Tax reform urging end to double taxation on reorganizations
George M. Morris of the American Bar Association urged Congress to end double taxation on profits from business reorganizations. He testified that a Supreme Court decision could let the I R levy taxes on profits for both absorbed firms and stockholders in mergers. He noted hearings opened as officials spoke on removing tax irritants.
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Washington
George M. Morris
The
American Bar Association
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morris
Association
Supreme Court
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Morgenthau
Mitchell B. Carroll
New York
Nazi Foreign Trade Council, Inc
Fuse Failure Interrupts City Power Restart After 11
A 44,000 volt fuse at the TVA central sub station on First avenue failed this morning causing a 10 minute interruption in power service for Alabama Power Co and municipal light and power plant. Power and lights were out citywide until the fuse was replaced.
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TVA Central
First Avenue
Alabama Power Co
Municipal Light and Power Plant
Blameless Driver Cleared In Hartselle Fatal Pedestrian Crash
A unidentified man was killed when struck by a car driven by Lloyd Jones of South Morgan. State patrol ruled the driver blameless after investigation. the body remained at Peck's funeral home awaiting identification. Fingerprints will be sent to Washington.
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Peck
Hartselle
Lloyd Jones
South Morgan
Johnson City
Tenn
Floyd H. Brown
Cloyd Brown
Washington
Freight kills Negro woman at L and N yards
Isabelle Derrick a 28 year old African American woman was fatally injured when run over by four box cars as she crawled under gondolas near the L and N yards. Engineer Dick Martin halted his south bound local after seeing the accident and emergency crews pronounced her dead at the scene.
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Isabelle Derrick
Dick Martin
Oklahoma
Alabama Supreme Court waives any claim to compensation
The Alabama Supreme Court ordered that no justice can claim damages or compensation from any future decision on the Sparks amendment and Lapsley-Lusk act. The case concerns Seth P. Storrs who sought $2,199 in additional pay from 1931 to 1935 after his job reduction from $5,200 to $3,600.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Seth P. Storrs
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Supreme Court
Walter B. Jones
Storrs
Hood May Be Witness in Graves Legal Fees Probe
A state examiner, L Hood, may be called before Alabama legislature's judiciary committee to testify on findings from his study of legal fees paid during Governor Bibb Graves’ administration. Hood’s report lists the four year total of 751880 and the recipients.
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Montgomery
Ala
S&s. L
Verde Elmore
Europe Hopeful as Moscow Silent on British French Accord
Amid Whitsun calm Europe awaits Soviet stance on a proposed Britain France pact linking with Russia for mutual aid. Observers in London predict Kremlin approval while Moscow weighs actions in the Far East and the Franco British front. Memorial Day honors mark allied losses as Franco’s forces begin homeward troop redeployments from Spain and Moroccon regions await Moorish withdrawals.
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Associated Press
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Moscow
Kremlin
London
Ivan Maisky
Geneva
Chamberlain
Far East
Spain
Francisco Franco
Cadiz
Salamanca
Morocco
Three Small Fires Cause Minor Damage This Week
A fire at Moye's Beauty Shop on Second Avenue around noon caused a slight loss due to an air conditioning defect. Earlier, at Dixie Milling Co. on Holly Street a small blaze from a faulty wire produced only minor damage. Sunday afternoon sparks on Willis Berry's roof at 1221 Third Avenue South caused another minor loss.
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Moye
Second Avenue
Dixie Milling Co
Holly Street
Willis Berry
Third Avenue
South
Dort of a Draft Dodger Proclaims Love for United States
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a World War I draft dodger, proclaimed his love for the United States and expressed hope for an opportunity to prove he could be a worthwhile part of the country.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
McKittrick seeks ban on 142 fire insurers in Missouri
Missouri Attorney General Roy McKittrick asked the state supreme court to bar 142 fire insurance firms from doing business until they repay about 8 million dollars and surrender increased premiums allegedly gained in the 1935 O Malley Pender gast compromise.
