Doctor Slain on Mercy Call in Chicago
Chicago police investigate the brutal slaying of pediatrician Dr. Silber C. Peacock 40 who answered a fake mercy call on the North Side. He was shot in the forehead and his skull crushed, with nine knife wounds circled around his head found in a later coroner report. Witness Edith Cecil saw two people arguing in the car at 1:30 AM. the body lay in the rear of Peacock’s car with his instrument case open.
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Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Martin McCormack
McCormack
Edgewater Beach
Peacock
John L. Sullivan
Edith Cecil
Dietrich
John
Lawrence Woman Emma Boles Dies in Hillsboro Area
Mrs. Emma Boles 51 of Hillsboro route 2 died at 4 this morning at Benevolent Society. Funeral rites set for 2 p m Sunday at Cottingham Cemetery near Hillsboro with Rev. Joe Henderson. Burial by Brown of Decatur. Survived by daughters Mrs. Claude Farley and Mrs. A. A. Cottingham and sons Walter Reese and Billy Boles, all of Lawrence County.
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Emma Boles
Hillsboro
Benevolent Society
Cottingham Cemetery
Joe Henderson
Brown
Decatur
Boles
Claude Farley
A. A. Cottingham
Walter, Reese
Billy Boles
Lawrence County
Tire found through three day Daily Want Ad
P H Clark says he found his lost tire the first day after placing a three day Daily Want Ad. He notes this is the third time he has recovered tires via the Daily Want Ads. The ad cost 54 cents for three days and used 18 words.
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P. H. Clark
Moulton Man Found Dead by Searchers
Funeral services are set for Kelsie Latham, 24, of Moulton route one, who was found shot near his home Friday. Coroner ruled death a self inflicted wound after a prior head injury from a fall. He is survived by parents, four brothers, six sisters, and other relatives. Services to be held at Landersville with Rev. Bill Bennett officiating.
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Landersville
Kelsie Latham
Moulton
Heath
Highsmith
Latham
J. W. Latham
Howard
James
Council
Audrey
Luma Reeves
Annie Lou
Marvalene
Lucy Lee
Bobby Jean
Billy Joe Latham
Bill Bennett
Road Patrol Goes On Job In Alabama
Alabama's new 74 man state highway patrol will begin enforcement on the highways Tuesday. Captains Potter Smith and Van Buren Gilbert will oversee roving assignments statewide to coordinate the force. The patrol trained in first aid and law enforcement and will cite and educate drivers delinquent on driver's licenses. Governor Graves said liquor laws enforcement is not part of patrol duties.
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Ala
Walter K. McAdory
Alabama
McAdory
Potter Smith
van Buren Gilbert
Bibb Graves
Tax collections in state rise in Alabama figures
Alabama Tax Commission reported a 2 609 731 increase in gasoline tobacco and income tax receipts from the January 15 period compared with 1934 35. The rise covers collections since Gov Bibb Graves inaugurated a year earlier with tobacco taxes 2 245 937 versus 1 582 650, gasoline 10 263 528 versus 9 221 385, and income tax 945 003 versus 471 708.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Tax Commission
Henry S. Long
Tax Commission
Bibb Graves
Mrs Bertha Reeves Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Bertha Cleo Reeves 44 died suddenly at 2 15 p m Friday at 1102 Bowles street Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Sunday at home Rev C L Cobbs to officiate Burial under Brown at City cemetery She is survived by husband William N Reeves daughter Hazel son Clifton and sister Mrs J W Raney of Killen
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Bertha Cleo Reeves
Bowles Street
C. L. Cobbs
Brown
City Cemetery
Senators Split by Party Lines on Roosevelt Address
Expressions of opinion on President Roosevelt's address to Congress varied by party. Senators from both major parties weighed the speech as either bold and stirring or political theater, with leaders like Robinson and Fletcher offering sharp contrasts in interpretation.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Congress
State of the Union stirs fight over New Deal autocracy
President Roosevelt in a forceful address denounces dictatorship and political foes while urging Congress to back the New Deal. Senate Democrats authorize Leader Robinson to confer with the President on soldiers bonus before the issue advances in the finance committee.
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Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Congress
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Robinson
Roosevelt
Decatur Confers With TVA Aimed at Interceptory Sewer
City officials of Decatur seek a conference with Dr. A B Morgan Tennessee Valley Authority chairman to settle terms for a proposed interceptory sewer and disposal plant to be built along the Tennessee River and to be ready as water rises at Wheeler Dam. T M Francis Birmingham engineer attended the meeting which covered plan details and projected sewer terminals near Riverview avenue.
