Economic chart shows modest January gains in 1932 era
Government aid and retail activity give rails of improvement as industrial output and payrolls edge up, with department stores and building leading the way. The January balance shows better levels than last year, though autos, textiles and steel still lag. Analysts expect further rise through spring, aided by PWA and dollar policy, with caveats on overhang and foreign trade.
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Washington, D. C
Public Works
Doling
CWA
PWA
Henry Ford
Teast
Listor
Ign
Weather report for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Partly cloudy in northern Alabama with possible rain in the southern portion tonight and Sunday. Northwest Florida mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with possible showers.
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Alabama
Florida
Dixon Opens Campaign for Alabama Governor
In Florence Alabama on January 26 AP reports Major Frank Dixon of Birmingham launched his Democratic bid for governor with a call for a new deal and state county and municipal government reorganization. He attacked opponents Judge Leon McCord and former Governor Hibb Graves, urged modernized government, and promised reform including county and municipal restructuring and a revamped legislature. He pledged to support the President's Tennessee Valley program and to maintain funding for schools.
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Florence
Ala
Frank Dixon
Birmingham
Major Dixon
J. M. Jones, Jr
Hibb Graves
McCord
Dixon
Alabama
Graves
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
Shot Father to Defend Mother, Youth Claims
Otis Brazzell, 17, admitted shooting his father Richard L. Brazzell in Lafayette Alabama, saying he acted to defend his mother during a threat. He was jailed on a murder charge after the fatal incident yesterday. Sheriff B J Slay said the youth surrendered and a preliminary hearing date had not been set.
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Lafayette
Ala
Otis Brazzell
B. J. Slay
Richard L. Brazzell
Young Brazzell
Andalusia Livestock Dealer Arrested on Mann Act Indictment
U S authorities report M. V. Stokes, Andalusia live stock dealer, arrested on a federal indictment charging violation of the Mann Act. Stokes remains on bond of 1500 dollars as officers announce the case.
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U. S
M. V. Stokes
Andalusia
Stokes
McCord urges changes in poll tax law
Judge Leon McCord of Montgomery, seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, calls for reforms to poll tax laws to broaden voting eligibility for qualified citizens and to curb legislative lobbyists. He proposes allowing delinquent poll tax payers to settle two years to align with public school funding and argues for stricter lobbyist disclosure to protect the will of the people.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Leon McCord
Montgomery
McCord
United States
Athens
Alabama
Circuit Court
Lawa
Eligible Voters Warned by Dothan Kiwanis Committee
The Dothan Kiwanis committee on public affairs urged every eligible person in Houston county to register pay poll tax and vote in the May 1 and June 12 elections. It noted a Democratic primary on those dates with many county and state offices up for nomination and warned that February 1 is the last day to pay poll tax and February 3 is the final day to register.
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Dothan Kiwanis Club Committee On Public Affairs and Agriculture
Houston County
Health Department Delivers 338 Hookworm Treatments to Rural Schools
The Houston County Health Department pre pared and delivered three hundred thirty eight hookworm treatments to rural schools on Friday, showing ongoing efforts to control parasitic infections in the area.
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Houston County Health Department
Negro Wounded By Gunfire Near Webb
C. R. Forrester, a Black man, was seriously wounded by gunfire last night near Webb while riding in a car. Deputies say an unidentified automobile stopped beside them, white occupants called him out, and after he approached, the shooters fired and fled. Companions identified the assailants as white.
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C. R. Forrester
Webb
Forrester
Forester
Dixon to Talk at City Auditorium Dothan
Frank M. Dixon, candidate for Governor, will open his Southeast Alabama campaign with a 7:30 p.m. speech at the City Auditorium on Wednesday night. He arrives in Dothan at 11 a.m. and stays overnight, then speaks in Ozark the following night at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend in Dothan.
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Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
City Auditorium
Major Dixon
Dothan
Judge McCord
Bibb Graves
Ozark
Dale County
One Killed Five Injured In Southern Kraft Blast
An explosion at Southn Kraft Corp melt furnace No 5 at Magazine Point killed Doc Rucker a Negro laborer and left five injured. Injured were Clarence Hendrix 31 white Plateau Gilbert Scott Clausena King 22 Rich Anderson 29 and White all Negroes. Ambulances took the wounded to city hospitals as officials investigated the cause and estimated building damage around 100 dollars.
