Council Question on Whitfield Post Power
Dr. F. G. Granger, Houston County Health Officer, cites Attorney General opinion saying the county health officer hires and fires the milk and meat inspector. Councilman McEintyre and Lisenby notified Whitfield of discharge. Dr. Green named successor. Granger says he will write Mayor Ezell and send copies to council members for written justification.
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City Council Sanitary Committee
F. B. Whitfield
J. H. Green
F. G. Granger
Houston
State Attorney General
Dr. Whitfield
Sanitary Committee
T. H. McEintyre
B. H. Lisenby
Green
Granger
I. C. Ezell
Whitfield
Health Department
Alabama public schools receive 875205 in fund release
Alabama announces 875205 distributed to public schools with 96 percent for teacher salaries this school year. Allocations by county include Jefferson 110640 Mobile 32119 Montgomery 31381 Etowah 20604 and others. additional funds go to insane hospitals Deaf and Blind Talladega and Partlow School. University of Alabama and two colleges receive interest payments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson
Mobile
Etowah
Madison
Tuscaloosa
Dallas
Morgan
Houston
Lee
Pike
Colbert
School For the Deaf and
Talladega
Partlow School For
Higher Institutions of
the University
Alabama College
Montevallo
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Schedule changes for Atlantic Coast Lime trains via Dothan
Minor shifts updated four Atlantic Coast Lime trains through Dothan. No 18 from Montgomery arrives 10:35 now 10:80 minutes. No 58 from Montgomery arrives 10:00 now 10:05. No 87 arrives 3:30 a.m. now departs 3:25. No 189 arrives 1:45 p.m. now departs 12:50.
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Dothan
Montgomery
Willeave
Escaped Alabama Convicts Nabbed in Columbus Ohio
Three ringleaders from a 28 man Alabama prison breakout were seized in Columbus Ohio. Clyde Harris 36 Audrey Pate 18 and J D Armstrong 20 identified after arrest for suspected auto theft. They drove a stolen Foley Alabama car offered to a dealer for 30 dollars. State officials will send a transfer agent to return them.
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Columbus
Alabama State Penitentiary
Clyde Harris
Audrey Pate
J. D. Armstrong
Foley
Ala
Montgomery
Department
Ohio
Atmore
South Alabama
J. J. Armstrong
Etowah
Burrel Norwood
Friend Simmons
Marengo County
Grover Kirby
Simmons
Code for Wholesale Food Industry Gets President's Approval
President Roosevelt approved a code for the wholesale food industry matching the retail code. He struck out a provision that would penalize selling noncompliant foods, seeing no need to duplicate penal provisions. A 30 day suspension delayed a price differential rule for manufacturers selling to wholesalers and retailers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kentucky Assembly Weighs Whiskey Tax and Income Levy
Frankfort officials report the Kentucky General Assembly will consider a $1 a gallon whiskey tax and a state income tax. Governor Laf foon's administration indicated whiskey proposals had his approval as lawmakers prep for a business session and committee organization in both chambers.
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Frankfort
Ruby Laffoon
General Assembly
House
Senate
Bank Call Issued On National Bank Conditions
The comptroller of the currency issued a call listing the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Saturday December 30.
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Washington, Jan
Comptroller of the Currency
Cotton statistics report from Liverpool week
Weekly cotton statistics show imports 88 000 bales including 18 008 American, stock 1 007 000, American 534 000, forwarded 51 000, American 32 000, exports 2 000, American 1 000.
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Liverpool
Willingham Declines Run for Alabama Governor
Dr. Henry J. Willingham president of Florence State Teachers College, announces he will not enter the Alabama governor race. He cites voter bias against school leaders and says he foresees likely defeat, thanking supporters and urging others to pursue the contest.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry J. Willingham
Florence State Teachers College
Frank Dixon
Bibb Graves
Montgomery
Willingham
Alabama
France Faces Largest Financial Scandal Since Oustric
Paris January 5 AP Premier Camille Chautemps and his cabinet face possible overthrow as parliament discusses the 40 million dollar Bayonne pawnshop scandal. Serge Stavisky known as Handsome Alex and his ties to government figures come under fire amid alleged bogus bonds and a looming collapse. Albert Dalimier Fiat works minister linked to urging insurance investment without detailing Bayonne ties.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Bayonne
Alex
Serge Stavisky
Albert Dalimier
Edouard Herriott
Dalimier
Stavisky
Laxneas
Jeau Chiappe
Stavinsky
France
Alabama Extends Federal Public Works Loan Window
Washington reopened the federal public works loan avenue for Alabama. The Jan 1 deadline was lifted and the Alabama Public Works Advisory board was told to consider new applications. Alabama had sought about 10 million dollars for roughly 100 loan requests to boost building and jobs.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Washington
State Public Works Advisory Board
Hardd L. Ickes
PWA
Filton Fies
Birmingham
Frederick J. Thompson
Mobile
W. Aldridge
Alabama Board
Arms Conference Favors Alacrity
Sir John Simon departs for London reporting no use crying for the moon in disarmament talks. He cites Italy and France backing a short road to any possible agreement, while no definite plan is discussed. An Italian article urges renouncing utopian aims and pursuing a wide but limited accord to clear the European horizon.
