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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1934
Page
2
Washington report describes President Roosevelt defusing a steel workers strike threat led by William Long over section 7A of the steel code. The executive order satisfied labor groups with one dispute over case reporting but avoided a larger clash.
In Alabama the night will be fair with frost nearly to the art tonight and Wednesday, especially in the northwest. Extreme Northwest Florida sees frost except along the coast with tonight and Wednesday mostly cloudy. Tennessee expects fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change.
Washington dated AP report notes Congress ready to scrutinize vast government spending as evidence of fraud in automobile contracts is presented to a local grand jury. Roosevelt limits calls. Amb. William Bullitt meets before Moscow return. Senate and House debate utilities and farm act measures as gold stocks rise. Contempt charges and United Aircraft inquiry headline the day.
National guardsmen will escort three Negro defendants to Hernando Mississippi for trial on charges of assaulting a 17 year old DeSoto County girl. The transfer follows a conference of Governor Conner Circuit Judge Kuykendall and District Attorney Whitten.
In St Augustine Florida a coast guard and shrimp boat fleet searched the inlet waters for the bodies of Bertram Dale W C Carter and Howard Gordon three men who drowned on a fishing expedition Saturday The canoe carrying them was recovered by a shrimp boat but the find did not reach shore until Sunday afternoon as rescue teams worked to locate the victims.
Treasury gold supplies increased to a new record of 7,029,560,225 dollars as of February 6. The related devaluation profit rose to 2,805,720,439 dollars while the stabilization fund showed no expenditures from its 2 billion dollars.
In Nashville on February 6 AP reports a fire truck answering an alarm collided with a milk truck at a street intersection. Engine Driver T. M. Hill and Pipeman Frank Reece were killed. Three other firefighters, Captain W. H. Norris Abe Isaacs and L. O. Amos, were injured and hospitalized. Dairy truck driver Robert Patton was arrested on manslaughter and reckless driving charges.
Dr. Fong Foo See of Shanghai, former Sacramento laborer and Rotary International board member, predicts a Japan Russia war is probable. He notes China would stay neutral but pro-Russian, citing Japanese moves in Manchuria and the Shanghai incident, and mentions the anti Japanese boycott remains strong in South China and weaker in the north.
An American woman, her Italian husband, and their two and a half year old daughter died in a snow avalanche at a winter lodge near Bologna. Rescue teams found the Orsini lodge buried under snow as 35 people perished over the weekend.
Washington AP February 6 1933 many of the 7500 federal prohibition prisoners hopeful they will gain clemency after Attorney General Cummings said very favorable consideration would be given to leniency applications from those whose only crime was liquor law violations. The Supreme Court ruled pending federal prohibition cases must be dropped following repeal. Officials expect more pardons though no immediate gains since renewal began December 5.
Athens February 6 AP A sealed medical report on Samuel Insull Sr was sent to the ministry of interior by University of Athens professors Vladimir Bensia and George Livieratos. The document remains secret until Gen Metaxas arrives. The professors said their findings are clear logical and humane.
J F Beall, a Houston county merchant and former city council member, was named campaign manager for Judge Leon McCord in the governor race. McCord spoke at the courthouse on Feb 13 at 10 30 a m, his first Wiregrass visit, as Beall builds county organization.
Premier Edouard Daladier won a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies by 300 to 217 after a riotous session. Deputies clashed during his policy declaration as troops and police watched near bar racks and veterans and royalists threatened demonstrations. The confidence vote shores up his week-old cabinet amid a Stavisky scandal fallout.
Authorities report two more gas attacks in Roanoke and Botetourt counties near Vinton and Troutville since December 22. Deputies describe tear gas fumes making several occupants ill at the Hamilton home and at A P Skaggs residence with five people affected. Clues remain elusive in the ongoing investigation.
The Senate Agriculture Committee favored an amendment to the Bankhead Bill eliminating gin licensing and imposing a 12 cent per pound tax on cotton produced in 1934 beyond 9 million bales. The measure sets exemptions for pre-1934 harvests and uses tax proceeds to fund administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
A large Dutch airliner landed at Croydon from Rotterdam with 36 boxes of gold for a London bank. A fleet from Paris was queued, with eight machines chartered to carry gold, including three Imperial Airways planes on the route.
