Ethiopian Mission to Japan planned from Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa reports government plans for an Ethiopian mission to Japan, to depart soon. Daba Birron is named to lead the party, with the purpose kept secret. Italian maneuvers near Brenner pass trigger broader strategic chatter as Paris talks loom. Emperor Haile Selassie bars troops from Adua to avoid clashes, signaling possible early action against the Italian expedition.
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Addis Ababa
Japan
Daba Birron
Foreign Office
Associated Press
BOME
Italy
Brenner Pass
Adua
Paris
Rome
Ethopia
Beeade
New York
Stokesmen
Basid
France
Great Britain
Haile Selessie
Rudly
Courthouse Lawn Altercation Downplays Jackson Meeting
Constable Willie B. Butler of Sneads faces charges of assault and battery after an on site clash with County Commissioner Claude Alford on the Jackson County courthouse lawn following a budget meeting. Alford sustained a bruised face as Butler pursued him toward the courthouse while a group of justices of the peace and constables sought payment of fee bills. Alford requested postponement until the September meeting.
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Marianna
Fla
Willie B. Butler
Sneads Wes
Claude Alford
Jackson County Commission
Allard
Wwe-Peace
Alford
Theourthouse
Butler Ollowing
Pepe Alford
Peptember
Will Rogers Pen Portrait of Alaska Voyage
A letter from Will Rogers describes a Seattle to Juneau voyage cutting through misty seas and fragile routes. He praises the Prince of Wales Passage and the Alaska landscape, noting no landfall at Ketchikan due to weather while sharing homesick reflections and a vivid travel impression.
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Juneau
Alaska
Seattle
Ketchikan
Ree Rele
Will Rogers
Churchmen Protest Ignored As Sterilization Bill Advances
In Montgomery on Aug 8 AP reports the senate public health committee unanimously approved the redrafted Dominick sterilization bill after a brief hearing. Mobile Catholics led a protest, joined by Christian Scientists and other Protestants arguing doctors disagree. State Health Officer Dr J N Baker supported the measure to provide sterilization.
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Montgomery
Senate Public Health Committee
House
Senate
Co. R. Shannon
Mobile
Baker
J. N. Baker
Fess Says Roosevelt Spending Could Shape 1936 Vote
Former Senator Simeon D. Fess, Ohio Republican, warns that Roosevelt era expenditures may push a Democratic victory in 1936. He notes the Democratic candidate could have nearly five billion dollars while the strongest Republican lacks similar funds. He also contemplates a long view toward 1940.
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Fess
Oody
N. Y
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Hoover
Dothan Wholesale Grocers Drive Local Economy Ahead
In a series on Dothan as a wholesale hub, the city’s largest grocery wholesaler processes about 1.865 million dollars in annual business, just shy of two million. Nineteen trucks operate year round to bring money in and move goods out, with plans and indicators suggesting growth in the coming year.
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Dothans
Dothan
Mount Hides Lad's Body Rescue Operation Near Lindbergh Peak
CAMP CHIEF OURAY Colo Aug 8 AP weary searchers hunted near Lindbergh Peak for William Brode 15 after a treacherous fall while descending a two mile high granite sentinel. His companion Robert Henderson 15 of Omaha Neb directed rescuers to the site after being found severely injured. Henderson said Brode suddenly fell twice and did not respond. Brode, a Memphis Tenn youth, had a weak heart and was left fishing at Monarch Lake Tuesday while others moved on.
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Ouray
Colc
Lindbergh Peak
William Brode
Memphis Tenn
Robert Henderson
Omaha
Neb
Henderson
Brode
Monarch Lake
Delayed Vote On Greater Grant To Auburn Service
Gov. Bibb Graves prompted delay in action by the house appropriations committee on two Coleman bills to raise Auburn extension service funds from 165000 to 220000 and experiment station funds from 116000 to 162000. Auburn president Dr L N Duncan said the boosts are needed to match federal funds and support county agent work, banking on Bankhead Lons act funds and federal contributions staying intact. Dean M J Funchess noted operations limited by current appropriations and federal restrictions on sub stations.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
House Appropriations Committee
Auburn
L. N. Duncan
Alabama
Dean M. J. Funchess
Guard Armory Plans Sent To Montgomery For Approval
Plans and specifications for a $25,000 national guard armory to house the Dothan unit were sent to Montgomery and Washington for Works Progress Administration approval. Capt T E Bunt head of the Dothan guard unit announced the brick and stone building will include an assembly room club rooms lockers and showers and be adjacent to Memorial stadium. The city and county would be asked to appropriate ten percent of the cost for architectural and supervision fees. If approved funds would be released for construction.
