Debates Seen Over Relief Bonus NRA in Opening Congress
Democratic leaders expect three major debates as Congress opens: relief, the $220,000,000 bonus for veterans, and the NRA. President Roosevelt drafts a broad message for January 4, with relief funding likely limited to 3 to 4 billion dollars and possible work or public works programs.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
NRA
World Court
Roosevelt
White House
Dole
Senate
Senate Republicans
Pittman
Nevada
House
Representative Burns
Tennessee
City to Levy on Merchandise for Delinquent Privilege Licenses
City officials announced a levy on merchandise and other equipment to cover delinquent privilege licenses after January 1. About 90 licenses will be delinquent on New Year’s Day and the levy applies to those who paid part of their licenses. City Clerk I P Scarborough notes the measure.
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I. P. Scarbor- Sugh Sahi
Wall Rogers Wall Rogers San Monica New Year Predictions
A Santa Monica column notes post Christmas buying and spending set record highs. It jokes that New Year predictions from leading men focus on no inflation and fair investment returns, urging government restraint to ensure progress.
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Santa Monica
Calif
A D Black Named Head of Farming Census in Third District
A D Black, noted Geneva farmer, to supervise the 1934 agricultural census in the Third Congressional district with Jerry L Dowling of Ozark as his principal assistant in Dothan. Recruitment for enumerators opens immediately, with census work to begin January 2. both men and women eligible, pay 20 cents per questionnaire.
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A. D. Black
Geneva
Third
Congressional
Dothan
Black
Jerry L. Dowling
Ozark
Three Quarter Year Car Tags To Go On Sale In Houston
Three quarter year tags will go on sale in Houston January 1 but only to automobile operators whose cars have not been used since October 1. Cars used after October 1 require a full year tag plus citation fees. Automobiles operated after January 1 require only three quarter year tags.
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Houston County
Sisters Die in Murder and Suicide Tragedy in Hot Springs
Two sisters from a prominent Hot Springs family were found shot in their home. Coroner J. P. Randolph labeled the case murder and death by own action. Christine Burroughs, 27, killed her 14 year old sister Clare then killed herself.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. P. Randolph
Christine Burroughs
Clare
Houston Farmers Urged to Terracing Meeting
Houston county farmers were urged by farm agent C. M. Ling to attend a 2 p.m. meeting at the courthouse tomorrow. Plans will be formed for a terracing program and a terracing club will be organized to aid soil conservation efforts. a large attendance is requested.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Court House
Ling
Exports Climb in November Above Last Year
The Commerce Department reports November foreign trade higher than 1933 figures, with exports totaling $1,962,731,000 and imports $1,522,807,000 for the first 11 months, both above the year-ago period.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Robbery at West Adams Street by Two Negroes
Mrs. John Crawford awoke to two armed Black men in her home at 602 West Adams Street. They threatened to kill her and her two children unless she surrendered money, took $15 from her purse, and fled. Police had no trace and were questioning several suspects.
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John Crawford
West Adams Street
Crawford
Alabama Power and Birmingham Electric to discuss rate cuts
President Hugh White of the Alabama Public Service Commission announced conferences with Alabama Power and the Birmingham Electric Company before January 1. The talks at the commission headquarters aim to review rates toward reducing electric prices to align with TVA yardstick levels, with sessions to remain executive.
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Montgomery
Hugh White
Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham Electric Company
White
Commission
TVA
Giving Thanks for Christmas Toy Ball Support in Dothan
Carl E. Sellers, VFW commander, writes on behalf of VFW Post 3073 American Legion and auxiliaries thanking merchants and citizens of Dothan for a successful first annual Christmas Toy Ball. He says the event will become a regular charity to provide toys for needy children and praises donors including Dave Harvard Miss Reyn Chamblee and Dr. Scott for special numbers.
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Dothan
The
Eagle
Wiregrass Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carl E. Sellers
American Legion
Sellers
Dave Harvard
Reyn Chamblee
Dr. Scott
Wealthy Gould Daughter Marries Texas Actor In Surprise Elopement
Anns Gould, granddaughter of financier Jay Gould, abandons art to marry Frank Spencer Meador, a 24 year old Texas actor. The couple wed in Harrison New York after delays due to a five day license law. Witnesses included City Clerk Wilding and taxi driver Irving Sirki.
