Utilities ask Supreme Court to rule on federal power plant grants
May 27. Utilities urge the Supreme Court to decide if federal grants and loans for publicly owned power plants are constitutional. The issue stems from PWA financing disputes in Alabama and Iowa, with government counsel expecting to file briefs and the court aiming to rule at the term’s end.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Clark Foreman
PWA Power Division
United States Court of Appeals
PWA
Alabama
Iowa
Alabama Power Co
Towa City Light and Power Co
Supreme Court ruling could unlock North Alabama power loans
Decatur and several North Alabama cities face a Supreme Court ruling in a case involving a request to block a PWA loan for municipal power systems. Lawyers say a favorable decision would remove the last legal barrier to completing loan arrangements already in place, with TVA supplying current municipal systems.
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Decatur
North Alabama
Supreme Court
PWA
TVA
Day Proclaimed National Aviation Day by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt proclaimed tomorrow National Aviation Day and urged the nation to observe with appropriate exercises across the country.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Husband Held As Wife Dies Of Operation
In Woodbury Tennessee John W. Davis 65 was jailed without bond on murder charges after a coroner's jury ruled his wife Jodie 34 died from an alleged illegal operation. Autopsy showed blood poisoning. Davis had been supervising his wife and her 14 year old son plowing at their small farm. Sheriff John T. Smith said the couple were very poor and no farm animals were present.
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Woodbury
Tenn
John W. Davis
John T. Smith
Davis
Jodie
Smith
Basque Front Renewed Drive Aims at Bilbao Backdoor
Insurgent forces under Gen Emilio Mola renewed fierce attacks along the Nervion river and around Orduna to close Bilbao’s access to Spain. Heavy fighting reported as MoIa’s troops clash with government forces, with both sides suffering losses in the oak covered terrain during a broader cleanup operation.
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Bilbao
Spain
Nervion
Orduna
Emilio Mola
Mag
Mola
Moia
Ortiuna
Febus
Hog show and sale boosts 4-H profit in Decatur
Twenty nine hogs raised by negro 4-H clubs of Morgan and Lawrence counties sold for 500 to 600 dollars, about 5 000 pounds, at Aldridge Denbo barn in Decatur. T W Bridges supervised with help from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and prizes rewarded top bidders. Burrell Orr won first cash prize, 5 dollars, for a hog that gained 83 pounds in 42 days.
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Morgan
Lawrence Counties
Decatur
T. W. Bridges
Aldridge & Denbo
Moulton Street
Bridges
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Packing Plant
Burrell Orr
Morris Sharpley
Erskine Orr
Danville 4.H Club
Th Chamber of Commerce
Corn Prices Jump as Market Hits Limit Up
Corn prices rose four cents a bushel today the limit allowed by trading rules. Reports circulated that the 1936 crop was virtually exhausted with little prospect to obtain grain to fill Board of Trade contracts in Chicago.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Wallace for Plan OK'd by Farm Groups
Secretary Wallace endorsed the 1937 Agricultural Adjustment Act before the House Agriculture Committee. He called for swift passage, outlining aims to safeguard the food supply and stabilize farm income. Estimated annual cost ranges from 250 to 750 million dollars with an average around 350 million.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
AAA
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Federation
Agricult
Wallace Seid
Mberal
Supreme Court
Sheep Market Report From Decatur Sale
A truck load of lambs and sheep headed to the Decatur market this morning confirming Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties' agricultural strength. Vaughn Booth of Hartselle and Charlie Hardwick of Danville arrived with 12 Hampshire head, including 10 lambs and two ewes, owned by Dr. W. M. Booth of Hartselle. The truckload was sold to the Decatur Packing Plant.
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Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence Counties
St. Vaughn Booth
Hartselle
Charlie Hardwick
Danville
Hampshire
Loggins Purchaser of a Decatur Home
Announcement shows a five room frame bungalow at 127th Avenue West sold to T. J. Loggins. The John Patterson Agency handled the sale as part of a rapid turnover of local residence properties in recent weeks.
