Huge new threat of high water adds to flood toll
Colorado Springs area battles rising flood danger after two deaths are confirmed and a cloudburst drives rapid swelling in Kiowa and Elbert. Rescue crews race to reach isolated communities as water overtops roads and bridges and towns report widespread property loss.
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Colorado Springs
Glenda
Colorado
Willis Btracklen
Donald Cimino
Fountain Creek
Iowa
Colo
Elbert
Pueblo
Denver
Cherry Creek
South Platte
Kiowa
Emma B. Clark
Lee Crimino
Ivywood
Two men shot in Guntersville dispute ends with arrest
Robert Shumate is in critical condition after a shooting in Guntersville Alabama. Tom L Haney is held in Marshall county jail as the investigation continues. The incident followed a long standing dispute and involved clergy in the town center.
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Guntersville
Ala
Robert Shumate
Tom L. Haney
Marshall County
John Sims Johnson
Warrenton Methodist Church
Shumate
A. W. Hooper Said
Hugh Haney
Tom
Cotton statistics Liverpool weekly imports and stocks
Weekly cotton statistics report Liverpool imports 52 000 bales including 13 000 American stock 698 000 American 237 000 forwarded 651 000 American 21 000 exports 3 000 American nil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Quetta Earthquake Death Toll Estimates Rise
A wireless dispatch from Quetta reports early today that about 20,000 people may have died in the Quetta region after a 3 am quake that devastated northern India frontiers. Rescue teams race to clear debris as hospitals and camps form on a racecourse and residency grounds.
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Kirachi
India
Quetta
Punjab
Baluchistan
Mastung
Larkana
Shikarpur
Ratadero
County Resident Called By Death
J. R. Morgan, 82, a well known resident of Hartselle route 3, died early this morning at Benevolent Society hospital. Funeral rites are set for Saturday at 11 at Moss Chapel with Rev. J. H. Chitwood officiating. Burial directed by Drinkard Howell. Survived by four sons Albert, Robert, Milton and Earnest. two step sons Buford and Binford Mason. a step daughter Mrs. Bert Morris.
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J. R. Morgan
Hartselle
Benevolent Society Hospital
Drinkard Howell
Albert Morgan
Moss Chapel
J. H. Chitwood
Hartselle Methodist Church
Mr. Morgan
Albert
Robert
Decatur
Milton
St. Louis
Earnest
Buford
Binford Mason
Bert Morris
Falkville
Mrs Lotz Dies From Injuries In Wreck
Funeral services for Mrs Birdie Lee Lotz aged 26 will be held at 10 a m Saturday at Priest Funeral Home with Rev J F Ray officiating. Interment will follow at City cemetery. She died Thursday at her home after an extended illness stemming from an automobile crash near Lawrenceburg Tennessee months earlier. She survived by husband Floyd D Lotz, her parents Mr and Mrs S W Pate of Lawrenceburg, two brothers Albert and Carnel Pate, and four sisters Dessie Smith Lillie Solomon Maybelle Pate and Fannie Pate.
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Birdie Lee Lotz
J. F. Ray
City Cemetery
Markets Slump After Roosevelt Court NRA Talk
New York markets fell sharply after President Roosevelt signaled changes to the NRA program. Stocks and staples slumped as cotton futures dropped about half a cent per pound in brisk trading.
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New York
Roosevelt
Ash O Malley Captured Today in Kansas City
J Edgar Hoover announced the capture of Walter Holland known as Irish O Malley in Kansas City Missouri for the Luer kidnaping at Alton Illinois. He also noted the arrest of other gang members and recovered assets from the December 22 1934 Okemah Oklahoma bank robberies totaling about 18000 dollars.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City
Walter Holland
O'Malley
August Luer
Alton
Ill
Hoover
Okemah
Okla
Luer
Jackson County
Justice Department
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma City
Dan H. Eady
Russel Cooper
Fort Smith
Ark
Red Melton
Fred Reece
Leonard Short
Local Notes Highlight Social Visits and Events
Miss Vera Gendon staying with her parents before returning to Florence for summer term. Decatur leads the parade in the McFadden Legion recreational program with four of six weeks. Time Wake record attendance noted. Bryan McAfee in Montgomery on business.
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Vera Gendon
Florence State Teachers College
Florence
Decatur
McFadden Legion
Abelcatur
Long and Walmsley Face Quiet City Peace Talk
New Orleans on May 31 reports suggest a potential pacification between Huey P. Long and Mayor Walmsley as voters register and city finances improve. Long addressed Semmes on radio denying any peace pact while Walmsley rejects talks and calls the claims a lie.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes. Walmsley
Eee
Walmsley
Long
Miles Pratt
Joseph P. Skelly
Skelly
Pratt
Senator Long
Protests From British Embassy Over Italian Press Attacks
London officials report the British embassy in Rome formally protested to the Italian government over attacks by the Italian press on Great Britain. The notice marks rising tension amid wartime diplomacy.
