Roosevelt Likely Seeks Extended Currency Powers
Washington December 23 AP Roosevelt administration aims to extend devaluation powers and the $2 million stabilization fund when Congress convenes in January. Officials expect Democratic leaders to grant the request to stabilize the dollar and curb foreign inflows, with debates over taxing foreign investors and currency policies continuing. The plan ties to the tri power monetary accord with France and Britain and envisions treasury bills to manage gold imports and credit, keeping exchange stability amid shifting international winds.
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Congress
Statt
Washington Bureau
Associated Press
William S. Ardery
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Fonda
Hla
Acheme
Fed‘vel Recerve
Credit Contro
Recerve Board
Necurites Commission
Worvey
America
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Switzerland
Netherlands
Povaibio Diamantiamant
Qatas
Romance of Edward's Equerry and Nashville Beauty
Nashville reports a romantic angle tied to Edward, Duke of Windsor, and his equerry Piers Legh. Mrs J C Bradford, mother of Legh’s Nashville wife and daughter of President Polk connections, prompts a tale of fame, exile, and high society with Legh’s family and two daughters in the limelight.
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Nashville
Duke of Windsor
Wallis
Pollk
Piers Legh
Ea Duke of v
Mra Legh
Diana
Legh
Batty
Lady Gronfelt
Nea Berricn
Tenn
Mra
Walila Simpson
Steel
London
Col
Sarah Polk Bradford
Tennessee
J. C. Bradford
Austria
Sarah
Hla
Prince of Walesa
Edward VII
Colonel Legh
Mra. Legh
James K. Polk
Woodstock
Hintoric
Judge J
Piets Legh
Leg
Tyroh
Seizure Order Sought In Taxicab Gunman Case
Sheriff Alex May pending formal attest order to seize the taxi gunman who abducted and shot Fay Wells on Hinsey road. Witnesses match tall description. suspect linked to car theft and swindling. Bandit seized cab, forced driver to transport him then wrecked vehicle. May states identity probable and awaiting undiaced source word.
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Alex May
Fay Wells
Atretch
Hinsey Road
May
Ferty
Houston
Walla
Marchine
Webb Road
London Papers Chase Scottsboro Case Interest
London newspapers keep the Scottsboro affair in focus five years after the incident aboard a freight train. Warden J G Murphy reports some defendants in solitary confinement and in good health as inquiry comes by telephone from London papers. A Christmas greeting echoed as the conversation ended.
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Benttabora
London
Derplie Simpson
Birmingham
Simp
Scottsboro
London Daily Newa
Jefferson County
J. G Murphy
Eng. Wen
Income Sags as Farm Product Returns Fall in November
Government data show farmers earned 731 million dollars from product sales in November, down from October’s 882 million and last November’s 460 million. Crop income fell due to reduced cotton and tobacco sales, while hog, cattle, and livestock receipts rose. Government payments totaled 318 million, slightly below October and far under last year. Total cash income for the first eleven months of 1936 reached 7.086 billion, up from 6.427 billion a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Regelpta
Mail at Peak More Than 50 000 Cards Mailed In Six Days
Dothan residents mailed over 50 thousand Christmas cards in six days as postmaster Lisenby noted record postal receipts. Outgoing mail peaked Tuesday with about 800 packages, while incoming parcels and letters hit a new high amid the Yuletide mailing spree.
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Sieenby
Dothan
Lisenby
New Tugha
Belgium approves peacetime army of 84,000 men
Belgium’s 1937 defense bill authorizes an 84,000 man peacetime force with 33,000 volunteers, 46,600 recruits, and 4,500 reserves. Gen. Leon Dens orders Luxembourg province defense reorganization and removal of frontier depots 60 miles from the border to deter a potential Ardennes raid after Rhineland reoccupation.
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Brussels
Belgium
Germany
Rhineland
Chamber of Deputice
Leon Dens
Luxembourg
Roineland
Ardennes Corpa
Dothan Livestock Market Report and Stock Quotes
Dothan Livestock Market reports vigorous demand with daily cleanups at market prices. Hogs range from 825 for heavy hogs to 5.80 per cwt for 60 to 110 lb hogs. steers and heifers bring 4.25 to 5.75 for killing stock. cows, bulls, and calves priced per quality and weight, with best fat cows 4.25 and up and calves from 3.00 to 5.50. Also presents a stock quote list featuring Anaconda Copper, American Can, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, General Electric, Goodyear, International Harvester, Kennecott, and more.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Continental
Chargaler Pepe
Currie Wright i. Gene
Curtin Wright A
Consolidated Gas
Douglas Arcraft
Electric L and P
General Motors
L Foode
General Electric
Goodyear
Int Harvester
Johns Manville Kennecott Corp
Lorillard
Cere
Montgomery Ward
Wational Blacuit
Dothan
Dothan Packing Co
Jersey
Status Quo A F G Deal Hinges On Commerce Commission
A. P. Seddon president of the Alabama and Florida Railway Co said no definite progress occurred in negotiating the purchase of the 32 mile Cowarts to Greenwood line. He noted the application for certificate must go to the Interstate Commerce Commission, a process that could take two or three months. Mrs Seddon is general manager. the A F G bonds are owned by the defunct Dothan National Bank in receivership.
