Ninety Nine Decatur High Seniors to Receive Diplomas
Ninety nine seniors at Decatur High School will receive diplomas Monday night at Riverside Auditorium in the largest graduating class in local history. Fifty three girls and 46 boys graduate. commencement speaker is L. Frazier Banks of Birmingham, with the Rev W M Gardner delivering the sermon.
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Decatur High School
Riverside Auditorium
Riverside
W. M. Gardner
Athens First Baptist Church
L. Frazier Banks
Birmingham City Schools
E. Ballas
Thomas Bragg
Thomas Bailey
Johnnie Collier
Noel Carpenter
Cecil Clemmons
Ben Collier
Charles Collier
James Compton
Bruce Demerit
Edward Davies
Walter Durham
Roy Fite
H. Giles
R. C. Griffin
Roy Garnett
Eugene Haynes
Wray Handley
Oberd Huddleston
William Isbell
Eugene Jackson
William E. Johnson
George Joseph
Stanley Jones
Bill Kirby
Harvey Mathews
Edwin McCulloch
Wilburn McClus
City Board of Education
P. H. Sandlin
Willard J. Brown
Board of Education
Mary White
Decatur- Mooresville Road
Prospect Drive
Sparkman Defends Power Record At Lawrence Rally
Lawrence audience hears Sparkman lash the power trust issue as he accuses Florence opponents of half truths. He cites TVA history and a 1927 Washington photo to bolster his claim of power company ties while asserting his campaign records and Alabama Power firm profits.
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John Sparkman
Congress
Mt. Hope
Lawrence County
Power Trust
Simpson
Mr. Sparkman
Sparkman
Power Company
Power
Con
Hartselle
Mr. An
Washington, D. C
War Department
Muscle Shoals District
TVA
University of Alabama
Alabama Power Company
Tri
Florence
Alabama
Tata
Ickes
Tri-Cities
Lilienthal-Tva
New Alabama
PWA
Lilienthal
Bob Simpson
Tri- Cities
R. T. Simpson, Sr
State Commission
TVA Power
PVA
Tupelo
Muscle Shoals
Sheffield
Tur
Athens
Harteslle
Russellville
Moulton
Rogersville
Courtland
Town Creek
City Commission
Huntsville
Roosevelt
George Norris
Arthur Morgan
Morgan
Norris Dam
Lawrence
Colbert
Limestone
Lauderdale
Franklin County
Madi
Jackson
Sparkman Address Cited Letters on Alabama Power Case Record
Sparkman’s Mt Hope talk cites letters and papers backing his defense of nine Alabama Power Company cases. The readings include judge Paul Speare’s certification and university scholarship notes, with remarks from R T Simpson Sr and local press support.
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Mt. Hope
Lawrence County
John Sparkman
Cadidate
Congress
Sparkman
Alabama Power Company
Alabama
University of Alabama
John J. Sparkman
Tennessee Valley Bank
Huntsville
Mr. Sparkman
Gunter's Opens In New Decatur Store Location
The management announced readiness for a big opening tomorrow morning at 524 Second Avenue opposite the Palace Cafe. Since entering Decatur a year ago the business has grown, necessitating larger quarters with new and seasonable merchandise and modern equipment for patrons.
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Gunter's
Second Avenue
Oppo
Palace Cafe
Decatur
Gunter
Gunter’s
Supreme Court orders new trial for Goldsmith in Montgomery
Alabama's Supreme Court grants a new trial to Richard Goldsmith, convict originally of first degree murder, now deemed excessive and unjust. The court cites race prejudice and reasons that manslaughter would be the proper offense, noting the victims as causing provocation. Justice Gardner Bouldin and Foster concur.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Supreme Court
John C. Anderson
Richard Goldsmith
Guy Sellers
Goldsmith
Buck” . Meadows
Lowndes County
Sellers
Fred Jenkins
Jenkins
Laaren D. Gardner
Virgil Bouldin
A. B. Foster
Cotton strike urged in Arkansas three counties
MEMPHIS TENN May 28 A Union calls on sharecroppers and tenant farmers to join cotton choppers in a general strike across three east Arkansas counties. The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union asks laborers to halt work in protest actions and demand fair treatment and better conditions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Arkansas
Decatur Signs Contract for Erection of Huge Sewer
Decatur, TVA and city officials sign a contract to build an interceptor sewer at Riverview, with the line alone costing over 450000 and pumping units to be erected along the route. Construction expected to start soon as negotiations finish and work begins to connect current lines to the interceptor.
