Alabama funds spark relief drive as states push aid
States rush to replenish relief funds as governors seek federal support. Alabama diverts 3 million from gasoline tax to relief and recovery while awaiting passage of new deal bills. Bibb Graves optimistic Alabama could gain about 88 million from a 4.88 billion federal appropriation. Schools in several counties rely on federal relief amid a serious welfare outlook.
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Washington
Bibb Graves
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Sevral
Alabama Soldier to Brigadier General Star
Robert C. Foy of Alabama, a longtime First Field Artillery officer, will become brigadier general on February 28. Born in Eufaula, he graduated from Auburn and West Point, starred in football, and served in World War I before returning to field artillery.
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Auburn
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West Dint
Grand jury orders raid exits diagram for sheriff
Miami Florida February 2 AP a grand jury in Dade County ordered Sheriff D C Coleman to identify a hotel building near the courthouse after a raid on a downtown tel building. Deputies arrested 20 persons found in a room. all but one were ordered for further investigation through State Attorney N Vernon Hawthorne. The raid’s purpose was not disclosed.
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Jami Grand Jury
Miami
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Atney N. Vernon Hawthorne
Soline tax yields three-quarter million in January
Montgomery Feb 2 AP Soline tax collections in January totaled 794224.47 dollars. Tax Commissioner Henry Long announces the figure covering taxes on 1 sold during December. Half the fund will be divided equally among all counties, each getting a share.
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Montgomery
Tax Commission
Henry Long
Mayors blame and relief policy debated in New York
A scattered note discusses snow relief in New York City and a looming shift in public works policy. It argues people on relief who refuse work should be contrasted with those deserving aid, suggesting new methods to distinguish them, as the session approaches.
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York
New York City
Gold Payment Rule Loomed in Supreme Court Session
Washington February 2 The AP reports anticipation rose that Supreme Court gold case decisions would be issued on the forthcoming opinion day. Officials prepared for broad eventualities while extraordinary precautions were noted as the court faced potential rulings affecting some 100 billion dollars of contracts. A ruling paid in gold terms could add about 69 billion to debts. The SEC weighed closing all 47 stock exchanges nationwide during deliberations.
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Huey Long’s murder plot hearingHearings proceed amid refusals
Baton Rouge February reports Huey Long pressed witnesses to deny a alleged murder conspiracy despite their constitutional rights claims. Fred O’Rourke repeated he would not answer, while Fred Parker also refused, saying he would not implicate himself. Long questioned them to preserve denials in record.
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Huey Long
Fred O'Rourke
Standard Oil Company
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Fred Parker
East Baton Rouge
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Red Davis
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Maringouin
Calhoun Bill Banning Licensing Within Police Territory
Senator D A Walden called the practice taxation without representation as the Calhoun bill to bar Dothan from licensing or taxing businesses inside police jurisdiction but outside incorporated limits passes 22 to 0. Calhoun cited city taxes on nearby residents and a monthly $5 fee for city school attendance. city officials say revenue loss would be about $400 annually.
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W. Perry Calhoun
FDR Debates Cut as Foremen Press Larger Benefits
Washington February 2 Critics push for higher social security benefits while administration officials reportedly draft a plan to cut federal expenditures by hundreds of millions yearly. Proposals include ending unearned annuities and shifting unemployment insurance funds from the social insurance board to the Treasury.
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Pioneer Showman Ernest Haag Dies In Marianna
Ernest Haag, a veteran showman known for guiding the Mighty Haag Shows, died at his winter home in Marianna Florida after a heart attack. Funeral services were set for the Marianna Presbyterian Church, with burial to follow in Plymouth Indiana. Haag had built a 57 year career, exhibited across 36 states, and later invested in Marianna properties, social life, and fraternal organizations. He is survived by his wife Mrs Haag a son Harry Haag and daughter Mrs Helen Durrett of Macon Georgia.
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Plymouth
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Ernest Haag
Triumph
Rockies
Shreveport
Jackson County
Chipola
Bonded in Attack Reuben Hanners Arrested on Assault Charge
Reuben Hanners was held on a $100 bond after his arrest on assault and battery charges filed by Albert Hanners who alleged the accused assaulted him. The incident prompted a formal complaint and police involvement as authorities investigate.
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Albert Hanners
Reuben
Relief Cuts Threaten 220 Houston County Families
About 220 families on relief rolls in Houston County face loss of work and subsistence as Washington instructs relief groups to drop commitments after February 10. Road workers and the ARA cooperative salary staff will be cut, the airport project ends, and 10 administrative jobs vanish. If the $4.8 billion relief bill passes, county allotments would be restored and transfers from urban to rural relief would continue.
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ARA
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Defense links dead to Lindbergh case shadows
In Flemington New Jersey on February 2 during the Bruno Hauptmann trial for the Lindbergh baby murder the defense shifted focus to Violet Sharpe and Isador Fisch both dead. Witness Peter Sommer testified he saw a woman resembling Sharpe and a man resembling Fisch with a blond baby at a 42nd Street car near a New York Jersey ferry terminal on the kidnapping night. The state plans cross examination and a full background check on Sommer over the weekend.
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Isador Fisch
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Morrow
Edward J. Reilly
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Hauptmann
Germany
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New York City
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Fake toxin sale charge involves state executive
State police announced the arrest of a state health official and issued a warrant for a manufacturer on charges of conspiring to distribute more than 1,100 worthless injections of diphtheria antitoxin. Two deaths prompted an inquiry into expired serum dates and a purge of mislabeled boxes.
