Alabama House Keeps Referendum Debate Going
In Montgomery the Alabama House failed to table an amendment to the prohibition referendum, 45 to 36, keeping the liquor question on the floor. The vote set the February 26 date for the vote, shifting it from March 6, while administration measures passed in rapid order.
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Montgomery
Alabama
House
Jhal
Connor
Jefferson Ried
Tabling
Welch
Bessemer
Senate
Temance Committee
TVA
McGowin
Butler
Alaga
World Court debate stirs party rift in Washington chatter
In a late night exchange, a senator voices concern over World Court talks, warning the party must secure its own strength before pushing foreign policy. The remarks surface amid a broader Senate argument and political maneuvering.
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Washington
Cleveland
Kell
Senate
World Court
Profon
Rogers
Lindbergh Baby Autopsy Source of Death Fractured Skull
Dr Charles H Mitchell testified the Lindbergh baby died from a fractured skull with death instantaneous or within minutes. The autopsy supports the claim the murder occurred beneath the nursery window in Hunterdon county, as alleged by prosecutors. Defense questions body identification and timeline.
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William A. Kinney
Flemington
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles H. Mitchell
Mercer County
Mitchell
Hunterdon County
Hauptmann
Mt. Rose Rod
County Officers Say Strickland Jewel Haul Confessed
Dock Fryer a Black man confessed to participating in the Strickland Jewelry Company robbery. He named a second unnamed accomplice, and Ernest Brown was released after Fryer exonerated him. Fryer faces burglary charges after returning to the store to appraise loot.
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Dock Fryer
Strickland Jewelry Company
Fryer
Ernest Brown
Dothan
Jury Deliberates Against Trio in Assault to Murder Case
A circuit court jury weighs guilt of E. E. Jones and his sons Wilfty and Alex in an attack on Tom Cherry. Cherry suffered a broken jaw and multiple wounds from a pistol, shotgun and axe handle. Testimony finished yesterday. deliberations began today.
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E. E. Jones
Wilfty
Alex
Tom Cherry
Cherry
W W Clark Dies at Niece’s Home After Illness
W W Clark, 69, died at the home of his niece Mrs. Tom Butler near Dothan after a week with heart trouble. He leaves a sister Mrs. George Clark Sr. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery tomorrow morning.
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W. W. Clark
Tom Butler
Dothan
George Clark
Prospect Cemetery
Congress opens social security push amid presidential appeal
Congress moves on a broad social security program including unemployment, old age benefits, and aid to children as President Roosevelt urges quick action. The House Ways and Means Committee acts ahead of bonus debates while the Senate votes on farm loans and other routine measures.
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Congress
House Ways and Means
Doughton
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Agricultural Committee
White House
Veterans Legislative
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
D. W. MacCormack
Immigration and Naturalization
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Cutting
Cabinet
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Wagner
Frances Perkins
Congress of the
United States
Technical Board On Economic Security
Governent
Advisory Council On Economic Security
Graves Abolishes State Escaped Tax Department
Governor Bibb Graves announced the abolition of the state deputy tax assessor in charge of escape taxes. The department, led by P H Harris of Birmingham with Amzi Barber of Montgomery as special counsel, faced protests from the Montgomery Bar Association. Graves also defended his liquor referendum wording against legislative control.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Department of State
P H. Harris
Birmingham
Amzi Barber
B. M. Miller
Montgomery Bar Association
Bar Association
Graves
Hartford Matr ons Hart as Motor Overturns
Mrs. H. P. Blackmon and Mrs. A. L. Chancey of Hartford were injured when their automobile overturned five miles north of Newton. Blackmon was treated at a local hospital for chest injuries and minor bruises and lacerations and released. another car allegedly forced them toward the highway edge before the crash on a soft shoulder.
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H. P. Blackmon
Hartford
A.L. Chancey
Newton
Webb Section resident jailed after shooting incident
Willie B. Hayborn aged 28 from near Webb was jailed in Houston county on assault to murder charges after a shooting yesterday afternoon that left his nephew with a flesh wound in the arm. County officers said Hayborn fired at his brother. the bullet struck his nephew.
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Willie B. Hayborn
Webb
Houston County
Hayborn
Jackson
Miss
James H. Coyner
Greek P. Rice
Clarksdale
Coyner
A. B. Turner
Cleveland
Ferndale
Mich
Indiana
Turner
Mra. Turner
Rice
E. R. McLean
Bolivar County
John Roberts
Hinds County
Cotton Production Fixed At 10 5 Million Bales For 1935
Secretary Wallace fixed 10 500 000 bales as the 1935 cotton production under the Bankhead act. An extra 700 000 bales from 1934 were added, boosting the 1935 quota about 1 224 000 from 1934. The plan allows an acreage cut up to 35 percent with added payments under the voluntary program.
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Washington
Wallace
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Negro Captured After Hot Chase at Market Robbery
George King Jr. allegedly snatched the purse of Mrs. A. Mullins manager of the curb market wife of the Houston county tax collector containing about 25 dollars. A witness at a filling station chased him and he was captured on the railroad tracks in Five Points. Grand larceny or robbery charges expected.
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A. Mullins
Houston County
George King, Jr
Malone Nominated as Dothan Postmaster
President Roosevelt sent the nomination of Mrs. A. Y. Malone to the Senate to be postmaster at Dothan. Malone has served as acting postmaster for weeks under a presidential appointment, succeeding Sanford Dawsey in the Republican administration.
