Long Seizes Tax Offices in New Orleans
In New Orleans, Gov. Allen appointees take charge of city tax assessments backed by the National Guard to replace elected assessors after Mayor Semmes Walmsley refuses to acknowledge Allen’s appointments. Huey P. Long denounces the move as infamy and outrage, calling Long a madman.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Toda
National Guard
William Rankin
Louisiana Tax Commission
Long
Semmes Walmsley
Oo. K. Allen
Rankin
Joseph Weber
Henry Olnott
Allen
Walmsley
Senator Long
Clem Lehrt
Louisiana Democratic Association
State Tax Commission
New Oreans
Lehr
Tinkin
Napoleon
Bankhead Cotton Bill explained to Kiwanis Club
M Ling, Houston county farm agent, explained provisions of the Bankhead Cotton Control bill and its administration at the Kiwanis club luncheon. Miss Other Hall performed several songs during the meeting.
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Bankhead
Kiwanis Club
M. Ling
Houston County
Mr. Ling
Other Hall
Weather sketch for Alabama and North Florida shows cloudy periods
The report notes mostly cloudy conditions across Alabama and northern areas with a chance of light sprinkles. Friday looks partly cloudy with scattered thin showers. temperatures remain mild with little variation.
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Gilabama
Northyet
Florida
Alabama Education Board Recognizes Moral Obligation
A sub-committee of Alabama State Board of Education deemed $80 046 unpaid accrued interest on six normal and teachers colleges as a moral obligation. The panel cannot legally pay it and will refer the issue to the full board for action at the next meeting.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Board of Education
Normal and
B. M. Miller
A. F. Harman
A. M. Tunstall
Greensboro
Normal Colleges
H. J. Willingham
Florence
C. V. Daugette
Jacksonville
G. W. Brock
Livingston
E. M. Shackleford
Troy
Six Day Bike Racing Returns to Frisco
San Francisco hosts six day bicycle racing for the first time in 17 years with 14 teams entering the event starting March 11. A French team is listed among entrants and the race will take place in a major city venue within a civic auditorium setting.
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San Francisco
Civic Auditorium
Langer Forces to Seek Recall of Senator Nye
Bismarck North Dakota August 2 AP reports leaders of the faction headed by deposed Governor William Langer moved to recall United States Senator Gerald P. Nye.
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Langer
Nye
Bismarck
N. D
United States
Gerald P. Nye
William Langer
Deputies Dislodge 100 Textile Strikers at Coneestee Mill
In Greenville South Carolina a large force of deputies and state patrolmen cleared about 100 strikers armed with clubs from the Coneestee mill area. Workers allowed to enter. mill runs on a reduced schedule with no violence reported. In Alabama another textile strike stalls as 12 000 workers stay out with no settlement in sight.
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Greenville
S. C
Coneéstee
Britesh Textile Workers Union
B. B. Smith
G. C. Kinsey
Alabama
Birmingham
United Textile Workers of America
Alabama Textile Council
eGorge Googe
American Federation of Labor
Assault conviction in Alabama quickly sends 19 year old to Kilby Prison
A 19 year old African American man, Matthew Washington, was sentenced to 20 years for attempted assault on a white girl near Alberta City on a Tuesday afternoon. He was arrested after a complaint by the girl’s father, indicted by a special grand jury, tried, convicted, and sent to Kilby Prison within about 24 hours of capture.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Kilby
Matthew Washington
Mary James
James
Alberta City
Washington
Navy Balloon Comes Down Last Of Five Race Entries
All five entrants in the national balloon elimination race had landed with the Navy entry found six miles southeast of Commerce Georgia. Army No. 1 landed near Monticello Georgia while other bags touched down at Mansfield Covington and Clarksville locations. Three balloons will compete for the Gordon Bennett Trophy in Warsaw September 23.
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Atlanta
Navy
Commerce
Army No. 1
Monticello
Charles H. Kendall
Clarksville
H. T. Orville
R. L. J. Smith
William J. Flood
Lieut
R. R. Gillespie
Flood
Gillespie
Georgia
Goodyear VIII
Buffalo
Courier Express
Mansfield
Covington
Birmingham
United States
Warsaw
Poland
Licensing of Beer in Alabama Probed by Anti Saloon League
In a public letter to Attorney General Homer Cummings J Bibb Mills head of the Anti-Saloon League of Alabama urges withdrawal of federal licenses from beer and spirit makers in Alabama He cites post repeal crime increases and argues federal permits enable violations of state law and the 21st amendment.
