Toll of Cold Grips Central States Rationing Fuel
Abnormally cold weather blankets the mid west as ranchers in South Dakota burn fences and hay while cities ration fuel. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued cold through midweek with some southern warming and flurries in the Great Lakes region as crews dig out snowbound highways and rails.
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Ering
Mid-Continent
South Dakota
Weather Bureau
Upper Great Lakes
Middle West
Chicago
Williston
N. C
Missouri
New York
OCC
Cape Cod
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Stolen Car Found in Limestone County
An automobile from Thomas Wilmington at 601 Ferry Street was found abandoned Sunday near Brown's Ferry in Limestone County. Rice Swinney of the area discovered the car and Limestone County officials notified Decatur to transport the vehicle.
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Thomas Wilmington
Ferry Street
Brown’s Ferry
Limestone County
Rice Swinney
Decatur
Senator Bankhead Ill With Flu Remains Abed in Washington
Senator Bankhead of Alabama remains in bed in Washington with flu symptoms. His office says he may not return to the capitol until late in the week after becoming ill about a week ago.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
Capitol
Senator Long Just in Time For Reception
Senator Rose McConnell Long of Louisiana was sworn in at noon to receive a White House invitation to tonight's congressional reception. The annual social event, postponed earlier due to the death of the king of England, would mark Mrs. Long's first White House appearance, unlike her late husband Huey P. Long who avoided such receptions.
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Washington
Rose McConnell Long
Louisiana
White House
England
Huey P. Long
Senate
House
Blood is paid for release in Chattanooga tale of
Robert Carleton, jailed for inability to pay a $56 fine, donated blood to 71 year old Charlotte Sinclair in a hospital transfusion. He is released after friends raise funds to cover his debt. Sheriff Burns says he needs employment and regular exercise to continue supplying the blood for osteomyelitis treatment.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert Carleton
Liberty
Carlton
Charlotte Sinclair
Charlotte
Eva Sinclair
Carleton
Frank Burns
Burns
Defense Needs Emphasized in Army Strength Talk
General Malin Craig told Congress that troublous times require a stronger defense. He urged a regular army of 14 000 officers and 165 000 enlisted plus 210 000 in the national guard, citing world tensions and the need to lessons from past experience.
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Washington
Malin Craig
Army
Congress
United States
War Department
Craig
National Guard
Africa
Asia
Philippine Scouts
Bureau of the Budget
Hawaii
Panama
Bill Earings
Plane aides search for seven youths trapped off Cape Cod
A Coast Guard plane reported sighting seven CCC youths stranded on an ice floe in Cape Cod Bay about five to seven miles north of Brewster. Two groups of ice, one quarter mile long, split during the night, leaving five youths on one mass and two on another while the Harriet Lane and rescue crews closed in.
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Boston
Stein
Harriet Lane
Army
Coast Guard
C. M. Fedderson
John Fitzsimmons
Portsmouth
R. I
Harriett Lane
Dequarters
Brewster
Provincetown
Plymouth
Cape Cod
COC
Cape Cod Bay
CCC
Wincapaw
New England
Dressmakers Strike Call Nationwide Threat Amplifies
New York February reports over 100000 dressmakers may walk out if union leaders press a strike across four states. Hotels in New York face 11000 workers potential walkout threatening 210 city hostels. Taxi drivers’ orders for ice protection amid fears of renewed violence. Mayor La Guardia urged restraint as weekend talks continued.
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New York
United States
LaGuardia
LaGuar
Julius Hochman
Dressmakers’ Union Joint Board
Sys
Scout Rally Tonight At Decatur High School Gym
The Boy Scouts in the Decatur district hold their annual rally tonight at Gentral high school gymnasium with demonstrations of fire by friction rope first aid life saving and the investiture ceremony to recruit new scouts. Attendance banners reward troops for meeting criteria and parents are urged to attend to support their sons and the troop committees.
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Decatur
Gentral High School
Boy Scouts
United States
Turner Admits Slaying Wife in Lincoln County
El Dorado prosecutor says Dennis Turner confessed to strangling his 40 year old divorced wife near Tinsman while she walked to a works program. He reportedly wrapped telephone wire around her neck and left the body in the woods. Preliminary hearing set for next Saturday at Hampton.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Alvin Stevensog
Dennis Turner
Woodchopper
Lincoln County
Stevens
Turner
Tinsman
Sprangpon
Hampton
David Barry Dies. Noted Newspaperman and ex Senate Officer
David 8. Barry, newspaperman and former sergeant at arms of the Senate, died at his home. He would have turned 77 in May. Barry served as a correspondent for the Detroit Post-Tribune, Detroit Evening News, and New York Sun.
