Plan to divert gas tax to aid jobless faces rejection
Houston county board of revenue rejects a plan to divert one cent of the three cent gas tax for federal relief to unemployment. The plan would have funded $4,000 monthly relief with $200 monthly for a relief director, while keeping county control. Board also pays legal fees and approves road projects, but rejects all bids for lumber and leaves highway routing decisions to engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Board of Revenue
State
Huntsville
Cottonwood
Tompkins and
Remsey
County
Frasier-Ellis Hospital
Flowers Chapel
Newton-Campbellton
Houston County Board of Revenue
Bibb Graves
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Holt
Whiddon
Thad Holt
Helt
Elmore
Martin
Elmore County
Paraguay Sees Victory in Chaco Battle Over Bolivia
Asuncion July 10 AP Paraguay jubilant over belief of decisive victory in the Chaco war. The defense ministry said Paraguayan forces breached Bolivia's third line before Fort Balbian and Bolivians retreated in disorder toward Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asuncion
Paraguay
Chaco
Ballivian
Ministry of Defense
Bolivia
Argentina
Weather Summary for Tennessee Alabama and Northwest Florida
The forecast calls for fair to tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperatures in Tennessee. Alabama sees generally fair conditions with coastal unsettledness and a partly cloudy Wednesday with a local shower in the south. Northwest Florida remains mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with possible local showers on Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Administrator Hunts Heiress Lost Millions
Seattle attorney Wilmer Tucker named administrator of the estate of Sarah E. Smith-Scollard as a nationwide search begins for missing millions. The will leaves nominal sums to relatives while the bulk is to “legal heirs.” Investigators note the fortune once valued at about 15 million dollars. The heirs’ counsel forecasts uncovering large sums across Canada and several U.S. states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Sarah E. Smith-Scollard
United States
Canada
Wilmer Tucker
Mra Smith-Scollard
Margaret Greeley Fitzpatrick
Oakland
F. E. Scollard
Denton G. Burdrick
Oregon House of Representatives
Fitzpatrick
Virginia
Iowa
Kansas
Oregon
Washington
Teachers to get $14611 back pay in Houston county
Houston county teachers totaling 205 will receive $14611 in long overdue pay today and about $8000 will go to school bus drivers. The payments settle the February 1933 payroll, bringing the board of education up to date to July 1, 1933, funded by a federal loan and tax collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Board of Education
Solomon Baxter
Baxter
Mississippi Votes on Liquor Issue
Thousands of Mississippians went to the polls July 10 to decide wet or dry sentiment. The ballot focused on the 25 year bone dry prohibition and the May Roberts liquor bill with Governor Conner’s approval allowing a direct voter expression on statewide repeal and county prohibition. If statewide repeal wins, liquor would be sold only in counties with anti prohibition majorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Sennett Conner
Nquor
Tech
Rivera's Son Nabbed in Fascist Roundup
Madrid's July 10 AP report states Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of the late dictator, was arrested with about 200 Fascist followers in a raid on the Spanish Fascist headquarters on Riscal Street. Marquis Eliseda and Capt. Julio Ruiz de Alda, both on the Fascist directorate, were detained as guards climbed the building to stop an alleged uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Eliseda
Julio Ruiz de Alda
Assaulg
Riscal Street
Franco British defensive pact given approval
London July 10 AP Louis Barthou French foreign minister said Britain will aid France if the Franco Belgian area is invaded and has sanctioned in principle Eastern security pacts in which France participates though Britain is not a signatory. He reported no normal pact was signed and spoke of a friendly understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Louis Barthou
Britain
France
Paris
Great Britain
Europe
Barthou
Wisconsin police hunt Dillinger after highway gunfight
A wild gun battle on a highway near Fond du Lac Wisconsin involved deputy sheriffs and gunmen in a large automobile. Rumors linked outlaw John Dillinger to the incident as an extensive manhunt began. one gunman may have been wounded and a bullet punctured a Ford found abandoned in a ravine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond DU Lac
Wis
John Dillinger
Wisconsin
Tnce
Indiana
Actress Marie Dressler’s condition unchanged in Santa Barbara
July 10 AP report says the noted actress Marie Dressler remains critically ill from cancer and uremic poisoning with no change in her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Marie Dressler
Spar ks Start Fire in Negro Dwelling on E Burdeshaw Street
Firefighters reported a blaze yesterday afternoon sparked by sparks on the roof of a Negro dwelling in Sanders Alley off E Burdeshaw street. The fire caused little damage to the home, the department said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders’ Alley
E. Burdeshaw Street
Cotton Prices Rise After U S Acreage Report
New Orleans July 10 AP Cotton prices climbed on bullish U S government acreage data. Against a backdrop of poor belt weather, October gained to 12.59 and December to 12.74, up 21 to 22 points from yesterday, marking a two day rise near $3 per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
County Relief Funds Rise to 14970 in July
Houston county boosts its July relief cash to 14970 from 11635 in June as officials seek to limit direct aid and require beneficiaries to work for support. Relief director Mrs. Collins aims for a 12 per week county average for 955 families, with aid distributed by need and family size. Horton contributes 2348 to the monthly relief operations, part of 2436 for materials and incidentals, while only about 800 of June's allotment went to direct relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
C. L. Collins
Collins
Postal Receipts Show Substantial Increase in City
Dothan postoffice reports a $3,595.33 rise in six months ending June 30, 1934, from 1933. Receipts totaled $22,175.84 vs $18,760.58, with January to March and April to June showing gains. Officials credit general business improvement. if trends hold, the office may regain first class status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Postoffice
James
Post Office
St Louis police arrest Alabama suspect for 1930 murder
