Roosevelt policy stirs Capitol debate over relief funds and wage rules
In Washington, President Roosevelt presses his money policy as Senate tests the McCarran wage provision tied to a $4.88 million work relief bill. Glass Jr. and Carter Glass oppose key aid, Morgenthau defends policy, while Hoover’s gold standard idea stirs Republican splits. Richberg proposes NRA extensions. labor seeks equal say on code authorities.
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Washington
Herbert Gover
Capitol
Senate
Roosell
McCarran
Carter Glass
Virinia
Hoover
Othrs
Donald R. Richberg
Te Emergency Council
Apitol Hill
NRA
William Green
Themerican Federation of Labor
House Labor Committee
Labor
Patman
E House
House Banking Committee
Leo T. Crowley
I¢ Deposit Insurance Corporation
McSwain
Nye
Tely
Roosevelt
N. W. Roberts
Education funding request seeks 3.9 million rise in state aid
Dr. J. A. Keller asks the legislature for a 3,928,805 annual increase in state funds for elementary and high schools to run a seven month term. Officials warn current revenues fall short, with a def icit projected at 3,928,805 after accounting for relief. A county by county study and district equalization debate accompany the finance and education panels.
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Montgomery
Joint
Legislative Recess Committee On Finance and Taxation
State Department of Education
J. A. Keller
Joint Committee On Education
J. &. Hendley
Covington
Genera:l
Education Department
Sneloy
Keller
Supreme Court Passes on Wiregrass Actions
Montgomery Feb 21 The Obama Supreme court acted on South Alabama cases. Decisions included overrules in the appeal of Ian Way Farmer et al. v John English et al from Col circuit court and Dudley L O'Neal admr v G Turner treasurer from Huntington circuit court.
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Montgomery
Obama Supreme Court
Alabama
Ian Way Farmer
John English
Col
Dudley L. O'Neal
Admr
G. Turner
Ungton
City Hall Faces Paint Job Funds from FERA
The city seeks FERA funds to repaint the side woodwork of City Hall and recondition traffic signals. Ezell was instructed to apply for the money, following authorization by the city council.
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TY Hall
Joe
FERA
City Hall
Yor Ezell
Will Rogers on Chicago gambling convention speaks bluntly
In a 192? Chicago piece Will Rogers calls a slot machine convention the largest and most prosperous in the city noting government relief, casino style games, and mock politics. He cites Behring of a major hotel and ridicules ambassadors and senators visiting for political dough.
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Chi
Nk Behring
Tman
Reed Golf
Bridge
Kelly Pool
New York Stock Exchange
Ambassadors
Sena
Stess
Elments
Will Rogers
Carter Glass Maps Assault On New Plan
Senator Glass of Virginia prepared to speak as Roosevelt's relief bill faced a crucial Senate vote. Leaders expect him to back the 5 dollar monthly security wage amid a fight over pay standards for relief workers. Glass previously said he would deliver a message from the president to the appropriations committee as the bill cleared legislative hurdles.
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Carter Glass
Washington
Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate
McCaran
Nevada
Senate Appropriations Committee
City Debt Sinks to Ten-Year Low in Dothan
The City of Dothan carries 2 004 941 31 in debt, the lowest level in a decade. Historical figures show rising totals from 1925 to 1928 peak at 2 342 116 38, then gradually declined through 1935 to 2 004 941 31, just over two million.
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Dothan
Cotton acreage meetings set to explain 1935 program
The county agent announces signup for the 1935 cotton acreage control program will begin late next week after a series of explainatory meetings in each heat. The meetings will cover new features and emergency measures to speed the program with schedules listed for Monday and Tuesday at multiple centers.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Brannon
Jellico
Vicksburg
Taylor
Rehobeth
Big Creek
Ardila
Cameron's School
Dupree
Cottonwood
Kinsey
Webb
Cowarts
Ashford
Columbia
Draper’s Condition Worsens After Pneumonia Attack
Hamp Draper, chief of the state convict department, remains in doubt as his pneumonia worsens. Dr. Cousins said he had a restless night and that the crisis may not be passed, with a continued uncertain outlook into tomorrow. Draper fell ill after influenza, and he had to leave his Capitol office in Montgomery last Friday.
