Senate Revenue Bill Sent to Conferees in Alabama
The Alabama legislature sent the general revenue bill to a conference committee of six lawmakers to iron out differences between the two chambers. The panel includes Senators Wretcher, Bonner, and Riddle and Representatives Harrison, Morgan, and Goodwyn. If adopted, the measure would shape taxes and fees for four years, with key points on auto tag reductions, income tax brackets, limited property and gasoline taxes, a four percent gross receipts tax on telephone firms, and a new ten percent tax on tobacco products. The House and Senate plan to reconvene to review the conference report next week.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Ecc
House
Senate
Wretcher
Madison
Bonner
Wilex
Riddle
Talladega
Harrison
Merengo
Robertgan
Cullman
Goodwyn
Rep
Kelly
Clay
Bibb Graves Kill
Chinese Reinforcements Restore Peiping After Mutiny
Peiping returned to normal after a mutiny was crushed as s6 army reinforcements arrived. Gates reopened, streets patroled, and two American secretaries Cecil Lyon and Paul Meter were praised for guiding foreigners to safety. Rebels reportedly fled toward the Northern China demilitarized zone.
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Peifing
China
Peiping
United States
Cecil Lyon
Paul Meter
Herdam
Demilitarized Zone
River Yields Body of Connie Dowling After Long Hunt
NewtonJune 26 Special Connie Dowling 14 son of Mr and Mrs Bascom Dowling near Newton drowned Friday afternoon in Chattawhatchee river while wading near the dam. He slipped into 18 foot deep hole was caught in submerged tree branches freed surfaced sank again body recovered about 8:40 pm after hours of search. Body brought to surface by Moody Arnold pastor home on furlough. Funeral will be Sunday at 3 pm at Daleville with Holman Funeral Home Ozark in charge.
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Newton
Connie Dowling
Bascom Dowling
Chattawhatchee
Dothida, Montgomery
Ben Smedley
Lem Tracwick
Moody Arnold
Sastor
Hawaiian Islands
Daleville
Holman Funeral Home
Ozark
Coff ee Countian slain as posse hunts suspect
Reese Maddox a 35 year old Coffee county highway employee was shot to death five miles southwest of Elba. Deputy Sheriff W E Paul’s men pursue Hill Wise a about 60 year old farmer who allegedly fired at Maddox after meeting him at a tool house by a bridge. Wise remains at large in Coffee county swamps. Maddox leaves a wife a five year old child his mother six brothers and one sister as survivors.
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Elba
Reese Maddox
Here
W. EB. Paul
Hill Wise
Maddox
Song
L. F. Young
Coffee County
Wise
Farmer
Ald
C. L. Maddox
New Brockton
Ronny
Sybel
Bully
Sam
Fred
Milford
Johnny Pearl
Georgetown, Ga
Man of Many Aliases Hunted in Dickinson Murder
DETROIT June 28 AP Wu Ham Lee Ferris 26 known to police under several aliases is the central figure in the death of 12 year old New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson. He was dumped from a Paris driveway after being shot last Thursday. A taxi driver said Ferris spoke of meeting a wealthy New York lawyer. Detectives say Ferris vanished with two red headed freckled women named Bobble and Florence. Authorities say other women may know more about the case.
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Detroit
Wu- Ham Lee Ferris
Middle West
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Paris
Ferris
Andrew J. Snygen
Sald Ferris
New-York
Dickinson
Fred W. Frahm
Bobble
Florence
Frahm
Packers And Millers Join In Rebellion Against AAA Levies
Packers and millers formed a united opposition with cotton manufacturers to challenge processing taxes under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. About 35 packing houses filed injunction petitions to halt the hog processing tax due July 1, while General Mills filed to halt the federal wheat processing tax in Buffalo, North Carolina. Chicago packers privately expect a possible AAA defeat pending Supreme Court ruling on the act.
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Associated Press
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis
Buffalo
N. C
Supreme Court
Chicago
AAA
NRA
Seven candidates enter Dothan city race in late bid
In Dothan's first city commission race seven candidates qualified as petitions arrived Friday evening led by S. M. Bentley with 232 names. Mayor Ezell challenged the deadline, triggering a dispute over qualification rules while the rest of the field Erlc Gellerstedt Miles Miller Dr L Bates J J Newton Clarence May and J B Botts prepared to campaign starting Monday.
