Mussolini and Roosevelt Era Tensions Highlight 1934 News
The piece notes Mussolini’s debt offer echoing state department lines and Billy Phillips advising incapa city pleas to avoid a united European stance. It mentions Mrs. Roosevelt’s tan, Johnson’s rose garden, Moley urging Russian recognition, and the push to bring all industry under the recovery act. It also covers Loree’s wage-system bid and Gardners roles, set against Washington’s busy dog days.
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Mussolini
State Department
Billy Phillips
Europe
Phillips
Franklin Roosevel
Hugh Johnson
Hewlett
Long Island
Raymond Moley
Litvinoff
London
White House
NIRA
Johnson
Brain Trust
Mary Rumsey
Consumers Advisory Board
The
Roosevelt
E. H. Harriman
Theodore Roosevelt
Rumsey
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Citizens Council Sends Informative Material on County Center Issues
The Morgan County Citizens Council plans an intensive campaign to educate voters about amendments two three and four ahead of the July 18 election. Officials say the effort aims to clarify confusion around tax changes warrants school debts and election costs while stressing the impact on education and local finances.
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Morgan County
Goesen
Citizens Council
Decatur
Dog Head Proves To Be Positive
One dog head was received by the Tennessee Valley Laboratory from Cullman today and analysis showed the animal had been suffering from rabies with results confirming exposure and need for public health action.
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Dog Head
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Cullman
Alabama Vote Seen As Nation’s Center Of Attention
The state is described as the nation’s center of attraction until July 18 as voters decide the fate of the Eighteenth Amendment. Alabama will be the seventeenth state to act, with Tennessee and Arkansas expected to follow shortly.
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Alabama
South
Tennessee
Arkansas
Debates Sought By Dry Speakers
The Alliance Against Repeal challenges repeal advocates to public debates on removing the Eighteenth Amendment. L. Anderson reports Birmingham Law notes the Steering Committee invites official leaders to agreed venues for televised or public debates to inform on the repeal issue and predicts Alabama will vote against repeal.
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L. Anderson
Birmingham Law
Alliance Against Repeal
Anderton
Alabama
Willoughby Heads Morgan County Singing Convention
W T Bill Willoughby re elected president of the Morgan County Singing Convention defeating T J Clark 41 31. T J Clark elected vice president. T W Sparksman chosen secretary treasurer. Mrs W R Wallace Mrs West and Mrs Paul Moore named pianists. Next convention set for Mt Zion near Hartselle. Notables include G T Speer and W Cooper among attendees.
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Morgan County
Tabernacle
Hartselle
W. T
Bill) Willoughby
Bud Davis
T. J. Clark
Falkyrie
Clark
Lawrenceburg, Tenn
W. ©. Cooper
Cullman
Morgan County Farmers Sign For Acreage Reduction
Morgan county nears halfway to its 12 000 acre reduction quota as 3 797 farmers sign contracts, but only about 11 000 acres have been plowed under. County agents report widespread interest and urge larger reductions to meet government targets.
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Morgan County
Gibbons
United States
Burglars Take 100 Gallons Gas From Bee Line Plant
Burglars broke into the Bee Line Gas and Oil Company bulk plant on East Market Street Friday night and stole about 100 gallons of gasoline. Deputies found no clues, and efforts to locate a vehicle near the plant were unavailing. Entry was gained by breaking a gate lock and wrenching a valve from a tank.
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Bee Line Gas and Oil Company
East Market Street
Love Unimproved After Bee Line Highway Crash
B A Love injured when his taxicab collided head on with a Chevrolet truck driven by R M Buford of Flint on the Bee Line Highway. Meyers of Flint, injured more lightly, was discharged from Benevolent hospital after treatment. Buford escaped with only superficial injuries. Friends say Love’s recovery remains slow.
