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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1934
Page
1
Washington reports detail President Roosevelts tactic of sending committee friendly envelopes with study recommendations instead of formal legislative proposals. The move is praised as smart manipulation to delay action while aligning Congress to his pace and goals.
The forecast reports fair conditions in Alabama with a hard freeze and morning lows near 22 to 96 along the coast. Far northwest Florida stays cold tonight with interior lows 4 to 18 and coastal 22 to 24, then partly cloudy and gradual warming, Tennessee sees fair and warmer weather overnight into Wednesday.
A mob in Hillsborough County lynched Robert Johnson after deputies report he was kidnapped beaten and killed while being moved from the city jail. Johnson had been held on petty larceny warrants and identifications linked to an alleged attack on a white woman near Tampa.
Montgomery public schools will resume tomorrow for a full nine month term after a fund shortage closed them on January 19. Teachers accept half cash and half warrants paid January 29 1935 at 6 percent, enabling continuity and sparing many private schools. Forest Avenue Elementary supporters pledged over $3 000 to keep the school open. A local boy quips about missing a long vacation.
Carroll Smith, 24, works for the Agriculture Department's Bureau of Entomology. Each week he donates his blood to 200 mosquitoes kept for experimental purposes, a job funded by Uncle Sam. He says the welts fade within an hour.
The Eagle newsroom reception rang yesterday afternoon with a caller asking about freezing pipes. Janitor Tullis Porter checked the files, found a Wednesday January 24 weather note predicting warmer conditions and possible rain, soothing the caller’s fears.
Berlin January 30 Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany described his Nazi movement as democracys bulwark against communism in a Reichstag speech marking the first anniversary of his rise to power He said humanity has entered a period of searching for timely ideas and realizations for a new well being He claimed his regime removed old concepts and institutions and placed new ones while blaming Versailles for Germanys pre power misery and warning that communism seized on the peace treaty to push a world revolution.
Judge O S Lewis, a Dothan attorney and Democrat, will introduce Frank M Dixon, gubernatorial candidate, when he campaigns in the Wiregrass with a speech at City Auditorium tomorrow night. Lewis hails Dixon's New Deal in state affairs and calls for government reorganization to end waste and extravagance. Dixon arrives tomorrow morning and will speak at 7 30 p m.
A mother Viola McDaniels aged 27 and father Leslie McDaniels 37 died with sons Carroll five and Franklin four months in a bungalow at East Riverdale Maryland. Fire blamed on an overheated stove. bodies found asleep with wife possibly warning others.
The cold wave grips Alabama with two fatalities including a 76 year old L N railroad worker R A Adams who slipped on ice. Temperatures dip to 4 degrees in Huntsville and 24 in Mobile as North Alabama endures sub freezing weather with forecasts of frigid conditions into tomorrow.
Treasury data show for Jan 27 Receipts 10.04 million dollars and outlays 45.61 million with a balance of 462.21 million. Customs receipts for the month total 23.30 million. Fiscal year-to-date receipts 1.66 billion and expenditures 3.51 billion including 1.88 billion in emergency spending, excess 1.44 billion.
A squad of detectives and uniformed patrolmen guarded at the municipal airport as John Dillinger arrived by air in custody to face murder charges in Indiana. He was moved from Arizona by train after writs were served for extradition along with Harry Pierpont Russell Clark and Charles Makley, and Mary Kinder.
The Department of Agriculture reports that heating tobacco plants to about 70 degrees prevents blue mold spread even after inoculation with the disease. This finding comes from AP reporting from Washington on January 30.
W L Lee a county education board chair asks why W F Martin sought Graves influence with Thad Holt to keep J L Cullen as Houston county CWA director. Lee calls the message significant and questions Graves political role and potential advancement prompted by the telegram.
President Truman’s administration outlined new aid measures including a half billion dollar dairy relief program, modernization of homes, and a Civil Works expansion. Lawrence Westbrook to lead long range unemployment shifts from stagnated regions to growing areas, with Detroit under study for partial relocation and forest work as options.
Will Rogers praised the Garner Roosevelt dinner calling it a fine party. He noted there were enough Republicans present to cause a disturbance but no one minded. The Garniers hosted the Roosevelts as the first couple to entertain them this season.
Senator Long of Louisiana urged a five member special Senate committee to investigate conspiracies to defame him and to probe primary expenditures in Louisiana. He defended the state against corruption charges while denouncing dummy candidates in the 1932 election and called for public hearings.
Washington reports federal agencies including the Justice Department and the Alcohol Control Administration moving to fight bootleggers. A House Judiciary Committee hearing will examine proposed measures to seize illegal liquor, destroy contraband, and confiscate vehicles used in bootlegging, with Assistant Attorney General John B Hurley urging stronger machinery to shield dry states.
Quebec city firemen battled a four story Manoir Montmorency Hotel blaze. Fireman Hector Chevrette died when the roof collapsed. Five other firefighters were injured as thirty guests escaped in 15 below zero weather. The hotel valued at $187,000 was a total loss.
The AP reports Vice President Garner signed the monetary bill sending it to the White House for a 3:40 p.m. ET signing. In Alabama Thomas Knight Jr. ruled that 21-year-olds may register before November's election, reversing prior AG rulings. The Vinson Trammell act to build Navy to treaty strength moves through the Senate committee. Postmaster General Farley faced questions from a Senate committee about his Texas trip and mail contracts.
President Roosevelt receives 150000 telegraph greetings and 100000 cards on his 52nd birthday as Dothan and 6000 cities host balls to raise money for the Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children. Attendees pay admission. events include square dancing, cake auctions, and the President’s radio address.
Eufaula Alabama January 30 Sen ator Charles B MacDowell Jr the gentleman from Barbour announced retirement from politics and would not seek re election He served as Barbour county superintendent of education mayor of Eufaula and held positions including state Democratic executive committee delegate to the Alabama senate lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate in 1927.
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