Severe Winter Storm Grips Alabama and Nation
The storm wrapped the nation in cold with Alabama and the Northwest facing subfreezing lows and drifting snow. Temperatures dropped toward zero in parts of Alabama while Florida Gulf cities saw the snow melt. ice and icy roads slowed travel across states. Nationwide, utilities reported burst pipes and radiator activity as communities brace for continued cold and renewed thaw.
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Alabama
Gulf
Mercury
Iville
Florence
Senate Finance Committee OKs Bond Refunding Measure
GOMERY Jan 24 AP The Senate finance committee approved a bill to empower the governor to refund Alabama bonded debt at a lower rate. The measure would allow refunding at par with interest of not more than 4 1/2 percent. Senator Shepper, chair, said current rate is five percent and bonds could be refinanced at four percent or less with committee approval.
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Bibb
Ing
Shelher
Couzens
Michigan
Tent feed buying rite granted by FERA
Local FERA office approved a program to purchase farm essentials for rehabilitation. G P Work said about 16,000 pounds of velvet corn on the cob and 4 scooters, plow points, and farm tools were bought. He plans to continue purchasing until 150 steers are reached.
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FERA
G. P
Texas Centennial Dreams and Big Ranches Across Tex
In a colorful Webb-Described piece Will Rogers notes Texas vastness with comparisons to France and England. He praises Houston as a hub of history and oil, highlighting the state’s expansive ranching and the unique scale of Texan life.
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Don
Tex
France
England
Cold Weather Hogs Boost Slaughter as Farmers Rush Signups
Cold weather and clear skies spur hog killing across Houston County as farmers butcher hogs for the season. County Agent C M Ling warns to sign peanut acreage reduction contracts before the week ends while cold kills boll weevils and screw worm.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
High Court Ends Decree Stopping Whiskey Sale
The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed Arthur Greenwood's appeal from a Jefferson Circuit Court temporary injunction against a Birmingham cafe liquor nuisance. It ruled the lower court could grant a temporary injunction or hear the petition, and that no appeal lies from such an order. The court also reversed a Jefferson ruling on a Birmingham ordinance against welkin- something and affirmed a 25 year robbery sentence for Glen Davis.
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Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Arthur Greenwood
Birmingham
Jefferson Circuit Court
Greenwood
Supreme Court
John C. Anderson
Wnolkathons
Tower Court
Fayette County
Glen Davis
Bank of Berry
Guilford Freed After Bond in Pearce Death Probe
Bascomb Guilford posted a $2,000 bond accepted by Sheriff Alex May and was released from a local hospital after recovering from mumps. He is charged with manslaughter in the hit and run death of Judge H A Pearce and was moved to his Daleville home from the jail after the arrest on Sunday.
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Alex May
Bascomb Guilford
H. A. Pearce
Guilford
Daleville
Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Houston County Appeal
The Alabama Supreme Court issued rulings on several Southeast Alabama cases. Decisions include affirming the Houston County appeal in Clark vs Mrs G Farmer and Seymour vs Holman, and overruling in Watson vs Nash Watson and Sharpe vs State. Reversals and cross-appeals affected O NeaL vs Turner and Farmer vs English.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama
Wt. Clark
RB. G. Farmer
Houston
Dudley L. O’neal
Admr
G. M. Turner
Covington
Una Way Farmer
John E. English
Coffee
John Sharpe
State of Alabama
Geneva
W. B. Seymour
W. M. Holman
D. L. Watson
Thelma Nash Watson
Geneva Circuit Court
Equity
Burglary at Columbia Depot Stolen Snuff and Dry Goods
Deputies from Sheriff Alex May's office investigated a burglary at the Central of Georgia depot in Columbia. Entered the building by force and stole snuff and dry goods, using a coffee sack to carry the loot. A full inventory of missing items was not yet completed.
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Alex May
Central of Georgia
Columbia
Mid South flood toll rises as rivers swell
Flood toll climbs across the mid south as relief workers fight cold hunger and rising waters. A father and son drown near Bells Tennessee while trying to reach a boat, with 14 confirmed dead including a Memphis drownings and a motorist near Maryville. Red Cross reports deaths in north Mississippi as floods surge toward the Tallahatchie basin. An estimated 600 homeless in Sledge area with 400 to 1,000 feared stranded in trees or on rooftops as relief aid struggles to reach them.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mid- South
Bells
Jackson
D. S. Harwell
Deer River
Red Cross
Clarksdale
Miss
Mississippi
Maryville
Tallahatchie
Ed Smith
Sledge
Goodwin
Millia Graves
Dublin
Tunica
Dothan Electric and Water Sales Rise After Decline
City of Dothan reports 1934 water and light sales up 12 percent to 225 229.04 from 1933 200 992.78, recovering from 1930 peak of 257 439.01 as improving conditions draw more electricity customers. If growth persists into 1935 totals may reach 1920 peak.
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City of
Advertising Volume Leaps 38 Percent in 1933 34
The Printers Ink index shows newspaper advertising rose 38 percent from the March 1933 low to December 1934 end. December value 75.4, March 1933 low 54.5, with 9.3 percent higher than December 1933. The trend tracks general business, rising sharply 1933 to 1934 with a summer peak and autumn decline.
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New York
Seven Dead Men Shadow Capone's Future in Chicago
The St Valentine massacre victims from 1929 cast uncertainty over Al Capone’s fate. The Herald and Examiner claimed Byron Bolton confessed as finger man and named slayers tied to Capone, though officials denied possession of a confession.
