Forest Grads 10 to Instruct Recruits at Camps
Fourteen forestry graduates will depart Decatur for the national forest camp near Moulton to supervise a five day schooling period for recruits. Sam Broadbent of Athens, Tenn. will lead the instructors, with four already in Decatur awaiting the remaining ten. Plans also call for a new camp southeast of Moulton near Addison. The recent Fort McClellan and Benning conditioning shows have impressed locals as the men display health and efficiency in unloading tasks.
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Decatur
Moulton
Samint
Athens
Tenn
F. ©. Henneberger
National Forest Ranger
Mr. Broadbent
Lock Springs
Benning
McClellan
Muscle Shoals votes to install electric system
Citizens approve borrowing 20000 dollars to build a distribution network and obtain electric current from the government. Sheffield and Florence plan similar elections in early June as nearby Muscle Shoals records a decisive 84 to 1 vote to adopt municipal power.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Sheffield
Florence
Tuscumbia
Wilson Dam
Business effort boost reported
The administration reports improved conditions across many industries in recent weeks. Responses to the department’s invitation for facts and opinions indicate rising employment and support for Roosevelt era legislation to foster a federal–industry partnership.
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Washington
Department
Roosevelt
Postal Employes Select Officials in Alabama Convention
A two day Allied Postal Employes of Alabama convention adjourned after electing officers. Mobile was chosen to host the 1934 session while groups held meetings in Tuscaloosa. President picks included Frank Best of Birmingham for postal supervisors J W Pryor of Birmingham for clerks H T Wallace of Rockford for rural carriers and B H Veazey for city carriers.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Allied Postal Employes of
Alabama
Mobile
Frank Best
Birmingham
J. W. Pryor
E. B. Shaw
Gadsden
H. T. Wallace
Rockford
B. H. Veazey
Eight Arraigned In Police Court Details of Cases
In the morning mayor s court session six white men and one woman were fined on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges while two black individuals faced charges for drunkenness. the woman was arraigned on a disorderly count. The report notes the racial terms used in describing the defendants.
Third Preferred List Bares Names of Party Leaders
Senate investigators detail a third list from J. P. Morgan & Co naming preferred customers allowed to buy United Corporation stock $24 below market. Included are John W. Davis and William Woodin among other prominent figures. The inquiry also notes an option on warrants sold before the 1930 act and discusses Woodin's successor. Senator Long warns about replacing Woodin, with James M. Cox mentioned as a possible candidate.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan Company
United Corporation, Utilities Holding Company
John W. Davis
William Woodin
the Treasury
George Howard
Morgan Company
United Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co
Woodin
Treasury
Long
Lewis Douglas
James M. Cox
Formal Truce Signed In North China Peace Moves
Shanghai dispatch May 31 reports a formal armistice in northern China signed by Chinese and Japanese military representatives at Tangku. The truce calls for demilitarization in the Great Wall region, dissolution of Chinese volunteer corps here, and resumption of rail traffic between Peiping and Shenheikwan.
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Shanghai
China
North China
Japan
Tangku
Great Wall
Chnese Volunteer Corps
Peiping
Shenheikwan
Jelke Divorce Case Nearing Conclusion
In Newport Rhode Island Frazier Jelke 52 and Eugenia Jelke 28 face closing arguments in Superior Court. Judge Charles A Walsh set two and a half hours for final rebuttal and said he would read his decision shortly after. Jelke denied striking or naming accusations and denied paying 50000 for club recognition as his wife testified.
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Newport
R. I
F. Frazier Jelke
Eugenia Woodward Jelke
Charles A. Walsh
Superior Court
Jelke
Delegation Seeks Silver Price Improvements and Exchange Stabilization
Tuesday actions by the House foreign affairs committee and Senate urged a delegation to push for improved silver prices and stabilized exchange rates. President Roosevelt welcomed a Republican to the group, while Secretary Hull eyed reciprocal tariff changes to support world commerce. The cabinet contends tariff agreements are needed to sustain any exchange stabilization.
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Couzens
Mich
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
House
Senate
Roosevelt
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Hull
Phil Baugh Visits Winter Haven and Arcadia Friends
Phil Baugh is visiting friends and relatives at Winter Haven and Arcadia in Florida.
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Phil Baugh
Winter Haven
Arcadia
Pla
Prayer Services at Ninth Street Methodist Tonight
The regular mid week prayer services will be convened at the Ninth Street Methodist church this evening at 7 30 oclock. The public was extended a cordial invitation to attend.
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Ninth Street Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce denies solicitation proposal
Roland H. Gray secretary says no solicitation has been presented to the Chamber of Commerce for consideration. An out of town resident reportedly seeks Decatur statistics, but no details have been discussed. Local citizens had asked if the chamber had reviewed the matter.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roland H. Gray
Civic Organization
Gray
Decatur
Nurse Rescues Child From Snatcher in Rome Ga
A nurse in Rome Georgia saved a child by slamming a door on a man demanding the Fahy infant. She carried the girl to a neighbor after fleeing through the rear, and police have yet to make any arrests.