Montgomery reports arrest and tentative identification of James Robertson, charged with killing G. T. Boyd, a filling station operator, during the Emelle Alabama disorders of 1929. Police say Robertson was arrested in St Louis and a photo was sent here as a possible match. The violence left two white men and four Black residents dead and homes burned before order returned. Governor Miller spared Tom Robertson from the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Robertson
St. Louis
B. M. Miller
Four Bale To Acre Cotton Trial At Houston Warehouse
Arthur Malone announces an experiment growing Marie Rose cotton on a three-quarter acre plot at the Houston Warehouse on N Foster Street. Seed from an Oklahoma preacher yields potential four bales per acre with stalks six to seven feet high and bolls from five to eight locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
N. Foster Street
Arthur Malone
Oklahoma
Malone
Rollins Funeral Held At Home For Former Sheriff
Funeral services for former Sheriff C. J. Rollins 66 were held today at his South St. Andrews home with Masons in charge of rites. Rollins father of Sheriff Joe Rollins and a Democratic candidate to succeed him, died at his home Sunday night from a heart ailment and low blood pressure. He served 30 years as a peace officer, including chief of police in Dothan, sheriff 1927-1930, four years as U S collector of internal revenue, and a World War II era labor agent for Houston county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Rollins
South St. Andrews Street
Joe Rollins
D. W. Haskew
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
South
Fuuneral
L. W. Dockery
First Baptist Church
Clement Ritter
First Presbyterian
John Wilson
J. W. Cameron
E. J. Strickland
W. R. Collins
Julian Craughon
Lawson Kelley
W. C. Hicks
Mose Smith
Mr. Rollins
Clayton
Barbour County
Dothan
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
Houston County
Lynching of Andrew McLeod Shocked Bastrop Mob
In Bastrop Louisiana a mob of about 300 men hanged 26 year old Negro farmer Andrew McLeod from an oak tree on the courthouse lawn after he was accused of attempting to attack a white girl near Jones. He was forced onto a car and hanged, the rope breaking once before a stronger line, and he was later found with his throat cut. District Attorney Frank Hawthorn led the inquiry as officers sought arrests.
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Bastrop
Andrew McLeod
North Louisiana
Frank Hawthorn
Lmb
Court House
Morehouse Parish
McLeod
Jones
Strike Seen in Entire Petroleum Industry
Fort Worth Tex July 19 AP A general strike is threatened in the entire petroleum industry the International Oil Worker official publication of the International Association of Oil Field Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America said. The journal predicts wide spread suspension of work and shutdowns of large refineries if satisfactory agreements are not reached soon. Workers are voting at many places over contract observance recovery code and settlement efforts being blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
International Oil Worker
International Association of Oi Field
Refinery Workers of America
United States
Forty Thousand Return to Work in East Chicago Mills
Forty thousand men returned to work in East Chicago and Gary steel mills on shortened schedules. Workers will have three to four days per week until production expands, spreading relief across the 40,000 payrolls as East Chicago mills run at 42 percent of capacity.
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East Chicago
Ind
Chicago
Gary
City official found dead at Montgomery murder theory
Montgomery July 10 AP Dr Hiram C Graff city and county humane officer was found shot to death in his residence and office a shotgun across his legs Coroner John J Diffley said Graff was murdered He was found in bed only in underwear with the shotgun blast tearing his skull indicating a distant shot with no powder burns on the body
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Hiram C. Graff
City and County Humane
John J. Diffley
Reichstag Session Called by Hitler to Probe Revolt
Berlin reports Hitler to convene the Reichstag Friday for an accounting of the second revolution amid purges. Goebbels denounces foreign press as the event draws global scrutiny with new orders to stormtroops and Lützé as head of the force. The assembly will endorse the chancellor’s actions in a rare worldwide addressed session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
A. D. Stefferud
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Berlin
National Reichstag
der Fuhrer
Munich
Victor Lutze
Reichstag
Alabama Receives 40000 From TVA Revenue Sharing
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced a 46099 payment to Alabama from Wilson Dam revenues in its first year of operation. Governor Miller accepted the check from Muscle Shoals manager John Neely, noting five percent of gross power proceeds go to Alabama for public services.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shooala
B. M .Miller
John Neely
Muscle Shoals
Act of Congress
TVA
Neely
Train wreck near Morrisville leaves two believed dead
Two believed killed and several injured when a Southern Railway freight train from Selma to Spencer derailed at a heavy grade near Morrisville North Carolina. Railway workers say two Negro men may be trapped beneath wreckage as cars piled and fire broke out.
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Morrisville
N. C
Selma
Spencer
Alabama textile workers vote to strike in 30k turnout
About 30,000 Alabama textile workers voted to strike with a Birmingham meeting to set a date. John Dean and Albert Cox said 42 locals supported the move and demands include 30 hour weeks, $12 weekly minimum, end of the stretch out, and re employment for those out of work.
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Huntsville
Ala
Sify 10
The
Times Today
Alabama
Birmingham
John Dean
United Textile Workers of America
Albert W. Cox
Dean
National Union
National Executive Committee
Greenville
S. C
NRA
South
W. ©. Hare
Alabama Federation of Labor
Hare
Europe Surprises and Roosevelt Visit Highlight Island Talk
A Santa Monica reader recalls a German envoy named Hess claiming to speak for Hitler urging France to accept peace. The note mentions President Roosevelt's visit to the Virgin Islands and local reactions to past visits by Hoover, with a promise of a distillery.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Europe
Germany
Hess
Hitler
France
Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
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Administrator Hunts
Mississippi
Rivera
Violet Hilton
Maurice Lambert
New York
Violet
Lambert
Daisy
Dillinger
U. S
Louisiana
Paul Joseph Goebbels
N. Alabama
Mills
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