Governor to name Morgan probate judge within two days
Governor Miller likely will name a Morgan County probate judge within two days to fill the late Judge Matt D. Wiggins vacancy. A list of applicants grows in Montgomery as delegations visit and telegrams pour in, with possible picks including Patterson Malone Kyle Parker and others. The winner will serve about a year under the governor’s commission and a Democratic primary in April could shape November’s election.
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Morgan County
Matt D. Wiggins
Miller
Montgomery
A. G. Patterson
B. L. Malone
Judge O. Kyle
O. C. Parker
Mr. Clay
Clovis Babbler
J. L. Draper
Join Patterson
Patterson
Governor’s Commission
Democratic Committee
Wiggins
World Pays Homage To Beloved Inventor
Chronicle of Thomas A. Edison's death at 84 in West Orange New Jersey. His body lay in state at his lab library, with private funeral plans shifting to a public burial in Milan Ohio. President Hoover and industrial figures attend as details of his self-made genius and lifelong innovations are recounted.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Milan
Ohio
Prsident Hoover
Washington
Henry Ford
Harv
Mr. Edison
Mrs. Edison
Hubert Rowe
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison Left Here Afoot To Seek His Fortune Elsewhere
Edison, hailed as the world’s greatest inventive mind, recalls his early days in North Alabama. He left De caur on foot to seek fortune, wore out shoes on a stroll to Nashville, and was separated from railway service during an inspection trip to Muscle Shoals with Henry Ford.
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Thomas A. Edison
Decaur
Tuscumbia
Nashville
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
Mr. Edison
North Alabama
Billionaire Wizard Edison’s Inventions Worth Billions
The Associated Press cites Edison’s 1328 patents by 1928 and estimates the total value of his inventions at 15.6 billion dollars. Major sectors include electric railways, lighting, moving pictures, wireless telegraphy, batteries, telephones, and phonographs. During the Civil War he ran a portable press from a train, printing the Weekly Herald with prices tied to news importance.
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Thomas A. Edison
Associated Press
Ieeieienate
Edison
Edison: From Telegraph Operator to Prolific Inventor
The account traces Thomas Edison beginning as an operator in 1863 at Stratford Junction Canada, through early telegraph work in Boston and New York, to founding electrical ventures in Newark and Menlo Park. It covers key inventions including the automatic telegraph, carbon transmitter, and the first electric railway, plus his financial hardships and famed frugal habits.
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Edison
New York
Milan
Ohio
Mary Elliot
Canada
Gratiot
Mich
Port Huron
Detroit
Grand Trunk
Stratford Junction
Boston i
Gold & Stock Telegraph Co
Pope, Edison & Co. Electrical Engineers and General Telegraph Agency
Western Union Telegraph Co
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Western Union
Bell Company
Decatur Charity Drive urged as winter aid needed
Decatur mayor B. B. Malone endorsed the Decatur Charity Council plan for a 10 000 drive to aid worthy residents this winter. A Tuesday meeting at St Johns Episcopal Parish House will prepare volunteers from 103 citizens for the campaign, emphasizing cash or in kind help and urging all employed or retired residents to contribute.
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B. B. Malone
Decatur
Decatur Charity Council
Malone
Charity Council
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Brewton Silk Mills Expand With New Machinery
Brewton Silk Mills reports increased capacity after installing new machinery. W A Starr superintendent notes added production will push employment and operations forward as equipment arrives.
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Brewton
Ala
Brewton Silk Mills
W. A. Starr
No Rainfall Report For 24 Hour Period
No rainfall was recorded during the 24-hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning, according to local weather observers.
Seven Prisoners Arraigned At Decatur
Seven white prisoners were brought to Decatur for arraignment before Judge Jamie E. Horton of the Circuit Court. Trials are set for late this week or early next, as hearings begin Wednesday and continue through the fourth week of the term due to a heavier docket. Several grand jury investigated cases may be docketed this and next week.
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Decatur
Jamie E. Horton
Circuit Court
Noble fights film star for child custody
Miss Noble begins a public fight to regain her child, exposing a contract alleged to give up all parental rights for a cash settlement and $150 a month. The boy was adopted under the name Alexander Hays.
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Noble
Alexander Hays
Hoover at Yorktown recalls past battles for resolve
President Hoover spoke at Yorktown drawing lessons from 150 years ago as he addressed over 30,000 people gathered in a wooden amphitheatre on Cornwallis surrender site. He urged courage, strength and resolution for the future while troops lined his route ashore from the Arkansas.
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Yorktown
Hoover
Lord Cornwallis
Arkansas
China for Peace Shifts Focus as Tokyo Sees China Role
Tokyo views a possible direct negotiation with China over Manchuria as prospects rise that Chiang Kai Shek may fall from the presidency and Canton rebels may shape a new government. Official circles deem the League of Nations recommendations unacceptable amid the Sino Japanese deadlock.
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Tokyo
Geneva
League of Nations
Manchuria
Japan
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Canton
League
Jack Moebes Wears Arm In A Sling For Decatur Clash
Jack Moebes, Decatur’s towering tackle, wears an arm in a sling due to a cracked rib but vows to play against the Cullman Bearcats. The 200 pounder’s drive is expected to boost Decatur’s chances in the home game.
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Jack Moebes
Decatur Eleven
Moebes
Cullman Bearcats
Cullman
Cotton futures open steady on New York market
New York October 19 Cotton futures opened steady with quotations for nearby and deferred contracts. October at 64.3 cents, December 6.50, January 6.59, March 6.77, May 6.94, and July 7.11 cents per pound.
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New York
Kiwanis Members Called to Tuesday Meeting
Decatur Kiwanis members are urged to attend Tuesday night at seven o clock at St John s Episcopal church for the first solicitor meeting of the Charity Council Drive. President W M Bailey asks all Kiwanis members to be present for the organization meeting.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Charity Council
W. M. Bailey
Kiwanis Club
Pythians Meet at Hermione Lodge No 14
Pythians meet in regular session this evening with officials calling for full attendance of the membership.
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Hermione Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Alabama Bankers Plan to Hold Cotton for Market Support
Alabama bankers from about 265 institutions gather in Birmingham to discuss plans to hold roughly 360000 bales of cotton off the market from the 1931 yield. They aim to secure loans totaling at least 3.5 million bales in collateral by July 31 1932 and report baleage figures by October 25 1931 to state presidents and national organizers.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama Bankers Association
Decatur
First National
Clyde Dendrix
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Cas
E. F. Amore
New Oretha Louisiana
Pean
Enewine
Love Stands By in Lincoln Park Bus Line Fantasy
Lois Corbin watches a canary yellow roadster pass by daily and dreams of a wealthy Evanston heir she seldom meets. She struggles with money at home while admiring his poised, aristocratic world and her own overlooked beauty.
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Lois Corbin
Lincoln Park
Lois
Violet
Fragmented Morning Routine At Law Office
A reader fragment describes a woman waking at seven, bathing and dressing, then arriving at her law firm exactly at eight minutes past eight and settling into the offices without deviation. The text shows garbled phrases but centers on a precise, routine arrival at work.
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Masaba Range
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Sessue Hayakawa
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