Roosevelt resumes relief study aboard train to Harvard
President Roosevelt continues work relief study while en route to Harvard University. He meets New York Mayor LaGuardia who seeks one billion dollars of a four billion relief fund. The trip also covers ocean mail contracts as he reviews a committee report and plans a capital message to Congress.
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Francis N. Stephenson
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Harvard University
LaGuardia
New York
Philadelphia
Senate
Washington
Presimt
Dent
Congress
Franklin, Jr
Harvard
Hyde Park
N. Y
Cambridge
Negro Charged With Theft of Overcoat
Sam Horton was arrested Friday by Chief Riggs and Officer Brazelton on charges of stealing an overcoat from O. L. Newsome on W Market Street. Newsome captured Horton after a lively chase and alerted police. Horton was held in county jail. he had recently completed a term at Kilby prison for larceny.
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Sam Horton
Riggsbee
Brazelton
O. L. Newsome
W. Market Street
Newsome
Horton
Kilby
Mountain Music Singer Stabbed in Roadhouse Attack
Willie B. Rigsby, 28, mountain yodeler known as the old pine tree singer, was stabbed four times in the back after a roadhouse party. He is hospitalized in critical condition in Memphis. he cannot say how the assault occurred.
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Memphis
Tenn
Willie B. Rigsby
Yodler
Rigsby
Markets at a Glance Feb 23 New York
Stocks heavy with utilities resistant while bonds stay firm. curb uneven and power issues steady. Cotton declines on March liquidation with local and New Orleans selling. Sugar quiet as producing interests sell. Goffee up on Brazilian export tax expectations. Chicago wheat irregular amid dust damage. corn weak on bearish Argentine reports. Cattle steady.
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New York
U.S
New Orleans
Chicago
Alabama Freight Rate Conference Schedules March 5
Hugh White, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, says rail officials operating in Alabama were invited to a conference with the commission and Gov. Bibb Graves on March 5 to discuss discrimination in freight rates against the south. The date is tentative and could be moved within 10 days if needed. Graves pressed for the meeting citing southern manufacturers facing higher rates to north and midwest markets.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hugh White
Alabama Public Service Commission
Freght
Alabama
Bibb Graves
South
Gov. Graves
Strike Spreads as Cuban Student Teachers Rally
The student teachers strike widens across rural Havana province as leaders urge public unity against President Carlos Mendieta’s government, spreading from thatched roof schools to broader areas.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Edict Will Not Halt TVA Plan
TVA power director David E. Lilienthal said Judge Grubb's Birmingham ruling will not affect TVA operations including dam construction and power sales to communities. The decision defers transfer of certain transmission lines in northwest Alabama purchased from Alabama Power Company, and does not overturn the TVA act as argued by stockholders.
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Knoxville
Tenn
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
W. S. Grubb
Birmingham
TVA
Alabama
Alabama Power Company
Grubb
Congress
Public ownership group stunned by TVA ruling
Delegates at the ninth biennial conference of the public ownership league of America express shock at a Birmingham court ruling that the TVA had no legal right to sell current to municipalities. Kansas City engineer R E McDonnell warns the decision halts Knoxville distribution work affecting 10,000 workers.
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Washington
Public Ownership League of America
United States District Court
Birmingham
Ala
TVA
R. E. McDonnell
Kansas City
Knoxville, Tenn
McDonnell
Knoxville
Benjamin C. Marsh
Peoples’ Lobby
Relief bill progress muddled as Senate awaits guidance
President Roosevelt left the $4.88 billion direct and work relief bill tangled in Senate debate. The measure with the McCarren prevailing wage amendment was sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee after White House rejection. Chairman Glass had not set a committee meeting, Byrnes called the plan dead, and Roosevelt planned to travel to Boston with undisclosed ideas.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
McCarran
White House
Glass
Byrnes
Mr. Roosevelt
Boston
Roosevelts
Sissie
Buzzie” Dall
Man in Jar at Time of Break Found Slan
Police search for Delp after a shootout at Jim Brady’s East Galax home following a jail break. Leonard, kin to Ho & jail break, was killed. patrolman Dotson badly injured. Delp fled into Carroll county mountains as officers pursued him after the incident.
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Slan
Galax
Leonard
Jim Brady
Brady
Brady House
Leonard Ip
Delp
Frank Dotson
Martin
Carroll County
Dotson
Bandits Still At Large After Wheeler Shooting
North Alabama officers pressed a search for two bandits who shot H. B. Smith, a Wheeler area farmer, injuring him severely. A $175 reward via Wheeler residents went unclaimed as clues remained elusive. Smith, shot in the face, was improving at Benevolent Society Hospital and expected to recover. Authorities checked Decatur and Morgan County reports while rumors of a fleeing pair persisted.
