Farm Bill Moves Through Senate Trade Amendments
Senate leaders accept an amendment to scale down benefits above 600 dollars and rush final action in days. Lee cites savings to large corporations and minimal impact on farmers. Horse-trading adds support and loosens penalties, expands production limits, speeds cotton payments, and reconsiders extension staff roles and parity price factors.
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Washington
Senate
Lee
D-Okla
Pope
Idaho
of Agriculture
Farm Bureau Chief Criticizes House Farm Bill
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation denounced the House farm bill as a tragedy for agriculture asserting that surplus control is essential to keep farm prices. He spoke at the federation annual convention noting the bill misleads farmers about parity prices.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
House
House Agricultural Committee
O'Neal
Killer Names Sixth Victim In Murder Ring Confession
Paris dispatch says Eugene Weidmann, chief executioner for a murder for profit ring, added Janine Keller, 30, Alsatian, to his confessed victims. He had earlier admitted killing Jean de Koven and shooting four men. Weidmann told magistrates he buried Keller’s body in the Fontainebleau forest.
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Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Paris
George Weidmann
Miss de Koven
Weidmann
Bluebeard
Eugene Weidmann
Janine Keller
8&T. Cloud Villa
Roger Million
Mme. Keller
Fountainbleau
Second Crash Victim Dead in Tragedy Near Hartselle
Grady Hale 21 of Gadsden died Saturday night at Benevolent Hospital from injuries in a Thursday crash that killed Edward Teague of Falkville, the car hitting the Shoal Creek bridge south of Hartselle. Hale leaves parents and siblings. funeral set for Mt. Zion.
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Grady Hale
Benevolent Hospital
Edward Teague
Falkville
Shoal Creek Bridge
Hartselle
Hale
W. A. Hule
Barthers
Lester
Alton
Gadsden
Pauline
Mary Helen
Mt. Zion
DeWitt Prince
Drinkard-Howell
Raymond Drake
Hoserie
Drinkand
Howell
Passengers Rescued From Stranded Luxury Liner Hoover
Manila reports the liner President McKinley rescued 453 passengers from the Hoover off Hoishoto and Hayake Islands east of Formosa. 134 cabin and 319 third class passengers were saved, with two U S destroyers nearby. A possible third Dollar liner, the President Pierce, was rumored to aid.
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Manila
President McKinley
President Hoover
McKinley
Hoishoto
Hayake Islands
Formosa
Hoover
President Pierce
U. S
F. Stepback
Pruessen
Worker reveals he can take it in street clash
Dominic Grizzi, 45, was struck on the head with a sledge hammer by a fellow worker. The blow drove his face into an iron grill and he briefly lost consciousness. Physicians found only a minor cut above one eye at the relief hospital.
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Boston
Dominic Grizzi
Grizzi
Short session disposes seven cases in circuit court
In a brief session of the circuit court Judge W. W. Callahan presided over seven disposed cases on the non jury civil docket. The court will reconvene Tuesday morning with additional cases awaiting consideration.
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Circuit Court
W. W. Callahan
Supreme Court rules government can skip calling bond interest
The Supreme Court unanimous decision upholds government action to call bonds before maturity without extra congressional authorization. Justice Cardozo written opinion reads by Chief Justice Hughes. Treasury argued interest savings would total hundreds of millions across various gold bonds, while plaintiffs urged gold payments at redemption. Continuous litigation involved Taft and Ransom heirs amid claims of owed interest on Liberty bonds.
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Washington
Dec.arta
Supreme Court
Justice Cardo
Machen
Treasury
Stanley Reed
Taft
H. Vernon Eney
Baltimore
Liberty
Federal officers to charge two men in freight car theft
Federal officers prepared to file charges against two Black men in custody at the city jail after a Southern railway freight car break in on Saturday night. Chief Moore Patrolman Whitmire and a railway agent placed them under arrest. About three cases of anti freeze liquid were recovered as evidence.
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Southern Railway
Moore
Whitmire
Japan claims Nanking held by Nipponese
Tokyo reports Japanese forces completed occupation of Nanking at sunset amid heavy street fighting and the seizure of government buildings. Chinese sources deny capture, saying heavy fighting continues as Japanese ships shell areas along the Yangtze and nuclear towers, with refugees stranded on Lake Tai.
