoing court reviews of labor, power, and national planning policies. He cited the wage and hour bill and a proposed national planning program as still unsettled, with child labor limits tied to a 1918 commerce ruling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Welfare unit aided as Morgan County advances funds
Morgan County Board of Revenue has advanced 135 dollars to the Morgan County Department of Public Welfare from a 660 dollar June allocation with 25 dollars from the city of Hartselle. The move will ease May caseloads though funds remain insufficient to cover all on the rolls. City funds are not yet approved to extend support for three more months.
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Morgan
County Board of Revenue
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Hartselle
Carlton Kelley
Gepachenet
Welfare Board
More Store Sites Picked in Alabama Liquor Rollout
The Alabama beverage control board announced leasing a Opelika site with no opening date. A third Mobile store will join two existing outlets at 850 Davis Avenue. Additional buildings were rented in Gadsden Huntsville Sheffield and Bessemer with no openings yet. Board members Murphy and McCormick planned store personnel in Gadsden Huntsville Sheffield. Chairman Baldwin spoke in Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
Opelika
Alabama
Beverage Control Board
Mobile
Davis Avenue
Gadsden
Huntsville
Sheffield
Bessemer
Matt H. Murphy
J. H. McCormick
North Alabama
W. O. Baldwin
Birmingham
Mosquito Breeding Spurs Action in Dry Creek Area
Morgan county health officials report plentiful evidence of mosquito breeding in Dry Creek including Malone Park and nearby areas. TVA waters do not extend south of Malone Park, delaying full malarial control, while county and TVA plan coordinated eradication as pools recede and more tests continue.
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Morgan County Health Department
Dry Creek
Malone Park
Decatur
L. R. Murphree
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Pool
TVA
Lee Street
Warn Against Stock Seller In Joe Wheeler Electric Unit
Officials in Morgan and Lawrence counties caution residents about a man selling stock claiming to represent the Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation. The group says no stock is sold and that TVA construction funds will come from government sources. The unit serves rural areas and plans lines totaling about 69 miles in Morgan and 25 miles in Lawrence with 86 miles already in operation.
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Panty Fenatess
Joe Wheeler Electric Kership Corporation
Investigat
Morgan County
Joe Wheeler
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
TVA
Morgan
Lawrence
Joe Wheeler Group
Ford Workmen Beat AWA Chiefs at Rouge Plant Gates
A group of Ford workers chased two United Workers of America officials from the gates of the Rouge plant while union members distributed literature this afternoon in Detroit on May 26.
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Detroit
United Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Morgan County P T A Plans Year of Activities
Morgan County Council Of P T A outlines a monthly agenda with June summer exams July fund raising August school preparations September October membership drives November study groups December fund raising January library projects February founders day March elections April officer installation May and district divisions for vice presidents and secretary treasurer. The council lists 18 units with a goal of 40. Regular meetings will alternate every other month.
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Morgan
County Council
Parent Teachers Association
Hartselle
Defense rests as defendants split charges in murder case
In Jershy City New Jersey on May 26 the defense rested in the murder trial of Donald Wightman and Gladys Mac Knight. Each accused the other of delivering the hatchet blows that killed 17 year old Helen rights mother.
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Jershy City
N. J
Donald Wightman
Gladys MacKnight
Wightman
Gladys
Helen
Funeral Rites Planned for Hubert V Peek
Hubert V Peek 30 died Monday night in a Jacksonville hospital. Funeral services are set for 2:30 PM Thursday at his mother in law’s home in Pairview with Rev L Dobbs officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. He leaves widow, parents Mr and Mrs Peek of Decatur, two sisters Mrs J L Craft Black Oak Ark and Ruth Peek, a brother J S Peek of Decatur. Pallbearers listed. He was a former filling station operator and had moved to Jackson to work with a sprinkler company.