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Washington
David
Barry
Senate
Detroit Post-Tribune
Detroit Evening News
New York Sun
Close Battle on Sales Tax Seen in State
Montgomery February 10. The opening battle lines form around a proposed three percent general sales tax. Representative Clint Harrison and the administration lead will introduce tax measures after the special session begins. Lobbyists and retail merchants anticipate selective taxes on gas amusements soft drinks radios phonographs cosmetics and more. Governor Bibb Graves prepares his message to the session as speculation swirls.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clint Harrison
Harrison
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bibb Graves
Real Fight Month Away Real Fight Month Away
Rival factions mobilize as the first presidential primary nears March 10 with contests shaping across more than a dozen states. Democrats and Republicans weigh delegate plans, with Ohio hinting at a fight between pro Landon and Knox backers and New Hampshire’s compact delegate counts watched for national sentiment.
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Nathan Robertson
Ted
Ohio
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Illinois
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
New York
Olinets
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maryland
California
South Dakota
West Virginia
Oregon
New Jersey
Borah
Mrs Long sworn in as second woman senator
Mrs McConnell of Louisiana was sworn in today to serve the late Huey P Long’s term becoming the second sitting woman senator. Vice President Garner administered the oath as a capacity gallery looked on.
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Washington
McConnell, Orig
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Senate
Garner
Beginnings of Quintuplets Education in Native French
The quintuplets begin their schooling in their native French with plans to learn English later. Miss Noel, a linguistics expert and Verdun graduate, will guide their early language training.
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Miss Noel
Jacqueline Noel
Austinville Woman Dies From Burns At 42
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mrs. Oscar d EB McCaghren of Austinville who died last night from burns suffered when her clothing ignited from an open grate. She was 42 and survived by husband Emmett and two children. Services Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Austinville Baptist Church with interment at Johnson's Chapel.
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Oscar d EB. McCaghren
Ely
Austinville
McCaghren
Emmett
Hafford Leeman
C. C. Napps
Harold Wright
C. A. Barwood
Bud Waits
Clyde Sandhii
Ed Burt
L. T. Walton
Austin Harris
G. R. Walton
Carl Cooper
H. H. Ash
Gussie Bell
W. R. Crow, Jr
Robert Schaffer
Steel plant kept busy with Fort McClellan projects
The Decatur Iron and Steel Company reports ample work for new Fort McClellan buildings and other projects with current orders filling its capacity. They seek personnel but say no applications have been received. Key orders include a courthouse and jail at Melvin Arkansas and a theatre at Charleston.
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Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Fort McClellan
Anniston
Port McCiellan
Melvin
Ark
Charleston
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Former Dairy Home Destroyed by Fire on West Side
A vacant house once used as a dairy home on the west side of old Somerville road near Fairview was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Firefighters with a booster pump saved surrounding outbuildings though the structure had little water nearby. About 165 tons of water were used, and the men managed to prevent further damage.
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Old Somerville Road
Fairview
Themen
Britain presses ahead with rearmament plan and wider war concerns
London reports indicate Britain will finance a large rearmament loan, funding mechanization of the army except ceremonial units, and send defense departments to parliament. Mussolini’s remarks warn of a possible world wide disaster as Italy considers a peaceful path amid East Africa strains while Britain and France monitor German plans and Eastern diplomacy.
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Associated London
Royal Household Cavalry
Mussolini
Il Duce
Arnold Wilson
Ethiopia
Britain
London
Italy
East Africa
Germany
Paris
France
League of Nations
Austria
Last Rites Held for Ules Mayhall
Last rites for Ales Mayhall, 24, who died after a month long illness at Benevolent Society hospital, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at his home in Lacey's Spring route 1. Burial followed at the family cemetery. Funeral arrangements were directed by Brown of Decatur.
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Ales Mayhall
Benevolent Society Hospital
Lacey’s Spring
Brown
Decatur
Brown Funeral
Fire damages Archie Go forth car on Second Avenue
A car owned by Archie Go forth was damaged by fire parked in the 600 block of Second Avenue Saturday. Firemen reported defective wiring as the cause of the blaze.
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Archie Goforth
Second Avenue
Postponed ruling on AGI case delays TVA decision
Washington reports a long awaited court ruling on the AGI case delaying any TVA decision for at least another week. The session drew lawyers legislators and spectators hopeful for clarity on New Deal power policy while one Louisiana ad tax challenge was struck down as unconstitutional.
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Washington
TVA
Huey Long
Louisiana
Federal District Court
Sutherland
New York State
Roberta
Borden's Farm Products, Inc
Moleynolds
Sutherland, Vandevanter
Butler
Btone
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