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New York
Anns. Gould
Jay Good
Texas
Frank Spencer Meador
San Saba
Harrison
N. Y
Blood purge reports claim 230 deaths in Saar region
Associated Press reports a purge parallel to last June's crackdown, with 230 killed and 3,000 to 4,000 arrested in Berlin according to Volksstimme and Weltbuhne. Anti Nazi leaders say monarchists are targeted and that pro League of Nations sentiment rose after the purge.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Associated Press
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Volksstimme
Volkstimme
SS Schutz Staffel
Hitler
Braun
Weltbuhne
Berlin
Abendblatt
League of Nations
Five Injured as Car Leaves Foggy Road Hits Tree and Building
Five persons were injured when their car ran off the Dothan Campbellton highway in heavy fog and crashed into a tree, ricocheting into a filling station. Mrs. I. M. Kirkland and Mrs. Ike Carroll were most seriously hurt with multiple broken ribs. others named are Clarence Kirkland, Lawrence Kirkland, and Miss Jessie Carroll. All received first aid at a hospital. The crash occurred on a curve at Garrard's Crossroads.
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Dothan-Campbellton
I. M. Kirkland
Dothan
Ike Carroll
Kirkland
Clarence Kirkland
Lawrence Kirkland
Jessie Carroll
Garrard's Crossroads
Shipping in Trouble as Arctic Storm Brings Fatalities
The Arctic blast worsened across the nation with mounting deaths and dangerous seas. Freighter Quebec City ran aground in Brooklyn as Emile Francqui battled gales off Nova Scotia. an ocean tug failed to tow the vessel amid shifting winds. Alabama reported only a milder cold wave with highs in the 30s and 40s, and heavy seas battered Maine with gale and precipitation.
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Associated Press
Arctic
North Atlantic
Quebec City
Brooklyn
Emile Franchat
Antwerp
New York
Nova Scotia
Hauser
Emil Francqui
Court rules fixed lumber prices unlawful under NRA ruling
In Kansas City federal court Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled price fixing under the NRA illegal. The Sutherland Lumber Co was denied a temporary injunction to stop selling below code prices. NRA legal authorities in Washington said an appeal would not be surprising.
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Kansas City
NRA
Merrill E. Otis
Congress
Otis
Robert Sutherland
Mae G. Sutherland
The
Sutherland Lumber Company
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Blue Eagle
Maurice Milligan
United States
Washington
Apinfa
Robinson Sr appeals removal order in kidnapping case
Cincinnati December 27 AP Thomas H Robinson Sr of Nashville Tennessee father of the accused kidnapper of Mrs Berry Stoll of Louisville Kentucky appealed to the U S circuit court of appeals against a lower court order removing him to Louisville to stand trial in the kidnapping case.
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T. H. Robinson JR
Berry Stoll
Louisville
Department of Justice
Thomas H. Robinson
Cincinnati
Dee
Thomas H. Robinson, Sr
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cheer Roosevelt program to encourage rural power
Capitol Hill reacts to a Mississippi Valley resources plan proposed for President Roosevelt. Senators Wheeler and Wilson praised it as sound and encouraging, while Representative Dies warned of the cost and warned that spending could exceed prudent limits. Some lawmakers urged further study, calling the proposal too far reaching.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Wheeler
Montana
Mississippi Valley Committee
Louisiana
Wilson
House Flood Control Committee
Dies
Texas
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Texan
Reynolds estate riches accepted for Libby's son
Christopher Reynolds posthumous son of Smith Reynolds would receive 7 million under a settlement proposal approved by Cabarrus Bank and Trust. Libby Holman Reynolds’s heirs and guardians oppose portions granting large sums to Anne Cannon Reynolds and Libby Bolman Reynolds while proposing a charitable foundation with the balance.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Christopher Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
R. C. Vaughn
Libby Holman Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds
Cabarux Bank and Trust Company
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Young Anne Cannon
Little Anne
Libby Bolman
Libby
The
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of
Baltimore
Vandalism blamed for fatal train wreck near Columbus
Cleveland division superintendent Cap Krick blamed vandalism for a passenger train wreck that killed two trainmen, A B Eckels of Lakewood and Engineer H S Reach of Mt. Vernon. No. 634 struck eight boxcars after a switch was found locked open. The report came from the wreck scene. Also noted are post office construction bids set to open in Tuskegee January 27 and Lawrenceville February 4.
