Silver and currency debates dominate Washington agenda
The senate agriculture committee advances the Wheeler bill to buy 50 million ounces of silver monthly until silver to gold purchasing power is 16 to 1, while Roosevelt boosts silver prices. House debate looms over social security taxes, and various committees weigh labor, naval contracts, and the TVA tax parity proposal amid broader recovery efforts.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
Senate
NRA
Shiboleth
Francis Biddle
Labor Relations Board
Senate Finance Committee
PWA
Senate Munitions Committee
Henry L. Roosevelt
Dust Storm Strikes Southern States Causes Distress
A heavy dust storm swept the South with visibility near zero across east Texas Arkansas Louisiana Tennessee and Mississippi. Flying was suspended and homes were dust covered as Memphis and Shreveport experienced record dust and disrupted travel and air operations.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Shreveport
Barksdale Field
Army Airport
Municipal
Vice
Little Rock
Weather Bureau
North
Mississippi
Cotton Textile Industry Plans United Protest Over Tax
The cotton textile industry rallies in Washington against the cotton processing tax with calls to remove the levy and push for quotas or an embargo on low-cost Japanese cloth. Congress members and spokesmen pledge continued fight despite President Roosevelt’s stance. the story notes continuation on page two.
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Donald Cameron
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Congress
Wetl
Lincoln Baylies
Committee of the Northern Mills
Walsh
Dasa
Mass
Rogers
Mystery Death Probes Asked by Limestone Jury
Limestone county grand jury reports five mystery deaths unsolved and asks Governor Graves to send special investigators. Judge A A Griffith presiding notes lack of sufficient evidence for indictments while urging further probe and evidence gathering.
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Limestone
Athens
Ala
Limestone County
A A. Griffith
Cullman
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Local Veterans of Foreign Wars to host Department Chief
Frank Bunkley the Department Chief of Alabama VFW will visit Frank R. Stockton Post 2214 in Mobile on April 18. He will inspect the post and address members at 7:30 pm. Bunkley, linked to the 167th Infantry in World War, is active in veterans affairs in Montgomery and statewide.
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Frank Bunkley
Mobile
Department of Alabama
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
Crews
Montgomery
167Th Infantry
Alabama
France Demands League Action On Hitler Move
Britain Italy and France press the League of Nations to act on Germany's repudiation of Versailles provisions. The three leaders met with Mussolini guiding questions on Germany’s stance toward mutual aid, Eastern European security, Austrian independence, the League, and rearmament as France prepares its memorandum contents.
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France
League
Hitler
Britain
Italy
League of Nations
Germany
Europe
MacDonald
Great Britain
Mier Flandin
Mussolini
Sir Tone
Sir John
Captain Eden
Flandin
Pierre Laval
Austria
Mussolin
Dust Blizzard Devastates Wheat Belt Across Four States
The nation’s bread basket faces a severe drought with dust storms and barren fields. A government crop report shows large abandonment of winter wheat and lists six Kansas counties Graham Gove Greeley Wichita Hamilton Kearney with crop condition at zero.
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Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Graham, Gove
Greeley
Wichita
Hamilton
Kearney
Dust storm reaches Arkansas as western weather moves in
The weather bureau reports a dust storm spreading from the western states into Arkansas on April 11, with thick conditions impacting visibility and daily activities across the region.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Indictments Sought Against Camp Officials and Doctor
Four defendants, including Henry Little, prison camp superintendent, J. W. A. R. C. Rape, T. M. Gary, and Dr. C. S. Mechlin, face felony charges after a three day inquiry into the amputation of two negro convicts feet following alleged mistreatment. Bond set at $1,000 each by Superior Court Judge Don Phillips. The case stemmed from claims the feet were amputated due to harsh confinement conditions rather than medical necessity.
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Charlotte
N. C
Superior Court
Don Phillips
Ehringhaus
Henry Little
T. M. Gary
Ecards
C.S. Mechlin
Rt Barnes
Woodrows Hive
Fair Committee Will Meet Friday
The Decatur Rotary club hobby fair committee will meet Friday at 7 30 in the office of William Watson the general chairman. All members are urged to attend.
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Decatur Rotary Club
William Watson
Bomber Executed by Firing Squad in Cuba
Jose Gustavo Angulo Try, convicted of placing a bomb at a Puerto Padre customs administrator’s home, was executed by firing squad on a rifle range near Moncada barracks. The 26 year old, in tears, declared his innocence and asked for mercy before the death cell wardens.
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Santiago
Cuba
Jose Gustavo Angulo
Puerto Padre
Moncada Barracks
Wheat farmers to get full drought relief benefits
The AAA and Secretary Wallace approve full benefit payments to drought area farmers who plant no wheat. Earlier steps allow spring wheat planting up to 65 percent of base acreage instead of 90 percent. Waivers apply only in officially designated counties after producer exemption requests.
