CWA Relief Funds Slated Amid Calls for Immediate Action
Hopkins urged $950 million for federal relief and CWA work as the House faced delaying the measure. He warned the program could exhaust funds by February 9 if no new money is approved, with 11 percent of U S families on relief in November 1933 and West Virginia leading at 29 percent.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Harry JL. Hopkins
CWA
Hopkins
Civil Works Fund
Alabama
Harry N. Hopkins
House Appropriations Committee
United States
West Virginia
Florida
South Carolina
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Arizona
Kentucky
Michigan
Louisiana
Montana
Pennsylvania
Utah
Georgia
North Dakota
Ohio
Arkansas
New York
Colorado
District of Columbia
Delaware
Kansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Three Men Identified in Blountsville Bank Robbery Attempt
In Blountsville Alabama on February 2 three men were identified by the bank cashier and witnesses as participants in an unsuccessful robbery attempt. The suspects were J D Curtis Cherry William A Conner and Jewell alias Joel Cherry. They were taken to Blountsville for identification after arrests in Bibb County and Centerville.
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Blountsville
Ala
J. D. Curtis Cherry
William A. Conner
Jewell
Joel
Cherry
Birmingham
Bibb County
Centerville
Campaign for divorce law forms club in Brazil
A local group is forming to back a divorce law in Brazil. They plan propaganda via radio theaters and a monthly 100 000 copy publication. In Lisbon authorities will introduce automatic red and green traffic lights soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Lisbon
Weather in Alabama Fair Tonight and Saturday
The forecast for Alabama calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a slight rise in temperatures. No precipitation expected and skies remain mostly clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Burglars Loot Negro Elks Club Slot Machine
Neighbors reported burglars entered the Negro Elks Club on N. Cherry street and stole a slot machine, found damaged and abandoned blocks from the club. Police later arrested Tom Jones, a Negro man, for burglary, tracing footprints to the crime scene. The machine was recovered and kept at the jail.
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Negro Elks Club
N. Cherry Street
Elks
Tom Jones
Poll tax payments in Houston county hit four year high
The Houston county tax office reports 1800 to 1900 residents paid poll tax by yesterday. A single payer gave 36 dollars for 24 years, the largest amount. About 500 names joined the voting list, and about 6000 people may be eligible to vote this year due to exemptions for age or war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
S. A. Mullins
Mullins
Air Mail Records Seized in Senate Inquiry
The Senate Mail investigating committee ordered the impounding of all air mail contract records from William P. MacCracken's Washington office. MacCracken testified that Northwest Airways and Western Air Express officials removed correspondence, claiming personal use of the office. Senators King Black and McCarren questioned the legality of the lawyer client privilege in these dealings.
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Washington
Senate Mail Investigating Committee
William P. MacCracken
MacCracken
King
Black
McCaran
Democrat Committee
Pulitzer Resigns NRA Post Over Guild Opposition
Ralph Pulitzer resigns as NRA administrator for the newspaper code, citing opposition from the American Newspaper Guild. He notes the St Louis Post Dispatch trusteeship could be embarrassed by his role, and a Guild protest was sent to President Roosevelt.
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Pulitzer
NRA
Newspaper Code
New York
Ralph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Hugh S. Johnson
American Newspaper Guild
St. Louis Post Dispatch
New York Newspaper Guild
Roosevelt
Dollar markets buoyed as United States buys world gold
The dollar rose amid heavy gold activity in London and New York as banks in all three major markets mobilized reserves of the Bank of France. Traders noted premiums on gold and discussed whether France could sustain the gold standard while the U S stabilizing fund reportedly remained on the sidelines.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Bank of France
United States
Wall Street
Treasury
Washington
New York Reserve
Paris
France
Governor to set date for Sixth Louisiana special election
Baton Rouge reports Governor Q. K. Allen announced an February 20 proclamation to call and set a date for another special election in Louisiana's Sixth District to fill the vacated Congress seat.
