Defense Efforts To Clear the Ladder Angle Fails
William A. Kinney reports Hauptmann alibi attempts falter over the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder claim. Sebastian Benjamin testifies of a blue sedan with a ladder near the Lindbergh home. others dispute testimony and articles about Hauptmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Kinney
Are Sane
Richard’ Hauptmann
Sense
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Alain
Kroppenburg
Hauptmann
John F
Jassie) Condono
Sebastian Benjamin m
Princeton Preparatory
Mercer County
New Jersey
Pollo
Lupica
Troops Surround Courthouse With Air Of A Fortress
National guard troops sealed off Bolivar county courthouse in Cleveland Mississippi as six hundred guardsmen guarded the James H Coyner trial for the December 8 slayings. Coyner was moved by train under heavy guard from Jackson to the county jail amid barbed wire, machine gun nests, and armed checkpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Miss
Mississippi
Bolivar County
James H. Coyner
Aurelius B. Turner
Here
Sennett Conner
National Guard
Thomas J. Grayson
Jackson
Coyner
Vicksburg
Greenville
National Bituminous Coal Board forms arbitration team
Washington February 4 The National Bituminous Coal Board has named a national board of arbitration for the coal industry despite many obstacles. The move aims to settle disputes and standardize practices across mines and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Inausta _Board
Salonal Board of Arbitration
Aott
Rate variance found by board in electric prices
Washington report shows household cost of electric current varies up to 500 percent across 191 cities with 50,000 plus population. For 100 kilowatt hours prices range from 2.73 in Madison Wisconsin to 7.31 in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle New York. For 15 kilowatt hours prices run from 60 cents in Cleveland and Columbus to 1.71 in Miami Florida. The commission notes the typical household uses 15 to 40 kilowatt hours monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Power Commission
Madison
Wis
Vernon
New Rochelle
N. Y
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Miami
Fla
Mule Stolen From Limestone County Farm
The theft occurred Saturday night at the Meyer and Spencer farm in Limestone County. Decatur police are investigating and describe the mule as weighing between 1200 and 1300 pounds. A saddle was also taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer and Spencer
Limestone County
Decatur
Infant Daughter of Hensley Dies Near Hartselle
Funeral services were held at Johnson Chapel for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lige Hensley of Hartselle route 2. The baby died Sunday afternoon at 6. Interment followed at Johnson Chapel Cemetery directed by Drinkard Howell. Surviving are the parents three brothers and three sisters.
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Johnson Chapel
Lige Hensley
Hartselle
Drinkard- Howell
Police Court Cases Show An Increase
Police court activities picked up this morning with 16 offenders arraigned for hearing. Fines were assessed for drunkenness and related offenses including driving while intoxicated, disorderly conduct, drinking in public, and fighting.
Germany Not Ready To Accept Franco British Accord
Authoritative sources said Germany upon preliminary review cannot accept the new Franco British aviation pact as issued. Reichsfuehrer Hitler, a French source reported, is very reserved and noncommittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Germany
Britain Seeks Military Aviation Alliance With Germany Belgium
London reports Britain invites Germany Belgium and Italy to join with Britain and France in a military aviation alliance. The pact would unite air forces among four signatories if the fifth attacks any member. Franco British leaders back German rearmament recognition if Germany reenters the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
France
al- Mancee
League of Nations
Two Grass Fires Cause Only Slight Damage
A grass fire on E Lafayette street at 11 this morning caused no damage. Earlier, departments responded to 515 E Church street where sparks on the roof started a fire with only slight damage.
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E. Lafayette Street
E. Church Street
County Court Will Close This Week
The final week of the current term opens with a non jury civil docket to be heard. Judge Leybourne H. Lynne expects a large number of cases to be disposed of after a last week that followed a jury term criminal docket.
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Leybourne H. Lynne
Burglar Steals Shoes and Shirts From Gray Home
Police investigated a burglary at 609 Johnston street the home of R. G. Gray on Saturday night. Intruders escaped with a pair of shoes and several shirts after entering about 9 p.m.
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R. G. Gray
Johnston Street
Morgan County Poll Payments Rise Despite Shortfall
Morgan County 1984 poll payments show a surge with more than 2600 paying by book closure. Officials say the February 26 prohibition referendum spurred late payments from arrears, while the Falkville book arrival could push the year’s total toward 1934 levels.
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Morgan County
Hodges Crow
Falkville
Crow
Morgan
New Director of Relief Arrives in Morgan County
Miss Elizabeth Brian arrives to assume duties as Morgan county relief director, accompanied by Viola Suttles of Montgomery. Brian trained in social work at Tulane and has relief experience in several South Alabama counties, succeeding Claudine Leonard. Mrs. J A Woods had served temporarily.
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Elizabeth Brian
Morgan County
City
Brian
Decatur
Viola Suttles
Montgomery
Alabama Relief Administration
Tulane University
New Orleans
South Alabama
Miss Brian
Claudien Leonard
J. A. Woods
Final Rites for Mrs Cain Held
Funeral rites were conducted Sunday afternoon at the residence near Somerville for Mrs Hattie Cain 69 who died suddenly Saturday night. The Rev Brooks and Rev Wynn officiated with burial at Somerville cemetery directed by Brown of Decatur. She is survived by her husband J F Cain six sons two sisters and three brothers.