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Washington
AAA
Wallace
Vina Police Chief Slain. Manhunt For Escapee Under Way
Frankin county officers seek Bobby Pruitt an escaped Mississippi convict after Walter Sanderson chief of police of Vina was found dead in his car between Vina and Russellville Pruitt allegedly traveled with a woman and his daughter Bula is jailed Sanderson had taken him into custody en route to the county jail Pruitt sentenced to six years at Mississippi penitentiary.
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Russellville
Ala
Franklin County
Bobby Pruitt
Mississippi
Walter Sanderson
Vina
Sanderson
Sheriff’s Office
Pruitt
Theft of Ford V8 car reported in Russellville
Russellville police chief J. E. Stone reported last night’s theft of a Ford V8. Local officers were alerted this morning as the vehicle may have been driven away toward an unspecified destination.
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J. E. Stone
Russellville
Tur
General Mexican strike sparks deadly clashes and mass walkouts
The nationwide strike triggered federal troop deployments to major cities after clashes killed three and wounded ten. Labor leaders accuse Governor Villareal's spies of killings in Las Bajas Tamaulipas as electric workers in San Luis Potosi and Leon walk out in solidarity. April 20 eyed as potential strike date. President Cardenas pledges government action.
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Jn St
Las Bajas
Tamaulipas
Villareal
San Luis Potosi
Leon
Tampico
Lazaro Cardenas
Prince Michael Cantacuzene Obtains Divorce in Boston Case
Prince Michael Cantacuzene won an uncontested divorce from Clarissa Pelham Curtis of Boston. Circuit Judge Ralph J. Cady granted the decree after desertion was charged. The couple settled all property matters and child support for Irini aged 9 and Rodion aged 6, who remain with their mother in Boston.
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Waukegan
Mil
Prince Michael Cantacuzene
Clarissa*Pelham Curtis
Boston
Ralph J. Cady
Grant
Irini
Rodion
Sweaters Caps Identified In Hartsel robbery case
Officer Dan Ryan of Falkville identified two sweaters and caps as those worn by Jim Hasley and Henry Stewart during the Ayres filling station robbery near Hartselle on March 13. Hasley was captured after a car crash. Stewart and Alice Tucker fled but were later arrested in Athens aboard a northbound train.
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Dan Ryan
Falkville
Sheriff's Office
Jim Hasley
Henry Stewart
Alice Tucker
Ayres
Hartselle
Ryan
Hasley
Stewart
Athens
Department of Justice releases Pritchard record of train victim
The complete record of Robert Thomas Pritchard, killed by a train near Greenbrier on April 3, arrived from Washington. The document lists arrests in Spokane and Tacoma in 1929, a transfer to the Washington state training school, and an escape before his return to the state penitentiary in Walla Walla. It notes the body was identified days after arrival and held at Brown funeral home for viewing.
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Robert Thomas Pritchard
Greenbrier
Department of Justice
Ington
Brown
H. W. Connor
Ntsville
E. H
J. Edgar Hoover
Whech
C. M. Riggsbee
Washington, D. C
Spokane
Wash
Tacoma
Washington State Training School
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Preliminary for Griffins Is Set
A preliminary hearing for W. D. Griffin and his nephew Bennie Griffin regarding the fatal shooting of Corbett Ralph has been set before Justice Bailey for 4 PM Saturday. W. H. Long represents the Griffins and Solicitor Melvin Hitson represents the state. eight witnesses were summoned, four for each side. Ralph died Monday after being struck with a stick. Griffin was treated for an injured skull at Baough's Infirmary.
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W. D. Griffin
Bennie Griffin
Corbett Ralph
Justice Bailey
W. H. Long
Griffins
Melvin Hitson
Ralph
County Jail
Baough’s Infirmary
Federal men take charge in theft case
Lucian Whitfield, identified as a black man, was transferred to Huntsville by a Department of Justice officer to face federal court. He is connected to the theft of a quantity of candy from a southbound L N freight train Tuesday night. Local officers report about four hundred pounds of candy thrown from the train near the Decatur side of the Tennessee River bridge.
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Lucian Whitfield
Huntsville
Department of Justice
Decatur
Tennessee River Bridge
Two Held in Mallet Killing
Police court today charged a young author and a 10 year old girl in separate cases of beating an elderly husband to death with a wooden mallet as he read by the fire in Bournemouth England.
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Mallet
Bounemouth
Eng
Ya Young Aong
Reichfuehrer Hitler Portrayed Standing Back in Berlin
April 11 dispatch describes Anir of Reichfuehrer Hitler shown standing back behind his entourage in Berlin. The fragmentary caption notes his position and surrounding officials at a public event.
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PAT
Berlin
Anir
Reichfuehrer
Hitler
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