Roosevelt returns to crisis as New Deal faces winter test
Roosevelt comes back to a faltering recovery with federal relief polls high but housing and public works need boosting. The drought across the Mississippi Valley threatens years of economic impact while the NRA and MRA drift, requiring a clear new course to salvage the New Deal.
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Roosevelt
New Deal
Administration
Brain Trust
NRA
Blue Eagle
Johnson
Donald Richberg
MRA
Mississippi Valley
National Labor Board
Heat and Flood Toll Mounts Across Regions
The AP reports a rising death toll from record heat and floods. Thirty six people are known to have died nationwide with Texas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma suffering multiple losses. Extreme temperatures reach 114 in Nowata and 110 in Kansas City as Bear Creek canyon catastrophe near Denver claims several more lives.
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Associated Press
Texas
Nebraska
Nowata
Okla
Kansas City
Denver
Colo
Bear Creek Canyon
Here
Can
Trio Killed as Police Open Fire near Emporia
Three unidentified men were fatally shot in a gunfight on Highway No. 50 nine miles east of Emporia Kansas. Police took the bodies to an undertaker and began fingerprinting them while checking if the men were escaped Texas prison fugitives Raymond Hamilton Irvin Blackie Thompson and Joe Palmer.
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Emporia
Kan
Lebo State Bank
Lebo
Raymond Hamilton
Irvin
Blackie) Thompson
Joe Palmer
Texas
Huntsville
Hamilton
Palmer
Thompson
Two Trout Snagged On One Hook At Lost Lake
Freddie Shores a local pharmacist recalls a notable fishing moment at Lost Lake Limestone County on Thursday afternoon. He reeled in his line to discover two trout snagged on a single hook with one weighing 8 1/2 pounds and the other 7 3/4 pounds.
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Freddie Shores
Isaak Walton League
Lost Lake
Limestone County
Mr. Shores
Finny
TVA Reuniting in Athens Draws Large Crowd
A TVA event in Athens today attracted a large crowd as people seek employment opportunities. The gathering aimed to connect job seekers with available positions and inform attendees about openings.
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TVA Reunttring
Athens
Voyage Diary From Empress of Canada Detours to Tokyo
Letter from aboard the Empress of Canada dated August 10 reports reaching Yokohama after a calm crossing and a short ride to Tokyo. The writer notes hot drought news at home and jokes about ship maintenance while promising further updates from Japan.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
Needy Teachers to Get State-Funded Employment
Dr. A F Harman state superintendent informs George T Woodruff county education head that Alabama will receive a wage grant 48 percent larger than last year to employ unemployed needy teachers in fall winter and spring. The plan includes teaching illiterates nursery schools vocational and general subjects and organizing recreational activities. A survey will locate unemployed teachers with valid certificates and those who previously held credentials. The county survey will start August 20 to gather names in need of work.
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A. F. Harman
George T. Woodruff
Alabama
TERA
State Education Department
Royalist Revival Seeks Old Empires Return in Europe
A 1918 exiled Kaiser at Doorn and Prince Otto near Brussels symbolize a growing royalist mood in central Europe. Dissatisfaction with dictatorships and poverty spur interest in restoring the Hohenzollern and Hapsburg rule as monarchical nostalgia spreads. Continues on page four.
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Sanna
Doorn
Holland
Prince Otto
Hapsburg
Brussels
Belgium
Crop Reduction Program Curtailed Amid Drought Signals
The AAA program of crop reduction may be abandoned in part for 1935 as the July crop report due today weighs drought effects on wheat oats and corn. The change is expected to be temporary, with aridity continuing to harass farmers and tighten supplies versus the average carryover.
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Washington
AAA
Grain futures rise as market again hits yearly highs
Chicago August 10 heavy buying of commodity futures renewed grain and farm produce prices to new highs for the year. Board of Trade pits sped with bull market tempo as wheat and oats led rallies while corn climbed, lifting prices above recent lows.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Babe Ruth Quits As Regular Player After This Season
Babe Ruth, long a central figure in baseball, told reporters in Boston that he is definitively through as a regular player at the end of this season. He would consider staying in the game as a manager and possibly pinch hitting on weekends if it benefits the sport.
