Hoover Eyes Tax Hikes To Curb Huge Public Deficit
President Hoover in his third annual budget message warns of a 4.442 billion dollar federal deficit over three years and urges Congress to enact a temporary tax increase while trimming expenditures. He projects 3.943 billion needed for the 1933 fiscal year, outlines a plan to balance the budget with limited duration tax rises, and notes debt retirements.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Mellon
Cotton shelter urged to protect wrinkled bale storage
Auburn reports Dr. L N Duncan warns Alabama farmers to shelter cotton stored on farms this winter to avoid heavy losses. Statistics show losses vary by storage method from 273 pounds per bale on ground to 4 pounds in well built warehouses. Meanwhile, Harry Powers faces trial in Clarksburg Va for the murder of Dorothy Lemke as dramatic courtroom scenes unfold with jurors as critics.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
L. N. Duncan
Department of Agriculture
Harry Powers
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dorothy ‘Lemke
Northboro
Mass
Powers
Martial Law Threat Looms Over Germany
Berlin reports that a threatened martial law looms over Adolf Hitler and opposition forces as Chancellor Bruening signs a drastic emergency decree that cuts wages prices and rents. The communist Rote Fahne brands him a dictator and calls for a general strike on December 15.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Zinrich Bruening
Hindenburg
Rote Fahne
House on Grove Street Burned
Fire department answered an alarm on Grove Street in the west Negro section around eleven Tuesday. The house sustained heavy fire damage and the origin of the blaze was not provided.
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Grove Street
West Negro
Bluebeard Wooer Faces Trial in Torture House
Prosecutor opened the Powers case in Clarksburg as more than 20 state witnesses testified about the defendant building a windowless garage with underground chambers and digging graves for women and children. They linked him to widow Dorothy Pressler Lemke as the trial proceeded in the town opera house.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Northboro
Mass
Sewanee Hospital Burned Last Night Plant burning at university hospital
Reports from Episcopal leaders say the church affiliated hospital at the University of the South Sewanee burned last night from undetermined causes. All patients and nurses escaped unharmed.
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Church
University of the South
Sewanee
Conductor Beasley Dies on Eve of Run at 5:05
Jarrell Echols Beasley a 65 year old veteran Louisville and Nashville conductor died Monday at his Nashville home while preparing for the Nashville Birmingham division run at 5:05 o clock His body was sent to Birmingham for interment Beasley longtime railroad man with L and N for 40 years and previously lived in Birmingham before moving to Nashville
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Jarrell Echols Beasley
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville
Birmingham
Mr. Beasley
New York Cotton Prices Open Steady
New York December 9 futures opened steady with December at 5.95, January 5.97 or 6.16, May 6.33, July 6.50, and October 6.75.
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New York
Secretary Hyde urges voluntary action to curb farm surpluses
Washington December report to Hoover stresses need to reduce exportable surpluses through European demand recovery and smaller crops at home. He opposes compulsory laws, urges acreage and livestock cuts by voluntary concerted action, and calls for a sound land policy to retire unprofitable lands and rebalance tax burdens.
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Washington
Hyde
Hoover
Europe
Commerce Drive Opening Tuesday For Memberships
Bright and early next Tuesday December 15 Decatur will begin a membership drive for the Chamber of Commerce. The goal is to secure $12 annual dues from individuals to fund operations and attract manufacturing investment. Two major factory prospects loom, with potential jobs for hundreds and broader efforts to raise Decatur’s profile within the trade area.
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Devai
Ohinuver
Gcommerce
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Tableaux Planned by St Peter's Mission
Tableaux will be presented by members of St Peter's mission on December 20 at the mission. The public was invited to attend.
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St. Peter’s Mission
Garden Club Announces Christmas Decoration Prizes
The Decatur Garden Club lists five cash prizes for the city’s most attractive decorations judged on Christmas Eve. Awards cover best interior and exterior decor of homes and businesses, best decorated tree, and a growing-tree category. Officials urge careful tree cutting to protect woodland resources.
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Decatur Garden Club
The
Garden Club
Warning on Old Auto Tags Brings Immediate Arrests
Morgan county license inspector Fred Tidwell announced that use of old automobile tags will lead to immediate arrests. He said the state now enforces the law strictly, with mandatory costs including a $30 solicitor's fee, $15 court costs, and additional penalties for delinquents.
