Roosevelts relief drive faces political fire during return
President Roosevelt scheduled to sign a 4.88 billion work relief bill on his return from a fishing trip as Republican critics attack Barry Hopkins and the administration. Senator Vandenberg and Rep Snell voice concerns over power and policy. Taxpayer groups and officials debate land use and program reach while Tugwell prepares to brief the President. The measure aims to expand white collar work and public education projects as figures show rising participation in relief efforts.
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Richard Rendell
Washington
Ie Capital
Rosevelt
Barry L. Hopkins
O. P
Vandenberg
Opkins
Enate
Michigan
Vandenberg Hasen
Representative Snell
Newark
Hopkins
Washingon
Florida
Roosevelt
Jacksonville
Congress
Friay
Cmptroller
McCarl
Rexford G. Tugwell
Te House
Ork
Relief Administration
New York
FERA
Hamilton Scheduled For Electrocution Hearing In Texas
Raymond Hamilton, a re captured convict, is to be served to death this afternoon by Judge S W Dean. District attorney Max Rogers said he would seek May 10 as the electrocution date, the same day Joe Palmer is slated for the chair after being convicted of killing Crowson.
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Runtsville
Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Istrict
S. W. Dean
Major Crowson
State Union Farm Guard
Max Rogers
Walker County
Hampton
Joe Palmer
Palmer
Crowson
Dust storms force students to avoid grass at Southwestern State Teachers College
In Weatherford Oklahoma on April 8 dust storms have kept students off the grass at Southwestern State Teachers College. The dust soils clothing and disrupts outdoor activity, leading to rigid discipline about lawn use.
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Weatherford
Okla
South- Western
Relief bill reaction from Will Rogers in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills on April 8 Will Rogers asks who the relief bill helps and questions data collection on earnings and need. He criticizes the inability to identify truly needy and mocks the bureaucratic gathering of statistics.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
da- Notas
Honolulu
Aggie
Military Road to Gulf Coast Route via Dothan plan revealed
John W. Rish former Houston county representative outlined a trunk highway from the Middle West to Florida via Dothan Graceville and Chipley toward Panama City. The plan centers on No 241 from Dothan to Nashville with onward connections into the Midwest and a bed from Dothan to the Tennessee line currently under construction toward Graceville Florida will pave from the line to Panama City and the stretch to Anniston is paved. Construction continues from Panama City to Graceville with Florida pledges for the segment to Panama City. Continuous paving and roadbed work progress mark the project with federal backing and Graves administration completion assured.
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Middle West
Florida
Dothan
Panama City
Graceville
Chipley
John W. Rish
Houston County
Nashville
Tenn
State Highway Department
Graves Administration
Federal Bureau of Roads
Eufaula
Anniston
Gadsden
Huntsville
Tennessee Line
Florida Lne
Alabama
Florida State Highway Department
Mobile
Woman Fatally Injured As Cars Crash Over Line
Eight persons were injured yesterday afternoon near Compass Lake Florida when a Brannon Stand party's car collided with another vehicle. Mrs Alma Bell Toney 40 of Columbus Ga died at 4 am in Chipley hospital from internal and head injuries. The seven injured included Lee Spurlock driver of the other car and G C Aplin Johnnie Aplin Connie Horne Bishop Kelley Ewell Jones and Sam Smith. Spurlock was placed on bond to accompany passengers for first aid in Dothan. Johnnie Aplin suffered a broken jaw. O C Aplin had a broken nose and chest injuries. Passersby ferried the injured to Chipley and Dothan.
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Brannon Stand
Compass Lake
Fla
Alma Bell Toney
Columbus
Chipley
Mr. Burns
Lee Spurlock
G. C. Aplin
Johnnie Aplin
Connie Horne
Bishop Kelley
Ewell Jones
Sam Smith
Spurlock
Jackson County
Dothan
Jez
Fellows and Forrester
O. C. Aplin
Houston County
Panama City
Toney
Burne
Tuscaloosa man wounded. nephew held after Friday shooting
James W. Moore, 55, is in serious condition in a Tuscaloosa hospital after a shotgun blast through a home window. Olen Moore, nephew and farm worker, is jailed on charges of shooting him and wounding two small sons and two neighbors. Sheriff says Olen claimed to be full of home brew when the shot was fired.