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Rome. Ge
Thamas Fahy
Fahy
East Morgan Planter Crowder Visits Decatur
M. M. Crowder a prominent planter from east Morgan county arrived in Decatur for business today.
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M. M. Crowder
Morgan County
Decatur
Birmingham Man Slain Defending Fiancée From Mock Officer
Police hunted a tall unkempt white man suspected of killing William Lambeth a 24 year old musician who protected his fiancée Miss Lillie May Roberson after a man posing as an officer forced them into woods. The killer called for an ambulance and fled.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Lambeth
Lillie May Rob
Lambeth
Court to Hear Habeas Pleas in Scottsboro Case
Judge James E. Horton will hear habeas corpus pleas Thursday for Roy Wright and Eugene Williams, two of the nine Scottsboro defendants. Williams’s transfer to juvenile court and Wright’s alleged age dispute and recantation by Ruby Bates frame the proceedings. Sheriff Hawkins will produce the defendants. heavy guards are expected. New York attorneys Chamlee Lebowitz and Brodsky may not attend.
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James E. Horton
Roy Wright
Eugene Williams
Scottsboro
Ee Eee Williams
Wright
Ruby Bates
Williams
Chattanooga
Sarton
Athens
James F. Hawkins
Jefferson County
Horton
Chamlee
Samuel Leibowitz
John R. Brodsky
New York
Gunmen Kill One and Wound Five in Eating House Attack
Four gunmen opened fire in a tidy eating house, lining up ten men and a 15 year old boy before firing. Charles Dominico died, four others were wounded seriously while a fifth victim escaped. The attackers fled into hiding after the mass shooting.
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New York
Chicago
Charles Dominico
Young People Stage Go Slow Mary at Ninth Street Church
A large crowd attended the Epworth League performance Go Slow Mary at the Ninth Street Methodist church last night. The young cast acquitted themselves with much credit in the production.
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Ninth Street Methoist
Epworth League
J F Wilson Undergoes Treatment At Baughs Infirmary
J F Wilson of Fifth Avenue West is at Baughs Infirmary where he will receive medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
West
Baugh’s Infirmary
Three men jailed on highway robbery charge in local arrest
J O Jones of Florence Reynolds Ball of Louisville Ky and Tithuss Harris of Birmingham were jailed after police arrested them on a highway robbery warrant sworn by Tom Stover of 122 Elm Street. Stover said three men attacked him north of the L and N coal chute Tuesday night, robbed him of 1 40 and beat him. Police stated Stover identified the suspects on Vine Street and the men deny the crime.
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J. O. Jones
Florence
Reynolds Ball
Louisville
Tithuss Harris
Birmingham
Tom Stover
Elm Street
Stover
Cullman
Vine Street
City
Voliva and Zion Colony Face Bankruptcy in Federal Court
Wilbur Glenn Voliva the flat earth preacher seen as head of Zion Colony faces bankruptcy in federal court. Receivers were appointed for Voliva Enterprises and petitions seek bankruptcy for Voliva and the Zion organization. The suit claims assets exceed 500000 with alleged preferential payments to a Chicago bank and to Anne Winn of Waukegan.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Zion
James H. Wilkerson
Convicts Escape Kansas Prison Take Hostages Then Safe
News recounts an escape from a Kansas penitentiary as eleven convicts fled with guards and women, later releasing the warden and two guards near Welch, Ohio. The captives included Mrs Alberta Wood and daughter Louise, plus Miss Clarice Wears, with six convicts commandeering cars toward Oklahoma. Security details and pursuit followed as authorities tracked the convoy.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Prather
Welch
Ohio
Oklahoma
Kansas
Parsons
Kirk Prather
Alberta Wood
Louise
Kansas City
Miss Wears
Warden
Roosevelt Kin Pleads For Strikers
In Philadelphia on May 31 an Associated Press report notes that a relative of President Roosevelt and a cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt appears among girl strikers demanding higher wages and shorter hours. The piece links the kinship to the Roosevelt name in the picketing action.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Rooses
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Sam Broadbent
Addison
Shoals
Gen. Sheridan
Balf MacDonald
Grace MacDonald
Ee Dia
Howe
Commerce Chief
Postal
Davis and
Morgan Co
Waxey Gordon
Gordon
North White Lake
N. Y
York
Florida
Commerce
Hasen
Girl
Knight
Chambers
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Md
Virginia Thompson
Baltimore
Ernest Lee Jahncke, Jr
Jahncke
Killer
Ictim
Clarice Wears
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