Silver moves and politics mix in Washington betting on silver
Washington report notes professional silver traders hedging bets as whispers say the administration may lift restrictions on silver purchases to curb the dollar abroad. It cites Professor Warren’s investigations and Treasury hints while detailing House tax bill debates, expert input, and political caution amid Roosevelt influence and congressional stenographer shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
D. C
White House
Prof. Warren
Treasury
Morgenthau
Weather forecast for Alabama Tennessee and the Northwest
The report notes partly cloudy conditions in Alabama tonight and Saturday with generally fair skies. Northwest trends show partly cloudy and cooler conditions with moderate northerly winds through Saturday. Tennessee expects fair weather tonight and Saturday, with warmer conditions in the eastern portion on Saturday.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Daring daylight holdup on Tallassee river bridge
Three unmasked men in a black Ford robbed paymaster Ed Hornsby of 2532.86 payroll cash for Mill No. 2 on the Tallapoosa river bridge. They fled into Tallapoosa County, plates concealed, as sheriffs across nearby counties were alerted.
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Tallassee, Ala
Ed Hornsby
Tallassee Mills
Tallapoosa River
Mill No. 2
Hornsby
Tallassee
Elmore
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa County
Talapoosa
Talassee
East Tallassee
Ex-Soldiers Seek Cullen Removal as CWA Director
Petitions circulated in Dothan and Houston county urge J L Cullen to quit as CWA director for Houston county Alabama. Clarence May says he excludes veterans with dependents from preferred CWA hiring while meeting tonight at Dothan Athletic Club aims for 1000 attendees.
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J. L. Cullen
Civil Works Administration
Houston County
CWA Wreks
Cullen
Dothan
Clarence May
Dothan Athletic Club
May
W.M. Cox
Houston County Board of Education
CWA
Henry B. Steagall
Retel Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington, D. C
Alabama
Governor's Wife in Critical Condition
Montgomery report says Mrs. B M Miller wife of the governor remains critically ill at the mansion with diabetes. Attending physician Dr F H McConnico called her condition very unsatisfactory after more than three weeks of illness. Governor Miller rushed home from the capitol to be by her bedside.
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Montgomery
B. M. Miller
F. H. McConnico
Miller
Capitol
Blazing Meteor Intercepts Air Mail Flight Over Arkansas
In Arkansas a meteor briefly endangered an eastbound American Airways mail plane from Fort Worth as pilot Hiram Sheridan described the blazing arc entering the atmosphere. He banked away to avoid impact, noting the meteor dimmed to a red glow and then disappeared.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hiram Sheridan
American Airways Mail
Fort Worth
Texas
Sheridan
Texarkana
Court Announces Seven True Bills in Houston County
Houston County grand jury returned seven true bills. Indictments include first degree murder for Talking Jim Doyle alias Eddie Doyle and second degree murder for Alex Carroll. Five others cover first degree manslaughter Refus Farmer, assault to murder John Henry Fenn, Chester Woodham and Robert Ford transporting, Ben McLain assault with a weapon, and Clarence Franklin assault to murder.
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Houston County Grand Jury
Jim” Doyle
Eddie Doyle
Albert Gates
Doyle
Alex Carroll
Horace Chambers
Carroll
Refus Farmer
J. W. Vaughn
John Henry Fenn
Chester Woodham
Robert Ford
Ben McLain
Clarence Franklin
Demobilization of Civil Works Project Affects All States
Washington announces a broad demobilization of 400000 Civil Works Administration workers, starting with rural areas. The plan runs ten weeks to May 1, with 24 hourly in cities and 15 in rural areas, and wage rules tied to local conditions. Hopkins outlines criteria for layoffs, job priorities, and post program emergency relief.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
CWA
Pension official called for questioning in House inquiry
The House labor committee summoned J. E. Pope of the National Old Age Pension Association to testify before a subcommittee next Tuesday about his activities. Representative Patman had alleged Pope was indicted five times and convicted twice for mail fraud and said the Post Office was probing the association. Pope welcomed the inquiry.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
J. E. Pope
National Old Age Pension Association
Representatve Patmam
D., Tex
Pope
Post Office Department
Pension Association
Mass Meeting Backs Strict Enforcement Of Beer Laws In Houston County
About 300 residents at Foster Street Methodist Church endorsed strict law enforcement against beer sales and gambling devices. They formed a secretive law enforcement group to aid Dothan and Houston County officers, pledging support and urging public aid for enforcement efforts.
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Foster Street Methodist Church
Houston County
J. E. Palmer
J. Theodore Jackson
O. L. Tompkins
C. C. Bennett
F. L. Fellows
Ashford
Tompkins
Dothan
President Roosevelts New Bank Plan Aims To Shift Capital
Washington February 16. President Roosevelt tentatively approves a banking reform to shift capital financing from banks to a government created chain for lending to small industries. The plan has the Federal Reserve Board drafting legislation for this new capital loan channel. Cotton debate heats as cooperatives and lawmakers back compulsory production limits and acreage reduction while noting optional changes could still leave crop sizes similar.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kfooxevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Camden Tax Collector W. F. Mc Williams Dies
Camden tax collector W. F. Mc Williams of Wilcox County died at his home after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife. The funeral will be held this afternoon in Camden.
