Winter Storm Grips State as Snow Gives Way to Rain
The Associated Press reports a thaw after heavy snow in the north as rain fell nationwide. Montgomery weather staff see no flood danger yet, while colder conditions and more snow loom in the West and Midwest. Coal shipments resume from Alabama fields to Birmingham area. Deaths from weather and 50 weekend traffic fatalities cited. Tangier Island residents received food by air as ice blocked sea routes.
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Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Tempe
Alabama
Birmingham
Chicago
California
Nebraska
C.S.T
Michigan
Iowa
Ohio
South Dakota
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
T. H. Mullen Laid to Rest
Thomas H. Mullen 70 died at his home 613 Fourth avenue west after a long illness. Final rites were at Central Methodist Church with burial at City cemetery. Survived by widow two daughters a son two sisters two brothers and three grandchildren. Masonic pallbearers assisted. He was a former L. and N. shops employee.
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Thomas H. Mullen
Fourth Avenue
West
Central Methodist Church
Ira F. Hawkins
City Cemetery
Brown
Mullen
Dawson Lile
Trinity
R. L. Hyde
Chattanooga
Dawson Birmingham
Daisy Lawhorn
Aaron Gibson
Memphis
John Mullen
Tennessee
Charles V. Mullen
Springfield
Masonic Order
Groundhog Fails to See Shadow Amid Cold Wave Warnings
The groundhog did not spot his shadow on Sunday signaling early spring but officials warn of a new cold wave due tomorrow. Locals doubt the superstition amid forecasts of continued cold weather.
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Groundhog
Eccles Named to Four-Year Chairmanship of Fed Board
Eccles is named chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System for a four year term. He will oversee monetary policy and central bank functions as the nation faces economic issues.
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Eccles
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Girl Injured in Auto Wreck near Walnut and Ferry
Miss Wstelle Sanders of 321 Grove Street was injured in a morning crash at Walnut and Ferry when a car struck the silent officer and sent her taxicab into a snow covered sedan. She was semi conscious with possible skull fracture and remained grimly hurt at the infirmary.
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Wstelle Sanders
Grove Street
Walnut and Ferry
Ferry, Street
Sanders
Buck Oliver Not To Be Candidate
Congressman W. B. Oliver, serving his 11th term from the sixth district, will not seek re election. The News reported Oliver authorized Bruce Shelton to announce his retirement due to health concerns despite attending sessions this year.
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W. B. Oliver
Bruce Shelton
Oliver
Congress
Solon Liquor Measure Outlined for Special Session
Rep. W. C. Taylor of Mobile announces a drafted liquor bill to be introduced in a February 11 special session. He says the measure would yield about 2.5 million dollars yearly from beer wine and package liquor sales as a basis for compromise.
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Mobile
Ala
W. C. Taylor
Mobile County
Othe Mobile County
Taylor
Cotton Selling Board Plan Introduced in Senate
A Senate agriculture committee near Washington considers a bill to liquidate government cotton. It calls for a three member board appointed by the president to dispose of cotton, raises weekly sales limit from 20 000 to 25 000 bales, and sets a 15 000 bale minimum.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
8. C
Senate Agriculture Committed
Alabama Governor Graves and Alabama group meet Federal officials
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama begins talks with Federal officials on public works and social security. He is joined by Lt. Gov. Knight and a Selma group to discuss a War Department plan on the Tombigbee river and a Southern Railway abandonment filing before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Montgomery
Graves
Thomas E. Burton
Dothan
E. W. Pettus
Anne Pettus
Clairbourne Blanton
George Tate
E. L. Stapp
Hunt Frazier
Selma
Coner Garret
Clarke County
Hardy Riddle
Talladega
State Senate
J. M. Washman
E. A. McBride
Charles Rainey
Cullman
Douglas Arant
Birmingham
War Department
Tombigbee River
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile-Marion
Ala
Oil Embargo Talks Begin in Geneva
Charles E. Harner reports that League of Nations talks in Geneva probe the practicality of an oil embargo on Italy. Ethiopia’s forces press south of Addis Ababa as Ra Desta Demtu’s army fights the advancing Italian column 225 miles from the capital.
