Conversion rush reshapes Congress under Roosevelt in 1933
Washington January 12 1933 congressional mood shifts as the House Appropriations committee moves from restoring a 15 percent wage cut to a 5 percent reduction while many members vote present. The Ways and Means committee signals it will adopt Treasury tax plans, showing Roosevelt’s growing influence. An unofficial Japanese Manchoukou embassy in a hotel suite hints at broader foreign policy questions.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
Boylan
New York
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Manchoukou
United States
Weather Summary for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Alabama fair with frost tonight in the southern portion. Sunday brings fair skies and slightly warmer conditions in the west and north. Northwest Florida sees fair conditions. the forecast ends with a calm Sunday.
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Alabama
Florida
Blast Kills Six at Hertford Cotton Oil Plant
An early morning boiler explosion at the Eastern Cotton Oil plant in Hertford NC killed six workers including engineer J C Wilder and five African American helpers and injured seven. Rescue crews searched ruins as debris scattered and the plant’s five boilers blew up after the night shift left. The company operates plants in Norfolk Weldon and Elizabeth City and was in receivership.
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Hertford
N.C
Eastern Cotton Oil Company
J. C. Wilder
Solicitor Wilson
John Wright
Kenny Forehand
George Broady, Jr
Oscar Eason
J. R. Elliott
Norfolk
Weldon
Elizabeth City
Fireworks Begin in New Orleans Three-Way Mayoral Race
In New Orleans on January 13 the three-way race for mayor intensified as Francis Williams and John Klorer join incumbent T Semme Walmsley in a heated contest. Dummies concerns fade with Jan 23 municipal primary looming and election-commissioner ballots set for January 16.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
T. Semme Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Francis Williams
Louisiana Public Service Commission
John Klorer
Long
Jules A. Grasser
Orleans Parish
Democratic Committee
Grasser
Senate
John H. Overton
TVA Employs 1 721 Men In Basin Health Work
In Knoxville Tennessee on January 13 AP reports 1 721 men are employed in TVA health work across the Tennessee basin. The effort led by Dr E L Bishop uses Civil Works Administration funds to support rural sanitation malaria control and a sanitary census.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Basin
E. L. Bishop
TVA
Civil Works Administration
Income Tax Probes Target Lindbergh Hoover Jr and Brown
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee disclosed an income tax study on Col. Charles A. Lindbergh Walter F. Brown former postmaster general and Werbert Hoover Jr along with others in air mail contracts. About 200 questionnaires were sent to key figures and the treasury will review tax reports while testimony may follow.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee
Walter F. Brown
Werbert Hoover, Jr
Geneal
Senator Black
Brown
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Lindbergh
Confession to be scored in trial in Chicago
Defense lawyers in the Dr. Alice Wynekoop murder trial will seek to suppress her police statement as obtained by duress after twenty four hours of questioning. The confession claimed Rheta Wynekoop died from chloroform and a staged intruder shooting but she later repudiated it.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Milton D. Smith
W. W. Smith
Dr. Wynekoop
Rail Officials Probe Dixie Flyer Derailment
Officials of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad seek responsibility in a Dixie Flyer derailment near Shell Mound Tennessee. Twelve people were injured including seven passengers and five dining car workers. all received emergency treatment and were discharged.
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Dixie Flyer
Chattanooga, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St
Shell Mound
Tenn
President poised to call in gold to devalue dollar
President Roosevelt planned to seize the Federal Reserve’s gold holdings to back a permanent devaluation of the dollar. He would bring the gold into the treasury under the Thom as amendment and seek to control the new money program.
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Frances ML Stephenson
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Retrial Denied in Hunger Protest Case
In Nanking on January 13 AP reports Mr. and Mrs. Paul Noulens refused retrial, seeking death by hunger. Both prisoners receive full medical care though the court rejected the request and will continue their life sentences. Cheng Tien Hsi affirmed medical provisions.
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Nanking
Paul Noulens
Noulens
Cheng Tien-Hsi
Congressmen and President Seclude Themselves for Work
Washington, Jan. 13. President Roosevelt and members of Congress spent the day in seclusion to work on recovery and legislative plans. Discussions centered on dollar devaluation and the government’s potential action on gold. The Senate recessed from the St. Lawrence waterway debate while the House celebrated the quick passage of the independent offices supply bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Treasury
Cummings
Senate
House
Independent Offices
Troy Seeks 83 459 Dollar Gas Plant Loan
An application to the State Advisory Board of the Public Works Administration for 83 459 83 to fund a gas plant and distributing system for Troy was filed by Charles A McKeand and Associates. Similar loans for Andalusia and Ozark are noted, with Dothan and Ozark projects discussed, and a House Bill 285 opinion cited on city debt.
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State Advisory Board
The
Public Works Administration
Ozark
Dothan
McKean
McKeand
CWA
Troy
Nathan
Ashley Sues Griffin Over Alleged 1933 Assault
John Mark Ashley files in Houston county circuit court a $500 damages suit against Coot Griffin for an alleged assault and battery on November 17, 1933.
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John Mark Ashley
Houston County
Coot Griffin
Alleged Transporters Driven Car With Stump Puller
Chester Woodham and Robert Ford faced charges after deputies pursued their automobile near the state line toward Do Than. The crash left Woodham and Ford wrapped around a stump, extricating 25 gallons of whiskey from the wreckage and the car was found near the roadside.
