Senate Bill Expands Grounds for Divorce Suits
In Alabama a senate judiciary committee approved the Jiggs bill allowing a husband to sue for divorce on cruelty grounds, prompting a near-empty Senate and a potential final passage. meanwhile a Birmingham suit seeks an injunction to halt statewide legislative pay increases amid a payroll funding crisis and a pending loan bank revival.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Chamber
House of Representatives
Aiaske Cantabors
Erenes Blan
Blan
Birmingham
Alabama legislature blocks two proposed tax and salary amendments
In Montgomery on September 1, the house and senate blocked each other’s amendments. The house referred back a senate tax exemption for property under 2000 dollars and the senate, in committee, killed a house measure to cap salaries of priests and city officials. Both likely die before the November 8 ballot. A Tidwell truck-bills hearing drew a large crowd in the adjourned house chambers.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Senate
Picketing Continues Amid Nine Day Truce
Farmers keep non selling price protest active despite a nine day truce. Twenty pickets stood near Council Bluffs with Sioux City leaders saying protests would continue there.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Mobile Escapes Fury of Wind as Storm Moves On
A tropical disturbance struck Mobile Bay area with 50 mph winds causing water over parts of the waterfront. No deaths in Mobile. Pensacola reports one fatality, Ben Baker, age 12, electrocuted by a downed wire. Damaged pier at Pensacola Beach and flooding in Bayou La Batre and Coden were noted.
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Mobile
Storm
Ala
Government Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Sea of Mobile
Bayou la Batre
Coden
Pensacola
Ben Baker
Pensacola Beach
MacNider Resigns Canadian Post
President Hoover accepted Hanford MacNider's resignation as American minister to Canada. The former envoy said he stepped down to focus on private affairs, but Hoover praised his notable service in the St. Lawrence waterway treaty efforts.
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Washington,d. C
Hoover
Hanford MacNider
Canada
MacNider
St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty
Athey Leaves Decatur for Capital and Pickwick Work
H C Athey longtime operator of the Hotel Lyons Cafe will serve his last meal Friday morning and depart for Montgomery to join the Pickwick cafe after its September 15 reopening. He leaves Decatur with best wishes for success in his new capital role.
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H.C Athey
Lyons Cafe
Montgomery
Mr. Athey
Decatur
Capital
Sox Fight to Climb to Even Footing in Hartselle Tilt
Decatur Blue Stockings beat Hartselle 5-3 as Bob Chandler struggled early but shut down the Tigers after the first inning. Pitches by Chandler, West, Bronaugh and Lanier fueled Decatur’s offense while Hartselle’s Pruitt and club hounded the Sox with timely hits and key fielding plays. The series continues in Decatur with the third game set for today.
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Decatur Blue Stockings
Hartselle
Sox
Hartselle Boys
Bob Chandler
Blue Hose
Chandler
Big Boy
Blue
Pruitt
Decatur
Couln
Fete West
Duby Bronaugh
Jess Lanier
Tubby
Carey
Winnie Waller
John Burleson
Keystone
John
Forrest Burleson
Lander
Shorty Long
Gems
Forest Burleson
Athens Huntsville road project to begin within weeks
Work will start on the 8.56 mile Athens Huntsville road within three weeks. Bids reopen September 6 in Montgomery. contractor must mobilize in 15 days if awarded. Road will be grade asphalt like the Decatur Tuscumbia highway.
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Athens-Huntsville
Huntsville
Bee Line
Athens
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Decatur-Tuscumbia
Pastor Will Fill Own Pulpit Sunday
Rev. E. N. Hart of Westminster Presbyterian will preach at both services this Sunday. He returns from several weeks in Chicago where he attended a denominational theological school. Morning topic is Confidence in God. Evening topic is The Value of Human Life with the theme Two sparrows for two cents or five for four cents.
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E. N. Hart
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Denominational Theological School
Highest price yet paid for cotton in Courtland sale
The Decatur buyer paid the top price of nine cents per pound for one hundred bales of cotton in Courtland. The sale closed last Monday as reported this week.
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Decatur
Courtland
Mill Worker Striker Clash In High Point Car Drives Into Protest
Seven men were injured when a Stehli Silk Mill employee, Ernest Albertson, drove into a group of strikers as he tried to return to work. He was arrested for reckless driving and assault with a deadly weapon. The mill, with 400 workers, posted a notice that the plant would close indefinitely.
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High Point
N. C
Stehli
Ernest Albertson
Roy Lawrence Dies After An Illness
Roy Lawrence aged 26 died after a brief illness at his home 1801 Sixth Avenue South on Wednesday morning at 11 25. The body was prepared for burial and returned to the residence where the funeral cortege will depart this afternoon for New Center for the service and interment under priest direction. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs R L Lawrence four brothers and four sisters. The death drew wide regret from friends and relatives.
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Fence
Sixth Avenue
South
New Center
R. L. Lawrence
Tucker Moves to Bankstreet A and P Store
G D Tucker formerly with Hargrove and Murdock for six years has joined the Bankstreet store of the A and P Tea Company.
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G. D. Tucker
Hargrove & Murdock
Bankstreet
A & P Tea Company
Andrews Plan Labor Day Weekend Visit to Atlanta
Mr and Mrs Milton Andrews intend to spend the Labor Day weekend with relatives in Atlanta.
