12 Dec 1933
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1933
Page
1
Washington dispatch notes administration missteps after liquor repeal imports curtailed pre repeal. Bootlegging persists and prices rise. Choate letter criticizes prohibition controls. Public reaction mixed as stores open, some turn to Maryland and bootleg sales amid a broader New Deal push.
Spain reported order restored in most troubled areas after three days of revolt across 12 provinces. Government said the strike threat was waning as socialists urged workers to return to posts, while 93 rebels died at Villanueva barracks and 1,250,000 syndicalists were active mainly in Catalonia, Andalusia and Estremadura.
Hugh Barnhill operator of PI store was bound over to await grand jury action after a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Beaty B Whiddon on receiving stolen property during interstate shipment. Bond set at 1000. Stanford admitted stealing from a Central of Georgia box car and selling to Barnhill for four dollars.
Houston county commissioners held a brief regular meeting with only routine business on the agenda. The session lasted short and covered standard items.
Paris reports a third default on France’s debt to the United States as the cabinet reaffirms the Chamber’s refusal to pay. Foreign Minister Boncour is to reply to Washington. The cabinet also rejects a German army of 300,000 without Nazi stormtroopers.
Asuncion officials announce the capture of more than 13 000 Bolivian soldiers in the Chaco Boreal in three communiques. Paraguay lists the Lanza cavalry unit under Lieut Col Vidal Aranibar, the Loa and Abaron regiments, and the Fourth and Ninth Divisions with hundreds of officers. Celebrants march through flag decorated streets as authorities close shops for a fiesta. The war stems from decades of dispute over the vast jungle region in central South America.
The Houston county grand jury, reconvened for a clean up session, is not expected to report until late tomorrow. Two murder cases are to be investigated, with about 76 witnesses scheduled to appear before the grand jury for examination.
Christmas packages sent by mail must arrive before midnight December 23 or be delivered after the holiday. Postmaster S M Dawsey urged early mailing and noted an exception for rush with special delivery stamps and marked perishable items. Local clerks join in urging prompt sending to ease the holiday rush.
The nation endures another bout of subnormal temperatures with ice and freezing winds. East regions shiver as reports indicate revisal deaths and a 24 below zero reading at Owls Head New York. Milwaukee sees zero with frostbite among 15 CWA workers treated in hospitals. A blizzard devours the Pacific northwest and a collision in Bellefonte Pennsylvania adds to the deadly toll while Hampden Maine reports three burned victims.
Edward G. Lowery Jr chairman of the Presidents inter departmental committee testifies before a joint congressional panel that a 2.60 dollar per gallon liquor tax would allow whisky to sell for 1.50 per quart if states do not add taxes. Choate Jr urges a low rate to push out bootleggers.
The Eagle sent a telegram to Santa Claus at the North Pole inviting him to Dothan to greet thousands of local children. The town awaits his response due Wednesday to know if he will travel by air before Christmas.
The item invites Santa to visit Dothan, promising a large reception from thousands of boys and girls. It notes Santa is busy but hopes he can travel from his toy lab for a brief stop. The community awaits his decision with anticipation and will publish his reply tomorrow.
William C. Bullitt arrived in Moscow to meet Maxim Litvinoff at the Foreign Office and inspect a potential embassy site. A record crowd greeted him as the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. officials noted a 40-person staff may be needed. He will present credentials to President Kalin on Wednesday.
President Roosevelt selects George N. Peek to head an export organization to seek foreign markets for farm commodities. Peek will leave the farm administration. Chester C. Davis to succeed as production chief. A temporary interdepartmental committee will coordinate government trade relations and report in about two weeks.
Options for Houston county farmers who plowed under part of their 1934 acreage are expected to arrive late this week or early next week. The move aims to strengthen trade channels in the county as a large sum of money becomes available to claim holders.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh flew toward Trinidad on their return journey passing Poa Vista Brazil and heading over the Sierra Pecaraima mountains. They expected to reach Port of Spain this afternoon after leaving Manaus Brazil early today on a four mile hop.
A 12 foot mural depicting the pageant of education will defray 348 dollars in tuition for Ethel Mary, daughter of Pati Honore, a Birmingham suburban high school student. The mural, approved by school officials, will adorn a high school corridor wall in Birmingham.
The Rev. G. S. Hales, a Methodist pastor at Haleburg, is seriously ill in a local hospital.
Dothan city officials chose not to pursue a 76 000 federal Civil Works Administration grant, instead authorizing a reduced 875 grant request and directing the mayor to refile. The move followed questions about the missing Montgomery application and a financial shortfall forecast for January through March.
The Chester R. Vickery Post of the American Legion calls a meeting at the athletic arena this evening at 6:39. All members are urged to attend for important business.
Py thagoras Lodge No 653 holds regular work tonight at seven at the Masonic Building. Virgil Adkins is W M and Wade Griffin serves as secretary.
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