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Charles E. Harner
Geneva
Italy
League
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Rau Desta Demtu
Poll taxes paid in Morgan 4000 in '36 surpassing 1935
Tax Collector Hodges Crow reported about 3000 residents paid Morgan County poll taxes by Saturday closing time, with more filings possible by midnight. Revenue is aimed at schools, with a near ten thousand dollar boost expected. registration remains open until February 6 for those who paid but are not yet on the books.
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Hodges Crow
Crow
Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Senator Bankhead Held by Cold Delays Farm Bill Push
Senator Bankhead of Alabama was confined to his apartment by a cold and did not open his campaign water floor for a new farm program. Mrs. Bankhead said the illness was not serious and he planned to return to the Capitol tomorrow as a snowstorm hits Washington.
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Washington
Senator Bankhead
Ala
Bankhead
Capitol
Democratic Group Meets at Hartselle
The Morgan County Democratic committee will meet at Hartselle City Hall Saturday at 10 o clock. J B Patterson said the last meeting was postponed due to bad weather. A qualification limit for candidates will be set and officers will be elected.
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Democratic Committee
Morgan County
Hartselle City Hall
J. B. Patterson
Steel operations for week in gain in New York
The American Iron and Steel Institute estimates current week steel industry operations at 50.0 percent of capacity, up from 49.4 percent last week. A month ago was 49.2 percent and a year ago 52.8 percent.
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New York
The
American Iron & Steel Institute
Trade School Bonds Sold in Alabama Refunding Issue
Alabama sold 56 000 in refunding bonds for the Alabama School of Trades in Gadsden at 1.85 percent, lowest rate in state history. Bonds mature 118 to 52 months and were bought by Sidney Mohr for King Mohr Co and by banks in Mobile. bidding involved Ward Stern Co and Irving T. Ragsdale. Auction run by W W Brooks for Gov. Bibb Graves. The issue is part of a 100 000 vial refunding program within the 16 000 000 state plan.
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Mongomery
Ala
Alabama School of Trades
Gadsden
Sidney Mohr
King, Mohr & Co
Montgomery
First National Bank of Mobile
Merchants National Bank
Mobile
Mohr
Ward-Stern & Co
Irving T. Ragsdale
Robinson-Hum Ny
Atlanta
W. W. Brooks
Bibb Graves
Miller
Southern Pennant Goes To Best Team
The Southern Association of base ball clubs will award the 1936 pennant to the club finishing first in the 154 game schedule. The Dixie series representative will be the survivor of the Shaughnessy playoff among the league's top four. $2,000 from playoff receipts will be shared among pennant winning players, about $100 each.
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Apes Sta Bel
Southern Association of Baseball Clubs
Shaughnessy
John D. Martin
Association
Madison Resident Dies After Five Month Illness
Lee Dempsey aged 21 died at 2 20 this morning at his home on Madison Route 3 after a five month illness. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p tomorrow with the Rev Benily officiating.
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Lee Dempsey
Madison Route
Benily
Wil
Supreme Court Deliberates on TVA and Securities Act
Washington February 3 The Supreme Court finished opinions for the day without ruling on TVA validity and set next Monday as the earliest date for a decision. It did pass on the constitutionality of the Securities Act while J Baward Jones of New York won a partial appeal. President Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal Bankhead cotton act Kerr Smith tobacco act and potato control law as AAA and NRA fates loom.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jones
Congress
Roosevelt
AAA
NRA
Hughes
TVA Debate Clouds Court Session Amid Power Fight
As a court session opens at noon EST a heated quarrel erupts over TVA progress. Rep McLean questions delays and rules of congressional procedure while Chairman McSwain dismisses the uproar as a tempest in a teacup. Preferred stockholders of Alabama Power challenge a TVA transmission contract arguing U S government spending on power projects totals 3 billion dollars nationwide.
