Ethiopian mobilization looms as Italy expands air power
Reports indicate Ethiopia may call up forces by July 25 to confront the Italo Ethiopian crisis. Italy discloses a 300 aircraft buildup for colonial campaigns while London weighs arms shipments to Ethiopia under treaty provisions amid concern over Italian troop movements. The League of Nations plans a July 25 council session in Geneva to address the crisis as Haile Selassie presses for timely arm imports.
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Africa Empire
Italy
League
Geneva
League of Nations
Council
League Council
London
Dy Tere
Sabe Col m MacDonald
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Negro Boy Killed In Highway Crash Near Tuscaloosa
A 14 year old named Hosea Steele was killed when a truck collided with a wagon carrying him and his four younger brothers on a highway near Tuscaloosa Alabama. The wagon had no tail light and the truck driver Arnold L Swindle said he did not see it in time to avoid the collision. The four younger brothers were injured with one perhaps fatally.
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Tuscaloosa
Wased
Here
Arnold L. Swindle
Hosea Steele
Street Tax Payments Show Satisfactory Receipts This Year
City hall reports street tax notices largely paid this year with over $2,000 collected. The tax was reduced to $2.50 and an extra charge was also added, according to officials.
Huntsville to Host Next Convention of Legionnaires
Mobile, July 17 AP A 1 year old Miss Wil Macgrenary post won Miss Alabama in the bathing beauty event at Grand View Park delegates elected Vice Commander Major A K Matthews Anniston re elected chaplain Walter Buck Fairfield named sergeant at arms new executive committee members named at closing session Frank Murphy Mobile Dr B Austin Montgomery A P Streean Phenix E A McBride Talladega C Tommie Gadsden S A Lokie Litentanee W Walker Vernon Arthur Blackburn Tuscaloosa E M Dunn Homewood
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Mobile
Ale
Brunet
Wil- Macgrenary
Alabama
Grand View Park
Anniston
Walter Buck
Fairfield
Vernon
Arthur Blackburn
Tuscaloosa
E. M. Dunn
Homewood
Bloodshed Talked In N C Amid Huey P Long Effort
The Square Deal Association, formed by just citizens in North Carolina, discussed violence tied to Huey P. Long's charge of local control in New Orleans. The group promoted a square deal and warned against removal moves as dealers organized across parishes amid claims of unrest.
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Huey P. Long
Loca Porerniben
New Orleans
Square Ee Association
Blindioe
Ture
Square
Wife Freed After Five Years Stay In Her Garret Prison
Anna Van Cleve was found in a locked third story garret by detectives after five years of confinement. She weighed about seven pounds, with sores on her face and hands and bread crusts in her hands. She had a single cup of water and a bucket, and two milk servings were her only food. Her husband and sister were present, with claims the confinement was voluntary.
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Anna van Cleve
Sue
Morais Court
Cleve
van Cleves
Pra
Estes Tose
van Cleve
Tess
Hollywood stars top county tax rolls in yacht and jewel values
The Los Angeles county assessor lists Harold Lloyd's yacht Infanta and high values for stars like John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Mae West, Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks, and others. Figures show shifts from last year with art and jewelry values cited, while names like Rogers, Lloyd, Barthelmess, Bennet, Shearer, Mix, and Chatterton appear among top assets.
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John Barrymore
Joan Crawford
Joe B. Brown
Joan
Mae West
Charles Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Egg
Douglas Fairbanks
Willam P. Rogers
Harold
Lloyd
Richard Barthelmess
Constance Bennas Oregen
Gloria
Norma Shearer
Harding
Tom Mix
Chatterton
Ruling Reaches Vogt and Sams Suit Over Debt
In a suit brought by F. G. Vogt and Sams, Inc., Philadelphia meat packers, the court ruled against the defendants in a case tied to tobacco debts. Vogt owes $978.13 in a similar prior action.
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Mide
F. G. Vogt and Sams, Inc
Philadelpia Meat Packers
Aterose
Death verdict rendered in fatal home accident
A verdict of death was returned in the case of Aner Highsmith of Lawiby after a fatal incident at his residence. He died instantly at the scene and his body was prepared for interment at home.
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M. Highsmith
Lawiby
Increase Noted Ig Public Debt Report
A daily statement shows ig public debt reaching 690 177 786 818 with IPG funds of 500 million follow up from ef. This is the first notable increase in the recorded period.
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Aury Daily
Tax bill advances in closed House committee session
Democratic members of the joint committee on internal revenue discuss a new tax bill with Lovell Parker and Middletom Beaman. The panel reviews proposed sections as July debate looms, amid concern over excess profits changes and administration alignment.
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Clarenoe M. Wright
Congress
Doughton
N. C
Lovell H. Parker
Joinnt
Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Middletom Beaman
House
Harri
Bus fire injures three and destroys vehicle
A bus suffered a fire with driver M. Lyle and two children injured while passengers evacuated. The bus was destroyed after contact with another object as investigators assess the cause.
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M. Lyle
Nani
Lyle
Adder
Graves Predicts More Relief for Alabama on Tour
Governor Bibb Graves heads to south Alabama for a week of fishing while approving nearly ten million dollars in PWA projects. Key works include Birmingham Warrior and Tombigbee rivers around Tuscaloosa and a 7 million dollar Birmingham water system with direct contracts. He plans to brief Washington and visit Mobile for a proposed cold storage plant at the state docks.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
South Alabama
Public Works Administration
Tuscaloosa
Yon
Mobile
Washington
Birmingham
Bethe Pwa
Alabama
H. 8. Geismer
PWA
Campaign protest over water supply ends in minnow count
Charles E. Clarke formerly a game warden led a protest in Quincy on July 17 over what he called excessive chlorine in the water supply. In a stunt he placed 80 dead minnows on the steps of the city hall as a demonstration of his concerns.
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Quincy
Charles E. Clarke
Clarke
Pair of Bandits Outwitted by Insurance Man
Two white men attempted to rob Malone Hagan of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company around 11 o clock in Oklahoma. Hagan stopped his car and one robber leaned inside while the other man restrained him. The assailants fled as the police pursued, tracking toward the Bee area.
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Malone Hagan
National Life and Accident Insurance Company
Hagan
Oklahoma
Bee
Graves unlocks 500000 for public school salaries
Governor Bibb Graves ordered the release of 500000 from the general fund to supplement salaries of teachers paid federal relief during 1936 35. Funds to 53 counties 16 cities and four state schools bring weekly pay to 15. The remainder 94429 covers the gap between relief and contractual scales with distribution across seven months elementary and seven months high school terms. Cities include Attalla Ozark and Tuscumbia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Baldwin County
Mobile Deep Sea
State Department of Education
John W. Crump
Attalla
Ozark
Tuscumbia
Testimony on Western Union paper destruction in lobby hearings
R F P Heetom a Western Union salesman testified that superiors instructed him to destroy papers amid investigations into utility bills and telegraphs. A F Christenson said Heetom dictated anti utility bill telegrams and originals were burned. The testimony, highlighting alleged fake telegrams by utility holding firms, was presented to the lobby committee.
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R. F P. Heetom
A and Electric Company
Periors
Ity
A .F. Chritenson
Western Union
Ab Warren
Hemron
T. Christenson
Public Utilities
Public Utility
United States
Clemency Denied in Arkansas Slaying Case
A 21 year old man faces execution by electric chair at a prison farm on July 26 for a murder case linked to a father executed years ago. Clemency requests were denied.
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A. Martin
Prison Farm
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