Hoover's Role in Convention Viewed Amid Speculation
As the Republican National Convention nears, former President Hoover agrees to attend the June 10 session in Cleveland. Leaders urge his influence while debates over the party platform and agricultural tariff shape the preconvention activity.
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Leonard B. Shubert
Associated Press
Ashington
Hoover
Cleveland
Palo Alto
Calif
Yes Cink
Edward A. Hayes
Chicago
Frank Knox
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Inclu
Hamilton
Landon
Carl Bachmann
Borah
Idaho
Bachmann
Congress
Col. Knox
Washington
Peterson Dodges Its Agency Deal For Dodge Line
H. L. Peterson, president of the Morgan County Motor Company, announced receipt of the signed contract to handle Dodge Motors products. The Morgan County firm will sell the Dodge automobile, the Plymouth, and Dodge trucks effective immediately, with no change in personnel. Formal announcements about the Dodge opening will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Peterson
Morgan County Motor Company
Dodge Motors
Dodge
Plymouth
Peterson
Motor Company
Bartholomew Custody Dispute Gets Father Peacemaker
Freddie Bartholomew’s father arrived from England to mediate a custody dispute over the child actor who earns about $1000 weekly.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
England
Hooded Order Secrets Emerge as Black Legion Scandal Expands
Detroit dispatch reports the Black Legion, accused of terror and killings, showing signs of wider ties. Eighteen men detained in Michigan, 13 facing murder charges in Poole slaying, four in Jackson charged with kidnaping and assault. Investigators seek links to other floggings and deaths while Congress considers a federal inquiry. Dayton J. Dean claims ignorance and notes years in the group. John Bannerman defends some aims while denying complicity. Continued coverage promised.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Michigan
Virgil Morrow
Charles Poole
Jackson
Act of Grand Jury
Plint
Washington
Congress
Nonymous
eMint
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Homers. Cummings
Poole
Order
Black
Dayton J. Dean
Dean
Arthur F. Lupp
Morgan County Boards Receives 129000 For School Building Program
Morgan county board of education holds 129416.11 from brokers who bought a May 7 school tax warrants to fund a building program. R C Patrick of Scottsboro hired for Falkville Lawrence Cove Eva Cotaco projects with more contracts expected. PWA grant of 103000 funds aid. only 7 of every 100 state dollars may go to buildings. Brokers listed: Watkins Morrow Co Birmingham Kalman Co St Paul Fox Einhorn Co Cincinnati and C H Little Co Jackson Tenn.
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Morgan County
Woodland Mills
George T. Woodruff
Public Works Administration
Woodruff
County Board of Education
Watkins, Morrow and Company
Birmingham
Kalman and Co
St. Paul
Fox, Einhorn and Co
Cincinnati
C. H. Little and Co
Jackson, Tenn
Queen Mary Maintains Swift Pace With French Liner
The Queen Mary and the Normandie exchanged wireless greetings while racing westward on maiden runs. The Queen Mary covered 766 miles in 25 hours at about 30 knots, beating the Normandie’s 25‑hour record of 748 miles, though the French liner’s 24‑hour pace averaged 31.37 knots on a similar run last June.
Judge Speake Endorses Sparkman in Lawrence County
Judge Paul Speake of Madison County addressed about 200 farmers and townspeople at the Lawrence County courthouse Friday at 10:20 in support of congressional candidate John Sparkman. The crowd applauded his endorsement, showing strong interest despite farmers' work schedules.
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Paul Speake
Madison County
Lawrence County
John Sparkman
Sparkman
Davis Proclamation Sets Capitol Closure for Jefferson Davis Day
Governor Talmadge issued a proclamation closing the State Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday for the birth day anniversary of Jefferson Davis, former Confederate president.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Jefferson Davis
Bannister Seeks Abduction Warrants Over Missing Daughter
Harry Bannister, former husband of Ann Harding, swore out a warrant for the arrest of the screen star on a charge of abducting their seven year old daughter Jane. The action followed Harding’s departure for Europe with the child. Bannister, flanked by three lawyers, visited the courthouse twice as Harding reportedly rushed to England to fulfill a film contract. The charge cites the Canadian criminal code section on child abduction. Lawyers Stanley Harte, Peter Bercevitch, and Antoine Rivard accompanied Bannister.
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Quebec
Harry Bannister
Ann
Screen Star Today
Jane
Miss Harding
Europe
Bannister
England
Stanley Harte
New York
Peter Bercevitch
Montreal
Antoine Rivard
Decatur High School Class Night Draws Nearly 500
Nearly 500 people attended the 1936 Decatur High School graduating class night at Riverside auditorium. P. H. Sandlin presided as class president and the program featured living pictures, a class poem, and a valedictory address.
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Decatur High School
Riverside Auditorium
P. H. Sandlin
Marjorie Irwin
Mary Frances Rauschenberg
Thomas Parks
Ruth Sullivan
Noel Carpenter
Irma Murphree
Lynn Murphy
P.T. A
Prospects of a Third Party Discussed in Chicago
A Chicago meeting of self-styled liberals sought a cross section of farm labor and other groups to gauge support for calling a convention to form a third party in the fall campaign.
Mother of Five Sentenced to Hang in Dorchester
Charlotte Bryant, 33, a mother of five, was convicted of poisoning her former husband Frederick J. Bryant with weed killer in Dorchester England and sentenced to be hanged. Prosecution said she was infatuated with an itinerant merchant.
