Roosevelt backs compulsory cotton control bill says Bankhead
Senator Bankhead told the House agriculture committee that President Roosevelt is very strongly in favor of compulsory cotton production control. He cited a drop in the cotton market after Oscar Johnston opposed such control and said the President seeks quick action on a method of baleage control.
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Bankhead
Ala
Holise Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Committee Today
Oscar Johnston
Johnston
AAA
South
Morahalt (Jr
Victory over Socialists in Austria Looms
After three days of heavy fighting Socialists in Vienna capitulated to the government forces. A 2,000-strong Socialist surrender occurred on Vienna's outskirts as Prince Ernst Von Starhemberg and the Heimwehr faced pressure. reports said Starhemberg might return to the capital.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Ernst von Sterhemberg
Heimwehr
Steyr
Tageblatt
Starhemberg
Dollfuss
Italy
Goverment
John Simon
House of Commons
Atlanta
Pierre de Lanux
Paris
League of Nations
Lanux
Emory University Institute of Citizenship
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Hitler
Bank policy clash swirls around Roosevelt aides
A sharp row in Washington over foreign trade bank policy threatens George Peek's role as presidential adviser on foreign trade. Hull and Roper push tariff bargaining while Roosevelt recalls he limited the bank's scope to Russia, sparking talk Peek may be sidelined as others steer policy.
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D. C
Rele
George Peek
Hull Tgrowd
Roosevelt
Russia
Hull
Commerce
Roper
Peek
State Department
Agriculture
Peck
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Tennessee
Partly cloudy to cloudy in Alabama and extreme northwest Florida with local rain tonight into Friday. Tennessee expects fair conditions tonight and Friday with slightly colder weather in the east.
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Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Five Hurt When Cabbage Truck Hits Auto on Montgomery Hwy
Five persons injured including Mrs. Sam Smith in serious condition after a cabbage truck crashed into a car on the Montgomery highway north of the city. Occupants Louise Bruner and two others sustained injuries. W B Brown, driver of the truck, escaped unscathed.
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Montgomery
Sam Smith
Mose Smith
B. Bryant
Abbeville
P. F. Bradshaw
Louise Bruner
Bradshaw
Death of Humphrey Ends Dispute Over Commission Post
William E. Humphrey, former Federal Trade Commissioner aged 71, died of a stroke at his home ending a federal court challenge to President Roosevelts removal of him from the commission. The case claimed the President acted illegally by removing him without charges. Roosevelt had sought a resignation and named replacements more aligned with his views. Humphrey had contested salary he claimed was owed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
William E. Humphrey
Humphrey
Humphreys
Barbados Moves To Legalize Divorce On Adultery Basis
Barbados prepares to legalize divorce restricted to adultery as the divorce bill awaits approval by the legislative council after passing the House of Assembly. The measure reflects a shift in family law and social policy in Bridgetown.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Legislative Council
House of Assembly
Mother Frozen In Vain Effort To Aid Children
In near zero weather Mrs. T. C. Leary of Cheat Mountain trudged nine miles to Elkins to fetch medicine for a sick child. A blizzard drove her back and she perished, found by a search party the next day a half mile from home with a medicine bag clutched.
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Elkins
W. Va
T. C. Leary
Cheat Mountain
John Rhodes
CWA
Order to suspend CWA work in Houston County
A telegraphic order directs suspension of all Civil Works Administration projects in Houston County for two days except essential dam age and deterioration prevention. The message to J. L. Cullen requires standby for quota allocations and a Monday start. Cullen plans an unpaid assignment board and re registering all workers to begin with a clean slate when operations resume.
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Civil Works Administration
Houston County
J. L. Cullen
CWA
Cullen
Brother of Men Who Operated Infirmary Dies at 78
Haleburg, Feb 15. J. E. Blackshear 78 longtime Henry County farmer died after a fractured skull from a Saturday ice slip. He was brother to Panama City physicians R. D. and W. J. Blackshear former operators of Blackshear's Infirmary in Dothan. Funeral set for today. Survived by a Bainbridge sister Mrs Joe Grady four daughters two sons and two brothers in Florida and Tennessee.
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J. E. Blackshear
Henry County
R. D
W. J. Blackshear
Panama City
Fla
Blackshear
Dothan
Joe Grady
Bainbridge, Ga
G. T. Pennel
Four Dogs Executed For Attack On 6-Year-Old Girl
In Cortland New York on February 15 four mongrel dogs were put to death after a pack attack on six year old Joyce Hammond. A poisoned needle administered by Dr Ei V Moore under county authority carried out the sentence after appeals failed. The dogs Curly Pal Jack and Sport died at Cornell Veterinary College for postmortem study.
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Pal
Jack
Sport
Moore
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Joyce
Laugh on bootlegger when revenue agent finds tax unpaid
In Birmingham on February 15 a federal revenue agent confronted bootlegger Wat Hat as two gallons of whisky were delivered. The agent ordered the contraband seized and noted the liquor carried no paid federal tax of two dollars per gallon, challenging Hat with humor that failed to hide the tax issue.
