Ethiopia defends homes as Africa clash looms
Rome reports hundreds of Ethiopian troops mobilizing for Africa amid mounting tensions with Italy. Ethiopian envoy Negradas Yesus pledged to defend homes with life as Haile Selassie denounces Italian aggression. Mussolini’s grand council discusses economic matters while news of further memoranda circulates.
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A. E. Stuntz
Associated Press
Rome
Africa
Ethiopia
Negradas Yesus
Italy
Jesus
Kgouth
Haile Selassie
Grand Council
Mussolini
Achille Starace
Farflung
Standard Oil Eyes Alabama Refinery Study
Standard Oil interests, at Alabama Governor Bibb Graves invitation, consider locating a refinery in Alabama. Engineers will study economic prospects, water supply, harbor capacity, and distance from oil fields, with Mobile area favored. Walter C Teagle declined comment but acknowledged the inquiry.
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New York
Standard Oil Interests
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Louisiana
New Jersey Company
Walter C. Teagle
Standard of New Jersey
Taves
Vernor
Mobile
Standard Oil
Roosevelt Seeks One Year NRA Extension and Proposals
President Roosevelt plans to send his NRA recommendations to Congress, seeking a one year extension with possible two year duration. He aims to preserve core NIRA elements including child labor abolition, collective bargaining, and minimum wages, while NRA scrutiny continues in Senate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Recovery Administration
NRA
White House
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee
King
Utah
Judiciary Group
Blue Eagle
Judiciary Committee
M.gill
Kas
Borah
Ida
Senate
Nye
N. D
McCarran
Nev
Finance Committee
Harrison
Miss
Capitol Hill
TVA Worker Clyde Kilpatrick Discharged After Accident
Clyde Kilpatrick, among six TVA workers injured in a Tuesday night collision on the Bee Line highway, was treated at Benevolent Society Hospital and discharged Friday. He sustained a head injury but was never in serious condition and returned to his home in Russellville Route 3.
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Clyde Kilpatrick
TVA
Bee Line
Benevolent Society Hospital
Mr. Kilpatrick
Russellville
Eight Places Raided and One Arrest Made
Sheriff J. Street Sandlin and deputies conducted raids in eight scattered city areas Friday and made one arrest. Small quantities of whisky were found at two of the locations.
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J. Street Sandlin
Court Awards Cache of Gold To Discoverers
In Baltimore two 16 year old boys, Theodore Jones and Henry Grob, were awarded 3588 ancient gold coins unearthed from a cellar treasure trove. The coins have a face value of 11427 dollars, but experts estimate a market value near 28000 dollars. The youths, from poor families on relief last August, found the coins while digging for a club clue hiding place.
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Baltimore
Eugene O'Dunne
Theodore Jones
Henry Grob
Roosevelt Aides See Busy Week End On Relief Bill
Aides to President Roosevelt press for quick passage of the 4.88 billion work and relief measure amid criticism from Senator Vandenberg who mocked the bill proposing a flat appropriation with fines. Democrats fear defections on changes to the bill while Senators Adams McCarran and Steiner weigh in on wage provisions and partisan dynamics.
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Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Congress
Adams
Colo
McCarran
Ney
Steiner
Ore
British Seaplane Crashes and Burns in Sicily
A British seaplane named Ace of Diamonds crashed near San Filippo in Messina after emerging from a cloudbank. Nine crew members were killed and a guard of honor placed over their bodies. The aircraft, part of a four-plane formation bound for Singapore, struck rocks and burst into flames after a glancing impact.
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Messina
Sicily
Singapore
San Filippo
Exchange Board Ready For Action
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Members of the board of governors of the New York Stock Exchange have been asked to stay ready in case a meeting should be called before the market opens Monday. The action is precautionary and not tied to an immediate decision. Since 21 governors were present, they should be available for any eventuality.
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New York
Board of Governors
New York Stock Exchange
Muscle Shoals cited as defense asset in TWA program
In Birmingham witnesses described Muscle Shoals plants as essential to national defense and tied electrification to military aims. Duncan McRae of the Army Chemical Warfare Service noted phosphorus use in war and its future importance. A fertilizer factory at Nitrate Plant No 2 is producing triple super phosphate.
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Birmingham
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Duncan McRae
Chemical Warfare Service
United States Army
Nitrate Plant No. 2
Communist Probe Opens at Commonwealth College
An Arkansas legislative committee with a sheriff and sergeants at arms arrived at Commonwealth College in Mena to probe alleged communism and un American teachings. They planned to inspect facilities and summon witnesses as the grand jury had sought attendance.