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Fayette
James W. Moore
Farmer
Tuscaloosa
Olen Moore
Sam
Bobbie
Dennis Dudley
Herman
H. Grady Mitchell
Land loans surge as applications exceed prior year
Applications for 1935 emergency crop loans were being accepted at the Houston county agent C. M. Ling’s office when records showed the current total already surpassed the 1934 loan count. Seed loan official Tom Speight was in the office and slated to return next Saturday.
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C. M. Ling
Houston
Tom Speight
County court renews aid to relief bureau
The Houston county Board of Revenue renewed cooperation with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and approved an appropriation of 200 monthly, matching last year’s amount. No further business was brought before the commissioners at 2 o clock this afternoon.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Tornado Toll Across Three States Leaves 26 Dead
A massive Mississippi area cyclone leaves 26 dead and over 200 injured across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. Destruction centers on Gloster Dolorosa and Gillsburg Mississippi with property damage around 300000 as Mobile Alabama reports the storm's tail.
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Gloster
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Lake Providence
Mississippi River
Dolorosa
Gillsburg
Mobile
Ala
McComb
Natchez
Louis Kahn
Sarazen leads in Augusta 36 hole playoff for top money
Gene Sarazen shot 7 under par to hold a four stroke edge over Craig Wood after the first round of the 36 hole playoff at Augusta national golf club for the top $1500 prize. Wood bogeyed the back nine as he slipped behind.
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Augusta
Gene Sarazen
Craig Wood
Beal
N. J
Augusta National Golf Club
Sarazen
Wood
Figures support protest against circuit changes
Protesters cite six year totals of court cases in Houston Henry and Geneva counties as Gen eva county faces removal from the 22nd district to the 29th. Circuit Judge Halstead and Solicitor Farmer attended a Montgomery hearing with six Dothan attorneys citing 6383 total cases in two counties over six years and Geneva county’s 2000 cases to argue overburdened circuits. Roy O Hil, Houston county circuit clerk, compiled the figures covering Sept 49 1928 to Sept 3 1934.
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Geneva County
Ejreult
Houston
Henry
Dothan
D. C. Halstead
J. Hubert Farmer
Montgomery
Houston County
Henry County
Cass
Geneva
Roy O. Hil
Allies Clash Over How to Handle German Rearmament
Allies gather in Stresa Italy with Italy seeking decisive action Britain favoring a cautious security plan and France backing mutual defense pacts. The conference aims to present League of Nations recommendations while Russia urges strong action against German expansion, as observers from many capitals flood the event.
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Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Stresa
Italy
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Marengo
Rome
Jondon
Popolo di Roma
England
Berlin
Moscow
Warawang Praha
Britain
France
London
Pierre Laval
Tr Duce
John Simon
Russia
Council of the
League of Nations
Creneva
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Mary
Maine
Vienna
Eintent
Gachoslovekia
Rumania
Vigdlavind
House Postpones Decision On Social Plans In Hard Fought Session
In a tense session, the House again deferred a decision on the administration's social security bill. Ways and Means favored a gag rule limiting floor amendments to committee changes, while Speaker Burns and other Democrats opposed it. Delays push initial debate to Thursday, with plans to advance the bill to Congress next week amid administration pressure and a projected work relief program. President Roosevelt aims to accelerate action on his legislative agenda as labor unrest spreads in rubber plants.
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Clarence M. Wright
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Burns
House
Capitol
Roosevelt
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Akron
Ohio
Goodrich Frondyear
Firestone Tire and Rubber Companies
National Labor Relations Board
Gondyosi
Labor Board
Goodrich
Firestone
Democrats
House of Representatives
Waya and Mearn
Cangrene
Columbian Man Wounded in Abdomen in Blakely Incident
Andy Wilbourn of Calumbia is in a Dothan hospital in grave condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen after an argument at Mrs. J W Thompson's home near Blakely. Sheriff Sid Howell says Beatty faces assault to murder charges and no bond until hospital confirmation of Wilbourn's recovery prospects. G C McToonald was slightly wounded. Beatty allegedly shot at him and Wilbourn during the confrontation.
