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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1934
Page
2
Ben Garth and Tom Bragg, once sought by Senate investigators, plan a May return to New York as Wall Street watchers anticipate further market moves. A heat scheme to publish veterans' rolls faces congressional resistance, while White House and Congress maneuver to avoid direct clashes.
Weather alert indicates fair conditions with light frost possible in northern and central localities. Tonight and Saturday forecast shows fair skies with slightly cooler temps and a risk of frost in eastern portions. Some areas may experience a rise in temperature later, with light frost possible in exposed locales.
The plan seeks to mobilize up to 1.5 billion dollars in 200 to 2000 dollar grants to remodel small homes nationwide. It envisions a mortgage guarantee corporation tied to the Home Owners Loan Corporation to back private loans with no direct government lending or new funds. The drive, led by the National Emergency Council under Frank Walker, could create up to a million jobs and run for up to ten years with monthly costs under twenty dollars for a 2000 loan.
Nashville police seek a reader of a Tom Sawyer copy found near the 55 year old railway night watchman William L. Linn who was shot near the railroad yards. Linn died en route to hospital and his revolver had fired five times.
Bishop James Cannon Jr testifies in a DC trial denying responsibility for Ada Burroughs reports on 1928 Smith campaign funds. He describes safe storage of funds and separate accounts, noting Burroughs’ role as treasurer. Separate piece: Wilbur Glenn Voliva in Zion plans revival tour alleging devilish takeover with a 63 member band aiming to reclaim Zion Industries from receivership.
Arthur B. Chilton United States District Attorney is listed in very critical condition at a Montgomery Alabama hospital. He was taken there three days ago due to a kidney ailment and has served as district attorney since 1931 after appointment by President Hoover.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the New York Central Railroad Company to borrow 2.5 million dollars from the Public Works Administration. The loan will finance purchasing and laying new rails to upgrade the line.
A new Modern Home News section helps homemakers with cookery, diet and health, home decorating, and entertaining ideas. It notes Mrs Edna Rigas Crabtree will contribute recipes and articles from time to time, and targets wives, mothers, brides, and homemakers facing tighter budgets.
AP dispatches report a Georgia watchman fatally shot by police after killing a 10 year old, a Nebraska child wounded in a car gun battle, NRA head Hugh S. Johnson expected to rule on coal field peace, Bishop Cannon and Ada Burroughs alleged campaign money report, and a Caddo Parish grand jury indicting Fred Lockhart for murder and criminal assault in the Mae Giffin case.
A gale like storm hit Houston County late Thursday causing widespread damage. Large oaks toppled, roofs ripped from barns and homes near Webb Rehobeth Taylor and Grimes, with power lines down and street lights out in Dothan and surrounding areas.
A telegram from Washington sets a $100 monthly limit for rural school teachers paid from federal relief funds and bans any federal pay for principals and county superintendents. Alabama officials note some rural teachers at two schools may earn more than the cap, with no arrangements for principals or supervisors to be paid from federal funds.
Fred Lockhart, saved from death days earlier, identifies himself as a participant in the Leo Frank lynching in Georgia. He says he drove the car that carried Frank from Milledgeville prison to Marietta where Frank was hanged. Frank, a Brooklyn native and college graduate, was lynched August 17, 1915 after a rape conviction was commuted to life.
New York April 21 The Consolidated Gas Co of New York announced a pay restoration restoring half of a year old salary cut lifting wages for 40 000 workers by a little over 4 percent The 8 13 percent reductions adopted May 1 1933 are offset by a hours reduction No change in current hours The raise adds about 3 5 million to annual payroll
Montgomery awaits arrest after the U S District Court grand jury returned one indictment in a probe of absentee ballot fraud. The panel adjourned to April 24 and urged amending notary affidavits for signers known to the notary. Interest ran high as about one sixth of the county’s voters had ballots issued.
General Douglas MacArthur told the House military affairs subcommittee he gave unqualified approval to a bill to increase army enlisted men from 118,755 to 165,000 and officers from 12,960 to 14,000. He argued the enactment would enhance U.S. security and rehabilitate thousands of unemployed youths.
Margarita Hernandez Bernal, 25, stabbed herself and fell from a hotel window. Morticians found her among corpses in a morgue when she reportedly sat up and spoke to workers asking for water. Doctors treated a knife wound and said she likely would recover.
Geneva dispatch reports a May 23 full session of the world disarmament conference to address army control with ongoing friction among France Germany and Britain. France presses for a resumption of talks and challenges German rearmament seen violates Versailles.
The long suppressed 1905 interview between Kaiser Wilhelm II and journalist William Bayard Hale is published in the Atlantic May issue. The foreign office sought censorship, a New York cruiser seized pages, and the crates sank then surfaced lost to fire. The article outlines the Kaiser’s view of a world crisis, Japan, and Western unity.
21 000 miners idle amid rising tension in Alabama coal fields. National guardsmen and deputies quell demonstrations at edgewater and Leeds camps. Federal agents probe Communist activity as two agitators detained and later released. Ed England’s death cited as authorities seek causes and wage differential solutions await Washington action.
Al Capone plans a new bid for freedom beginning April 25 in the U S circuit court of appeals in New Orleans. The Justice Department says assistant attorney general Frank J Wideman will oppose Capone's appeal from a habeas corpus denial by the Northern District of Georgia. Capone contends the indictment was filed after the three year statute of limitations.
Lexington Mass citizens march to Washington in protest of government business ties. Washington D C reports 2,750,000 employed in the past year with March at 80 percent of 1923 25 peak. weekly payrolls up 70,000,000 in twelve months.
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