Japan’s Navy Plans to Rearm and Face U S Menace
Tokyo March 2 Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai said Japan’s navy and naval air force rearmament will eliminate fear of the United States for three years after completion. Gen Sugiyama outlined gas warfare prep and a broad mobilization, while Tokyo discussed arms limits and parity with Soviet Russia amid warnings of U S air power in the Pacific.
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Tokyo
Mitsumasa Yonai
Japan
United States
Pacific
Sugiyame
Esas
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Hawaii
Yonai
Naval Air Force
Noritake Toyoda
Naval Affairs Bureau
Washington
London
Great Britain
Britain
Sugiyama
House of Representatives
Manchuria
Diet
Hitochi Ashida
The
Morgan County Solicitorship Goes to Almon
Decatur attorney T. C. Almon announced he would accept the Morgan County solicitorship appointed by Governor Bibb Graves. Almon, a veteran and prominent local figure, was a previous county solicitor and a longtime state Democrat official.
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T. C. Almon
Decatur
North Alabama
Morgan County
Bibb Graves
Julian Harris
Almon
Graves
Auburn
Alabama
Morgan
Eunamapine
NRA Report 13 Given Solons by President
Washington March 2 President Roosevelt told congress that a 240 page report on the National Recovery Administration offers a path to solve industrial problems and NRA failures. The panel praised then criticized NRA actions and urged standards for hours wages and anti trust rules without specific legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
National
Supreme Court
NRA
J. M. Clark
Columbia University
William H. Davis
New York
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
George H. Mead
Dayton
Ohio
Pilot Uses Plane To Hunt Coyote In Alaska
Anchorage Alaska March reports pilot Jack Elliott and a game warden without firearms attempted to shoot a coyote from the air. Elliott swooped and struck the animal with the plane breaking its back.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mar
Jack Elliott
Mayoral Race In Cambridge Bargains Barbers Involved
Cambridge voters hear rival barbers Mayor Robert Byrne and candidate Robertson predict victory with quips about shaving. The race features two barbers with playful barbershop puns as the campaign heats up.
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Cambridge
Robert Byrne
William “Robertson
Sit-Down Strike Keeps 350 miners underground in Uniontown
Uniontown Pa. report: three hundred fifty men remain alive and content to stay 400 feet below the surface as a sit down strike continues in a coal mine. A guard of about twenty miners keeps watch at the entrance after an all night vigil.
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Uniontown
Miller WIE Speaks Here Against Prohibition Repeal
Former Governor B M Miller campaigns the state against repeal of the prohibition laws. He will speak Friday at eight o'clock at the Morgan County courthouse in Decatur. Dry leaders expect a strong turnout as Miller, a longtime prohibitionist, has previously stumped the county for income tax and budget act support.
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B. M. Miller
Decatur
Morgan County
Miller
Camden
First Year Drivers to Attend Safety Class at Headquarters
Captain Van Gilbert heads a safety class for new drivers at patrol headquarters this afternoon at four. Eleven young first licensees began the program last week and gave a warm reception to the safety talk. The class invites drivers from all districts, marking the state’s first safety school.
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van Gilbert
Gilbert
Paving Resumes on Highway After Weather Delay
Mitchell Bros. Construction Co. resumed paving on Joe Wheeler Highway after a weather stoppage. About 1 137 miles will be paved with concrete at a cost near 25 000 dollars, covering two sections on Wheeler Highway and at the end of West Vine Street.
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Mitchell Bros. Construct’s Co
Joe Wheeler
Wheeler
W. Vine Street
Steel Wage Boosts fuel nationwide labor stir
Half a million steel workers hailed a bloodless victory in wage negotiations as six large mills adopt a 40 hour week with time and a half overtime and a five dollar daily minimum for common labor effective March 16. Carneg ie Illinois Steel led the commitment with Bethlehem National Steel Republic Iron National Tube and Youngstown Sheet and Tube following. The Lewis committee’s drive broadens to organize Ford and Chrysler plants while sit down actions spread to Woolworth Detroit stores and other firms.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Lewis Group
Bethlehem
National Steel
Republic
Inland
National Tube
Youngstown
Lewis Cio
General Motors
Chrysler Motor Commpany
Cie
New Jersey
Ford Motor Company
United Mine Workers of America
Uniontown
Capital cases scheduled for trial in Circuit Court
Two capital cases are docketed this week in Circuit Court. Binford Moore and Jim Orr are set to stand trial Thursday. Moore is charged with killing his father near Talucah last October and Orr with killing Warren White during an attempted robbery near Propat Tankar Station. The court appointed John H. Peach and B. E. C. Nix to defend Moore. Orr’s defense, J. N. Powell, filed a motion to quash the indictment arguing a 1929 election law was unconstitutional. the motion was overruled.
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Binford Moore
Jim Orr
Moore
Talucah
Apo
Chremenol
John H. Peach
C. Nix
Orr
Warren White
Propat Tankar Station
Jan. Doty
W. W. Callahan
J. N. Powell
Etta Oldacre
Nelle
T. C. Almon
Hartselle
Lonnie Mae Smith
Decatur
Carges
Willie Roberts
B. C
Treaa Legit
Seldon Derrick
Raymond Derrick
Addie Wiley
Toteau
W. D. Griffint
Bennie Griffin
W. H. Long
Corbett Ralph
W. D. Griffin
Jim Ray
T.C. Almon
Co. L. Cardin
Sam McCutcheon
Harte Selle
Kenneth Griffin
Cullman
Pilot dies as light plane crashes near Opp Alabama
A civilian plane en route from Albany Georgia to Andalusia Alabama ran out of fuel and crashed in a field near Opp. Pilot Otto Rogh aged 22 from Wausau Wisconsin died. Passenger Don Effeinger aged 19 from Madison Wisconsin was seriously hurt and taken to Andalusia hospital. The crash occurred after Rogh failed to maintain course and the craft struck ground twice.
