Navy upbuilding bill fuels hush war talk in Senate cloakroom
The article reports private Senate discussions on war plans amid hopes to advance the navy bill. It notes a Democratic leader claiming Russia ordered 4,000 planes and predicts a Japan Russia clash by May, while House panels discuss seizing merchant ships in wartime and most testimony remains confidential.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
Russia
House Merchant Marine Committee
War and Navy Department
House Appropriations Committee
Weather Outlook Alabama and Northwest Florida
The forecast notes fair skies and warmer temperatures across Alabama tonight and Sunday with no precipitation. In the extreme northwest Florida area conditions remain fair tonight and Sunday with a warming trend.
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Alabama
Florida
Air official quizzed on files in Senate probe
Two witnesses told the Senate air mail investigation that records were seized after removal of certain correspondence. MacCracken, ex assistant secretary of commerce for aviation, was arrested and released on bond to explain his refusal to allow access.
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Washington
Senate Air Mail
L. H. Britten
Northwest Airways
Gilbert Given
Harris M. Hanshue
Transcontinental and
Western Air
William P. MacCracken
Commerce
Aviation
Hoover Administration
MacCracken
Senate
Britten
Given
Hanshue
New York
Earle B. Wadsworth
Air Mail Service
Post Office Department
H. A. Hurgess
Western Air Express
Clarence M. Young
Black
Brittin
Senate Committee
Frederick P. Lee
Senator
Walter F. Brown
James A. Farley
Farley
Brown
Col
Carl L. Ristine
Cuban Electric Company Properties Restored to American Control
President Carlos Mendieta signed a decree returning the Cuban Electric Company properties to American ownership. The cabinet met to discuss the move and conferred with company representatives. Soldiers were stationed around the properties after threats of a strike.
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Cuban Power Company
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Cuban Electric Company
Marchers seek unemployment insurance legisla tion in Washington
About 400 people arrived in the capital by car and truck to urge Congress to pass unemployment insurance legislation. Led by the National Unemployed Council, they demand a bill covering unemployment, old age, accident, widow and maternity benefits financed by surcharges on incomes above 4000 a year.
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Washington
Congress
Herbert Benjamin
National Unemployed Council
Insull Granted Another Reprieve in Greece
Samuel Insull remained in Greece with his stay extended for at least three to four days and possibly longer due to illness. Two Athens University medical professors examined him to assess travel ability for deportation, with a report due in three to four days.
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Samuel Insull
Greece
Athens University
Vladimir Bensis
Insull
University of Medical Professors
Germany South America air mail starts early today
Stuttgart Germany Feb 3 AP A regular bi weekly South American air mail service from Germany began at 8 am with a mail plane averaging 200 miles an hour departing on the first leg toward Brazil and Argentina. The service will cut mail time to two thirds compared with steamship routes.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Brazil
Argentina
PWA allocates funds for 43 small non-federal projects
The Public Works Administration allotted 1 671 400 for 43 small non-federal projects in 21 states. Officials said the program would provide 14 862 man months of direct employment. Some grants cover 30 percent of labor and materials with local matching funds.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Hanceville
Ala
Springville
Florence
Electric Distributing System
Farm Bureau Drive Signs Up 148 Cotton Farmers
Center Alabama February 2 AP The cotton acreage reduction campaign yielded its first champion signer T A Young Route 2 who enrolled 148 farmers in 12 days. He set up headquarters at a farmhouse and sent the host family’s children to reach surrounding farmers completing the task in under two weeks.
Piccolo Pete Notes Lead to Pettier Larceny Arrest
Eugene Tolliver, a member of a local orchestra, was arrested on petty larceny charges after two $1 bank notes were found wadded in his trumpet. The notes belonged to a man who claimed they were stolen. Tolliver admitted a thin story but insisted it was true.
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Eugene Tolliver
Tolliver
Rejected Suitor Shoots Teacher and Self at Rural School
In Harlan County Nebraska Miss Margaret Graves 23 a Monroe School No 2 teacher was killed yesterday by rejected suitor Herman Seick who then shot himself in front of 20 pupils. Coroner Herman Bocken ruled murder and death by own action with no inquest.