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Commerce Commission
A. P. Seddon
Alabama and Florida Railway Co
Alabama, Florida and Gulf
Cowarts
Greenwood
Fla
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago butter prices steady amid mixed dairy quotes
Chicago dairy market reports Butter at 6,649 steady with unchanged prices. Eggo lines show mixed totals and varied grades. current vacancy and refrigerator items noted. London underwriters reveal policy formation amid reform talks affecting property cover.
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Chicago
Butler
Merciful Death Ends Babbling Florida Man Mystery
CALA Fla Dec 28 AP Deeth halted Howard Stiflman's 18 day monologue early in his final hours as Dr J L Chalker said the Fort McCoy farmer died just before his sister from New York could reach him. His widow and Milas Nettle Stillman at Columbia University were unable to travel. Stullman 43 suffered brain inflammation that disrupted speech with rambling talk and periods of sleep aid by opiates.
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Fla
Deeth
Howard Stiflman
J. L Chalker
Ocala Hospital
Fort McCoy
Takang
5Llman
China
New York
Misa Lucy Stillmar
Milas Nettle Stillman
Columbia University
Stullman
Chalker
Stillman
Still- Man
Chetker
Peace Contrasts for Birthday Kellogg in Europe Crises
Former U S secretary of state Frank B Kellogg, now retired, turns eighty as his key peace measures crumble under new European tensions. Kellogg’s landmark Kellogg Briand pact earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929, with his birthday on December 22.
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Frank. B. Kell Yogg
U. S
Kelloge
Fire damages Lexington parcel carload on railroad tram
Fire heavily damaged a solid carload of parcels on a Lexington Minnesota railway tram today. The blaze was extinguished with partial property loss. The fragmented report notes past cases in Mingdom and Ireland and references local fire efforts.
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Lexington
MN. C
Pontiff in Pain Prepares World Christmas Message
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XI, grievously ill, battles pain in his left leg to prepare this year's Christmas broadcast. Doctors urged rest, but he aims to deliver a brief, world wide address on his famed “joys and sorrows” theme despite fragile health and lingering agony.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Holy Father
Vatican
Thurada
Amant
Milani
Kidnap Case Ties Coal Operator to University Girl
A 17-year-old University of Kentucky freshman Vivian Lee was abducted after a Bell County senior banquet. Police across Kentucky Ohio and Tennessee seek coal mine operator A G Cawood and his car tied to the disappearance. Warrants accuse abduction and detention of a female.
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Staten Pineville
New Tazewell
Tenn
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Vivian Lee
University of Kentucky
Bell County High School
J H. Lee
Bell County
A. G. Cawood
Wazon
Lee
Aloah Lee
Cawood
Market Outlook for Turf Renting Firm in Savannah
Dec 23 report notes Turf Renting firm in Savannah with 421-2 sales receipts 274 shipments 40 stock 3¢.1 HO. Mentioned quote D B E960 FG BL LE MON WG 335 WH. Market expected to remain cloned until Monday Dec 28.
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Naval Stores
Savannah
Water rate change to 1 cent per 1000 gallons after 100000
The article details a transition to a new water rate: after using 100000 gallons, a 1 cent per 1000 gallon charge becomes effective. It lists old tiered rates for various usages and notes railroads, ice plants, penag companies and lumber mills as principal entities affected by the shift.
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Uae
Desperado Slayer McGee Identified In Area Escape Case
Authorities sweep Osage area west of Poplar Bluff in pursuit of Claude McGee, condemned to hang, after he fled last month with two hunters nearby. Photographs tied him to the case as deputies search for the pair who kidnapped them. The scene included a car wait near Deering as the suspects emerged from woods. Also, Coffee County schools close for holidays with Monday classes resumed.
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Poplar Bluff
Claude McGee
William R. Pmelipa
Little Rock
Ark
United States
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