Honest Harold Ickes under pressure over Public Works
Washington columns detail Harold Ickes known as Honest Harold, facing graft scrutiny and delays in Public Works funding. The piece cites Treasury holdups, contract delays, and internal PWA faults, risking Recovery Program momentum as snow approaches. It also parodies Perkins and Johnson era politics amid labor code tensions and NRA negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold
Ickes
Icke
Harding
Treasury
Public Works Administration
Grandfather Perkins
General Johnson
Detroit
NRA
Johnson
Labor
Brown Trial Set for Monday in East Decatur
Fifteen state and 11 defense witnesses were summoned for the trial of Tom Brown, a negro accused of assaulting Mrs. Minnie Dugger in the eastern section of the city. Brown pleaded not guilty as the case moved to court with guards deployed and judges setting September 4 as the trial date.
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Tom Brown
Minnie Dugger
Brown
West Vine Street
Citizens
Huntsville
Decatur
Ben Giles
Madison
Norman Harris
Wade Wright
Horton
Gray and Clopton visit Forest Camp to boost Decatur trade
Roland H. Gray and J. W. Clopton of the Chamber of Commerce visited Camps 1 and 2 in the national forest reserve near Moulton to promote business for Decatur merchants. They urged recruits to shop in Decatur during time off, noting over 200 men in Camp 1 and 191 in Camp 2. all recruits, except fire watch detachments, were granted leave and need not return until Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland H. Gray
Chamber of Commerce
National Forest Reserve
Moulton
Decatur
Mrs Polly Roberts Interred Here In Decatur
The body of Mrs Polly Roberts 78 who died at her Birmingham home Wednesday will arrive in Decatur this afternoon and be interred at City cemetery with Brown in charge of funeral arrangements. She had moved to Decatur years ago and was aunt of B F Martin of Decatur.
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Polly Roberts
Birmingham
Decatur
City Cemetery
Brown
B. F. Martin
Crack Train Plunges Off Flooded Bridge Near Tutumcati NM
Wreckage of the Golden State Limited on the Los Angeles to Chicago line toppled from a flood weakened bridge near Tutumcati New Mexico. Eight died and more than forty were seriously injured as cars plunged into the stream below. the photo shows the disaster from an airplane view and a close up of wrecked cars.
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Golden State Limited
Chicago
Tutumcati
Local Relief Unit Returns From North Alabama Meet
Misses Claudine Leonard Winnie Sentiff and Mrs. Fred Bloodworth Jr attend a welfare workers meeting in Birmingham with state and national relief administrators. Twenty six North Alabama counties represented with full local attendance. Discussions covered relief work, job applications, employment drive, cotton picking jobs soon, and wood collection for winter. Funds now come from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. No relief increases announced or duration known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudine Leonard
Winnie Sentiff
Fred Bloodworth, Jr
Birmingham
North Alabama
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Mrs. Coffman Laid To Rest at Decatur
Mrs. Mary Jane Coffman age 71 died August 29 at her daughter’s Florence home. She was buried at Roselawn cemetery with final services at the grave. She leaves two daughters Mrs. Sanderson of New Mexico and Mrs. Parks of Florence, two sons Will and John Coffman, a sister Mrs. Tucker of Florence, ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Coffman
J. D. Parks
Florence
Roselawn
Emory Teague Hurt By Accidental Shot
Emory Teague, a well known Decatur resident, was resting today with a painful wound to his left hand after a revolver he handled accidentally discharged Thursday. The bullet pierced the hand and he was rushed to Dr. A M Roan, then allowed to return home. The injury, though very painful, was not regarded as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emoty Teague
Decature
Textile Realty creditors meet in Huntsville to file claims
Creditors of the Textile Realty Company will meet Saturday at Huntsville in the office of Jere Murphy referee in bankruptcy at eleven in the forenoon. The session seeks claims, a trustee, examination of the bankrupt, and related business. A petition to sell assets free of liens will be presented for decision. The goal is to clear title for possible manufacturer purchase, likely at public sale late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Textile Realty Company
Huntsville
Jere Murphy
Textile Realty Co
Patterson Talks 10 The Kiwanis
A Decatur Kiwanis meeting featured John Patterson as speaker on the theme What Decatur Needs Most. The talk urged unity to boost commerce, industry and agriculture in Decatur and Morgan County, with public affairs committee planning and Clyde Hendrix introducing Patterson. Entertainment followed with Charles and Huey Murphy piano duet, June Clair Thompson song and dance, and Bobbie Peterson song and dance. all received strong appreciation.
