Graves forecasts special sessions as relief bills move
Governor Bibb Graves told reporters in Montgomery that special sessions of the Alabama legislature are highly probable to address changing economic conditions. He said recess committees should draft measures on finance education and law revision and that 11 bills were en route to leverage federal recovery programs.
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William S. Truby
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Graves
Crime Commission
Anderson
Wokianre
Highway Department
Aviation commission urges 4000 planes and civilian power
The final report of the special aviation commission was presented to President Roosevelt by Chairman Clark Howell of Atlanta. It recommends increasing military aircraft to about 4,000 and granting authority to administer civilian aeronautics.
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Washington
Special Aviation Commission
Roosevelt
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Markets at a Glance
New York stocks irregular with rails sagging and bonds mixed yet strong for U S government issues. Curb and utilities improve while foreign exchange stays quiet. sterling firm. Cotton and sugar rise with firm spot markets. coffee declines due to liquidation. Chicago wheat soft with late eastern selling. corn weak. feeders disappointed. cattle steady to 25 off at up to 13.00. hogs 15-25 lower with larger receipts, top 7.90.
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New York
U.S
New Orleans
Commission House
Seaboard Storm Prompts Warnings Across Alabama
Snow, the heaviest in years, blankets Alabama from the Tennessee Valley to the Black Belt with 6 inch totals at Florence and Huntsville and lighter amounts in Birmingham. Temperatures stay below freezing with forecasts for mostly fair but colder weather. no fatalities reported though injuries from icy streets occur.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Black Belt
Florence
Huntsville
Montgomery
South
Tuscaloosa
Snow Strikes Montgomery Deep South Cradle of Confederacy
In Montgomery Alabama a light snowfall measured 0.6 inch covered the ground. The temperature plunged to 18 degrees and rose to 28 by mid morning. Snow last night followed rain and sleet leaving sidewalks slick. The last similar snow occurred on March 4 1924 when 0.8 inch fell.
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Montgomery
Ala
the Confederacy
Deep South
Three Fires Cause Only Slight Loss
A run to the Lee Kitchens home at 411 Fifth avenue west reported three fire alarms since Tuesday afternoon. The Kitchens blaze caused by a burning-out flue caused no damage. Earlier, a fire on Commercial avenue and Gum street and another at Water street tenant house produced only slight damage.
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Lee
Fifth Avenue
West
Kitchens
Commercial Avenue
Gum Street
Water Street
Liberalized Gag Rule Adopted by House
The House adopted the liberalized gag rule for the $4.88 billion public works resolution. The action was announced in Washington on January 23.
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Washington
House
Coldwater River Rampage Leaves Mississippi Town Flooded
MEMPHIS TENN January 23 The Coldwater river roared into the Tallahatchie basin and flooded Quitman Pantla and Sledge area marooning hundreds in depots box cars and on dumps in sub freezing weather Mayor H G Prysock waded in water to his hips to appeal for help He said 250 people were housed in the depot and 1000 families might be marooned needing motorized boats and a break through a two inch ice layer to reach them.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tallahatchie
North Mississippi
Quitman
Pantla
H. G. Prysock
Prysock
Knight Appointed Special Prosecutor in Negroes' Cases
Attorney General Albert Carmichael named Thomas E. Knight Jr. as special prosecutor to represent the state in further hearings of the Scottsboro cases. Knight had retired January 14 as Alabama attorney general to become lieutenant governor. Carmichael announced the appointment with favorable reception from friends of both men.
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Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Alabama
Albert Carmichael
Scottsboro
Knight
Mr. Carmichael
Montgomery
Carmichael
Thomas
Chinese Cities Targeted in Chahar Province Assault
Chinese official dispatches from Kalgan report a coordinated strike by 2,000 Japanese and Manchoukuan troops using air force, armored cars, and artillery against border cities Tuhsikuo Kuyuan and Tungschetze in Chahar. Air raids followed and reports conflicted on immediate outcomes as tension rose in north China.
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Harold Timperley
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Associated Press
Leiping
Chahar
China
Kalgan
Manchukuo
Tuhsikuo
Kuyuan
Tungschetze
Assa
Atoe
North China
Sige
Atlantic Coast Braces For Howling Gale Threat
Storm warnings extended from Virginia Capes to Maine as a severe gale nears the coast. New York City battles heavy snowfall with hundreds of plows and trucks deployed. frigid temperatures and fatalities rise nationwide amid floods and fog.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Virginia Capes
Maine
Weather Bureau
New York City
Ohio Valley
New En
Jacksonville
Fla
New England
Dakotas
Lake Erie
Rocky Mountain
Hibbing
Minn
Centaarend
Montana
Wheeler Dam Crew Votes 100 Percent for Roosevelt Greeting
The Wheeler Dam construction crew of 783 men contributed a dime each totaling 78 dollars and 30 cents to send birthday greetings to President Roosevelt. R A Burleson announced the effort on behalf of the central campaign committee.
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Wheeler Dam
Roosevelt
R. A. Burleson
Central Campaign Committee
Lawrence Farmer Called By Death
Mose Beatty a 52 year old Lawrence county farmer died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on Moulton route two Tuesday morning at one o'clock. He will be laid to rest Thursday at one p m at Fairfield with Rev E E Byars officiating and interment in Red Hill cemetery Highsmith Funeral Director. Survived by son E M Beatty of Birmingham and daughters Flora Melvin and Margaret Swinford both of Birmingham.
