Government ethics clash rocks Agriculture department
The piece reports friction between Liberal and Conservative factions in the Department of Agriculture over a private lawyer’s role. Pred Lee, funded by George Peek’s office, serves as private counsel, violating rules requiring government-paid status, prompting calls for resignation and reform.
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George Peek
General Johnson
Agriculture
Lee
Farm Organization
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Department of Agriculture
Peek
Congress
Pon
Gener Seodemat
Seriant Teas Thast
Secre Tugwell
Jerome Frank
Frank
Farm agent Gregory named to Morgen county post
W H Gregory, current Cherokee county farm agent, appointed by the board of revenue to fill the Morgen county farm agent vacancy caused by H Gibbons death. He will assume charge October 1 with offices in Hart selle and expects to move his family from Center, Cherokee county to Hartselle soon. Gregory, Lauderdale county native and Auburn graduate, has led Cherokee county farming efforts since 1930, expanding acreage, crop yields, and 4-H participation.
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W.H. Gregory
Cherokee County
Board of Revenue
Morgen County
H. Gibbons
Gregory
Alabama
Hartselle
Center
Cherokee
Morgan
Mr. Gibbons
Rotary Club Buys Attractive Camp Near Decatur
The Rotary Club of Decatur buys 40 acres six miles from town for a youth movement camp. A swimming pool, improved buildings, and play fields will support a summer camp for accredited organizations. Earl Jones chairs the youth movement committee and invites interest from residents wanting to form Scout troops or clubs.
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Rotary Club of
Decath
Rotary Club
Decatur
Youth Movement Committee
Earl Jones
Jones
Cotton Prices Fall Sharply on Decatur and New York
Cotton futures plunged as middling on Decatur markets slipped to 3.90 from 9.35 on Wednesday. New York October settled at 9.42 today indicating a sharp downshift in prices.
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Decatur
New York
Limestone vote favors Malone in second primary
Judge Baynard L. Malone Morgan county candidate for the unexpired Congress term from the eighth district pushed a two day drive in Limestone county. He reported excellent prospects for a large favorable majority and planned further canvassing of southern and southeastern Limestone. He aims to carry Limestone by a wide margin on October 3 with Morgan county backing him strongly.
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Baynard L. Malone
Morgan County
Limestone County
Limestone
Judge Malone
Don Lou
Athens
Nes
Geunty
Sugar Creek Valley
Decatur
Malone
Divorce Granted to Sally Eilers in Mexico
Hollywood dispatch reports actress Sally Eilers was granted a Mexican divorce from film cowboy Hoot Gibson in Chihuahua on August 28. She said they chose a quiet divorce to avoid publicity after a history of separations and reconciliations since their marriage on June 29, 1980.
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Hollywood
Sally Eilers
Hoot Gibson
Chihuahua
Hoot
Miss Eilers
Mexico
Gibson
Scouts Hike to Rotary Camp Site in Decatur
On Saturday September 30, Boy Scouts of Troops Four will trek to the Rotary Club of Decatur's newly purchased camp. The group will perform outdoor work at the site and engage in standard scouting activities.
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Boy Scouts of Troops Four
Rotary Club of
Decatur
Mistrial Declared in Davis Case in Scottsboro Slaying
Scottsboro Alabama September 2 following acquittal of Frank Gross 33 of Flat Rock in the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Pred Jackson February 2 Otis Davis facing the same charge had his trial declared a mistrial by agreement of counsel Gross and Davis were also indicted for killing Deputy Sheriff J H Holland in the same incident The Holland charge remains on the docket.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Frank Gross
Flat Rock
Pred Jackson
Otis Davis
Jackson
Cotton Conference Delegates To See Roosevelt At White House
Delegates to the cotton conference met at the White House to press for specific relief plans. Senator Bankhead said Roosevelt would focus on cotton only and avoid inflation discussions, while Senator Lewis warned inflation would harm business and buying power.
