Roosevelt Urges Renewed Action Under New Deal
President Roosevelt appeals for renewed New Deal action in a Milwaukee Wisconsin campaign stop at Bay Beach. He praises LaFollette and Duffy as old friends and labels the program the Square Deal while criticizing opponents and urging cooperative effort for economic recovery.
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Roosevelt
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Bob” LaFollette
Ryan Duffy
LaFollette
Duffy
Federal agents pursue Dillinger mob in outlaw car
Federal agents will pursue the remaining members of John Dillinger's gang in one of his automobiles. Judge Lindley ordered the small car left by Dillinger and Tommy Carroll at Star Lake Wisconsin last April to be awarded to the federal bureau of investigation or to the rightful owner.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Lindley
Dillinger
Tommy Carroll
Wents
Star Lake
Wis
Federal Bureau of Incieation
Weather notes for Alabama Florida Tennessee forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday with showers forecast in the southern portions. Northwest Florida expects partial cloudiness with local shower chances. Tennessee remains generally fair to Friday with little temperature change.
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Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
West cool wave to break torid heat across central west
Heat records toppled across the central west with Ottumwa Iowa reaching 115, Springfield Illinois 107.5 and Quincy Illinois 110 as several deaths and prostrations occur. A cool Alaska driven dip was forecast to ease the hot spell while the middle Atlantic and south brace for warmer conditions.
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Associated Press
Central West
Alaska
Canada
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic
Iowa
Ottumwa
Illinois
Springfield
Pana
Ill
Quincy
Cotton Prices Rise as Government Maintains Bankhead Controls
Washington reports drought damaged cotton leads to a 9,195,000 bale forecast the lowest since 1896. Secretary Wallace insists the Bankhead act moves ahead with three paths for farmers to collect on 1934 crops including higher prices tax payments and sale of surplus certificates. He warns against overestimating yields and notes potential shifts in carryover and market shares to align with domestic competition.
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Washington
Wallace
Old South
Mississippi
Husband-Slaying Mother, Thrice Saved, Dies Tonight
Anna Antonio, a mother convicted of orchestrating her husband Salvatore’s death, faces execution after thrice escaping death by governor Clemency. Two accomplices Vincent Saetta and Samuel Feracci await their own fates as the clock runs out on her appeal.
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Ossining
N. Y
Anna Antonio
Herbert Lehman
Ruth Snyder
Anna Aprtonic
Vincent Saetta
Samuel Feracci
Salvatore
Salvator
Raids Bust Five In Southeast Alabama Liquor Operation
Four U S Alcohol Tax Unit investigators hit Holmes County Florida near the Alabama line destroying four distilleries and seizing 144 gallons of liquor 1890 gallons of mash and 21 fermenters in four raids. Five men Willis W Jones Burton Jones John H Jones Parl Wood Monroe Arrant were arrested and held for grand jury proceedings.
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U. S. Alcohol Tax Unit
Alabama
Holmes County
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Choctawhatchee River
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Burton Jones
Johnh. Jones
Brothers
Parl Wood
Monroe Arrant
U. S
Marianna
Laney White
C. S. Cogburn
Dothan Bureau
W. N. Anderson and
Lamberton
White
Dothan
Effort to Reach Byrd Is Foiled
Mechanical difficulties halted the second tractor expedition to aid Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd at his Ross ice barrier base. The party led by Dr. Thomas C. Polter turned back 23 miles south of Little America at noon and returned to base, arriving after 3 a.m. The crew included E. J. Demas and Amory H. Waite, with another attempt planned shortly.
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Antarctica
Mackay
Richard E. Byrd
Ross Ice Barrier
Thomas C. Polter
E. J. Demas
Amory H. Waite
Legion Auxiliary Meeting At American Legion Clubhouse
The American Legion Auxiliary meets tonight at the American Legion clubhouse on S Oates street starting at 8 o clock.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Légion
S. Oates Street
New Deal Debate Draws Capitalists' Critique in Alabama
U S Senator Hugo Black spoke to a courthouse crowd in Alabama criticizing capitalists who push a return to the old deal while praising portions of the New Deal today. He noted profiteering claims tied to pre 1930 boom years and warned against sweeping libertarian losses. Black toured counties to gauge public opinion, stressing democracy allows varied views and that the program includes elements some would change. He cited large gains by capitalists from investments while labor and workers bore the costs.