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Chester Woodham
Robert Ford
Houston County
State Line
Dothan
Woodsham
Ford
Autoun
Woodham
Rural CWA cuts work hours in eight southern states
The Civil Works Administration to trim rural work weeks from 30 to 15 hours in areas under 2,500 population across Georgia North and South Carolina Alabama Mississippi Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma. Wages stay about six dollars weekly. Hopkins says policy aims to boost employment and ease wage criticism while plans to expand to other farming regions. Local officials in Birmingham say the measure will double rural job numbers and a Washington push will seek more urban CWA postings.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Civil Works
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Congress
Hopkins
CWA Payroll Reaches Peak in Houston County
The Houston County CWA payroll for the week ending January 11 1994 totaled 17843 13 with 1500 workers paid. Salaries over the past two months reached 42764 20, reflecting steady increases since the group began work on November 20 1933.
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CWA
Patrick B. Jones
Houston County
Turner Enters 1924 Democratic Secretary of State Race
Montgomery Jan 13 CAP David Howell Turner private secretary to Gov B M Miller announced his candidacy for the office of Secretary of State in the 1924 Democratic primary. Turner, formerly circuit court reporter, is from Camden and is the first official candidate. Also listed to qualify were J Cobb Marion for Senate 73rd district J P Haley Marion Perry county for Representative William F B Craig Selma for Representative Dallas county Albert Johnson Jacksonville Calhoun county G O Dickey Evergreen Solicitor 1st Judicial Circuit A S Hardegree Ashland Solicitor 1th Judicial Circuit Judge W W Callahan Decatur for Judge No 2 of Eighth Judicial Circuit.
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J. P. Haley
Marion
Perry County
William FB. Craig
Selma
Dallas County
Albert Johnson
Jacksonville
Calhoun County
G. O. Dickey
Evergreen
A. S. Hardegree
Ashland
W. W. Callahan
Decatur
Miller appoints Montgomery coroner in Calhoun County
Gov. B. M. Miller named Flint Gray of Anniston as coroner for Calhoun County to replace the late J. Ralph Usrey who died from injuries in an automobile crash near Anniston earlier in the week.
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Miller
Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Flint Gray
Anniston
Calhoun County
J. Ralph Usrey
Usrey
Farley Sees No Great Danger From Inflation
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the Cleveland Automotive Junch eon that President Roosevelt would not inflame inflation with risky steps. He said the President’s policy rests on sound judgment and that Congress has cooperated, predicting a new wave of reform rather than partisanship.
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Farley
Cleveland
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Cleveland Automotive Juncheon
Senate prepares for pact quarrel over Great Lakes Waterway
Senators return to offices to draft reservations and prepare for a heavy opposition push on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Waterway treaty. Debate centers on local interests and potential delays as 33 votes would be sufficient to reject the pact.
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Washington
CAP
Roosevelt
Limestone County Consolidation Act Deemed Constitutional
Athens Ala Jan 13 CAP Judge James E Horton in Limestone circuit court today held constitutional the Walker Act consolidating the Limestone county tax collector and tax assessor offices. Sponsored by Senator Harry Walker of Athens in 1931 to save the county about 6000 dollars annually observers expect a wide effect on consolidations in Alabama counties.
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Athens
Ala
James FE. Horton
Limestone
Limestone County
Hary Walker
Alabama
Mother of Dothan Man Dies at Home in Hartford
Mrs. R. B. Hagler, 78, of Hartford and mother of T. G. Hagler head of the Dothan Retail Credit Association, died Friday night after a three year illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Hartford Funeral Home with burial in the Union Church cemetery near Slocomb.
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R. B .Hagler
Hartford
T. G. Hagler
Dothan Retail Credit Association
Hartford Funeral Home
Union Church
Slocomb
Heated council session over municipal stokers ends in committee review
A special city council meeting debated purchasing three stokers for the municipal light and water plant. The contract was sent to the finance committee and city attorney for investigation while bids were not requested. A six to three vote blocked bids and delayed the sale despite claims of potential coal savings and obsolescence of the current stokers.
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NATO
Faulk
Water and Light Committee
Stoker Company
I. C. Bates
Councian
A.J. Grant
W. F. Martin
Grant
Bates
Kbulews
Gran
Martagallin
H. Lisenby
Pasar
D. M Jerking
Lisenby
T. HH. McIntyre
J. P Botts
J. J. Newton
W. Burkett
Councilen Gran
Martin
Goodwin
HK. d. Goodwin
Burkett
McIntyre
Advertisement misprint corrected for Rogers Beauty Shop notice
An erroneous appearance of Louise Beauty Salon as the signature in yesterday’s Rogers Beauty Shop ad is corrected. The Eagle publishes a corrected Rogers Beauty Shop notice in today’s paper to clarify the proper business name.
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Eagle
Rogers Beauty Shop
Louise Beauty Salon
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Paul Mallon
North American Newspaper Alliance
Roosevel
Ways and Means
N. C
Rae
Navy
U. S. Pacific
Honolulu
San Francisco
Lieut. Com. Kneffler McGinnis
Lindbergh, Hoover, Jr
Council
HOLT
Birmingham
Thad Holt
Relief and Welfare Department
Jefferson County
Turner
Stoker
Council Group
Barkett
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