Local notes from Decatur and Birmingham area events
County Sanitary Inspector L Parham spent Sunday in Birmingham. Miss Catherine Plan returns to Birmingham after visiting her aunt Mrs A J Perolio. Carl Thomas of Huntsville and John Wilks hosted visitors. County lab official C Johnson visited Birmingham. Tennessee river level today at 1.6 feet. Miss Carrie Jones vacationing in Olney Illinois. Marriage license issued to Jesse Carl Knighten and Kate Briscoe. No Woman's Auxiliary meeting at Presbyterian church today. Weather: 93 high, 71 low. Decatur club members return from camp near Vinemont. meeting canceled. Dr JN Baker and Dr A Perolio travel to Florence Sheffield and Tuscumbia. Morgan County Board of Revenue to meet Monday for routine business. Franklin Gray of Birmingham visits Decatur. August licenses: 24 issued. 21 white couples, 3 negroes. Slight rainfall reported despite clouds. City court session light. several cases disposed by Mayor Malone. Morgan county sportsmen shoot doves at first opening. Ninth Street Methodist stewards and trustees meet at 7 pm. Decatur Rotary to picnic Wednesday at Gilbert White’s plantation. no noon meeting. Postal workers from Decatur join Lawrence County outing at Lock. Rotary-Kiwanis charity game planned with cooler weather. Legion site search for POW building discussed.
Transatlantic Flight Start for Coste in Question Mark
Captain Dieudonne Coste launched the Question Mark from Le Bourget bound for New York with Maurice Bellonte aboard. The biplane, carrying heavy gasoline, aimed to set a new east west long distance record and reach New York by sunset Tuesday.
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Limerick
le Bourget
Ireland
Coste
France
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
New York
Maurice Bellonte
M. Codes
Cherbourg
England
Great Circle
Tsitsihar
Manchuria
Nist
Labor Day Observed Quietly in Decatur with Picnic
Decatur closed several banks and observed Sunday hours at the post office as workers enjoyed a Labor Day picnic in Malone Park. Railway workers shared southern barbecue by Bob Gibson and athletic events were held under favorable weather with no trouble anticipated.
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Malone Park
Bob Gibson
C. H.mckinney
Knoxville
Decatur
Birmingham
Labor Finds Many Causes for Rejoicing in 1930s Washington
Labor leaders say despite hardships the past year brought, organized labor sees progress with high wage standards and strong working conditions. William Green of the AFL writes that Labor Day honors millions’ creative contribution and calls for a voice in the economic order through collective judgment in work and pay.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
OUI
Even Robbers Don't Scare Pretty Chicago Sub Deb
Helen Howell an 18yearold sub deb daughter of a wealthy board of trade operator helped a robber remove rings valued at 1400 after a hold up. She previous ran a runaway horse on Sheridan road and met the Prince of Wales after her English court debut.
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Chicago
Helen Howell
Board of Trade
Helen
Miss Howell
Sheridan
Prince of Wales
Thomas Montgomery Howell
Alabama Postal Supervisors Convene for Policy Plans
The Alabama Postal Supervisors Association formed at the start of a two day Birmingham convention and met in a business session to map plans. J. G. Hall of Birmingham was named temporary chairman as over 100 representatives from 53 post offices attended to improve mail service and back postal employee legislation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Postal Supervisors Association
J. G. Hall
Bob to Return as Hair Fashion Rebounds
Washington delegates at the national hair dressers and cosmetologists convention predict a fall comeback for the bob. Women favor the style for its sanitary ease, with waves close to the head and light zig-zag ornamentation expected to lead fashion.
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Washington
Boys Near Death on Mountain Top
Two California schoolboys injured in an avalanche on Mt. Whitney were found seriously ill at a 13 000 foot cabin. Donald Downs and Ed Jordan suffered severe injuries after a blast caused a landslide. Downs had an arm amputation and blood poisoning. Griffin and Rankin were flown to Fresno for treatment.
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Independence
Cal
Mt. Whitney
United States
Donald Downs
Glendale
Ed Jordan
Dinuba
Donald Griffin
Robert Rankin
Fresno
AOE
March Field
Riverside
Downs
Jordan
Griffin
Rankin
Independent ticket nomination at Alabama state gathering
Formal nomination of Senator J Thomas Heflin for an independent bid to reelect him and two running mates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The convention also sets rules platform and ticket name as delegates prepare for two sessions and possible full slate.
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Montgomery
Ala
J.thomas Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Birmingham
Dempsey H. Powell
Greenville
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
U. S
B. M. Miler
Camden
Hugh D. Merrill
Anniston
Heflin
Democratic Executive Committee
Huntsville Revival Campaign to Start Next Sunday
Reverend George Tucker, who just concluded a three week revival in this city, will begin a similar meeting in Huntsville next Sunday night. He left for Memphis today to rest briefly before the Huntsville campaign opens.
