Jury Deliberates In Camden Death Trial Of Truck Drivers
Defense contends Mary Cobb leaped from the Memphis Nashville truck while Cassety and Goad deny guilt. Prosecution argues she was killed as allegations and witness accounts describe screams and blows before the fall. The case hinges on whether Cobb jumped or was murdered during the June highway incident near Camden Tennessee.
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John Crane
Ben Cassety
Cordell Goad
Tennessee
Mary Roger Cobb
Decatur
Camden
Tenn
Camden Court
Cassety
Goad
Cobb
Nashville
Martha Piper
Memphis
Mrs. Cobb
Ben Cassity
Piper
Lefty Grove Shuts Down Cardinals in 8-1 Win
In Sportsman's Park on Oct 9, Lefty Grove pitched eight strong innings to lead the Athletics to an 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Grove limited the Cards to five hits and one run, while Gabby Street's lineup struggled early, Derringer faltered after four innings, and Flowers misplayed an error that sparked a four-run third. The A's built on a four-run seventh as Grove closed strong, with supporting hits from Bishop Haas Cochrane Simmons Foxx Miller Dykes Williams and defensive plays by Frisch Gelbert and Bottomley.
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Sportsman’s Park
ST. Louis
Lefty Grove
Athletics
Grove
Gabby Street
Paul Derringer
Derringer
Flowers
A’s
Champs
Ger Street
Pepper Martin
St Louis Flash
Bishop
Haas
Cochrane
Simmons
Foxx
Miller
Williams
Grove P
Roettger
Frisch
Martin
Hafey
Pees Ab
Wilson
Gelbert
Meg Grove
Atta Ae Aa Baie Euareae
Earnshaw
Mack
Willams
Bottomley
Simmon
Halsé
Sylvester Johnston
Martin Williams
Johnson
Ter
Rece
Prisch
Gelbert Ed Cochrane
Bilees
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company sales rise in tonnage
For the four weeks ending September 26 the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co posted sales of 74,641,542 dollars, down 2,377,899 dollars from 1930. September tonnage rose to 411,883 tons from 369,673, a gain of 42,210 tons. Average weekly sales fell to 18,660,385 dollars from 19,254,860, while weekly tonnage rose to 102,971 from 92,418.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
War Clouds Loom On Chinese Front
Chinese indignation rose over the bombing of Chin Chow Manchuria by Japanese planes. Japan issued a stern warning note as anti Japanese sentiment spread along the Yangtse Valley from Chengtu to Shanghai. Japanese minister Mamoru Shinkemitsu left Shanghai for Nanking aboard a destroyer to demand prompt measures from the Chinese government. Naval reinforcements moved toward Shanghai with twenty fighting ships ready along a thousand mile stretch of Yangtse shores.
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Shanghai
China
Chinchow
Manchuria
Japan
Yangtse Valley
Chengtu
Mamaru Shinkemitsu
Nanking
Yangtse River
Hartselle Fair Plans Cancelled
Morgan county fair at Hartselle will not be held this year due to lack of time to arrange adequate agricultural exhibits. Officials said they could not maintain the high standard of previous years and decided to cancel the event.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
Sunday Movie at Hartselle Opens with The Southerner
Sunday films begin at the Pearl Vaughn theatre in Hartselle with Franc Tibbett starring in The Southerner. Showings run 2 to 6 pm to avoid church services, following a recent theatre upgrade with improved sound. The venue is now managed by Mrs A E Jackson, a prominent local businesswoman.
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Hartselle
Pearl Vaughn
Frence Tibbett
A. E. Jackson
Cotton Prices Steady With Small Advance in Decatur
The cotton market stayed very steady today with a modest rise from Thursday’s close. Middling seven-eighths cotton at Decatur was quoted at 4.75 cents per pound, up about ten points from yesterday’s quotation.
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Decatur
Warden Struck by Shot During Squatter Negroes Incident
Henry Switzer, a state game warden from Cullman County, was sprayed with small shot while approaching two men hunting squirrels on their land. He sustained non life threatening wounds to his body face and hands but did not require hospital care. The two Negro suspects fled and had not been identified by afternoon. Switzer, about 30, was on routine rounds when the men allegedly told him to keep away before firing. Authorities pursued leads but had not captured the assailants by late afternoon.
