Roosevelt game plan on war graft tale stirs Capitol
Washington reports outline a high level push by President Roosevelt to steer a wartime graft storyline. Secret committee whispers and a Republican tip spurred quick White House action. A contractor’s car crash and dubious payments are cited as circumstantial evidence amid broader War Department purchase complaints.
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House Appropriations
Roosevelt
War Department
House
White House
PTALK
Army
Weather Update for Alabama and Northwest Florida Coasts
Rain on the coast and sleet or snow interior through tonight into Sunday. Fresh to strong easterly winds along the coast. Extreme northwest Florida cloudy with rain tonight and Sunday. northeast to strong winds expected.
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Alabama
Florida
Mass CWA Cuts Put 3000 Workers In Alabama Off Payroll
Civil Works Administration in Washington orders halting all Houston county projects as 800 workers in the county are removed from the rolls. County administrator J. L. Cullen oversees selections prioritizing those with dependents and financial need. No word yet on whether CWA work continues after February 14.
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Civil Works Headquarters
Washington
CWA
Houston County
J. L. Cullen
Cullen
C. L. Collins
Alabama
Dothan
Newcombe named head of Alabama Transient Bureau
F. F. Newcombe becomes director of the Alabama Transient Bureau succeeding William J. Plunkett who also heads national transient bureaus. Virginia Keen is reassigned to Texas and Janet M. Long takes her place in Muscle Shoals. Plunkett cited White stenographer appointment in Birmingham and plans to renovate Fort Morgan Mobile housing center.
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Montgomery
F. F. Newcombe
Alabama Transient Bureau
William J. Plunkett
United States
Plunkett
Newcombe
Virginia Keen
Janet M. Long
Muscle Shoals
Keen
Texas
Washington
Alabama
Birmingham
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Hens to Bring Ten Cents a Pound February 16
Poultry drive announced by Houston county farm agent C. E. Stapp. A truck at Cottonwood February 16 from 8 a.m. to noon will collect hens at ten cents per pound and transport them to Dothan for shipment in a freight car.
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Cottonwood
Dothan
C. E. Stapp
Houston County
Windmill Burst In Kostary Fire Sparks Windstorm
A strong wind in Kostary, Polesie province, caused a windmill to spin rapidly and burst into flames today. No injuries reported.
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Warsaw
Kostary
Polesie
Cold Wave Grips Wiregrass With Sleet and Frost
A frigid cold wave hits Wiregrass with sleet and sub freezing temperatures. Sleet blankets Dothan while Birmingham and Florence report lingering wintry conditions and a low around 22 to 26 degrees. The forecast calls for continued cold with possible snow inland as relief nears on the back page.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Sand Mountain
Birmingham
Florence
John J. Groundhog
United States
Ickes Halts New Non-Federal Public Works Submissions
Secretary Ickes halted submission of new non federal projects and ordered state engineers to tell applicants that further requests cannot be considered. He directed focus on projects with allotments already made as a $3.5 billion backlog awaits action and no immediate funding remains. A final report is to be sent by month end.
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Washington
Ickes
Public Works
Public Works State
Salvation” Ministry
Salvation Ministry
Doumergue
French Federation of Labor
Leon Jouhaux
Labor Federation
Bayonne
Paroles Revoked for Two Local Arson Involved Men
Gov. Miller revoked parole today for James Albert Lewis and Jack Wilson both previously released from Houston County circuit court arson convictions linked to a Dothan fire bug ring. Lewis is jailed on burglary charges for stealing at Malone Motor Co. and a marked cash register money was found on him. Wilson faces possible Henry County forgery charges and was indicted alongside Marion Johnson who pled guilty for a forged check to Charlie Grice in Headland.
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James Albert Lewis
Jack Wilson
Houston County
Dothan
B. M. Miller
Lewis
Wilson
Malone Motor Co
Henry County
Marion Johnson
Charlie Grice
Headland
County Eyes Grant to Fund Houston Schools Term
The Houston County schools may extend the school term to eight months for elementary and nine months for high schools funded by a 400000 dollar monthly grant to Alabama. Superintendent Solomon Baxter said details for filing the county’s share will follow, as the six month term promised at term start nears its end.
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Alabama
Houston County
Solomon Baxter
Board of Education
Baxter
McCracken Absent as Trial Proceeds in Senate
Washington February 10. The Senate trial of three aviation interests on contempt charges continues while William P MaacCracken remains missing. MacCracken, former assistant secretary of commerce, is charged over removal of records under Senate subpoena as officials search for him.
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Washington
Senate
William P. MaacCracken
L. H. Brittin
H. M. Hanshue
Gilber Givven
MacCracken
President Roosevelt appeals to Boy Scouts for relief drive
In a White House radio address marking the 24th anniversary of the Boy Scouts Roosevelt calls on scouts to lead a national good turn collecting household goods bedding and clothes for the needy. He urges state governors mayors and communities to cooperate and asks scouts to reaffirm the scout oath.
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BOY Scouts OF Nation
Washington
Roosevelt
Boy Scouts of the Nation
White House
Boy Scouts
Mrs. Catherine Livingston Dies in Headland
Mrs. Catherine Jane Livingston 80 widow of A J Livingston died after a week of pneumonia at her daughter Mrs J C Rainey’s Headland home. She had lived in Headland 42 years and is survived by six daughters and one son. Funeral at Mrs Rainey’s home tomorrow at 2 p.m. with Dr James B Lasaster officiating. Burial Piney Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers include grandsons Tom McGriff Donald McGriff Bill McGriff Gordon Livingston Jr O Kelly Jr and Jeff L Stinson.
