Trade climbs above marks of last year
New York reports wholesale volume expanding over the past week as Dun and Bradstreet notes retail distribution buoyed by holiday sales. Electric output remains above 2 billion kilowatt hours for 25th straight week while coal, oil and steel show varied changes. Retail gains span regions with cautious optimism for 1937 budgets and January February promotions.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Middle ‘West
Northwest
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
New England
East
Wife Held as Gun Weilder at New Year Beach Fatality
Santa Monica Calif Jan 1 The fatal shooting of Harry A bove a retired property owner at a fashionable beach club on New Year Eve drew police attention. A woman Mrs Helen Love 31 claimed to be his wife and was arrested on murder suspicion then found swinging in a silk undergarment improvised noose. She said they married ten months ago and had not lived together publicly due to his wish to keep news from his mother.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Harry A. Bove
Love
Bride
Ella Brown
Helen Love
Charles E. Dice
Basketball Tilts at Austinville Knicks and Wings
The G-3 Weavers and Wings from Goodyeari visit Austinville High School gym Saturday for a 7 o'clock game. Afterward the Alabama Nighthawks meet the Austinville Independents in the same venue.
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Austinville
Weavers and Wings
Goodyeari
Austinville High School
Alabama Nighthawks
Austinville Independents
Motors deal costs federal government and profits for dealers
The Baltimore Sun reports the Wimalert Company of Jersey City bought Army Liberty motors for 100 each and sold them to the Coast Guard for about 4 500 each, with a 281 620 bid for 62 engines and later rebuilt for harbor patrol use.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Washington
Vimalert Company
Jersey City
Army Air Corps
Coast Guard
Wimalert Company
Robert Cuse
State Department
Spain
the Sun
J. Fred Essary
Wimaleft Company
Liberty Motors
Army
Liberty
Vimialert
Leap Year Not Helping Cupid in County Marriages
Leap year 1936 shows 42 fewer marriage licenses than 1935 with 556 issued in probate office. November was the top month with 61 licenses, 59 in 1935, and 59 in December 1936. Comparisons with 1932 show 392 licenses that year, despite December totaling 71 permits.
Burned body of girl found in West Charleston shack
Firemen found 19 year old Clara Edens dead in a burned West Charleston shack. Coroner to autopsy determine if she was about to become a mother. Allen Meyers held for questioning after claiming she stayed with him amid family trouble. Surgical instruments lay near the body and police suspect theft from a physician's car.
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Charleston
W.va
Clara Edens
James E. Roberts
Allen Meyers
Sissonville
W. A. Tully
Meyers
Miss Edens
Veteran editor John Hamel dies by self-inflicted wounds
Kershaw South Carolina January 1 veteran editor and prison board chairman Captain John Hamel aged 77 died after two bullet wounds in the rear of a barber shop. Police chief said the injuries were self-inflicted and no motive could be determined. Hamel who led the Kershaw Era for over four decades was born in Charlotte North Carolina and survived by his widow Molly J. Clark and four daughters.
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Kershaw
S. C
John Hamel
State Prison Board
W.F. Mothersheed
Mothersheed
Pioneer
Charlotte
N. C
Hamel
Molly J. Clark
Lancaster
Roosevelt to be first president’s son as secretary since Jackson
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, is noted as a potential secretary in the White House, a role last filled by Louis McHenry Howe. Oldtimers recall Andrew Jackson Donaldson serving as an adopted son in the position, but James says he would not be a full secretary and expects only a limited post.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
White House
Andrew Jackson Donaldson
James
Louis McHenry Howe
Cupid Beats Old Man Divorce In Reno Marriage Boom
In Reno during 1936 Cupid won over Old Man Divorce by more than two to one as 7,596 marriage licenses were issued and 3,001 divorces filed. About 90 percent of Reno marriages came from California to avoid its gun marriage law requiring three days notice. The 1935 license total was 6,054.
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Reno
Cupid
Sierra
California
Wierce
Car Thefts Probed in Tupelo Mississippi
Sheriff forces continued inquiry into two cars stolen at Tupelo Mississippi and recovered in Russellville. Two Morgan county residents were questioned and four men were jailed in Russellville, accused of theft and seen passing through Russellville in a car yesterday. Franklin and Russellville police officials provided statements about identifications and the investigation.
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Tupelo
Miss
Morgan County
Russellville
J. Street Sandilin
Stone
Berry Shedd
Franklin County
Franklin
Sandlin
Kilgore
Aaron Walton
Weatherly
Parker
Hunter
Accident victim still unconscious in Lewisburg
C W Harwell of Lewisburg Tennessee remained unconscious at Baugh's Infirmary after a late Wednesday afternoon collision on East Moulton Street. He and his brother R L Harwell were crossing the street when the accident happened. Harwell suffered a fractured skull and concussion.
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C. W. Harwell
Lewisburg
Tenn
East Moulton Street
Baugh’s
Florida Rollins Students Injured in Laredo Bus Crash
Eleven students from the University of Florida and Rollins College were cut and bruised when their excursion bus left the Laredo Monterrey highway 40 miles south of Laredo. George Simonson suffered a head gash and was the most seriously injured. The party was returning from a holiday trip to Mexico City.