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London
Rome
Great Britain
Reward Talk Surfaces as George Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Probed
In Tacoma on May 31 a $25,000 reward was discussed as a possible next step if 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser is not exchanged for a $200,000 ransom. Federal agents prepare to act under the Lindbergh law and search for leads as the Weyerhaeuser home remains tense with activity.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Timber and Lumber
George
Spc
Weyerhaeuser
le George
Graother
George Walker
Bentz named as suspect in Weyerhaeuser kidnaping case
Tacoma headlined that Ed Bentz, once linked with Albert Bates and Machine Gun Kelly, is the latest suspect in the George Weyerhauser kidnapping. A federal agent said authorities want to talk with Bentz while theories unfold about a possible link to the nine year old son of the lumber dynasty and a $200000 ransom plot.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Ed Bentz
Albert Bates
Kelly
George Weyerhaeuser
Bentz
Seion
Bates Gang
Karpis
Weyerhaeuser
Moulton Lions Club Guests At Decatur Kiwanis Meeting
Decatur Kiwanis Club hosted Moulton Lions Club guests at Hotel Lyons Assembly Room in an inter-city gathering. Inter-Club Committee led by Sam Wilds arranged a three-course dinner with singing and entertainment by Virginia Fox Geneva Goode Mar Rankin and Bob Daniels. Fred Smith spoke on good will between Moulton and Decatur residents.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Moulton Lions Club
Sam Wilds
Fred 8. Hunt
Wilds
Johnny Caddell
Clyde Hendrix
Russell Brothers
Zeno Bailey
Fred Smith
Kelly Bitting
Lions Club
America
Virginia Fox
Geneva Goode
Moulton
Mot
Decatur
Mar Rankin
Bob Daniels
Alabama Senate Moves Pay Increase Bill to Final Vote
The Alabama Senate removed the Arnold pay bill from the adversed calendar and sent it toward a final vote next Tuesday. The measure would raise daily pay from four to six dollars, with extra funds for the House clerk and Senate secretary. Opposition questioned constitutional implications and oath to the state. Local probate abstracts and health unit funding were also discussed in the session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Tucker
Swift
Wellborn
Finance and Taxation Committee
J. L. Kelly
Oconeeuh
House
Calen- Thomas
Thrower
Walton
Weaver
Woodall
Dorsey
Prater
Rogers
Mobile
Russell
Simpson
Walden
Kelly
Stephens
Bowder
Finance and Taxation
She Fletcher
Senate
Conecuh
Alabama
Isham Dorsey
Lee
Glover
Thomas EB. Knight
Will Walton
Debate Opens on Burial Insurance Bill Amendments
The House enters immediate debate after the Senate amended burial insurance legislation. Monroe moves concurrence in the Senate amendments which impose a 10 year build up period for cash reserves and set terms including a $50,000 threshold.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Senate
Pag
Monroe
Herriot Likely For Premier Post In France Crisis
Paris May 31 Premier Flandin fell to a confidence vote as Bouisson failed to form a cabinet. Georges Herriot, who has led France three times, was seen as likely to be called to serve amid the financial emergency. Gold flowed from the Bank of France as withdrawals surged during the crisis.
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John Evans
Associated Preas
Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Gernand Boulsson
I Merlot
Cea
Erriot
Chamber of Deputies
Fland
Herriot
Raymond Poincare
Bouisson
Lebrun
Flandin
Boulsson
Bank of France
Clash at Columbus Packing Plant Involving Strikers and Police
Fighting erupted at the Columbus Packing Co plant as former employees clashed with police. Four officers and many strikers were injured. Twenty two strike sympathizers were arrested after a 30 minute confrontation as a midnight march from strike headquarters reached the plant where workers have been on strike for two months.
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Columbus, G
Striketorn Columbus Packing Co
Madison Sheriff Hereford closes road houses districtwide
Madison County Sheriff Frank G. Hereford announced all road houses in the district must close. Raids resulted in arrests for violations of prohibition laws.
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Frank G. Hereford
Madison County
Roosevelt weighs court ruling on federal power over economy
President Roosevelt said the Supreme Court decision questions whether the federal government may regulate national social and economic conditions, including the AAA and NRA, and urged a people’s vote to decide if states or the federal government should regulate commerce. He hinted at possible new laws and immediate actions while keeping plans undisclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
San
Cohol Control Administration
Congress BP
AAA
NRA
Sing
Mra. Reverat
Mr. Roosevelt
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Staff College
Meredith Jones
Bradford
Francis
Charles Pay
Norman Carter
Simla
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Eich
Robert & Steiner
Robert E. Steiner
Bibb Graves
Ash O'Malley
U. S
Bryan McAfee
I Montgomery
Federal
Leland Hannum
Qentimea
Parker
Howard’s
Doris Bridges
Howard College
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Madison
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