Madden Proposes Four Amendments to Labor Act
Washington May 2 1940 Chairman J Warren Madden of the national labor board urged Congress to study four amendments to the Wagner act aimed at aiding employers in labor disputes The proposals cover petitioning for collective bargaining elections bargaining unit standards contract status when unions switch and hearing times from five to ten days Madden cautioned the act need not be amended now but merits consideration The day’s other items included Senate Finance reaction to debt financing President Roosevelt's public power plan flood control cuts and likely passage of the Townsend pension bill with tax discussions ongoing.
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Washington
J. Warren Madden
Otf
National Labor Board
Congress
Madden
Labor Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Senate Appropriations Committee
Rules Committee
House
Roosevelt
Funeral to be held in Cullman for Mrs. Minerva Elizabeth Heidelberg Brown
Members of the local bar will attend funeral services in Cullman for Mrs. Minerva Elizabeth Heidelberg Brown wife of Judge Joel B. Brown. She died in Montgomery after a brief illness. From Decatur will attend: Judge W. W. Callahan Judge T. C. Almon H. Eyster John H. Peach S. Lynne Judge Seybourn Lynne and Russell Lynne.
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Cullman
Minerva Elizabeth Heidelberg Brown
Joel B. Brown
Brown
Montgomery
Decatur
W. W. Callahan
T. C. Almon
H. Eyster
John H. Peach
S. Lynne
Seybourn Lynne
Russell Lynne
Carpenter given life term for Birmingham bus terminal killing
W M Naugher a 46 year old carpenter was sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of Dennis W Burrows aged 40 at the Birmingham bus terminal last December. He told Judge Robert J Wheeler he did not think he had a fair trial when asked to speak before sentencing.
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Birmingham
W. M. Naugher
Dennis W. Burrows
Naugher
Robert J. Wheeler
Want Ads Do The Job Too Late To Classify
A playful note promoting classified ads that ran outside the regular column. It suggests readers can still place an ad even if late, promising effective results through the “Too Late To Classify” option. The tone is light and persuasive, urging use of the service.
Bergdoll Returned to U S Prison After Deserter Arrest
Grover Bergdoll the former draft dodger arrived on the Breeamen from Germany and was placed in an army prison on Governor's Island. He faces desertion and escape charges with possible sentences up to five years and ten months. His family waited as he expressed homesickness and a desire to raise his children in the United States.
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New York
Grover Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Germany
Governor's Island
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Army
United States
Congress
German Aviation Corps
United States Army
Canada
Eastern
Seaboard
South Rmany
Berta
Philadelphia
Erwin
Bergdolls
Emma
Bible School Plans At Church Of God
The vacation church school at the Church of God on Sixth Avenue runs Monday through June 9 with daily 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. sessions. four to five age group uses Our Happy World. directors are Argend, Woodruff, Argend. Primary uses Learning About Our Church and God in Nature. directors Billion and Connor. Junior uses Learning About Our Community and Friends At Work. directors Harden, Sharp, Spiegle. Ruby Best is pianist. Visitors day is Tuesday. all welcome.
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Church of God
Sixth Avenue
Louis Argend
Olené Woodruff
Louise Argend
Decatur Mayor Richard Harris Dies at 67
Richard Norfleet Harris longtime Decatur mayor died at home at 3 40 am at 615 Ferry street aged 67 after months of ill health. Funeral set for 2 30 pm Sunday at First Methodist with burial at City Cemetery. He leaves a widow, son R N Harris Jr and siblings.
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Richard Norfleet
Dick) Harris
Decatur
Ferry Street
Harris
First Methodist Church
B. F. Tingle
M. E. Lazenby
R. D. Cook
Astor
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
R. N. Harris, Jr
T. J
Frank Harris
New Orleans
R. 8. Link
R. E. Simpson
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Milton Harvey
Paul C. Davis
Charles H. Eyster
R. C. Nungester
William Moseley, Sr
George D. Williamson
W. M. Bailey
William Taliaferro
Banquet Poisoning Strikes Wahabi Temple Event in Jackson
An estimated 200 people were treated as food poisoning hit a Wahabi Shrine Temple banquet in Jackson Mississippi. More than 700 attended the buffet with at least 50 guests from outside the area. three hours after the meal ill guests overwhelmed city hospitals and first aid stations. No fatalities were reported.
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Jackson
Miss
Wahabi Shrine Temple
Mrs. Nona Johnson Returns Home in Huntsville
Mrs. Nona Johnson returns to her Huntsville home after visiting her sister, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Poole.
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Nona Johnson
Huntsville
B. C. Poole
Britain Sends New Plans to Soviet Russia
The British proposed a front with the Soviet Union joining the British French line and invited Soviet commander Voroshilov to attend maneuvers. Izvestia called for delaying League of Nations examination of Baltic fortifications and Moscow planned a large army navy budget.
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Soviet Russia
Associated Press
Great Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Khiementi E. Voroshiloff
Vatican
Otay
Europe
Holy See
Red Army
London
Moscow
Izvestia
League of Nations
Aaland Islands
Finland
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Paris
Supreme Soviet
William Leeds
Geneva
League
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
Vigo
Spain
Rabid Dog Bit Two Children in West Woodlawn
Health officials warn residents to watch dogs closely as two 8 year old children, Pete Butrus and Monna Canoles, receive serum treatment after a fox hound exposed with rabies bit them in west Woodlawn Birmingham. Patrolman Bates shot the rabid dog prompting the investigation.