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Rome
Sir John Simon
London
Mausolini
Paris
Italy
Husband Kills Wife's Dance Partner in Jealous Stabbing
Police sought George McBryde 25 after he fatally stabbed Plummer Robinson during a private dance near England Arkansas. Robinson, a farmer, left a widow and adopted child. McBryde, father of three, was reportedly drinking and fled the scene.
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England
Ark
Here
Plummer Robinson
George McBryde
McBryde
Robinson
Gold price steady at 34.06 an ounce in U S
The RFC price for newly mined domestic gold stayed at 34.06 dollars per ounce today. Jane Washington of AP reports the same rate remains unchanged from the prior quotation.
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Washington
Jane
RFC
Scottsboro Cases Set for Jan 26 Trials in Morgan County
Hearings on motions for new trials for Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, both death sentences, are slated for January 26 in Morgan circuit court as part of the Scottsboro case. Defense briefs allege discriminatory juries and venue issues, with broader constitutional challenges and appeals pending to higher courts.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Victoria Price
Huntsville
W. W. Callahan
Morgan
Heywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Patterson
Norris
Morgan County
Jackson County
Morgan County Juvenile Court
Wynekoop Murder Trial Delayed One Week In Chicago
The state may re enact its conception of Rheta Wynekoop s death for jurors as the trial of her mother in law Dr Alice Wynekoop on murder charges is postponed for a week Judge Joseph B David keeps evidence including the operating table used in Rheta s death at Dr Wynekoop s West Monroe Street home.
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Chicago
Rheta Wynekoop
Alice Wynekoop
Dr. Wynekoop
Joseph B. David
Wynekoop
Rheta
Charles S. Daugherty
War Minister in Tokyo Report on Health Status
General Sadan Araki, Japan's Minister of War, who developed pneumonia after an influenza epidemic, is not in immediate danger according to physicians. The report notes his condition but confirms current stability.
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Tokyo
Sadan Araki
Discovery Of Paralysis Aid Arouses Hopes
Tuskegee Institute scientist Dr George W Carver says a peanut oil he studied has aided two infantile paralysis cases and shows tissue building benefits In testing stage not yet commercially produced he warns the cure claim is not proven and no mass production yet possible but interest is widespread from anxious writers and visitors.
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Tuskegee
Ala
George W. Carter
Tuskegee Institute
Carver
Seeek
Associated Press
Mob action delays arrest in Maryland murder case
In Crisfield Maryland detectives delaying arrest in the New Year Eve murder of 85 year old Mrs Margaret Brumbley after threats of possible mob action. The investigation in Somerset county involves a Negro suspect and new delays were ordered by higher authorities.
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Crisfield
Marion Station
Baltimore
Somerset County
Margaret Brumbley
Walter Martin
Stewart Dent
Martin
Brumbley
George Armwood
Princess Anne
FERA Head Announces Relief Expenditures
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration announced allocations totaling $324 424 488 for emergency relief in various territories from May 23 to December 21. Funds include $590 009 for civil works in Texas and Mississippi, and $1 990 900 for January relief in Louisiana among others, with about $175 000 000 remaining from the original $590 million, expected to cover relief into April.
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Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Statenamis Territories
Harry L. H. Hopkins
Brants
Weven
Texan
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Hopkins
Tornado toll rises as Pensacola child dies after blow
A three year old, Marion Kenneth Rigby, died from injuries after being hurled 200 feet by two Pensacola tornadoes that damaged homes, a drydock, a magazine roof, and the business district. Six others were hurt, with 30 homes damaged in the NE Negro area. A $35,000,000 property loss was estimated. The second report notes a House vote rejecting a $3 per gallon liquor tax amid debate over rates and distribution.
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Pensacola, Fla
Jan
Marion Kenneth
Pensacola
Marion Kenneth Rigby
Naval Air Station
Dirksen
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt-Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
White House
Cal
Canada
St. Lawrence
Lutheran bishops defy Nazi plan in Germany
Lutheran bishops defy the Nazi drive for a Protestant Reich church threatening secession from the German Evangelical church if Reichsbishop Murlner does not accept a German Christian as cabinet member. A potential schism risks Prussia and merged Lutherans in the United Lutheran Church. In opposition, Goering and authorities may act. arrests of pastors criticising winter relief have begun in Berlin and elsewhere.
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Halle
Germany
Stern Lutheran
Reichsbishop
Ludwig Murlner
Prussian
Prussia
Rhineland
Westphalia
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
American woman flier dies as plane crashes in France
In Nevers France on January 5 Evelyn Frost an American aviatrix crashed while flying en route to Egypt. The plane struck high tension wires and burst into flames trapping Frost in wreckage. The British flier Rattled who accompanied her was slightly injured.
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France
Nevers
Evelyn Frost
Avrstrix
Miss Frost
Egypt
Rattled
Weather Regional Briefs Aims at Weekend
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in several zones. Occasional rain possible in Tennessee and cooler air in the northwest area Saturday night.
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Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
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Cotton Statistics
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Albert C. Ritchile
Annapolis
Charles H. Gaither
Martin and Deal
Fera Head
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Proctor Guernsey
Betty Baldwin
Elizabeth Morris
James Dexter
O'Connor
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