Unfair Trial Claim in Lindbergh Case Heard in New Jersey
James Y. Lawrence reports Hauptmann’s lawyers argued before the New Jersey high court that the Lindbergh kidnap trial was unfair. Fourteen lay justices heard three hours of oral argument behind closed doors, with Mrs. Hauptmann and the priest denied admittance. The state pressed that varying theories about the child’s death undermined the trial, citing a Newark case as precedent.
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Ted Press
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New Jersey
High Court
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Hauptmanns
D. G. Werner
Hauptmann
David T.wilentz
Hauptin
Newark
Pay Restraint Lifted by Court in Alabama
Montgomery court dissolves temporary injunction on Arnold act funding officials expenses at $3000 daily. Judge Jones finalizes ruling after W. B. Leedy declines appeal, avoiding supreme court review of a pay raise from $4 to $6 daily for legislators. Bond terms and proceedings noted.
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Ala
Walter B. Jones
Alabama
John Yung
W. B. Leedy
Birmingham
Alabama Taxpayers League
Supreme Court
Leedy
Jones
Roosevelt Tax Proposals Stall in Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee voted to extend nuisance and excise levies for one year and to postpone major tax changes. Chairman Harrison said new taxes would not be enacted this session while LaFollette warned he would push floor amendments, though passage remains doubtful. Leaders fear Roosevelts plan may be delayed.
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Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Harrison
Gore
Okla
Ways and Means Committee
House
LaFollette
Full Season for Pitts Promised Albany Senator
Edwin C. Pitts a former Sing-Sing inmate and baseball figure will stay with the Albany Senators for the 1935 season after a new contract prohibited exhibition games. General Manager Johnny Evers pledged Pitts would remain with the team throughout the campaign and have a real chance to prove himself in organized ball.
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Lower Tennessee Dam Site Studied
The Tennessee Valley Authority weighs a dam across the mouth of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers near Paducah. It would improve navigation on three rivers, enable direct transfers without locks, aid Ohio river commerce with Tennessee terminals, and boost flood protection. Feasibility and economical site options are being explored.
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Cotton Ginning Tax Increased to Six Cents a Pound
The AAA announced an increase in the cotton ginning tax from 5.67 to 6 cents per pound under the Bankhead act. Secretary Wallace reported a loan for the 1935 crop would be made but the loan amount was not yet determined. The tax applies to cotton ginned above allotments.
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AAA
Bankhead
Wallace
Party splits seen as probable as New Deal debate widens
Critics question Roosevelt tax move as some reformers push relief over recovery. Leaders say the administration has stirred uncertainty at the Capitol, with Huey Long and La Follette cited as contrast points while discussions on next steps intensify uncertainty about party loyalties.
Senate Hearings on Auto Tag Tax Increases Stir Alabama Politics
Montgomery June 20 AP The finance and taxation committee heard the Alabama Automotive Trades Association request higher automobile tag prices than the House plan. A Drennen Birmingham president proposed a scale from 6 to 15 dollars yielding an estimated 2.6 million dollars yearly, with changes affecting A and B tag classifications and truck taxes.
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Ala
Senate
Alabama Automotive Trades Association
House
Don Drennan
Birmingham
Exagen Drennen
Drennen
Bobby Conch Held Quiet After Satisfactory Tyne Report
An incoherent fragment notes that Bobby Conch was described as satisfactory at a tyne, with Grove stating he should remain quiet. The garbled text references a figure of 200 in vit and a need to keep him restrained.
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Wreck on Sixth Avenue Leaves One Chick Dead
An automobile wreck in the 1300 block on Sixth Avenue South at 7:30 last night killed a chick. A principal struck a man with a blackjack and he was hospitalized then released after wounds were dressed. Ford's car carried two chickens at the time.
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Ford
British Move to Satisfy French on Naval Pact and Air Accord
London reports the Baldwin government will seek rapid French assurances on the Anglo German naval agreement and push for a unified western European air pact. Capt Eden meets Laval amid talks on a five power air pact including Germany Italy Belgium to mutual aid and imitation of forces. Conference with Ribbentrop precedes talks in London on further Anglo French proposals.
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Justice Dept to Probe Mitch ell Charges of Graft and Favoritism
Attorney General Cummings declares a full Justice Department investigation into Ewing Mitchell's accusations of inefficiency graft and favoritism within Commerce Department bureaus. The inquiry will proceed regardless of Senate Commerce Committee findings and is led by Joseph B Keenan with possible amplification later.
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Senate Commerce Committee
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New México
Joseph B. Keenan
Cummidigo
Roper
Alabama Public Service Commission recesses in Bell rate case
The Alabama Public Service Commission recessed the Southern Bell rate case until August to allow state and Birmingham counsel and experts to study voluminous exhibits and prepare cross examination. The move aims to ease the defense presentation and respond to thousands of information requests from the state and Birmingham authorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Alabama
Birmingham
Commission
Reo Plecber Moyle Boye
Ieabon
Tan
Unmasked men kidnap couple outside Florence theatre
Two men abduct Miss Annie Harlan and escort Philip Stone after forcing them to drive out of Florence. They tie the couple to a tree at a gravel pit, take the car, and later release them unharmed with no clue to the assailants.
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Ala
Annie Harlan
Bam C. Harlan
Philip Stone
Miss Hanion
Robbers Sought After Home Break-In on Sherman Street
Police seek suspects after a night break‑in at 639 Sherman Street. A number of items including two suits of clothes a purse a wrist watch and car keys were stolen. The home was left unattended during a Wednesday visit to relatives in Belle Mina. The break‑in was discovered around 9 o'clock last night.
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Tives
Belle Mina
Keels Announces Neal Wells Orchestra at The Why Not Eat Here
Johnny Keels announces Neal Wells and his Cooper-Wellsians will perform at the Why Not Eat Here Gates every night from 7 to during dinner hour. A new program will be rendered by the popular dance orchestra each evening.
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Gates
Neal Wells
Cooper-Wellsians
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