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Decatur
Tennessee
City Linits
TVA
City
Paperee Authority
Clashes in Holy Land Leave Police Wounded in Jerusalem
May 28 1944 Jerusalem reports a British policeman fatally wounded at St Stephen's Gate during fresh unrest after Arab anti Jewish violence. The killing followed retaliation for another Arab death as security forces press campaigns against terrorists across Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Paleotagen
Robert Beard
St. Stephen's Gate
Palestine
Holy Land
Levant
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Jurist Speake to Speak for Sparkman Campaign
Judge Paul Speake of Madison county will campaign for John Sparkman. He will address crowds at the Lawrence county courthouse in Moulton Friday at 10:30 AM and at the Limestone county courthouse in Athens Saturday at 2 PM.
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Paul Speake
Madison County
North Alabama
John Sparkman
Lawrence County
Moulton
Limestone County
Athens
Judge Speake
Camapaign
Drought Conditions Eased in Georgia and Gulf Coast
Extensive rains broke drought in south Georgia and much of the Gulf Coast region. North Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia remained dry with limited relief. Thomasville reported a half inch rain. Savannah saw about one inch as Mindling noted scattered showers continuing.
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Atlanta
South Georgia
Gulf Coast
North Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
Thomasvile
Savaneet
Menncanent W. Mindling
Guilty Plea Ends Ozarks Outlaw Trial in Centerville
In Centerville Missouri on May 28 Robert Camden known as the scourge and Robin Hood of the Ozarks pleaded guilty to murdering Rev. James A. Radford in August 1933. Judge E M Dearing ordered the record reflect the plea as the trial abruptly ended after eight state witnesses and one defense witness had testified.
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Centerville
Robert
Bobby) Camden
Ozarks
James A. Radford
E. M. Dearing
Camden
Robin Hood
Sanatorium list seeks items for Morgan County TB facility
Improvements at the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium continue through community aid. Hill Chevrolet of Decatur roofed the front porch and Mrs. J D Buchanan donated a metal ice box. A partial wish list includes window vases pictures electric refrigerator oil stove rugs mats tables chairs bed spreads books shrubbery and more.
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Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Hill Chevrolet Company
Decatur
J. D. Buchanan
Townsend Contempt Case Sent to U S Attorney
A contempt citation against Dr. F. E. Townsend and two of his old age pension aides was voted today by the house with instructions that the case be turned over to the United States district attorney for action.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
United States District Attorney
TVA Power Right Again Is Upheld
Federal Judge Samuel H. Sibley upheld the TVA right to sell and distribute electric power in Georgia. The ruling reinforces TVA’s authority within the state and confirms continued operation of its power program.
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TVA
Atlanta
Samuel H. Sibley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Georgia
Movement to retool federal powers against Black Legion
In Congress the drive to authorize J Edgar Hoover’s agents to investigate the Black Legion and act against it gains momentum. Michigan Democrats press for federal laws to cover any future illegality amid revelations of local ties and a women’s auxiliary. Officials link similar secret groups in Kentucky to the same ordering.
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Washington
Congress
J. Edgar Hoover
Michigan Democratic Congressional Committee
J. Edger Hoover
Sadowski
Detroit
Black Legion
David C. Pence
Oakland
Pontiac
Twenty
Grace
Arthur F. Lupp
Michigan
John Hoffman
Lupp
Hoffman
Rep
Dickstein
New York
Sadoweki
Legion
Saylersville
Black Legs
Mass Meeting Postponed At Simpson Headquarters
General mass meeting scheduled for tonight at Simpson headquarters 505 Second Avenue was postponed until 7 30 Friday night due to Mr Simpson’s congressional candidacy in Huntsville tonight.
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Simpson Headquarters
505 Second Avenue
Simpson Sp
Huntsville
Man Arrested as Fugitive in Selma
SELMA Ala May 26 A WPA bricklayer was held here as William Stafford wanted in North Carolina for murder and escape. Police Chief H L Dickerson identified him from a detective magazine. Stafford escaped prison July 6 1935 and fingerprints were sent to Raleigh. He said he came from Barlow Alabama and had worked on the armory project.
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Selma
Ala
WPA
William Stafford
North Carolina
H. L. Dickerson
Stafford
Winder Bryant
State Bureau of Identification
Raleigh
Raeigh
Barlow B Ala
Armory
River gauge at 3.4 feet as heat spans Tennessee
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 3.4 feet with highs near 94 and lows around 70 in the past two percent hour period and no rainfall. Alabama expects cloudy skies with occasional rains in the south and central areas tonight and Friday. Tennessee forecast calls for generally fair and cooler conditions tonight and Friday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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