Amendments to Be Asked in Harri son Tax Battle
In Montgomery a house showdown looms over the Harrison general sales tax bill with a Goodwyn motion to pull it from the adverse calendar. A test vote is set after the 2 p.m. session as administration allies push for possible rate cuts and ad valorem reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy A. Simms
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Goodwyn
Tyler Goodwyn
House
Clint Harrison
Harrison
Pitts
Chilton
Senate
Senate Committee On
Capitol
Noted Trial Names and Attorneys Listed for defendants
The document lists defendants from Tennessee and Georgia in a high profile trial including Andy Wright Haywood Patterson Clarence Norris Olen Montgomery Charlie Weems Ozie Powell Willie Roberson with defendants ages and hometowns. The State attorneys are Thomas E Knight Jr H D Bailey Wade Wright and defense attorneys Samuel S Leibowitz Joseph R Brodsky and George W Chamlee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Wright
Chattanooga
Tenn
Haywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Olen Montgomery
Monroe, Ga
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
T. E. Lawson
H. D. Bailey
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Wade Wright
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Samuel S. Leibowitz
New York
Joseph R. Brodsky
George W. Chamlee
Associated Press
Raint “Rock
Ala
Jackson County Grand
Charlie Weems
Norris
Weems
Patterson
Eugene Williams
Olin Montgomery
Ovie Powell
Willie Robertson
Williams
Montgomery
Powell
Robertson
Wright
Roy Wright
Senate panel approves modified employment bill for Roosevelt plan
The senate labor committee approved in modified form a bill to authorize the President to mobilize up to a quarter of a million men for work in public forests. Debate could occur before nightfall. The measure grants broad authority to advance reforestation without fixing the $1 a day wage or explicit Civilian Conservation Corps provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Labor Committee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hen Builds Nest In Ground 18 Feet Deep
A hen at J E Bizette's McGlathery Addition home laid a nest 18 feet underground in an old potato bed after cackling and tick-awkings drew Cr. P. Phillips and Bizette to investigate. The shaft slants 30 degrees to the nest, which was far beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Bizette
McGlathery Addition
Cr. P. Phillips
Biddy
Accident Victim Improves After Bee Line Crash
Co C Dobbs of Cullman, listed as most seriously injured after a Saturday Bee Line highway collision with a car driven by a Birmingham salesman, was reported improved today at Benevolent Hospital. Other injured were not considered seriously hurt. The crash involved the R M Buford truck and a car owned by John Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. Dobbs
Cullman
Bee Line
Here
Benevolent Hospital
Mr. Dobbs
R. M. Buford
John Frazier
Birmingham
Four Anti Rabies Treatments Ordered
The Tennessee Valley Laboratory shipped three anti rabies treatments to Hazel Green in Madison County for Mr and Mrs Gus Savas. It was not known if they were bitten by a rabid dog. A treatment was sent to Mrs Agnes Martin in Tuscumbia.
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Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Hazel Green
Madison County
Gus Savas
Cotton futures slip on Decatur market quotes
Cotton prices drift as middling cotton on the Decatur market quotes at 6c. New York May futures at 1 pm recorded 6.32.
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Decatur
New York
Morgan County Hosts World Attention in Legal Hearing
The Daily commends Morgan county and Decatur for receiving a high profile court proceeding with fairness. It urges residents to be courteous to visiting strangers and to show Morgan county as a model of civic virtue to the world.
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Decatur
County of
Morgan
Morgan County
Morgan County Agaive
Decatur and
Goebbels to Hit Back at Propganda Critics
Berlin reports that Joseph Goebbels after a Hitler conference announced sharp counter active measures against reports of atrocities against German Jews. He said drastic legal proceedings will target those behind the campaign in America and England and will strike at intellectual movers and beneficiaries, most of whom are Jews of German origin.
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Berlin
Germany
Joseph Goebels
Hitler
America
England
Judge Horton Leaves For Trial
Athens Alabama March 27 Judge James E Horton senior judge of this circuit left early Monday for Decatur to preside over the Scottsboro case. The circuit court here was postponed to May 8. Horton is described as an able lawyer chancellor and veteran judge, qualified to oversee the famous hearing.
