Roosevelt era miscellany on treaties and munition links
A July to September Washington roundup noting Cordell Hull shift to Sumner Welles on reciprocity treaties, munitions links involving Basil Zaharoff, Schneider, Vickers, and dePonts, plus Missouri ex Senator Hawes, Morgenthau profits, and Dr. Gruening’s Puerto Rico support.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
Senate
Gir Basil Zaharoff
Schneider
Vickers
dePonts
New Teachers Named for Decatur Schools Fall Term
The Decatur public school system announces fall term start on Monday September 10 with new hires including Paul F Crouch from Montgomery and Miss Betty Eatman from Pell City. The list covers Decatur Senior High and Junior High along with negro schools, with assignments tentative and subject to change.
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Decatur
Paul F. Crouch
Montgomery
University of Alabama
Crouch
Profi Ralph Cowart
Albany
Betty Eatman
Pell City
Alabama College
Montevallo
State Department of Education
Pearl Thomas
Bessemer
Decatur Senior High
W. T. Jordan
W. J. Brown
Florence Smith
Elizabeth Eich
Lillian Odom
H. L. Ogle
Leon Moody
Aileen. Pope
Mary . Robertson
Louise Ussery
Betty Batman
Paul Crouch
Decatur Junior High
J. M. Givens
Rose M. Beuttner
Cecil B. Crawford
Aubrey Puller
J. D. Garren
Carlton Kelley
Oscar Napps
Alyn Price
Lila Pritchett
Ethel Rhinehart
Lucile Russell
Mildred Nungester
Jean Humphrey
Sara Bloodworth
Amelia Troy
Gordon Bibb
Five Die As Plane Crashes In Storm
A tri motor plane crashed at night in Oregon Missouri killing a woman and four men. Low clouds and lightning blocked its attempt to reach Omaha, sending it into an embankment and igniting the wreckage. Pilot Don Bontranger was named in the report as attempting a forced landing and surviving briefly in the storm.
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Oregon
Tri-Motor
Omaha
Don Bontranger
Repear Daperlania
Watae Ly
Detroit man W Byars guests his mother
W Byars of Detroit is spending a week as the guest of his mother, Mrs. Me Aus Bam.
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W. Byars
Detroit
Single Family Homes Remain American Standard for Housing
FHA modernization loans attract large interest from owners who live in single family homes and from landlords with single family rental properties. Across 42 cities, single family homes account for 68.9 percent of dwelling structures, with two family 15.2 percent and apartment or larger units 11.3 percent.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Stroke Strikes Brownsville Worker at American Oak Leather
Joe Aldridge suffered a stroke while at work Friday night at the American Oak Leather company and was moved home to 823 Grant Street. He was taken this morning to Benevolent Society Hospital for treatment.
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Joe Aldridge
American Oak Leather Company
Grant Street
Brown’s Ambulance
Mr. Aldridge
Benevolent Society Hospital
Frank B. Liles Dies Early This Morning
Frank B. Liles died at 3 o'clock this morning at his home on Decatur route 4. The body was prepared for burial at Priest's and will be conveyed to Columbia Tennessee Sunday for funeral services in the afternoon. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill cemetery near Columbia. He is survived by Peek Ald.
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Frank B. Liles
Decatur Route 4
Priest's
Columbia,Tenn
St Ceder Hill Cemetery
Columbia
Liles
Peek Ald
Britnell Named by Grubb for Farm Conciliation
Morgan county selects Ben L. Britnell as conciliation commissioner under new federal legislation to salvage farms and steer distressed farmers away from ordinary bankruptcy courts. The act enables financially strapped farmers to petition for composition and extension, with creditor meeting and majority approval guiding the extension.
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Ben L. Britnell
W. S. Grubb
Morgan County
Britnell
The
Daily Today
Lottery graft alleged in New Orleans mayor and police head payments
Henry R. Long testified before a Louisiana legislative committee that a New Orleans lottery ring paid Mayor Walmsley about 1000 weekly and Police Superintendent Beyer 700 weekly. About 20 establishments paid 50 weekly to the mayor and 35 weekly to the police chief. total protection payments ran to 3500 weekly when operations were active, though the lotteries had not operated in the last three weeks.
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New Orleans
Henry R. Long
Mississippi
Louisiana Legislative Investigating Committee
Walmsley
George Beyer
Henry Long
Huey Long
Blood Stained Shirt Thought to Be Plot
A torn shirt with bloodlike stains found near the Miss Faye New murder site was labeled an apparent plant by police and Harold Taylor’s counsel. Police say the shirt could not have been placed at the scene more than 36 hours ago, casting doubt on its link to the case.
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Birmingham
Ala
Faye New
Howard College
Harold Taylor
Miss New
Luther Hollams
R. M. Montgomery
Taylor
Relief Forces To Observe Holiday With Closures
Alabama Re H et Administration announces a citywide holiday for Day J T Budinger. all local offices will be closed Monday and all county personnel receive a day off with privilege to take the time.
