Trade foes split views on tariffs and foreign sales
A Washington briefing outlines orthodox critics of the Roosevelt administration's foreign trade stance. They argue tariff reductions risk imports, while promoting credit to allies like Russia and Cuba. The piece also notes tension between Secretary Dern and General MacArthur over air force expansion and defense policy.
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Russia
Cuba
Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
General Staff
MacArthur
Dern
Air Corps Koya
Air Corps
Gen. MacArthur
Congress
House
McSwain
House Military Affelts
War Department
Dern andArthur
Corps
Weather summary for Alabama and Tennessee region
Partly cloudy tonight in Alabama. Tennessee sees fair skies and colder conditions into Tuesday.
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Alabama
Rowa
Tennessee
Chief Seeks Further Cut in Working Hours
President Roosevelt challenged NRA code authorities at Constitution Hall to reduce working hours further to spread employment. He argued raising wages for under $2,000 income earners would boost demand and lift overall recovery, insisting industry must act now to re employ more people at higher purchasing power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Constitution Hall
Dillinger Hunt Under Way As Jails Probe Escape
Chicago March 5 AP Dillinger remains free hunted in six states as three investigations open into how he escaped Crown Point Indiana. Lake County prosecutor Estill will hand results to the grand jury Governor McNutt ordered state inquiry led by Barce and Hulett Judge Murray heads a separate inquiry and Lake County officials meet to discuss the escape. Sheriff Holley faces potential resignation but says she will not quit.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Indiana
Desperado
Lillian Holley
Robert G. Estiil
Lake County
Ind
Paul McNutt
Edward C. Barce
Roy Hulett
William J. Murray
Dillinger
Patrick O'Mally
Lake County Board of Commissioners
Holley
Ohio
Husband Murders Wife and Daughters Then Kills Self
J L Rush, 50, killed wife Cynthia 45 and daughters Helen 16 Ruth 13 Ruby 11 with an axe, set house afire, and died in the flames near a mill village. Coroner's inquest says he shot himself after the blaze. neighbors heard a disturbance before the fire. Rush had poor health and low spirits.
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Laursens
J. L. Rush
Rush
Cynthia
Helen
Ruth
Ruby
French Flier Costes Reappears Safe in Munster Germany
Dieudonne Costes the famed French aviator known as the Lindbergh of France turned up safe in Munster Germany after fog halted his flight from Paris to Copenhagen. He learned only that he had been reported missing hours before his departure to Copenhagen and that searches had been mounted.
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Munster
Germany
Dieudonne Costes
Lindbergh
France
Coppenhagen
Costes
Paris
Copenhagen
Bremen
Judith Lane Perfect Stenographer at Bevins Construction
Judith Lane works for Tom Bevins at Bevins Construction Company. A stormy morning disrupts her plans as she types fast, worries about her new suit and hat, and coordinates with Jackson about car service while managing the boss’s schedule and an upcoming Clement dinner.
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Bevins Construction Company
Judith Lane
Delft
Tom Bevins
Miss Lane
Jackson
Tom
Princess Irene Youssoupoff Wins Libel Verdict Over Rasputin Film
A London jury awarded Princess Irene Youssoupoff 25 000 pounds in a libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over the film Rasputin and the Empress. Prince Youssoupoff testified to involvement in the Rasputin murder as depicted. Princess Trena claimed the Natasha character mocked her. The defense argued Natasha was fictional.
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Frank H. King
Associated Press Foreign Staff
London
Irene Youssoupoff
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ltd
Rasputin and
the Empress
Prince Youssoupoff
Russia
Trena
Natasha
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Irena
United States
England
Clear Skies Avert Danger of Floods
Heavy weekend rains fed flooding across Alabama and Georgia with rivers cresting near danger levels. Birmingham logged five inches while Atlanta saw 2.66 inches in 38 hours. The Chattahoochee rose to 12 feet and Augusta’s Savannah neared 30 feet as levees held. Village Creek’s flood eased and residents returned home.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Atlanta
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Tennessee
Cahaba
Addid
Chattahoochee
Augusta
Savannah
Flood Claims Two Lives in Alabama Rivers
Flood waters across Alabama rivers killed two men over the weekend. Robert Powell of Montgomery drowned when a boat with a party of four capsized in the Alabama River. James Bailey, 25, near Northport, drowned in the Warrior River as officers tried to detain him during a cattle drive disruption.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Robert Powell
James Bailey
Northport
Powell
Bailey
Warrior River
Banker kills two bandits in Alto bank robbery
Gus Rounsaville president of the Continental State Bank of Alto shot and killed one robber and wounded another as they tried to rob the bank after opening. The wounded man was captured in a car before leaving town. identities and ages of the bandits were not known.