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Athens
Ala
James E. Horton
Decatur
Scottsboro
Horton
Staggering Total in Loans by RFC
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation has made actual loans of over 2.083 billion dollars by March 20. Repayment totaled over 400 million. Banks were lent over 1.2 billion and railroads over 350 million.
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RFC
Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Corporation
Beer Flows On The Gold Stream From Beer Legalization
Federal estimates show millions in tax revenue as beer sales approach. Lumber bottling and related industries report revived activity ahead of the April 7 opening. An unnamed Roosevelt adviser says the economy was stalled but may reboot as beer demand rises and packaging stocks, including tank stock, increase.
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Washington
Federal Treasury
Roosevelt
Wilson Compton
Midwest
Liebowitz praises Decatur jury reception in Scottsboro case
Samuel Liebowitz of New York, defending the Scottsboro defendants, says Decatur residents showed courtesy and hospitality to him and colleagues, notes some defense witnesses faced threats in Scottsboro, and outlines plans to call about 26 witnesses to argue the indictments should be quashed due to alleged racial exclusion on the Jackson County grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Samuel
Liebowitz
New York
Scottsboro
Decatur
George W. Chamlee, Sr
Joseph R. Brodak
Jackson County
Alabama
State
Defense
Farmers of the State Launch Spring Campaign
Alabama farmers begin a spring drive for 8,250,000 acres to be plowed and planted with cotton and corn as winter legumes enrich soils. 250,000 acres of winter legumes provide nitrogen value of about 1.6 million dollars. red strawberries move to eastern markets. nationwide reforestation plans spark state forester notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Big City
Alabama
Joyee J. C. Lowery
Extension Agrono
Mist
Chilton
Quitman
Marshall
Washington
Roosevelt
Lyle Brown
Extension Forester
Ausburn
Scottsboro Case Delays Begin of New Trials
A delay in transferring the seven Scottsboro defendants from Jefferson to Morgan county halted the start of new trials ordered by the U S Supreme Court. Judge Horton recessed until 2 pm as crowds waited and guards stood watch outside the Jefferson courthouse.
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T. M. Davenport
Associated Press
Scottsboro
Jefferson County
Morgan County
United States Supreme Court
James H. Horton
National
Chronology of the Scottsboro Case
A timeline of the Scottsboro case from 1931 to 1933 listing arrests, trials, convictions, sentences, appeals, and notable events including the involvement of Roy Wright, Charlie Weems, Clarence Norris, and Eugene Williams, with dates and actions such as killings, executions, appeals to the Alabama and U S Supreme Courts, and National Guard deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Hawkins
Roy Wright
Alabama Supreme Court
Danny Dundee
Huntsville
Ruby Bates
Dundee
Bates
Eugene Williams
U. S. Supreme Court
J. P. McCoy
Jefferson Circuit
International Labor Defense
New York
Jackson Circuit
A. B. Hawkins
Seven Scottsboro defendants depart Birmingham for Decatur
Seven Negro defendants from the Scottsboro cases leave Birmingham under Morgan County custody for Decatur. They were expected to reach Decatur around 2 p.m. for proceedings related to retrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Scottsboro
Morgan County
Decatur
Miss Ruby Bates Still Missing
Officials search for Miss Ruby Bates who left her Ville home weeks ago. A letter from Montgomery dated location claimed she was well while tips about Morgan County proved unsubstantiated as investigators pursue several rumors in the ongoing disappearance case.
Sidelights on Trial
Samuel Leibowitz heads the defense and appears younger than expected. Early arrivals among TV porters include Daniels of The New York Times Cassidy of The York Daily News Jones of International News Service and representatives from The Associated Press and The Birmingham News, with seating arranged at the press table for the double.
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Daniels
The
York Times
Cassidy
York Daily News
Jones
International News Service
Associated Press
Birmingham News
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Atlanta, Ga
Ozie Powell
Willie Roberson
Columbus
Conservation Corps
Agnes Martin
Tuscumbia
Elba
Isaac Hull
Malcolm Oueper
Banks
Lebowitz
Miss Bates
Thomas E. Knight
Davis
Burleson
Victoria Price
Southern Railway
Sand Mountains
A. W. Davis
National Guardsmen
Negroes Depart
Samuel Leibowitz
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