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Birmingham
Homer Cummings
J. Bibb Mills
Anti-Saloon League of Alabama
Mills
Bureau of Menial Revenue
Seneral
Birmingham- Montgomery
Alabama
Anti-Saloon League
F. ID. B
Roosevelt
United States
Petitions Circulated for King County Sheriff Primary
Petitions asking the State Democratic Executive Committee to call a special election to nominate a sheriff candidate were circulated in Houston county today. Only qualified electors were asked to sign, and no names of candidates were listed on the petitions.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Houston County
Beats
Swanson Urges Naval Cutbacks Shocks London
London observers react to Secretary of the Navy Swanson proposing a 20 to 30 percent naval tonnage reduction at the 1935 conference. Diplomats gasp while naval experts expect the move as America signals a clear reduction plan after Norman H. Davis's London discussions. Continued on Page Fight.
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London
Swanson
America
United States
Norman HH. Davis
Washington
Davis
Prowler Shoots 10-Year-Old in Sleeping Halffront Boots
Ten-year-old Bernier piaff man, daughter of Mr and Mrs BR Hoffman of Beaumont Texas, was fatally shot by an unidentified prowler during a robbery attempt at a tourist camp near Hot Springs Arkansas. The child slept on a cot as the assailant demanded valuables, firing through a screen door. Police and deputies pursued the suspect with bloodhounds.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Bernier Piaffman
BR. J. Hoffman
Beaumont
Texas
Here
Hoffmans
Floffmans
Valees
Hoffman
Attempt to dynamite Birmingham plant fails
Officials disclosed an attempted dynamite attack on Republic Steel plants in Fas Thomas. A 67-stick charge failed to explode, halting destruction of pumping plants. Two other blasts damaged a transformer bank and tore a hole in a reservoir wall.
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Birmingham
Ala
Republic Steel Corporation
Fas. Thomas
Creak
Hitler Seizes Power as Reich President as Hindenburg Dies
Vienna dispatch reports Paul Hudle convicted of high treason for the Dollfuss plot and sentenced to life imprisonment after a brief court martial. Two other Nazis were hanged this week. Fascists watch Italy while Austria tightens against Nazis.
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Hitler
Hindenburg
Wade Werner
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Vienna
Paul Hudle
Dollfuss
Hudle
Emil Fey
Eshinet
Italy
Austria
Kurt Schuschnige
Ernest von Starhemberg
Mussolini
Rome
London
Maussolini
Friederich Wurnig
Innsbruck
Christian Meyer
Brussels
Archduke Otto
Hapsburg
Zita
Elba Run-Off Caucus Set For Next Monday
A Democratic run-off caucus will be held in Elba to choose the mayor for the next year between incumbent J. O. English and challenger L. P. Mullina. English led a three way caucus with 214 votes, Mulline 136, and W. W. Hain 84 in the recent contest.
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Elba
Als
J. O. English
L. P. Mullina
English
Mulline
W. W. Hain
Death of Germany's Field Marshal Hindenburg
Neudick Germany August 2 1934 President Paul von Hindenburg aged 86 died after a long illness. Four state physicians and family members were at his bedside including son Colonel Oskar and daughters Frau Immennie von Stockhusen and Frau Anna Marie von Bentz. The death ends a life of war and public service and will be noted with national mourning. Burial is planned at Neudeck on Saturday or Sunday.
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Associated Prere
Neudick
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
VonTiindenburg
von Hindenburg
Oskar von Hindenburg
Frau
Immennie von Stockhusen
Anna Marie von Bentz
Keldh
Neudeck
Freynstadt
Adolf Hitler
Death of Von Hindenburg Shocks World War Era Germany
Washington observers deem Germany at a crisis as Hitler assumes full dictatorship after Von Hindenburg's death. Secretary Hull sends condolences and the German embassy lowers its flag while officials avoid political prognostication. Baron Neurath receives Hull's telegram of sorrow.
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von Hindenburg
Germany
Hitler
Washington
Huy
Vor Hindenburg
Fone
Pudolf Leitner
State Department
Hull
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Berlin
Hitler Becomes Absolute Ruler as Hindenburg Dies
Within seven hours of Hindenburg’s death Adolf Hitler merged the presidency and chancellorship and declared the Reich government. A new oath binds the Reichswehr to Der Fuehrer as conservatives fear the end of checks on Nazism ahead of a plebiscite set for August 18.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Reichswehr
Germany
Hitler
Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Werner von Blomberg
Der
Supreme Court
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hindenburg Succeeded by Opposing Man Adolf Hitler
President Paul Von Hindenburg died today and was succeeded by the man he often opposed Adolf Hitler. For seven years Germany has seen Hitler rise rapidly and check his rule. Continued on Page Eight.
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Hindenburg
Associated Press
Paul von Hindenburg
Niel Hitler
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Will Rogers Praises Hawaii Military Sites
Honolulu dispatch from Aug 3 reports Will Rogers returning to the city after visiting cattle ranches on the island. He extols Schofield Barracks and Pearl Harbor praising Pacific defenses and noting the strategic importance of Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Schofield Barracks
Navy
Pearl Harbor
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