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Somerville
Hattie Cain
Brooks
Wynn
Somerville Cemetery
Brown
Decatur
Cain
J. F. Cain
Lonnie
Lyle
Paul
Jim
Candler
Lloyd
Melbourne
Fla
Cora. Poteet
F., Binford
Ras Lyle
Death of Pretty Butaw Lass Shrouded in Mystery
Ruth Lee, 17, dies from five 32 calibre bullets in Alabama near Butaw while two escorts are wounded. Marvil Wilson, 19, is in critical condition with a bullet to the eye. Vernon Wilson, 23, is jailed awaiting interrogation after a Sunday road trip turned deadly. The incident occurred on the road between Union and Butaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butaw
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Ruth Lee
Herbert Lee
Greene County
Marvil Wilson
Frank Wilson
Vernon Wilson
Union
Money Measures Dominate Congress Amid Gold Decision Delays
Congress focused on money bills as a Supreme Court gold clause ruling was delayed. The $4.88 billion work relief bill faced a push to halt direct federal relief after spending the $880 million set aside. The House also advanced a $98.19 million supply bill for state justice commerce and labor agencies with disclosures on potential new markets for American commerce and NRA functions shifting to the commerce department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
House
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Hull
Roosevelt
Roper
NRA
Commerce Department
Rosevelt
White House
Hughes
Senate
William P. McCracken, Jr
Congress funds prohibition enforcement in Africa
In Washington on February 4 AP reports that despite the 21st Amendment Congress continues spending money on prohibition enforcement in Africa. The article notes a substantial appropriations figure for the year, highlighting ongoing federal budget support abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Africa
Striking French Workers Clash With Police Near Valenciennes
Striking steel workers armed with clubs edged with razor blades battled police at Trith Saint Leger near Valenciennes today. The clash left about a score of injured as the strikers were finally routed, including two Mobile guards seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valenciennes
France
Trith-Saint-Leger
Here
Wrestlers Move Kingfish Show After Auditorium Booking
Atlanta reports a wrestling promoter beat Senator Huey Long to the city auditorium and sparked a chance the Kingfish may defer his promised show. Long, invited to address the Georgia House, said he must speak where the crowd fits. Governor Talmadge was advised by phone last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Huey Long
Louisiana
Georgia House of Representatives
Talmadge
Long
Perjury Charge Hinted In Probe Involving Gravem Letter
The Senate committee heard a letter from Charles H. Hyde of Port Washington N Y that questioned Axel Gravem Washington Attorney about earlier testimony. Gravem denied arranging with a fixer for Gulf Industries contracts and Wilder in 1933 while Hyde alleged bold claims about influence and meeting discussions.
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Michigan
Charles H. Hyde
Port Washington
N. Y
Axel B. Gravem
Washington
Gravem
Wilder
Gulf Industries of
Pensacola
Hyde
A. P. Homer
Washington Marine
Tdget
Norris changes counsel in Scottsboro death case
Clarence Norris, facing a death sentence for assault on a white woman near Scottsboro Alabama, changes his counsel. New York lawyers Walter H. Pollak and Osmond K. Frankel withdraw. Samuel B. Leibowitz and George W. Chamlee will argue. Patterson, also sentenced for the same crime, keeps his counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Ala
Walter H. Pollak
Osmond K. Frankel
New York
Supreme Court
Samuel 8. Leibowitz
Pollak
Fraenkel
Heywood Patterson
Norris
Patterson
Senator plans 10 leave us empire to aides
Huey P. Long planned to delegate control of his revolutionary empire to lieutenants and return to Washington. He eyed a Georgia Legislative address and hinted at speaking on any subject if given an audience. Fears of an armed insurrection linger as roughly 400 National Guardsmen maintained martial law in East Baton Rouge parish after a weekend of court testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Farrington Associated Press
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Washington
Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Long
Oscar K. Allen
East Baton Rouge Parish
High Court Rules in Contempt Case
The Washington Supreme Court holds that both Congress and the courts may punish for contempt. It affirms a ten day jail sentence for William P McCracken Jr former assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics and for L H Brittin former Northwest Airways vice president who served the term. The ruling cites the 1929 teapot dome inquiry as context and notes the DC supreme court imposed the sentence in that instance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
William P McCracken, Jr
Commerce
Aeronautics
MacCracken
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways, Inc
Harry F Sinclair
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Armed Guard Around Lepanto Jail Is Dismissed
An armed guard surrounding the Lepanto jail was reduced to the regular city force after arrests of four young organizers for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. City Marshal Jay May said the danger of an attempt to liberate them had passed following Saturday’s rally.
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Lepanto
Ark
Jay May
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
May
Bartender's Body Found After Club Incident
Police investigated a fatal incident at a club after a bartender was found dead from gunfire. Investigators collected evidence and interviewed staff as the scene was processed for clues.
Arkansas Eyes Liquor Production Plan
Arkansas advances a plan for state control of liquor production amid debates over regulation and penalties for bootlegging. Officials argue the system would curb illicit trade while supporting legal revenue.
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Anakania
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Gary Leon
Mady Valice
Marion Mitchell
Leon
Marcia
Mace
Lilian Harvey
Hensley
Albert W. Wilson
Huey ‘Book’ City Auditorium
Vandenberg
Clark
D., Mo
Itis
Allen
Arkansas
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