Roosevelt money bill stirs Senate fights and rumors
The article reports on President Roosevelt facing Senate opposition to his currency bill, with Senator Jim Byrnes guiding concessions in committee, and rumors of Byrnes as future Democratic leader and potential heir apparent to the Roosevelt influence. It notes telegram pressure on McAdoo, light support from Glass and Gore, and quips about professors and officials in hearings.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Jim Byrnes
Glass, McAdoo
Gore
Byrnes
McAdoo
Glass
California
Banking and Currency Committee
Carter Glass
Mr. Roosevelt
Rodgers
Warren
Seattle
Weather Outlook For Regions Across The Gulf Coast
Weather notes across Alabama and Northwest Florida indicate cloudy skies with cold nights. Expect potential rain in western areas Friday and colder conditions advancing tonight into Friday across the region.
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Alabama
Florida
Coler
Insull May Be Forced to Stay on High Seas
Samuel Ingall Sr a 74 year old former Chicago utilities operator may spend the rest of his life sailing the seas under Greek flag as Greece withholds a passport. The Interior Ministry says no Greek passport or visa will be issued and no country has offered him asylum leaving him to seek a laissez passer to depart Greece before Feb 1.
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Associated Press
Athens
Samuel Ingall
Chicago
Seven Seas
Ministry of the Interior
United States Justice
Greece
Insull
United States
Insuil
Long candidate refuses run off in New Orleans race
In New Orleans on January 25 AP reports the women’s committee of Louisiana appoints General Samuel T. Ansell and John G. Holland to contest Senate seating aimed at unseating Huey P. Long and John H. Overton. Mayor Walmsley wins re election plan after heavy balloting. Klorer declines second primary citing promised electric rate cuts.
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New Orleans
Women's Committee of
Louisiana
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Samuel T. Ansell
John G. Holland
Senate
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
T. Semmes Walmsley
John Klorer
Levee Board
Long
Klorer
Walmaley
Walmsley
Francis Williams
Herbert B. Homes
Cuban Army Chief Batista Visits Admiral Freeman Aboard Wyoming
Col onel Fulgencio Batista chief of the Cuban army paid an official visit to Rear Admiral Charles F. Freeman commanding a US squadron in Cuban waters. Batista and three aides traveled by Freeman's launch to the battleship Wyoming lying at Havana harbor following U S recognition of the new Cuban government.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Charles F. Freeman
United States
Cuban
Wyoming
Batista
Admiral Freeman
Bank liquidation loaned to New Orleans receiver
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized a 2 million dollar loan to the receiver of the Interstate Bank and Trust Company of New Orleans to aid in liquidating the institution.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Bank and Trust Company of
New Orleans
Clemency Urged for Peterson by Various Persons
Letters to Governor Miller urging clemency for Willie Peterson, sentenced to die February 16 for the killing of Augusta Williams, were received as a clemency hearing set for February 6 approached. Opponents listed W. P. Byrd and others. supporters included Dr. R. R. Wyatt and the Birmingham NAACP. Peterson was in Kilby prison hospital with tuberculosis deemed incurable.
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Montgomery
C. E. Johnson
Birmingham
B. M. Miller
Willie Peterson
Peterson
Augusta Williams
Johnson
Hillman Hospital
Dent Williams
John T.moseley
Moseley
Peter Ben
W. P. Byrd
John Co. Morrow
Joseph P. Mudd
J. Thomas Heflin
Fayette
Mildred Hodges
R. R. Wyatt
Cliftonville
Miss
J. S. Saffles
J. W. Meyer
National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
Kilby Prison
G. M. Taylor
Henry County Grand Jury Finds 27 Bills
Abbeville January 25. The Henry County grand jury in session this week reported it had found 27 indictments. Twenty four were felonies and four were misdemeanors.
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Henry County Grand
Abbeville
Henry County Grand Jury
P. S. C. Action Does Not Change Telephone Rent
The Alabama Public Service Commission reduces installation charges for Standard Telephone and Telegraph Co. but keeps telephone rent unchanged. Harry Calvin, manager, says the order lowers only installation fees. Installation charges drop to 3 dollars for business addresses and 2.25 dollars for residences.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Standard Telephone and Telegraph Co
Harry Calvin
Standard
Calvin
Bankhead to push 1934 cotton crop limit bill
Washington report says Senator Bankhead will press at this session for a compulsory control to cap the 1934 cotton crop at 9 million bales after a talk with President Roosevelt. New York sources note bankers lining up over 20 million dollars in credits for Russia. Morgenthau and Ways and Means near agreement on major provisions of a 270 million revenue revision bill. The House Rules committee favors bringing the Vinson treaty navy bill to the floor soon with expected action tomorrow or Tuesday.
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Washington
Bankhead
D. Ala
Roosevelt
New York
Russia
Morgenthau
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Rules Committee
CWA to Employ 688 in Houston County Friday
Six hundred eighty eight men will be added to the Civil Works Administration payroll in Houston County Friday, announced county administrator J. L. Cullen. The net payroll will not rise as hours were reduced, with rural workers limited to 15 hours weekly and Dothan residents to 24 hours, until CWA ends. A $4,000 purchase of corrugated iron pipe for four highway projects was also reported.
