Alabama Floods Challenge Selma Area With River Rise
Widespread floods from the Alabama River inundated parts of Selma and Prattville as creeks rose and the Cahaba basin overflowed. Rescue boats and Red Cross relief camps mobilized for evacuated families while one fireman died and several injuries were reported amid rising water.
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Prattville
Ala
Ploadwater
Alabama
Selma
Ali
C. W. Winn
Red Cross
Cahaba Basin
Seliu
M. S. Chisom
E. D. (Dent) Maharry
Here
Montgomery
Autauga
Montgomery-Wetumpka
U. S. Weather Bureau
Winn
C. S. Everstreet
Brewton
Conecuh
Elba
Geneva
W. C. Paul
Cahaba
Maharry
Autauga Creek
State Patrol
T. Welle
Smith
Bigeen
Cahagia River
Bridgetreet
Gulf
Legislature backs economy report to curb sales tax needs
Georgia legislative leaders say adopting the house economy committee report could negate the need for a sales tax bill ahead of a potential September special session. They tout plans to raise about 20 million for the general fund and discuss financing for teachers and county revenue losses without harming others.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House Economy Committee
House
Roy V. Harris
Senate
John B. Spivey
EB. D. Rivers
Harris
Assembly
Off-Year Georgia Election Studied by Legislature
Georgia observers expect the off-year general election to be a focus in the next legislative session. Judge Lee J. Wyatt called the law a red headed stepchild as John S. Wood challenged Attorney General Ellis Arnall, arguing legislative intent, while Wood warned of a lost cat in a dark room. The ballot question, written after Governor Rivers’ term, drew more than 200000 votes in 1937 and far fewer in 1936.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Lee J. Wyatt
LaCrange
John S. Wood
Canton
Wyan
Ellis Arnall
E .D Rivers
Wyatt
General Assembly
Wood
Rivers
Arnall
M. J. Yeomans
Monroe Stephens
Eine Rid¢a
Georgia Supreme Court
United plea to governments of world urged at congress
Rep Hamilton Fish of New York proposed a 30 day war moratorium to settle disputes by arbitration the plan backed by a call for a strong united plea to world governments including the Vatican Fish warned that continued Danzig and Polish agitation could spark a world conflict He spoke as a private citizen not a US delegation member and said he feared war could break out August 20 after arriving from Germany aboard a plane lent by Joachim von Ribbentrop.
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Oslo
Norway
Hamilton Fish
New York
Vatican
Interparliamentary Union Congress
Fish
Pontius Pilate
Europe
Germany
Italy
United States
Washington
Arthur Evans
States Split Over Move to Thanksgiving Date Proclamation
A survey of 42 states finds 25 governors likely to conform with President Roosevelt's plan to shift Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23, with 14 likely to reject and three uncertain. Texas Governor O'Daniel to proclaim two thanksgiving days. several Democratic and Republican leaders split on the change.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
W. Lee O’daniel
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Alabama
Arizona
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Colorado
Idaho
Tews
Maine
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Georgia
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Kansas
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Michigan
Mississippi
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New Mexico
New York
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Ohio
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Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Day
Atlanta Papers Clash Over Georgia Extra Session Outlook
The Atlanta Journal predicted an extra Georgia legislature session in September possibly starting September 11 or 18. It said leaders denied reports that the plan had been abandoned by the governor.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Journal
State Capitol
Navy Crew Raises Squalus Submarine Amid Salvage Efforts
A U S Navy salvage crew hoisted the sunken submarine Squalus from the ocean floor at Portsmouth New Hampshire to recover bodies of 26 missing crewmen. The lifting pontoons surfaced at 1 05 p m Eastern Standard Time indicating the craft was raised 60 to 80 feet from a mud rank.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
German Troops Dig In Near Polish Frontier
Polands crisis deepens as Germany presses for settlement of the Danzig question. Berlin hints at direct talks but resists a Munich style settlement. Germany readies for emergencies while seeking a bloodless outcome. Poland arrests scores of Germans and Czech citizens in espionage cases as Britain rearms and Belfast unveils a new aircraft carrier amid mounting tension.
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Associated Press
Murope
Poland
Danzig
Berlin
Germany
Munich
Free City
Warsaw
Rudof Wiesner
Wiesner
Czecho- Slovakia
Sudeten
Konrad Henlein
Britain
London
Authoritative
Times
Tll
Great Britain
Kuhn Testifies on Frank Murphy Detroit Speech to Bund
Kuhn, leader of the German American Bund, told the Dies committee that Attorney General Frank Murphy spoke at a Bund meeting in Detroit in 1936. He recalled the talk covered German citizens and denied praising the Bund.
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Bund
Kuhn
Washington
Bkritz Kuhn
Dies Commmittee
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Suhn
Murphy
Thoras
Thomas Ingiared
Detroi
Dies
D. Tex
Kkubn
Slia
Cau
Starnes
Vince Relief
Germany
United States
Adr
Hitler
Whitley
Rhea Whitley
Kuan
Max Kuhn
German Supreme Court
Gund
70 Percent Oil Supply Cut Grips Six States
Oklahoma City August 27 A wildcat strike shuts down about 170 833 wells across Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas Texas Louisiana and New Mexico halting roughly 3 356 800 barrels daily Aimed at price cuts by purchasers the move follows Connally hot oil law constraints and state resource rules as regulators report compliance.
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Oklahoma City
Okla Loma
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Connally
Body of Mulatto Woman Found in Trunk at Terminal Station
Atlanta officials report the murdered woman was found today in a trunk at the terminal railway station. The lightweight tan trunk arrived from Washington D C with the body inside after being noticed by staff due to an odor. The victim wore a slip bra and bloomers and died several days earlier with decomposition evident.
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Washington
Atlanta
Washington, D.C
Germans Speed Preparation of Trenches Near Polish Border
German troops advancing into upper Silesia have dug in within 300 feet of Poland as border closure changes access. Engineers rapidIy expand a trench network with concrete shelters tank obstacles and wire barriers along the Schoenwald area near Beuthen Knur ow and Knurow. Polish agents report border crossing restrictions while Germans claim local passes were withdrawn by Polish authorities.
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Glenitz
Germany
Upper Silesian
Poland
Schoenwald
Knurow
Here
Beuthen
Weather forecast for the Southeast states
Cloudy with possible showers tonight and Friday across South Carolina and Georgia. Florida mostly partly cloudy with scattered showers Friday and tonight along the extreme north, near west coast. Alabama mostly cloudy with showers east tonight, Friday partly cloudy, coastal thundershowers. Moderate to fresh winds on the coast.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
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