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Laredo
Tex
University of Florida
Rollins College
Laredo-Monterrey
Here
George Simonson
Mexico City
Europe Hails 37 With Fear War Is Close
London and Rome react to a new year amid high tension over Spain as fascist powers push for non intervention. Parisians celebrate with revelry while Berlin tightens rationing and Germany declares economic independence planned for four years.
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Europe
Associated Press
London
Oer
Rome
Berlin
Pope Pius Spends Cheerful New Year’s Day
Pope Pius XI, 79, spent a cheerful New Year’s Day at the Vatican and showed signs of being free from pain after a month of illness. Doctors tempered optimism, noting past fluctuations in his condition but hopeful he may again handle church affairs.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Holy Father
Fear Grips Search For Kidnapped Charles Mattson
In Tacoma on New Year’s Day fears rose over the fate of 10 year old Charles Mattson held since a Sunday abduction. Dr W W Mattson reported no word from his son and officials doubted the kidnapper would return him even if a 28000 dollar ransom was paid. The kidnapper was described as likely an amateur and the family, including William 16 Muriel 14 and Charles Fletcher, attended the boy’s vigil as investigators and police maintained a quiet stance.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
W. W. Mattson
Charles
William
Muriel Mattson
Virginia Chatfield
Mattson
Muriel
Charles Fletcher
Department of Justice
Harold Nathan
New Year's Service At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
A New Year's service will be held tonight at St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Sherman street and Fourth avenue beginning at 7 30. The public was invited to attend.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Sherman Street
Fourth Avenue
Redrafted Liquor Bill Framed By Senate Sub-Committee
A revised liquor bill from the Alabama Senate temperance sub committee heads to the full Senate after holiday recess. The measure tightens controls on whiskey sales through state stores and hotels, sets room requirements, caps vendor expenditures, and sets beer at four percent alcohol. It bars legislators and those indicted under prohibition laws from state liquor agencies.
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Senate
Mobile
Ala
Alabama Senate
Senate Temperance Committee
House
Alco
State Liquor Commission
Merrimack Mill Workers Walkout in Huntsville Strike
In Huntsville Alabama workers at the Merrimack mill 1450 employees walk out after a pay dispute following New Year celebrations. A 10 percent raise was given but union demand for another 10 percent and unresolved issues led to a last night walkout. A union meeting with Joe Bradley failed to yield an agreement. Merrimack is noted as a strongly organized plant. No trouble expected at other Huntsville mills.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Mack
United Textile Workers of America
Couners
Kout
Merrimack
Joe Bardley
Bradley
Capitol Quiet On New Year's Holiday
Alabama's state capitol was quiet as state employes observed a New Year's holiday. Governor Bibb Graves was at his Gulf shore cottage for the weekend, planning to balance work with fishing as a special session reconvenes next week to consider taxes and repeal of prohibition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Gulf Shore
Foley
Pike's Peak Flares Great New Year
Star shells burst above Pike's Peak to welcome 1937 as fourteen climbers atop the 14110 foot summit set off fireworks. Thousands within a hundred miles witnessed the celebration in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas.
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Colorado
Springs
Colo
Jan
Pike's Peak
Proceedings Begun in Kansas City Regulation Plane Institute
Proceedings opened in Kansas City as Maurice Milligan led the institution in establishing regulations for a plane. The event marked the start of a new regulatory framework with key figures participating.
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Kansas City
Jan
United Test 6
Maurice M. Milligan
Macon
Accident at Mobile injures and fatalities reported
Fragmentary report notes a vehicle crash near Mobile Alabama resulting in injuries and fatalities. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a roadside accident with casualties.
Assessments Heavy In 1936 County Wide Tax Activity
John Maxwell tax assessor announced 1936 saw more property assessments than in the prior nine years while Tax Collector Hodges Crow said tax payments were better than in many years. A 50 cent fee on each tax payment and six percent daily delinquency charges apply, with a 10 percent penalty after January 18 for assessments. The year ended with a rush to assess property and pay taxes before penalties.
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John Maxwell
Hodges Crow
China Fights Drug Habit in Nationwide Drive
China launches a nationwide anti drug campaign with local leniency for addicts during a transitional period. Authorities in Nanking permit voluntary treatment while arrests and executions are expected to follow the probationary window. Local hospitals report curing thousands of addicts in 1936, reflecting the scale of the problem.
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Nanking
China
Beeland Predicts 10000 Merchants to Protest Alabama Sales Tax
Jeff Beeland, leader of the Consumers' Anti-Sales Tax Association, forecasts about 10 000 Alabama merchants will march on the state capitol to oppose a proposed two percent general sales tax. Meanwhile a 1.5 percent gross receipts tax goes into effect on retail sales and amusements. The rally follows a four hour hearing schedule as the Ways and Means Committee considers the sales tax bill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jeff Beeland
The
Consumers’ Anti
Alabama
State Capitol
Beeland
House
Ways and Means
John Chichester
Birmingham
Butler County
Greenville
Mobile
Senate Temperance
Selma Merchants Refuse New Taxes at Meeting
Selma merchants voted yesterday to repudiate all new taxes and to refuse the gross receipts levy until resources are restored. The meeting adopted a stand against the tax and urged a reconsideration of the measure.
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Selma
Ala
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