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Harlan, In
Margaret Graves
Marm
Monroe School
No. 2
Herman Seick
Seick
Miss Graves
Elmer Larson
Scicx
Herman Bocken
Rish Bill Alters Board's Election
Houston county voters will elect three members to the Board of Revenue under the Rish bill dividing the county into three districts. District One comprises Beats One through Seven, District Two Beats Three and Nine, District Three Beats Eight Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen and Fourteen. An earlier plan would have election at large. the senate amendment provides district elections.
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Houston County
Board of Revenue
J. W. Bish
Senate
Private Schools Open in Dale as Funds Run Out
Ozark February 3 Special All Dale county schools funded by state and county money are closed. Dale County High School reopened as a tuition based private school with about 150 pupils. Ozark City School remains funded municipally with a full nine month term. Private schools planned for Newton Pinchard Midland City and Clypton. Dale county has about 5000 school age children.
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Dale
Ozark
Dale County
Ozark City
Newton
Pinchard
Midland City
Clypton
Artillery Band to Perform Sunday Concert
The 117th Field Artillery Band will give a concert at the City Auditorium Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Saxon Poyner, director of the band, announced today. The public is invited to attend.
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117Th Field Artillery
City Auditorium
Saxon Poyner
Fire destroys roof of four dwellings on South Alice Street
Fire of undetermined origin during the early hours today destroyed the roof of four dwellings on South Alice Street. The structure was occupied by Malley Willis, a Black resident, according to fire officials.
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South Alice Street
Malley Willis
Wedell Aids in Hunt for Missing Trapper
Jimmy Wedell and two pilots search coastal marshes south of Morgan City for Adam Berggren a 24 year old muskrat trapper missing since Wednesday. The trio from Wedell Williams Air Service includes Walter Wedell and Harry Williams. Berggren’s family reported his trapping gear found amid the swamps as severe cold hit the coast.
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Bergeron
Walter Wedel
Verne Sankey Guarded Closely in Prison
Verne Sankey, described as a railroad worker, gambler, bootlegger and alleged kidnapper, is guarded closely in a South Dakota prison after being moved from Chicago. Gordon Alcorn, also captured in Chicago, is en route to Sioux Falls and is believed to have confessed to the Boettcher abduction. Both men face prompt trials with life terms possible if convicted.
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Verne Sankey
King
Chicago
Sankey
Bohn
St. Paul
Denver
Alcorn
Sioux Falls
S. D
Caine
United States
Charles Boettcher
Colo
Olaf Fiden
Federal
Gordon Alcorn
Department of Justice
Boettcher
Alcorn and
Cold Wave Recedes Across the South After Frigid Stretch
The Associated Press reports mild improvement across the South as temperatures rise from a recent cold spell. Miami shows 43 while Nashville 29 Memphis 26. Chattanooga 34 and Atlanta 38. Carolinas see Charlotte 31 Raleigh 33 Charleston 33. Richmond 22. Other readings include Little Rock 40 Jackson 23 Shreveport 48 Birmingham 37 Jacksonville 42 New Orleans 48 Mobile 48 Macon 32 Augusta 40 Savannah 44.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fila
Weather Bureau
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Carolinas
Charlotte
Raleigh
Charleston
Richmond
Little Rock
Devaluation Nets Nearly 3 Billion for U S Treasury
Treasury reports the Roosevelt devaluation profit at 2.805 billion dollars, wiping the deficit and yielding a year to date surplus of 973 million. Gold in the general fund reaches 7.018 billion with total cash balance 4.435 billion as capital flows continue.
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Treasury
William L. Beale
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
the Treasury
Southampton
England
Bremen
Berengaria
Cherbourg
L A Farmer Seeks Alabama Attorney General Seat
Dothan attorney L A Farmer became the third candidate for Alabama Attorney General after qualifying with Secretary of State Pete B Jarman Jr in Montgomery. He faces Albert Carmichael and Coleman Shepherd, with Farmer noted as possibly Houston county’s only resident to seek a state office.
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L. A. Farmer
Dothan
Alabama
Pete B. Jarman, Jr
Montgomery
Farmer
Democratic Executive Committee
Atty
Albert Carmichael
Coleman Shepherd
Jasper
Houston County
Houston Finishing Work On New Road To Montgomery
Surfacing of the six mile stretch in Fourton county is underway and will be completed in a few weeks. The road from Hartford to the Montgomery highway will join at Newton and meet state specifications to provide a better shorter route from Geneva to Montgomery. Dale county has started a four mile stretch and Geneva will begin its nine mile division soon.