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Dorchester
Eng
Charlotte Bryant
Frederick J. Bryant
Sparkman Attacks TVA Fight in Falkville Speech
John Sparkman, Morgan county native, spoke in Falkville on Friday night challenging the pro TVA workers. He charged paid influence and defended his record, recounting past earnings from his firm tied to the Alabama Power Company and presenting documentary proof amid loud applause.
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John Sparkman
Morgan County
Falkville
Morgan Countian
Robert Tenant Simpson, Jr
Mr. Sparkman
Alabama Power Company
Hartselle
Sparkman
Tuscaloosa Double Slaying Shocks Small Town
In Samantha near Tuscaloosa two men, Murry Guinn and his son Bill Guinn, were killed by shotgun blasts. Deputy Hal Curry said Cove Swindle surrendered in Tuscaloosa claiming self defense after a dispute over renting land to Swindle. Coroner Hardin ordered an inquest. the elder Guinn was 52? and the young man 22.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Samantha
Hal Curry
Cove Swindle
Murry Guinn
Bill
Curry
Swindle
Guinn
T. Hardin
Nine Injured as North Main Buildings Collapse in Memphis
May 30 Memphis reports nine injured when two North Main street buildings collapse during demolition. Workers, police, fire crews, and volunteers dig through rubble at 241-43 and 247 North Main. no deaths confirmed though at least eight injured, two white customers feared buried, incidents involve Southwestern College endowment buildings and Thomyson's Grocery.
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Memphis
Tenn
North Main Street
Southwestern College
North Main
Thomyson’s Grocery
Southwestern
Sousa
Malcom Crittenden
Thompson
Opinion splits on having one Memorial Day
Public leaders across the South differ over a proposal for a common North South Memorial Day. Some back a unified observance while others favor local dates tied to regional traditions and figures.
Puzzling status of Morgan county burglary suspect
Morgan county officials debated disposition of Martin Gilman alias George Hisler and Calvin Collins after their arrest in Tarrant City for a Hartselle burglary. The loot was found at Collins home. Gilman faces parole violation and conflicting residence records, with transfers attempted to Morgan jail and Cullman county authorities identifying him.
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Morgan County
Martin Gilman
George Hisler
Calvin Collins
Tarrant City
E. R. Roberts
Hartselle
Les Williams
Collins
Herman Sandlin
Ed Blalock
Jefferson County
Morgan
O. N. Thomason
Tarrant
Decatur
Gilman
Cullman
J. E. Pierce
Cullman County
Hisler
Cullman Circuit Court
Herman Sandling
Montgomery
Tampa
Fort Myers
Fla
Williams
Gilmane Roberts
Florence Man Dies of Burns in Gasoline Tank Fire
Florence Alabama May 30. George Cox 22 a Florence automobile mechanic died today from burns suffered when gasoline sprayed by flame while he was welding an automobile gasoline tank.
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Florence
Ala
George Cox
Cox
Apartment Row Escalates as Congressman and Wife Scuffle
Mrs. Benjamin Young, sub-lessee, was ejected by Rep. Marion Zioncheck and wife after a confrontation in their apartment building in Washington. Young, claiming injury, was taken to Emergency Hospital with a fractured hip amid a civil dispute that drew police and bystanders. a bystander was stabbed by an unknown man during the melee.
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Washington
Benjamin Scott Young
Marion A. Zioncheck
Young
Ziencheck
Pittsburgh
Zienchecks
Benjamin
Twentieth Century Indy 500 Opens With Big Crowd
Ted Horn leads the 500 mile race at half distance as Louie Meyer tops at 250 miles with 111.059 mph. Al Miller is injured in a major crash while Babe Stapp and Wilbur Shaw set records and the crowd reaches 170000 plus as 31 cars start the classic.
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Speedway
Indianapolis
Ted Horn
Los Angeles
William “Shorty
Gantlon
Detroit
Louie Myer
Huntington Park
Calif
Stapp
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Shaw
Freddie Frame
Babe” Stapp
William ‘Shorty’ Cantion
Eddie Ricken
Tommy Milton
Absentee Ballot Requests Rise Ahead of June Primary
Morgan county records show 288 residents requested absentee ballots for the second democratic primary on June 9. Ninety four have already voted. Rutledge S. Thomas, chairman of the Morgan county democratic executive committee, says more requests are expected before ballots go out and the five day deadline before the election.
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Morgan County
Rutledge S. Thomas
Democratic Executive Committee
Weather Summary From the Tennessee River Region
The Tennessee River remained stationary at 3.3 feet with a high of 84 and a low of 55 over the past 24 hours and no rainfall. Alabama and Tennessee forecast fair conditions tonight and Sunday with slight warming in the north and extreme west sections. Outlook calls for generally fair early in the week across the Central and East Gulf states with possible local showers later and seasonable to slightly higher temperatures overall.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Central
East Gulf States
Southern Plains
West States
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Augusta Chronicle
Spock
Liberty Hall
Crawfordville
Alexander Stephens
Leon McCord
United Spanish War Veterans
Democratic National
Florida
Mississippi
Kentucky
Virginia
Confederacy
W. McK Evans
South
Salley, Jr
South Carolina
Janis
Meyer
Indianapolis Speedway
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