Alabama Public Service Commission probes telephone rates
Alabama officials push details on Southern Bell costs with testimony from L W Hill on Western Electric purchases during 1929 to 1933. Budget bases a five percent state rise with May 1933 property value at 20 997 900 and net operating revenue of 718 322, a 3.71 percent return. Commission had ordered reduction in extra charge for French type handsets from 50 to 25 cents monthly.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
L. W. Hill
Atlanta
Telephone Company
Western Electric Co
Hill
Western Electric
Hugh White
Commission
Telephone
Southern Bell
W. E. Duncan
Duncan
U S Treasury Forecast of Spending and Debt in 1935
The article reviews federal spending for the 1935 fiscal year with a projected operating deficit of 511.9 million dollars, a planned shift to pay as you go for emergency expenditures, and an estimated debt reduction of 15.5 million. It notes large outlays by RFC PWA CWA and Conservation, and forecasts high federal borrowing above 5 billion dollars. It also mentions 15 oil and gas fields in Montana.
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Treasury
Reconstruction Corporation
Public Works Administration
Civil Works Administration and Conservation Program
Rey
Leader of Anti-Long Society to Speak at Jackson Day Banquet
Mrs Hilda Phelps Hammond, New Orleans leader opposing Senator Huey P Long, will be guest of honor and principal speaker at the Jackson Day dinner of the Louisiana Society of New York.
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New York
Hilda Phelps Hammond
New Orleans
Huey BP. Long
Lousiana Society of
Dothan Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Plans
Mrs Belle Gamble and daughter Eve Sharp move to Dothan to live with Miss Flossie Gamble who is connected with Frasier-Ellis hospital. Dixie Amateur Baseball League plan for 1934 postponed due to directors missing. meeting set for next Tuesday. Visitors and residents from Montgomery Andalusia Jakin and Louisville conduct business in Dothan. Local union agency prepares to aid needy with eggs butter and meat. Joe Deck Sanders recovering from appendicitis in hospital.
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Belle Gamble
Eve Sharp
Headland
Dothan
Miss Flossie Gamble
Dixie Amateur Baseball League
Joe Rollins
Joe Deck Sanders
Knight Protests Kaltenborn Over Scottsboro Trial Comment
Judge F O Sykes of the Federal Radio Commission said he would study the case after Alabama’s Thomas E Knight Jr urged disciplinary action against NBC commentator Lewis Kaltenborn for remarks claiming the Scottsboro Boys could not receive a fair Alabama trial. Knight asserted the remark tainted a fair judicial process and demanded federal action.
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Germany
Alabama
Knight
Kaltenborn
Federal Radio Commission
Washington
F. O. Sykes
Bites 24 Generes
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Vo Kattenborn
National Ratio
Katteborn
Bible from Cambridge Press 1675 Owned by Memphis Woman
Mrs. Martha Neil of Memphis Tennessee owns a Bible printed by Cambridge University Press in 1675.
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Martha Neil
Memphis, Tenn
Cambridge University Press
Birmingham silences ads for midnight show
Birmingham police and officials faced protests from ministers and women as posters for a midnight show depicting a fan dancer were plastered around the city. Police Commissioner Downs reported numerous objections as advertising continued.
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Birmingham
Downs
Pansey Woman Hurt in Fall from Wagon
Mrs. Jack Croom, 27, of Pansey route one, suffered a broken left arm yesterday when she fell from a wagon at Pansey. She was brought to a local hospital for treatment and returned home later in the day.
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Jack Croom
Pansey
Vocar
Ace Bailes Cleared in Boston Garden Collision
The Toronto hockey player Ace Bailes was absolved of blame for the brain injuries that left Kaidle Shore of the Boston Bruins near death after the December 12 collision at Boston Garden. The report also notes a grand jury charge in Jefferson County Alabama to probe school fund diversions for retirement bonds. President Ro posesku estimates 1834 federal receipts will show a surplus after debt retirement costs.