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A. Y. Malone
Dothan
Senate
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Malone
Sanford Dawsey
Desperate San Quentin breakout halted by gunfire
Police killed and wounded several convicts during a bold escape from San Quentin. Clyde Stevens, linked to the crime, was captured on Sherman Island with three others. Warden Holohan remains in guarded condition after the assault, while Rudolph Straight was fatally wounded as the two hour break for freedom ended.
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Clyde Barter
Associated Press
San Quentin — Penitentiary
Calif
Clyde Stevens
San Francisco
San Quentin
Sherman Island
Charles Dulles
Rudolph Straight
January cotton brings top price for Geneva producer
Providence is its own reward says Geneva County farmer R. R. Bowdoin who delivered 13 bales to Heath's Ginning at Enterprise. A late January lot fetched 12.41 cents per pound for cotton with seed price at 59 dollars per ton after Heath's plant burned long for ginning.
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Geneva
Enterprise
Providencr
R. R. Bowdoin
Coffee Springs
Geneva County
Finterprise
Heath
Heath's
Supreme Court blocks Lawrence county courthouse loan plan
The Supreme Court ruled Lawrence county cannot borrow 110000 from the Federal Public Works Administration to finance a courthouse, citing excessive indebtedness beyond constitutional limits. The ruling affirms lower court injunction against levying a special tax for the project.
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Montgomery
Supreme Court
Lawrence County
Federal Public Works Administration
Sach
J. B. Ayers
Jefferson County Circuit Court
George M. Howle
Birmingham
Mrs Joseph Riley Dies After Long Illness at 74
Mrs. Joseph Riley aged 74 died at 11 a m at the home of her daughter Mrs B H Lisenby after a 14 week illness. She leaves daughters Mrs F M Ward Dothan and another at home, five sons and many grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Mrs Lisenby’s home with burial in Center church cemetery Henry County. Pallbearers include Eldred Grimaley W V Ritchey and others.
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Joseph Riley
B. H. Lisenby
Joe Riley
University of Alabama
Riley
F. M. Ward
Dothan
D. H. Riley
Macon
C. F. Riley
Albany
G. W. Riley
J. C. Riley
O. B. Riley
Bop
Lisenby
I. W. Dockery
M. FE. Middlebrooks
Dr. Hodges
Center Church
Henry County
Dowling-Griffin
Eldred Grimaley
WV. Ritchey
J. M. Garner
Birra Ward
Harry Grubb
Ralph Harrell
Jeff Hudson
J. B. Ward
Hillary Riley
Clifton Kirkpatrick Jr. Named to State Agriculture Board
Governor Bibb Graves appoints Clifton Kirkpatrick Jr. of Selma to the Alabama state board of agriculture succeeding Rod Goode after his resignation. Kirkpatrick, president of the National Pecan Growers Exchange, is the son of the late Clifton Kirkpatrick Sr. and former board member, to represent the nursery industry on the board.
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Montgomery
Bibb Graves
Clifton Kirkpatrick, Jr
Selma
State Board of Agriculture
Rod Goode
Gaxtonburg
Kirkpatrick
National Pecan Growers Flaxchange
Cifton Kingpatrick
Board of Agriculture
Myedock
Dale Highway Project Keeps About 100 Men At Work
Dale county road project from Ozark to Rocky Head nears completion with surfacing grading and paving keeping about 100 men employed for six months. A second project from Newton toward Hartford Highway will start soon under engineer Arthur Feagin and is expected to employ 125 or more Dale countians.
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Ozark
Dale County
Rocky Head
Newton
Hartford Highway
Arutr Feagin
Second Wildcat Captured Alive in Dale County Survey
The second wildcat of the month was captured alive this morning by W. A. McCullough head of the local Ecto-Parasite survey. The cat weighed 25 pounds and was caught in Dale county. The first cat of the month was trapped in the same section weighing 32 pounds.
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W. A. McCullough
Dale County
Fiest
Square Deal Association mobilizes militia style force in Louisiana
Ernest Bourgeois leader of the Square Deal Association says companies are organized across Louisiana and drill trained to be instantly mobile to challenge Huey Long's dictatorship. Governor Allen ignores the ultimatum as Baton Rouge prepares for possible action and guards are placed at the state capitol.
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Allen
State House
Baton Rouge
Square Deal
Hothemde
Paveras Dtwertings
Baxter Plans Lectures on Jutland and Naval Disaster
Salomon Fraxter county schools superintendent will introduce Captain W Bird Thompson retired British naval officer and traveler who speaks at the Alcazar tomorrow night under the Child Welfare Committee. Thompson will recount the Battle of Jutland and describe the world’s greatest naval disaster, of which he is a survivor. The program begins at 5 45 p m with illustrated fare included.
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Salomon Fraxter
W. Bird Thompson
Jutland
Thompson
Alcazar Theatre
Roosevelt urges speed in social security plan
Text of President Roosevelt's social security message to Congress outlines a committee driven plan for national action. He notes state actions and forty four legislatures meeting soon, urging prompt federal progress while balancing credit, state rights, and industry capacity.
Weather update from Alabama and Florida
Alabama sees partly cloudy skies with cooler tonight and Friday. Florida reports partly cloudy conditions.
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Alabama
Florida
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