Power controversy heats Roosevelt TVA clash deepens
The Edison Electric Institute and industry leaders press for government action while challenging the Tennessee Valley Authority. McCarter presents a memorial urging cooperation to curb rates and root out malpractices, as they seek a constitutional resolution and a faster path to investment stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rendell
Ashington
Roosevelt
Nessea
Valley Authority
White House
TVA
Frank R. Meneh
Federal War Commission
McNinch
Edison Electric Institute
Tennessee Aller Authority
Institute
Iese
McCarter
Newton D. Baker
James J. Beck
Plan to end all planning proposed by national resources board
Beverly Hills Calif Dec 18 radio commentary recounts a national resources board plan to spend 105,000 000 000 to end planning. The host remarks the proposal targets debt concerns and promises widespread job creation. He notes critics claim the figures are inflated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Salvation Army
National Resources Board
Veterans of Foreign Wars Wiregrass Post Installed in Dothan
About 300 people watched Wiregrass Post No. 3073 VFW become an official regular unit. Frank Bunkley, Alabama state commander, presented a framed charter to Carl E. Sellers as 100 charter members were named. Guests included Congressman Henry B. Steagall and other state and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
National Organization
Frank Bunkley
Alabama
Carl E. Sellers
Dothan
Henry B. Steagall
Congress
Doggerell
Montgomery
Lowe
Tuscaloosa
Phil Lipman
John B. Joyner
Jane Foulks
Wiregrass Post Auxiliary
I. C. Ezell
Ezeil
Steagall
Bunkley
United Spanish War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alabama to give teachers a Christmas gift of funds
Alabama announced a 500000 gift from the public school fund and educational trust fund for public school teachers statewide. The money will be released by state comptroller J H Hard Jr and disbursed by the State Department of Education to cover salaries and payroll before the holidays, with higher education institutions sharing part of the funds.
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Montgomery
Santa Claus
State of
University of Alabama, Auburn
Montevallo
Higher Institutions of Learning
Special Educational Trust Fund
Hard
John W. Crump
State Department of Education
Three jailed in Cottonwood burglary probe
Three suspects held in Houston County jail on default bond of 300 dollars each for the Cot tonwood Sunday night burglary of S O Smith store. White man Y J Love and Jim McDowell charged with burglary while Amos Goins charged with receiving stolen property. Officers recover about 200 dollars worth of coats suits and over alls. Suspects were arrested while en route to Marianna Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
S. O. Smith
Cottonwood
Y. J. Love
Jim McDowell
Amos Goins
Marianna
Fla
Lawton E Dye Sues For 5000 In Auto Mishap
Lawton E Dye files a 5000 suit in Houston county circuit court against E L Feagle over injuries after his car was hit by Feagle’s car on West Main street the night of December 2.
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E. L. Feagle
Houston County
Cirrcuit Court
Lawton E. Dye
Feagle
West Main Street
Kingfish Drops Plan to Take Over Teacher Hiring
In Baton Rouge on December 18 AP reports Senator Huey P. Long abandoned plans to place hiring of 15 000 school teachers under his control. Representative G W Lester denounced Long as a political mad man while Long sat silent as bills passed 61 to 28 with promises to amend in the senate. Lester warned against eroding local political rights and warned of autocratic rule over courts law enforcement and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
G. W. Lester
West Feliciana
Lester
Kingfish
Senate
House
City Council Okays Used Boiler Purchase After Row
The city council approved buying a used boiler for the municipal light and water plant amid protests from Councilmen Batts Bates and Grant. Police Chief M Tatum’s pay rose ten dollars monthly as new parking duty was added. Botts pressed for disclosure of a $300 payment to C Covington and questions on the audit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Batts
J. C. Bates
A. J. Grant
M. Tatum
Botts
C. C. Covington
Ward 2
KB. H. Lisenby
Georgian Would Issue Reserve Notes For Soldier Bonus