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Henry N. Harris
Associated Press
Mena
Ark
Arkansas Legislature
Commonwealth College
State Assembly
Polk County
Walter Jones
Polk
Ozark Mountains
Marcus Miller
Miller
Expert Opinion On Kennamer Sanity Foiled Yet Again
Phil Kennamer 19 stands trial for the Thanksgiving night slaying of John Gorrell 23 as psychiatrists debate his sanity. Dr Kari Meninger poised to testify irrational but blocked by objections. defense seeks to portray Kennamer as mentally unbalanced while Virginia Wilcox is spotlighted in the testimony.
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John Jameson
PA Okla
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell, Jr
Kari A Meninger
Topeka
Kas
A. Flint Moss
Kennamer
Meninger
Thurman Hurst
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
Virginia Wilcox
Moss
Gorrell
Miss Wilcox
Pawnee
Okla
Tulsa
John Gorrell
Franklin E. Kennamer
Decatur Readies First Dollar Day of 1935
Shoppers are urged to attend Decatur’s February 23 event offering rock bottom prices from three big D’s Double Duty Dollars. Merchants promise a day of extensive activities across three counties with roads leading to Decatur for a major trade day kickoff in 1935.
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Decatur
Macon Airship Disaster Report Cites Structural Weakness
A naval inquiry into the Macon airship tragedy cites prior tail-girder fractures and incomplete repairs as possible factors. Lieut Galvin Bolster and boatswain R J Davis describe how the ship withstood violent air and how swift crew action prevented greater loss before the vessel sank with two men dead.
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San Francisco
Naval Board of Inquiry
Pacific
Galvin M. Bolster
Bureau of Aeronautics
Macon
Texas
R. J. Davis
Killed By Own Gun While Fleeing Police
Archie Hofhanesian sixty died in Detroit after a gunshot from his own weapon during a flight from police following a fatal shooting of a Dearborn baker and injuring three. Police traced the spree over a fifty mile arc from Pinckney to Detroit as officers trapped him near his daughter’s home. He was wounded in the back and fell with the gun discharging into his head.
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Detroit
Archie Hofhanesian
Dearborn
Hofhanesian
Pinckney
Mich
French Fliers Head for Nonstop South Atlantic Record
ISTRES France February 16 Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi holders of the world long distance flight record are in flight over Morocco aiming for a nonstop crossing to Buenos Aires to set a new mark. They took off at 6 36 a m in the heavily loaded Joseph Lebrix plane on the New York to Syris route.
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Istres
France
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
Morocco
Townsend Pension Plan Faces Mock Senate Scrutiny
California physician Dr. F B Townsend defended his Townsend pension concept before the Senate Finance Committee, proposing $200 monthly pensions for all over 60 to spur spending. Lawmakers pressed him on feasibility, costs, and social impact, while Townsend argued the plan would boost business and lower prices through mass production dynamics.
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Washington
California
Senate Finance Committee
F. B. Townsend
Townsend
Arrison
Senate Barkley D
Harrison
Connally
Tex
Barkley
Ford
Henry Ford
Henry
Senator Barkley
Hauptmann Taken to New Jersey Death Cell Before Execution
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, condemned for the Lindbergh baby murder, rode to Trenton Prison and was assigned to cell No. 9 near the death chamber. He declared innocence as he faced a March 22 execution date, while a 700‑strong crowd watched the motorcade depart and state police maintained tight security.
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Sam G. Blackman
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Flemington
Harry McCrea
Hunterdam County
Allan Smith
New Jersey
Bronx
Hauptmann
X Jst
Irving Bloam
Death House
Birmingham Man Held on Mann Act Charge
Richmond Va February 16 A man identified as William J Pearce 24 of Birmingham Alabama was held by Hengko county officials in default of $1000 bond to answer a Mann Act violation charge at the April term of the United States Tide court.
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Richmond
William J. Pearce
Birmingham
Ala
Hengko County
United States Tide Court
Bond Collateral Time Extended for Federal Banks
President Roosevelt by proclamation extended for two years the period in which Federal banks may use bonds as paper collateral for Federal Reserve banks. The 40 percent gold collateral requirement remains in place.
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Washington
Rooosevelt
Federal Reserve Banks
Alabama Weather Summary for Morning Period
The report notes 10.6 feet as a measurement with a maximum 69 and minimum 4 for the past 24 hours. Generally fair to cool conditions across Alabama with frost in the north and west regions. Central and eastern areas expect fair skies with possible rain late Sunday into Monday.
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Alabama
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