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Rusk
Tex
Gus Rounsaville
Continental State Bank of
Alto
Rounsaville
Mississippi doctor found guilty in whisky poisoning case
Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean, a Greenwood baby specialist, was found guilty of murder in the Poison whisky highball slaying of Dr. John Preston Kennedy. She received a hard labor sentence and a 10 000 dollar bond as she prepared to appeal. She traveled to Sharon Mississippi to rest with relatives after the verdict.
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T. W. Conley
Sharon
Ruth Dean
Lewes
Del
Franklin C. Maul
River Pilot
Dean
S. F. Davis
Preparations for Monarchy In Austria Seen In New Constitution
Vienna reports that the draft Austrian constitution would broaden the federal president's powers, fueling speculation about restoring a monarchy. Observers note the document, to be examined within a week, resembles a charter for a cooperative state per the papal encyclical Quadra Gesimo Anno. Baron Von Wiesner, legitimist spokesman, commented on restoration questions.
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Vienna
Baron von Wiesner
Country Boy In Big City Is Most Widely Read Writer
The piece notes O. O. McIntyre as the most widely read newspaper writer in the United States with an estimated fifteen million readers from 20 million daily readers across papers printing his New York Letter. Born in Plattsburg, Missouri, he maintains a rural viewpoint while reporting on New York City life for home folks. His column starts in tomorrow's Exgie on the editorial page.
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United States
O. O. McIintyre
New York
McIntyre
McIintyre
New York Jettery
Plattsburg
Missouri
Gallipolis
Ohio
Broadway
O. McIntyre
Big City
Exgie
Death sentence commuted for Alabama Negro Kinney
Governor Miller commuted the death sentence of Fred Kinney, Black Belt Negro, to imprisonment for the killing of James Phillips, 22, of Perry County. Kinney said he loved the white man and pleaded that the act was not intentional, while his wife and six children sobbed.
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Montgomery
Alabama
BR. M. Miller
Fred Kinney
James Phillips
Perry County
James
Fred
Kinney
State Pardon Board
Defense rests in Wynekoop trial in Chicago
The defense for Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop rested its case in the third week of her retrial on murder charges. The frail 63 year old testified briefly about her condition after a night in custody as Dr. Frank McNamara noted her serious health and the risk of sudden death.
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Chicago
March
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Walker
Nafand
Enpty
W. W. Smith
Mandanum
Wynekoop
Frank McNamara
Bakersfield Boy Builds One and a Half Inch Violin
Joan Seeley a Bakersfield California schoolboy constructed a violin measuring one and a half inches in length that can be played.
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Joan Seeley
Bakersfield
Cal
Large Field of 320 Run for 106 Alabama House Seats
About 320 candidates compete for 106 Alabama House seats in the May 1 primary. Incumbents with no opposition include Reps. McGowin Poole Norman O Neal Lee and Posey. Two women candidates Mina Lucy Winn and Sallie Osborne Cooper face challengers. Jefferson County leads with 56 candidates in its seven open seats.
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Montgomery
Barohet
Alabama
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Capitol
McGowin and Poole
Butler
Norman
Bullock
O'Neail
Jackson
Lee
Monroe
Posey
Winston
Mina Lucy Winn
Clayton
Sallie Osborne Cooper
Birming
Senkings
Bradford
Jefferson
Frazer
St. John
Cullman
Swift
Exocambia
McJoonald
Lauderdale
Mise
Tuscalonosa
Leloney
Colbert
Lusk
Etowah
Walker
Limestone
Edmundson
Jefferson County
Graceville Man Killed in Clash With Policeman
William Frate Everidge 53, a Graceville section hand for L and N Railroad, died after two bullet wounds in a Saturday night confrontation with Graceville Officer Pruitt Teal while Everidge sought release for his son Cullen arrested for public drunkenness. Inquest cleared Teal of blame. Everidge died twelve hours later in Dothan hospital.
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William Frate Everidge
Graceville
Fla
L. and N. Railroad
Pruitt Teal
Everidge
Cullen
Hodges’ Market
Teal
Jackson County
Carl Johnson
Tess
Dothan
A. A. Hodges
Insull Expulsion Ordered by Greek Officials
The Greek foreign minister informed the American minister that Samuel Insull was ordered to leave Greece immediately. The interior ministry and American embassy were told to ensure his departure, with expulsion anticipated at once as Chicago charges linked to the collapse of his enterprises loom. A friend quoted Insull saying he would go home to die.
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Athens
Washington
Samuel Insull
Greece
Rerfard
Insull
Chicago
AWILL Rogers comments on coronations and politics
Will Rogers muses from Santa Monica on emperors and public demand, noting Japan's armored carriage, dry states, and varied alcohol laws. He comments on nitrates and Europe’s fertilizer revival in a satirical, chatty column style.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Manchuria
Japan
Europe
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M.G.M
M-G-M
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Texas
Austria
State
William S. Truby
Associated Press
Phenix City
Fussell County
Luke W. Kuffington
Steele
St. Clair County
William F. Everidge
Dothan Hospital
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Farmer
Awill
Will Rogers
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