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Hubert V. Peek
Jacksonville
Louie Seibert
Pairview
L. Dobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Church
Roselawn Cemetery
Brown
Coe
Decatur
J.L. Craft
Black Oak
Ark
Ruth Peek
Peek
Roy Poff
Capital Gets New Hospital in Montgomery
Washington May 26 The veterans administration announced Montgomery Alabama was chosen as the site of a new veterans hospital President Roosevelt approved the board's recommendation The exact site will be selected later by General Frank T Hines Montgomery officials argued healthful conditions recreation and proximity to state and federal agencies Birmingham also bid and smaller towns contended against Montgomery Representative Lister Hill said an engineer would visit soon to pick a site and regional VA offices would move from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery after completion
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Montgomery
Ala
Veterans Hospital
Veterans
Roosevelt
Alabama
Frank T. Hines
Sehtuataiphery
Birmingham
Lister Hill
Hines
Tuscaloosa
Citizenship Medals To Be Presented By Local Legion
The American Legion post will present the Citizenship medals. Rev. Lewis H. Knight will announce the junior high award to Johnny Hill this Friday afternoon and the senior high medal to Luke Pryor on Monday morning. The awards honor excellence in need loyalty and scholarship.
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American Legion
Lewis _H._Knight
Johnny Hill
Luke Pryor
Charter Issued to United Wood Workers Union in Gadsden
Washington reports the local industrial union charter for the United Wood Workers Union of Gadsden Alabama was announced yesterday by the committee for industrial organization.
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Washington
United Wood Workers Union
Gadsden
Ala
Committee For Industrial Organization
King George And His Queen Guests At Dinner
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin hosted King George V and Queen Mary at No 10 Downing Street, the first premier honored by the sovereigns in nearly 25 years. Elliott coverage notes his near nine year tenure, upcoming resignation, and speculation he may be created an Earl and sit in the Lords after leaving office.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
No. 10
Downing Street
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Baldwin
Farwell
Vatican silent on German protest over Mundelein remarks
May 26 Vatican officials indicated no reply would be given to a German protest against Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. They stressed the cardinal’s right to speak as head of his diocese and noted Berlin's interest in whether Pope Pius IX disavows the remarks. The Nazis viewed Mundelein’s words as an attack on German courts and Hitler.
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Vatican City
Vatican
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Holy See
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Pope Pius
Cardinal Mundelein
Reich
Germany
Ger
Higher Court Takes Hand In Beer Dispute
Alabama appeals judge voids a padlocking order that closed Jasper cases tied to beer nuisance writs. He cites the need to show cause why the temporary dissolution should not become permanent and bars sheriff from further interference in the cases. Readings note a lengthy dispute over prohibition era enforcement in Walker County.
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Montgomery
Ala
James Rice
Alabama Court of Appeals
R. L. Blanton
Rice
Blanton
Court of Appeals
Dick Burrows
Circuit Court
Walker
Jasper
Charles R. Bricken
Court of
Burrows
Bricken
Saben Lions
Ecletendines
Walker county alcohol control tensions draw Morgan county scrutiny
Morgan county officials monitor Walker county developments as they seek guidance on permissible prohibition activities under the new alcohol control law. Attorneys general say possession of legally purchased intoxicants in dry counties remains lawful in wet counties, prompting focus on catching dispensers in the act. The Pallock procedure in Walker and an appellate order dissolution attract regional attention as outcomes unfold.
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Walker County
Morgan County
Colbert
Madison
Carmichael
Walker
Court of Appeals
Cotton crop in Alabama rated fair to very good
The U S Weather Bureau reports Alabama 1937 cotton crop is fair to very good overall with very good growth from recent warmth. Northern areas show rather poor prospects due to early season rain and cool weather requiring re planting. Corn is fair to very good, oats mostly good, with some planting still due in the northern counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Weather report for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee river held at 21.7 feet with 91 degree high and 70 degree low. no rainfall reported. Alabama will be partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Tennessee expects mostly thundershowers tonight and in the east portion Thursday, with not warm conditions Thursday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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