New tariff treaty push threatens Washington summer plans
Francis Sayre Woodrow Wilson’s son-in-law leads tariff talks with Cuba Brazil and other nations. The model treaty aims to overhaul imports coffee rubber and cocoa while lobbyists brace for a record busy summer as treaties may turnover quickly amid changing costs and values. Public works chief Ickes defends rapid project consideration amid questions about the Philadelphia post office.
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Francis Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Act
American Legion
Washington
State Department
State
Treasury Departments
United States
Cuba
Brazil
Senate Ves
Honest Harold” Ickes
Public Works
Philadelphia
Honesty sermon by Hugh Comer impresses crowd at Central Methodist
Birmingham and Sylacauga layman Hugh Comer urged absolute honesty and Christ’s lordship from the pulpit at Central Methodist Church after Dr. Ira F. Hawkins invited him to speak. He cited Jesus driving moneylenders from the temple and warned against mercenary motives inside churches, urging relinquishment of ill gotten gains.
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Hugh Comer
Birmingham
Sylacauga
Central Methodist Church
Ira F. Hawkins
Christ
Saveiour
Jerusalem
Temple
Party Pressure Makes Headway in Relief Bill Vote
The senate approved a 2 billion dollar general relief bill by a 41 to 30 vote and faced further action to ease borrowing for construction. Party leaders held weekend talks to defuse personal and political disputes delaying adjournment, while the House remained prepared to quit as the senate finished its work.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
House
Birmingham Family Visits Ferry Street Home
Mr. and Mrs. Fennel Davis and two daughters of Birmingham were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell S. Davis at their Ferry street residence.
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Birmingham
Fennel Davis
Hartwell S. Davis
Ferry Street
Cotton Checks Paid To Farmers In County Agent Drive
W H Gregory Morgan farm agent and staff today distributed about 3500 cotton producer checks totaling 80000 dollars in Decatur area since court in session. Payments shift to Hartselle Tuesday then Decatur Wednesday with follow ups Thursday to Saturday if needed. Farmers urged to wait for notification cards to avoid delays. About 500 checks remain to be issued.
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W. H. Gregory
Morgan
Decatur
Hartselle
Mr. Gregory
H. H. M. Connell Called by Death
Funeral rites were held for Major Hugh Hampton McConnell at his sister in law’s home. He died Saturday night at 9. Interment will be in Memphis after the 11 o clock Southern train. Survivors include widow Ann Pearl Davidson McConnell, two children, and a sister in New York. Pallbearers listed. born in Atlanta, he was a longtime cotton man with ties to Decatur and Dallas.
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J. D. Wallace
Ira F. Hawkins
Hugh Hampton McConnell
J. R. Nicholson
Gordon Drive
West
Mc Connell
Memphis
Brown
Decatur
Ann Pearl Davidson McConnell
Henry Davidson
William
Norma McConnell
Atlanta
Belle Simmons
New York City
John Knight
W. M. Bailey
Phil Pointer
James Holesapple
W. W. Callahan
Norwood
Major McConnell
Sarah McConnell
Georgia
University of Georgia
South
George H. McFadden
Dallas
Tex
Alabama
Presbyterian Church
McConnell
Number Three Held Up By Wreck Today
L. and N. train No. 3 was more than two hours late reaching Decatur after a wreck in Kentucky north of Bowling Green. Local rail officials had no details on the incident beyond the delay report.
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Decatur
Kentucky
Bowling Green
Welfare Department distributes 17000 pounds smoked pork
The welfare department announced 17 000 pounds of smoked pork for relief recipients in four county districts. Distribution spots include district one on Fourth Avenue South to whites Tuesday morning and to negroes on West Vine Street Tuesday afternoon. Groovers store in Hartselle Somerville Woodland Mills Florette Falkville Eva Danville. Relief checks to be paid Saturday mornings at usual places.
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Fourth Avenue
South
West Vine Street
Groovers
Hartselle
Somerville
Woodland Mills
Florette
Falkville
Eva
Body found in trunk at Brighton railway station
The torso of a woman about 40 was found in a trunk in the Brighton Railway station luggage office. The body, missing its head arms and legs, had been left at the station on June 6. No missing woman reported in Brighton.