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Montgomery
Youthful bandits jeer death sentences in killing of officer
Birmingham, Feb 22 CAP Less than 30 days after a failed Roosevelt birthday ball robbery two youthful bandits were sentenced to death for the slaying of Patrolman F J Harris who died ten days after being shot in the back. Wesley Vincent 19 confessed firing the fatal shot and Richard Carrason jeered the verdict as attorneys announced plans to appeal to the state supreme court. This marked the first death sentence against a white man in Jefferson circuit court in 16 years.
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Birmingham
Wesley Vincent
Richard Carrafon
State Supreme Court
Jefferson Circuit Court
Carrason
Vincent
F. J. Harris
Missionary Union Conference Near Adjournment At Gadsden
Delegates at the North Alabama Conference Woman's Missionary Union met in Gadsden for their final business session before adjournment. Leaders praised the union enthusiasm and progress, with a George Washington luncheon planned at noon to formally close the convention.
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Gadsden
Feb
Women's Missionary Union of the North Alabama Conference
M. E. Chruch
South
George Washington
Hauptmann execution halted by writ as defense disputes body
In Trenton the Hauptmann case paused when a writ of error was filed delaying execution. Defense counsel Pope and Fisher presented the writ to the prison clerk within hours of filing with the Court of Errors and Appeals. In New York the defense questioned whether the found body was Lindbergh baby, citing autopsy experts on height, decomposition, and embalming.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
Frederick A. Pope
C. Lloyd Fisher
Irving Bleam
New York
Michard Bruno Hauptmann
George H
Governor presses plan to cure freight rate disparity
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves urged the Public Service Commission to act on removing freight rate discrimination against Alabama and the South. He cited higher rates for Southeastern mills to Chicago and outlined a push for conferences with railroads. He also discussed rural land purchases for reforestation and announced forthcoming state public works board appointments before a weekend fishing trip.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Alabama Public Service Commission
Alabama
South
Atlanta
Birmingham
Hugh White
Commission
Graves
Southeast
New England
Chicago Territory
Southeastern
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeastern Mills
Page 8. Bunker
State Public Works Board
Donald Comer
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
Harry Walker
Limestone
George Washington
Auburn Board of Trustees
Auburn
Baldwin County
Hoover urges return to gold standard for recovery
Former President Herbert Hoover breaks silence to urge restoring the gold standard to revive confidence and spur real recovery. He says the dollar should be made convertible at 59 cents in gold, a step he credits with reducing inflation and increasing employment.
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Tucson
Ariz
Herbert Hoover
Supreme Court
Hoover
Allan
New York
Republican Party
Trespass Warrant for Trio Follows Florida Adventure
A Florida trespass warrant targets City Clerk I. P. Scarborough and Charlie and Hugh Hunt for entering Patrick property in Jackson County after a nocturnal coon hunt. Patrick’s son shot two dogs, separated the group, and Florida wardens claimed the men were trespassers before returning them to their car.
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Florida Adventure
I. P. Scarborough
Charlie Hunt
Hugh Hunt
M. V. Patrick
Jackson County
Fila
Alex H. May
Scarborough
Houston County
Florida
Patrick's Land
Seacborough
Patrick
Hunt Brothers
Hunts
Bend
Mellon cash value and tax inquiry detail wealth
Pittsburgh February 21 The government presses Mellon tax case during a tax board hearing. Howard M Johnson confirms Mellon sold 123000 Pittsburgh Coal shares to Union Trust while retaining control via the Coalesced Company. Johnson notes Mellons personal fortune on the books at 97,603,005 with a possible $15 million drop from the prior year.