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Decatur
A. B. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dr. Morgan
Knoxville
Morgan
City of
Tennessee Botard Authority
Wheeler Dam
T. M. Francis
Birmingham
Riverview Avenue
Tennessee River
Food Near But Woman Starves in Freezing Home
An elderly recluse and his comatose sister-in-law died or near death in a barren icy New York home. Mrs Anna Cloutier, 60, was found dead in an unheated room with a $30,000 fortune and ample food nearby. Amedee Cloutier, 60, was hospitalized in a grave condition.
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New York
Palsey
Anna Cloutier
Amedee Cloutier
Highlights of Address To Joint Session By President
The Associated Press captures the president's annual message focusing on domestic affairs. He condemns entrenched greed and unscrupulous money changers while urging new measures and warning against repealing current policies. He calls for protecting workers and labor rights and criticizes returning to past power structures. The text reflects confidence in ongoing economic recovery and the need for decisive action.
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Associated Press
Ickes Accuses Critics Of Tax Policy Remarks
Rochester January 4 AP Ickes accuses critics of tax shifts saying sales tax is a graduated income tax in reverse. He argues taxation should reflect ability to pay and government benefits. He cites Hearst and McCormick as influences and laments lessons from youth.
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Rochester, N
Ickes
Rochester City Club
Interior Department
PWA
William Randolph Hearst
Col
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Hauptmann May Tell On Lindbergh Case
Trenton January 4 state officials watching closely for any chance Bruno Richard Hauptmann will reveal more about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping as he faces execution the week of January 18. Prison warden Col Kimberlin says he visits the death house frequently but seeks no confession. Hauptmann’s counsel C Lloyd Fisher says the prisoner remains stoic and insists on his innocence as a plea date nears.
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Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Col
Mark ©. Kimberlin
Flood Warnings Issued as Chat River Rises Near Atlanta
Atlanta weather bureau issued warnings for Blounstown and River Junction Florida as the Chat river in its lower reaches swells from heavy rains and melting snow. The river has hovered near flood stage from West Point Georgia to Atlanta for two days.
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Atlanta
Blounstown
River Junction
Fla
Chat River
Atlanta Weather Bureau
West Point
Actress Eva Todd death reviewed amid suicide theories
Los Angeles dispatch reports district attorney deputies and a central agency concluded that the film star Eva Todd may have died by her own hand. Grand jurors debated suicide versus possible foul play as Ida Lupino testified that the actress appeared "positively weary" and a plan to mislead about the cause of death was considered.
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Los Angeles
Aic
Grand
Ida Lupino
Miss Todd
Ury
Roland West
Direcor
Knight to Attend Scottsboro Arraignment in Alabama
Lieutenant Governor Thomas E. Knight Jr left Montgomery for Decatur to attend the Monday arraignment of nine black defendants in the Scottsboro case. Knight, hired as a special prosecutor, did not comment on the arraignment. Attorney General A A Carmichael said state participation was undecided. Knight previously served as attorney general during the 1921 prosecutions, which were later reversed by the U S Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Decatur
Scottsboro
A. A. Carmichael
Knight
U. S. Supreme Court
Fire destroys garage and automobile at Wadsworth Street
Fire destroyed a garage and an automobile belonging to W. L. Masters on 1001 Wadsworth Street in an early incident reported locally. The blaze left the structure and vehicle a total loss with no injuries noted.
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W. L. Masterson
Wadsworth Street
Ethiopia asks League for inquiry into war cruelty in Africa
Ethiopia formally asks the League of Nations to send a commission of inquiry to investigate war conditions in East Africa and establish responsibility for war cruelty. The report notes bombing of Daggeh Burim and the death of a Swedish Red Cross worker, with Roosevelt and oil embargo talks shaping the international response.
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Geneva
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Devon Francis
Associated Press
Daggeh Burim
Ac Aan Red Cross
T. A. Lambie
Ethiopian Red Cross
de- Hockman
Wheaton
London
Roosevelt
Preliminary Set Today Continued For Bramiett
The preliminary session continues this morning at 10 o'clock for W. E. Bramiett.
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W. E. Bramiett
Keep Son Away Says Hauptmann From Prison Visit
Bruno Richard Hauptmann told his wife during a Jan 4 visit that he does not wish to see his son Mannfried while he remains in New Jersey’s state prison. Mrs Hauptmann quoted him saying he does not belong there and would not like to see his child in that setting.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Mannfried
New Jersey
Haimann
Weather summary for Tennessee and Alabama regions
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 41 feet and rising with a 24 hour high of 50 and low of 40 degrees and .14 inch of rainfall. Alabama reports fair but colder conditions with frost in the south and expected warmth in the west, and a weather outlook for early next week includes rain in the central and eastern regions.
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Alabama
Ee Central
East Gull
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