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Milton Andrews
Atlanta
Back to Rail movement reports strong local support
Officials said sections of the city canvassed door to door showed 100 percent support for the ship by rail pledge. Ladies will continue touching every area, with results described as gratifying. A meeting next week will assess canvass thoroughness and outline next steps. The campaign aims to bring buyers for rail shipped products and restore work at LouisVille and Nashville shops.
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Louis- Ville & Nashville
Four men charged in ambush shooting of deputy and posse
Four men, three in custody and one hospital bound, face assault with intent to murder charges after an ambush on a deputy sheriff and five citizens in Union Hill. Owen Garrison lies in a Huntsville hospital fighting for life. two posse members suffer birdshot injuries to eye and shoulder.
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Huntsville
Union Hill
Austin Walls
U. R. Walls
Hudson Walls
Morgan County
H. P. McGee
Mississippi
Owen Garrison
Huntsville Hospital
Garrison
Fred Culbreath
Mr. Taylor
Ourbreath
Benevolent Hospital
Culbreath
Taylor
Walker Weeps at Grave of Brother in New York
Mayor Walker wept beside his brother George’s grave as friends voiced concern over his appearance. He faced a required defense before Governor Roosevelt the next day and remained pale from nervous exhaustion after the service.
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New York
Walker
George
Roosevelt
Fights to Hold to Gains Some Losses in Cotton Market
The cotton market showed substantial activity today with gains and losses over the past two weeks. Prices slipped eight points by the close, and Decatur cotton stood around seven and a quarter cents per pound at market close.
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Decatur
Germany renews demand for Versailles revision to gain equality
Germany formally communicates with France through a loose aide memoire seeking treaty revision to achieve equality in land and sea armaments. The move, reported by the Associated Press, draws strong Paris interest while Britain remains informed but uninvolved at this stage.
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Germany
Paris
Great Britain
Pole May Resign as U S Comptroller of the Currency
Friends of John William Pole say he has asked President Hoover to allow his resignation from the post after four years in office. Pole, a native of Kings Lynn England, came to America in 1893 and later joined banking in Decatur before serving as comptroller.
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John William Pole
Hoover
Mr. Pole
Pole
Kings Lynn
England
America
Decatur
First National Bank
Priest Expected to Return to Decatur This Saturday
H M Priest, recently in Mattoon Illinois for several days, is expected to return to Decatur possibly on Saturday after consulting specialists.
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H.M. Priest
Mattoon
Illinois
Decatur
Plane Crash Kills Four Aboard Near Canal Zone Fleet Base
Four U S fliers died when their craft plummeted 400 feet and crashed into canal water near the fleet airbase in the Canal Zone. The victims are J Schneitzlein Brooklyn W F Manthorn Brockton D R Glaze Hopkins County Texas and C Bugonian Binghampa ton New York. The motor failed and pilot Schneitzlein nose dived while attempting a landing into ten feet of water.
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Colon
Canal Zone
United States
Fleet Airbase
J. Schneitzlein
Brooklyn
W. F. Manthorn
Brockton
Mass
D. R. Glaze
Hopkins County
Texas
C. Bugonian
Binghampton
N. Y
Schneitzlein
Kiwanis Club Hosts Several Guests in Decatur
The Decatur Kiwanis noon meeting welcomed several guests. Leonard Traywick Jr., recent Decatur arrival, spoke briefly on the pap s galige emt from Huntsville. Frederick Hunt Jr., University of Alabama student, was warmly received by members.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Leonard Traywick
Decatur
Hunteville al
Frederick Hunt, Jr
University of Alabama
Kiwanis
Two Negroes In Penney Robbery Return
Sheriff A W Davis is returning from Birmingham with two suspects believed linked to a four month old robbery at the J C Penney Store on Second Avenue. Two men were captured at the scene while two others fled in a car. Officers will seek identification and present the pair before Penney Store employees.
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A. W. Davis
Birmingham
J. C. Penney
Second Avenue
Penney
Rogers Welcomed into Decaturan Club as New Member
J. Hunter, a former member, is moved down to club ranks while Buck Rogers joins the Decaturan club today. EB W Me delivers a brief welcome speech as Rogers is formally welcomed by other business men.
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R. E
Buck” Rogers
Decaturan Club
J. Hunter
EB. W. Me
Three Questioned In Moore Robbery
Three white youths are being held for questioning after the Moore Stevens Shoe Store robbery on Second Avenue last Wednesday night. About thirty five pairs of shoes were taken in the incident.
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Moore & Stevens
Second Avenue
Nash of Decatur Cola Cola Bottling Works in Chattanooga
L R Nash of the Decatur Cola Cola Bottling Works is in Chattanooga Tennessee today on business.
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L. R. Nash
Decatur Cola~ Cola’ Bottling Works
Chateanooga
Tenn
Rattlesnake Measured At Five Feet Four Inches
Athens Alabama special report says farmer W. S. Boyed displayed a rattlesnake he found north of Athens. The snake measured five feet four inches in length and ten inches in circumference, with seventeen rattles. Boyed discovered it while cutting weeds from a round stump, using an axe.
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Athens
Ala
W. S. Boyed
Boyed
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