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Mobile
No. 5
Southn Kraft Corporation
Magazine Point
Doc Rucker
Clarence O. Hendrix
White
Plateau
Gilbert Scott
Clausena King
Rich Anderson
Byrd warns on danger to 43 Antarctic expedition crew
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd expressed grave concern for the safety of 43 men marooned at a pressure camp in Bay of Whales Antarctica as the ice shelf disintegrates. Four others at a temporary base south of the edge and one more at Little America are cut off. the bay front eight miles across crinkles under near freezing temperatures.
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Bay OF Whales
Antarctica
MacKay Radio
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Crinbling
Byrd
Dillinger Gangsters Back to Indiana and Ohio in Legal Shuffle
John Dillinger and three henchmen face habeas corpus bids and extradition fights as Indiana and Ohio seek their return for murder and bank robbery charges. Bail set at $100,000 for Makley and Pierpont, with $105,600 for Clark and Dillinger. Local governors push for transfer while investigations span Indiana and Ohio, amid parole and extradition questions.
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John L. van Buskirk
Thuusday
Ruskirk
Indiana
Ohio
Ball
Dillinger
Charles Makley
Harry Pierpont
Trigger
Russell Clark
George White
Makley
Pierpont and
Clark
Jens Sarber
Lima
Egret
Chicago
Ind
Clarence Houston
White
Pierpont and Clark
Larker
Indianapolis
al G. Feeney
Publicc Safety
Lake County
Grand Jury
Gary
Patrick O'Malley
East
Feeney
Pierpont
Dilllinger
Marion County
B. B. Moerur
Arizona
Pier- Pont
Gvernor
St. Marys
J. F. Weadeck
Ariz
Abolish Wheels To End Low Mood Says Tibet's Only Editor
Shanghbati reports from Kalimpong that Tibet's sole editor, Tarchin Baboo, argues abolishing wheels cures unemployment and boosts prosperity. His monthly Mirror of the New Vicissitudes of Every Cover of This Universe covers trade, unemployment, and war fears, noting Tibet uses gold and silver on temple roofs.
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Shanghbati
Tarchin Baboo
Tibet
Kalimpong
Chamber of Commerce denounces food drug censorship bid
Washington Jan 27 The United States Chamber of Commerce attacked proposals for government censorship of food and drug advertising as an inexcusable intrusion into private business In a statement to the Senate commerce committee president Henry J Harriman urged truthfulness in advertising and labeling but opposed any censorship He urged caution in granting discretionary powers to agencies and suggested industry should continue setting quality standards for applicable articles.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry J. Harriman
Chamber
Senate Commerce Committee
Bandits Loot Police Exhibit at Boston Automobile Show
A trio of gunmen robbed the Mechanics Building police exhibit in Boston during the annual automobile show. They held two watchmen, Lucian Kerridan and George Mason, while escaping with more than a dozen shotguns revolvers and many gas bombs. They likely hid in an empty truck until the show closed.
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Boston
Mechanics Building
Massachusetts
Annte
Belvidere Street
Lucian Kerridan
South 12Nd
George Mason
Brookline
Weather Outlook for Central and East Gulf States
Unsettled and colder to start the week in the central and east Gulf states, then fair in the middle with moderate temperatures. Rain likely later, followed by a return to cooler conditions.
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Central
East Gulf States
Judge Refutes Bartow Killings Reports Disputed
In Louisville Georgia Judge R N Hardeman dismissed Erskine Caldwell’s Bartow killing claims as sensationalism while Jefferson County Sheriff J J Smith warned the affair looked bad. A Bartow shooting started the rumors. no riot or arson found, no burned Negro houses, and a grand jury was not summoned.
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Louisville
Erskine Caldwell
Georgia
Bartow
Jefferson County
New Masses
Caldwell
R.N. Hardeman
J. J. Smith
Smething
Martin Gross
Hardeman
Washington County
Cullen's Removal Debated by County Education Board
The county education board discussed Cullen's removal, and a motion about his status was on the agenda. The meeting covered administrative changes and potential reassignments within the school system.
