Roosevelts Moley and the Kidnapping Probe
Washington advances the idea that Franklin Roosevelt may move Prof Moley to break up alleged ties between local officials and gangland as part of a broader effort to repeal the eighteenth amendment. The piece notes Moley’s criminology background and suggests political maneuvering behind the scenes. It also covers NA A policy shifts on high wages and a military style NR A structure, with public publicity figures mentioned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moley
Russia
Industrial Peace Board Appointed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt approved a joint declaration for industrial peace and named a seven member board led by Senator Wagner. Other members include William Green John Lewis Walter Teagle Gerald Swope and Louis Kirstein. The pact aims to end disputes and was praised as economic statesmanship.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senator Wagner
New York
William Green
Leo Wolman
John Lewis
Miners’ Union
Walter Teagle
Standard O Co
New Jersey
Gerald Swope
General Electric
Louis Kirstein
Boston
Samuel Gompers
Honor Roll to Be Expanded Next Week
The honor roll of the NIRA in Tothan will be updated next week with more employees added. Postmaster S. M. Dawney announced that yesterday’s members signed agreements, and a larger number will appear on the next list. Officials seek a complete recovery act signers roster and emblems have been distributed to many in Do than with many more available.
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NIRA
Tothan
S. M. Dawney
Dawsey
Dothan
Hitler orders police to shoot Reds in new anti Communist drive
Berlin reports the government assigns the G P A to tolerate no resistance with firearms. Communist prisoners in Hamburg will be held responsible for others actions and ten prisoners sent to solitary confinement for each act. Families may be taken into custody if the offender is known but not arrested. Austria anti Nazi measures prompt expulsion of Austrians as undesirables.
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Berlin
Hitler
Hamburg
Austria
Germany
Cottonwood Highway Surface Machined After Rain Damage
The Dothan and Cottonwood road was machined by the county highway department yesterday after a better roads meeting in Cottonwood. Road superintendent C. C. McEachin said the stretch, previously damaged by heavy rains, is now in good shape as it has been in years.
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Dothan and
Cottonwood
Better Roads
C. C. McEachin
Woman Dies in 12th Floor Fall in Birmingham
Mrs. F. L. Goodwin, 38, fell to her death from the 12th floor of a downtown Birmingham office building today less than ten minutes after reporting to work. Police said they could not determine if she jumped or fell after locking a vacant office. Friends said she had been despondent since her husband’s death last year.
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Birmingham
F. L. Goodwin
Attempt to Fly to Stratosphere Ends in Balloon Failure
Chicago August 5 AP Man’s bid to reach new altitude in the Century of Progress balloon ended when Lieutenant Commander Settle landed in the Chicago railroad yards after a leaky top valve caused the craft to descend about ten minutes after launch from Soldier Field. Settle, unhurt, said he reached 5000 feet before the valve stuck and the ascent could not continue.
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Chicago
Commeaader Settle
Soldier Field
Settle
Farmers Can Sell Seed Loan Cotton In Wiregrass
Houston county farmers who posted cotton as seed loan collateral were told by seed loan collector D H Fraser that the cotton had not been sold and would be offered at market by instruction of the owners. Borrowers should contact the Memphis seed loan office or the collateral association for guidance.
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Houston County
D. H. Fraser
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Alabama Farm Bureau
Seed Loan Office
Two Seek Unexpired Term In Alabama Congressional Race
Montgomery Aug 5 AP Senator Harry Walker of Athens and Probate Judge B L Malone of Decatur filed intents to seek the unexpired term of late Congressman Edward B Almon. They enter the Sept 12 primary in the Eighth District. A H Carmichael of Tuscumbia said he would run but has not filed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Harry Walker
Athens
B. L. Malone
Decatur
Edward B. Almon
Eighth
A. H. Carmichael
Tuscumbia
Indictments Lead to Two Arrests in Grand Jury Case
County officers arrested Maxwell Avery and Gus Holland this morning on grand jury indictments. Both men, now jailed, are accused of grand larceny and receiving and concealing stolen goods after allegedly looting a farmer's smokehouse several months ago.
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Maxwell Avery
Gus Holland
Mrs Mary Lou Hooks Takes 20 Day Vacation Leave
Mrs Mary Lou Hooks dietician at Frasier Ellis hospital departed this morning for Montezuma Georgia to take a twenty day vacation leave.
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Mary Lou Hooks
Frasier-Ellis Hospital
Montezuma
Pretty Boy Floyd hunted after Kansas City shooting
The justice department sought the arrest of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd over the union station killings as police chase the famed bandit. He faces charges tied to a machine gun massacre in Kansas City and a long record of bank robberies and escapes across Ohio, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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Pretty Boy
Floyd
Department of Justice
Kanass City Union Station
Kansas City
Charles “Pretty Boy
Union Station
Station Plaza
Missouri Penitentiary
Akron
Ohio
Toledo
Sylvannia
Sallisaw
Oklo
Oklahoma Hills
Oklahoma
Federal Prohibition
Jack Killingsworth
Bolivar
Missouri
Killingsworth
Wees Weather Forecast for Central and East Gulf Estates
Central and east Gulf estates see mostly cloudy skies with periods of sun. Scattered thundershowers expected in the middle and later part of the week. Seasonal temperatures accompany the unsettled weather.
