Senate hearing reveals arms firms knew war risks early
Disclosures before the Senate Munitions Committee show Colt Patent Firearms and other munitions makers anticipated a major European conflict as early as 1908. Evidence indicates U S contracts were delivered to Britain via Canada from 1914 to 1916 and that gunmakers influenced Geneva talks on world arms control while US officials were aware of these liaisons. Secretary Hull briefs Hugh R Wilson to push for a January international conference on arms control.
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Nathan Robertson Washington
Europe
Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Colt Patent Wrearms Company
M. Stone
Canada
Great Britain
Benedict W. Holden
Colt Company
Ely
Nye
North Dakota
Geneva
State Department
America
Hull
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Washington
Wilson
Genoa
Reemployment Committee Holds Consultation Meeting
A morning session of the National Reemployment Service committee was held at the local service branch offices. Pledges of support were voiced for the Rural Rehabilitation program with members P. S. a chairman Foy Mizeile La ce Hanahan J. P. Morrison Manager and W. R. Jor in attendance.
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Foy Mizeile
Lace Hanahan
J. P. Morrison
W. R. Jor
Ulm Plane Short Of Gas And Lost Begs For Guides
In a string of Globe wireless reports the Ulm monoplane bound from California to Hawaii was described as lost and low on fuel. Pilot Lieutenant Charles Ulm sought the radio beacon for guidance to Honolulu while describing poor weather and high altitude. Nearby vessels and the President Coolidge aided search efforts as the Star of Australia aimed to cross 2,408 miles in roughly 18 hours from Oakland to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Ulm
Hawaii
Globe Wireless
Hono- Wha
Charles T. P. Ulm
Honolulu
S.O.S
Honolulu Globe
NRUI
California
Australia
Coolidge
Globe Wireless Station
President Coolidge
Oakland
Bandits Net $260 In Cash And Groceries From Hotel And Stores
armed bandits struck three grocery stores and the Cox Carleton Hotel in Atlanta, taking 260 dollars and a basket of groceries. They first robbed a hotel clerk at midnight, looting 110 dollars and fleeing after beating the clerk. Additional store robberies followed: 40 dollars from one manager, 90 dollars from another, and 22 dollars plus groceries from the third.
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Atlanta
Cox-Carleton
Luke Mizell
Mizell
Geneva Man Convicted on Three Federal Counts
Jess Harris of Geneva was found guilty in the Middle District of Alabama for buying concealing and possessing goods stolen from an L N railroad box car on March 15 1934. Stolen items included snuff shirts and shoes.
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Jess Harris
Geneva
Middle District
United States Court of
Alabama
Towns Reported Destroyed After Honduran Quake
An official message from Sinuapa the new capital of Ocotepeque reports three towns with a total population of 6500 probably destroyed by an earthquake in Ocotepeque department on December 4.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ocotepeque
Sinuapa
Work relief payroll totals $770.52 for last week
G P Morrison work director of the FERA reports last week’s relief payroll reached 770.52 dollars, a small decline from the prior week’s salaries.
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G.P. Morrison
FERA
Richest gold strike since 1900 near Mojave California
Los Angeles report says a major gold and silver discovery near Mojave California ranks among the richest since 1900. George Holmes, a 39 year old former USC student, is credited with the initial strike. Gold Fields of South Africa reportedly options 36 acres of the Holmes claim for about 3.5 million. Holmes and his father reportedly own 60 percent of the seven miles from Mojave.
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Los Angeles
the Times
Tonopah
Nevada
Mojave
Calif
Times
George Holmes
University of Southern California
South Africa
Holmes
University men to probe Long LSU claim in Atlanta
Dr Guy E Snavely Birmingham secretary of the Southern Association announced the executive committee will investigate charges that Senator Huey Long is running Louisiana State University. The charges were presented to the committee by prominent Baton Rouge citizens.