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George Tucker
Huntsville
Borglum Returns to Atlanta Amid Indictments
Gutzon Borglum, the original sculptor of the Stone Mountain Memorial, attended a conference in Atlanta today on the project resumption while indictments over the destruction of his models in 1925 remain pending.
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Atlanta
Gutzon Borgum
Liberty
May dive for cash recovered from sunken gambling ship
Feasibility of sending a diver to recover $50,000 in cash lost when the burning hulk of the gambling ship Monfalcone sank off Santa Monica Saturday night was being studied today as investigators reviewed the wreck and recovery options.
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Los Angeles
Monfalcone
Santa Monica
Last-Minute Bulletins From Across The Nation
Brief dispatches report police court appearances in Laurel Mississippi over Sunday blue laws. Mrs Reva Colloms is wounded in Athens hospital after being shot by her husband in Riceville Tennessee. Divers locate the sunken steamer Egypt near Brest with 8 million dollars in gold aboard. Reverend J Traynham Miller dies in Greenwood South Carolina. Jewelry theft at a Atlantic City hotel totals twenty thousand dollars. Ruth Alexander departs Vancouver for a Mexico bound non stop flight. Baltimore hosts the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment as amendments and certificates push reforms.
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Riceville
Tenn
Reva Colloms
Athens
Henry Hill Aids Democratic Campaign In Six Alabama Counties
Henry Hill, representative of the State Democratic campaign committee, arrived to cooperate with county committees in Morgan Colbert Lauderdale Limestone Madison and Jackson counties. He said he is not to supersede local groups but to help build the strongest possible November majority for Democratic candidates county state and district. Campaign organization efforts will begin immediately in each county.
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Henry
Fatal Aftermath of Gotham Party
Police ruled the death of Gertrude Burke accidental after a fall from a second floor window on East 55th Street. Lawyers Joseph Cummings and George Jaeger of Chicago were released after hours of questioning. They said Burke met Ida and Nettie Goldman, invited them to E. B. Vinson's apartment, and Burke fell while trying to call to them.
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New York
Gertrude Burke
East 55Th Street
Joseph Cummings
George Jaeger
Chicago
Cummings
Jaeger
Miss Burke
Ida
Nettie Goldman
E. B. Vinson
Princeton
Godman
Labor Day Scrimmage at Central High Gridiron Unit
Monday was observed as a holiday but Central high hosted gridiron drills. Coaches planned to test candidates through their paces despite the day off.
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Central High
Ten Day Meeting Closes in Danville
Rev. Ralph Fullman concludes a ten day revival in Danville with large crowds at each sermon. He thanks attendees for exemplary behavior before departing for Cullman.
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Danville
Ralph Fullman
Cullman
Mr. Fullman
Remains of three fliers returned to Tromsoe after decades
The bodies of Salomon August Andree Knut Frantel and Nils Strindberg, lost since 1897 during a North Pole balloon ascent, were recovered aboard the Saeler Bratvaag and placed on the deck in ice cases to slow deterioration. Dr. Gunnar Horn reported their remains were aboard and well preserved for Andrie.
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Tromsoe
Norway
North Pole
Saeler Bratvaag
North Seas
Hasvik
Skjaer Island
Gunnar Horn
Harold Lloyds Plan Adoption Of Orphan Girl
Los Angeles, Sept 1. Harold Lloyd and wife Mildred Davis say they intend to adopt Marjorie Elizabeth, a six year old orphan taken into their home nine months ago. They had decided a year ago Gloria B would need a sister and Peggy, with bobbed hair and blue eyes, joined the family at their Beverly Hills home.
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Los
Carolinian Facing Serious Charges
Silvia North Carolina September 1 J K Privett of Ninety Six South Carolina held on murder charge for the burning death of Mrs Had Brown 38 also of Ninety Six after an automobile overturned 30 miles from here the woman’s 16 year old daughter said she begged Privett to help her mother he lit a cigarette then struck a match igniting spilled gasoline and the car burst aflame killing Mrs Brown Privett faces manslaughter charges
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John O'Connell
John A. Rutledge
St. Louis
J. E. Hutchison
Frisco
Springfield
Hutchison
Osage Hills Station
Here
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Ranger
C. EB
Newburg
E. T. White
Maplewood
Charles Newton
Washington, D. C
Cleveland Newton
Newton
Robert A
Silvia
N. C
J. K. Privett
Ninety Six
8. C
Had Brown
Privett
Weather Update for Alabama Sky Tonight
Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight across Alabama with a calm forecast. Tuesday's outlook remains subdued as early-week weather trends show light winds and no significant precipitation expected.
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Alabama
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Carl Thomas
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Olney
Illinois
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Kate Briscoe
Woman's Auxiliary
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J D. Wallace
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Florence
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M. D. Wiggins
B. L. Malone
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M. M. Newton
Decatur Rotary Club
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M. W. McLaurin
Brest
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Ter
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Atlantic City
N. J
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Vancouver
Ruth Alexander
San Diego
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Mexico
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