Roosevelt names Morgan to lead Tennessee Valley Authority
President Roosevelt selects Morgan, a veteran in flood control and conservation, to chair the new Tennessee Valley Authority board as Congress approves the Muscles Shoals plan. The move aims to precede rest of the program nationwide with potential dam and power projects and a 50 million dollar funding framework.
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Washington
Esident
Roosevelt
Morgan
Antioh College
Ohio
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rosevelt
Miami River
South
Government Operetion
Uder
Roosevelt sees Geneva talks easing world tension
Washington May 19 The President reports the reception of his peace message and Hitler s speech has improved the Geneva conference tone and eased the international situation He believes concrete replies could move Geneva toward reducing armament while considering cuts in army and navy officers before any agreement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Geneva
Daladier vows stronger French army to counter Hitler
Paris reports Premier Daladier rejects further military cuts and insists the French army must stay strong. This stance ends talk of a Daladier meeting with Hitler. In Geneva Germany accepts Britain’s disarmament plan as base for conference agreement. German delegate informs the conference of the decision.
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Paris
Hitler
Daladier
Geneva
Germany
Bankers to Honor George H. Malone at Houston Hotel Banquet
George H. Malone president of the First National bank, aged 70, will be guest of honor at a 2 banquet at the Houston hotel tonight. About 35 bankers from the Wiregrass, Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida will attend. Speeches on banking conditions inflation and the outlook for prosperity are planned. The event will be a step of faith affair, organizers said.
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George H. Malone
First National Bank
Houston Hotel
Wiregrass
Georgia
Florida
Dairymen Strike Ends After Six Days in Wisconsin
The cooperative milk pool strike, six days long, caused one death and brought half the state's militia into action. National guardsmen will patrol zones to protect dairy marketing as withdrawal instructions are awaited. A conference with Governor Schmedeman led to an agreement for cease of picketing and a committee to study agricultural problems.
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Wis
Cooperative Milk Pool
Schmedeman
Birds Nest In Calumet Steel Mill Amid Heat
A robin and mate build a nest atop a cross beam in Calumet Steel's rolling mill in Chicago Heights New Jersey. The mother endures heat and noise while brooding four eggs as workers place sheet metal beneath the nest to shield them from the furnace heat.
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Chicago Heights
Calumet Steel Company
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Tennessee River Basin Reform Bill Overview
A proposed Alabama to Alabama transfer is noted with Tennessee to receive 5 percent of gross proceeds from Cove Creek development or any Tennessee project. The bill authorizes the president to survey and recommend measures to Congress for economic and social improvement of the Tennessee River Basin including reforestation and provides for all necessary appropriations.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Cove Creek
Cleo
Congress
Tennessee River
Three Samson Men Guilty of Seed Loan Act Violations
State Senator T. S. Faulk and his sons Clem and J. E. Faulk of Samson pleaded guilty in U S court to violating the federal seed loan act. Each was fined 500 dollars. Clem Faulk received six months with sentence suspended until June 27. They faced arraignment on a formal information by U S Attorney Arthur Chilton for taking money to buy seeds and fertilizer and for signing a Davis application knowing Davis did not own 120 acres.
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T. S. Faulk
Clem
J. E. Faulk
Samson
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Kennemer
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Faulk
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U. S
Arthur Chilton
Davis
Mexican Outlaws Free Two Cowmen After Captivity
Arthur Hannold and John Rollins, Texas cowmen, were freed by Mexican outlaws after more than a week. They traveled from Ocamp to Boquillas under Mexican guard and were handed to authorities at Camp Brarnold. The captors led by Candalarios Baeza seized them May 9 near the Big Bend region. both men, about 35, lost pistols and saddles during the raid.
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Texas
Arthur Hannold
John Rollins
United States
Candalarios Baeza
Brarnold
Rollins
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Boquillas
C. L. Holland
Ocamp
Mexico
Co. L. Hannold
Mechanism Backfires as Man Kills Prize Chicken
John Omanski set wires and a bell to guard his coop but failed to deter a night intruder. The bell rang after a week, he fired his shotgun into darkness and killed one prized chicken. the intruder escaped.