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TVA
McLean
N. J
Congress
McSwain
8. C
Military Affairs
Last Rites Today for John L Brock
Funeral rites for John L. Brock a 78 year old Denver capitalist and former Decatur resident were held at 1 p m today at the home of his niece Mrs J O Camp 237 Fifth Avenue West The decedent died at his Colorado home Thursday The Rev L D Patterson officiated and Brown directed the burial in City cemetery Surviving are brother Sam D Brock of Decatur sister Mrs L S Andrews of Birmingham and son Noke Brock
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John L. Brock
Denver
Decatur
Colorado
J. O. Camp
Fifth Avenue West
Brock
L. D. Patterson
First Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Sam. D. Brock
Farm bill sent to conference today in Senate action
The senate today passed and sent to conference with the house a bill totaling 367,770,000 dollars in deficiency funds. It includes 296,185,000 for farm benefits under old contracts and 12,278,375 for expenses incident to paying the Honus.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eight Die in Parker Dam Dormitory Fire
A dormitory fire at Parker Dam on the Colorado River killed eight workers and injured many more as flames swept the building at 2:30 a.m. The blaze trapped men in bunks and spread to the mess hall and commissary. The Parker Dam project, part of the Metropolitan Water District aqueduct, has long waged a water rights dispute between Arizona and California.
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Colorado River
Metropolitan Water District
Ald.c. Sa Ni
Mix Companies
Headquar
Weves
Boulder Dam
Metropolitan Water District of
Los Angeles
Arizona
California
B. B. Moeur
Arizona National Guard
Army
Supreme Court
Forged Release Trickland: Rakes Caught Forging Federal Attorney
Hobart Rakes, already jailed for conspiracy under internal revenue laws, was arrested in Danville Virginia after forging the name of a federal attorney to win his own release from Atlanta penitentiary. He will be taken to Bluefield West Virginia to face charges under the national motor vehicle theft act.
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Washington
Justice Department
Hobart Rakes
Atlanta
Rakes
Virginia
Danville
Bluefield
W. Va
Emenee
James Damron
Huntington, W. Va
Wireless check confirms subs safe after Coco Solo signal
Panama February 3 Coco Solo wireless station picked up an unknown message. Officials believe it referred to a marine event but a quick check showed all submarines from local bases are safe.
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Colon
Panama
Coco Solo
Oates Cinennant Games Marine
Malone enters eighth district race pledging Roosevelt support
Judge Malone of Morgan County announces candidacy for Congress in Alabama eighth district challenging incumbent A H Carmichael. He vows to back the Roosevelt administration and carry the fight to voters across the district, planning to visit every section before the May 5 1996 primary. Malone cites wide public service including mayor of Albany and first mayor of Decatur, plus probate judge, school boards, and deep community roots.
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Bayneeg Matone
Eighth
A. H. Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Malone
Roosevelt
United States
Highth
Alabama
Morgan
Judge Malone
Congress
Morgan County
Baptist Church
Albany
Decatur
South
John H. Free Dies After Brief Illness at 67
John H. Free of Decatur route three died Sunday afternoon at his home after a pneumonia illness. He was 67. The body was prepared for burial by Decard and Howell, then returned home. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Pleasant Hill church with Rev. I. W. Meyer presiding. He is survived by three sons and two daughters.
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John H. Free
Decatur
Howell
I. W. Meyer
Pleasant Hill
S. Treesh
Nappanee
Ind
Charles Norwood
Roy
Janesville
Roosevelt urges repeal of Bankhead, Kerr-Smith and Potato Acts
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress urging prompt repeal of the Bankhead Cotton Act the Kerr-Smith tobacco act and the Potato Act of 1935. The move follows the termination of the agricultural adjustment program and a Supreme Court decision in a related Bankhead case.
Farm bill sped through Congress and farm plate action
Washington dispatch reports Congress moved quickly on an AAA substitute with House committee approval of a new farm measure broadened to expand and domestic markets. It creates a temporary subsidy program until a permanent plan starts in two years. Also notes Supreme Court ruling on taxing preferred stock of national banks owned by the RFC and a California compliance ruling with the Federal Safety Appliance Act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
AAA
House Committee
Senate
Onator Bankhead
House
Supreme
Ite
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maryland
California
Weather outlook for Alabama rainfall to sleet changes
Rain falls tonight and Tuesday then turns to sleet in the northern counties. Wet conditions move across the state with cooler air following the wintry mix potential statewide impact.
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Alabama
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