Solons Await Must Bills of President
Washington Feb 22 Congress marks time awaiting President Roosevelt's recommendations on taxes and relief as the session's last two must measures. Lawmakers push routine appropriation bills while adjournment guesses range from April 15 to May 15. Contests loom over soil conservation subsidies and farm relief amid debate over sharecroppers and tenant farmers. The day features actions on Townsend pensions, war profits curb efforts, and debates with Father Coughlin as Col McMullen seeks reversal after court martial. Byrd urges a billion dollar tax bill to fund government activity.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Temple University
Philadephia
Smith
S. C
Supreme Court
Wilson Dam
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Columbia River
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
Senate Munitions Committee
O’connor
House Rules Committee
Charles E. Coughlin
Joseph I. McMullen
Byrd
Farley Attacks Foes During Midwest Swing
Postmaster General Farley toured Missouri on a Roosevelt campaign swing praising the New Deal and denouncing Republican charges of extravagance. He told Jefferson City Democrats that Roosevelt has rescued business and noted progress since March 4, 1933 while attacking Landon and GOP opposition.
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Washington
Farley
Middle West
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Missouri
Roosevelt
Jefferson City
Roadway Twins Borthed With Twelve Fingers Each
Malone New York February 22 The Roadway twins sons of Mr and Mrs Boadway born January 24 during the blizzard have twelve fingers each One extra digit on each hand marking a remarkable birth with perfectly formed digits noted by observers at the time.
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Malone
N. Y
Roadway
Boadway
Bev Howell Seeks Morgan County Coroner Nomination
Bev Howell funeral director of Hartselle qualified as Democratic primary candidate for Morgan county coroner. Formerly with Priest Funeral Home in Decatur and later Drinkard Funeral Company in Falkville, he now leads Drinkard Howell in Hartselle. He also presides over the Hartselle singing convention and is popular across the county.
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Bev Howell
Hartselle
Morgan County
Howell
Decatur
Morgan
Priest Funeral Home
Drinkard Funeral Company
Falkville
Drinkard
Drinkard Howell
Prize Cattle Parade Here
An unusual Decatur spectacle features six Danville high school vocational agriculture boys parading seven prize baby beeves to the abbatoir of the Decatur Ice and Coal Company. The six to eight month old cattle average about 500 pounds and will be sold next week.
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Decatur
Danville High School
Decatur Ice and Coal Company
Danville
Harold Harrison
James Tomlinson
R. B. Jones
Howell Morris
J. T. White
Otto Glasgow
100000 Bales Sold By Pool Shatters Market Price
AAA officials said the cotton producers pool sold 100000 bales since February 12 at over 12 cents a pound, well above current market prices. Bids were received for over 500000 bales as the pool's holdings stood at 642442 bales spot and 20400 bales in futures contracts.
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Washington
AAA
Cotton Producers Pool
Navy Department Leaders Ill in Washington
Secretary Swanson and Assistant Secretary Henry L. Roosevelt were ill in Naval Hospital in Washington on February 22. Roosevelt had intestinal influenza since yesterday. Roosevelt’s injuries from a fall and Swanson’s pleurisy were reported as improving with a fairly comfortable night for the assistant secretary.
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Washington
Swanson
Henry L. Roosevelt
The
Navy
Naval Hospital
Roosevelt
Talmadge to Take Over State Funds
Atlanta February report says Governor Talmadge may replace comptroller general W B Harrison and state treasurer George B Hamilton as he moves toward operating Georgia without a new appropriations bill. Rumors tied to bonds and possible replacements for Daniel and Carreker, with bonds of 200000 and 20000 discussed.
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Talmadge
Atlanta
Georgia
W. B. Harrison
George B. Hamilton
Capitol
G. B. Carreker
Agriculture
J. B
Tobe) Daniel
LaGrange
Puble
Carreker
Kiwanis Country Store Opens This Week in Decatur
The Kiwanis Country Store runs the 27th to 29th with about 20 000 donated articles from Decatur merchants and manufacturers. Items cost ten cents each with no minimum value and many valued up to 40 dollars. doors open 2 PM and all items sell without reservations. Proceeds fund hitch yards and comfort stations for farmers. daily entertainment at 3 PM and 8 PM adds to the event.
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Kiwanis
Decatur
Time Clock Murders Claimed Solved by Police
Los Angeles police said the time clock murders of elderly rooming house proprietor Carl Barbour and his wife are solved after a confession attributed to Fred Stettler. Stettler, a 26 year old Switzerland born chauffeur, allegedly admitted to beating them, robbing $59, and planning to burn their bodies.
