Lindbergh Baby Case Trial Opens with Rapid Jury Selection
In Flemington New Jersey 1935 jurors were sworn quickly as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial opened. Nine jurors sworn four more accepted and the court set a goal to complete a panel this day. Colonel Lindbergh attended while Mrs Hauptmann sought eye contact with her husband.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Jhrots
Womers
Veniremen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anna Hauptmann
Bronx
Mannfried
Thomas W. Trenchard
Oyer and Terminer
Bankhead Endorsed by Pennsylvania Democrats for House Majority Leader
Pennsylvania's strong Democratic delegation endorsed Bankhead of Alabama for House majority leader after an initial ballot. The action came as Senate Democrats unanimously reelected Joseph T. Robinson as their leader. President Roosevelt scheduled a Friday leaders conference to map the legislative program.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Bankhead
Alabama
House
Richardson
Reading
Piterasen
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Democrats
Joseph T. Robinson
Roosevelt
House Democrats
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Senate
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Hugo L. Black
Key Pittman
Nevada
Donahey
Ohio
Moore
New Jersey
Pulaski to Receive TVA Power Friday
Pulaski Tennessee to gain TVA electric power Friday after completion of a transmission link from Wilson Dam via Athens Alabama. Mayor W R Rockely says a 4 p m ceremony will switch on the new sub station, making Pulaski the first Tennessee city to obtain TVA power.
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Pulaski, Tenn
W. R. Rockely
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pulaski
Wilson Dam
Athens
Ala
Tennessee
TVA
Madrid ministers meet to head off cabinet crisis
President Vicento Alcala Zamora opened ministerial conferences in Madrid on January 2 to avert a threatened cabinet crisis.
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Madrid
Viceto Alcala Zamora
Smile Is Bigger Than Ever After 1982 Election
The caption notes a growth in the subject’s prominence since a 1982 election, with a photo at left illustrating the rise in public profile and influence captured in the accompanying image.
Night Marshal kills one as bank robbers strike Austell
In Austell Georgia Night Marshal J L Morris shot and killed one burglar during a bank robbery attempt at the Austell Bank after a confrontation in a neighboring furniture store. The second man escaped as the coroner's jury could not identify the dead man.
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Austell
J. L. Morris
C. C
Perkerson
Morris
Charles J. Shelverton
Tennessee
Knoxville
Weather Notes From Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee river rises to 8.4 feet with a 41 degree high and 24 degree low and no rainfall. Tennessee fair and warmer tonight and Thursday, Alabama frost and freezing temps 26 to 30 in the south, 30 to 32 on the coast tonight. Thursday fair with rising temperatures.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Nudist Scene In German Picture Protests Rise
A German film titled Ecstasy featuring a nude scene is under Treasury Dept review for suitability for U S audiences. Mrs Henry Morgenthau Jr attended a pre view but her husband could not be there. The film was impounded by New York customs after Pope and Fritz Mandel condemned it. Mandel seeks suppression of the film. No release decision has been made.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
New York Customs
Fritz Mandel
Hedy Keisler
Mandel
Mrs. E. B. Walling Dies at 49 in Falkville Home
Mrs. E. B. Walling 49 died Tuesday at 11 30 PM at her Falkville Route 1 home. Funeral at 2 30 PM today at sister Mrs. Kate Patterson’s home with Rev. Paul C. Howell officiating. Interment in Falkville. Survived by husband six children four brothers one sister.
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E. B. Walling
Falkville
Walling
Lawson Bean
Kate Patterson
Paul C. Howell
Cullman
Headland Bank Pays Depositors in Full
Headland Bank in Headland Alabama paid depositors in full, becoming the fourth southeast Alabama bank to liquidate. The payoff totaled 75,000 dollars, shared by more than 1,000 depositors as the receiver completed the liquidation.