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U. S
Hugo Black
Bisch
Alabama
Black
America
Senator Black
Roosevelt
Grand Jury Indicts Six Involved In Beer Seizure Case
Tuscaloosa Alabama August 3 Indictments charging conspiracy to obtain confiscated beer and violate prohibition laws were returned by the Tuscaloosa county grand jury after probing the disappearance of nearly 2000 cases from a warehouse. Indicted are Festus M Shamblin chief deputy sheriff Sheriffs R L Shamblin Dr Grover Shamblin Mose Temerson broker Charlee C Simpson warehouse proprietor R Hobson Smaliecy and Ali Kratzinel proprietor of a fruit stand.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tuscaloosa County
Festus M. Shamblin
R. L. Shamblin
Grover Shamblin
Mose Temerson
Charlee C. Simpson
R. Hobson Smaliecy
Ali Kratzinel
Cotton Prices Loom To 13.62 On Market Here
Cotton spots in Dothan sold up to 13.62 cents for middling at close. Futures closed above 14 cents for July and May while October and December held under. Houston county faces gains from Bankhead allotment as U.S. forecast shows a smaller cotton crop. Wheat rose 2.5 cents per bushel on weather and silver policy.
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Dothan
U. S
Houston County
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Nationalizes U S Silver Reserve at 50 01 Cents
President Roosevelt issues an executive order under the Silver Purchase Act to deliver the nation's silver to mints within 80 days at 50 01 cents an ounce. Secretary Morgenthau announces, noting eminent domain. Exempts newly mined silver and foreign coins, ore, and silver in articles. Senator Thomas calls it a blow to the gold bloc.
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Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Morgenthau
Tam
Thomas
Senate
Alabama mills shut as processing tax levy hits 21 000
Two Southeast Alabama cotton mills Dale at Ozark and Enterprise at Enterprise, employing about 500, closed after U S Internal Revenue levied past due processing taxes totaling twenty one thousand dollars on the Enterprise mill and twenty eight thousand on both plants. The mills, owned by C A O Neal Andalusia and his son M L O Neal, faced action after failed collection efforts.
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Dale Cotton Mill
Ozark
Enterprise
Harwell G. Davis
U. S
Internal Revenue
State of
Internal Revenue Department
Dale
Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge
Roy Blanton, a white man, appeared in criminal court and pled guilty to an amended information. He was fined 250 dollars and costs and sentenced to one year in the county jail. Blanton faced a second degree murder indictment over the stabbing death of a young man named Aken.
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Fls
Roy Blanton
Blanton
Aken
Tommy Gray Freed After Theft Probe Fails
Tommy Gray was held yesterday by police for questioning in a $16 theft from L. C. Sheehan and was released today after authorities failed to connect him to the robbery.
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Tommy Gray
L. C. Sheehan
Administrator Explains Federal Housing Measure
The Federal Housing Administration chief outlines how the home repair phase of the Reconstruction program will operate. He stresses sound banking, prudent use of loan proceeds, and the wider benefits to communities and labor through modernized property and improved financing.
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James A. Moffett
Federal Housing Administrator
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Trail of the Caribou lands in England after 31 hour flight
Canadian fliers James Ayling and Leonard Reid reached Heston England after a 31 hour 48 minute flight from Wasaga Beach aiming for Bagdad. They covered about 3 700 miles of a 6 300 mile plan as fuel ran low forcing an emergency landing amid worsening weather.
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Wasaga Beach
Ont
Canada
James Ayling
Leonard Reid
Bagdad
Iraq
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U. S
Aranmoré
Flat Island
Strait of
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British Isles
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Germany
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Rumania
Ancient Works Center
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Ayling
Mississippi farmer shot to death chasing hogs
Wayneboro Mississippi August 8 AP A farmer J S Singleterry left his home to kill hogs in his field yesterday afternoon. Three hours later his body was found in a nearby pine thicket with three bullet holes in the head and his own loaded gun beside him. Police seek a clue to the ambush slayer.
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Waynesboro
Miss
J. S. Singleterry
Fire Does $25,000 Damage In Alabama Town
Towns in Town Creek Alabama suffered extensive damage when a fire started in a moving picture theater last night. One person was injured, eleven business buildings were destroyed, and operator Clarence McBroom was burned when film caught fire. Ella Nunn, a telephone operator, stayed at her post coordinating help from nearby towns despite the blaze.
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Town Creek
Ala
Clarence McBroom
Ella Nunn
Mrs Ada E Newman Dies at 74 in Wiregrass
Mrs Ada E Newman aged 74 died at her home on Dothan route 7. Funeral services will be at Piichard M. E. church South Friday at 10 a.m. Burial in church cemetery with Dowling Rhodes in charge. Pallbearers named Jim Sasser Christopher Sasser Price Mulkey Bill Sewan Clyde Hall Earl Hughes.
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Dothan
Piichard M. E. Church
South
Dowling Rhodes
Jim Sasser
Christopher Sasser
Price Mulkey
Bill Sewan
Clyde Hall
Earl Hughes
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