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Chicago
John Omanski
Omanski
Buck brothers indicted in Peggy McMath kidnapping case
Kenneth Buck, 28, and Cyril Buck, 40, brothers from Harwichport, were indicted by a county grand jury for abducting 10 year old Margaret Peggy McMath on May 2 with intent to extort. Kenneth faces two counts including confinement and extortion. Cyril is charged with confinement. Bail remains at 100000 each. trial scheduled for June 12.
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Mass
Kenneth
Cyril Buck
Margaret
Peggy) McMath
Special County
Nell ©. McMeth
Harwichport
Cyril
Tragic highway crash ends with driver suicide
Two trucks collide near Minneapolis on May 19. Mrs. Leon Allen, a passenger, is injured while her husband survives. Thomas Stevens, driver of the other truck, after seeing the damage, offered his car keys to Allen and then shot himself in a nearby field. His widow and two children survive, including Mrs. Mary Drew of New York.
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Leon Allen
Thomas Stevens
Allen
Mary Drew
New York
Levee Break Floods 20 000 Acres Near Newport Ark
Newport Ark May 19 A White River levee broke three miles south of town after 36 hours of fighting by 3000 men. Water poured through the widening gap threatening to flood 25 000 acres already planted. Flood waters move south along the Mississippi affecting five Southern states.
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Newport
Ark
Here
Glass-Steagall Bank Bill Advances in Senate and House
The Glass-Steagall bank reform bill won clear path in both chambers after a Senate committee rejected a last minute Woodin amendment on deposit insurance. The House rules committee also cleared the measure, with Chairman Pou aiming to bring it to the floor tomorrow. Representative Steagall said President Roosevelt had no objection to immediate consideration.
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Glass-Steagall Bank Reform
Senate
House
Senmite
Woodin
Pou
Steagall
Roosevelt
Bierstad Sinks After Iceberg Collision Off St Frenois
The steamship Bierstad carrying ore from Wabana to Rotterdam struck an iceberg off St Frenois and sank. The crew was saved.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
Bierstad
Wabana
Rotterdam
St. Frenois
How to Fish Fly Casting Roots in History
Alabama series notes fly fishing dates to 169 A D with Oppian and Aelian references. It traces early writings from Antwerp 1492 and describes tackle, lures, and casting methods. The guide outlines equipment balance, leaders, and practice tips for accurate casts.
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Montgomery
Oppian
Aelian
Antwerp
Angier
Joint Meeting of Northern and Southern Baptists Opens
In Washington on May 19 a joint all day session begins after 88 years as Southern Baptist women and men prepare at Constitution Hall Calvary Church and the Washington auditorium with missionary exhibits and evangelistic booths. The two conventions plan morning mass meetings and separate afternoon sessions before a final Sunday night close.
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Washington
Southern Baptists
Constitution Hall
Southern Baptist
Woman's Missionary Union
Northern Baptist
Calvary Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Brotherhood
Washington Auditorium
Northern Baptiste
Southern Baptist Conclave
Northern Baptists
City Council to Review Repair Bid Offers Soon
City purchasing committee will accept bids for water plant repairs next week. Retailers submitted bids based on low price and quality. Work starts after purchase. plant to operate by June 20 when a five year contract with Alabama Power Co. expires.
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Tho Ngh
Alabama Power Co
Country Club Tennis Court Rebuilt In Dothan
Tennis enthusiasts at Dothan Country Club play elsewhere this week as the club court undergoes rebuilding. Workers haul in materials to restore a fast court and enhance play. The project follows the first annual club tournament and plans for intercity matches with Abbeville players.
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Dothan Country Club
Abbeville
County Line Speed Warning Signs Planned for County Road
Sheriff Joe Rollins announced Alabama Florida highway through Houston county will receive warning signs within days. One sign faces motorists entering Alabama from the state line, the other at the Houston Osceola county line. Speed limits are 30 mph for trucks and 45 mph for cars, with a motorcycle patrol on the restricted stretch.
