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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1934
Page
2
A 1934 Washington dispatch surveys reactions of business leaders to Roosevelt's proposed measures. It notes expected limits on profits, possible shorter work weeks, and debate over private versus public employment. Economists doubt drastic payroll gains and discuss potential government role and college professors as code authorities. Continued discussion promised.
Cloudy conditions with rain possible tonight and into Thursday. Temperatures vary by region with warmer southeast coast and colder northern portions. Occasional rain expected in the northwest and eastern areas with cooler conditions following.
President announces plan to ask NRA code authorities to reduce hours by ten percent where possible with exemptions for those unable to comply. Johnson argues for flexible, code by code adjustments rather than a flat rule. He seeks industrialist collaboration to craft workable procedures while White House monitors progress.
Samuel Insull Sr asks clemency from the Greek government to avoid exile or warrants from U S authorities. Weather shifts from storm to clear sun as officials consider his request to stay in Greece beyond a looming departure deadline.
In Marianna Florida a CWA worker named I. C. Mitchell fell from an 18 foot scaffold while adding a wing to Marianna High School. He suffered fractures in both arms, one near the wrist and one in the upper arm, during the construction work.
A Chicago jury convicts Dr. Alice Wynekoop of slaying Rheta Wynekoop on her operating table. Sentence set at 25 years. She shows little reaction while her children are told to go home. Appeals and new-trial motions planned as she awaits further action.
Federal government joins hunts for John Dillinger after his jail escape from Crown Point Indiana. Two jail attaches, Deputy Ernest Blunk and turnkey Sam Cahoon, are jailed on aiding and abetting charges. Blunk released on recognizance. Dillinger reported seen in Mason City Chicago Youngstown and Buffalo with bank raids alleged. Sioux Falls sighting doubted.
Jackson County Sheriff Chamblee suffered scalp injuries and severe bruises after falling from the running board of a moving car he had boarded to arrest the driver Rex Cooley. Cooley was arrested for transporting liquor as fourteen gallons were seized.
Governor and State Pardon Board weighed clemency for Willie Peterson, condemned for the August 1932 Shades Mountain killings. Mrs. Louie Reese Jr. testified she could not be mistaken, naming Peterson as the slayer, while relatives and officials presented opposing affidavits and alibi notes.
In Huntsville Texas three of five inmates attempting a jailbreak were critically wounded by guards after overpowering an unarmed guard and forcing a confrontation near the death chamber. Wounded were Charley Frazier alias Eldridge Johnson Tolward McArthur and Pete Finch.
Axel G. Anderson, 53, stabbed his children Paul 15 and Mildred 19 with a hunting knife and shot himself with a double barreled gun in the family home. The killings and suicide were discovered by son Harry, 23, when he returned from work.
A blizzard that iced wings caused a St. Louis to Chicago American Airways plane to crash on a farm near Petersburg Illinois four men died instantly. Victims named include Hugh Sexton Walter Hallgren G H Wuetjen and W N Bell. Hallgren reportedly cut his switch to prevent fire. Flight was diverted by weather before a radio message ordering return could be acknowledged.
Authorities in South Dakota and Iowa search by air and road for machine gun bandits who robbed the Security National Bank and Trust Co of $46,000. They terrorized 1,000 townspeople, wounded a policeman, and forced five including four women to ride for miles before release. Names of released hostages and a fifth prisoner are noted. Dillinger rumors denied by bank officials.
Tom Franklin, 50, of Grand Ridge Florida, was killed at the Marianna L and N station while attempting to board a moving Eastbound passenger train after buying a ticket. He slipped on the tracks, was struck by a rear coach, and dragged several feet before dying. the coroner ruled the death an accident.
Mayfield Kentucky crowds organize a crow killing contest led by the Graven County Game and Fish association. Teams record crow kills to protect farmers fields, aiming to reduce bird damage.
In a planned grudge match at the Dothan High School auditorium Charles Goldsborough alias The Terrible Turk weighs 285 pounds and faces Richmond Snake hips Flowers at 85 pounds. Admission is five cents. proceeds go to the Junior Play presented by the high school. The event begins promptly at 8 200 tomorrow morning under Coach Path Tubb's supervision.
The Coal Labor Board in Birmingham ruled two to one that striking Alabama coal field miners violated the bituminous coal code by not negotiating their grievances. They must return to work by Monday or have their petitions dismissed. William Mitch, UMWA district president, dissented. Strikes affect 26 mines and 7,199 workers amid efforts to stop union dues collections.
Dr. Herman Brundesen city health commissioner and the Congress Hotel are sued for 600000 in connection with amebic dysentery last summer. Dr Clarence Boren and wife Gertrude of Marionette ask 140000 each, accusing withholding information for hotel gain and to protect Dr Brundesen's reputation.
Sid Lewis a popular vaudeville actor aged 47 died in a Nashville hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile crash last Friday near Lawrence Tennessee. He was en route from Nashville to engagements in Sheffield Alabama and Huntsville Alabama when his car skidded and rolled several times.
In Lima on March 7 an arbitration tribunal ruled that a reported offense between Dr. Luis Flores former premier and Minister of the Interior Alfred Henricd did not warrant a duel. Both sides signed a document accepting the decision confirming the peaceful settlement of the political matter.
Fred Martin acting as Mayor Protem signed a $22 800 contract with Hoffman Combustion Co Birmingham for three stokers for the Municipal Water and Light Plant despite Ezell's veto and bids from Weather House Electric. The move came after a six to three council vote to override and amid warnings from local banks that further debt would cut future financial aid. The city treasury is depleted warrants pay employees and $30 000 interest due April 1 with total debt above 2 225.
President Roosevelt is understood to be ready to adjourn Congress by mid May at the latest with one more message on war debts negotiations. He aims to press the existing program to conclusion and sacrifice some pet measures while Congress moves to pass appropriation bills and related tax and tariff measures. The main effort is to coordinate communications under a single commission before adjournment, with possible scrambles over tariff veterans benefits St Lawrence Seaway treaty ratification and stock market control.
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