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Atlanta
Guy E. Snavely
Birmingham
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Huey Long
Louisiana State University
Snavely
Baton Rouge
McGuire testifies on censorship dispute at LSU paper
David K. R. McGuire, one of four students dismissed amid a dispute over Reveille censorship, sworn testimony claims Huey Long violently cursed Jesse H. Cutter and threatened to fire any student who spoke against the senator.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Jesse H. Cutter
Reveille
Louisiana State University
Huey Long
David KR. McGuire
Executive committee to probe complaints about LSU head
Dr. Snavely president of Birmingham Southern College said a sub committee would be staffed by the executive committee to investigate the complaints and report to the association in session through Friday. The committee will consider charges that Huey Long runs Louisiana State University, with members including Dr. Frank L. McVey, Dean C. D. Hall, C. T. Kirkpatrick, and Dr. Snavely.
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Snavely
Birmingham Southern College
Huey Long
Louisiana State University
Frank L. McVey
University of Kentucky
C. D. Hall
Texas Christian University
C. T. Kirkpatrick
Hume- Fogg Academy
Nashville, Tenn
Negroes Held In Cottonseed Theft On Henry County Farm
City police hold two Negroes in Henry County on grand larceny charges for stealing 4,180 pounds of cotton seed from Jesse Johnson near Tumbleton. They allegedly used a borrowed truck to move the seed to Dothan where a check for 83.60 was prepared. police confiscated the check before cashing.
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Henry County
Jesse Johnson
Tumbleton
Dothan
Girl Injured in Auto Wreck Recovers at Hospital
Miss Evelyn Harris hurt Sunday night in an automobile accident at Beck's Mill was reported on the road to recovery today by hospital attendants. Harris suffered a back injury. Lester Poitevant Jr., the other weekend hospital case, has recovered enough to go home after a head injury from a motorcycle wreck.
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Evelyn Harris
Beck's Mill
Miss Harris
Lester Poitevant, Jr
Young Poitevant
Flint Man Found Dead on Lot by Children in Alabama
A 26 year old man named Buford was found dead on a vacant lot in Flint Alabama today by school children. Coroner Lewis Brown ordered a coroner's jury to investigate the mysterious shooting death. The victim appeared to have been dead for hours, found beside a broken chair near a building where a dance was held the previous night.
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Flint
Ala
Mabry Buford
Lewis Brown
Buford
Miller asks 3.55 million from U S for Alabama schools
Montgomery Dec 4 AP A federal grant of 3 550 000 to pay rural school teachers salaries and assure normal terms for Alabama educational units through 1934 35 was requested of Relief Administrator Hopkins in a letter from Governor B M Miller en route to Washington today
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Montgomery
Alabama
Hopkins
Washington
B. M. Miller
Meeting to discuss school relief needs in Fifth District
Gadsden officials from schools American Legion and PTA groups meet Friday with Congressman Joe Starnes to review relief requirements. Superintendents will provide enrollments available funds payrolls and school operating timelines based on current and prospective state county aid as Governor Miller seeks over 3 million dollars to sustain normal terms.
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Gadsden
American Legion
PTA
Fifth Congressional District
Joe Starnes
B. M. Miller
Anxious Council Hastes to Dismiss Dispute Over Meat Ordinance
Doath city council members sparred briefly over a proposed change to the patched and repatched meat and milk inspection ordinance. Councilman J J Newton urged tabling the motion while Dr A R Gissendanner defended the amendment to require livestock inspection before slaughter. Council President W F Martin, initially opposed, urged consideration for public welfare, with Lisenby joining in the discussion before adjourning to Page Seven.
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Ouncilman
J. J. Newton
Houston County Board of Health
Gissendanner Council
W. F. Martin
Dothan
A. R. Gissendanner
Martin
Gissendanner
Newton
B. H. Lisenby
Southern States Building Sports to All Year Peak
Baltimore December 4 AP A surge in construction across 16 Southern states tops 1933 and 1932 figures. For January–November 1934 contracts reached 477.8 million, 25 percent above 1933 and 11 percent above 1932, with November alone at 75.6 million the highest monthly total since last year. Road and bridge led, followed by industrial and engineering, while farm-to-market road demand boosts year-round highway mileage.
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Baltimore
South
Ousted Faithful Under Suspicion as Church Fire Probed
A cloud of suspicion hangs over expelled Church of Jerusalem members as investigators probe the Sunday night fire that destroyed the Negro church. Police say the blaze was deliberate and blame ill will between exposed members and other brethren. Congregants linger at the ruin and read a crude sand message reading let me hear from you about this damn all men.