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Boston
Babe Ruth
King Pin
Red Sox
Miss Glenn Murphree Returns Home After Visit
Miss Glenn Murphree of Henderson New York leaves Saturday morning for home after a several weeks visit with friends and relatives in the area.
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Glenn Murphree
Henderson
N. Y
Comforting Words From Cowell End Five Week Campaign
Evangelist John C. Cowell Jr closed a five and a half week series with a compelling plea for salvation drawing over twenty conversions. The morning service featured a message from Psalm 23 that moved many attendees to tears as aged worshippers reflected on comforting shepherd language. Rev J E Berkstresser urged liberal offerings for Cowell and asked envelopes be returned at tonight's service to support future ministry.
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John C. Cowell, Jr
Jesus Christ
Decatur
J. E. Berkstresser
First Baptist Church
Berkstresser
Fure
Decatur Cotton Office to Open Two Days Next Week
W H Gregory, Morgan County farm agent, announces Decatur office will reopen for one or two days early next week due to many farmers with small cotton acreage needing allotment certificates. Local HQ at Hughes Tidwell Warehouse on Moulton Street. Trust arrangements will allow landlords or tenants to appoint trustees to receive gin certificates, easing handling and saving time for planters.
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W. H. Gregory
Morgan County
Decatur
Hughes & Tidwell
Moulton Street
Hartselle
Gregory
Jacksons Survive House Fire Burn Injuries
George Jackson and his two sons George Jr and Earl were seriously burned and cut in a house fire that damaged their home early Thursday. Earl collapsed from smoke I inhalation and was helped from a bedroom window with neighbors assisting. George Jr had a cut hand from breaking a window. all were tended at Benevolent Society hospital with Earl in need of care but improving by afternoon.
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George Jackson
George, Jr
Earl
Benevolent Society Hospital
Jacksons
Earl Jackson
J. D. Verson
Clayton
E.N. Hart
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Tiny Merchant Faces Theft Amid City Gum Grab
A white bystander stopped a petty robbery in Bank Street when a black man grabbed multiple gum packages from Kyle’s baskets. The thief was tackled after the witness intervened and restored the gum to the merchant.
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G.D. Melson
Bank Street
Kyle
Carl
Fight Over TVA Public Utility Status Hinges on Alabama Sale
Alabama Power petitions to sell its distribution system in 14 North Alabama towns for about 1.1 million dollars. Interveners argue TVA sale would harm ice and coal interests as TVA city customers would receive power via municipal systems. TVA has not yet responded to the commission’s public-utility order, with Aug. 26 set as the filing deadline. Lilienthal calls the order unprecedented.
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Ice and
Alabama Power Company
TVA
North Alabama
Florence
Decatur
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Austinville
Moulton
Hartselle
Falkville
Sputtland
Towns Creek
Leighton
Cherokee
Red Bay
Russellville
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
TVA Power
Montgomery
Not Guilty Plea Entered by Rover on Arraignment
Not guilty by reason of incamity was the plea entered by the Rev Is P Rover charged with murder in the July 28 slaying of Frank Pickens a respected farmer. Judge W W Callahan fixed August 27 for trial in the Lawrence County courthouse Moultés. Prosecution expects a long trial with fighters in North Alabama circles.
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P. Rover
Frank Pickens
W. W. Callahan
Laterence County
Moultés
Callahan
William Royer
Moulton
Roy
North
Alabama
Youth Held After Confession Of Bike Theft
An 18 year old white youth confessed to stealing bicycles and is in city custody. Police say the suspect is being held as officers pursue further leads in a case involving a bicycle taken from in front of Princess Theatre six weeks ago and awaiting identification by the owner.
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Princess Theatre
Devatur Visitor Noted In Odd Phrase
A fragment mentions a visitor in Devatur with unclear context, suggesting a historical note or clipped item. The readable text is minimal and lacks further names or concrete details to confirm events or identities.
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G. du
CWA
Housing Administration
Jimmy Moffett
Wrat
Maaakees
Willie
Rity
Mid-West
Canyon
Tvs
Europe
Japan
McNaught Syndicate
FERA
By Gerald Nortion
Hohenzollerns
Hapsburgs
Vienna
Franz Joseph
Cowell
BEAT
ROVER
Sally
Devatur
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