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Mose Beatty
Lawrence County
Moulton
Fairfield
E. E. Byars
Red Hill
Highsmith
E. M. Beatty
Birmingham
Flora Melvin
Margaret Swinford
Six Scout Troop Hoped For Decatur
B. E. Norris, Scout executive of the Tennessee Valley Council, said a new Scout troop could be organized in Decatur soon. Decatur currently has five active troops. Norris spent Tuesday in the city before returning to Huntsville.
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B. E. Norris
Tennessee Valley Council of Boy Scouts
Decatur
Norris
Huntsville
More Indictments In Bremer Snatch Case
The federal government pressed toward full prosecution of those involved in the Edward G. Bremer kidnapping, moving another step toward bringing all parties to trial in the St. Paul case.
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Bremer
ST. Paul, Minn
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Bandits Outwit Mail Truck Driver In $129000 Heist
Four men ambushed a U S mail truck in Fall River Massachusetts tied the driver and fled with about $129 000 in banknotes and silver. Police traced the route across the Taunton River into Swansea and across state lines but found no suspects after a thorough hour long search.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Herri B. Reid
Taunton
Swansea
Reid
Reed
Postal Department
Are
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Robinson Search Opens in Carolina
AR Ward, assistant chief of highway law enforcement, suspects a mannish woman seen in a Winsboro area car with a machine gun may be Thomas H. Robinson Jr. He is wanted for the Alice Speed Stoll kidnapping. A Fairfield county pair reported two machine guns in a ditch car with two passengers in women’s garb.
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Columbia
Young Stevenson
Ed Stevenson
Fairfield County
Ward
Highway Patrol
Robinson, Jr
Stoll
Robinson
Stevenson
Mrs. M. W. Wilson Dies at Hospital
Mrs. M. W. Wilson aged 46 of 1001 Wadsworth street died at 11 25 this morning at Benevolent Society Hospital. Body taken to Drinkard Howell Funeral Parlors Hartselle then returned home. She leaves her husband four daughters and one son. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Drinkard Howell.
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M. W. Wilson
Wadsworth Street
Benevolent Society Hospital
Drinkard-Howell Funeral
Hartselle
Death relief for Memphis girl called the sweetest
Marie Kerr a 19 year old known as the sweetest girl in Memphis neighbors found relief from years of suffering today after a week of eased pain. She died this morning with a crucifix in hand saying Oh mother and expressing readiness for release from illness.
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Memphis
Tenn
Marie Kerr
Florence Kerr
Ickes in Row Over His Jurisdiction
Secretary Ickes and the Forestry Service clashed over control of forest and game conservation. F A Silcox disputed Ickes prior suggestion to consolidate all government conservation activities under the interior department for harmony and efficiency.
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Ickes
New York
Forestry Service
F. A. Silcox
Silcox
Interior Department
Disabled Valverda Tanker Worries Bermuda Coast
The Glasgow tanker Valverda, engines damaged and a crew death, burns in the engine room and smolders aft. Two British warships, H M S Guardian and H M S Frobisher, standby as weather limits towing to Halifax is planned.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Valverda
Glasgow
H. M. S. Guardian
H. M
Frobisher
Halifax
Joe Wheeler And Bee Line Cleared By Highway Dept
Nine road scraping machines were placed in service this morning by the local highway department to clear snow and sleet from the Bee Line and Joe Wheeler highways. Six scrapers operate on the Bee Line from Warrion to the Tennessee line and three on the J Wheeler from Decatur to Tuscumbia. Officials urged motorists to drive carefully and slow down on slick spots as sleet and snow froze into ice in places. The sun melted some of the packed snow, aiding the work and officials hoped for no accidents as travel continues.
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Highway Department
Bee Line
Joe Wheeler
Warrion
Tennessee Line
J. Wheeler
Decatur
Tuscumbia
Capital Humming With Activities In Roosevelt Projects
Washington notes a snowy day as officials push President Roosevelt's security program and work relief. Perkins denounces Townsend pension as fantastic while urging adoption. The House debates a large relief appropriation amid rumors of a magazine critique of top officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Perkins
Townsend Old-Age
House
Cummngs
Farley
Harrison
Miss
Governor's Bond Bill Moves Through Alabama Senate Panel
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Committee favors the administration bill empowering Gov Bibb Graves to refund bonded debt at par and a maximum four and a half percent interest. Senator Shelby Fletcher says current average rate is about five percent and refinancing could drop to four percent or lower. Committee action is unanimous with possible full Senate action soon.
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A. F. Mahan
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Bibb Graves
Shelby Fletcher
Sen
Fletcher
Hayse Tucker
Expert links ladder wood to Hauptmann attic in Lindbergh trial
Wood expert Arthur Koehler testified the upright ladder piece from Hauptmann’s attic matched a floor board and bore an H initial, with markings and tool marks confirming it as part of the ladder used in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. The defense contends Koehler is unqualified but later admitted his qualifications.
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Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arthur J. Koehler
Koehler
Lindbergh
Bronx
Roselle Gosbile
Alexanders A. Pope
Defense Counsel
Weather summary with river, snow, and temperature notes
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 7.2 feet this morning with a small range in the 24 hours. Snow measured 27 inches. temperatures varied with a 3 point spread and a low near 21 degrees. Alabama shows fair to mostly fair skies with cooler coast conditions tonight and subfreezing northern portions.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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