Texas Democrats Weigh Support for Roosevelt Nomination
Delegates at Texas and New Mexico party meetings debated backing Franklin D. Roosevelt for renomination. Roosevelt already claimed pledges from a majority of Democratic delegates for Chicago. Florida Democrats held a run off to decide Andrews versus Townsend, while Dewey spoke at a Texas gathering proposing a nonpartisan national defense board. Senator Wheeler in Washington predicted Roosevelt would accept renomination amid wartime sentiment.
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Garner
Ques
Garth
Texas
Roosevelt
Chicago
New Mexico
Yester
Thomas R. Dewey
Par
State Central Committee
National Defense Board
Florida
Charles O. Andrews
W. Carter
Townsend
Andrews
Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Seretor van Nuys
Ind
Chesterfield Show Personalities Campaign Across Nation
A Chesterfield nationwide campaign promotes its cigarettes as the flight leader in June ads appearing in 48 states and Hawaii. The series features personalities from entertainment and sports, including a musical cast member and Northwestern University beauty queen, with taglines urging readers that Do You Smoke the Cigarette That Satisfies.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Lig& Myers Tobacco Company
Ander
Northwestern University
Jas Fairbanks Jr
Motion
Honor withdrawn from Lindbergh in Paris
The Lafayette Escadrille association revoked honorary membership for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in Paris on May 28 as a response to his remarks last Saturday. The action cites Lindbergh's defiance of a spirit of the American Volunteer Camp and its stance defending France in 1914.
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Paris
Lafayette
Summer Pattern 4471 Ad Makes Fashion Quick
Anne Adams Pattern 4471 offers a basque frock and playsuit for junior misses ages 9 to 16. Includes button front dress with molded bodice and flaring skirt plus a two piece subdivided playsuit with midriff exposure. Pattern price 15 cents, order to The Daily Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St, New York. The rest of the page notes a social party with Miss Sara Tillman and legal notices from Decatur court.
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Anne Adams
Pattern Department
West
17Th St
New York
N. Y
Athens College Alumni Luncheon Draws Large Crowd
The Athens College Alumni luncheon was held at noon in the college main dining room with guests from across the territory. Long tables featured spring flowers, and a program included invocation by Dr. A. B. Pitts, pledge to seniors by Mrs. W. C Armstrong, to seniors by Miss Margaret Lipscomb, responses by Miss Jennie Lee Kelley, solo by Miss Bobby White, and introductions of visitors, plus a contribution moment.
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Sara Tillman
John Henry Bitting
Bridge
Miss Tillman
Gray Patterson
David L. Rosenall, Jr
D. J. Wilson
Miss Tilman
Ruth Crutcher
Frances Hightower
Elizabeth Malone
Evelyn Mayhall
Mesdames
Evan Tillman
H. &. Jeffrey
Decatur
Harold Lovvorn
Ben F. Smith
Eugene Morrow
Marvin Coffman
Gallatin
Tenn
van Gilbert
David Smith
David L. Rosenal
Athens College
A. 8. Pitts
Speech Department
W. C Armstrong
Margaret Lipscomb
Jennie. Lee Kelley
Bobby White
E . Naylor
Frances Cojean
Madelyn Rogers
Mra
Family Reunion Enjoyable Affair
The Aldridge family gathered at Mrs. Amandie Aldridge’s home on Sunday May 26 for a dinner served to numerous relatives. A pleasant time was reported by all attendees including John Aldridge Gaines Trannie Irvin Eula and many others.
