Roosevelt tactics in communications control and NRA farce
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt juggling radio and telecom policy. He steers Congress toward stronger regulation then hints at later expansion, while opponents rally against A T and T stock protests. A Neanderthaler Johnson interview and NRA railroad letter intrigue add political theater. Prof Tugwell’s Puerto Rico trip rumor rounds out the page.
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Congress
A. T
T. Stock
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Rayburn
General Johnson
Johnson
NRA
Bee
Weather notes for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Occasional rains and coral thunderstorms are forecast for Alabama tonight and Sunday. Northwest Florida expects thunder showers tonight and Monday with moderate southwest to south winds.
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Alabama
Florida
Severe storm brings injuries and damage across Alabama
Tropical-like rains drenched North and Central Alabama with a tornado near Gordo injuring four and a bus crash near Decatur injuring six. Flooding threatened Coosa and Warrior rivers while towns like Athens and Birmingham faced roadway and street disruptions and extensive property loss.
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Alabama
Gordo
Decatur
North
Warrior
Coosa
F. Harpless
Willie Dean
Godfrey
Harpless
Nancy Mathis
Crowthon
Als
Athens
Town
Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Montgomery Weather Bureau
Village Creek
Stabilization Fund Remains Intact in Second Month
The Treasury reports its $2 billion currency stabilization fund stands intact in its second month of operation. A $2.85 billion deficit appears due to a bookkeeping change, not actual use of the fund. Officials say no part of the $300 million foreign gold purchase was drawn from the reserve.
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Washington
Treasury
Governor honors requisition for extradition of Grant McIntosh
Gov. B. M. Miller forwards Florida requisition papers for the extradition of Grant McIntosh, a Black man living in Dothan, sought in Jackson County Florida for aggravated assault after stabbing a Black woman. He had been released on a $300 bond.
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Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Florida
Grant McIntosh
Jackson County
Fla
McIntosh
Dothan
Woman in Wynekoop murder trial collapses during testimony
In Chicago AP report Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, 63, collapsed on the witness stand during her murder trial then recovered after 24 minutes. The adjournment followed her hysteria as she was escorted through a passageway with her daughter Dr. Catherine.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Wynekoop
Catherine
Harman Confident Alabama Will Get Federal School Aid
Dr. A F Harman Alabama State Superintendent of Education returned from Washington and said Federal aid would be provided to supplement state funds for public schools in 1934 35 He spoke after testifying before the House education committee where prospects of favorable action were noted despite no relief bills yet reported out
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Montgomery
Ala
A. F. Harman
Washington
Alabama
Harman
House Education Committee
Extortion Letters Threaten Kansas City City Manager
Kansas City March 3 AP A death note demanding 25000 dollars was sent to City Manager H F McElroy. He says he has received several notes since he recovered his daughter Mary from kidnappers last year and the extortionists keep upping the ante.
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Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Mary
Woman Doctor Sentenced to Life in Murder Trial
Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean, 36, found guilty of murdering Greenwood surgeon Dr. John Preston Kennedy by poisoning his whiskey highball. The jury fixed life imprisonment with hard labor. A new trial motion was filed as Dean returned home on bond pending appeal.
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John Preston Kennedy
Greenwood
Miss
S. F. Davis
State
Davis
Bessie Barry Kennedy
Den
Dr. Dean
Arthur Jordan
Dean
Dr. Kennedy
Kennedy
Panama
Jackson
Barney Kennedy
Mary Martin Dies at 79 in Abbeville Home
Mary Martin of Abbeville mother of Probate Judge Harry K. Martin died at her home. She was a long time member of the local Baptist Church and Golden Wedding anniversary in 1927 with Rev. W. J. Martin. Survived by husband, son, daughter, brother and ten grandchildren. funeral Sunday at 3 p.m.
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Harry K. Martin
Abbeville
Mary Martin
Henry County
Baptist Church
W. J. Martin
J. A. Cureton
Miamii
William Kennedy
Florida doctor dies in Dothan after illness
Dr. Birt B. Reeder 53 or 54 died in a Dothan hospital after about a year of illness. A West Florida physician for 23 years he practiced at Youngstown Cypress and Clarksville Florida. Survived by widow three daughters four sons four brothers one sister. Funeral tomorrow at five from Parksville Baptist Church with Rev W T Davis officiating.