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National Guard
Montgomery
Washington
Works Progress Administration
T. E. Bunt
Dothan Guard
Memorial Stadium
Daily's $150,000 Suit Against Six Alabama Papers
The Montgomery Journal Publishing Co. filed in U S district court seeking 159 009 dollars in damages alleging Sherman Act restraint of trade by six Alabama daily newspapers The Birmingham News and Age-Herald the Mobile Register and Advertiser the Huntsville Times and the Montgomery Advertiser are named in the suit The filing appears on page five of the paper
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Montgomery, Aur
Montgomery Journs! Publishing Company
United States District Court
Askne
Birmingham News and Age-Herald
Mobile Register and
Frees
Huntsville Times
Mont- Bomery Advertiser
Journsl
Alabama Cotton Yield Forecast For 1 015 000 Bales
Alabama's August 1 cotton forecast from F W Gist estimates 1 615 000 bales with 75 percent of normal condition. Acre yield projected at 210 pounds, area cultivated 2 311 000 acres, and regional conditions vary from 66 to 82 percent. Past five years show August forecast exceeded by final production four times.
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Montgomery
Aug
Alabama
F. W. Gist
Gist
Mineral
Black Belt
Tennessee
Corbett to Seek Geneva County House Seat
Hartford druggist Lex Corbett announced in Dothan his bid to fill the Geneva county seat in the Alabama House of Representatives after the death of Rep. C. E. Segrest. Corbett says he seeks the Democratic nomination and will run in a special election, with the nomination to be decided by the state Democratic executive committee once the special election is called.
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Lex Corbett
Hartford
Geneva
House of Representatives
C. E. Segrest
Dothan
Corbett
Bibb Graves
Democratic Executive Committee
Non Convictions in Liquor Cases Move Bill Favorable
The senate temperance committee approved the Rogers bill by 2 to 1 to abolish search and seizure fees in prohibition cases where no convictions result. Senator J Miller Bonner of Wilcox was the sole no vote, stating willingness to aid arrests but opposing penalties on officers when defendants are not convicted. Rogers charged fees were a Mobile county racket, citing sheriff raids that seized beverages without arrests. Former Mobile Sheriff Holcombe opposed, noting plans for a salary basis to curb excessive search and seizure fees.
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Montgomery
Aug
Senate Temperance Committee
Rogers
J. Miller Bonner
Wilcox
Prohibition
Sen. C. M. A. Rogers
Mobile
W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Chick Hatches From Forgotten Farmhouse Egg Basket
In Dalton Georgia on August 8 AP reports Mrs Ed Smith found a baby chick hatched from eggs left on a cupboard shelf in her farmhouse near Tunnel Hill after three weeks. The egg was exposed to an estimated 104 12 degree heat.
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Dalton
Ed Smith
Tunnel Hill
Excess profits levy assailed for injustice
Washington August AP reports the Chamber of Commerce of the United States condemned excess profits levies as inequitable and uncertain during the senate finance committee hearing. Ellsworth Alvord argued the tax penalizes strong, well managed firms while favored inflationary finance. Witnesses urged exemptions for personal service corporations and questions arose about inheritance levies and future tax plans.
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Washington, Aug
House
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Ellsworth Co
Alvord
Congress
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Hog Returns to Stock Market Peak Prices in 1920s Tone
The $12 hog rebounds in Chicago trading marking the highest price since August 1923 as hogs reach $12.45 per hundredweight amid thin supply and high tax costs. Dealers note only 7,990 head today versus 22,009 a year ago while government data shows a 20 percent drop planned for the 1935 spring pig crop due to drought and AAA programs.
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Chicago, Aug
AAA Production Central
Arant Sentenced To Expiate Dual Murder In Death Chair
Elmer N. Arant, 22, manager of a Fort Deposit public utility, was found guilty of killing his neighbor Mrs. Addie Norman and her husband on June 20. A Lowndes county jury sentenced him to die in the electric chair at Kilby prison, Montgomery, on September 30. He offered no remarks beyond asking if the judge was satisfied with the trial as proceedings continued.
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Arant
Hayneville
Elmer N. Arant
Fort Deposit
Addie Norman
Lowndes County
Norman
Belle Scarbrough
A. E. Gamble
Kilby
Montgomery
Relief costs to drop sharply in Houston county
Certifications show 77 former relief cases have begun WPA work in the county and 15 more may join immediately. Relief chief Roger F. Hell notes August allocations set at 11 624, slightly above June, but reduced as workers transfer to WPA. Forty six have already received first checks, removing them from relief rolls, with 31 more due Saturday.