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North Alabama
H. B. Smith
Wheeler Farmer
Wheeler
Smith
Benevolent Society Hospital
Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Morgan County Sheriff's Forces
Ant
Oklahoma
Daily Will Entertain At Election Party Tuesday
The Daily invites the public to the Tuesday election party as referendum prohibition returns arrive via AP wire and local correspondents. Rapid counts expected as rural boxes close at five, with results likely before dark on a special leased line. Limestone boxes report to D L Rosenau Jr in Athens and Lawrence boxes to Maynard Layman at Moulton courthouse.
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Associated Press
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
Atheny
Lawrence County
Maynard Layman
Moulton
McBride Reports Prohibition Trends After Repeal
Scott McBride of the Anti-Saloon League spoke at First Methodist Church about harsher bootlegging and corruption after repeal in 35 states. He offered no firm Alabama forecast, noting limited direct study here. Dr L G Sturdivant introduced the speaker.
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Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
First Methodist
McBride
Alabama
L. G. Sturdivant
Decatur Methodist District
Public Ownership Exponents Heard at Ninth Biennial
Washington witnesses a surge of speakers at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Public Ownership League of America. Mayor T. D. Bouchard of St. Hyacinthe arrives from Quebec to address the clash between private power interests and public ownership, calling Quebec a paradise for private companies and Ontario a haven for public ownership.
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Washington
Public Ownership League of America
T. D. Bouchard
St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Bouchard
Ontario
Weather Blamed for Multiple Deaths Across Northeast
The Associated Press reports winter storms with sleet snow and freezing temps cripple the Northeast. Ice coated roads in Pennsylvania and Northern New York halted travel and ghost highways. At least seven people died in vehicle accidents as air service lagged and bus routes ran behind schedule.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York
Schdule
Local Notices on Illness and Recovery
Mrs W L Lee suffers an infected hand at her home. Mrs T A Doyle is recovering from an attack of ptomaine poisoning.
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T. A. Doyle
Bowery Sandwich Man Claims God Status Then Kills
Frank Greges, a 67 year old Bowery signer who bragged I am God attacked guests in a New York hotel room. Michael Gryewacz collapsed dead after Greges shouted threats. Police restrained the man as witnesses recalled his sudden rise from poverty to wealth and danger.
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New York
Frank Greges
Michael J. Gryewacz
God
Greges
Gryewacs
Gryewacz
Ar Yenm
Bellevue Hospital
Wall Street
Edwards
Angeles
Passport Photo Studio
Belden and Company
Croesus
Bowery
James Kelly
Kelly
Grycwacz
Strikers Parade In Ohio As Work Resumes In Piqua
Hundreds of strikers marched in snow swept Ohio cities while workers in Piqua and Cleveland returned to work. Val Decker Packing Company drivers in Piqua ended a seven week strike with a five cent per hour wage increase under a new agreement. Union leaders said meat cutters and butchers would handle all future collective bargaining.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Piqua
Val Decker Packing Company
Meat Cutters and Butchers Union
Sharecroppers Defended Memphis by English Activist
In Memphis, English labor figure J. B. Mitchison described the east Arkansas sharecroppers as “rotted away by hunger” and criticized conditions, calling the workers a bleak emblem of hunger and hardship.
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Memphis
Tenn
East Arkansas
Mrs Ella Alford Taken Home By Brown Ambulance
Mrs Ella Alford was brought home to Tower Avenue this morning in Brown's ambulance from Baugh's Infirmary after recovering from an illness.
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Ella Alford
Tower Avenue
Brown
Baugh
Grand jury probes liquor, youth parties in Morgan County
Morgan county grand jury reported four true bills and censured youth drinking at dances while urging raids on violations. They praised the sheriff's efforts, called for jail improvements, and planned May reconvening to assess the county farm and jail conditions.
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Decatur
Morgan County Grand Jury
A. A. Griffith
Hamp Draper on Way to Recovery
Hamp Draper, chief of the State day, remained very ill after a night of hospital care. Doctors reported he was still a very sick man as he moves toward recovery in Wetumpka Alabama.
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Hamp Draper
Wetumpka
Ala
T. Cousins
Power Outages Scheduled at Substation Sunday
Officials of the Alabama Power company announced a half hour power cut Sunday afternoon for testing. Current will be off from 1:00 to 2:30.
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Alabemag Power Company
Weather report for Tennessee river gauge and week outlook
The 7 am gauge on the Tennessee River stood at 86 feet and is falling. The report shows an unspecified maximum temperature and a minimum of 3 dollars with uncertain north portion readings. The outlook for the week remains unclear due to garbled data.
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Beverly Hills
Ben Lindsey
Los Angeles
Barton Sewell
State Commission
Benevolent Hospital
A. B. Smith
Mellon
Allan K. Bomberger
Wabash College
Young Bomberger
Hammond, Ind
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