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Cleveland, CO
FL HS Krick
Cleveland Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
A. BR. Eckels
Lakewood
H. S&s. Reach
Mt. Vernon
Krick
Vaccines Offer Hope Against Infantile Paralysis
AP science report from Pittsburgh notes two vaccines show rapid immune response in children and adults. Philadelphia and New York vaccines both neutralize the poliovirus in tests, with immunity lasting at least a year in monkeys and potential use during epidemics. Results involve Kolmer of Temple University and Brody of New York City Health Department.
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Howard W. Blakeslef
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Philadelphia
New York
John A. Kolmer
M. D
Temple University
California
Kolmer
Maurice Brody
New York City
Plot to assassinate Stalin exposed by Soviet youths
Soviet government moves against a band of 14 young Communists accused of planning Stalin's assassination with help from exiled Leon Trotzky. Nicolaieff confessed implicating others and Trotzky. several plotters faced execution as trials commence, with charges linking to foreign support and an alleged plan for regime overthrow.
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Charles S. Smith
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Leonid Nicolaieff
Sergei Kiroff
Leningrad
Supreme Court
Kiroff
Nicolaieff
Nicoladeff
Hies Sahon
Gregory S. “Ainovieff
Lea Kameneff
Counelie
J D Jernigan of Jack dies at family home
Elba Dec 27 Special James Jernigan prominent farmer of the Jack community died at the family residence at 6 oclock this morning. He was a Baptist and widely known in Coffee county. Survived by wife two brothers Joe of Fibs and Son of Jack four sisters Mrs Jer nie Fuller Kinston Mrs Torn 3s len Brundidge Mrs Wall Hes Laker Fla and Mrs BB Good man Goodman Ala Funeral tomorrow with Masonic services at the grave Elba Funeral Home in charge.
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Elba
James
Jernigan
Jack
The
Baptist Church
Coffee County
Joe
Jernie Fuller
Kinston
Torn
Brundidge
Wall Hes
Laker
Fla
Mra
Good Man
Goodman
Ala
Elba Funeral Home
Education officials tour Houston County schools
R. E. Ledbetter director of the state education division visited Houston County schools today with Soloman Baxter county superintendent of education. They inspected facilities and discussed school house planning as part of the state program.
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R. E. Ledbetter
State Department of Education
Houston County
Soloman Baxter
Train Blast Kills 13. 43 Hurt While Moving Coal Workers
A locomotive explosion at the Elkhorn Piney Coal Co mine in Montgomery West Virginia killed 13 workers and injured 43. Fireman D L Oxley and engineer W M Blankenship were among the dead. The blast occurred at 8 21 am local time as the three coach train was taking miners to the mine. Debris flew up to 100 yards, many passengers were hurled from the wreck and the injured crowded the hospital amid fears of more deaths. The railroad serves the coal company and transports workers to the mine and coal to Montgomery.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company
Ste Tle
W. M. Blankenship
D. L. Oxley
Firman
Lincoln County
RO Stahl
Coup Company
The
Coal Company
Koppers Coal and Transportaton Company of
Pittsburgh
Vanished light keeper hunted on Texas coast
Palacios Texas December 27 AP reports the disappearance of H O Welch a 36 year old light keeper from Jonesy Half Moon reefs two miles from the mainland. Welch was last seen December 13 when boatmen took him to his post and logged lamp sighting at 6 p m. All is well. Three days later the beacon was found dark with oil consumed and wick burned down as searchers scan the Gulf coast area.
Weather Summary for Alabama and Nearby Regions
Cloudy conditions with light to moderate warm trends. North west Florida likely rain tonight with increasing cloudiness rest of the area. Tennessee shows rising temperatures Friday with rain in the eastern portions. Central and east portions may see rain Friday as temperatures climb.
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Ala
N. W
Florida
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Reynolds Estate
Singer
Post Office
Treasury
Tuskegee
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Trotsky
Stalin
J. D. Jernigan
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