White House Tour Shows Panama President and NRA Woes
President Arias visits the White House amid a past dispute with Patrick Hurley over leasehold liquor and brothel land in Colon. The NRA faces a haircuts pricing puzzle with over 200 barber codes. state department frets over German war mood and civil defense training. Assistant Secretary McGrady backs summoning obstreperous moguls to the White House.
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Washington
Arias
Panama
White House
Patrick J. Hurley
Pat Hurley
War Department
Colon
United States
Hurley
Great Recovery Agency
John Power
California
State Department
France
Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
Berlin
Bor McGrady
Hugh Johnson
McGrady
Morgan county receives 1263 cotton reduction checks totaling 108 486
W H Gregory announces from Hartsville that Morgan county farmers have received 1263 Washington checks worth 108 486 for reducing cotton acreage under the recovery administration plan. Thirty nine checks totaling 2525 and 59 checks totaling 3031 arrived this week as more payments come in, boosting local trade and confidence.
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W. H. Gregory
Morgan County
Hartgelle
Washington
Recovery Administration
Hartselle
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Morgan Es
Leelie
Scheme to dodge income tax disclosed by Forrestal
James V. Forrestal told Senate investigators he formed a private company in 1928 or 1929 owned by him and his wife with a Canadian subsidiary. He paid $300,000 in 1929 tax after transferring stock, and says he has paid no income tax since 1929 because he had no income.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Dillon-Read and Company
Senate
Forrestal
Canada
District Meeting Very Successful in Town Creek
The pastors and laymen district meeting in Town Creek Tuesday proved very successful with most Methodist pastors in the district present except three. Mother leaders reported strong attendance and active participation from local churches.
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Town Creek
Horton Resumes Duties as Circuit Court Judge
Judge James E. Horton of Athens resumes duties as presiding judge at the fall circuit court sessions after illness. Judge W. W. Callahan of Decatur presided in his absence. A conference between the judges was expected to set dates for the next Scottsboro sale and the May trials, with hearings anticipated in November on Heywood Patterson’s case. Patterson, convicted of a 1931 freight train assault, had his verdict set aside in June to allow a new trial.
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James E. Horton
Athens
Circuit Court
Horton
W. W. Callahan
Decatur
Callahan
Scottsbore
Thorfias &. Knight, Jr
Heywood Patterson
Morgan County
Ruby Bates
Victoria Price
Jackson County
Daily Reporter
Miners Walk Off Jobs Across Alabama After Two Settlements
In Walker county 300 to 400 miners quit work following settlement of two coal mine strikes. About 1,400 Alabama miners were idle overall. Strikes settled included Aldrich mine Montevallo Coal Mining Peerless Mine Peerless Coal. Four hundred fifty miners remained out at Dogwood Little Gems Thermal and Black Creek mines. A conference with Horace Hammond of Placo Fuel was arranged by Elmer F. Andrews for the national labor board.
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Birmingham
Ala
Walker County
Alabama
Aldrich
Montevallo Coal Mining Company
Peerless Mine
Peerless Coal Company
Dogwood
Little Gems Coal Company
Thermal
Black Creek Coal Company
Horace Hammond
Placo Fuel Company
Elmer F. Andrews
National Labor Board
Illness of Hamil Hamton in West Decatux Home
Seven year old Hamil son of Mrs LaVera Hamton is ill with malaria at the family residence in West Decatux. The report notes the child's condition and seeks prudent care.
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Hamil
LaVera Hamton
West Decatux
Decatur Bankers Gather at Sheffield Meeting
Alabama Bankers Association group one met at Sheffield with Clyde Hendrix of Tennessee Valley Bank Fred Bloodworth and E W McLeod of Morgan County National Bank and Fred Bloodworth Jr of Morgan County National Bank present. The session approved NRA standards and discussed forming an area clearing house led by M L Robertson of Parker Bank & Trust Cullman to draft a code.
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Decatur
Alabama Bankers Association
Sheffield
Clyde Hendrix
Tennessee Valley Bank
Fred Bloodworth
E. W. Mcleod
Morgan County National Bank
Esco
NRA
Roosevelt
Banking Association
Agional Clearing House
M. L. Robertson
Parker Bank & Trust Company
Cullman
AF L labor declares boycott against war-time goods
Washington, Oct 13. The American Federation of Labor declares a boycott on goods and services from Germany Russia Italy China or any country restricting free trade unionization. The council urged German goods only while the committee warned one-nation action could spark accusations of national bias.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Germany
Russia
Italy
China
Executive Council
Resolutions Committee
Little Margie and Laura Sanders Return Home
Margie and Laura Sanders visit their sister Miss Mamie Sanders at her Sixth Avenue South home and return to their residence in Valhermoso.
