Alabama Senate moves on Graves program in 1935 session
Alabama lawmakers advance Governor Bibb Graves measures including TVA exemption from the Public Service Commission and a liquor referendum set for February 26. The package also seeks expanded gubernatorial authority to dismiss appointive officers and preserves the three original prohibition questions on the ballot.
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A. F. Mahan, Jr
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama
Senate
State Legislature Debates Health and Tax Reform Measures
Lawmakers consider reorganization of the highway and administration bodies into three and two member bodies, with a three member tax directorate. A new relief fund seeks 3 million dollars, and farmers may lose a cent from the gas tax to aid recovery. The Senate passed a six percent interest cap for future debts amid debate. Health bills address sterilization and dog vaccination under state oversight.
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Highway Department
Board of Administration
Tax Commission
House
Senate
Shelby Fletcher
Harrison
Marengo
Graves
Washington
Alabama
J. M. Bonner
Wilcox County
State Health Department
Winter Strikes With New Vigor Across Regions
A brutal cold wave grips the central west and northwest with blizzards and subzero readings. Williston North Dakota reports 26 below zero, Saskatoon hits 42 below, while fatalities rise from winter weather across multiple states and provinces.
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Chicago
United States
Ohio Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Dakotas
Minnesota
Middle-West
Williston
Fargo
Saskatoon
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Washington
California
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
Cascades
Gorgas Hall At Alabama Burns In Tuscaloosa
Fire of unknown origin swept Gorgas Hall the University of Alabama dormitory. All 660 residents reportedly escaped, except Dick Lavier who re entered and was rescued unconscious with facial burns. The blaze began about 12:30 pm and by 1 pm flames roared through the roof.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Gorgas Hall
University of Alabama
Dick Lavier
Ogdensburgh
N. Y
Bandits Sought After Robbery Near Van Buren
Ozark Ark Jan. 1 A trio of machine gun bandits robbed a truck near Van Buren released the driver and fled two of the bandits believed escaped convicts. Police hunted them through the area as details emerged about the incident.
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Ozark
Ark
van Buren
Four Men Hijack Truck Carrying Leather in Boston
In Dorchester four gunmen kidnapped night manager William Holmes of a Boston leather firm and seized a five ton truck loaded with leather valued at eight to ten thousand dollars bound for London. Police link the hijacking to two prior thefts and suspect the same gang. The leather was to ship on the Scythia to London.
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Boston
Dorchester
Caroline-Becker Co
London
England
William Holmes
Canton
William Tooher
Scythia
Teachers receive nearly 21000 in state county salary checks
Checks totaling nearly 21 000 were mailed today from Prof George T Woodard county superintendent of education to Morgan county teachers and bus drivers. The payment covers one month’s salary half of November and two weeks of December with 250 recipients. The county board borrowed 2000 of the amount the rest from state and county funds. Woodruff did not know when the next payment could be made.
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George T. Woodard
Morgan County
County Board of Education
Woodruff
No Trace Found of Ray Hamilton in East Texas Raid
Centerville Texas January reports say Sheriff Lee Thomason and two state patrolmen raided several farmhouses south of Buffalo in search of Raymond Hamilton linked to a $5,000 Citizens' State Bank robbery at Buffalo. No trace of Hamilton or signs of his gang were found.
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Centerville
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Desperado
Here
Lee Thomason
Leon County
Buffalo
Neal Arthur
Hamilton
East Texas
Arthur
Citizens’ State Bank of Buffalo
Eastman Prison Farm
Thomason
Robbery on Freight Train Leaves Hoboes Stripped
In Montgomery Alabama a youth named Allen Hus sion 18 of Indianapolis was wounded in the thigh and 23 other white men were robbed of clothing and valuables by three armed Negro robbers aboard a Louisville and Nashville freight near Clanton. The bandits ordered personal possessions onto the car floor and left before police arrived.
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Montgomery
Ala
Allen Hussion
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
Clanton
Montgomry
Eastern Locarno Pact Hopes Rise At Soviet Comment
Russian Foreign Commissioner Maxim Litvinoff said in Geneva that the success chances of an eastern Locarno pact have improved and now depend largely on Germany.
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Germany
Woman Lawyer 70 Probes Acreage Reduction Kicks Off
Mary Connor Myers of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration arrives in Memphis to probe alleged violations of cotton acreage reduction contracts in Eastern Arkansas. She will lead a two to three week inquiry hearing affidavits and collecting complaints prompted by Henry A Wallace's directive after concerns raised by the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.
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Memphis
Tenn
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Arkansas
Mary Connor Myers
AAA
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
South
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Orough
Satesey
Norman Thomas
Tests Planned for Flint Well at Tubercular Sanatorium
County health officials and relief department test a 110 foot well at the Flint tubercular sanatorium to supply 7000 gallons daily. If approved a 15000 gallon storage tank will be built with total project cost around 1700 dollars, covering drilling casing and filtration. Relief officers expect a decision soon on whether to proceed.
