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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1934
Page
1
Washington dispatch recounts President Roosevelt’s routine and private discipline. He swims daily at 6 p.m. in his private pool, balances work with meticulous relaxation, and plans a world cruise. The piece notes advisers, Cuba policy hints, and broad White House dynamics.
Roads expect rain across Alabama and Northwest Florida with mild warmth tonight. Tennessee forecasts rain, warmer tonight, then colder Thursday. western areas may see stronger rain Thursday afternoon.
The House approved a 284.7 million Navy department appropriation while the Senate moved toward a vote on Roosevelt dollar devaluation. Administration foes challenged a five member stabilization board and debates over a bigger navy and CWA funding continued. Roosevelt signaled potential stock exchange action as Congress eyed an 820 million bill for Treasury and Post Office needs.
President Roosevelt plans to have Congress act on stock exchange regulation in this session as a fulfillment of the Democratic platform. He will send Secretary Roper's report to committees for study before conferring with lawmakers on a policy formula. He intends a similar process for a control plan over national communication systems.
Doris Stevens, feminist leader, arrives in New York joyful about the Pan American Conference in Montevideo. She asserts it was the first to declare women as important as debts and tariffs and calls the event the most significant of the seventh Pan-American gathering. Stevens, head of the Inter American Commission of Women, led the fight for equality rights.
Battery A of the 69th Coast Guard Artillery trained a Sperry anti aircraft searchlight with 80,000,000 candlepower in a vacant lot opposite the post office. The beam, 60 inches across, was visible up to 20 miles and possibly 50 to 75 miles in clear weather. The display lasted half an hour as the unit traveled from Tampa to Fort McClellan and was shown as a courtesy to a local guard unit.
St Paul reports that the $200000 ransom for banker Edward G Bremer had not been paid by 3 a m. He remained a prisoner at an unknown hideout as investigators sought confirmation amid rumors of a slain first suspect and possible further ransom instructions from the abductors.
Havana reports Cuba rejoined recognized governments as President Carlos Mendieta begins stabilizing affairs. Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, the Dominican Republic, the United States, China, Italy, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Peru, Great Britain, France, Spain grant recognition. Britain’s Grant Wilson conveys on behalf of commonwealths. Miguel Mariano Gomez sworn in as Havana mayor amid large crowd, exchanging felicitation with retiring Mayor Rafael Trejo.
President Roosevelt hopes to start discussions at the earliest convenience with Cuba's newly recognized government on sugar policy the Platt Amendment the Sandy policy and the external debt.
Secretary Morgenthau opened federal mints to Soviet Russia and signed three key orders. The moves lift prohibitions on Russian lumber and pulp wood tied to convict labor and on Russian matches due to dumping.
Illinois Republican Oscar De Priest threatened a privileged House vote to force a decision on whether Negroes should be barred from the Capitol restaurant after a Negro waiter refused service to his party. House Democrat Warren, head of the restaurant committee, insisted no Black patrons or staff have been served and would not allow it.
In Calcutta Jan 24 AP reporting the Rajah of Monghyr said deaths in Monghyr district alone have reached 25,000 amid India earthquake devastation. Officials warn weeks will pass before ruins are cleared and bodies found. two generations may be needed for rehabilitation. An engineer warned names of Monghyr and Muzaffarpur could be erased from the map.
In Charleroi Belgium on January 24 Edmond Gray allegedly killed his wife and five children with a hatchet amid business worries and then took his own life.
In Potedam Germany on January 22 Nazi demonstrations marked the birthday of Frederick the Great. The events were staged to project strength and impress the populace amid wartime tensions and tightening control.
The Alabama Public Service Commission ordered a rate cut effective February 1 reducing residential telephone charges to 2.25 and business rates to 3 in Dothan. The change aligns three independents with Southern Bell rates. Standard Telephone and Telegraph Co, Andalusia Telephone Co, and Georgiana Telephone Co. Dothan’s cut is smaller, with two independents at 2 for residences and 2.5 for business. Existing connections drop from 1.50 to 1 and inside moves from 3 to 2.