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Alabama Re- Het Administration
J. T. Budinger
Threatening Notes Pinned On Doors At Albertville
In Albertville Alabama threatening notes were pinned on doors of strikers who favored returning to work as the Independent Textile Workers of Alabama organized in Albertville and Guntersville mills where the strike has been ongoing since July 17. Labor leaders claim up to 10000 workers may join the walkout though some estimates put it at 2000 and thirteen thousand are already out.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Albertville
Independent Textile Workers of Alabama
Guntersville
South
Francis J. Gorman
North
South Carolina
Spartanburg
8. C
J. O. Blum
Spartanburg Union
Face Lifting Pair Arrested Over Dillinger Plots
Two physicians who performed face lifting operations and allegedly altered fingerprints of outlaw John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter were arrested by Justice Department agents in Chicago. Also taken were Louis Piquett and four others. charges detail involvement of a Wiener physician group and a noted criminal defense lawyer who once planned Dillinger’s murder case defense.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Department of Justice
Louis Piquett
Wien
Loeser
Harold B. Piquett
Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Love Affair Ends In Double Slaying At Bank
In Morristown Tennessee a 29 year old woman, described as pretty and a minister's daughter, shot bank president Jesse C. Shelton 35 in his private office and killed herself. A purse note cited a thwarted romance as the motive. Shelton died within an hour. The woman had claimed years ago they were engaged and used aliases at a hotel. Her note asked that her father Reverend W J Bruce be notified tactfully.
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Morristown
Tenn
Hamblen National Bank
Jesse C. Shelton
Shelton
Brunet
Mary Sam ‘Bruce
Nashville
Lébanon
W. J. Bruce
Mrs Woodruff Hurt In Collision At City Corner
Mrs Woodruff of 812 Jackson Street suffered considerable bruises and was shaken after her car collided with a truck at the corner of Moulton Street and Fourth Avenue. She received first aid at Benevolent Society Hospital and was later returned home.
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Murphy Woodruff
Jackson Street
Moulton Street
Fourth Avenue
Brown
Benevolent Society Hospital
New Deal Attacked by American Bar Association
Milwaukee reports the American Bar Association closes its fifty seventh annual convention with an attack on the New Deal. The general council nominates Scott M Lofton of Jacksonville for president. The securities act of 1933 faces criticism as violating legal principles and imposing liabilities.
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Milwaukee
American Bar Association
Association
General Council
Scott M. Lofton
Jacksonville
Fla
Canning Centers Here Scheduled For Next Week
Canning centers have been scheduled here for next week along Tenth avenue and Moulton street. The event begins Tuesday morning at eight with a pickup at Fairview and a stop at the home of Minnie Fields.
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Tenth Avenue
Moulton Street
Fairview
Minnie Fields
Man Arrested in Extortion Plot
A 60 year old man Crumpton was arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud in a extortion plot targeting Pizitz and threatening kidnapping for 20000. A three way investigation into the fire at Pizitz home on Shades Mountain is ongoing and a dummy package was used by federal agents.
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United States
Louise
Charlton
Crumpton
Pizitz
Department of Justice
Happy Dele
Shades Mountain
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Harry Bledsoe
Crompton
Vote For Strike Closes Big Gulf States Mill
Tuscaloosa Alabama September 1. The Gulf States Paper Corporation plant employing 750 men closed Friday after union workers voted for a strike Thursday night. The strike was called by International Paper Makers Local 257 and Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Local 157. Plant officials have said that mot is the wrong line here.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Gulf States Paper Corporation
International Paper Makers of American Local No
Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
Moulton Heights Opens Monday With Open House
Open ing exercises for Moulton Heights school will start at 9 o'clock Monday morning led by Mrs. Joe Burt assisting the school in gio coe. Edna Holland Wilma Lamon and Mrs Dottie Lamon help with staffing as all grades begin work. Grades of grammar school will operate on a subscription basis for two months to cover expenses.
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Moulton Heights School
Joe Burt
Giocoe
Edna Holland
Wilma Lamon
Dottie
Lamon
Puryear
Grammar School
Are Aia
Mob Seizes Suspect From Officers Near Savannah
A masked mob in Savannah took a black man accused of assaulting a young white woman from county officers on a road between Ways Station and Kellerstown. Officers were en route to jail him for safekeeping when overpowered. search through the night failed to locate the suspect or mob.
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Savannah
Brian
Liberty
Ways Station
Kellers
Riding Devices Prove Popular This Week on Devis Street
Report from Devis Street notes riding devices drawing crowds this week as residents test new transportation aids. The scene shows curious locals and vendors showcasing varied models amid mild weather and steady interest.
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Devis Street
Silk Workers Extend General Textile Strike Today
Washington reports the general textile strike expanded to include about 200000 silk workers, completing the walkout across the silk industry. The count already listed 425000 cotton textile and 100000 woolen workers, with silk code authority expected to follow suit as unions press for union-led negotiations.
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Washington
Silk Code Authority
Salilar
Toa
Ranlls
Archie Hill Returns Home From Vacation
Arch ie Hill, head of Capea empanin a en ed to his home in Cloudland Georgia after a vacation trip. Friends will be glad to know he is much improved in health.
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Fil
Mr Hill Capea
Cloudland
Hills
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Roosevelt
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Chesapeake Bay
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Henry Morgenthau
Big Jim Parley
Jim
Charley Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Ernest Gruening
Paz
Rey
Vivian Hunter
Gunnar Axel Larson
New York City
Larson
Rene
Ben Britnell
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N. O
Macon
United Textile Workers
Dillinger Doctors
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