Legislature Faces Busy Day With Bills On Deck
Fragmentary notes indicate discussions in the state legislature about death sentence cases and governor’s directives, while lawmakers consider bills slated for action in the session’s remaining hours.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
12
Republican leaders push beer bills amid Alabama dry laws clash
Senate leaders advance three conference reports on Wallace and Walton measures and a local option bill. Wallace license patrol pay set, funds directed to patrol. Walton bill rejects commissary expansion by welfare, governor approves. Senate pends bone dry repeal, teed for county wide vote and a new state referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public We
NRA
Montgomery
Mobile
House
State Department of Public Welfare
Child Welfare Department
Senate
Alabama
Hearst Backs Smith in Democratic Split Talk
Hearst praised Smith as a genuine Democratic leader and potential powerful candidate for president. He urged a Jeffersonian Democratic party while hedging on backing any specific slate, noting Smith’s past influence on party dynamics and the Roosevelt independence discussions.
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Eee
Smith
Eedender
Genuine Democratic Party
New Yorker
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New York
Chicago
William Gibbs McAdoo
United States
California
John Nance Garner
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Dr. Royal 8. Copeland
Hearst Newspapers
Senate
County Principals Meet Here Today
County senior and junior high school principals gathered at Professor Woodruff’s office, the county superintendent, to discuss school matters and coordination for the upcoming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aex Woodruff
Superin
Legislature Passes Labor Department Plan and Unemployment Aid
The House approved about 28 million dollars in appropriations as Senate bills passed earlier, with raises for the University of Alabama and Alabama College at Montevallo. The administration backs pensions for those over 70 and a 15 weekly unemployment benefit for 16 weeks. The governor indicated opposition to the sterilization bill redraft, while plans for a January special session loom as lawmakers return to finish the 1935 session. An outstanding local item approves a 100000 grant to reimburse Keller Memorial for the Tennessee River bridge project.
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SuMuantinia
Ae Aan
House
State Department of Labor
Senate
Baldwin County
Graves
University of Alabama
Alabama College
Montevallo
Supreme Court
Keller Me- Tennessee
Te River
School opening plans discussed with quartette aid
Preparations for the fall session were discussed along with current school problems. A male quartet is requested along with the Ladies Sunset quartet of Decatur, the Oak Ridge quartet, and the Wallace Brothers. Mr and Mrs W R Wallace direct the program.
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Sunset
Decatur
Oak Ridge
Wallace Brothers
W. R. Wallace
Chapel Hill Singing School to Close After Two Weeks
The Chapel Hill singing school at Chapel Hill church near Decatur will end Friday night with a musical program performed by the Chapel Hill class and assisted by others.
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Chapel_Hill Singing School
Chapel Hill Church
Decatur
Chapel Hill
Textbook Payments Rendered for Alabama Students
A state fund payment of 94131 was made to EB for textbooks already shipped and to be distributed to first and second grade students this year. The Walker act originally earmarked a 10 percent tax on snuff and chewing tobacco to fund free textbooks, but revenue was redirected to the special educational trust fund.
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EB. E. Als Textbees
Ham
Papers Served For County Court Term
Deputies served process for the two week term of county court to be convened September 3 by Judge Seybourn Lynne. Civil cases will be heard in the first week and the jury criminal docket in the last seven days.
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Seybourn Lynne
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