In Montgomery on January 24 AP reports two condemned Black men, Fred Kinney and Lee Fountain, pleaded for clemency before Gov. B. M. Miller and the state pardon board. Kinney, tied to the murder of Jim Phillips, described the incident. Fountain sought commutation for a death sentence. Both pleas were taken under advisement.
Four killed and 15 injured when a train slipped on snow slick rails and jumped the track on a curve 44 miles from Santander. Victims include the engineer and fireman, a civil guard member, and an unidentified passenger.
Sir Colm Campbell will depart for the Kalahari desert to conduct an aerial gold search. He will also scout a runway suitable for attempting to beat his 272 mile per hour automobile speed record.
Alabama's federal airport development plan is active in 61 towns and cities with projects totaling over 1.65 million dollars and about 16 000 workers. Airports are being extended in many communities and 54 towns gain facilities while seven receive expansions. Additional projects depend on a possible federal extension.
The supreme state council in Athens rejected Samuel Insull's appeal, ordering him to seek another refuge by month’s end and to pay the costs. The decision upheld the Interior Minister's ruling denying a residence permit beyond January 31, linking the case to Greece's foreign relations and extradition to the United States over charges of larceny, embezzlement, and bankruptcy violations.
Melvin A. Traylor, 55, president of the First National Bank in Chicago, remained in critical condition with pneumonia after an all night vigil by family. Once a 1932 Democratic presidential candidate prospect, he was placed in an oxygen tent last week as his breathing grew difficult. Doctors had been meeting daily but withdrew after his condition worsened late last night.
U S Washington January 24 AP Representative Wilcox urged Senate action on the House municipal bankruptcy relief bill. He said 2019 municipal and county units were in default on debts over 2 billion dollars and the number was rising at an alarming rate. The measure would let a city or taxing district seek court approval for a financing plan to rework obligations with creditors owning 30 percent of the debt.
William Three Fingered Jack White, 44, famed gangster and labor racketeer, was killed in an Oak Park apartment after a violent struggle. Police report a drinking party scene, with two men fleeing and White’s body found amid overturned furniture and smashed shelves. A woman identifying as White’s wife and a man were questioned. the woman later said the apartment was leased under the alias H J Cerny before White’s death. White’s criminal record dates back to 1919 with a four year sentence for horibor.
Dr J F Green, successor to L F Whitfield, refuses to surrender the city's only meat inspection stamp. County health officer Dr Granger says he was told not to. Granger invites council and mayor to informal meeting to settle authority over meat and milk inspectors. Warrants to recover stamp possible if no settlement.
The Pennsylvania Railroad declared a 60 cent per share dividend payable March 4 to stockholders of record February 15. In other brief items Clarence Love of Penn General Casualty Company faced arrest for alleged $19,000 conversion. Former Governor C Max Gardner testified on cotton trade impacts before tariff officials. The House naval committee abandoned an immediate Vinson treaty move to the regular supply bill.
In New Orleans on January 24, unofficial returns show Mayor T Semmes Walmsley leading anti Long candidate John Kierer by about 14 000 votes with 240 of 262 precincts counted The race for city hall and four commissioner seats highlights a major setback for Huey P Long as Walmsley clashes with the Lang machine in a high stakes primary that could go to a runoff.
Dan Reeves was struck and seriously hurt by two Black assailants in an attempted highway robbery near Falkville, Alabama. Authorities identified Tom Johnson and Homer McGinnister as suspects. Johnson was arrested in Falkville and McGinnis in Birmingham at Morgan County officers' request.
One thousand twenty one contracts were signed by Houston county farmers yesterday pledging to reduce cotton acreage. The agreements commit 13 884 acres of land formerly used for cotton to be rented to the government. Signups rise daily as January 31 deadline nears.
Captain E V Rickenbacker lists three key 1983 aviation advances: practical acoustical engineering for air transport, the start of aerial sleeper service, and the perfection of adjustable pitch propellers.
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