Army Engineers Take Over Parts of Civil Works Program
Washington Jan 27 Army engineers lined up to take partial direction of the embattled civil works program after an administration decision to answer protests with military discipline. Administrator Marty N Hopkins said the move aimed to place engineers in key cities while rejecting graft and favoritism charges as the sole basis. Civilians resigned in protest and more explanations were promised as the army line-up includes leaders in Chicago and Los Angeles with investigations ongoing.
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Washington
Marty N. Hopkins
Hopking
Dan R. Sultan
Chicago
Woud
Cank County
Robert J. Dunham
Los Angeles
Donald Connally
CWA
Los Antedes
Citien
Former Chipley man cited to stand trial on Mann Act charges
Kasce Kent, originally of Chipley, was ordered by the U S district court of appeals to stand trial for Mann Act charges after removal from Pensacola to Sacramento to answer the case. Kent was arrested last June in Cottondale under the alias Eddie Doyle for allegedly kidnapping a 14 year old girl from Texas to Merced California. He was jailed in Marianna for several weeks and repeatedly denied guilt. Kent works as a hotype operator.
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Marianna, Fla
Kasce Kent
Pensacola
Sacramento
Calif
United States District Court of Appeals
Kent
Cottondale
Eddie Doyle
Marianna
Texas
Merced
Chipley
Jackson County Man Hurt in Auto Crash
Marianna Florida January 27 Special Judge Maddox a young Jackson County farmer was seriously injured when his car rear ended another vehicle. He was taken to a local hospital with severe head lacerations. The other driver was not identified and backed from a driveway. Maddox’s car suffered heavy damage.
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Marianna
Fla
Specelal
Maddox
Jackson County
Houston County Board Demands Removal of CWA Administrator
The Houston County Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution calling for the removal of J L Cullen, administrator of the Civil Works Administration in Houston County, Alabama, citing incompetence, procrastination, and waste of funds on school projects. A second resolution rescinded honoring Cullen with a plaque at Cottonwood School, condemning his conduct on local repairs and noting delays that inconvenienced 700 students. The board asserts his actions undermine Roosevelt's national program and sent copies to Montgomery. Cullen is away in Mobile and unavailable for comment.
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J. L. Cullen
Civil Works Administration
Houston County
CWA
Als
Houston County Board of Education
Cullen
Cottonwood
Joe Cullens
Alabama
Columbia
Board of Education
Ala
Franklin Delann Roosevelt
Eagle
Mobile
Dothan
Montgomery
Resolu
One-Man Bank in South Elba Operates Solely
Elba Jan 27 The Elba Merchants Exchange formed after two local banks failed in 1931 is described by manager J F Brunson as the only one-man bank in the South It handles merchants receipts depositing in Troy Enterprise and Ozark while keeping cash on hand for daily use It does not lend money and avoids banking laws. Brunson a former banker, runs the operation based on experience and keeps receipts stamped For safe keeping only.
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FILBA
Elba Merchanta Exchange
J. F. Brunson
South
Exchange
Troy
Enterprise
Ozark
Brunson
Newsmen Invited to Egg Laying Contest in Chipley
L E Sellers publisher of the Washington County News at Chipley will invite Florida State Press Association members to inspect the egg laying contest in Chipley during the Florida newspapermen meeting in Marianna next March. He and partners G M Sheppard John Winslett and Robert H Harris were selected by Charles P Helfenstein to set a date and arrange entertainment for visiting editors. Sellers had invited the association to meet here last October during Florida’s Fourth Estate fall conven tion at Brooksville.
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Marianna
Fila
L. E. Sellers
Washington County News
Chipley
Florida State Press Association
Florida
G. M. Sheppard
The
Times- Courier
John Winslett
Marianna Floridan
Robert H. Harris
Graceville
Sellers
Fourth
Exstate
Brooksville
Times-Courier
Sheppard
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Mr. Ickes
Adalusia
M'Cord
Kiwanis
Black
Southern Kraft
Tucson
Tuscon
Gang
John Dillinger
Desperado
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Copeland- Tugwell
County Education Board
Dothan Motor Corporation
Dodge and
Plymouth Dealers
West Main Street
Houston Motor Co
J. R. Sealy
L. R. Taylor Fig
Ida Tnacor
Dodge
Plymouth
ELBA
BARK
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