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Howard M. Johnson
Mellon
Robert A H. Jackson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Union Trust Company
Pittsburgh
The
Revenue Bureau
Coalesced Company
Cosleaced
Children Camp Scheme Outlined at Kiwanis Luncheon
Dr. A R Keyton outlined a six day camp for underprivileged children and the third annual tonsil estate project as the committee's two main objectives for the year at the Dothan Kiwanis luncheon. He noted reports on 4 H club work, farmers rally and Boy Scout involvement among others.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club
A. R. Keyton
Keyton
Elwanians
Boy Scout Movement
Martin Tohner
Franklin, Tenn
Heauston
Dor. W
Agnew
Huntingdon College
W. #. Quillian
Nashville, Tenn
Ray Gould
Fagle
Theodore Jackson
Missing Realtor: Amnesia Suspected in Disappearance
Newton Massachusetts February 2 The Department of Justice state detectives and municipal police treat Moses H Gulesian a once wealthy realtor missing since Tuesday as possibly suffering from amnesia. Circulars with his photo and description sent to Atlantic coastal cities to Florida and major Midwest centers.
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Newton
Masc
Department of Justice
Moses H. Gulesian
Florida
Midwest
Grieving American Girls Die in Airplane Suicide
Elizabeth and Jane du Bois two American sisters and children of a consul general died after leaping from an airplane in Essex England on February 2 1935 friends said they were heartbroken by the Royal Air Corps deaths in the recent crash.
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Associated Press
Essex
Eng
Elizabeth
Jane du Bois
Royal Flying Corps
Paris
London
Asteily
Naples
Henry Longfield Reety
Jane
John A. C. Forbes
Flying Corps
Misson du Bois
Court du Bois
United States
Vida
Messina
Siciy
Tmlers
Ace of Diamonds
West End
Kennamer Trial Arguments Stir Deep Debate In Oklahoma City
Phil Kennamer, 19, faces the electric chair for the Tulsa killing of Johan Gorrell after closing defenses by B. Stuart and W. F. Dixie Gilmer. Stuart portrayed a loving, precocious youth in a self defense claim amid sensational testimony and a packed courtroom.
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Thurman Huret
Stuart
Young Gilmer
Whipper
Young Sprous
Kennamer
Gorrell
Tulsa
Yald
Phil Kennamer
J. Barry King
Romanree
Virginia Wilcox
Tulsa Oil
Flames Level Grimsley Residence At Haleburg
Charred timbers mark the Grimaley home at Haleburg after a blaze driven by high winds yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Grimaley and family learned of the fire from Haleburg school pupils about 200 yards away. Only a few furnishings survived as the flames, likely fed by a faulty flue, became heavy in the bedrooms. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars with partial insurance protection.
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Grimaley
Haleburg
R. B. Grimaley
Haleburyg
Free for all on Main Street ends with five arrests
A late night brawl on Main Street near the police station led to five men being arrested for disorderly conduct. The suspects named were Lige Payne Oscar Sulibo Gua Holand Frank Folsom and Mike Folsom. Payne was injured and treated at a hospital. All others, except Holland, were in Wherry on bond.
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Main
Lige Payne
Oscar Sulibo
Gua Holand
Frank Folsom
Integer
Mike Folsom
Folsom
Enterprise
Payne
Holland
Wherry
Bond
Killer in Family Row Man Confesses to Police
John Rhodes was jailed on a murder charge after he fatally wounded his stepdaughter Mrs. Guy A. Flummer and critically wounded his wife Mrs. Rhodes in Birmingham. He told police that women can drive you crazy and asked a friend to summon help.
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Birmingham
John Rhodes
Rhodes
Guy A. Flummer
Flummer
No Zipper Provokes Fight Overcoat Incident
In Milwaukee a federal incident involved Frank Reading returning a zipperless overcoat from the transit bureau. He struck Hyron Paine with a cane after testifying of his anger. A judge sentenced Reading to 60 days, he said it would be warm when he gets out.
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Milwaukee
Fed
Milwaukee Transient Bureau
Frank
Hryon.Paine
Ant
Weather forecast for several regions shows warmth rising
The report indicates fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday across Florida Tennessee and the eastern portion of the area. In the north west extremes conditions are noted as extended warmth with continued fair skies.
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Ala
N. Ww
Florida
Tenn
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