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Baton Rouge
Q. K. Allen
Louisiana
Congress
House of Representatives
Four insane convicts escape DOJ center in Missouri
Three of the four escapees remained at large in Ozark country as homes and cabins were sealed. George John Standish, recaptured by a hospital guard, had been sentenced to 15 years for grand larceny in Washington, D C. The others named were Norvin Roar, Albert Devan, and Joseph G Watts, with terms ranging from two to ten years.
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Springfield
United States Department of Justice
Medica Center
Ozark Country
George John Standish
Standish
Washington
D. C
Norvin Roar
Albert Devan
Joseph G. Watts
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Ghost Writer Awarded Ten Thousand in Trade Suit
A Chicago jury awarded $10,000 against Arthur W. Cutten in a $50,000 case brought by John R. Mauff. Mauff claimed services as Cutten's aghast writer included articles, letters to officials, and a radio script, most of which were authored by Mauff to promote regulatory changes favorable to grain buyers.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Board of Trade
John R. Mauff
Cutten
Mauff
Countess De Boishebert Receives Bravery Medal
Montreal February 2 The Countess De Boishebert organist of the Parish of St. Jacques woman’s choir earned a gold medal and certificate of honor for bravery for playing the organ as flames consumed the church on March 25 preventing a panic and possible loss of life.
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Montreal
Countess de Boishebert
St. Jacques
Last Kidnap Gang Member Is Caught in Chicago
Ten government agents surrounded a house at 3125 Addison Street and nabbed Gordon Francie Alcorn, the last kidnapper of Charles Boettcher. Alcorn confessed, as did Verne Sankey who is in federal custody. Alcorn, once known as Walter Thomas, had planned to move after hearing Sankey’s arrest. A .22 caliber pistol was found. a $6,000 reward had been offered.
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Chicago
Addison Street
Gordon Francie Alcorn
Charles Boettcher
Denver
Department of Justice
Verne Sankey
Department
Alcorn
Birdie Angeline Christopherson
Carson
Sioux Falls
Alcorn Fm
Boettcher
Sankey
Walter Thomas
Enterprise Receives Additional Funds for Airport Project
Enterprise is authorized to spend more on the new airport under construction bringing total appropriations to about 103000 dollars. Aviation experts deem the site ideal. Athletic fields a four clubhouse and a swimming pool are being built in connection with the airport.
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Enterprise
Roebuck Sales Rise In Four Week Period
Sears Roebuck and Company reports four weeks ending January 24 sales up over 30 percent from a year ago, totaling 20,386,475 versus 15,461,617. For 52 weeks ending the same date, sales reach 289,248,574.
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Roebuck
New York
Sears Roebuck and Company
Platform Of Bible Graves As Governor Of Alabama
A gubernatorial platform from 1934 advocating debt payment, government reform, and economy. It pledges support for the New Deal, conference with the President to secure national program benefits, and calls for building Coosa River projects to reduce unemployment while expanding industry and education, denouncing the pre-1932 debt and unpaid bills.
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Alabama
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Gadsden
Europe
Coosa River
Relief Measures and Debt Default Occupy Congress
Washington February 2 AP Congress gears for jobless relief funds totaling 34 166 000 000 for this year and next and considers debt default issues. Roosevelt aims to use emergency recovery funds with flexible conditions. Farm and sugar production plans, Russian trade finance ideas, and a likely reduction in a crop loan bill are noted alongside possible tariff and home loan bond measures.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Senate
Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Farm Administration
Illness Fatal To Miss Quillin 25 Hartford Woman
Miss Julia Quillin 25 prominent Hartford woman died in a local hospital after a brief illness. She was Hartford Express Company agent, Hartford High School graduate, attended Wesleyan Woman's College in Tallahassee Florida and active in church life. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs J C Quillin a sister Mrs Glenn Gibson of Macon Ga and two brothers Denton and James Jr both of Hartford. Funeral Saturday at 2 39 p m at home in Hartford with Rev W F Clem ents and Rev A K Diebenzen officiating. Burial in Hartford cemetery Murdock Funeral Home in charge.