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Opp
Ala
Here
Otto Rogh
Wausau
Wis
Don Effeinger
Madison
Andalusia
Effeinger
Albany Ga
Andal
Naval Appropriation Near Peacetime High Approval
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 526,555,482 dollar Navy budget for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The plan funds eight destroyers, four submarines, two battleships, three aircraft carriers, eleven cruisers, forty-eight destroyers, sixteen submarines, and a gunboat, plus aviation spending of 49.5 million dollars. The bill limits Navy manufacturing to primary training engines and adds 14.186 million for new aircraft purchases.
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Washington
Mar
House Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Navy
House
Naval Reserve
Home Front on Strike at Irving Bakalar Store
New York report recalls Julia Bakalar ending an 18 month marriage strain by threatening to strike over chores and time for herself. Irving Bakalar agrees to change, removes the sign, and resumes business as usual after a midday standstill.
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New York
Mar
Julia Bakalar
Irving
Ruling on Double Jeopardy Plea In Talladega Murder Case
Circuit Judge R B Carr awaits ruling on a double jeopardy plea in the second trial of LW textile union members accused in the July 22 1936 deaths during labor disputes at Samoset Textile Mills Talladega. Welch already sentenced to ten years for manslaughter in Chief Deputy John J Bryant death faces murder charges in Joe C Hayes death. Defense counsel Rodderick Beddow argued same circumstances link the two killings. Jury in this trial includes Willam T Cleveland R T Harris F H Harris Otis T Roberson James Griffi Preston R Waters Maston Graham A L Albright Luther M Williams P G Scott James W Glass Henry C Coll.
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Jtalladega
Ala
R. B. Carr
LW Textile Union
Welch
John J. Bryant
Joe C. Hayes
Samoset
Rodderick Beddow
Hayes
Talladega
Bryant
Willam_T_ Cleveland
R. T. Harris
F. HH Harris
Otis T. Roberson
James Griffi
Preston R. Waters
Maston Graham
A. L. Albright
Luther M. Williams
P.G. Scott
James W. Glass
Henry C. Coll
Drama used by Drys in pledge drive at St Petersburg
The anti saloon league will stage Safety versus Disaster to promote a pledge of 10 000 000 youths to total abstinence. Premiering in St Petersburg with state groups to present plays in communities as an opening wedge for signatures and literature distribution in schools and churches.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Anti-Saloon League of America
Howard Hyde- Russell
Westerville
League
James Cannon, Jr
Los Angeles
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Student Shot in Birmingham Accident
Miss Dorris Lassiter twenty one a Birmingham Southern College student lies in a hospital recovering from a pistol bullet wound accidentally inflicted.
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Birmingham
Dorris Lassiter
Birmingham Southern College
Midwest and Great Lakes tremors raise minor alarm
A sequence of shocks from Louisville to Detroit caused furniture movement and phone calls as residents reported a two minute tremor across Ohio and surrounding states. Geologists called it a slight earth tremor linked to upper crust activity with no injuries or property damage reported.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Louisville
Detroit
Great Lakes
Ohio
Cincinnati
Nevin M. Fenneman
University of Cincinnati
Charleston
D. C
Columbus
Zanesfield
Wilbur Stout
Ohio State
Moundsville
W. Va
Goode Receives Anti Rabies Shots After Bite
Montgomery Alabama March 2 state commissioner of agriculture R J Goode began a series of anti rabies shots as a precaution after his small cocker spaniel house dog bit him on the hand.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. J. Goode
Congress gears up two party campaign to attack court plan
Democrats form a steering committee to recruit wavering members as Senate hearings loom. Hopkins argues the court must be reshaped to restore congressional powers and curb a conservative bloc. Senator Maydefends Roosevelt's mandate while Senator Vandenberg plans a radio address tonight.
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House Democrats
Senate
Harry T. Hopkins
WPA
Supreme Court
Clark D
May Deered
Roosevelt
Sumners
Supreme
Vandenberg
Michigan
Rome
Neil
Hopkins
Clark
Congress
Court
Gaines Series In Good Start
Rev. J Luther Gaines of the Moulton Baptist Church opened a sermon series at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist on Pilgrims Progress A large crowd attended the initial talk and tonight he speaks on The Christian At the Cross The program begins at 730 p m and Sunday school teachers are invited to attend
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
J. Luther Gaines
Moulton
Rankin Agency Celebrates First Anniversary in Town
James L. Rankin marks one year in business as the James L. Rankin Agency. He thanks supporters who aided his venture and looks ahead with optimism. He has contributed to the Rotary Club and the Boy Scout movement in the valley.
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James Ll. Rankin
James L. Rankin
Rankin
Rotary Club
Boy Scout Movement
Tennessee River Rise and Mild Weather Report
The river gauge rose to 14.1 feet over the past 24 hours with no rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 26 to 44 degrees. Alabama shows fair, near 50s in the west and north. Tennessee expects fair, warmer tonight and Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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United Automobile Workers of America
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