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Ban
Jefferson City
Roy McKittrick
Supreme Court
Missouri
Decatur High to award 109 diplomas at Riverside Auditorium
The 109 members of the Decatur High senior class, 58 girls and 51 boys, will graduate tonight at Riverside Auditorium. Dr. A D Crabb of Peabody College will deliver the commencement address, with awards and diplomas presented by local officials. The Sunday service featured Dr B F Tingle’s commencement sermon on life and Christian experience.
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Decatur Senior High School
Riverside Auditorium
A. D. Crabb
Peabody College
Nashville
8. E. Alverson
Crabb
W. T. Jordan
F. K. Chenault
Board of Education
Decatur High School
First Methodist Church
B. F. Tingle
Christ
Harris Rites Held for Decatur Mayor Richard Harris
Final rites for Richard Norfleet Harris longtime Decatur mayor were held at First Methodist church with Dr. Tingle and others officiating. He died Friday after a long illness at Secretary 615 Ferry Street aged 67. Burial followed at City cemetery. Harris served as mayor since 1936 and was born in Courtland. Surviving: widow, a son, two brothers, and two sisters.
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Richard Norfleet
Dick) Harris
Decatur
First Methodist Church
B. FP. Tingle
M. E. Lazenby
R. D. Cook
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Ferry Street
Harris
Courtland
R. N. Harris, Jr
T. J. and
Frank Harris
New Orleans
R. 8. Link
R. E. Simpson
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Negro woman charged with murder in Bass stabbing
Helen Jones, a 35 year old Negro woman, was jailed in Morgan county on a murder charge for the fatal stabbing of Polly Bass, also a Negro, during an altercation in the 300 block on McCartney. Police say a letter opener caused the death. Jones was arrested at Whiteside by Officers Terry, Parker and Kilgore. The warrant was sworn by Ben Pickett in Justice J. B. Dickinson's court.
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Helen Jones
Morgan County
Polly Bass
McCartney
Jones
Whiteside
Here
Terry, Parker and Kilgore
Ben Pickett
Court of Justice
J. B. Dickinson
Alabama Bar Association to Meet in Selma July 7 8
The Alabama Bar Association state convention will be held in Selma on July 7 and 8, announced Judge Cecil Young of Anniston who will serve as president. Plans were laid at a recent meeting by Judge Young Harold M. Cook and Bir mingham secretary, along with President J. E. Wilkinson of the Dallas Bar Association RE. W. Pettus Harry Gamble and Archibald Reeves.
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Selma
Ala
The
Alabama Bar Association
Cecil Young
Anniston
Young
Harold M. Cook
Birmingham
J. E. Wilkinson
Dallas Bar Association
RE. W. Pettus
Harry Gamble
Archibald Reeves
Labor Board May Amend Rules To Allow Employer Election Petitions
Chairman J. Warren Madden predicted the National Labor Relations Board will soon amend regulations to let employers petition for a union representation election in certain cases. He told the House Labor Committee that hearings and testimony should guide any change and that the Wagner Act currently restricts petitions to workers or their unions.
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Senate
Baltimore & Ohio
Lehigh Valley
J. Warren Madden
Labor Relations Board
United States Chamber of Commerce
Morgenthau
Congress
House
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Representative Thomas
Tex
Madden
House Labor Committee
Thomas
Rep. Norton
N. J
Garner boom launched in Alabama for Garner for president
Montgomery Alabama May 2 The Montgomery Advertiser reports a strong push to organize in Alabama for John Nance Garner for president with thousands of letters and enrollment cards sent to voters. The campaign in Alabama is the first to begin.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
John Nance Garner
Texas
Dallas
Garner
Sub reports studied during Squalus salvage ops
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on May 29 a rescue ship Falcon refitted with gas masks prepared for possible entry to the sunken Squalus. Divers worked 240 feet down in freezing water as engineers weighed buoyancy lifts and air pressure to aid the salvage. Navy chaplain A E Stone announced memorial services for the dead.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Squalus
Falcon
A. E. Stone
Navy
Navy Department
Longstaff
Navy Yard
North Congregational Church
Arthur A. Rounder
Station Opens in Indianapolis
The first complete federal testing station for aviation safety devices was dedicated in Indianapolis with praise from Clinton H. Hester of the Civil Aeronautics Authority who called it a real contribution to the American nation.