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Los Angeles
Oschomes Burt ‘Wallis
Fred Stettler
Carl S. Barbour
Wallis
Abandoned mirror test ends after hospital puzzle
Sault Ste. Marie reports plans to test a hospital mirror that fulfilled a dying man’s prediction of being immovable for 24 hours. The mirror is broken and nurse Grace Fleming said she discarded the pieces as “good riddance.”
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Grace Fleming
Funeral services for John R. Hunter set Sunday
John Robert Hunter 61 dies after pneumonia. Funeral 10:30 Sunday at St. John's Episcopal with Rev. Peter M. Dennis. Burial 2:30 p.m. Elmwood cemetery Birmingham. Survived by widow two daughters Anne Betty two sons John Robert Jr Billy and others. vestry members and local officials serve as pallbearers. Hunter a leading Decatur businessman of Valley Coal Co. died Friday at his Danville road home.
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John Robert Hunter
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Peter M. Dennis
Elmwood Cemetery
Birmingham
Brown
Decatur
Hunter
Danville Road
Anne
Betty
John Robert, Jr
Billy
Emma T. Hunter
George F. Peter
Boothton
Ala.sa
H. B. Beard
A. H. Hoff
J. L. Bibb
J. Irvin Mitchell
Polish Church Ban Lifted Temporarily in Poland
The Polish government lifted a temporary suppression order against a Methodist Episcopal Church South organization in Poland. Methodist headquarters in Nashville reported that Winston Cram Jr., director of an English language college in Warsaw and treasurer of the Society for Education and Culture, cabled that the liquidation order was temporarily withdrawn.
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Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Poland
Methodist
Warsaw
Winston Cram, Jr
Methodist “Society For Education and Culture
Oil Sanctions Parley Called in Geneva Meeting
Geneva February 22 a special session of the League of Nations sanctions committee of 18 was convened to discuss applying an oil embargo against Italy. The meeting will be held March 2 in Geneva.
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Geneva
League of Nations Sanctions Committee
Italy
League
Family of Eight Poisoned in West Virginia Home
A Hamlin West Virginia family of eight fell critically ill from poisoning. Prosecutor Damron said 14-year-old daughter Gladys Dillon admitted mixing poison into flour used for bread. Father Edgar Dillon, 40, likely to die. mother and six children aged 3 to 12 were among the sick who did not eat the poisoned bread.
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Hamlin
W. Va
Damron
Gladys Dillon
Edgar Dillon
Dillon
Mercury To Climb Again With Warmer Weather Forecast
The weather man predicted fair and warmer nationwide, with moderation starting now and expected through next week. Temperatures remained below zero in the Great Lakes area, while frost reached southern Georgia and parts of the southeast looked for warmer conditions.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Georgia
Southeast
Missouri River Valley
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Milwaukee
Chicago
Gifts to Morgan County Sanatorium From Local Clubs
Several Morgan county clubs donated needed articles to the Morgan county tuberculosis sanatorium. On Thursday the Kelly circle of the Baptist church in Hartselle sent a star quilt and many magazines. Last week the Happy Band Sewing Circle of Decatur contributed bed spreads sheets pillow cases towels and paints, showing neighborly support and friendly help.
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Morgan County
Kelly Circle
The
Baptist Church of
Hartselle
Happy Band Sewing Circle of
Decatur
John T. Kyle Seeks Morgan County Education Board Seat
John T Kyle of Hartselle has qualified as a Democratic primary candidate for membership on the Morgan County Board of Education. A former city clerk, Kyle is noted as a longtime leader in local education and a well known Hartselle resident.
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John T. Kyle
Hartselle
Morgan County
County Board of Education
Mr. Kyle
Roosevelt Calls Education Key to Freedom in Truth Pursuit
President Roosevelt spoke at Temple University on George Washington’s birthday, praising education as essential to a republic. He highlighted more than 400 million dollars in educational appropriations and urged fair play and equality in intellectual matters while noting government support for schools and libraries.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Temple University
George Washington
Republic
Washington
Congress
George H. Earle
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Charles E. Beary
Temple
Ship of State
Escaping Gas Kills Sixteen
Chicago reports a gas asphyxiation toll during extreme cold. Explosions and underground fires sent flames through streets in Utica and other towns. Odorless gas seeped into homes via sewers, killing four in a Belleville area family and sickening many others.