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Dothan
City Commission
No. 7
W. F. Martin
I CG. Ezell
S. M. Bentley
Martin
Entley
Ezell
Bentley
Ezelt
J. B. Hart
Bach
Hart
Erlc Gellerstedt
Miles Miller
Dr. L Cc. Bates
J. J. Newton
Clarence May
J. 2. Botts
Mas Baer to wed Mary Sullivan here today
Bulletins report pugilist Mas Baer, former heavyweight champion, to marry Mary Allen Sullivan of Whacs NW in Washington. Ages listed as 3% and 26. Also notes air service plans and a couple of political notes.
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Washington
Mas Beer
Pugilism
Mary Allen Sullivan
Whacs
Baer
Lightning kills farmer dodging storm near Decatur
In rural Decatur on June 29 AP reports 22 year old farmer Thomas H. Stover was killed by lightning while fleeing a fast approaching storm. He was plowing when he mounted his horse to ride home and was struck as he crossed the field. He left a wife and one child.
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Decatur
Thomas H. Stover
Lassetter Holman Marriage Announced in Ozark
Dr and Mrs H L Helroan of Ozark announce the marriage of their daughter Ed Monta to James E Lassetter of Birmingham Ala on March 17 1885 at Marianna Pla noting the Ozark Alabama link in the notice The couple wed earlier this year with plans undisclosed in the brief public notice
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Lasseter-Holman
Ozark
H. L. Helroan
Ala
Ed. Monta
James E. Lassetter
Birmingham
Marianna
Pla
Beer Guzzling Contest Begins for Immortal Fame
In Milwaukee on June 20 AP reports 100 entrants vie to be Milwaukee’s first beer drinking champion. At 9 30 p m finalists will face half gallon cans to earn immortality in a fast drinking contest staged by the Fon du Lac Avenue Advancement Association amid a surge of entries for the Gambrian festival.
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Milwaukree
Moenlgeberger Klops
Fon du Lac Avenue
Congress Okehs Some Major Measures Feints At Others
Congress clamps through four major Roosevelt measures in a turbulent midyear session and blocks many proposals. Social Security passed both houses and likely to become law soon, while the White House faces talks on tax hikes and closing gaps opened by the Supreme Court gold decision. Continued on Page G.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Gach
Besieged Guards at Eagle-Picker Mine Are Rescued
National guardsmen rescued 28 besieged guards at the Eagle-Picker Mining and Smelting Co plant in Galena Kansas after a night of mob violence. Shots were fired but no one was hurt, and the guards took shelter in the office and washroom as rioters fled under cover of darkness.
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R. Gordon Brown
Galena
Kas
National
Eagle-Picker Mining and Smelting Co
Charlies H. Browne
Tri-State Lead and Zinc
Parcel Post
U. S
Oklahoma National
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Coast Guard seeks 27 million for boats to curb smuggling
Washington report states the Coast Guard asked the Work Relief Administration for 27 million dollars to build 183 boats for operations against liquor and narcotic smugglers. A Senate bill would allow the government to set anti smuggling zones 50 miles offshore.
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Coast Guard
Washington
Work Relief Administration
Senate
Cotton Road Proving Worth Under Traffic
Columbia June 29 A Cotton Road section reinforced with cotton fabric nine years ago shows almost no deterioration, according to state highway engineer Charles H. Moorefield. The test section, laid as a proof, remains in near original condition despite nine years of use.
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Columbia
8. C
Goth
Carolina
Charles H. Moorefield
Japanese floods devastate Osaka Kyoto and Kobe
The June 29 AP report notes record rainstorms and floods inundating Osaka Kyoto and Kobe with at least 34 confirmed deaths, thousands displaced, and about 150000 homes flooded. Northern Kyushu Shikoku and western Honshu also affected as bridges washed away and railways damaged. Crews search missing fishing boats off a Korean province.
