Supreme Court to rule on slum clearance land condemnations
The United States seeks a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of condemning land for low cost housing and slum clearance projects. The Louisville Kentucky case involves 1.618 million dollars and could affect the federal Public Works Administration program amid limited funds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisville
Attorney Generals
Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works
Public Works Administration
Ickes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cleveland
Federal Relief Administration
General Freeman Dies In Richmond
General Walker B. Freeman honorary commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died in Richmond at age 81 during a long illness. He served the full Civil War and remained active, directing duties as general agent for New York Life Insurance since 1887.
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Richmond
Walker B. Freeman
United Confederate Veterans
Return to Home Prevents Robbery on Oak Street
A family returning home on Oak street frightened an intruder away last night before he could steal. The would be thief had forced a lock on the door but fled when the occupants unexpectedly arrived.
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Reid Sherard
Oak Street
Babe Ruth Tries His Hand at Cricket
Babe Ruth the baseball home run king learned cricket in London under the Thames. Coached by Alan Fairfax the star wore pads and faced two fast bowlers in a subterranean school. He broke his first bat in an hour long lesson.
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London
Babe Ruth
England
Thames
Alan Fairfax
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
New York markets show irregular trading with profit taking after advances. Bonds firm with gains from secondary issues. curb market mixed while utilities rise. Foreign exchanges quiet with steady cotton and sugar. coffee bought by commission houses. Chicago wheat up as monetary confidence strengthens. corn firm with wheat, cattle and hogs near steady with hogs about eight dollars and twenty cents.
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New
York
Chicago
Alabama Legislature Recesses After New Deal Bills Pass
The Alabama legislature recessed to April 30 after approving the last of the New Deal bills and endorsing the Harrison public works bill. Governor Graves heads to Washington for Alabama’s share of the relief funds. Four recess committees will study finance, judiciary reform, highways education and agriculture, and ad valorem taxation. Only one vote opposed the salary raise for the public works board secretary.
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William S. Truby
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Fletcher
Bonner
Wellborn
Simpson
Harrison
Delaney
Hill
Byars
Lusk
Devane
McDowell
Woodall
Fraser
Tucker
Welch
Tunstall
Denson
Petrey
Hodge
Reynolds
Wallace
Kirby
Wright
Hendley
Henry
Coleman
Walton
St. John
Dorsey
Stephens
Chichester
Segrest
Swift
State Public Works Board
Madison
Secretary of State
Lawrence County Seeks New Courthouse Project
Lawrence county submits plan for a new courthouse to the Public Works Administration after a prior rejection. If approved the project would exceed $100,000 and reflects long standing needs. Judge Charles Bragg helped push the county’s request.
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Public Works Administration
Lawrence County
Alabama
Charles Bragg
Graves Umpires Alabama Prohibition Referendum
Governor Bibb Graves told prohibition forces he will umpire the February 26 election and not influence the vote. A delegation from the alliance against repeal pressed concerns about word of support for repeal allegedly sent by his aides. Graves heads to Washington to discuss Alabama’s share of the federal work relief bill as plans for local projects are outlined.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Prohibition
Alabama
Alliance Against Repeal
H. L. Anderton
Birmingham
Walter D. Agned
Huntingdon College
Bibb Mills
Anti-Saloon League
F. W. Gist
W. C. T. U. Legislative Committee
Harry Denman
Allied Against Repeal
Washington
Congress
Mobile
Arkansas Not to Invite the Kingfish
The Arkansas House rejected a resolution to invite Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana to speak on his economic views. Rep. O. E. Gates of Cleveland county had presented the measure praising Long as a Messiah-like leader who taxed corporations for the benefit of the common people and schoolchildren, but the chamber voted down the proposal amid a spirited debate.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House of Representatives
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
House
O. E. Gates
Cleveland County
Gates
Long
Public Works Request Seeks 2.5 Million for Morgan County Projects
Morgan county agencies and city boards gathered at the Chamber of Commerce to propose a 2.5 million dollar works program. De catur Chamber of Commerce officials prepared the estimates for submission to Montgomery as part of a nationwide Works Administration request. Projects include sewerage and waterworks extensions in Hartselle and a Falkville community center.
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Morgan County
New Works Administration
Washington
Decatur of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Ten Negroes Die As Storm Strikes Grapeland Area
A tornado struck east Texas causing ten deaths and forty injuries on the Murray farm west of Grapeland. The storm damaged tenant housing across Houston Leon and Trinity counties, wrecked stores and a commissary, and injured residents in nearby Groveton and Reynard communities. In Florida a separate tornado hit DeQuincy Calcasieu Parish causing 10 000 to 20 000 dollars in damage with no injuries.