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Houston County
Joe Rollins
Alabama
Houston and Osle
Ozark Country Club Hosts Invitation Golf Tourney May 25
Invitations received in Dothan announce the Ozark Country club annual invitation golf tournament for Thursday May 25. Entrants may qualify by nine holes before 10 30 am. Eight player flights compete in nine hole matches with eighteen hole finals. Horace Hell of Dothan the previous year’s winner is expected.
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Dothan
Ozark Country Club
Filtes
Horace Hell
Ozark
Youthful killer sentenced to twenty years in Sing Sing
New York May 19 Harry March a Queens schoolboy convicted of stabbing 12 year old Wilar Bender to death because he “muntched” was sentenced to 20 years in Sing Sing. At trial John Miller, 10, testified March tied Bender up and stabbed him through the heart claiming anger over Bender reporting March’s earlier assault on an old woman. The defense disputed March’s age and sought an appeal.
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New York
Harry March
Queens
Wilar Bender
Sing Sing
John Miller
Murch
Bender
Wives Sue Twin Brothers for Divorce in Oakland
Two sisters married to twin brothers filed separate divorce petitions in Oakland on May 19. The suits allege cruelty and seek custody of four children per couple, $40 monthly support, and $12 monthly alimony.
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Oakland
Calif
Reforestation Recruiters Depart Dothan at 25 Daily
Reforestation enlistments resume at a heavier pace, with 25 men sent daily toward the Ft. Benning quota. The program targets the unemployed across ten Wiregrass counties, following a period with only 72 enrollments in five days, and continues until the section quota is exhausted.
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Ft. Fenning
Birmingham Man Freed on Unwritten Law Plea
Ed Donnelly was acquitted by a jury after 27 hours of deliberation on charges he fatally shot M. B. Sheffield, a local Ashville soft drink dealer, last December. He entered self defense and unwritten law pleas at trial in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ed Donnelly
M. B. Sheffield
Ashville
Donnely
Andalusia Slayer Convicted of Murders and Sentenced to Life
Hunter Thompson confessed slayer of Carl Hicks and Marvin Longmier on a Covington county stream in February. A jury of three and a half hours found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment in a Alabama court.
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Andalusia
Hunter Thompson
Carl Hicks
Marvin Longmier
Covington County
Polling Sues Wife for 25000 Over Alabama Auto Collision
Back seat driver John Polling sues his wife for 25000 claiming injuries from an Alabama auto accident while Mrs Polling was driving. The suit filed May 19 is reported from Fairmont West Virginia by AP.
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Fairmont
W. Va
John Polling
Alabama
Jury awards Whit R. Forrester $330 in disability case
A circuit court jury ruled in favor of Whit R. Forrester of the American National Insurance Co on a disability allowance claim, awarding $330 after trial on Thursday.
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Whit R. Forrester
American National Insurance Co
Hagan and Smith Obtain Marriage License in Malone
W. D. Hagan and Josephine Smith of Malone Florida secured a marriage license here.
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W. D. Hagan
Josephine Smith
Malone, Fla
Repeal urged to finance work program in congress
Washington May 12 Congress opened hearings on the public works industrial control bill. Budget director Lewis W Douglas says repeal of prohibition would finance about 250 million a year in liquor revenues, while new taxes would be needed to cover remaining bonds. He outlined four tax plans and noted beer tax would contribute if extended.
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Congress
Lewis W. Douglas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Donald R. Richberg
Douglas
Wacker
D. N
Doughton
Young
Arizona
William Gretn
American Federation of Labor
Ways and Means
Green
Eastern Star Chapter to Meet at Masonic Temple Tonight
Houston Chapter No. 287 of the Order of Eastern Star will convene at the Masonic Temple starting at 8 o'clock this evening, announced secretary Mrs. Helen Renfroe.
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Helen Renfroe
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