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Civil Works Administration
Houston County
J. L. Cullen
Cullen
CWA
Dothan
Treasury finds borrowing easy in wartime style onslaught
Washington reports Treasury secured a billion dollars in offers in a single day and turned away several billions more as open market operations and large scale borrowing options loom. Morgenthau praised strong public response to the first government securities sale since Roosevelt’s loan estimate.
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Washiington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Thomas Inflation
Iast
Federal Reserve System
United States
Mogenthan
Einstein's Pay Visit to Chief Executive
President Roosevelt and Dr. Albert Einstein discussed yachts and sea life during a visit to the White House. The Einstein couple stayed overnight after arriving as guests of the Roosevelts, with Mrs. Einstein acting as interpreter during office chats and ship prints viewed in the executive building.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Albert Einstein
Einstein
White House
Tax plan advances with new income rates set to rise
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan creating a 4 percent base tax on net incomes over 4000, eliminate 8 percent for higher brackets, and set top rates up to 63 percent on incomes above 1 million. Committee aims to report the measure next week and seek full passage.
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Washington
House
Ways and Menne
Doughton
Dp. N. C
Akron tire workers win wage increases in midwinter rise
In Akron Ohio on January 2 a surge in tire demand prompted wage increases affecting thousands of workers at Goodyear Firestone General Tire and Rubber. B F Goodrich matched the adjustments and Siberling Rubber also raised pay. Details on whether rises restore prior levels vary due to complex scale and hour changes over the past three years.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone Tire and Ruubber Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Siberling Rubber Company
Prison Commissioner Shocks New York with Welfare Island Critique
Austin H. MacCormick, New York City corrections chief, toured Welfare Island prison revealing gang dominance, narcotics, and lax conditions. He called it the worst prison in the world and noted two inmate leaders enjoyed special privileges, including a guarded garden and monogrammed stationery. The report ends with continued coverage on page eight.
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Dale Harrison
New York
Chillicothe
Welfare Island
Austin H. MacCormick
LeGuardia
New York City
Portsmouth
Federal Reformatory
Yester
Joseph McCann
MacCormick
Devil's Island
Notori
Joseph Hao
Rao
Edward Cleary
Pole Makes Mistake of Having Five Wives
In Malewski Poland on January 28 an AP report details Isador Ruskowyat murdered by his five wives who learned he had not divorced four former spouses. The five gathered for a party where they beat him to death in a blind frenzy.
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Malewski
Poland
Isador Ruskowyat
Dixon to Speak in Dothan Wednesday Night
Major Frank M. Dixon a gubernatorial candidate will address residents in Dothan at 7 30 p m Wednesday after arriving at 11 00 a m. The 42 year old says Alabama needs a new deal and outlines positions on liquor licensing and control. He denies involvement with William F Fengin or any State Board officials in his campaign.
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Frank M. Dixon
Birmingham
Dixon
Dothan
Alabama
Jadge McCord
Graves
William F. Fengin
State Board of Administration
Fengin
Three Arrested in Lynch Probe in Hazard Kentucky
Three men Petie Carroll Joe Gibson and Andy Workman were arrested on murder warrants and James Colling held on orders as Perry county officials probe the lynching of Rex Scott a Negro. The mob seized Scott from a Hazards jail then dragged him to a Knott county graveyard where he was hanged with more than a dozen shots fired.
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Hazard
Perry County
Rex Scott
Knott County
Scott
Petie Carroll
Joe Gibson
Andy Workman
Johnson
Troy PL Combs
Sam Ward
Combs
Robby Laffoon
Kentucky
W. C. Knuckles
Roosevelt era monetary bill sparks Senate debate
Senate debate over a proposed inflation and currency bill heats up as Republicans challenge constitutionality and Democrats rally to support the administration plan. Leaders express confidence a vote could come soon while House Republicans consider independent monetary authority measures.
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Washington
Ginass
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Treasury-Post Office
Hastings
Delaware
House Banking Committee
Oon
Federal Monetary Authority
Treasury
Borah
Violence Flares in Harriman Hosiery Mill Strike
In Harriman Tennessee sheriffs deputies armed with tear gas bombs guarded against fresh clashes between strikers and non union workers at the Harriman Hosiery Mills after yesterday’s disorder that saw 15 strikers arrested. In Kingston about 60 strikers gathered at the Roane county jail with 48 arrested over two days for violating a chancery court injunction.
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Harriman
Tenn
Elmer Goodwin
Kingston
Roane
Chancery Court
Harriman Mills
Goodwin
Administrative Board Honored at Auburn Mid Winter Exercises
Gov B M Miller conferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Auburn's administrative committee at the mid winter commencement exercises in Auburn Alabama The committee includes Dr J J Wilmore chairman Dr L N Duncan and Dr B H Crenshaw The degree was voted unanimously by the board of trustees.
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Auburn
Ala
B. M. Miller
J. J. Wilmore
L. N. Duncan
B. H. Crenshaw
Board of
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