Pickets Halt Mail Trucks and Planes in Steel Strike
Striking SWOC workers press a quiet work or starve policy as Republic Steel protests to postmasters and uses planes to drop food to besieged mills. Pickets scout by air to spot movements while CHICAGO and BUFFALO plants face renewed shutdowns amid a nationwide steel walkout.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corp
United States Post Office
Chicago
Mahoning Valley
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Warren and Niles
United States
Republic
SWOC
Stainless Steel
Canton
Buffalo
Ford to adopt 32 hour week at Rouge plant amid sales slump
Ford Motor Company will run a 32 hour workweek to offset a seasonal sales drop. Harry Bennett, personnel director, announced the plan last night and said it would start in June. He rejected Prosecutor McCrea’s request to pursue UAW trespass allegations, stating no law violations by Ford and that leafleting workers was permitted if not trespassing.
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Ford Motor Company
Harry Bennett
Bennett
Duncan C. McCrea
United Automobile Workers of America
Rouge
McCrea
Ford
Dearborn
Reserve Board Names Officers For Atlanta Bank Post
The Federal Reserve Board appointed W. H. Kettle of Birmingham Alabama as chairman and federal reserve agent of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank for 1937. Howard Gray of Huntsville Alabama was named branch director at Birmingham for the term ending December 31 1939.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
W. H. Kettle
Birmingham
Ala
Federal Reserve
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Howard Gray
Huntsville
Peck's Bad Boy Sought by Family in Desperate Plea
A young boy yearns for a copy of Peck's Bad Boy and friends, unable to find it elsewhere, seek help through The Daily. The paper asks readers to loan a copy for a short period with guaranteed return to ease the boy's distress.
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Peck
Little Fellows
the Daily
Birmingham Feels Overlooked in Veteran Hospital Site
Representative Luther Patrick of Birmingham has filed formal protests to President Roosevelt and the federal hospitalization board challenging Montgomery as the veteran hospital site. He urges withholding action until a hearing in ten days and argues Birmingham better serves veterans due to central population access.
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Washington
Luther Patrick
Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Federal Hospitalization Board
Montgomery
Jefferson County
Alabama
Patrick
Miss Smith Called Home in Hartselle
Miss Mary Virginia Smith 18 daughter of Rev and Mrs Frank T Smith of Hart selle died at 9 30 p m after an extended illness at Highland Avenue Baptist hospital Birmingham She was a senior at Morgan County High School Survived by parents a sister Mrs L R Palmer Oneonta and two brothers Rudolph and Frank Smith Hart selle Services Sunday 11 a m at Hart selle Baptist Church with Rev Bunyan Smith of Nashville Rev B P Collier and Rev J H Chitwood officiating Interment Hart selle Cemetery Peck directing Pallbearers named from her class Flowers were arranged by classmates and others from Hart selle area including Mildred Stephenson and Ollie Myrtle Hartselle among others.
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Mary Virginia Smith
Frank .T. Smith
Hartselle
Highland Avenue Baptist Hospital
Birmingham
Miss Smith
Morgan County High School
L. R Palmer
Oneonta
Rudolph
Frank
Smith
Hartselle Baptist Church
Bunyan Smith
Nashville
B. P. Collier
J. H. Chitwood
Peck
F. M. Speake, Jr
Eugene Eason
Horace Roberts
John Puryea
Mace Glasscock
James Stephenson
Misses Mildred Stephenson
Ollie Myrtle Hartselle
Ruby Nance
Letha Dutton
Rachael Buck
Katherine Bean
Nell Gibson
Ina Call
Lurline Prayter
Lucile Wineman
Richard McKee
Elree Martin
Mary Ella Linton
Elizabeth Burleson
Duke of Windsor maps wedding trip after honeymoon
The Duke of Windsor plans a 24 hour journey by train and car with Wallis Warfield to an idyllic retreat near Tours France. They may later visit Wasserleonburg Castle Austria and perhaps a world cruise to the United States. The wedding is set for next Thursday and pressures over royal titles continue.