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Fred Tidwell
Morgan County
Tidwell
Former Decatur Woman Is Burned
Mrs. L. R. Couch of Marietta formerly of Decatur suffered serious burns when her clothing ignited from a gas stove in her bedroom. Her helper, Mrs. Charles Carroll, also burned, but timely aid prevented a fatal outcome. Mrs. Couch is married to L. R. Couch, a foreman on a Monongahela West Penn sub station project.
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L. R. Couch
Marieta
Decatur
Gangsters tried in child's death in Harlem shooting
New York scene reports two Bronx gang leaders Vincent Coll and Frank Giordano facing electric chair in the murder of five year old Michael Vengali killed July 28 when bullets hit a group of children playing in a Harlem street. Giordano has already been sentenced to die next month for another gangland murder.
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New York
Michael Vengali
Harlem
Vincent Coll
Bronx
Frank Giordano
James Neary
Giordano
Decatur Privileged View Of Muscle Shoals Measure
Decatur residents may learn the contents of the measure to be presented to the national congress at this session by attending a meeting at the courthouse tonight. Judge Samuel Hobbs of Selma, chairman of the Muscle Shoals Commission, will explain the bill. Clyde Hendrix of the Tennessee Valley Bank will preside, with Judge Baynard Malone introducing Hobbs. Mayor Roy Ellings urges all who can to attend. the program will be brief and under an hour.
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National Congress
Muscle Shoals Commission
Court House
Samuel Hobbs
Selma
Alabama
Tennessee
Clyde Hendrix
Tennessee Valley Bank
Baynard L. Malone
Judge Hobbs
The
Shoals Commission
Safe Porer
the Shoals Commission
Roy C. Ellings
Professor Denies Drowning Wife in Chesapeake Bay
In Elizabeth City circuit court Professor Elisha Kent Kane shouted not guilty after arraignment on an indictment for drowning his wife in Chesapeake Bay. About 75 witnesses for the state and defense were sworn in as jury empaneling began.
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Hampton
Elisha Kent Kane
Elizabeth City
Chesapeake Bay
Cotton Slips in Market Delayed Trading Report
The cotton market weakened during the day with an opening softening and by the close trading down from Tuesday. Middling cotton was quoted at 5.35 cents per pound, indicating continued softness in prices.
Hurley seeks one Tennessee River project approve
Secretary of War Hurley asked Congress to authorize a nine foot navigable depth on the Tennessee River from the mouth to Knoxville. He recommended against immediate work on two other sections from Muscle Shoals to Chattanooga and from Chattanooga to Knoxville, while favoring new work in one segment and delaying the rest.
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Hurley
Congress
Tennessee
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Chattar
Brothers Engage in Fatal Fight Near Montevallo and Calera
Reynolds was stabbed in the neck and died instantly during a night fight between three brothers near Montevallo and Calera. Nettie Aldridge reportedly witnessed the incident as a material witness while Pat Rey sustained a head wound and the father Jim Aldridge slept through the event. cause of the trouble was undetermined.
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Reynolds
Medtit
Thre
Nettie Aldridge
Montevallo
Calera
Walker Reynold
Pat Rey
Jimnolds
Morgan County Shore ne School authorities announce funds
Morgan County officials say more than 400000 dollars are available for schools in the state. The county is expected to receive 7677.72 dollars from the fund.
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Orene
Ery
Satanic Trinity Sermon to Be Continued at Westminster Church
Westmins ter Presbyterian vesper services will resume Sunday at five o'clock with Rev. E N Hart delivering a sermon on the Satanic Trinity. The address continues his series on the Book of Revelations focusing on the war in heaven and the overthrow of Satan.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
E. N. Hart
Satan
Small Farm Not Likely To Be Left
Washington December 9 The small American farm with its hired help is unlikely to be swallowed by giant corporations and chemical farming Secretary Hyde informed President Hoover that power machinery enables the family labor to cover more land to conserve the family farm system. He argues that long life is probable for the family sized farm because farming does not admit standardization for large labor forces.
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Washington
Chemn
Hyde
Hoover
Prominent Attorney Delivers Citizenship Address at League Meeting
Seybourne Lynne, noted young local attorney, spoke on Citizenship at the Young People's Service League gathering at St. John's church Sunday evening. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. J. D. Garren.
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Seybourne Lynne
Young People's Service League
St. John’s Church
J. D Garren
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