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Glenn Babe
Tokyo
Osaka
Kyoto
Kobe
Kyushu
Shikoku
Hondo
Kelshohokadi
Korea
Japan
Death Plunge Comes Nine Minutes After Woman Enters Hotel
A Birmingham woman Mrs. John L Barber about 42 wife of an insurance executive died after jumping or falling from a downtown hotel nine minutes after entering on the sixth floor. She registered shortly after 4 this morning with only a small overnight bag and told clerk her husband would pay a deposit. Relatives say she left home early, apparently going straight to the hotel. She survived by husband, a son of 17, a sister Mrs Elizabeth Patterson and brother Andrew Patterson of Decatur. The day included a report on aged whisky supplies for 1938 as Treasury figures show 149 million proof gallons aging in bonded warehouses.
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Birmingham
John JL. Barber
Homewood
Terort
General Coal Strike Declared by United Mine Workers Leader
John J. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, ordered a general coal strike in the soft coal fields to start at midnight Sunday after wage and hour talks collapsed. About 450,000 miners would be affected as district presidents flew to field headquarters to direct what could be the nation’s largest soft coal strike. President Roosevelt urged extension of current wages and hours until Congress acts on the Guffey bill, while operators awaited White House action.
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John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
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Roosevelt
Congress
Guffey
Eal
John L. Lewis
Lewin
Extradition Hearing For Campbell Stated Before Gov Sholtz
An extradition hearing for Charlie Campbell was planned in Florida to determine removal from Jackson County Jail to Dothan. J Hubert Farner, Alabama circuit solicitor, attended for Alabama authorities while Campbell’s home near Calton Wood was burned last Thursday night by men opposing his residence.
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Charlie Campbell
Jackson County
Fla
Marinans
Dothan
Asmait
Tatlakagaee
Charla Campbell
J. Hubert Farner
20Th Judicial Cdrcuit
Alabama
Campbell
Gay
Thave Ehattz
Campbe
Calton~ Woot
Banking Committee Leaks Disturb Senate Banking Action
Wallington June 2 AP senators of the Glass banking committee were disturbed by an apparent leak to New York bankers about the administrations bank bill and signaled a potential investigation. The disclosure followed a partially restored amendment on underwriting security and prompted calls to review the leak while denying confirmation of the report.
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Wallington
Glasa Banking Earth
Senate
New York
Alory
Glass
Japan Holds Key To Future Of American Cotton Grower
An in depth look at the future of U S cotton asks whether the export market will rebound. It cites Fortune magazine research on world demand, U S and foreign acreage shifts, and price policies under AAA. The piece weighs view of cotton merchants like W L Clayton against Secretary Wal lace on foreign production and tariff effects. Japan holds a pivotal role as demand and price dynamics influence American growers.
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Japan
United States
Wallace
Fire on Ole Miss record plane shortens blazed flight
Aboard the Ole Miss airship the Keeton brothers Fred and Al Keyan fought a battery fire while refueling. Al cut ignition and used a fire extinguisher, keeping the plane aloft for hours beyond the world endurance mark. Keeton praised the calm control as the fire was put out.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
Ail Keyan
Auyer
al Files
al Key
James H. Keeton
Keeton
World Business Men Urge Currency Stabilization
At the International Chamber of Commerce congress closing session in Paris on June 20 a resolution pressing governments to stabilize currencies was adopted. An additional declaration on international debt faced protests from Americana led by Francia Powell and Edward Filene, while the executive council invited the next congress to Berlin in 1937 amid objections over wording changes.
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Paris
International Chamber of Commerce
Francia Powell
American Chamber of Commerce of London
Edward A. Filene
Loston
Executive Council
Berlin
Americana
United States
Paris Former Police Chief Wounds Enemy In Formal Gun Duel
Paris June 28 AP Jean Chiappe former Paris police prefect and president of the Perla municipal council shot and wounded Pierre Godin Chiappes predecessor in a pistol duel two shots were fired with a superficial thigh wound doctors said Godin had criticized Chiappes police administration Chiappe an unofficial Paris mayor and one of its best known politicians led the duel on the field of honor alongside renewed interest sparked by a tennis challenge to Jean Borotra by Didier Poulain
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Paris
Jean Chiappe
Coralcan
Pierre Godin
Chiappe
Perla
Godin
Chiappes
Weather update for Alabama and northwest Florida weekend
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions Saturday night and Sunday across Alabama and northwest Florida with scattered showers expected on Sunday. Local professionals urge travelers to monitor forecasts for brief rain and possible brief delays.
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Florida
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