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127Th Avenue West
T. J. Loggins
John Patterson
Alabama Governor Graves asks officials on pending projects
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama urged officials to inquire into the status of Alabama projects. He said he would leave for Montgomery this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Washington
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Montgomery
Mrs. Nellie King Called Home
Mrs. Nellie King died after a monthlong illness at her home 316 Ninth Avenue west at age 65. Funeral services are set for 4 p m Friday at the residence with Rufus Underwood officiating and burial in City Cemetery. She is survived by her husband two daughters Sallie and Myrtle two sons E L and Clinton a sister Mrs Jessie Case two brothers J M and T D Hallmark and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named Ned Cary Dan Hurst Truitt Mitchell Jervin Moore Charles Sandlin and Gene Reives.
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Nellie King
Ninth Avenue
West
Rufus Underwood
Grant Street Church
Clinton King
Jessie Case
J. M
T. D. Hallmark
Decatur
Ned Cary
Dan Hurst
Truitt Mitchell
Jervin Moore
Charles Sandlin
Gene Reives
Alabama Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Rape Case
Roosevelt Collins, a Black man under death sentence for raping a white woman, was denied a rehearing today by the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Roosevelt Collins
Alabama Supreme Court
Strike and clashes ripple through steel towns and Ford gates
In Youngstown and Detroit on May 27, industrial action and clashes marked a tense day. The Committee for Industrial Organization led a strike of more than 60 000 to 70 000 steel workers across five states, while Ford gate incidents left at least 18 U A W members injured including leaders and women reprisals followed leaflets scattered at the scene.
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Youngstown
Committee For Industrial Organization
Five Lakes
Republic
Steel Corn
Youngstown, O
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Co
Gates
Tankensteen
Ford Workers
Walter Reuther
West Side
Franklin
As 1
Union
Yes
Strike mapped Youngstown firms clash over union drive
In May 27 strike action, 42,000 Mahoning Valley mill workers faced idleness as SWOC pressed for a union contract with Republic Steel, Tinland Steel, and Foster Town Sheet & Tube. Picketing shut some plants while others stayed open. overall the three firms account for about 16 percent of output.
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Associated Press
Youngstown, CO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
Mahoning Valley
Chicago
Canton
Cleveland
Elyria
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
T Land Steel Corp
Fosnertown Sheet & Tube Co
Republic
South Buffalo
South
Usky
Gulf
Canada
U.S. Steel Corp
Union Leaders denounce Ford workers attack at Rouge Plant
United Automobile Workers vow to prosecute those involved after a confrontation at Ford Motor Rouge plant gates in Dearborn near Detroit. Sixteen injured include two union organizers. charges and investigations follow from UAW and Michigan authorities amid labor unrest.
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Detroit
Mays
United Automobile Orders of America
Ford Motor Company
Rouge Pa
Dearborn
Mavice Sugar
National Floor Relations Board
Fair Practice Act Proposed for Business
Washington officials say the administration plans a broad fair trade practices program to accompany wage and hour legislation. Drafts of a fair practices act exist but will not be offered this year. Officials expect the wage and hour bill to move first and, if upheld by the Supreme Court, Congress may add trade practice standards. The program would expand the Federal Trade Commission voluntary agreements with manufacturers and businesses and involve meetings with industry and state officials to clarify legal responsibilities.
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Washington
Sai Aes
Supreme Court
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Commerce Department
Oc Tn
Sander
Hinz Hurt in Car Wreck Near Shelbyville Tennessee
Local barber Herman Hinz is hospitalized in Shelbyville with a fractured knee cap after a collision with a telephone pole on the outskirts of the city. Alderman Harlan H. Hunter accompanied him on the trip, with Hunter rushing to Lewisburg to be by Hinz’s side. Hinz, a former German soldier who settled in Decatur after World War I, has many friends who regret the injury.
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Herman Hinz
Shelbyville, Tenn
Mr. Hinz
Harlan H. Hunter
Tennessee
Hunter
Lewisburg
Hinz
Shelbyville
America
Decatur
B. & L. Moves in Next Week
The North Alabama Building & Loan Association will relocate likely the first of the week to the old City National Bank building at Bank and Vine streets. Offices on the first floor. the City National space renovated for occupancy. Executive officers include Clyde Hendrix and A. T. Hanson.