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Church of Jerusalem
One Conviction Four Discharged At December County Court
Judge Harry K. Martin presided at the December term finding Ophelia Lee fined 50 dollars for prohibition law violation while Dan McCall was found not guilty on abusive language. Four others were discharged: Emmett Wiggins for assault and battery with a weapon, Charlie Medlock for abusive language, W. A. Davis for assault and battery, and Ethel Meadows for assault and battery with a weapon.
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Harry K. Martin
Ophelia Lee
Dan McCall
Emmett Wiggins
Charlie Medlock
W. A. Davis
Ethel Meadows
Clearance bids rejected for Cedar Ford road right of way
Houston County Commissioners rejected private bids to clear the Cedar Ford road right of way as the only two bids were too high. Superintendent C. C. Mc Eachin was instructed to proceed using county paid day laborers.
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Cedar Ford Road
Houston
C. C. McEachin
December Dollar Day Promises Record Shopper Influx
Do than merchants prep for Christmas Dollar Day with 15 shopping days left. Buyers from Ozark Newton Prichard Midland City Columbia Ashford Cottondale Marianna Cottonwood Panama City Hartford Slocomb Graceville Chipley Enterprise Headland Geneva Elba Abbeville Blakely and other communities expected to flood Do than streets and stores for holiday bargains.
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Dothan
Ozark
Newton
Prichard
Midland City
Columbia
Ashford
Cottondale
Marianna
Cottonwood
Panama City
Hartford
Slocomb
Graceville
Chipley
Enterprise
Headland
Geneva
Elba
Abbeville
Blakely
Roosevelt Seeks New Deal Work Relief At Warm Springs
President Roosevelt reviews the draft of a large scale public works program to aid the unemployed as Congress nears session. Conferences with Morgenthau Ickes Hopkins Tugwell hint at a federally fostered state controlled unemployment insurance measure and continuity of NRA features, with no immediate announcement expected.
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Roosevelt
White House
Morgenthau
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
Rexford G. Tugwell
Agriculture
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Gainesville
Congress
NRA
Six Jailed as Sheriff Pushes Dry Up Montgomery
Sheriff Joe V Partain announces the arrest of six men in a drive to dry up Montgomery County. C C Brown Cole Brown J M Stewart Robert Lewis Dud Dudley and James Morton are named on the police blotter with charges ranging from possession of a concealed weapon to violating prohibition laws after midnight arrests during a liquor transfer from a store to a truck.
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Montgomery
Joe Vpartain
Montgomery County
Padioch
C. C. Brown
Cole ID. Brown
J. M. Stewart
Robert Lewis
Dud Dudley
James Morton
Stewart
Two Trainmen Killed in Head On Collision
Two Long Island Railroad freight trains collided head on in a Brooklyn cut, killing the engineer and oiler of the westbound electric locomotive train and injuring eight track workers. The westbound train had 16 cars and the eastbound train five cars.
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Brooklyn
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn Avenue
Orleans editor dies at 64 in New Orleans
Robert B. Mayfield associate editor of the Times-Picayune died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in New Orleans. The 40 year paper veteran was at his desk Monday morning and appeared in good health when the fatal attack struck in the early hours.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Robert B. Mayfield
The
Times-Picayune
Mayfield
Retired Admiral Hussey Dies in Connecticut
Rear Admiral C L Hussey United States Navy retired, of Washington DC and Litchfield, died of a heart attack today after alighting from a train in New Milford Connecticut. The incident occurred December 4 with AP reporting.
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Seadog
New Milford
Conn
C. L. Hussey
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Litchfield
Bankhead Cotton Act controversy rages in vote bid
The Bankhead cotton control act faces strong support and criticism as plans proceed for the December 14 referendum on its 1935 continuation. A 26 member group from six states urged retention, while Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge attacked the act and its processing tax, warning higher costs threaten the cotton industry.