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George
Edward
Chateau de Cande
Chateau
Britain
Baltimore
London
Warfield
Cantle
Poppy Sale Underway By American Legion Auxiliary
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary report strong poppy sales today with proceeds supporting veterans relief work. The public purchased large quantities as the fundraiser continued Saturday.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Move Made to Check Bootleg Sales Of Legal Liquor
Alabama regulators impose limits at state liquor stores restricting purchases to two quarts or two pints per sale to curb bootlegging. A single customer may return after the line, but federal law restricts retail purchases to five gallons per 24 hours, preventing wholesale-scale buys.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage
Qa Board
Yo Man
Davis Denies Killing Wife in Tennessee Farm Case
John W. Davis 65 sits in magistrate's court as a murder charge and an abortion theory are heard. He is accused of illegal operation on his wife Jodie 34 who died at their home after suspected blood poisoning from the procedure. An autopsy linked death to the operation.
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Woodbury
Tenn
John W. Davis
Jodie
Davis
James H. Cummings
J. Barrett Melton
Melton
James Jones
Finland Ready to Pay War Debt on Time
Finland notified Washington that it will meet its June 15 installment of 163,143 dollars on time. The Baltic republic has continued to honor payments, the only one among 13 war debtors to do so.
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Washington
Finland
State Department
Baltic Republic
Disturbance Probed at Alabama Packing Co Plant
Police investigated a disturbance near the Alabama Packing Company plant in Am. May 29 described by CIO organizer Thomas V. Pate as a hair pulling affair between union and non union women employees.
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Am, Ala
Alabama Packing Company
Thomas V. Pate
CIO
Two Men Sentenced in Montgomery Burglary Case
Two men, named in court papers as R. L. Craig and Roy Turner, face six to eight years in prison after yesterday's Montgomery circuit court sentencing for burglary and grand larceny.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. L. Craig
Roy Turner
Opening of Decatur curb market draws nearly 200 crowd
About two hundred shoppers and callers attended the formal opening of the Decatur curb market building. Seventeen sellers from four counties reported sales totaling 82 dollars, the largest since the market's present building began in February. The market will run three days weekly, 6:30 to 9:30 a.m., selling vegetables meats and more.
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Decatur Curb Market
Mabel Britain
Britain
Ericn Rowe
Decatur
Vertris Tankersley
Lacon
A.M. Barron
O. K. Holt
Neel
League of Nations backs down on Spain intervention
The League council approved a resolution urging members to honor territorial integrity and independence of nations, avoiding formal recognition of Spain's claim. Italy and Germany accused Spain of bombing vessels in the Mediterranean and reported six sailors killed and seven wounded after a government air strike on an Italian ship.
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Associated Press
League of Nations Council
Spain
League
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
Sven
Shute Leads Manero at Midway in Pro Championship
In Pittsburgh on May 29 Denny Shute of Boston, the defending champion, led Tony Manero of Peabody Massachusetts by one hole at the halfway mark of their 36 hole semi final in the professional golfers championship.
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Pittsburgh
Denny Shute
Boston
Tony Manero
Peabody
Mass
Spud Prices Trigger Wide Protests and Market Moves
In Atmore and Escambia County Alabama a potato digging holiday aimed at higher prices disrupted early markets. Mayors expect a brief halt to harvest as farmers store stock while federal aid and surplus purchases loom. Shipping continues in Baldwin and Mobile counties amid low prices and market speculation.
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Atmore
Ala
Escambia County
Baldwin County
W. R. Holley
Mobile
Alabama
Ficambia
Ernest Corte
A. A. Corte & Sons
Loxley
South
Alasbama Board of Administration
Albert Iner
Chicago
Miller
Corte
Louisiana
Mississ Gpi
Georgia
Carolinas
Surplus Commodity Corporation
Mobile County
Papers Served as Circuit Court Term Opens
Sheriff's forces have nearly completed serving papers for the term of circuit court opening Monday. About 700 papers were served in all parts of the county.
Business Men Favor Half Holiday Thursdays
About 75 merchants attended a Lyons Hotel meeting and voted to close Thursday afternoons in June July and August with a half holiday plan. The Chamber of Commerce group will split into business type groups and report decisions by Tuesday night to secretary Gilbert G. White.
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Lyons Hotel
Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Aew
D. W. Speake
Chamber of Commerce Merchant’s Committee
Gilbert G. White
Mr. Speake
Harry Higdon
H. Wohl
Jackson Calvin
Irving Mitchell
Alva
H. H. Hunter
Billy Wyker
A. B. Pickens
Agents Seek Tax Evaders Targeting Treasury Losses
U S authorities announced a two day push to prosecute tax dodgers and close loopholes. They aim to move about 100 million dollars from evaders to the federal treasury with fraud actions potential jail terms and heavy fines. Officials cited 290 cases last year yielding 31 million and predicted a possible 62 million this year.