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Flint
County Board of Health
County Relief Department
Relief Départment
Decatur Yo-Yo Champion Crowned At Princess Theatre
Bobby Strother won the yo-yo contest in Decatur at the Princess theatre. Winners also included Robert Snow Frank Chenault Mayland Yarbrough Cread Petty Billy Stewart Lamar Speer John Giles Chas Boley Luther Boley Black Frank Speer Otto Little Russell Speake Henry Brock Beuford Ward in a close field of skilled performers.
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Bobby Strother
Greater
Decatur
Princess Theatre
Robert Snow
Frank Chenault
Mayland Yarbrough
Cread Petty
Billy Stewart
Lamar Speer
John Giles
Chas. Boley
Luther Boley
Black
Graves Still Deliberating on Insurance Superintendent
Governor Bibb Graves said next week he will name Alabama's new superintendent of insurance after reviewing files and recommendations. Nine candidates appeared at a public hearing including John M. Corr of Birmingham and R. P. Coleman of Montgomery, with Gwaltney and Greer viewed as leading contenders.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Lb. L. Gwaltney, Jr
Frank Julian
Charles Greer
Graves
John M. Corr
Birmingham
Corr
R. P. Coleman
Gwaltney
Coleman
Former President To Honor Amelia Earhart in Oakland
Former President Herbert Hoover will attend a reception in Oakland to honor Amelia Earhart for her solo trans Pacific flight from Honolulu. Mrs Hoover will accompany him as a notable group greets Earhart and her husband George Palmer Putnam. General Joseph Poindester of Hawaii will congratulate Earhart by radio as navy planes escort the arriving couple from Los Angeles.
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Oakland
Calif
Herbert Hoover
White House
Amelia Harhart
Honolulu
TVA Yardstick Power Program Blocked By Alabama Suit
Preferred stockholders of Alabama Power Co sue to halt TVA North Alabama sales and the use of public funds for 14 town electric plants. Judge Grubb moved hearing from January 28 to Friday, granting TVA time to prepare and noting key attorneys unavailable.
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Preferred
Alabama Power Co
TVA
North
Alabama
W. I. Grubb
U. S, District Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
North Alabama
TVA Chairman Finishes Deposition By Alabama Power Suit
Dr. A B E Morgan head of the Tennessee Valley Authority concluded a deposition for a federal suit brought by Alabama Power Company stockholders against TVA and 14 North Alabama municipalities. The case questions TVA Act constitutionality and the scope of the power program. Attorneys Forney Johnston and son Joseph F Johnston questioned Morgan, focusing on Norris Dam and the resulting 80 square mile reservoir.
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Knoxville
Tenn
A. BE. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama Power Company
TVA
North Alabama
Isco
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Joseph F. Johnston
Morgan
Norris Dam
Trio Gun Battles Leave Three Dead
Three fatal gun battles in New York left three dead and one critically wounded. Patrolman Killian died at Fifth Avenue and 54th Street during a leather goods store holdup. In Brooklyn Albert Musgris was shot dead as police and gunmen exchanged fire after forcing him to drive away from a holdup. Farugia brothers were wounded, and one fatally. police also recovered four armed bandits tied to multiple holdups totaling over six thousand dollars.
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New York
James M. J. Killian
Fifth Avenue
54Th Street
Albert Musgris
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Joseph
Samuel Farugia
Joseph Farugia
Killian
Walter B. Curtis
Ray Orley
Thomas Rooney
Amerigo Angelini
Newman Raymond
Bellefonte Avenue
Alexandria
Williams Gibbons
Albert Ryan
Former counsel ordered to turn over Hauptmann case papers
The New York appellate division ruled unanimously that James M. Fawcett must surrender certain papers from Bruno Hauptmann's case to current counsel Edward J. Reilly. The documents will stay with the defense through trial and later return to Fawcett as security for $4,221 in alleged legal fees. Presiding Justice Edward Lazansky announced the decision.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
James M. Fawcett
Edward J. Reilly
Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Acbbott Vollege Wh
Bronx
Lindbergh
Fawcett
Edward Lazansky
Defense Traces Money in Hauptmann Bank Records
The defense argues Hauptmann’s accounts show prior deposits and no Lindbergh ransom notes among funds. Prosecutors say a tiny initial balance rose to thousands, with coins and steady deposits suggesting concealment of ransom profits. Hauptmann, calm in his cell, spoke with his wife via screen as their son stayed with relatives.
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Associated Press
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Edward J. Reilly
Bronx
David T. Wilentz
Lindbergh
Anna
Lumberman Claude Hortman Dies in Lake Charles
Claude Hortman former president of Hortman Salmon Lumber Co a leading Louisiana lumberman died suddenly at his Lake Charles home on January 19 as reports noted his prominence in the industry and his long tenure with the company.
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Lake Charles
Claude Hortman
Hortman-Salmon, Lumber Company
Weather report notes heavy rainfall and high humidity
Fragmentary weather note records 64 units of rainfall and a high humidity reading around 48. The text suggests wet conditions but lacks full location or time details.
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Imum
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Partlow
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California Parole Board
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Tenant Farmers Unit
Wallace
Sanatorium Water Supply
Bob Strother
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von Hindenburg
Von
Clensen
Amelia
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