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Central and
East Gulf Estates
Elliott Roosevelts Settle in California
Elliott Roosevelt and his second wife arrived in Southern California seeking a home and work. They checked into a Santa Monica hotel after driving from Fort Worth Texas and plan to establish residence here. He is the president’s second son and will seek a definite business connection to support his wife.
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Los Angeles
Elliott Roosevelt
California
Fort Worth
Texas
Roosevelt
Air Une
Reno
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Ruth’ Googina
Steam engine moved to Dothan for plant use
River Falls Alabama purchased steam engine shipped to Dothan city for installation at the municipal light and water plant. Officials said several weeks will be required to install the power unit and have it ready for operation.
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River Falls
Ala
Municipal Light and Water
Gun Found Under Sister of Higginbotham in Slaying Case
Investigators probe ownership of a pistol found under the sister of Clarence Higginbotham as they press the murder inquiry into William Lambert’s death. Ballistics tests are pending to link the weapon to the fatal shot and Miss Lillie Robertson identified Higginbotham as the slayer.
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Birmingham
Clarence Higginbotham
William Lambert
Higginbotham
Lambert
Lillie Mae Robertson
Miss Robertson
Gate City
Crestline Heights
Sylvania
Repeal Expenditure in Alabama Totals 8216
In Montgomery the final expenditures statement from the repeal headquarters records 8216 spent in Alabama urging ratification of the repeal amendment in the July 18 election. Receipts amount to 8136, with 7500 from the National Democratic Executive Committee. Official tally: repeal 100,268 to 70,631.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Secretar of State
National Democratic Executive Committee
Nudist Arrested After Improvised Costume Hack
Five police cars surrounded a naked man in Kansas City as they used grocery-store wrapping paper and strings to create a prisoner costume. The improvised wrap led to the arrest of David Friesen, 37, of Boise Idaho, who said he disrobed hoping to land in jail.
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Kansas City
David Friesen
Boise
Idaho
Sally Rand려 Fan Dancer Disrupts City Court Case
Chicago today featured Sally Rand the fan dancer performing downtown after a police stop. Police critics attended the show and Mayor Kelly ordered dancers at the World's Fair. Rand was arraigned, then filed a Superior Court suit to stop authorities from interference.
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Chicago
Sally Rand
FE. J. Kelly
Sally
Boy Suffered Nose Injuries In Local Incident
Three year old Ralph Kyle was treated at a local hospital last night for nose injuries. Attendants could not determine how the boy was injured but said his hurts were slight.
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Ralph Kyle
Frenchmen Hop Toward Europe to Set Record
Lieut Maurice Ross and Paul Codes, French aviators, began a trans Atlantic flight from Floyd Bennett Field aiming to set a distance record. They plan a rear circle route toward the Solly Islands off the English coast depending on weather, carrying 1,770 gallons of gasoline and ample provisions.
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Europe
Brooklyn
Lieut
Maurice Ross
Paul Codes
Floyd Bennett Field
Atlantic
Solly Islands
English
Big Cotton Crops Followed by Economic Upsets
Auburn Alabama August 5 AP Amply supported by statistics P O Davis executive secretary of Auburn declares five of six major depressions in the last 100 years followed peaks in cotton production He links record crops from 1926 to a series of national wealth crises and panics noting 34 million bales in 1926 and various crop highs across the 19th and early 20th centuries with mood shifts and economic downturns.
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Auburn
Ala
P.O. Davis
Mr. Davis
United States
Tam
Davis
Io Ame
Sperken
Night Bus Service Resumes Between Montgomery and Mobile
The Alabama Public Service Commission authorized the bus line to operate night service on the Montgomery to Mobile routes. The decision allows lines between Montgomery and Mobile and between Montgomery and Atlanta to resume night operation, following previous service interruptions.
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Montgomery
Mobile
Montoiostercy
Ala
Cispitel Sierarines
Montpomery
Alabaron Public Service Comision
Trans Haw
Raphe Bis Lines
Montgormery
Birralnghar
Monteerners
Atlanty Aleg Wee
Delinquent Taxpayers to Court on August 14
Delinquent taxpayers of Houston County are cited to appear in probate court on August 14 to show cause why their property should not be held for unpaid excises. Most citations have been delivered, according to county officials.
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Houston County
Protate
Beer pours in after grand jury report in Dothan
Following the county grand jury report urging no arrests for beer sales, shipments arrived after nightfall and beer was on sale in about ten places in Dothan. Dealers hold federal Birmingham licenses or near beer licenses. no arrests yet. Deputy Marshal J W Daughtery warned licensing lapses could bring charges. a new federal collector will issue licenses at the federal building.
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Theouston County Grand Jury
Dothan
Birmingham
U. S
J. W. Daughtery
Internal Revenue
Daughtery
Carroll
Federal
Baldwin Farmers Drive Toward 100000 Canned Quarts Goal
Bay Minette Alabama August 3 AP farmers of Baldwin county, earning high incomes per farm, push to store 100000 quarts of fruits and vegetables before winter. They run 36 community canning kitchens producing green peas, field peas, butter beans, tomatoes, corn, and fruit. Last year they canned 75000 quarts. this fall aim is 25900 more.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Farmer
Baldwin County
Alabama
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