Long foes press 28 bills to cripple New Orleans government
In a heated special session, 28 bills drafted by Huey P. Long and allies target New Orleans city government led by Mayor T Semmes Walmsley. The scene features threats of violence, guard mobilization, and legal actions aimed at reshaping elections and control before the adjournment.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Long
O. K. Alien
Rupert Peyton
Caddo Parish
Huey P
Hingfish) Long
Legislative House
National Guard
Voters’ Registration Office
Jackson Barracks
Civil Depties
Coneral Raymond H. Fleming
Nat W. Bond
Treaton Mersnancr
Ages Rin
Gus Savarese
Phil'p Copeing
Neesnever
Mevrer Wihmasier
Tatean Officiel Comnizance
Gemirroress
Ne Artes Ns
Detroit Yankees game postponed by wet grounds doubleheader set
New York April 16. The Detroit Yankees game was postponed due to wet grounds. The doubleheader will be played tomorrow and Berton’s appearance for the season is in doubt as the Tigers lose.
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New York
Detroit-Yannes
Berton
Tigers
Weather forecast fragments across Alabama and Florida regions
Fragmented weather note reports generally fair conditions in Alabama with partly cloudy skies on Friday. Florida is described as partly cloudy tonight and Friday with thunderstorms possible on Friday. A Tennessee entry notes partly cloudy conditions into Friday with minimal temperature changes and extreme east portions showing no patch change.
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Alabama
Owers
Florida
Banks to Aid Loans for Home Improvements Nationwide
The Federal Housing Administration announced 1131 banks across 46 states and D C will offer insured character loans from 300 to 2600 dollars for home repairs. The program, backed by 8.13198 billion dollars, aims to spur housing repair, jobs, and economic activity with state liaison bankers appointed by the American Bankers Association.
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Washington
New York
Federal Housing Administration
American Bankers Association
Italy Withdraws 48000 Troops From Austrian Border
Rome reports Italy orders withdrawal of 48 000 troops stationed on the Austrian frontier after the Austrian Nazi putsch last month. Only border garrisons to remain. Premier Mussolini directed a two wave move starting July 26 after the assassination in Vienna. The action signals Italy’s commitment to Austrian independence.
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Rome
Italy
Austria
Mussolini
Enselber
Doltfuss
Vienne
Kidnapped Labatt Brother Contacts Kidnappers
Toronto police press advance on the Labatt kidnapping case as Hugh Labatt, brother of captive John S. Labatt, makes three calls to the ransom group from a London Ontario hotel. Authorities pursue leads in Toronto London Sarnia and Detroit while the ransom stands at 150000.
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Hugh Labatt
Sarnia
Labatt
Detroit
Toronto
Massey
Massie
Joe Massie
Panama City Bank to Pay Dividend
The First National Bank of Panama City Florida that failed in 1931 will pay its fourth dividend next Tuesday. The five percent dividend brings total payments to 25 percent. About $25,090 is represented in the last dividend. Receiver M FE Murray said he also serves as receiver for several other banks.
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First National Bank of
Panama City
Fla
M. FE. Murray
Murray
Dothan National Bank
Midland City
First National
Graceville
New Legion Commander Calls Staff Conclave
William Pritchard of Birmingham, newly elected state commander of the American Legion, called a staff meeting for August 19 in Birmingham to plan a year described as the most outstanding and progressive ever undertaken by the Legion. Invited are the Alabama department vice-commanders and executive committee members.
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Birmingham
Ala
William
Pritchard
The
American Legion
Legion
Alabama Department
American Legon
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for Aug 14
Treasury data show receipts of 10,871,426.89 and expenditures of 15,422,013.80 on August 14, leaving a balance of 2,311,854,267.54. Customs receipts for the month total 9,592,199.22. For the fiscal year since July 1, receipts reach 380,902,136.16 with expenditures at 711,727,123.87, including 253,565,686.81 in emergency costs, resulting in a surplus of 86,824.87? and gold assets stand at 7,976,636.26.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Local Code Authority Members Face Assessments
Washington approves two Dothan area code authorities The Local Food and Grocery Code Authority and Local Retail Code Authority mail $1 per worker assessments to each member firm In Ozark population 2500 plus eligible for notices Delinquency timelines 15 days for grocery 30 days for retail official names listed for both codes
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Dothan
NRA
Washington, D.C
NINA
Food and Grocery Core Authority
Claude Cotton
Houston
Henry and
Dale
Eagle
Ozark
Corlson
MRA
Grocery Code
A. D O. Whiddon
T. ©. Brookins
Oscar Newton
Guy McCrenny
Ki. M. Wells
T. W. Harris
J.G. Hart
J. F. Beall
H.T. Scarborough
Diac Jones
Retail Authority
Dr William Taylor Wigman 74 Dies in Panama City
Dr William Taylor Wigman 74 noted educator and former Dean of Brooklyn School Principals died at his Panama City residence after several weeks illness. He was known for his work in education and leadership in urban school administration.