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Decatur
Kiwanis Club
John Patterson
Public Affairs Committee
Clyde Hendrix
Patterson
Morgan County
Sam Alexander
Charles and
Huey Murphy
June Clair Thompson
Bobbie Peterson
Eagle Seeks 10 Health Dissension In Labor Circles
The Blue Eagle with an olive branch soothes capital labor dissension as mediation ends strikes. The national labor board calls off a 12 000 worker hosiery strike in Philadelphia and Milwaukee reports 200 workers aborting action. A Cambria mill clash left two demonstrators dead and 16 injured. The NRA works to calm Patterson silk strike where 90 percent of 17 000 loom workers quit. Other smaller strikes draw government focus.
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National Labor Board
Washington
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Labor Board
Cambria
State Employees Get Paid Today Amid Salary Cuts
Montgomery Aug 1. The cap itol payroll moved with $175,000 in warrants issued as state employees received August salaries. State comptroller J H Hard announced reductions on officials under the Lapsley Lusk act do not apply to August pay, with further cuts to be imposed on September salaries unless a supreme court ruling alters the decision.
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Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
J. H. Hard
Lapsley-Lusk
Supreme Court
Leaving Tomorrow for Eastern States Trip
Mr and Mrs Ben Britnell and Dr and Mrs Redding Emens depart Saturday for a sixteen day visit in the eastern states. They plan stops in Washington and New York and will travel into Canada. On return they will visit the World Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Britnell
Redding Emens
Washington
New York
Canada
Decatur ends murder probe after amputated leg found
A left leg amputated near a local infirmary was buried in a woods after an operation for cancer. Sheriff and coroner investigated with officers to uncover further remains as crowds gathered and a follow up was planned for today.
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Decatur
Moulton Pike
Here
Baugh’s
Jarrett
Moley Quits as Eminent Minelight Retires
The feature column announces the sudden retirement of Professor Moley from the most effulgent Minelight ever presented to an assistant secretary of state, marking a pivotal change in the administration.
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Professor Moley
Body of Kidnapped Girl Found Near Dallas
The battered body of 9 year old Katharine Prince was discovered in a cotton patch southeast of Dallas after two men confessed kidnapping her escort, Mace Carver. Carver, 27, was wounded by gunfire as he resisted the assailants. Local officers and a Mesquite doctor examined the scene as a crowd gathered with no mob action.
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Dallas
Texas
Katherine Prince
Mace Carver
Miss Prince
George Stephens
Mesquite
Carver
Mob Gathers at Jail in Illinois
Bernard Weldon an 84 year old farmer died from a brutal beating by three robbers Tuesday night while his sister had also died from torture. A crowd gathered outside the jail as authorities faced trouble and fear of unrest. In the neighboring county a niece Miss Anna Schroeder was severely hurt. Officers hesitated to move the prisoners to county jail.
Miss Ruth McCarley Bitten by Garden Snake
Miss Ruth McCarley of Priceville was bitten on the foot by a spreading adder while in her garden Thursday. She was treated by Dr. A M Roan, received antidotes, and after dressing the wound she was allowed to return home.
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Ruth McCarley
Priceville
A. M. Roan
Carley
Rail officials from Sheffield meet Decatur leaders
T. G. Blackwell superintendent of Memphis division of Southern Railway and C. D. Vance trainmaster of Sheffield were in Decatur Thursday to confer with L. & Ry Railroad officials about railway matters.
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T. G. Blackwell
Sheffield
Memphis
Southern Railway
C. D. Vance
Decatur
L. & Ry Railroad Company
Key West In Path Of Tropical Storm. Miami Anticipates Winds
Tropical storm moves along Cuba’s north coast with Havans and Key West in its track. The British freighter Josephine Gray reported distress near Cuba. Cuban merchants boarded up as the storm nears, with Miami expecting strong winds. A second storm moves west from northeast of Puerto Rico.
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Key West
Fid
Cuba
Havens
Josephine Gray
Havana
Miami
Puerto Rico
Ings Flies From Jacksonville to Key West
Advisory reports a disturbance moving west-northwest across the Bahama group with gales over a restricted area. The system continues its trajectory as warnings persist.
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Ings
Jacksonville
Key Wear
Bahama Group
Child Labor Ends Across U S In Reemployment Push
Washington reports a nationwide halt to child labor as about a million signatories to Roosevelt’s reemployment agreement pledge not to hire children under 16. The move accompanies NRA staff consolidation and code administration shifts amid wage and price controls. Dudley Obi resigns as assistant administrator amid ongoing hesitancy within the agency.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
NRA
Dudley Obi
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Robert S. Allen
Gray and
Clopton
Merchants of
MEET
Emory Teague
Textile Realty
THE
Kiwanis
EAGLE
Associated Press
Hard
Louis Brown
Moley
Illinois
Hurricane’s Path Bureau
Cuban Coast
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