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Headland
Ala
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Southeast Alabama Bank
Alabama Highway Bids Advertised For Four Projects
The Alabama state highway department announced bids to be opened January 17 for four federal aid highway projects costing about 500 000 dollars. The plans include 13.9 miles of reinforced concrete and surface treatment on U S 30 between Demopolis and Livingston and other paving and drainage works in Marengo Sumter Goodwater Alex City Cullman Notasulga and Tuskegee areas with costs ranging from 25 000 to 281 000 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
Alabama
Demopolis
Livingston
Marengo
Sumter
Goodwater
Alex City
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Cullman
Double Springs
Tuskegee
Notasulga
Macon
King Zog Reported Wounded by Bomb Attack
Reports from Corfu said a bomb hit the Tirana palace wounding King Zog of Albania. No immediate confirmation available. A revolt reportedly has been underway in Albania for several days.
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Athens
Greece
Corfu
Tirana
Zog
Albania
Alabama House race and cotton program in new Congress
Problems confronting Alabama and the South rise with national policy as William Bankhead vies for House leadership. Senator Bankhead and Senator Black weigh waterway improvements, a permanent cotton program, and national health insurance as the 74th Congress convenes. Two long-serving Alabama lawmakers Miles Allgood and Lamar Jeffers leave, with future roles unclear.
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Washington
Alabama
South
William B. Bankhead
Jasper
Democratic House
John H. Bankhead
Hugo L. Black
White House
Congress
House
Miles C. Allgood
Lamar Jeffers
Capitol Hill
Allgood
Gadsden
State Missioner of Agriculture and Industries
Farm Administration
Jeffers
Anniston
St. Juvin
France
Impor
Last Minute Bulletins From Across America
A chaotic January report blends a Cherokee jail fire inquiry in Georgia with mercy hopes for five convicts, a Bankhead Act amendment proposing five bales of cotton per family head, a Lake Charles shooting case in Louisiana, Alabama bond destruction in Montgomery, and R M Reinhart the North American prospector arriving at Concejoi in Brazil as searchers earlier listed him missing.
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Gaffney
Cherokee County
Washington
Miller
D. Ark
Rio DE Janeiro
R. M. Reinhart
Conceil
Uraguaya River
Reinhart
Brazil
Sheffield Rejects Stockholders Suit About Alabama Power
Stockton Cooke Jr says Sheffield will not negotiate with the preferred stockholders committee led by Al C. Garber. The letter warned that if Tri Cities contract with the Public Works Administration for a local electric system the Alabama Power Co would cut service. The dispute centers on franchises and plans to fund new distribution with high rates approved by the Public Service Commission.
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Sheffield
Ala
Stockton Cooke, Jr
al C. Garber
Alabama Power Co
Garber
Florence
Tuscumbia
Sa Sas
Tri-Cities
Public Works Administration
Cooke
Alabama Public Service Commission
Higher Utility Tax Plan Proposed by Robinson in Birmingham
Commissioner Leney Robinson announced bills prepared for the upcoming legislature to raise utility taxes, boosting city revenue by an estimated 300000 to 400000 dollars. The plan would raise electric light water gas and heating taxes from 2 percent to 5 percent of gross receipts and increase several other utility and transport company taxes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Leney Robinson
Robinson
Markets at a Glance New York January 2 New trends and mixed signals
Markets at a Glance reports uneven activity across sectors in New York on January 2 with late recoveries aiding stocks while bonds show irregular performance. Curb and utilities move cautiously, foreign exchanges firm, gold currencies strong, and commodities such as cotton and sugar hold near steady. Cattle rise, hog prices reach up to 7.80, and Chicago wheat falls amid negative outlook.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago
Scotte
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Rosie Pill
Verna Snyder
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Anthon
Fisher
Bannard Reilly
Ling
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Clarence M. Wright
Elera
Joseph _ Burns
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Marshal Morris
Mather Collins Furniture Store
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Headland Bank
King
U. S
Senator Bankhead
Frances M. LE May
Lake Charles
Isiah Parker
Farmer
Leesville Hospital
Archie Farris
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