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Houston County
Roger F. Hell
Vicksburg
Hall
Nations
Dnothen-Hodresville
Wiregrass Counties Reapportionment Act Proposed
In Montgomery this afternoon the House privileges and elections committee tackled a reapportionment bill drawn by Speaker Harry Walker and Rep. JL Byars. The measure would raise Jeffferach County from seven to nine House members while keeping total House seats at 106 and Senate at 38. It would add one representative to Coosa, Covington, Cullman, NeKslE, Houston, Limestone, Marshall and Mobile counties, while Bullock, Clarke, Davies, Hole, Henrys, Lowndas, Perry, Sumter, Wilcox and Lee counties would lose seats. Senatorial districts especially in South Alabama would undergo material changes if enacted.
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Montgomery
Aug
Harry Walker
JL. D. Byars
Lawrence
House
Jefferach County
Senate
Coffer
Covington
Cullman
NeKsle
Houston
Limestone
Marshall
Mobile
Final City Changes Shift Policeman To Fireman Uniform
City personnel changes effective Thursday shiftJarre Herring from police to patrol as he dons fireman garb Floy Harrin moves from police to fire department to replace Olin Pelmsett Bryant Barefoot dismissed Harris return from National Guard encampment delayed the swap Harri¢ had been a police officer before joining the police force now added to police duties
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Jarre
Herring
Floy Harrin
Harri
Po Herman
City Commission
Baten
Fire Department
Olin Pelmsett
Bryant Barefoot
National Guard
Louisiana
Harris
Commerce Chamber Sets Next Tuesday Membership Drive
The chamber of commerce board will meet at city hall offices Friday night at 7 o clock to plan a membership push. Eleven committees will assign tasks to interview business and professional men and finalize drive details.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Cotton prices tumble as USDA predicts record 1935 crop
New Orleans reports cotton futures falling by about 2 per bale after Secretary Wallace signals no fixed loan price until late fall. In Washington, the Agriculture Department estimates 11,798,500 bales for 1935, 2.1 million more than last year, with ample credit available to market the crop and no cause for anxiety. If the forecast holds, 1935 output would exceed 1934 by 2.16 million bales, with Bankhead taxes applying to surplus production.
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New Orleans
Wallace
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alabama Sizzles Under 100 Degree Heat Across State
A scorching sun kept Alabama in a searing grip with a statewide average high around 100 degrees for a second straight day. Regions faced little relief as thundershowers were predicted but expected to do little for rainfall. Decatur reportedly hit 103 or 104, Florence and Gardendale at 104, with 105 at Clanton and Greensboro, while Anniston and Birmingham also reported high readings.
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Associated Press
Alabama
U.S Weather Bureau
Decatur
Florence and
Garieden
Clenton
Greensboro
Anniston
Birmingham
Dothan Mobile Road Paving Start Planned for September
Dothan and Geneva counties will begin paving the Dothan Mobile highway in September once C. McEachin, county road supervisor, confirms details are set. State sanction is awaited for the Cotfanweaed paving project as right of way is surveyed and costs are pegged at $6,000 per mile across three likely sections.
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Jeg
Geneve
C. ©. McEachin
McEachin
Cottonwood
Florida Line
State Highway Department
Dale County
Coast Guard Plane Fails to Find Five Marooned Men
Lieut. H. A. Morrison returned to Biloxi after an intensive air search off Pass Christian for five men reported stranded without food or water. The coast guard plane launched from the Biloxi base following a distress call received in Mobile, but no sign of the men was observed.
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Biloxi
Miss
H. A. Morrison
Coast Guard
Pass Christian
Morrison
Mobile
Vagrant Labor Drive Aims at Cotton Picking
Sheriff Alex H. May announced a Monday start for a drive against vagrants in Houston county with white and Black residents targeted. Farmers complain of labor shortages as cotton opens. deputies will visit Negro quarters and other areas offering the choice of picking cotton or jail for those unable to show visible means of support.
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Houston County
Alex H
May
Weather in Alabama and North Florida Forecast
Partly cloudy conditions expected Thursday night into Friday with scattered thundershowers on Friday across Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. No significant temperature changes noted as skies gradually clear in the weekend outlook.
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Alabama
N. W
Florida
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WPA
Commerce Chamber
NRA
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