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B. A. Love
Bee Line
Benevolent Hospital
B. J. Meyers
Flint
Mr. Meyers
Mr. Love
R. M. Buford
Love
Meyers
Buford
Mattern Escapes Unhurt After Forced Siberian Landing
Jimmie Mattern survived a forced landing in the Siberian wastes during his solo world flight. Reports from Moscow and San Francisco confirm he is unharmed, though one message claimed the ship was destroyed and another cited engine trouble. Rescue efforts aimed to reach the pilot near Anadyr.
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Associated Press
Jimmie Mattern
Siberian
Pacific
Mattern
Moscow
San Francisco
Anadyr
Cotton Cultivation Report Totals Over Forty Million Acres
The Department of Agriculture reports U S cotton in cultivation on July 1 totaled over 40 796 000 acres up from 36 452 000 acres a year ago The figures exclude the proposed 30 percent acreage cut mentioned by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration State quotas use 1931 acreage as base.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Drive to boost Alabama cotton crop pledged over 600000 acres
Auburn July 8 Farmers in Alabama pledged just over 600000 acres under the government cotton reduction plan. Agriculture Commissioner Storrs ordered 30 department workers to drop other duties and help push the state over the top as Dr. LN ass Sig BE to drive noted a rapid acreage rise.
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Auburn
Ala
Ass Sig
Storrs
Teachers Examinations Begin July 17 in Hartselle
State teachers examinations will be held at Morgan County High School in Hartselle on July 17 18 and 19 starting at 9 a.m. Eligibility requires at least a high school education and age 17 or older. Exams offered for first and second grade life certificates and music. No third grade tests will be given.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
George T. Woodruff
Woodruff
Game Warden Enforces State Hunting and Seining Laws
Deputy Game Warden C. M. Harwell surveys local waters for violations of state hunting and seining regulations. He warns that selling game fish from Swan and Beaver lakes leads to trouble and that keeping undersized fish is illegal. He notes any water touched by more than one landowner is public water and under state fish rules.
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C. M. Harwell
Harwell
Swan
Beaver Lakes
Mr. Harwell
Central and East Gulf States Weather Update
Partly cloudy conditions prevail across the central and east Gulf states with occasional thunderstorms. Temperatures run near normal, with variable winds and localized showers.
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Central
East Gulf States
Governor Miller Appeals to Cullman Crowd for Tax Reform
Before 3,500 at Jones Chapel Governor B M Miller urged state economy and tax reform linking $8 million in savings to his tenure. He attacked critics of the income tax amendment and challenged Victor Hanson of the Birmingham Age Herald and News, saying he fights for all the people of Alabama.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Jones Chapel
B. M. Miller
Cullman County
Decatur
Cullman
Victor Hanson
Birmingham Age Herald and News
Hammer and Tongs
Cull- Man
Civil Service Exams Announced For Engineer Jobs
The Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for senior highway construction engineer and senior highway design engineer. Salaries range from 4600 to 5400 dollars yearly to fill vacancies in the Bureau of Public Roads in Washington and other similar posts nationwide. Applications must be filed in Washington, D. C., by July 14. Applicants must have completed a full year of engineering studies and hold a B S degree.
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United States
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Washington, D. C
Britain seeks arrest factor on old charge
Chicago stock broker John Factor, known as the barber, remains at large as British authorities demand his arrest on an old charge. The case grows more tangled as Britain believes he intends to evade extradition after being snatched last Saturday.
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Britain
Chicago
John Factor
Health Unit Announces Countywide Shot Schedule
The county health office lists venues and times for typhoid and diphtheria immunizations across the county. A newer diphtheria vaccine is described as safe for children, with about 90 percent immunity. The schedule covers July 8 through July 14 at multiple towns and hours.
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Hertselle City Hall
Dripping Springs
Union Hill
Centerdale
Gum Pond
Rock Creek
Lawrence Cove
Flint
Leesdale
Falkville
Gandys Cove
Oden Ridge
Ryans
Center Grove
Florette
Pines
le Mile
Cedar Creek
Center Point
Mount Tabor
Gum Springs
Union
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