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Washington
Federal
Treasury
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Roosevelt to Visit Mother at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt will depart late tonight for a two or three day visit to his mother's home in Hyde Park. He has not seen his mother since his fifty fifth birthday party at the White House on January 30. She injured an ankle in a fall some time ago but has recovered enough to plan a summer trip abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
White House
Father and Son Held in Killing in Ripley
Fifty one year old farmer Guy Covington and his 26 year old son William Guy Covington were jailed in Lauderdale County on murder charges. They are accused of the feud slaying of Betty Porter a 60 year old neighbor during an altercation in which Porter’s son and daughter were wounded. Arraignment not set immediately.
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Ripley, Tenn
Guy Covington
William Guy Covington
Lauderdale County
Betty Porter
Man Wounded in Downtown Shooting Leaves Wife Held
Alfred M. Elder, 30, remained in critical condition at a Montgomery hospital after three bullet wounds. His wife Eunice Elder, 26, jailed on a suspicion charge after Patrolman W G Boyd arrested her following an early Friday shooting on a downtown street. She allegedly said she fired because he was beating me. One bullet hit Elder's chest while two shattered an arm.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alfred M. Elder
Eunice
W. G. Boyd
Elder
New Execution Mode Found Illegal in Negro's Case
James Boy McNeil, a Black murderer slated for June 25, faced a legal reversal when a change in execution method from electric chair to lethal gas was declared not to apply retroactively. A second sentence ordered him to die by electric chair, but the chair had been dismantled and had to be reassembled at a cost to North Carolina.
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James
Roy) McNeill
North Carolina
James McNell
Centred Press
Ralfighsn. C
Boy
McNeill
Raleigh
United States
Lilington
Pleadings Settled Ahead of Circuit Court Opening
Pleadings in civil cases preparatory to the circuit court opening Monday were heard today by Judge W. W. Callahan. The session focused on scheduling and preliminary matters as the court prepares to hear cases.
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W. W. Callahan
Despondency Ties Tragic Deaths in Lawrence County
Two Lawrence County residents, Clark Martin, 32, of Mt Hope, and Walter C. Francis, 48, of Landeraville, died by self inflicted gunshot amid despondency over health and crop prospects. Coroner ruled both suicides. services held locally. Martin survived by his mother and siblings. Francis by wife Myrtle and children John and Dorothy.
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Lawrence County
Clark Martin
Mt. Hope
Walter C. Francis
Landeraville
Ben A. Corum
Mr. Martin
Mr. Francis
Francis
Myrtle Francia
John Wiley Francis
Dorothy Katherine v
J. M. Francis
Franklin County
Montgomery
Baptist
Highsmith
Mr Martin
Martin
Rock Springs Presbyterian Church
M. D. Crawford
J. J. Martin
Vivian
Ruth
Vandie Martin
R. M
O. B
A. V. Martin
Giannoni Named Manager of Hotel Lyons in Miami
John Giannoni of Miami has been appointed manager of the Hotel Lyons and took charge May 25. He will oversee the dining room. Giannoni has run several Miami and Miami Beach hotels and worked with the Dinkler system. He has 25 years in the hotel business as renovations proceed to serve permanent and transient guests.
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John 8. Giannoni
Miami
Fla
Hotel
Lyons
Giannoni
Miami Beach
Trials of 26 Negroes and 19 men set in Fairfield raid
In Birmingham on May 29 the trial of 26 Negroes and 19 men arrested in raids on alleged gaming houses was set before Mayor Claude N. Gilley. Fairfield police earlier recovered gaming fixtures and equipment, and all detainees were released under $50 bond. Names of the arrested were not released.
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Birmingham
Ala
Claude N. Gilley
Fairfield
E. L. Allman
Allman
Weather and river gauge report for Tennessee river area
The river gauge read 21.3 feet today with a high of 93 and low of 71. No rainfall. Alabama trends show fair tonight and Sunday while Tennessee expects fall conditions, with showers and cooler weather in the extreme east Monday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Reserve Board
Alcohol Board
Duke
Mra
J. J. Russell
Raymond Matthews
Emma Hicks
Benny Hicks
D. A. Sharpe
A. M. Barron
Mra. Vertris Tankersley
L. F. Kilpatrick
Co. K. Holt
PB. J. Pitt
Ben E. F. Beddingfield
Pearl
J. H. Moore
J. R. Brown
Morgan, Cullman
Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Shute
Manero
Death Row
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