Rufus Davis, manager of the Houston Theatre, was arrested for violating city code over the showing of the nudist film Elysia. He posted a $100 bond and was released as police warned the theater must not show such material. The police chief acted on mayoral and council instructions, and a state law also bans films of this type. Davis could face a $3 to $100 fine if convicted.
Police probe two murders in Jacksonville Florida where Laura Mae Green 84 died of a deep heart wound and daughter Mary Rae Anderson 60 was beaten. Robbery suspicion centers on $35 stolen from the home and an $80 check. the bodies were found by Mary’s son-in-law Er. Pattishall and burial plans were made in Ocala.
D L Carter a Jacksonville carpenter was arrested in Enterprise on a charge connected to the slaying of Rufus Jones. At a preliminary hearing before Judge H K Martin today the case was waived to the next grand jury. Carter was granted bail set at 500 dollars but could not provide bond. He denied knowledge of the shooting.
The Alabama Association of the Associated Press will meet in Dothan on February 19. The Eagle invited the gathering, making it the first time Dothan hosts the AP group. A business session at 11 a.m. will be followed by a luncheon, with about one representative from Alabama newspapers expected.
Montgomery Feb 6 The death sentence of Teaner Autrey a Monroe County negro woman who was to be executed Friday for scalding a negro child to death was commuted to life imprisonment today by Gov B M Miller.
Commissioner Whiddon said three terrace levels borrowed by farmers have not been returned. The location of the equipment remains unknown as calls for return increased, with C F E Stapp requesting those using the gear to notify him.
The Rev. N. Terry died in a Memphis hospital shortly before midnight, 17 days after his 100th birthday. A former minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South he was a Confederate veteran, longtime schoolteacher and lawyer born in Logan County, Kentucky.
A series of earthquakes near Durazzo caused three injuries and widespread damage in villages. Ten buildings collapsed and about 140 others were damaged, authorities reported.
Clarence Walter, 41, a former wheat field worker from Huntley Montana, attacked KHJ studio staff with a jack knife in Los Angeles. Announcer Edwin Wolverton, 21, on vacation from KEXJ Grand Junction Colorado, died from the wound. Walter was placed in a straight jacket for observation after his rambling job-seeker tale.
In Greenwood Mississippi defense appeals fail as judge allows testimony from Dr Henry Kennedy that Dr John Preston Kennedy alleged on his deathbed that he was poisoned by Dr Sarah Ruth Dean. Defense cites Mississippi law requiring abandonment of life hope and quotes prior poisoning cases to challenge admissibility.
The Associated Press reports a storm over the Pacific failed to move east while eastern cities cooled. New York City and Boston posted low temps with Ashtonville at 26 degrees, Chicago 22, Minneapolis 16, Pittsburgh 12, Washington 20, Tampa 56, and Jacksonville 46.
TVA electricity will light homes and run industry in Tupelo after midnight as the Muncie Shoals plant feeds the city grid. Tupelo leads in TVA contracts, with the switch to distribution lines set for one minute past midnight.
The council read grave accusations against Dr. F B Whitfield, city milk and meat inspector, saying meat he passed was unfit and animals diseased. Dr. Whitfield has resigned. A new inspector was not chosen. four names were discussed, with Dr H W Caldwell rejected. The council seeks a temporary appointee while Granger and sanitary committee thrash out duties.
At Mobile State Docks on February 6, a fire swept the forecastle of the steamer West Madaket, trapping Filipino Galo Ricamonte who suffocated. A suitor and two others and two firemen were overcome by smoke. damage estimate unavailable. The Waterman Steamship Corp operated the Mobile Oceanic Line ship taking cargo to Europe.
Two defendants, Jane Hodges and J B Maywood, were fined 50 dollars each and placed on three years probation after county court convictions for violating the prohibition law. Ethel Bell Mack, a Black woman, was fined 100 dollars and appealed her case. Albert Calhoun, charged with assault and battery, was discharged.
Miami February 6 AP Building contracts awarded in January across the nation rose by more than 100 percent from January 1933 Chauncey L Williams vice president of the F W Dodge Corporation national publishers of construction news and statistics said publicly financed work in 1934 would more than double last year and private work should continue the upgrade with a moderate but substantial increase
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