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Little Margie
Laura Sanders
Mamie Sanders
Sixth Avenue
South
Valhermoso
German Leader Threatens Quit Arms Assembly
Geneva October 13 A German spokesman warned that any demand for Germany to sign a disarmament decision would trigger withdrawal from the conference possibly from the League of Nations. Nadolany left for Berlin amid resentments over a proposed formal resolution to bar the Reich from defensive armaments.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Mussolini
Rudolf Nadolany
Berlin
Reich
Nadolany
Hitler
United States
France
Great Britain
John Simons
Sheriff Jess Sarber Killed During Dillinger Jail Escape
Lima, Ohio records a dramatic jail escape led by bank robber John Dillinger. Sheriff Jess Sarber, 50, died after being shot by gunmen who freed Dillinger from the county jail, then seized Mrs. Sarber and Deputy Wilbert Sharpe. Dillinger had been captured in Dayton and linked to several bank robberies.
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Lima
Ohio
Jess Larber
Memorial Hospital
John Dillinger
Sarber
Harry Copeland
Indianapolis
Ind
Farrell
Bluffton
Conley Returns from Florence Business Trip
Cliff Conley has returned from a business trip to Florence where he conducted meetings and duties related to company operations. He reported productive discussions and potential collaborations with overseas partners.
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Cliff Conley
Florence
Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions Felt Across Town
The article notes Friday the thirteenth occurring in October 1933 prompts cautious behavior. Citizens avoid ladders and cross streets carefully while hoping for good luck amid Halloween month fears and old beliefs about the evil eye and hobgoblins.
Action Expected On Joe Wheeler Paving Project
Highway officials anticipate starting work on a 12 mile Joe Wheeler highway link through Morgan and Lawrence counties. Bids may be advertised October 20, with only a quarter mile of right of way remaining in Lawrence county. Three miles in Morgan remain to be paved, part of a plan to complete nine miles there and 12 in Lawrence, finishing a key artery to Muscle Shoals.
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Morgan
Lawrence County
Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Lawrence
Courtland
Wheeler
Colbert County
Morgan County
Decatur-Tuscumbia
Muscle Shoals
Shoals
Russia and Japan Showing Teeth in Diplomatic Strain
Reports from Khabarovsk and Manchukuo say two Soviet officials of the Chinese Eastern Railway were arrested, as Soviet Consul General Slavutski in Harbin presses for a reply. Tokyo officials maintain Japan's stance remains unchanged.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Manchukuo
Slavutski
Harbin
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Jury Favors Jones In Hotel Fire Suit
A Morgan County circuit court jury awarded Earl Jones 1277.37 from Home Insurance for damages from the December 26 1931 Moulton Hotel fire that destroyed the hotel after a fire started in a nearby grocery and spread to adjacent stores.
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Morgan County
Home Insurance Company
Earl Jones
Mr. Jones
Moulton
Jones
Gasoline tax in Alabama tops 7 million
Alabama motorists and visitors paid 7 267 916 dollars in the gasoline tax, a gain of 264 874 from the prior year. Major A B Tucker notes rising consumption since January with July an exception, average daily sales rising from 300 684 gallons in January to 400 285 gallons in August, and half of collections allocated to 67 counties for road work.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
A. B. Tucker
New Tax Commission
Tucker
Island Prison Plan Put Forward by Attorney General
Washington reports that a prison island has been chosen to house desperate federal convicts. Attorney General Cummings outlined Alcatraz as the site to detain underworld figures who foment prison rioting and bribe guards, with Harvey Bailey and Jane Ja sent there for life terms in the Urechel kidnapping case. Al Capone’s fate remained undecided.
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Washington
Rocky Shores
Justice Department
Cummings
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Harvey Bailey
Ja Ae
Urechel
al Capone
Hartselle Judge Attends Morgan County Court Sessions
Judge Culbreath from Hartselle was in Decatur today for sessions of Morgan County circuit court.
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Hartselle
Culbreath
Decatur
Morgan County
James Rankin to Attend Alabama Tennessee Game in Knoxville
James Rankin will travel to Knoxville next week to attend the Alabama versus Tennessee football game. He plans to arrive ahead of the clash and cheer on his preferred team. The event marks a high profile Southeastern Conference matchup with national significance.
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James Rankin
Knoxville
Explosion Suspected in Great Airliner Crash
Investigators found stains in the wreckage of the air transport liner that crashed on Tuesday night, killing seven. Fragments with gunpowder or nitroglycerin traces were taken to a laboratory for analysis. Federal officials said the fuselage hole indicates a massive blast, with no gasoline tank explosion evident.
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Chicago
Department of Commerce
Earth
Evie
Morgan signals decision on General Joe Wheeler Dam project
Washington reports Arthur E. Morgan chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority says a decision on building the General Joe Wheeler Dam on the Tennessee River in Alabama is pending Roosevelt Public Works and TVA review. He notes a $22 million price tag and possible funding from war works or TVA funds and cites Muscle Shoals fertilizer work as a factor in timing.
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Washington
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Joe Wheeler
Tennessee River
Alabama
Jin D. Roosevelt
Public Administration
Authority
Morgan
Birmingham
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Seere Ickes
Wheeler, Dam
American Ships Withdraw From Cuba After Coordination
Report notes withdrawals of U S coast guard cutters Hunt from Matanzas and Gresham to Puerto Padre as part of a broader reassessment of naval presence near the Cuban area.
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Cuban
Coast Guard
Matanzas
Gresham
Puerto Padre
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