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Brighton
England
Alabama Farmers Report Crop Conditions Far Above Average
Alabama farmers report crop conditions well above the national average with cotton and corn in good shape amid timely rains. Weevils are emerging, but drought elsewhere hurts the Midwest while Alabama shifts fertilization practices and supports self help through the Rural Rehabilitation program.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Mid- West
Anniston
Centerville
Clanton
Gadsden
Helena
Leeds
Marion
Selma
Tuscaloosa
Lee Gardens
Alabama Relief Administration
Dentist H L Meyers Shot Likely Kidnap Plot Near El Dorado
Dr H L Meyers a 56 year old prominent El Dorado Illinois dentist was found shot to death on a farm near El Dorado ending an all night search. Authorities say the killing appears tied to a kidnaping and robbery scheme and the body was located in a weed-strewn area on the farm once eyed as a potential buyer.
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EL Dorado
H. L. Meyers
Britain Rejects Ceding Bermuda to U S in Debt Talks
Prime Minister MacDonald stated in the House of Commons that Britain will not cede Bermuda or other adjacent territories to the United States in response to the war debt issue. In Washington, the U S state department formally protested Germanys moratorium on foreign debt payments and instructed Ambassador Dodd in Berlin.
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Britain
United States
London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
Bermuda
Washington
State Department
Department
William E. Dodd
Berlin
Death Rains on Havana Parade as Gunfire Kills and Wounds
In Havana on June 18, machine gun fire during the ABC Society fiesta left three women dead and at least nine men dead with more than 50 wounded. Reports say attackers seized a car and burned four occupants, while police and hospitals wrestled with chaotic aftermath.
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Havana
ABC
Prado
ABC Society
Abcs
Informacion
Beneficiary of Policy Sought in Insurance Case
Pinkerton's in Atlanta asks Decatur police to locate Myrtle C. Boyd, beneficiary of an insurance policy. Records show she lived with Mrs M A Boyd in 1909 and may have become Mrs Anderson. a 1909 letter mentions Mr Kid Warner in Decatur Alabama. Local police to verify Myrtle Boyd's whereabouts for the claim.
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Atlanta
Pinkerton
National Detective Agency
Decatur
Myrtle C. Boyd
Myrtle Boyd
Kid Warner
Alabama
Alabama Solons Influence Felt as Congress Adopts Quiet Triumph
The Alabama delegation led by Lamar Jeffers of Anniston and Miles C. Allgood of Gadsden failed to win reelection in the recent primaries. Their departure marks a political shift after more than a decade in state and national roles as the session adjourns in high spirits and business returns toward normal.
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Hency
Congress
Alabama
Lamar Jeffers
Anniston
Miles C. Allgood
Gadsden
Ford Announces June Price Cuts on V-8 Models
Reductions of 10 to 15 dollars in list prices for 1934 Ford V-8 passenger cars and 10 to 20 dollars for Ford V-8 commercial cars and trucks will take effect Friday, June 15, the Ford Motor Company announced through H L Peterson of Morgan County Motor Co. The company notes prices had remained unchanged since the 1934 V-8 introduction last December.
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Ford Motor Company
H. L. Peterson
Morgan County Motor Co
Ford
Hay
Thirteen Hurt in Ford Foundry Metal Explosion
Thirteen men were injured today in an explosion in Ford Motor Company's foundry department. Molten metal burst from a balcony, covering workers as about two hundred men were on site. Five of the injured were expected to die, with workers in a tense emergency scene at Detroit.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Local man in serious condition after sleepwalking fall
Ashton 28, of Blountstown Florida, is hospitalized in serious condition with a fractured spine after reportedly walking in his sleep and tumbling 30 feet through a window and screen. Relatives said Wells witnessed the accident.
Collision on Highway 49 Near Four Injured in Head-On Crash
Report indicates a head-on collision on Highway 49 near Four left four others injured. Details on victims and extent of injuries were not immediately available.
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Highway 49
War Correspondent Dinwiddie Dies at 67 in Capital
Washington reporters note William Dinwiddie former war correspondent died Sunday in hospital at 67. He served as editorial writer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch after earlier work with newspapers in New York.
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Washington
William Dinwiddie
Dinwiddiesp
New York
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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