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Fourton
Hartford
Montgomery
Newton
C. McKachin
Geneva County
Dale County
Geneva
Culverts Installed for Eight Miles on Cottonwood Highway
CWA funded work on the Dothan to Cottonwood road has completed eight miles of concrete culverts. Houston County road superintendent C C McEachin said plans exist to finish the remaining section to Cottonwood and the Florida Line if the project continues and gains approval.
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Dothan
Cottonwood
C. C. McEachin
Houston
McEachin
Florida Mne
Jury Complete in Dean Murder Case in Greenwood
A jury to try Dr Surah uth Deana for the murder of Dr John Preston Kennedy was completed in Greenwood Mississippi after a six day trial. The defense exhausted challenges and accepted B R Blanchard as the twelfth juror amid motions for a mistrial and additional peremptory challenges. Court recessed until 2 pm for opening arguments.
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Miss
Surah Uth Deana
John Preston Kennedy
Greenwood Aurgeon
Talismen
Exhaisted
B. RR. Blanchard
Planter
S. of. Davis
Bus Drivers Must Buy Truck Licenses for CWA Haulage
In Marianna Florida on February 3 special report Supt Carroll Finlayson said Acting Motor Vehicle Commissioner George H Wilder requires bus owners to obtain a 475 license per 100 pounds and pay 60 cents per hundred pounds for the privilege of using school buses to transport CWA workers. The state had asked Jackson County drivers to stop hauling CWA workers.
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Marianna
Fla
Carroll PL
Finlayson
George H. Wilder
CWA
Wilder
Jackson County
Jackson Grand Jury Urges CWA Jail and Courthouse Repairs
Jackson County grand jury completed its winter term and urged county commissioners to press the CWA to immediately repair the courthouse and the county jail. The report notes both buildings are in great need of work. Foreman Monroe Miller and Clerk L H Smith led the jury.
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Marianna
Fla
Jackson County
Grand Jury
CWA
Court House
Monroe Miller
L. H. Smith
New 169 Foot Bridge Under Construction on Lucy Road
The Lucy road near Big Rocky creek is closed for a new bridge installation announced by Houston county road superintendent C. C. McEachin. The span will be 169 feet long and 12 feet wide and is to be completed by next Friday.
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Iuicy
Big Rocky Creek
C. C. McEachin
Houston
Candidate Knowles Qualifies for Houston County Committee
Herachel D Knowles has qualified as a candidate for the Houston County Democratic Executive committee and seeks election as committeeman for Beat Eight.
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Herachel D. Knowles
Houston County
Democratic Executive Committee
Beat Eight
Federal grant ends Alabama rural school closings
Alabama teachers to receive about 400000 monthly from a federal grant to rural districts. State Superintendent Dr A K Harman calls it almost too good to be true and says it should keep schools open in many counties, though back salaries are not funded and janitorial or admin costs are not covered.
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Birmingham
Thad Holt
Alabama
Holt
Harry L. Hopkins
State Department
Harmup
Montgomery
A. K. Harman
Harman
L. AR. Alderman
FIA
State Department of Education
Mae West Jewel Thief Convicted in Robbery Case
Edward Friedman was found guilty by a superior court jury of second degree robbery for the 1932 Mae West jewel and cash holdup in Los Angeles. He faces at least one year on each count. A warrant for Friedman's lawyer William J. Clark followed contempt findings.
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Los Angeles
Edward Friedman
Mae West
Friedman
Harry Sewell
William J. Clark
Sewell
Clark
Miss West
Former congressman publisher dead at 74
Gilbert M. Hitchcock an Omaha World Herald publisher and longtime Nebraska congressman died at age 74 in Washington from heart disease. He served nearly two decades in the U S Senate and House and was noted for his role in the Versailles Treaty ratification fight as chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee.
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Washington
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Omaha
Nebraska
United States
Senate
House
Omaha World Herald
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Weekly Weather Outlook for Gulf States
Weather outlook for the central and east Gulf states covers a week starting Monday. Early week fairs with moderate temperatures, midweek clouds and some rain, followed by a warmer middle period and a colder close of the week.
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Central
East Gulf States
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