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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
2
A compact roundup highlights Paul Mallon stories syndicated by the North American Newspaper Alliance. The brief notes fresh assignments, career moves, and upcoming appearances in newspapers across the alliance network.
Washington report details a Senate committee rebuking Louisiana election practices as vicious and fraudulent. The findings condemn coerced donations from state and city employees amid the 1932 primary that brought John H. Overton to the Senate, though his seat avoidance is noted.
Washington dispatch analyzes how Tokyo and Mussolini use war rhetoric to spark public support for expansion and to pressure rivals. It notes Japan’s trade encroachment in the Near East and undercutting by currency, plus U S plans and aviation stories, with a Rome and Moscow angle on diplomacy and industry.
The forecast reports partly cloudy to unsettled conditions in Alabama and Tennessee with frost likely in the southeast and extreme northwest Florida. Interior high near 82 degrees tonight in Florida. Wednesday brings continued warmth and cloud cover with drops in temperature in western areas.
Washington January 16 The Bankhead Bill to regulate cotton by licensing gins drew mixed testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Louisiana Georgia and Mississippi agriculture commissioners supported the measure while South Carolina's W M Manning opposed it as impractical. North Carolina and Georgia witnesses argued on plan viability and effects on prices with fears of unginned surplus depressing the market.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation stopped gold purchases abroad at noon yesterday. Chairman Jesse H. Jones said all foreign gold purchases begun before 12 o'clock noon yesterday would be completed and that certificates for newly mined domestic gold issued before midnight last night would be honored. Sale of RFC notes for gold has ceased, with certificates issued before midnight January 15 1934 honored by the Federal Reserve.
Annie Mae Harmon aged 17, a Negro girl, had her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Gov Sennett Conner after an alienists examination found her mentally incompetent. The ruling came 24 hours before scheduled execution for the killing of her husband.
Attorney General Cummins targets large alcohol firms in a series of secrecy cloaked tax suits. Initial actions include United States Industrial Alcohol Company and United States Industrial Chemical Company in Baltimore for 8.14 million dollars, and Glidden Company with Forest City Paint and Varnish in Cleveland for 2.20 million dollars. Officials say total may reach over 40 million dollars as diversions from industrial to beverage use are pursued.
Santa Barbara at Sea Jan 16 AP Cordell Hull announces he will on return to Washington set in motion machinery to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties with all American republics.
The council failed to discuss the contract for three stokers as City Attorney O S Lewis was away and sought more time. The meeting adjourned to four this afternoon when the park commission control report would be considered. The council authorized 72 for paint for fire department and police station, and applied to CWA for about 200 to repair Negro schools.
Seven hundred nine Houston County farmers borrowed money on cotton options from the 1933 acreage reduction campaign while 233 sold outright their option interests, yielding $70 360. The county total including options reached $307 014. County agent GC E Stapp announced these figures as the 1934 program continues.
The Masons of the 28th District hold their monthly gathering at Shorterville at 7 30 p m tonight.
Carlos Hevia, 33, sworn in as Cuba’s provisional president by his father in law Dr. Juan Federico Edelmann. The brief ceremony at Havana's presidential palace drew about 200 witnesses as a 21 gun salute echoed from Cabsanax. Hevia, naval academy graduate, will reveal his cabinet later in the week amid army rumors and unrest.
A 12 member House Democrat jury will investigate patronage complaints within the party. The caucus, spurred by a 26 member petition, endorsed the resolution to cooperate with President Roosevelt and improve relief program efficiency amid concerns over agency personnel loyalty. Some members privately claimed only a quarter of appointees in certain agencies were Democrats.
Washington January 16 Two workers to replace one in small towns under a staggered 30 to 15 hour week plan. Harry Hopkins says this could employ about 500 900 more people with no extra funding. December figures show 1 256 825 families still on relief.
D W Harrison announces all Montgomery county public schools will close Friday affecting about 20 000 students and teachers. Education officials seek a full Alabama survey before releasing data and Crenshaw County High and Highland Home elementary schools also close. Some faculty consider private tuition schools and one teacher seeks use of a public building. March 4 is cited as a general closing target pending aid.
Clyde Barrow, a noted Southwestern outlaw, ambushed guards at the Bnatham Prison Farm near Huntsville Texas wounding Major Crowson seriously. Bonnie Parker aided Barrow as he released Raymond Hamilton and four other convicts and fled in a sedan. Police spread across Texas aided by broadcasts to capture the trio and remaining escapees.
The Montgomery city commission adopted a uniform taxi system requiring meters. The ordinance fixes 35 cents for the first one third mile and 10 cents for each additional one third mile, ending the dime taxis that charged 10 cents per person within city limits.
In South Bend Indiana on January 16 AP reports William Shakespeare a Notre Dame football halfback struggles with English classwork. Athletic director Elmer Layden urged the student to improve before midterm exams to avoid ineligibility.
The District of Columbia suit, filed on behalf of Secretary Ickes, charges Standard Oil of New Jersey with promoting a boys' club contest and distributing premiums via station coupons. Hearing set for January 30. The action targets alleged interstate commerce violations and seeks an injunction to stop the contest and radio ads.
Calcutta January 16 AP earth shocks persist across India as the day adds to 112 known dead from yesterday's big quake. Reports indicate heavy damage north of the Ganges with 4,000 homes destroyed near Patna where toll reached 56. Temples were ruined in Turnea and Bihar. Thirteen aftershocks logged overnight and into noon.
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