Alma Georgia December 18 AP Representative Braswell Deen proposes immediate payment of the soldier bonus via a special issue of federal reserve circulating notes. The bill would be offered as an amendment to the World War adjusted compensation act, with all transactions to be handled by district banks of the Federal Reserve system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Federal Reserve
Braswell Deen
Georgia
Federal Reserve System
Hitler shot reported by Linzer Volksblatt
Linzer Volksblatt reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler wounded by a revolver shot fired by a Berlin woman. The girl, daughter of a Silesian Nazi leader Brueckner, allegedly shot from a taxi as Hitler's car passed. Guards killed the girl and taxi driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linz
Austria
Linzer Volksblatt
Hitler
Ridiculous Inventions Rumors Denounced in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports officials dismissed rumors that Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler was wounded or shot at as ridiculous inventions. The Dec 18 item notes official quarters scoffing at sensational claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reds sending 103 to firing squads in Moscow
Soviet reports indicate 103 executions in terrorism prosecutions since Sergei Kiroff’s December 1 assassination in Leningrad. No official motive given for Leonid Nikolieff’s shooting. Decision on Nikolieff’s fate expected by December 20 with possible light on a broader anti Soviet conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REDS
Charles Stephenson Smith
Associated Press
Moscow
Sergei Kiroff
Leningrad
Leonid Nikolieff
Kiroff
Nikolieff
Kiev
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Poland
Finland
Latvia
Minsk
Zinovieff
Communist Party
Pravada
Zinovieffists
Highway Route To State Line Opens Next Week
The improved highway from Do Than to Malone Florida connecting at the Florida line five miles below Cottonwood will open to traffic next week due to heavy rains delaying earlier plans. From Dothan to near Cottonwood is already open, with a new mile and a half segment reducing curves. Houston county estimates construction cost around $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Malone
Fla
Florida Line
Cottonwood
C. McFachin
Houston County
Fire chief fines man seven dollars for truck route leak
Houston, near Hartford, drew the ire of Fire Chief J. F. Ziglar after driving ahead of a fire truck en route to a call. The chief reprimanded him and charged seven dollars to learn the truck’s destination. Houston posted the fee at police headquarters and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Houston
Hartford
Houston
J. FE. Ziglar
Ohtef Ziglar
NRA price fixing on way out with opinions wanted
Washington December 18 AP price fixing under the codes appear to be waning as the NRA prepares to hear from all parties in January. The administrative board will conduct hearings at Blue Eagle headquarters starting January 9 to shape possible new NIRA legislation while addressing employment small business and production control. Labor will be treated as an interested party with changes made after notice and hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
S. Clay Williams
NIRA
Williams
Labor
Industrial leaders meet farmers in Alabama for mutual market talks
Alabama industrial and business leaders joined farmers in Birmingham for a one day conference to discuss mutual interests and marketing solutions. The tour of the industrial district preceded sessions aimed at closer agricultural and industrial cooperation and better mutual understanding of each other’s problems.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Crotu N. Duncan
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Ashton B. Collins
Associated Industries of
Alghama
Memphian Puryear Sentenced 15 Years for Wife Killing
Stanley A. Puryear a Memphis used car dealer was sentenced to 15 years in the Tennessee penitentiary in Nashville for the axe murder of his wife after Judge Phil Wallace overruled a new trial motion. The jury urged the same term. It was his third trial over the May 2 1932 killings of his wife Aurelia Zynia eight and a shooting of a Black man at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Stanley A. Puryear
Tennessee
Nashville
Phil Wallace
Puryear
State Penitentiary
Aurelia Zynia
Liner Miles Through Storms to Aid Stricken Freighter Sisto
The Europa plows through heavy seas to aid the freighter Sisto whose bridge and lifeboats were washed away. Mobilioil and Mobiloil attempt rescue as a hurricane rages. Other ships in the North Atlantic report wrecks and multiple casualties in the same area.