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Ashford man badly cut in street collision
Edrick Pate of Ashford suffered a severe leg cut and a sprained wrist when his car rear ended another on N Oates street last night. Sam Sawyer of Tennessee, driver of the other car, was uninjured. both cars were heavily damaged and no charges filed.
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Tennessee
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Former Bankers Charged With False Entry Indictment
Walter R. Watford former cashier and W M Hardwick former assistant cashier of First National Bank face federal charges for false ledger entries and misapplication of funds linked to a £44,000 shortage reported earlier. Indictments returned by a Montgomery grand jury list 61 counts including counterfeiting and postal violations with Watford and Hardwick each on £10,000 bond.
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Puke —T. Mathews
Montgomery
Fle Ig
Ithe Erty
Three Children Die in Farmhouse Fire in Crab Orchard
In Crab Orchard Tennessee on a February day a blaze swept a mountain home killing three young children and injuring two others. The parents Jr and Mrs Curtis Amonett escaped with eight children. the three youngest were trapped inside as flames blocked the only escape from the front. The fire started from a fireplace and officials were unable to immediately confirm the children's names.
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Tenn
Curtis Amonett
Bristow
Rapid Fire Response Saves Miller House Blaze
Firefighters arrived quickly on Railroad avenue to battle a roof fire at Mrs Agnes Miller's home. Neighbors alerted authorities as the fire was nearly out by the time residents realized the danger. Damage estimated at 4. Two other fires reported yesterday include a grass fire on Edgewood Drive at 3 p m and a roof blaze at Josephine Flowers Negroms home on West South Street at 6 25 p m.
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Josephine Flowers
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New Deal Legislation Rushes Through House For PWA Board
In Montgomery on February 2 the House passed 75 to 0 a Harrison bill to create a state Public Works Administration board to oversee all New Deal expenditures. Five unpaid members would be appointed by the governor, with a secretary and stenographer funded, and the board could approve or reject bonds under the New Deal. The measure heads to the Senate for rapid final passage next week, while a separate Street bill on Communism drew a 42 to 1 vote before a reconsideration move by Taylor of Mobile.
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Rural Electrification Act
Injunction Issued By Grubb In Power Battle
In Birmingham on February 2 AP reports Judge W T Grubb extended an injunction barring 14 North Alabama municipalities from obtaining federal funds to build electric distribution systems and set a February 1 date to rule on legality and competition. The motion to dismiss paused, with PWA and TVA involved. arguments included loans deemed illegal and diversion of public funds.
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Outlaws Expiate Murder in Chair in Virginia
Robert Mais and Walter Legenza were executed in the electric chair at State Penitentiary in Richmond on February 2 for the murder of Fiwell M. Waband during a mail truck robbery last March. The two men led a tri state gang with a history of murders, kidnappings, and robberies. Mais, wounded from gunfire, spoke of planning the robbery. Legenza, in a wheelchair, was wheeled to the chair after escaping Philadelphia police. Witnesses were present as required by law.
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Cotton Processing Tax Hearing Slated On 14th
Washington Feb 20 A hearing here February 14 on the cotton processing tax was announced by Secretary Wallace. J C Pierce and Percy Young of the AAA with testimony on cotton tax complaints and proposed compensating levies in the agricultural adjustment program. Separately police urged parents to ban skating in city streets after several near misses and warning of possible injuries or deaths.
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APIA
Wallace
J.C. Pierce
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Penside
M. Tatum
Labor union ties link American and world orders
Geneva February reports William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, named as the American member of the International Labour Organization. The AFL pledges full collaboration with global labor efforts to advance social justice. A delegate from the AFL confirms cooperation with constructive labor movements at Geneva.
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A. FL
Orenier Social Justles
Lean Joujoux
Americsan Tyhar
Negro drives into bus attack driver and pupil aftermath
In Heyvelon County a drunken man crashed an automobile into a school bus, stunned a female passenger, then attacked bus driver Tom Etheridge. Etheridge subdued the assailant until deputies arrived. The suspect, identifying as Ernest Whiteside, was jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge.
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Xedeo
Tom Etheridge
Etheridge
Headland
Houston County
Nerro
Ernest Whiteside
Alabama Senate Passes New Deal Bills In 21 Minutes
Montgomery Feb 2 AP The Alabama Senate swiftly passed the last eight New Deal measures in 21 minutes sending them to Governor Bibb Graves for signature. Bills on housing authorities and power districts were approved 27 to 0 each as debate touched on state rights and federal funding.
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Alabama Senate
Bibb Graves
Woodsit
C. M. A. Rogers
Mobile
Senate
Viailly
Child Fatally Scalded Buried at Sardis Church
A 3 year old Evelyn Masaen died after falling into a pot of boiling water while her mother washed clothes in the back yard at their home on the Enterprise Geneva highway. Funeral services were held Friday at Sardis church with Rev. Adair Moore officiating. Interment followed in Sardis cemetery. Tavsiter-Butner Funeral Home assisted. Veterans of Foreign Wars post 2073 will meet Monday at 7:30 PM at Woodman of the World Hall, N Foster Street.
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Carl FE. Sellers
Weather outlook for Gulf states and Florida
Alabama generally fair with increasing cloudiness in Worth tonight and Sunday. Northwest Florida generally fair tonight and Sunday. Central and East Gulf States generally fair with local rains later in the week. Warmer at start, colder in mid to late week.
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