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Henry Switzer
Morgan and
Cullman Inties
Switzer
Cullman County
Rns
Edison Slips Into Deep Slumber At Home
Thomas A. Edison remained in a stupor today at his West Orange home as death loomed near his bedside. The inventor, usually a light sleeper, was found in an unnaturally deep sleep at breakfast. Dr. Hubert Howe said death was not certain but an emergency call could come at any time.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert Howe
Ask to Keep the Rainbow for Alabama
Rainbow division veterans of Alabama fight to retain the 167th infantry numerals in the Rainbow Division. The 167th is with the 31st Division and the Alabama Adjutant General opposes moving it to the 42nd Division. If the state loses the numerals to the War Department, the unit’s battle flag and legacy could fade, prompting the Birmingham Mortimer H. Jordan Rainbow Division Veterans chapter to urge the governor to decide in their favor.
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Rainbow Division
167Th Infantry
Alabama
167 Infantry
Alabama Adjutant General's Department
Alabama Department
167Th
War Department
Mortimer H. Jordan
Birmingham
Extension for farmer loan interest urged by Morgan Legion
Morgan County Post No 15 of Decatur Ala adopts resolutions urging Congress to allow extensions on interest payments for government loans to farmers. Low produce prices threaten continued farming and unemployment. copies to The Decatur Daily Montgomery legislature and state American Legion headquarters requested.
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Morgan County
American Legion
State Legion Department
Morgan County Post
Decatur Ala
Congress
Decatur Daily
Montgomery
State Department
Captain Joe Gibson Laid To Rest In Hillsboro
Captain Joe Gibson longtime Hillsboro resident and widely known local figure died Tuesday after a stroke. Funeral services drew many mourners including former employees who sang negro spirituals at the city cemetery service.
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Joe Gibson
Hillsboro
North Alabama
Capt. Gibson
Hilsboro
P. O. Addition Now Completed
The addition to the Decatur post office on Bankstreet has been completed and is now in use by the department. Workmen are finishing by restoring as much of the grounds shrubbery as possible.
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Decatur
Bankstreet
Cotton acreage cut bill sent to governor
LITTLE ROCK Oct 9 The legislature completed action on a bill embodying the Texas cotton acreage reduction plan. The senate had passed its measure and approved the house bill by 30 to 0. The act would take effect only after states producing three fourths of last year’s American cotton adopt similar laws, capping acreage for two years at thirty per cent.
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Little Rock
Texas
Senate
Strikes Spread Across East Over Wage Cuts
Massachusett s faced widespread job shortages as 25 000 workers walked out over wage reductions and conditions. Law rence saw about 22 000 quit, Boston longshoremen refused cargo handling, Lowell and Northampton hosiery plants closed, signaling a growing regional strike wave.
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Boston
Massachusettes
Lowell
Dencsleb
Northampton
Mrs Mollie Bruce A Victim Of Illness
Mrs Mollie Bruce 38, died at 5 20 this morning at her Somerville route two home after a long illness. Funeral cortege leaves the residence Saturday at 11 am and services follow at Kimbrough Chapel Franklin county at 1 pm with interment there. The service will be by Rev S E Berry. She was a respected Somerville woman and is survived by her husband and other relatives.
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Mollie Bruce
Somerville
Prominent Birmingham Men Visit Guests of Pride Couple
Two Birmingham residents R. C. Hassinger and R. I. Ingalls arrive this afternoon to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Garner Pride. The visitors will depart Saturday morning for Wilson Lake to fish at the popular resort.
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Birmingham
R. C. Hassinger
R. I. Ingalls
Garner Pride
Mr. Pride
Wilson Lake
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady
New York cotton futures opened steady with October at 5.75, December 5.87, January 5.98, March 6.18, May 6.37, and July 6.54 as of Oct 9.
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New York
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Cardinals
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Plowers
Wiliams
Omley
Wilsor
Mons
Mancuso
Roetiger
Fanning
Prischeatean
Medea
Mrs. Martin
Pepper” Martin
Louis
Philadelphia
Pepper
Tokio
Pearl Vaughan
Warden
Cleo Lucas
Jerry
Joan
Miss Lucas
Sioux City
Iowa
University of Alabama
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