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Europa
Sisto
North Atlantic
New York
Mobiloil
Azores
President Harding
Oskar Scharf
Scharf
S. S. Sisto
Frenay
Stricign
Cleveland
Detroit
Montreal
Quebec
Haugesnd
Usworth
Jean Jadot
Agcania
Jadot
Lisworth
Aestania
Ex Pastor Gets Seven Years On Perjury Conviction
Welborn Jr former pastor of Convernment Hill Methodist Church was found guilty of perjury in a divorce case. A district court jury sentenced him to seven years in the state penitentiary after he claimed he had never married Wineta Lang Welburn while denying paternity claims. The defense labeled him a victim of a diabolical conspiracy in Bexar County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Dec Ik
Welborn, Jr
Convernment Hiil Methodist Church
State Penitentiary
Welburn
Wineta Lang Welburn
Laska Linked to Urschel Kidnap Case Probe
An affidavit outlines how veteran Denver attorney Ben Laska allegedly received part of the Charles Urschel ransom. The document ties Laska to $75,000 cached in Wyoming and $2,000 in Oklahoma City, with $46,000 later recovered in Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Kline
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Ben Laska
Charles F. Urschel
Laska
Albert L. Bates
Oklahoma City
New Saska
James C. Mathers
Edward G. Feldman
Bates
Feldman
Clara Feldman
Wyoming
Mathers
Oregon
Washington
Slaying Probe Expands After Tulsa Youth Deaths
Tulsa investigation into the slaying of dental student John F. Gorrell 23 and the death of Sidney Barn Jr. 19 widens amid rumors of youth crime. Federal judge’s son Phil Kennamer 19 is charged with Gorrell’s murder as officials pledge a broad inquiry into related offenses and extortion plots.
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Tulsa
Okla
Phil Kennamer
Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
J. Berry King
King
Gorrell
Tet
Swealthy
Homer Wilcox
Sidney Barn, Jr
Charles Price Beleves
Roosevelt Calls Parley to Seek Accord on Steel Pact
President Roosevelt met with steel employers and labor leaders to negotiate a labor time proposal from the Waldr Stacy committee. The plan, formed last summer to avert a steel strike, aims to end the conflict though both sides find its wording unsatisfactory. William Green of the AFL and Myron Paylor of U S Steel attended.
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Roosevelt
Parley
Washington, Tren
Rooosevelt
Spect
Walter PL Stacy
North Carolina
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Myron
Paylor
United States Steel
Aunt Must Consent to Gloria Visiting Mother
The appellate division ruled that little Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt may spend Christmas with her mother, Mia, if Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney consents to the arrangement. The potential visit hinges on the paternal aunt's approval.
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Gloria
New York
Gloria Vanderbilt
Mia
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Japan seeks fixed date for naval talks resumption
Tokyo orders its London envoy to press Britain for a definite resumption date of preliminary naval treaty talks, likely in March, to let Japan prepare and possibly recall Admiral Yamamoto. Tokyo aims for U S Britain commitment in writing before abrogating the 1922 Washington treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan
London
Hirota
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Yamamoto
United States
Great Britain
Keisuke Okada
Mineo Osumi
Hirote
Chatfield
Washington
Uhereby
Paris
Francois Pietri
Navy
Reich
YAWNS STOP Mysterious Maindy Quita Women After 209 Hour Siege
An oddly prolonged yawning episode near Maindy ends after about 209 hours. Mrs Harold McKee reported sleep returning without sedatives as doctors note the mystery of the affliction persists despite investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maindy
Quita
Sterling
Dee
Harold McKee
Sorosis Club Dance to Benefit Dothan Library Fund
The Sorosis Club of Dothan sponsors a Friday night country club dance with Josh Davis and his orchestra. Music begins at 10 o'clock. Proceeds support the new library fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis Club
Sorosis Club of
Dothan
Josh Davis
Weather outlook for regions ALA North Florida and Tennessee
The forecast calls for rain tonight and tomorrow in North Florida with a slight warm trend. Winds will be fresh from the east on the coast, shifting northwest tomorrow. Tennessee may see snow or rain tonight into Wednesday morning with colder conditions in the west and a slight warmup in the far east tonight.
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Tomor
cLoue
Florida
Tennessee
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