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Birt B. Reeder
West Florida
Fie
Harbour County
Ala
William N. Reeder
Atlanta College of Medicine
Atlanta
Misa Carrie Lawson
Barbour County
H. FR. Pitts
C. 8. Walter
Henry Nichols
BB. F. Pitts
J. R. Mayo
W. FE. Nichols
Young Canadian Jailed For Box Theft After A Week Of Events
St Johns Canada March 3 AP report says 20 year old Joseph Laverdiere faced Judge Denat Lalande after a week that saw his arrest on Thursday his becoming a father on Friday a sentence date on Saturday and a honeymoon on Sunday. The judge warned him not to escape on Monday and sentenced him to 10 months in jail for theft of cooking and other empty boxes.
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ST. Johns
Que
Denat Lalande
Joseph Laverdiere
Woman who shot husband is freed in murder case
Mobile authorities report Taiey Waltman, a grey haired mother, acquitted of murdering her estranged husband Samuel A. Waltman after testifying her husband threatened her and their child. The jury deliberated briefly despite her plea of not guilty by fear or insanity. The child Glen testified he feared his father before the shooting.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile County
Mra
Taiey T. Waltman
Samuel A. Waltman
Mra. Waltman
Semmes
Glen
Waltronun
Austria Fortifies Czech Border AmidTension
Vienna March 3 AP reports Austria quietly strengthens the Austro-Czechoslovakian border against possible guerrilla warfare as world focus centers on the Austro German frontier. The move aims to deter raids and protect frontier stability.
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Vienna
President Roosevelts War Debt and Air Mail Legislation Push
President Roosevelt plans two major moves before Congress adjourns. He will push war debt legislation and aim to reestablish a privately operated air mail system. The article surveys broader New Deal actions and proposed reforms affecting tariffs communications currency and economic planning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Thieves Take 180 Chickens Plus Dog in Alabama Raid
In Wetumpka Alabama deputy reports a chicken thief raid that emptied 180 birds from W K Demumbrum s care while a bulldog protecting the coop was left unharmed but insulted with a taunting note. The line says the thief would have taken the dog too but he isn t worth a damn.
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Boots Ace
Chicago
Gertrude Koenig
Louis Rudginskiy
Winthrop
Mase
Wetumpka
Ala
W. K. Demumbrum
AH. O. Faulk
Demumbrum
Four Burned Ten Dead as Fire Destroys Hotel
A three alarm fire at the Pleasant Hotel in Worcester Mass destroys the property costing about 100000. Four men perish William Donovan AR Albert F Gaudette Edward F OBrien and George Rowe Providence R I. Dozens injured many rescued by fire crews from windows and rope escapes as others carried down ladders. The origin of the blaze was not yet determined.
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Worchester
Mass
Hotel Pleasant
William Donovan
Albert F. Gaudette
Edward F. O’brien
George Rowe
Providence
R. J
Portland
Maine
Man Slays Wife and Mother-In-Law in Nalas TX
Giles S. Boppesa killed his wife and his mother in law in Nalas Texas after their separation on February 7. He took the two year old daughter Martha Julia Rogeese to a relative's home and later to a nephew's house where police arrested him. He reportedly planned to kill himself.
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Nalas
Tex
March
Martha Julia Rogeese
Giles S. Boppesa
He Ong
Boggesa
Smokehouse and Home Entered Friday Night
Two robberies near Stephenson's Store add to a spate of eight break ins in recent days. The Lewin and Johnson homes were breached as thieves burrowed under walls and dragged away fruit syrup meat and other food items before fleeing in a vehicle.
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Grover Lewin
Will Johnson
Hartford
Stephenson
Johnson
Lewis
Lewis Home
Fickes Appointed to TVA Purchasing Post
Andrew Co. Fickes named assistant director of purchases for Tennessee Valley Authority projects in Muscle Shoals. He will oversee procurement for Wilson Dam and the fertilizer works, housing reconditioning on the reservation, and rural electrification supplies in North Alabama and Mississippi.
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Nitrates Plant
Ala
Andrew Co. Fickes
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
C. H. Garity
Fickes
TVA
Munscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Alabama
Mississippi
Dillinger Escapes Jail With Hostages in Crown Point
John Dillinger and Herbert Youngblood escape Lake County Jail in Crown Point Indiana seizing Deputy Sheriff George Blunt and garage worker Edward Sager with two machine guns after crafting a wooden pistol in custody. They flee toward Gary and Chicago while local guards tighten security.
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Protone
Ill
John Dillinger
Herbert Youngblood
Crown Point
Ind
George Blunt
Edward Sager
Garage
March
Lake County
Dillinger
Lillian Holsey
Blunt
Gary
Chicago
Hailey
DiNinger
Carllaw
Lager
Dil Hoger
Turson
Ariz
Dittinger
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