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Cotton
White House
Washington
Senator Bankhead
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Thomas
Oklahoma
Lewis
Illinois
NRA
Rombokas Guilty Of Manslaughter In Decatur Case
Andrew Rombokas, former Decatur restaurant owner, found guilty of manslaughter in Florence circuit court. He was fined $200 and sentenced to ten months in prison for the death of 14 year old Miss Mabel Terry in an automobile crash near Rogersville.
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Andrew Rombokas
Decatur
Florence
Mabel Terry
Rogersville
Rombokas
Dennis and Jones couple motor to Taft Tennessee
Rev. and Mrs. Peter M. Dennis traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Jervis Jones to Taft Tennessee this afternoon in a private motor trip.
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Tennessee
Peter M. Dennis
Jervis Jones
Taft, Tenn
Man is jailed in Cohn slaying
John Smith, a Black man, was arrested by Deputy Kilgore and jailed on a murder charge in Morgan County connected to Herbert Cohn's death. Cohn's body was found along Southern Railway tracks with wounds suggesting homicide rather than a train, and Smith was said to be the last person seen with him. Henry Colin, brother of the deceased, sought the warrant. a coroner's inquest followed and Smith waived arraignment to await grand jury action.
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John Smith
Kilgore
Morgan County
Herbert Cohn
Henry Colin
Smith
Roy Oe Oh
Colin
Henry Cohn
Bailey
Fourteen Apply For Athens Postmaster Job in Alabama
Fourteen applicants, 11 men and three women, seek the Athens postmaster position to succeed M. Hillis, Republican appointee whose term has expired. Names include W. Sarver, W. S. Peebles, M. S. Kennemar, H. G. Sanders, H. N. Binford, Shelby Phillips, J. W. Hughes, R. L. Thomas, B. T. Coffman, A. A. Brackeen, J. R. Bradley, Mrs. Percy Hunter, Mrs. Augusta Duncan, and Mrs. Gladys Sanders. W. Sarver, a former Athens businessman and mayor, is currently acting postmaster.
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Athens
Als
M. Hillis
W. Sarver
Peebles
Kennemar
H. G Sanders
H. N. Binford
Shelby W. Phillips
WN. Hughes
R. L. Thomas
B. T
Miss May Crenshaw Comes to Head Athens College Fine Arts
Miss May Crenshaw of New York arrives in Athens to lead the fine arts department at Athens College for the year. A native of Athens she has studied music with Europe’s great masters and in the United States.
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Athens
Ala
May Crenshaw
New York
Athens College
North Alabama
Tree Troopers Form Hefty Football Team In Camp
In Camp F-1 at a forest reserve near Molton, 200 boys enrolled in forestry work have formed a football squad. They are slated to play Birmingham Southern freshmen in the Magic City Friday. Practice began three weeks ago and the team shows promise despite uniforms shortages. Lieutenant McLemore reports the group gained 1,800 pounds total since enrollment, an average of nine pounds per man, suggesting the squad has increased its weight as a unit.
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Forest Reserve
Molton
Birmingham Southern
Magic City
McLemore
Légion
Confessed killer arraigned. bail denied in New Orleans case
Louis Joseph Neu, a Patterson N J showman, was arraigned in Jersey City on charges he killed Sheffield Clark in a New Orleans hotel and stole Clark's car. He was held without bail with Harold Parks and a waitress Eunice Hott, both charged as disorderly persons. Parks attracted police while wearing a sailor uniform in a stolen car. Neu confessed to thefts totaling $109 and claimed Clark’s car was abandoned in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Jersey City
Louis Joseph Neu
Patterson
N. J
Nashville
Neu
Sheffield Clark
New Orleans
Clark
Harold Parks
Eunice Hott
Zion Hill
Navy
Parks
Nfn
Capt. Sy
Highway Patrol
Net
Brady
Lawrence N. Shead
Paterson
South
Shead
Charlotte
N. C
William Tubert Dies Wednesday in Decatur
Uncle Billy Tubert aged 74 died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at 1210 Fourth Avenue South after months of illness. A longtime Decatur resident since 1906 from Westerville Ireland he worked 25 years with the I N railroad. Funeral services will be at St Ann’s Catholic Church with pallbearers named and interment at Decatur Cemetery. Relatives unlocated. he was a beloved figure in the Irish community.