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North Alabama Building & Loan Association
Old City National Bank
Bank and Vine Streets
City National
Building & Loan Co
Tennessee Valley Bank
Clyde Hendrix
A. T. Hanson
Center Students End Exams Tonight
Students of the University of Alabama Center will finish final examinations tonight in French and mathematics. A picnic on Trinity Mountain is planned for Saturday night and those without regular jobs will depart for homes in several North Alabama cities.
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University of Alabama, Center
Trinity Mountain
North Alabama
Littlest Quin Dionne Reaches Third Birthday Teeth Grow
In Callander Ontario on May 27 1939 Marie the smallest of the Dionne quintuplets is set to celebrate her third birthday with a cake. Doctors report she now has 18 teeth one more than Cecile and more than her sisters Emilie Yvonne Annette. Marie weighs 28 pounds and has recently gained weight. An international radio broadcast will feature the quintuplets speaking limited baby French and crowds will attend a public showing of the girls with five oak trees sent from a royal forest in England.
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Callander
Ontario
Marie
Allan Roy Dafoe
Cecile
Yvonne
Emilie
Annette
Royal Forest
England
Mint Vending Outfits Dissolved By Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court dissolved an injunction restraining Tuscaloosa county and city authorities from interfering with mint vending slot machines. Justice Brown wrote the decision, joined by Chief Justice Anderson and Justices Thomas and Knight. He cited concerns about gambling, racketeering, bribery, and moral decay.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Tuscaloosa
John C. Anderson
Anderson
Thomas and
Knight
Joel Brown
Brown
Counsel Asks Acquittal in Hatchet Slaying Case
Jersey City May 27. Counsel for 17 year old Gladys MacKnight urged a jury to acquit her of murder in the hatchet slaying of her mother. R Lewis Kennedy, representing MacKnight, argued for acquittal while noting the co defendant Donald Wightman, 19, and suggesting self defense could justify acquittal for both. He said Gladys story of the crime had no discrepancies and that defense would not prove innocence by blaming the other.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
R. Lewis Kennedy
Donald Wightman
Gladys
Donald
Wightman
Kennedy
Army Officer Held in Accident Near Spartanburg
Major Austin W. Martinstein of Maxwell Field Montgomery was held on 1500 bond after a coroner's inquest into an automobile accident that killed 24 year old Vera Miller. Witnesses said Miss Miller was struck while crossing the street. Martinstein stopped and aided the injured.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Austin W. Matinstein
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Vera Miller
Patterson defense asks Alabama justices to overturn rape conviction
In Montgomery the Heywood son defendant in the Scottsboro era rape case urged the Alabama Supreme Court to set aside his 15 year sentence on constitutional rights grounds. The hearing lasted under two hours with no decision yet, and the defense accused trial judges of denying counsel access to witness testimony while the state denied rights violations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Heywood Son
Lawson
T. S. Lawson
Patterson
Aho
Clarence L. Watts
W. Callahan
Callahan
Watts
Bridges
Victoria Oe
Ai Bates
National Committee For Defense of Political Prisoners
Rinderoon
Thomas E. Knight
W. H. Thomas
Joel B. Brown
W. W. Callahan
Brown
Merchants to Meet Friday in Decatur Chamber Gathering
Decatur merchants and business men are invited by the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee to gather at the Hotel Lyons assembly room Friday at 2 PM. The agenda includes planning Thursday afternoon closings for June July and August and discussing daily opening and closing hours for the week.
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Decatur
Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Lyons
River gauges show Tennessee River steady at 21.7 feet level
The Tennessee River remained stationary at 21.7 feet with a 24 hour high of 92 and low of 71. No rainfall reported. Alabama forecasts fair tonight and partly cloudy, warm. Tennessee expects scattered showers tonight and Friday with continued warmth.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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la Follette
Civil Liberties Committee
Michigan
Ford Company
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Richmond
Calif
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National Labor Relations
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Wards
University of Michigan
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Center
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