Startled courtroom hears last bravado in Texas death row
In Huntsville Texas on April 9 AP reports Raymond Hamilton once Clyde Barrow’s lieutenant faced death by electric chair on May 10 amid a dramatic farewell address to the court. He warned of return after death and attacked Judge Dean District Attorney Rogers and prison official Lee Simmons. Hamilton and fellow inmate Joe Palmer were set for execution in the early hours, following their joint escape from death row last July.
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Raymond Hamilton
Desperado
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Clyde Barrow
Major Crowson
Eastham
Freedon
Dist
W. Dean
Max Rogers
Lee Simmons
Judge Dean
Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Fort Worth
Joe Palmer
Palmer
State Prison
Crowson
Anderson
Aluminum Company of America Denies NRA Domination Charge
Aluminum Company of America rejects NRA findings claiming the report unfairly portrays monopolistic aims in raw and finished aluminum pricing. Roy A Hunt says conclusions are unsupported, noting prior FTC seven year probe cleared the company and highlighting Mellon family stake among major holders.
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Washington
API
Aluminum Company of America
NRA
Roy A. Hunt
NRA Recorch and Planning Division
Mellon
Pittsburgh
Hunt
Federal Trade Commission
Treasury position details and Aurora dam petition
Treasury data for April 8 shows receipts 22 701 753 89 dollars expenditures 23 651 058 97 pounds balance 2 458 924 867 03 dollars customs receipts for the month 7 217 568 12 dollars. More than 20 000 signers support the immediate construction of the 42 000 000 Aurora dam on the Tennessee River near Murray Kentucky.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Tennessee River
Murray
Bankers Quit State Refinancing Council Before Bid Day
John C. Persons W C Bowman and E C Melvin resigned from the state bond refinancing advisory board citing banks’ interest in the April 22 bid on a 17 09 million refunding issue. The plan caps bids at four percent while existing bonds carry five percent. Governor Graves said the resignations leave five members, including Chairman Senator Max Wellborn, and no extra appointees will be made.
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Montgomery
John C. Persons
Birmingham
W. C. Bowman
E. C. Melvin
Selma
Bibb Graves
Graves
Max Wellborn
Woman Inn Keeper Kills Man She Names As Robbery Suspect
CHICAGO April AP Mrs Mary Boska 49 shot and killed a man she identified as the suspected burglar Grorge Psioda 44 at his home after a tavern robbery. A second shot wounded John Jarecki 29 who joined her in the hunt. She was held for an inquest.
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Chicago
Mary Boska
John Jarecki
Grorge Psioda
Licenses Ruling Says Chocolate Milk Bottlers Safe
Attorney General Albert Carmichael ruled that milk bottles with added chocolate syrup are not liable for bottlers or wholesale soft drink licenses. The opinion, sent to W. W. Ramsby, notes a Montgomery ice cream company sold chocolate milk in half pint bottles to schools and fruit stands. Licenses for bottlers or wholesale soft drink dealers apply to carbonated beverages.
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Montgomery
Albert Carmichael
W. W. Ramsry
The
State Commission
GREAT RICHES BY MATESK Hows Farnham
Jane Bumson humiliates her young husband James feala at an elaborate anniversary dinner. She boasted that her wealthy father funded the entertainment, souring the marriage as James considers speaking out about the strain and estrangement.
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Hows Farnham
Srvovsis
Jane Bumson
James Feala
Ahe
Ann
Sarah
James
Twins Bring Relief to James Stimson at Last
After months of strain in a troubled marriage James Stimson returns home to surprise Jane with gifts and news of twins, a boy and a girl, ending a period of tension and anxiety as his colleagues celebrate at the office and a cautious household receives the new arrivals with cautious joy.
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Jane
Chicago
Nappy
Stimson
Stimson and Holcomb
Commercial Street
Anna
Coeyrich
B. Fernhem
Pontiac
Patterson Named Tuskegee President At 34
Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, age 34, head of Tuskegee Institute agriculture, chosen to succeed Dr. Moton as president as Moton retires at end of the school year. Patterson is a Washington, DC native and former chief of the institute agriculture department. He is an Iowa State graduate and holds a PhD from Cornell University.
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Frederick Douglas Patterson
Agricultural Department
Tuskegee Institute
R. R. Motoen
Washington, D. C
Patterson
Iowa State University
Cornell University
Two Die In Chair At Bellefonte Prison
AP reports Walter Mika and Wille Talarleo were executed in the electric chair at Rockville penitentiary for the Philadelphia holdup murder of patrolman William Wilson last September.
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Bellefonte
Walter Mika
Wille Talarleo
Rockville
Willam Wilson
Philadelphia
Wilbur erupts Zion as Voliva predicts global revolution
Wilbur Gienn Voliva, ousted leader of the Zion religious center, declares Zion as the ark and forecasts a coming revolution that will kill tens of millions and wash blood over the land. He pins the end of his 28 year rule on last Tuesday’s election, predicting salvation for a “faithful handful” in 1942 or 1943.
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Zion
Wilbur Gienn Voliva
Noah
Ark
Voliva
Former Montgomery Official Walter Brassell Dies at 68
Walter Richard Brassell aged 68 a Montgomery native and former city commissioner died at his home after a long illness He worked for the state health department for about 20 years and was employed by the city at the time of his death.
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Montgomery
Walter Richard Brassell
Brassell
State Health Department
Home Rule Outlined For CWA Job Program Push
Officials outline a Civil Works Administration plan to create jobs for 3.5 million on relief. Local relief councils screen projects, with state administrators and Washington approval, while funds include 125 million for relief and 30 million for CCC. Amendments add 25 percent labor spend and farmer benefit payments.
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Hles
CWA
Washington
Relief Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
New York
Robbins
Roosevelt
George
Georgia
Senate must confirm high paid work relief officials
The senate must confirm appointments of new work relief officials who will draw more than $5,600 a year. This stipulation highlights oversight over senior administrators in relief programs and potential fiscal implications for federal relief efforts.
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Senate
M Elwee Named Assistant Professor at Auburn Poly
E W McElwee is appointed assistant professor in horticulture and forestry at Alabama Polytechnic Institute for the 1935 36 session. He comes from Ohio State University and will succeed Professor John W Hyde who has resigned. He is a graduate of Auburn and will work under Professor L M Ware head of the department.
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Auburn
E. W. McElwee
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tipp Hughes Makes 80 Mile Weekly Attendance Trek
Stillwell Oklahoma sophomore Tipp Hughes walks eighty miles each week to attend class and maintained a perfect attendance record during the first semester.
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Tipp” Hughes
Sophmore
Stillwell, Okla
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