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Indianapolis
Clinton H. Hester
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Royal Tour Opens in Vancouver Welcome
King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Vancouver as 500000 residents gathered to greet them after a 36 hour Banff rest. The couple will attend a civic reception and ceremonial address before boarding the Princess Marguerite to Victoria, then head to Washington and New York for a June visit. Forty reporters chased the train to catch the moment.
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Vancouver
B. C
Rockies
Pacific Coast
King George
Queen Elizabeth
British Columbia
Banff
Princess Marguerite
Victoria
Dominion
Canada
Pacific
Washington
New York
Lake Louise
Continental Divide
Field
Steel Up in Alabama as Output Rises
Steel production in Alabama reached 63 percent of capacity today with higher output at Fairfield works of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. The company plans two more blast furnaces for iron used in steelmaking. Pig iron output is about 75 percent of capacity amid stronger demand for miscellaneous steel products.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Fairfield Works
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Tennessee Company
Garbage incinerator set for operation on Laurel Street
Acting Mayor T R Harrison said a factory expert would inspect the $30,000 Laurel Street incinerator before it begins full operation. The plant will test performance and determine hourly disposal capacity. Initial fires have reached 500 degrees with plans to reach 1800 degrees in coming days.
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Ity
T. R. Harrison
Laurel Street
Bee Line Highway
Tiny plane sighting over UK sparks mystery
The British Press Association reported a small plane believed to be Thomas H. Smith's Baby Clipper seen off Saint Bees Cumberland and later over Wigtownshire heading toward England. Earlier a similar high flyer was sighted over Londonderry with Ireland as origin.
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London
British Press Association
Thomas H. Smith
Saint Bees
Cumberland County
England
Wigtownshire
Scotland
Ireland
Londonderry
Smith's solo flight in a Baby Clipper from Old Orchard Beach
Los Angeles aviator Thomas H. Smith, 24, lifted his 670 pound Aeronca monoplane from Old Orchard Beach on a solo flight toward Europe. He planned a landing at Slyne Head Ireland, about 2800 miles away, with 160 gallons of fuel enough for 3600 miles. No permission was granted by authorities and radio was not used.
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Ireland
Newfoundland
Saint John
N. B
Smith's
Ocean
Smith
Sca
Harvey Smith
Clarksburg
W. Va
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
Associated
Charles Deland
Cincinnati
Charles Bachman
Sweden
Tanner Child Dies at Hospital Here
Jackson McKee nine year old son of Mr and Mrs J C V McKee of Tanner route 1 died at Baughs Infirmary shortly after Sunday midnight funeral arrangements will be announced by McConnell of Athens
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Jackson McKee
J. C. V. McKee
Baugh’s Infirmary
McConnell
Athens
Marker to honor Forrest to be dedicated in Centre
United Daughters of the Confederacy will dedicate a marker on Friday in Centre Alabama to Gen Nathan B Forrest at a site in Cherokee County The marker marks the place where Forrest captured Gen Speight and a superior force during the Civil War
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Forrest
Ala
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Nathan B. Forrest
Lawrence
Cherokee County
Speight
Tennessee River level and Tennessee weather update
The gauge of the Tennessee river stood at 20 feet and was falling. The 24 hour period ending at 7 this morning recorded a maximum of 89 and a minimum of 69 with no rainfall. Alabama expected partly cloudy weather tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunder showers in the south, while Tennessee anticipates generally fair conditions with local thundershowers in the far east Tuesday afternoon. Gentle southerly winds along the coast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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