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Camden
Montgomery
W. F. McWilliams
Wilcox County
Reorganization Plans of Geneva Bank Endorsed by Government
Washington Reb 18 CAP) Comptroller O Connor announced twenty national banks freed from conservatorship opened or reopened in early February. Frozen deposits totaled 17 149 000 and unrestricted deposits 1 628 000. Nine banks had reorganization plans approved. At Feb 10, 300 unlicensed national banks remained. 2711 had approved plans and 59 disapproved. Alabama Farmers National Bank Geneva listed among approved banks.
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Washington
O'Connor
United States
Banka
Alabama
Farmers National Bank
Geneva
Enterprise Man Sees Ill Farmer Struggle Over Bank Move
Feonterprise area farmer John M. Channey, reported seriously ill after a Federal Land Bank eviction, faced dispossession as officers moved his family from the farm. Neely cites mounting misfortune affecting the Chancey family amid the bank’s relocation order.
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Enterprise
John M. Channey
Feonterprise
L. C. Neely
Chancey
Neely
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
Neeley
Socialists Begin Guerilla War Tactics in Austria
Reports and rumors swirl as Austria tenses under fierce clashes between Socialists and the Heimwehr. Guerrilla orders and sabotage calls surface amid unverified assassination rumors against Chancellor Dollfuss and other leaders.
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Austria
Associated Press
Home Guard
Feingelbert Dollfuss
Gamecock
Emil Fey
Ernst von Starhemberg
Stadt-Park
Heimweiler
Man Confesses Hiding Boy in Ice Hole Near River
Rockford Newfoundland Feb 18 AP Charles Backus a vegetable peddler confessed to police that he hid his eight year old son Charles Junior in an ice hole after disciplining him on a Wednesday and led officers to the site before the body vanished. The river was set for dynamiting to recover remains.
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Man
Son
Ice Hole
Rockford
Charles Backus
Charles, Jr
Joseph Rank
Highway Patrol
Backus
Hig Sai
Two Day Suspension of CWA Work Fails to Halt Rat Crews
The two day half in CWA active Stiles in Houston county did not affect the rat extermination crews of the Sorille's fever survey here, who were working today as usual. W. O. McCullough, in charge of the rat crews, was instructed to continue the work, but the telegram did not specify salary funding. New instructions are expected by McCollough Monday.
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CWA
Houston County
W. O. McCullough
Messag
McCollough
Dill Protests Wage Cutting by Railroads
Senate Inter state Commerce Committee Chairman Dill joined President Roosevelt in protesting railroad wage cuts. He called the proposal tactless and inappropriate during the current period.
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Washington
Dill
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Oday
Roosevelt
Washington Democrat
Aarhusposten Exclusive Story On Journalists Suicide
Copenhagen reports that Aarhusposten published an exclusive note detailing the death of reporter C. A. Arnfast who shot himself at 6 am. The note to a fellow reporter stated he could not endure hard times and lack of work, declaring the paper would learn of his suicide at 6 o clock.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
C. A
House To Pass Tax Bill And Related Measures
The House moves toward passing a $248,000,000 tax bill on Tuesday amid committee work on stock market controls and an interior department supply bill. Secretary Perkins urges a shorter NRA work week and wage policy guidance while Roosevelt pushes a four‑part plan to aid small industries and bank refinancing. Senate holiday delays action as investigations into past alcohol stock dealings continue.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas Corocoran
RFC Legal Staff
Roosevelt
Treasury
NRA
RFC
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
FE. A. Goldenweiser
House
New York Stock Exchange
American Commercial Alcohol Corporation
Perking
Dill
Wash
C. O. Moyer
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Tennessee
Mississippi
McKellar
Bachman
Cooper
Foremost Auto Stores to open new outlet in town
A new Foremost Auto Store will formally open at 198 Main Street on Saturday. The Dothan store will be the fifth in the chain, with existing locations in Columbus Georgia and in Florida. M. P. Eberhart named manager of the new shop offering tires and auto accessories.
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East Main Street
M. P. Eberhart
Dothan
Columbus
Florida
Gold rush ships 100 million francs of gold to America
Cherbourg reports the Hamburg carrying 100,000,000 francs in gold, roughly $6.5 million, bound for the United States as the so-called gold rush to America continues. The cargo underscores the scale of the monetary exodus amid the period's financial tensions.
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Cherbourg
France
America
Hamburg
United
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Paul Mallon
North American Newspaper Alliance
Doughton
North Carolina
Rules Committee
Fred Vinson
Kentucky
Sam Hill
Ieaders
Congress
Vincent Bendix
Naval Affairs Committee
Weights and Coinage Committee
Jim Byrnes
Bandits
August A. Busch, Sr
St. Louis
Busch
Blazing Meteor
Sheriff’s Office
H. A. Pearce
Court of County Commissioners
State of
Okehs
House Agriculture Committee
New York Cotton Exchange
Pankhead
Ala
Geneva Bank
Czechoslovakia
Dollmas
Rome
Italy
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Vienna
Heimwehr
Chicago
John
Jake the Barber
Little Fellows
Miss Perkins
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