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Japan
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Pukow
Nankings
Yangtze River
Wulungshan
Yangtze
Sian
Shensi
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Military Academy
Chiang Kai- Shek
Military Affairs Commission
Tungming Island
Lake Tai
Hankow
Legation
Jean Contesse
Whangpoo River
Death follows double pneumonia in Kennedy family
City councilman E W Dick Kennedy returned from Carrollton Georgia where he attended funeral services for his uncle O C Kennedy 77 who died after a four day double pneumonia illness Burial took place in Carrollton
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E. W
Dick” Kennedy
Carrolton
O. C. Kennedy
Supreme Court Dismisses Sit-Down Strike Case as Moot
The Supreme Court ordered dismissal of litigation on sit-down strikes, returning the case to the Philadelphia district court with instructions to dismiss as moot after the strike was settled. Apex Hosiery of Philadelphia sought relief in a suit alleging Sherman Act violations tied to the strike by AFLW workers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Philadelphia
Apex Hosiery Company
American Federation of Full Fashioned
Eircuit Court
Com . Jt
Panay Sinking Prompts U S Demand for Apology
President Roosevelt conveys concern to the Emperor of Japan over the bombing and sinking of the gunboat Panay on the Yangtze river above Nanking. Secretary Hull prepares strong representations to Tokyo and plans a formal note after further information arrives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Ees Thesson
Hiros! Saito
Lee Hull
Hull
Yangtze River
Nanking
Yangtze
Emperor
Wen
Tokyo
Seven Die In Alabama Auto Accidents Including Rube Benton
Seven people died over the weekend in Alabama accidents. Hall of Fame pitcher J. C. Benton died in a Dothan hospital, with Dewey Lee Clark G E Turner Samuel B Bowden Grady Hale J C Jones and Lillie Mae Hutchins as others killed or injured. Benton injured near Ozark, Jones killed when a freight train struck the car, and Hutchins child died in hospital after injuries in Florida.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lillie Mae Hutchins
Chipley
Fila
Florida
Hutchins
Dothan
Benton
Ozark
Clark
Caljons
Jones
Huie
Panay gunboat described as vulnerable on Yangtze patrols
A New York dispatch recalls the Panay as a 450 ton river gunboat built in 1927 designed for peaceful vigilance on the Yangtze. Lacking heavy armor or speed, she faced constant danger from Chinese irregulars while protecting American shipping, with sister ships patrolling key upriver ports and aiding threatened crews.
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New York
Coney Island
Yangtze
Shanghai
Yangtao
Panay
Yangetze
China
U. S. Navy
Luzon
Mindanao
Oahu
Guam
Nanking
Hankow
Sehang
Chinkjang
Heart Attack Fatal to Man in Hartselle
W. L. Daves aged 41 died this morning at four o'clock at his home in Hartselle of a heart attack. Survived by wife five daughters Mra. W. C. Debter Cullman Mrs. W.C. Crowe Malabar Fla Mrs. R. W. Friziellie Cairo Fla Miss Ethel Daves St. Petersburg Fla Miss Alyce Daves Hartselle two sons C.T. Daves Babson Park Fla and E. H. Daves San Pedro Cal. Funeral arrangements by Peck after relatives arrive.
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W. L. Daves
Hartselle
W. C. Debter
Cullman
W.C. Crowe
Malabar
Fla
R. W. Friziellie
Cairo
Ethel Daves
St. Petersburg
Alyce Daves
C.T. Daves
Babson Park
E. H. Daves
San Pedro
Cal
Peck
Thirteen Defendants Face Court On December 13
Thirteen defendants appeared in the police court on the thirteenth day of the month. Seven are charged with drunkenness, one with drunken and disorderly conduct, and one with drunken and fighting behavior.
Survivors Refuse Tragedy Find Quick Refuge After Panay Sinking
The British gunboat Bee rescued eight Americans from the United States gunboat Panay sunk on the Yangtze near Nanking. Rescues bring known survivors to 61 of 72 crew. one seaman died. Fifty four were ashore at Hohsten, fifteen wounded. J W Pickering of Standard Oil among the rescued not aboard Panay. Japanese Navy takes blame for the bombing and vows profound regret.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Bee
United States
Panay
Yangtze River
Nanking
Hohsten
J. W. Pickering
Standard Oil
Yangtee
Navy
Japanese Navy Accepts Blame for Panay Bombardment Sinking
Tokyo says it bears full responsibility for the Panay incident and the sinking of two Standard Oil ships on the Yangtze River. One American sailor died, fifteen of fifty four survivors were injured, and three ships were sunk or burned. The admiral expressed profound regret for the terrible mistake.
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Shanghai
United States
Panay
Standard Oil Company
Yangtze
Nan King
Washington
Bee
Yangtze River
China
Ceontinacs
Weather summary with temperatures and rain across regions
The report notes a 24 hour high of 38 and low of 32 degrees. The Tennessee river stands at 21.6 feet and rainfall totals about 0.01 inch. Alabama trends toward mostly cloudy and warmer with light rain possible tonight and mixed showers Tuesday. Tennessee shows occasional rain tonight and Tuesday with a likely snow in the west and continued warmth in the east.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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