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Chicago
al Capone
Herald and Examiner
Byron Bolton
St. Paul
U. S
Alcatraz
Bolton
Capone
Lyons
George
Bugs) Moran
Frank Yale
New York
Murray Humphreys
Leavenworth
Fred
Accused Slayer of Wife Recalls Only Drinking Day
Arthur Oliver testifies he remembers only drinking on December night when his wife was beaten to death in their bed. Prosecutors and defense clash as final arguments begin in Elmore circuit court.
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Wetumpka
Arthur Oliver
Elmore
Oliver
Roosevelt Appeals for Work Relief Amid Lump Sum Fight
President Roosevelt seeks to defend the lump sum relief plan as Congress debates itemization of a 4.88 billion dollar work relief fund. He argues detailed surveying is impractical in emergency and urges broader spending to stimulate employment creation.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Snell
New York
Executive Branch
Clinton L. Bardo
New York Shipbuilding Company
Senate Munitions Committee
Sente Finance Committee
Perking
Representative Fish
Treasury
Harris
House Military Committee
War Department
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
House Banking Committees
REC
Connery
Massachusetts
House Labor Committee
Senate approves two member prison board and code changes
The Maryland Senate passed a measure creating a two man board to direct the work of the board of administration with each member paid 3600 annually. It also approved amendments to the agricultural code enabling the department to sue for gasoline inspection fees and added ethics rules to permanent status. The rules include a gag rule,禁止 lobbying on the floor, and allow Senators to smoke on the floor.
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Senate
Board of Adminis
William F. Fangin
Department of Agriculture
James Simpson
Rules Committee
Red Cross Chief of America Dies at 80
Judge John Barton Payne former cabinet member and longtime Red Cross chairman died in George Washington hospital at age 80 after influenza, appendicitis surgery, and pneumonia. He led major relief during floods droughts fires and hurricanes and served 14 years without pay.
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John Barton Payne
Relief Organization
Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Tennnessee
Mississippi
George Washington Hospital
Judge Payne
Florida
Crora
Wallace Urges Constitutional Change for Economic Democracy
Secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace urged a four member economic council to submit questions to the people for direct referendum, making laws of the land and potentially amending Article V to enable constitutional change outside standard procedures. The plan would attach the council to the presidency, operate across administrations, and mandate nonpartisan deliberation on tariffs debts and land policy.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Washington
America
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Roosevelt
Wallace
Collier's Weekly
Supreme Court
Congress
Planning Board
Frederick A. Delano
Tangpest
Ecounel
United States
Japanese Feared Launched on New Chinese Conquest
Tokyo dispatches report Japanese planes over the Jehol Cha har border bombing frontier headquarters of General Sung Chen-Yuran military governor of Chahar. Chinese losses include numerous killed and heavy casualties for Sun’s troops as Japanese columns advance. Japanese casualties listed as one sergeant and two officers wounded amid reports of occupied villages.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Cary
Hadinking
Renro Chipanese
Jehol-Chahar
China
Manchoukto
Sung Chen-Yuran
Chahar
Sun
Kenpo
Japanese War Office
Japanes
Hainking
Wan
Funeral held for Mrs. Joe Ward in Abbeville
Abbeville January 24 funeral services were held for Mrs. Joe Ward a 64 year old native of Henry County who died after a week long pneumonia The ceremony conducted by Rev Joe Johnson Pastor of the Abbeville First Baptist Church followed by interment in the church cemetery She resided with her daughter Mrs Biriee in Abbeville and leaves three daughters Mrs Mon Dries of Abjeite Mrs J Thomas of Pathan and Mrs ALP tawnonf Toawrenens plus several sons and grandchildren
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Abbeville
Joe Ward
Henry County
Joe. Johnson
Ward
Biriee
Marsa
Shiples Mf
St Paterburg
Taerapeecie
Dace Clepmss
Bneseds
Abjeite
Mra
J. Thomas
Pathan
Corady
Sxvannah
Phoenix Cts
Teese
Lawrenceville
Grand jury indicts Peacock for manslaughter in fatal crash
Jackson county grand jury indicted Robert Peacock of Alliance for manslaughter in the death of Mrs. D J Butler of Quincy from a head on collision six weeks earlier. Peacock posted 2500 bond and a trial date was not set. Burt Bogge of Blountstown, an occupant, received three months in the chain gang after a drunken driving conviction.
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Martanna
Robert Peacnck
Alfiance
Jackson County
D. J. Butler
Quincy
Peacock
Burt Bogge
Blountstown
Arc
Federal Wood Expert Declares Kidnap Ladder From Hauptmann Attic
The state rests in the Hauptmann murder trial with expert Arthur Koehler testifying the Lindbergh kidnap ladder came from Hauptmann attic and his plane helped fashion it. Evidence showed lumber from a Bronx yard and the ladder fitted into Hauptmanns car with inches to spare.
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Hauptmann
Arethur Koehler
Bronx
Koehler
David T. Wilentz
Wilentz
Alexander
Defansa
Trenchard
Lindbergh
Radder
Kuebler
Amandus Hoechmuth
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Ageysen Hauptmaann
Emirt
Frederick A. Pope
Pope
Martha
Weather forecast for Alabama Florida and Tennessee
The forecast shows generally fair conditions with chilly nights. South region highs near 28 to 30 and coastal areas 26 to 30, gradual warming Friday except extreme east. Northwest Florida remains cold then partly cloudy and slightly warmer Friday. Tennessee stays fair and cold with warmer Friday in the east and central areas.
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Ala
N. W
Florida
Tennessee
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