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Aldridge
Amandie Aldridge
John Aldridge
Gaines, Trannie
Irvin
Eula
Lawrence Lowery
Gaines McNutt
R. L. Ogelle
Calvin
Hester Elrod
Travis McLemore
Prank
Dike
Christine
Roy
Jim
Dyer Jr. Dies After Wire Short Circuits During Drill
Clyde Dyer Jr. 24 of Birmingham dies Monday after a wire shorted on an electric drill delivering 110 volts. Fire crew Aug 2 hours to revive him at the scene. Son of Clyde Dyer Sr. president of Dyer Electric Co. He was drilling through an iron beam when the accident occurred. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Clyde Dyer
Birmingham
Dyer, Electric Co
Decatur
Decatur Municipal Light and Power System
Dyer
Local Life Notes From Limestone County Carey
Limestone County notices report Thomas L. Taylor injured on WPA work and taken to Athens for treatment, L. F. Pitts returning home from Memphis Veterans Hospital after losing sight in one eye, many births illnesses visits and gatherings among Carey and nearby residents including the Clutts birth Barbra Janie, Burns and hospital stays, and visits among locals with relatives and friends through May and June.
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Thomas L. Taylor
WPA
Athens
Belew
L. F. Pitts
Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Summer Town
Tenn
Will Broadway
David Clutts
Barbra Janie
Clutts
Ola Johnson
J. W. Johnson
Carey
Bird Perry
Perry
Carrie Mae Carsviles
Carsviles
Glydas
John Anderson
Lorena Taylor
Lorene Parsley
Marvin Pitts
Little Craig
Roscoe Boyd
Aldie Craig
Buddy Craig
Howard Birdsong
Flora Mae Parsley
Helen Broadway
Buford Willis
Auburndale
Florida
Hassie Willis
Charles Muse
Homer McSherry
Edna Romers
Trerie Johnson
Arnie Turner
Quinton Fay
Jimmie Maron
Mack Craig
Irene
van Wells
Barbra Janell
Jim Ed Smith
Ethel Taylor
Edith Muse
Buddy Smith
Wilson Elders
James
Billie
Robi
Will Lewis
Jas Per Lewis
Leggtown
Community Notes From Morgan County Social Scene
Local announcements list Tuesday and weekend visits among residents of Eva Guntersville Birmingham and Decatur with guests from Six Mile Lacy Springs Somerville Center Grove and Hartselle. Police report a theft case as 13 ducks and two geese found killed in a sack on the sidewalk leading to petty larceny charges.
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J. D. Hatley
Eva
J. D Bowen
Dolphus Arrington
Guntersville
C. H. Vice
Coleman Morrow
Louisville
John Earl Smith
Josephine Peck
Hartselle
Dorothy Newman
Ora Mainard
J. W. Porter
Birmingham
Norvell Russell
Willis Morrow
Somerville
Will Smith
Six Mile
Sue Lipscomb
Lacy Springs
Russell Peck
Orval Davis
M. G. Peck
Jack Thompson
Goose Quack Alarm Ends in Standoff in New Orleans
Benjamin Connors confronted two shadowy figures after dawn with a pretended firearm, arousing ducks and geese as the incident sparked a police response in New Orleans. No further details available in readable text.
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New Orleans
Benjamin Connors
Producers in Marion County Urged to Sign 1939 Applications
The notice warns that May 31 1940 is the deadline for unsigned 1939 Agricultural Conservation Applications in Marion County. It lists numerous producers by name and requests each to contact the county AAA office in Hartselle to sign and receive payment or risk rejection.
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Martselle
Alabama
Marion County
Elbert H, Peck
Joe J. Straughter
Richard Ae
Melvin G. OB
D. Eb, Fowler
Bia Toren
Oden
Newt Powell
Cossaise
Baisionenes
L. R. Powell
Charlie Kellog
Ellen Belew
W. RK
Mixon
John Willie Neeley
Ernest A. Hill
B. H. Bradshay
S. R. Ausborn
Raymond Taylor
Estelle Crow
A. Nunn
Morgan County
AAA
Hartselle
Veteran Sends $3 to Red Cross After Pool Win
In Kinston on May 28 a war veteran explains he sent three dollars to the Red Cross instead of gambling. He had only a dime left and chose to participate in a baseball pool. He later learned his single bet had won.
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Kinston
N. C
Red Cross
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Circuit Court
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Alabama Business Institute
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