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Birmingham
Ala
West Woodlawn
Pete Butrus
Monna Canoles
D. H. Bates
Governors Fishing Trip Delayed by Cloudy Flight in Alabama
Alabama Governor Frank Dixon hosted Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper for breakfast at the executive mansion in Montgomery while Cooper’s plane was grounded by low ceilings en route to a Mobile fishing expedition with Governor Hugh White. Cooper planned talks on freight rates and state issues during the trip.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Frank Dixon
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Mobile
Cooper
Executive Mansion
Dixon
Hugh White
Executive
White
W. G. Catron
Nashville
Civic clubs to battle Tuesday in Benson Field softball
Rain halted the first attempt but Rotary Lions and Kiwanis clubs finalize a Tuesday night softball showdown at Benson Field. Kiwanis will face the winner of the first game, and the club favors fealty over practice before the match.
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Rotary
Lions
Kiwanis
Benson Field
First Fire Placed in New Incinerator on Laurel Street
The first fire has been placed in the citys new incinerator on Laurel street and the plant is being tempered. Officials expect a test burn of garbage within the next day or so possibly Saturday.
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Laurel Street
Better Homes Show Opens With Over 1000 Attendees
Decatur’s three day Better Homes Show began at the Civic Center on Ferry Street drawing more than 1,000 visitors Thursday, with about 400 more present for the opening program last night. City officials and Mayor George Sparkman attended as speakers lauded progress in city building and home ownership.
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Decatur
Civic Center
Ferry Street
John H. Peach
Charles Rountree
Peach
Rountree
T. R. Harrison
PB. W. Kennedy
H. H. Hunter
A. C. Dillehay
C. D. Patterson
John Wilks
Q. E. Exidens
City Light System
James H. Johnston
City Power Board
E. Alverson
F. L. Chenault
Board of Education
George Sparkman
City
A. T. Batey
Austinville
Joan Summer
Virginia McGraw
Benny Summer
World Parley Sailed to Aid Cotton Markets
President Roosevelt at a press conference outlined a planned international conference to divide world cotton markets aimed at solving the cotton problem. He stopped short of promising a complete solution. Secretary Wallace disclosed the U S would call the conference this summer or fall in a Little Rock Arkansas speech.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Wallace
Little Rock
Ark
Poppy Sales Units Ready for Poppy Day Nationwide
Morgan County American Legion Auxiliary members plan to distribute poppies made by disabled veterans to honor World War dead tomorrow. Crepe paper poppies, crafted in poppy workrooms, symbolize tribute and enable contributions to welfare funds for disabled veterans and their families.
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Decatur
United States
Morgan County
American Legion Auxiliary
Tuscaloosa
America
Legion and Auxiliary
Senior Class Sermon Sets Decatur High Graduation Event
The Decatur high school senior class will hear the commencement sermon at First Methodist church Sunday at 11 AM preached by Dr. B F Tingle. The 100 plus graduates sit center church as a 25 voice choir, directed by Kenneth Hennessey, performs two numbers. Loud speakers will augment the overflow crowd expected. Prof W F Jordan and faculty will sit at the rear.
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Decatur High School
First Methodist Church
B. F. Tingle
Kenneth Hennessey
W.F. Jordan
Four Negroes Facing Death In Alabama June 9
Montgomery May 26 Four men all negroes were doomed to die in the electric chair at Kilby prison on June 9. Governor Dixon denied clemency to Charles White the Troy inmate convicted of assaulting a white girl. Other death sentences for Ray Anderson Grady Tubbs and Joseph Frazier stood. one case was commuted to life and another stayed by appeal to the U S Supreme Court. a white man was reprieved for 60 days due to illness.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Dixon
Charles White
Troy
Ray Anderson
Birmingham
Grady Tubbs
Hale
Joseph Frazier
Marengo County
U. S. Supreme Court
Freud Says Moses Not Jewish In New Book
London May 26 Doctor Sigmund Freud aged 83, exiled in Britain, argues in Moses and Monotheism that Moses was an Egyptian follower of Akhnaton. He contends Judaism and Christianity derive from sun worship and that religion reflects neurosis, asserting the truth is historical not material. The English edition debuts here with American edition planned.
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London
Sigmund Freud
Britain
Moses
Freud
Akhnaton
Akhn
New York
Vienna
Dollfuss
Schuschnigg
Chain Store Tax Schedule Recommended in Alabama
John C. Curry commissioner of revenue urged the legislature to pass a chain store license schedule. The plan would tax based on the number of stores in the entire chain and could yield about 300000 dollars annually for Alabama revenues pending in Representative L. E. Brown's bill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John C. Curry
L. E. Brown
Covington
Valves Conjecture In Squalus Sinking Sparked by Navy Officials
Portsmouth Navy Yard officials said final cause of the Squalus sinking remains unknown and ruled out rumors of carelessness. Two submarine experts traveled to Washington for high level consults as salvage plans advance with buoyancy control and pontoons considered for raising the 1,450 ton vessel.
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Portsmouth
N. H
H. R. Greenlee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Alfred G. Prien
Greenlee
Navy
A. I. McKee
A. R. McCann
Washington
Ww. 8. Amsden
C. W. Cole
Falcon
Naval
High Command
Tennessee River Gauge and Rainfall Report
The Tennessee River stood at 21 feet today with rising levels. Temperatures ranged from 70 to 89 degrees in the past 24 hours. Rainfall measured 0.14 inches. Surrounding regions including Alabama and extreme northwest Florida expected showers on Saturday with southeast coastal winds. In Tennessee, occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms were forecast tonight and Saturday with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
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