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Headland
Catherine Jane Livingston
A. J. Livingston
J.C. Rainey
Livingston
Cora Knight
Ashford
J. L. Lee
Live Oak
Fla
T. H. McGriff
Alex Stinson
S. O. Kelly
M.L. Vance
A. G. Livingston
Rainey
James B. Lasaseter
Headland Earst Baptist Church
This Fellow Is Lucky On Day Like This One
In Charleroi Pennsylvania George Gosney a 44 year old electric company load dispatcher who suffered a stroke last summer now endures abnormal heat and cold reactions. As a cold snap grips the region he says he feels warm and desires to perspire while physicians treat his altered temperature responses with infrared therapy and hope to restore normal sensation and smell.
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War Department
Charleroi
George Gosney
Bentleyville
Gosney
Electric Company
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital
Pennsylvania
Atros
County Boards Pass Up CWA Sanitation Gifts
P H Stephens in charge of the CWA sanitation program for seven counties says county boards have not opened school sanitation programs with CWA funds. He checked over county work in Dothan and reported crews began programs at many schools but expenses were paid by private subscriptions rather than the boards.
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Boards of Education
CWA
P. H. Stephens
Stephens
Dothan
Grand jury to be impaneled Monday
A grand jury will be impaneled here Monday and begin a session lasting most of the week. Court officials announced several murder cases, with Negro defendants in all but one, will be examined by the body.
Weeks Weather Forecast for Gulf States
Central and East Gulf states expect partly cloudy conditions early in the week with rain in the far east on Monday. Rain likely again later in the week with warmer temperatures at the start and a colder trend toward week’s end.
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Central
East Gulf States
Seed loans in Houston county largely paid in full
All but three of the 100 seed loans issued in Houston county last year have been paid. Seed loan collector D H Frasier says the three nonpayers also failed to produce a crop sufficient to cover the debt.
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Houston County
D. H. Frasier
Steel worker burned while rescuing family as home burns
P. J. Nix, 44, a steel worker, was critically burned trying to reach his wife and children after they evacuated a blazing house in Gadsden Alabama. He burst door and entered flames but his family had already escaped. firefighters pulled him unconscious from the burning home.
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Gadsden
Ala
P. J. Nix
Nix
Wert Enters Race For Lieutenant Governor Alabama
Thomas W. Wert of Birmingham and Decatur qualified with the Secretary of State to run in the May primary for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.
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Wert
Montgomery
Thomas W. Wert
Birmingham
Decatur
Secretary of State
Alabama
Roosevelt ends air mail contracts with five year ban
Private airmen cried for a hearing as President Roosevelt cancels existing air mail contracts effective February 19. The army will take over mail flights, with General MacArthur promising a week’s readiness and no delays. About 1,700 planes are ready as Farley issues the order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Army
War Department
Farley
White House
Army
Department of Commerce
Post Office Department
Taday
Poisoned drink claim links doctor’s death to Ruth Dean
Greenwood Mississippi February report shows Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean on trial for murder after state witnesses recount dying surgeon Dr. John Preston Kennedy naming her as the poisoner. Barney Kennedy testifies Preston said Dean gave him a whisky laced with poison and urged his brothers to watch over his wife and child.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedy
Barney Kennedy
Henry Kennedy
Mam
Dean
Larney Kennedy
Preston
Jackson
Ruth Dean
Barney
Cleveland Bankers Face New Indictments After Guilty Verdict
Alvanney Johnstein and C Sterling Smith were convicted on nine of eleven counts for misapplication of Standard Trust Bank funds and false entry. A Feb 23 hearing will determine the status of another indictment. James Cassell was acquitted on four counts and hung on seven. all are free on bond.
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Cleveland
Alvanney Johnstein
C. Stirling Smith
Standard Trust Bank
Henry S. Brainard
Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Standard Bank
Smith
James FH. Cassell
The
Brotherhood
Johnston
Cassell
Riots In Paris As Communists Clash With Police
In Paris on February 10 rioters described as Communist bands fought police across a mile square area in northeast Paris. Fire, barricades, and running clashes left unconfirmed reports of fatalities and about 1 000 rioters wounded with 140 hospitals treating injured.
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Paris
Place de la Republique
Doumergue
Hoapitals
Belleville Boulevard
Dozen People Convicted at Abbeville Court Session
In Abbeville on February 10 a dozen persons were convicted at the criminal court session. Most defendants faced minor statutory charges. J A Vickers of Columbia pled guilty to forgery tied to a cotton warehouse receipt and was sentenced by Judge H A Pearce to two to three years in the penitentiary.
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Abbeville
J. A. Vickers
Columbia
H. A. Pearce
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Paul Mallon
North American Newspaper Alliance
Senator Fletcher
Wall Street
Fletcher
Miss Keen
Weatherman
East
Leta Joyce Hammond
Cortland, N. Y
Houston
M’cracken
Jean Chiappe
Mrs. Livingston
Mrs. Dean
Three Brothers
Stuart Moroney
Associated Press Foreign Staff
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