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Grapeland
Texas
Houston County
Leon
Trinity
Houston
Reynard
Beasley
Beasley and Smith
Dekuincy
Fla
Dequincy
Calcasiexa Parish
Henry Paugh
Phelan Grocery Company
Kansas City Southern
Missouri Pacific
Dequincy High School
Exemption Up To Two Bales For Small Cotton Growers
The AAA plans a Wallace decree to exempt small cotton growers producing up to two bales from Bankhead act limits. No congressional amendment planned. State quotas to be announced next week as Davis meets with Senate and House agriculture leaders.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Washington
AAA
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Capitol Hill
Chester C. Davis
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
FDR Plans Direct Involvement in Relief Bill Fight
Washington reports that President Roosevelt will take a direct hand in pressing the administration's 4.88 billion work and relief bill. Some Senate circles expect his intercession to push to strike the prevail wages amendment from the measure.
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FDR
Bill
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Training School to Be Ready In 60 Days
Morgan County plans to complete a Hartsville training school for African Americans in about 60 days. The native stone building will replace the 1933 fire destroyed structure and costs about $8,000.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
Banquet Glimpse of Lambda Pi Sigma Fraternity
The Lambda Pi Sigma fraternity held its semi annual banquet at the Lyons Hotel on Wednesday night. After the last course neophytes and Frieres gave speeches. Alfred Wilson served as Grand Maitre. Robert Buchannan gave the invocation and Al Wilson delivered a toast to the fraternity.
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Lambda Pi Sigma Fraternity
Lyons Hotel
Frieres
Alfred Wilson
Robert Buchanan
al Wilson
Thieves Take 300 Pounds of Cotton from Valley Warehouse
Thieves broke into the Valley Bonded Warehouse several nights ago and hauled away 300 pounds of cotton. The cotton was loaded in sacks weighing about 36 pounds each.
Anna Hauptmann Reflects on Saturdays of the Trial
Anna Hauptmann recalls Saturdays when her husband Richard Hauptmann returned home from work as the Lindbergh baby murder trial looms. She describes loneliness, worry, and her longing for a life with him while facing courtroom scrutiny and public scrutiny.
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Anna
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Anna Hauptmann
Verlassen
Richard
Gerta
Hunter's Island
Extradition Granted in Florida Bank Robbery Case
Gov. Bibb Graves ordered Florida extraditions for Spurgin Mooneyham and M. C. Hunt linked to the $2400 Graceville bank holdup. Ted Commander, also involved, waived extradition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Florida
Spurgin Mooneyham
M. C. Hunt
Graceville
Ted Commander
Civic group eyes 1935 membership rise to 500
Report from the civic organization notes receipts from most units with remaining reports due by this afternoon. Officials hope to push membership to 500 for 1935 as extensive programs for industrial and agricultural development are planned.
Schooner Seth Parker in distress searches for aid at sea
Four masted schooner Seth Parker with Phillips Lord and about 15 crew sent repeated radio calls from 300 miles north of Tahiti as waves swelled over the sides. A British warship and H M S Australia sped to the scene at 20 knots amid shifting winds and threatening weather in the South Seas.
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San Francisco
Seth Parker
South Seas
Phillips Lord
Tahiti
Marconi
Seth Paker
Australia
Socialist Denial of United Front Tactics Published
Powers Hapgood, a member of the Socialist Party national executive committee, denied that socialists and communists are planning a united front behind sharecropper unions in the South. the statement came from Memphis, Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Powers Hapgood
The
Socialist Party
Lindbergh Baby Case Plays With Violet Sharpe Theory
Anne Morrow Lindbergh faced courtroom questions as prosecutors try to clear Violet Sharpe of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Witnesses testified they were at a party with Sharpe the night of March 1 1932 while defense argued others, including Isador Fisch, may have handled the ransom. The trial continued amid rebuttals as officials press to separate facts from insinuations.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Proper
Flemington
N. J
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Violet Sharpe
Ernest Miller
Catherine Minners
Isador Fisch
Ottilia Hoeber
The
Ronx
Fisey
Bronx
Hauptmann
John F
Jassie) Condon
Pisch
Fisch
Minners
State
Orangeburg
Reilly
Miller
Violet
Morrow
Louis J. Bornmann
New Jersey
Weather report for Tennessee river region
At 7 am the Tennessee river gauge stood at 5.2 feet and fell. In the last 24 hours temperatures varied by five degrees, with a high of 55 and a low of 50. Rainfall totaled .58 inch. Skies were cloudy and slightly colder after rain in central and east portions, with colder conditions expected tonight and Sunday in the east.
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Tennessee
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