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Associated Press
Farm Magazine
Wallace
Washington
E. F. Creekmore
American Cotton Cooperative Association
New Orleans
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
the Statesmen
Talmarge
J A Buster Cumbaa Dies at Geneva Home
J A Buster Cumbaa aged 65 died at 6 oclock Monday after a stroke that followed an onset Sunday night He was a lifelong Geneva resident and grocer formerly a blacksmith Survived by wife two daughters Cola Cumban and Sytil two sons L J Dee and Mace a brother Tom Cum ban Funeral at 4 this afternoon from the home with Rev G A Cornell of the Geneva Methodist church officiating Interment in Geneva cemetery
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Geneva
J. A. “Buster” Cumbaa
Jessup
Sytil Cumban
L. J. and
Dee
Columbus
Mace
Tom Cumban
Odeck
GC. A. Cornell
Florentine in Prison on Mail Fraud Charge
Florence man Las ter Morrison held in jail in default of bond on a mail fraud charge. U. S. commissioner J. I. Jones said Morrison ordered fish and oysters to be shipped to Tuscumbia then refused payment after release, keeping goods and failing to pay shippers.
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Florentine
Tuscumbia
Laster Morrison
Florence
J. I. Jones
U. S
Morrison
N. HB. Aaron
A. S
Snowstorm toll rises in Minnesota and Wisconsin
A Midwest winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow over southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Two people died in the storm, one in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin, as communities dig out for the second time in three days.
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Midwest
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Stoll kidnapping suspect held in Marianna
Coroner from Houston county Alabama said fingerprints indicate the prisoner held in Marianna on suspicions of being T H Robinson Jr the Stoll kidnapper is not Robinson The man identified as Rufus Harris told officials his home is Bristol Tennessee and he wandered seeking work He also gave the name Rufus Clarke A Justice Department agent from Jacksonville was present for questioning
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Marianna
Jay Hardy
Houston County
Alabama
T. H. Robinson
Robinson
Hardy
Dothan
Ala
Rufus Harris
Ben
Bristol
Tenn
Rufus Clarke
Department of Justice
Jacksonville
Suspect Held Pending Fingerprint Scrutiny
In Marianna on December 4 a man calling himself Fufus Clarke was arrested at Sneads by Jackson county officers while trying to run. He is held in jail pending fingerprint checks with Washington authorities as potential match for Thomas H. Robinson Jr in the Mrs. Alice Stoll kidnapping case. Clarke’s statements about travel and the Stoll case are noted. deputies doubt he is Robinson though he resembles him and may be wanted elsewhere. No charges yet. The Stoll kidnapping ended with a $50,000 ransom and Mrs. Stoll’s release. Mrs. Robinson and her father-in-law face federal trial as accessories.
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Marianna, Frs
Jackson County
Sneads
Fufus Clarke
W. Flake Chambliss
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Stoll
Loulaville Society
Washington
Clarke
Sneada
Chamblina
Stoll
Tallahaspee
Marianna
Cham- Diss
Linatol
Tenn
Robinson
Chamblisa
J. C. Cooper
Chambliss
Sto
Louisville
Robinson, Jr
Governor refuses troops to guard Utica Mills shipments
Montgomery Dec 4 AP Governor B M Miller denied a request by Calhoun county officials for state troops to guard shipments from the Utica Knitting Mills closed October 25 by a strike. Judge W B Merrill and Sheriff A H Borders warned that trouble might arise as road movement from the mill began.
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Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Calhoun County
Utica
W. B. Merrill
A. H. Borders
Youth Is Served Florence Deeds Acres For mb District Boys' Camp
A deed transfers an acre Lake te son frontage tract just below Bailey Springa to Florence for a youth camping park. J. E. F. Weat land signs over the land to be used by Boy Scouts and other groups in the eighth district, with access for Florence Huntsville Sheffield Tuscumbia Athens Decatur troops and others.
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Florence
Mb District
Lake Teson
Bailey Springa
Yesteryear
J. E. F. Weatland
Eighth Congressional District
Toy Scout
Huntsville
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Athens
Decatur
Weather roundup across regions with frost risk
The forecast notes fair conditions in Alabama with frost and freezing in interior areas tonight. Tennessee expects fair weather tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. The extreme northwest Florida area shows party clouds and slightly cooler temperatures with probable frost tonight and Wednesday, mostly cloudy in the east.
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Ala
Tenn
N. W
Florida
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