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Panama City
Fla
William Taylor Wigman
Brooklyn
Continued Talk May Kill Ohio Man Eventually
MT. GILEAD Aug. 16 Through the dawn and into the still night a man in Edison ties talking without end Donald Campbell 32 year old truck driver for a Columbus firm suffers from talking sickness weighing about 120 pounds and five feet four inches. He lies at his father Plain Campbell home with his wife and daughter nearby diagnosed a form of encephalitis akin to sleeping sickness but the effect is opposite. He has had little sleep except under sedation. His physician Dr S Jackson says a crisis may come later in the week or two weeks away. A head injury five years ago and job worries are tentatively linked to his illness. He entertains anecdotes addresses family sobs or shrieks of laughter during incoherent talk periods. No practical cure has been found among many suggested remedies.
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Donald Campbell
Columbus
Plain Campbell
Edison
Campbell
Tee
S. Jackson
Jackson
Record Cotton Stocks Carryover Sets 1984 35 Outlook
Census Bureau reports 7,745,509 bales of lint and 44,211 bales of linters carried over from the 1933 crop, with July and June movements in consuming establishments, public storage, presses, and imports. Forecasts place 1984 35 production at 9,105,500 bales and total supply near 17,384,729 bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Railroads to seek freight rate hikes to cover costs
Washington dispatch reports railroads will petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for higher freight rates on many commodities to cover wage increases and rising material costs. Farm products may escape, but coal iron ore copper and concentrates among others will be affected.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Negro fugitive Halley hunted after killing posse member
In Winfield Alabama Sam Holley an escaped Black convict who killed a posse member and stabbed Police Chief Beasley is hunted by officers and citizens from Marion and Fayette counties. Long was shot by Holley as possemen closed in. Beasley in fair condition. A girl guided the search to Holley’s hideout.
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Winfield
Ala
Sam Holley
Alabama
Firnest Long
Halley
F H. T. Beasley
Beasley
Holley
Long
Marion
Fayette
Mimeograph Inventor Albert Dick Sr. Dies at 78
Albert Blake Dick Sr. Chicago businessman and inventor of the Mimeograph died at his home in suburban Oak Forest after a yearlong heart illness. He founded the A B Dick Company and served as president for fifty years before retiring last spring.
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Chicago
Albert Blake Dick
Aire Forest
A. B. Dick Company
Three Die as Bus Hits Car Near Niles Center
A Milwaukee bound Greyhound bus struck an automobile in suburban Niles Center early today. Three people in the car were killed Donald Snow and Elmer Norvick J. of Chicago and an unidentified girl. Two others were injured.
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Chicago
Suburben Niles Center
Donald Snow
Elmer Norvick J
Sale Of Wife Lands Triangle In Jersey Jail
Richard Rost a 48 year old stamp collector and his wife Hildegarde 30 were charged with conspiring to sell Rosts wife for 700 to Paul Herman 41 an Union City engineer. Rost claimed 175 dollars in stamps vanished and accused Herman of nonpayment. All three were held in 5000 bail for the grand jury.
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Hoboken
N_ J
Richard Rost
Hildegarde
Paul Herman
Union City
Thomas J. McAleer
Rost
Herman
McFeely
McAleer
280 Montgomery Workers to Lose Jobs
The Southland Manufacturing Company in Montgomery announces closure tomorrow due to NRA wage rules. The plant, a Relance Corp. branch employing 280 workers, mostly Negro girls, sought exemptions to set wages lower and use piece work, but officials denied the request.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southland Manufacturing Company
NRA
Relaance Corporation
Hattiesburg
Columbia
Miss
Mandamus Waits Martin Return Over Pipe Bid
Absence of Probate Judge Harry K. Martin delayed mandamus actions as Commissioner Carl B. Burkett aims to force him to advertise for bids on $9,000 worth of iron pipe per a county board of revenue resolution. Papers to be served on Judge Martin trigger a reply before filing the writ, which was Tentatively set for tomorrow due to delays.
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Harry K. Martin
Carl B. Burkett
County Board of of Revenue
Martin
Burkett
Tennessee Valley Bank System to resume normal operations
J H Williams state superintendent of banks says the Tennessee Valley Bank of Decatur and its 15 branches will return to normal business within two weeks after a year on restricted terms. Reopening follows months of adjustments by bank officials and the state department after the banking holiday.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. H. Williams
State Superintendent of Banks
Tennessee Valley Bank of Decatur
State Banking Department
Textile workers union cheese strikes threat grows
At the United Textile Workers annual convention in New York a plan for a possible general strike is endorsed with a rule that all contracts expire together and locals respond only when others strike. The report cites dire mill conditions and violence against unionists as motives for action.
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United Textile Workers
New York
Highway department bids on road and bridge projects set
The Alabama state highway department invites bids on August 30 for four counties. Projects total about 183500 dollars and include 1.9 miles of bituminous paving in Coosa County from Goodwater to Ward Kellyton, bridges over Dog River near Vinegar Bend and Pine Barren Creek in Washington County, a Black Creek bridge on the Pratt City Republic road in Jefferson County, and 7.4 miles of grading draining and surfacing with crushed chert on the Attalla Walnut Grove road in Etowah County.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Coosa
Goodwater
Kellyton
Dog River
Vinegar Bend
Pine Barren Creek
Washington County
Black Creek
Pratt City Republic
Jefferson County
Attalla
Walnut Grove
Etowah County
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Hurd
Po-Between
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Tennessee Valley Bank System
United Textile Workers of America
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Commodore Knitting Millar
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Charles J. Dodd
Brooklyn Supreme Court
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
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E. J. Smith
Clinton
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