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Julia Quin
Hartford
Miss Quillin
Railway Express Company
Hartsord High School
Woman's College
Tallahassee
Fla
Hartford Munrccalib
Hartford Presbyterian Church
J. C. Quillin
Mra
Glenn Gibson
Macon
4Inton
Hartsdale
James, Jr
Slartford
W. FB. Clements
Geneva
A. KD. Ziebenzen
Hartford Cemetery
Murdock
Four Farmers Arrested on Charges of Shooting Birds
Four farmers from near Headland were arrested today by U S officers on charges of shooting birds on a baited field four miles north of Headland on January 31. Warrant was sworn by federal game protector Eugene M Boring of Mobile and a preliminary hearing was set before U S Commissioner Beaty P B Whiddon.
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S. BB
Decision on act not given by high court
Montgomery Feb 2 AP The Supreme Court told Gov. Miller it would not issue an advisory opinion on the Carmichael act as it is being tested in lower courts. Chief Justice Anderson noted the act paving PWA loans for municipal electric plants is under review in Bessemer and Tarrant City and will go to the high court for a final ruling.
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HIGH
Montgomery
Supreme Court
Gov. B. M. Miller
John C. Anderson
Carmichael
PWA
Bessemer
Tarrant City
Think Gasoline Taxes High in This State Take a Look at Paris
Paris reports a taxi strike over a 12 1/2 cent gasoline tax hike. On Feb 2 the city was nearly taxi-less as drivers protest. A gallon costs 40 cents with 21 cents going to taxes.
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Paris
Fail to connect Sankey with Lindbergh case in Chicago report
AP dispatch from Chicago reports Verne Sankey, once billed as America’s public enemy No 1, escaping at least temporarily from the Lindbergh infant kidnapping case. He faces federal trial for the Boettcher kidnapping as authorities relocate him to South Dakota under indictment.
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Chicago
Verne Sankey
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Denver
Charles Boettcher I
South Dakota
Randhmill
Lindbergh
Pierre
S. D
Sankey
Department of Justice
Aarents
Melvin Paris
Department
Purvis
Dixon speaks to crowd of 300 at Ozark courthouse
Major Frank Dixon, a gubernatorial candidate proposing government reform, addressed about 300 people in the Ozark courthouse last night. The event followed a band concert with southern and patriotic tunes, with Dixon having toured Midland City Pinckard and Newton earlier.
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Dixon
Ozark
Frank Dixon
Court House
Major Dixon
Trey
Midland City
Pinckard
Newton
Fire destroys planing mill in East Florence
Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed the Richardson planing mill in East Florence. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars with no insurance. Firemen prevented spread to nearby plants as the mill had operated yesterday. owned by W. M. Richardson and Miss Lela Lewellyn.
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Florence
Als
Richardson Planing
W. M. Richardson
Lela Lewellyn
Greene County Farmer Slain in Gun Affray
Sam Snoddy, 45, a Greene County farmer, was shot and killed in Beverly Patton's store in the Knoxville community. Patton, the store owner, was arrested and brought in for questioning after opening fire when Snoddy refused to stop shooting inside the store. Both men were well known locally.
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Eutawala
Sam Snoddy
Beverly Patton
Knoxville
Snoddy
Patton
Greene County
Massive bank heists rock several states
A spree of robberies across New Jersey Massachusetts New York Texas and Maine left one policeman dead and three others injured as bands stole about 180000. The biggest haul was 130000 from the Penns Grove National Bank in New Jersey as four men escaped in a car with stolen plates.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York
Texas
Penns Grove
N. J
National Bank
Needham Trust Company
Forbes McLeod
Flist Coleman
Texas) National Bank
Charles F. Woodruff
Olers
UN. Trust Company
Rtochester
N. Y
Penns Grove National Bank
Bk. I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
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Negro Elks
AIR Mail Records
Secretary of Commerce of Aviation
McCracken
Bulletins
Miami Beach
Leander Hamilton McCormick
Wilson W Mills
First National Bank of Detroit
Senate Banking Committee
Ford Motor Company
Senate Today
Federal Trade Commission
Springville
Missouri Institution
Gordon Alcorn
Charles Bettcher
Enteprise
Quillin
John P. Barnes
M. OF. Kinkead
St. Paul
South Dackota
Minnesota
East
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Harold Anderson
W. H. Waddington
Camden
Bertha Jones
Groundhog
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