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William
Uncle Billy) Tubert
Agnes Suckful
Fourth Avenue
South
Mr. Tubert
Decatur
Westerville
Ireland
I. & N. Railroad Company
Pather Kennedy
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
St. Ann’s
Decatur Cemetery
Brown
Jack Dillehay
H. G. Nelson
John Babbler
W. W. Johnson
Henry Abel
Mack Brown
Tubert
Billy
Two Fires Reported in September So Far at Decatur
Only two fires have occurred in Decatur this month and the count nears a record as September days pass. In July 1932 only two alarms occurred from the second day to the 28th, the lowest in years. December 1932 saw seven runs in three hours, a record. Most blazes were grass fires, checked by quick firefighter action despite high winds.
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Decatur
Red Cross Roll Call Underway in Morgan County
Morgan county chapter of the American Red Cross meets in Hartselle to begin an immediate roll call across branches. Rev George C Dobbs chairs as quota rises to 900 members from last year’s 415. Officials list attendees from D. A. Hipps to C H McFarland and pledge targeted clothing aid for schoolchildren with case by case handling.
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Morgan County
American Red Cross
Hartselle
George C
Methodist Church
Falkville
Mr. Dobbs
D. A. Hipps
W. M. Thomas
J. P. Lipscomb
J. D. Atkinson
Lacey's Spring
George C. Dobbs
Parkville
J. W. Wilson
Union Grove
D. C. Oldacre
Somerville
E. C. Compton
Venice
Peter Dennis
Decatur
O D. Nottis
Flint
E. G. Hamilton
Priceville
FO. Keller
W. T. Price
Clarence Crutcher
Woodland Mills
PF. H. Kirby
C. H. McFarland
Birmingham
Speech Ruled On In Kidnaping Trial In Oklahoma City
Opening of the Charles F. Urschel Kidnaping trial sparked a disruption as Fred Coleman attempted to address the court. Coleman was hustled out after objections by District Attorney Herbert K. Hyde. Testimony traced a machine gun from a Birmingham dealer to Kathryn Cleo Kelly, wife of a fugitive, through witnesses and serial-number identification.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Fred Coleman
T. M. Coleman
Stratford
Okla
Coleman
Herbert K. Hyde
Harvey
Birmingham
Kathryn Cleo Kelly
Charlies
F. Urschel
Joe B Biddle
Hard- Sion Clan
Alabama
Climax Nears in Cuban Revolt Rumors Rise
Reports from Havana say American warships moved into the city as a new Cuban regime reshapes leadership. Cavalry reinforcements and machine gun units were deployed around the president's palace while officials warned of a possible seizure by armed workers and foreign managers held by laborers along the Oriente coast.
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Havana
Grau San Martin Gai
Tacajo
Antilla
Oriente
Cietifuegos
Tatajo Seid
Ead
Retail Code Reaction Deliberations Prompt New Rules
NRA listened as officials drafted retail trade rules setting minimum price provisions. General Johnson focused on the status of a fast moving industrial control experiment. Officials also work on wage rates for Alabama and Western Kentucky coal fields and expect acceptance of government terms.
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Washington
Sept
Ig Nra
Johnson
Seelie
Alabama
Kentucky
Legion Urges Pay Restoration at Veterans Plans Survey
A public survey outlines plans and veterans organizations urging states to unite in support of pay restoration for ex servicemen. The appeal emphasizes national action and coordinated state efforts.
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We Day
America
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