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Andy Wilbourn
Calumbia
Dothan
Fd Beatty
Binkele
Galogeer
Farly
Binkely
Flakely
Sid Howell
Beathy
Withourn
J. W. Thompson
Blakely
Wilbourn
Prime Minister Macdonald to Italy for peace talks this week
London reports that Prime Minister Sir R. B. MacDonald, suffering a heart strain, will travel to Italy this week to confer with French and Italian representatives on the future of peace in Europe. The trip follows discussions with Captain Anthony Eden and Fingland, noting heightened diplomatic activity amid European tensions.
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London
Anthony Fden
Privy Sea
Finglands
Xick
Reamenu Macdonald
Italy
France
Europe
Danzig Vote Defies Nazi Bid for Dictatorship
In free Danzig a volkstag election left Nazis with about 60 percent of the 2 232 278 ballots but well short of the two thirds needed to erase opposition and unify with Germany. Catholic Socialists and German Catholics bolstered by Social Democrats and others outvoted the Nazi effort, preserving a balance in parliament and signaling a blow to Nazi prestige.
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Danzig
Melvin K. Whiteleather
Associated Press
Free City OF
Teutonic Knights
Free City
Volkstag
Catholic Socialista
Patrolman Launches Road Safety Drive in Houston County
Deputy sheriff Moses Harper, recently assigned by Sheriff Alex H. May as motorcycle patrolman, will start tonight to press a traffic safety drive. State officers will target motorists with faulty lights, brakes, or excessive speed and truck operators who overload vehicles, with fines and possible common pleas court action.
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Houston County
Moses Harper
Alex H. May
May
Common Pleas Court
Burglaries and Auto Thefts Burden Local Police
A weekend wave of petty burglaries and auto thefts kept city and county law enforcement busy. Two stolen cars were recovered, one found abandoned near Ozark after its use for narcotics delivery, another location undisclosed. The Goodrich store burglary saw about 40 stolen items. A Sunday gate receipts box was hidden at a filling station, money missing. Shamrock Inn break in reported with gum and other items stolen. Other incidents included Rogers Grocery theft and four shirts stolen from Tineid Bradford’s home.
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Atolen
W. H. Adams
Os Faurini Camp
G. FE. Jack
Nleo Etolen
Ozark
Faure
Goodrich
Silvertown
Ermpiayen
Mit
Oher
Rogers Grocery
Central of Georgia
Tineid Bradford
Atajen
Graves to Proselyte Governors for Rate Parity
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama accepted an invitation from Governor Sennett Conner of Mississippi to attend the southeastern governors conference on the Mississippi coast near early June. Conner said the date and topics would be set by the executive committee. Graves urged action to secure a more equitable freight tax rate for the South.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Sennett Conner
Mississippi
Conner
Graves
South
Temptation’s Trap: Man Arrested After Flight Near Officials
Hopkinsville Kentucky April 8 A P Jackson Cox a Negro fled as two county officers pursued another man Cox did not realize he was wanted on an old coal stealing charge and was soon captured Cox was locked up by authorities in connection with the warrant.
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Hopkinsville
Jackson Cox
Cox
License Tax Cut Sparks Budget Plan In Alabama
Montgomery April 8 AP Senator Will O Walton said highway tag prices would be cut at least 40 percent as the finance group prepared to present an appropriation bill to Governor Bibb Graves. Walton said tag revenue would cover bond payments on the 1923 highway issue, with bonds now about 17 million left. The House chamber and finance committee eyed education funding, proposing roughly 22 million in total expenditures against 27 million requested, with two increases for public actions and girls’ school at Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Will O. Walton
Walton
Dorsey
J. R. Wallace
Capitol
Bibb Graves
Dorary
Wallace
Uniton
Highway Department
Watton
Chambers
Finance and Taxation
Birmingham
Racing Car Slams Crowd Near Chateau-Thierry
In Chateau Thierry France a racing car plunged into spectators during a road race killing seven and injuring 18. Driver Cattaneo, trailing the lead car, braked suddenly causing the crash. he was uninjured.
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Chateau- Thierry
France
Cattaneo
Tembo the elephant ends dentist sessions at Brookfield Zoo
The Brookfield zoo announces Tembo the elephant will no longer have dental sessions. Dr. A A Dahlberg, the attending dentist, made the announcement after caring for Tembo.
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Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Tembo
A. A. Dahlberg
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Alabama faces frost in north and central portions tonight with clear skies, then fair and warmer Tuesday. Northwest Florida expects fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with similarly mild temperatures.
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Alabama
Florida
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