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Boston
Dan
Bailes
Toronto
Kaidle Shore
Boston Bruins
Boston Garden
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Grand Jury
H. P. Heflin
Washington
Ropescu
First in series of meetings on 1934 cotton control plan
More than two score farmers attended the first meeting at Ebenezer church where C. E. Stapp explained the new cotton control contract and benefits for participants. Today Stapp led a school for field workers at Dothan High School as signups begin after each session.
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Ebenezer Church
C. E. Stapp
Stapp
Dothan High School
Cotton Market Today and Prices by T. W. Palmer
New York cotton futures show gains with open highs and closes rising across the board from January to December contracts. Prices in New Orleans and Chicago butter markets are noted, with creamery special quotations at the 93 score level around 7 1/2 to 18 and 50.00 per hundred weight for butter.
Indo Japanese Cotton Pact Cuts U S Trade Impact
Tokyo reports a new Indo Japanese commercial accord requiring Japan to purchase 1.5 million bales of Indian raw cotton annually in exchange for 400 million square yards of Japanese cotton textiles sent to India each year. The pact ends Japan's boycott of Indian raw cotton and may restrict U S raw cotton access in Japan this year.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
India
Stapp Speaks At Kiwanis Meeting In Dothan
C E Stapp county agent told Dothan Kiwanis at Wallington Hotel that Houston county 1933 cotton crop valued $800000 more than 1932. He said business among furnishing merchants rose 36 percent and farmers paid more on debts in 1933 than since 1929, linked to the 1933 cotton acreage reduction drive. J W Bish and C C Moseley spoke. H K Martin awarded a past president’s button to Dr F G Granger.
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Houston County
C. E. Stapp
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Wallington Hotel
J. W. Bish
C. C. Moseley
H. K. Martin
F. G. Granger
Eight Negroes to Appeal for Clemency Before Governor Miller
Eight inmates condemned to death by the electric chair on February 9 will seek executive clemency on January 18 19 and 23 Governor B M Miller announced on his first day back in office Soloman Roper Bennie Fenton and Champ Waller from Dallas county will be heard January 16 by the Governor and the State Pardon Board John Thomas Cunningham and Hardie White from Mobile will be heard January 19 Fred Kinney of Perry county and Leo Fountain of Monroe county will be heard January 23 for clemency petitions
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Montgomery
Ala
B. M. Miller
Solomon Roper
Bennie Fenton
Champ Waller
Dallas County
State
John Thomas
Cunningham
Hardie White
Mobile
Fred Kinney
Perry County
Leo Fountain
Monroe County
Rail union leader backs government ownership amid rail crisis
New York Jan 4 AP A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen said he would favor government ownership of railroads if the current conditions persist. He argued such a move could aid carriers facing ongoing difficulties. He emphasized the need for decisive action to stabilize the industry and protect public service.
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New York
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Consolidated stock list with major industrial names
A fragmented OCR style listing many corporations and stock prices including Anaconda AT&T American Can Auburn Mo B&O Beth Steel Bendix Cc & O Coca Cola Chrysler Curtis Wright Dupont General Electric Goodyear Hudson Motors International Harvester International Telephone & Telegraph Johns Manville Kennecott Lorillard Montgomery Ward New York Central Phillips Pete Packard Radio Corporation R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Radio Keith Orpheum Sears Roebuck Southern F. Texas Corp Texas Gulf U.S. Steel United Fruit United Airlines Westinghouse. Prices and fractions accompany company names in a dense market table.
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Montgomery Ward
New York Central
J.C. Pormney
Eceecaee Phillips Pete
Cecrease
Packard
Scvessesee
TB Radio Corp
THE
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Keith Orph
Whitney opposes railroad consolidation amid NRA exclusion
Whitney, chairman of the executive committee of 31 railroad brotherhoods, urged action citing that years have left 1,000,000 railroad workers unemployed. He criticized the plan to consolidate railroads and warned the industry would be excluded from the NRA, noting a wage agreement that lapsed last year.
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Whitney
Ment
NRA
Hope for the Beat Sequel Quarrel Reconciliation Hopes
Hollywood sources report a New Year’s Eve party quarrel between a film actress and her producer husband. The cause remains silent as reconciliation efforts begin, with hopes for a peaceful resolution.
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HOPE
Hollywood
Calif
Jan
Sidney
Spon
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