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Chicago
Utica
East St. Louis
Belleville
Walter Johnson Jr to Try Out for Athletics in Spring
Walter Johnson Jr son of the famed big train said he will receive a trial this spring with the Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack invited him to report for Fort Myers Florida training camp soon Johnson a Jr indicated he was ready to start at the camp in a few days and join the team for spring workouts
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Walter Johnson
Big
Philadelphia Athletics
Johnson
A Jr
Connie Mack
Fort Myers
Fla
Court Upholds PWA Loan Authority for Hydro Plant
The Fourth U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Duke Power Co wrong to block a 3 million dollar publicly owned hydroelectric plant in Buzeard Roost South Carolina. The decision affirms PWA funds backing and tests the New Deal loan power.
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Charlotte
N. C
Fourth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Duke Power Company
Buzeard Roost
8. C
Public Works Administration
H. H. Watkins
Western District Court of
South Carolina
Power Company
Greenwood County
PWA
Ickes
Watkins
Pinkie Brown Seeks Reelection as Decatur County Coroner
Decatur resident Pinkie Brown known as Lewis Brown qualified for reelection in the Democratic primary. Elected in 1932 he is a co owner of Brown Funeral Co and active in civic groups. The Brown family has long operated funeral services in Decatur dating to 1855 and neighbors praise his four years as coroner.
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Lewis
Pinkie” Brown
Decatur
Iecus Ot
SS Arysthena
Brown
Brown Funeral Company
Soroner
Calvin Brown
Canal Street
Morgan County
Family in Decatur hit by hard luck in two incidents
A fire at the Ballas apartments on Canal street damaged the living room, with estimated losses around $1000. Shortly after, a collision at Jackson street and Sixth avenue injured Mrs. Harrison, her daughter, and the Robinson driver, while Mr. Harrison escaped unharmed.
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Decatur
Roy Poteet
Ballas
Canal Street
Tom Harrison
Poteet
Fairview
Joan
Jackson Street
Sixth Avenue
Harrisons
Jack Robinson
Governor to Question Hauptmann Witness Whited
Millard Whited, Hauptmann trial witness, was in Lambertville and may be questioned by Governor Hoffman about his testimony and prior statements to state police. Prosecutor Hauck said Whited sought legal counsel and could be questioned in Clinton or at the governor's discretion, with authorities noting no warrant or detention.
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Trenton
N. J
Millard Whited
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lambertville
Harold G. Hoffman
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon County
Whited
William Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse
Hauck
Sourlands
Clinton
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hauptmann
Soria
Charles A. Lindbe
Roper Dies at 68 in Hartselle Home
W T Roper prominent Hartselle Route 2 resident dies at 10 30 this morning at his home aged 68. He leaves wife son Guy two daughters Mrs J C Wallace and Miss Bertha Roper, two brothers Jess and Newt, and a sister Mrs Henry Taylor. Funeral set Saturday at Johnston's Chapel at 1 pm with Revs Pritchard and McClanahan officiating. Interment to follow. Drinkard and Howell directing.
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W. T. Roper
Hartselle
Guy
J. C. Wallace
Bertha Roper
Jess Roper
Newt Roper
Danville
Henry Taylor
Johnston's Chapel
Pritchard and McClanahan
Drinkard and Howell
Judge Silent On Report Involving Powell and Wright
Judge W W Callahan refused to comment on rumors of indictments against Ozie Powell and Roy Wright in connection with an attack on Deputy Ed Blalock. He said it was against the law to reveal grand jury deliberations and would not confirm or deny the report. The deputy and Sheriff Sandlin were transporting the Scottsboro defendants to Birmingham when questioned.
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W. W. Callahan
Ozie Powell
Roy Wright
Ed Blalock
Street Sandlin
Scottsboro
Birmingham
Callahan
Laymen's League Meeting Postponed After Death of Member
The Laymen's League of St. John's Episcopal Church postpones its February meeting due to the death of charter member J. R. Hunter. James H. Tolley was to speak. he will appear on the program in March, with the exact date to be announced.
River gauge rises as Tennessee forecasts cool day
Weather bulletin notes Tennessee river gauge at 117 and a high of 47 with a low of 26 amid a dry 24 hour period. Report also mentions Alabama interior and south region warmth with no rainfall.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Urer
Mercury
Pinkie Brown
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