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Federal Revenue
O.K
Officer Cleared of Attack Charge in San Antonio
Lieut. John J. Muriel was cleared of a criminal attack on Blanche Ralls after a trial in San Antonio. He said he will return to the army with a clear conscience and thanked supporters as he resumes his duties. Ralls testified she met Murrel, accompanied him to a nightclub, and later accused him, while Murrel denied the assault.
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Trex
John J. Muourrel
Blanche
Ralls
Alabama
Ninth Infantry
Tris
America
Miss Ralls
Lieut
Muriel
Murrel
Army Post
Fourth Robbery of Parked Auto Reported This Week
W R Norman Montgomery dry goods salesman reports the week’s fourth theft from a parked car on North Foster street. Burglars cut a hole in the top, opened the door and took between $50 and $60 in hosiery underwear sweaters dresses and bed spreads.
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W. R. Norman
Montgomery Dry
Norman
North Foster Street
Bank opens for coffee producers in Vera Cruz
Plans announced in Vera Cruz Mexico to open a coffee producers bank with funds advanced by the national agricultural credit bank. The move aims to support local growers through accessible credit facilities.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
National Agricultural Credit Bank
Brittin and MacCracken Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail
Washington AP Brittin vice president of Northwest Airways begins ten day jail term for contempt of the Senate. MacCracken plans to appeal the ten day sentence, while Brittin chooses to serve.
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Washington
Feb
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Northwest Airways
Senate
William P. MacCracken
Wiliam P. MacCraden
Avitation
Commerce Secretiry
Neredatieries
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Vicw
Harris M. Hanshue
Western Air Express
Gilbert J. Givin
Western Air
United States District
Atorney
Mac Cracken
Marc Cracken
Brittin Buniy
Hanshue
Givin
Senate votes in contempt trials of aviation figures
The Senate convict and sentence aviation leaders in a contempt probe. MacCracken and Brittin faced jail terms with fines and appeals pending. Han shue was found not guilty while Givin was discharged. Brittin began a ten day sentence. MacCracken posted $5,000 bond.
Bandits Slay French Canadian Missionary in Ling Yuan
Two bandits attacked a mission base at Ling Yuan north of Mukden and shot Father FE. Charest a French Canadian Catholic missionary. Chinese servants also killed as the bandits escaped. Father Charest belonged to the Canadian Mission of Guichec.
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Changchun
Manchukuo
FE. Charevt
Ling Yuar
Mukden
Father Charest
Guiehec
Jews Immigrate to Palestine Hit 11916 in 1933
The Jewish Telegraph Agency reports that 11 916 Jews immigrated to Palestine in 1933 through Zionist emigration offices in various countries.
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Palestine
Palestine Emigration Offices
The
Zionist Organisation
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Motorboat with $10,000 alcohol cargo seized near Mobile
The motorboat Non-Pareil carrying a $10,000 liquor cargo was captured by the cutter League off the Mississippi coast near Mobile. Four crew members facing smuggling and liquor tax charges were aboard Manuel Lopes, John Carlson, C. A. Curwell, and M. Paul Johnson.
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Eritter
League
Pascagoula
Mississippi
Manuel Lopes
St. Bernard Puriah
John Carlson
San Francisco
C. A. Curwell
Pearl River
M. Panl Johnson
New Orleans
Brown Ready to Testify on Mail Contracts
Walter F Brown former postmaster general asked the Senate to permit voluntary testimony at the earliest date and promised to waive immunity for anything he says. Mead chaired a House hearing on air mail contracts cancelled and suggested public hearings for Brown Lindbergh and company representatives.
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Walter FL Brown
Hoover Administration
Senate
Mead
House Post Office
Walter F. Brown
Post Office
Kelly CE
Kelly
Traylor Dies After Pneumonia Siege at 51
Melvin A. Traylor, longtime banker and political power, died at home after a 235 day pneumonia battle. The First National Bank president, 51, rose from humble origins in Keatchy fox cabin to international banking prominence and influence in the Democratic party.
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Melvin A. Traylor
Keatchy Fox Cabin
First National Bank
Traylor
Melvin Traylor
Varios
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Pccess
Theodore Jackson to preside at mass meeting on gambling law
Theodore Jackson will chair a nonpolitical mass meeting tonight at Foster Street Methodist Church in Dothan. Organizers Oscar Lb, Tormyr King and Joe D. Campbell call for residents to oppose slot machines, liquor sales and related intoxicants while supporting law enforcement.
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Deythan
Foster Street
Methoduet
Oscar Lb
Tormyr King
Joe D. Campbell
Dothan
Tompkins
Houston County Grand
Hismen’s Bible
Foster
Country club to hold election of officers
All members of the Dothan country club will meet tonight at the clubhouse. The annual election of officers and other important business can be taken up at the session.
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The
Dothan Country Club
Seasion
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