Demoralization scheme in Fess aid under New Deal attack
A 1934 style Washington column describes a staged Democratic set up to trap Senator James M. Fess with a sandbag tactic during a Robinson speech marking the New Deal anniversary. Democratic leaders show a calculated plan, using pressed clippings across Ohio and Indiana to rebut Republican critics, while Roosevelt sets a rule that criticism must offer a better alternative. The piece notes General Johnson letter troubles over NRA initials and an Eagle emblem, and teases continued coverage on page five.
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Fess
Robinson
Indiana Robinson
Jim Byrnes
Arthur Robinson
Ohio
Byrnes
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
Canton
Toledo
Dayton
Congressional Record
Indiana Newsapers
Indiana
Roosevelt
Weather Summary for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Cloudy with rain in southern areas and much colder tonight. Partly cloudy and cooler in the east with some freezing conditions toward the coast. Northwest Florida sees rain turning to fair conditions with strong north winds and a warming trend in the west by Friday afternoon.
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Alabama
Oath
South
Mlorda
Alabama seeks extra session to clear PWA tangle
Alabama lawmakers press for a special session to amend state laws blocking Public Works Administration loans. Representatives Oliver and Jeffers will urge Gov Miller to call the legislature and coordinate with Secretary Ickes to unlock $20 to $30 million in PWA funds for Alabama projects. The move stems from restrictions in state laws impeding eligibility, despite PWA program backing.
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Washington
Alabama
Congress
Miller
Oliver and
Jeffers
Ickes
Alabama House
PWA
Oliver
Public Works Administration
Jefferson
Jimmy Jones
Birmingham
Two Children Die In Cave Collapse In Montgomery
In Montgomery March 8 AP report says 7 year old Thomas Bohannon and his 5 year old sister Roberta were killed when a 20 foot embankment cave in on them while digging a cave with four other children. James Holt, 10, was buried to his shoulders but survived with injuries. Their parents were away at work.
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Montgomery
Thomas Bohannon
Roberta
Bohannon
James Holt
Holt
T. M. Bohannon
Knight Rules Office Expenses Excluded in Maximum Salary Law
Montgomery AP March 46 000 maximum salary for state and county officers under Sparks Amendment applies to net annual salary only Attorney General Knight Jr ruled that officers on fees may claim reasonable office expenses in addition to the net salary The opinion to Tuscaloosa tax collector McGee states the amendment allows 6000 dollars net for the official but permits fees or compensation to cover office costs If expenses exceed the net salary any excess may go to the county treasury.
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Montgomery
March
Sparks
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
D. McGee
Tuscaloosa County
Check off system agreed in Tennessee Steel mines
United Mine Workers announce Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. a U S Steel unit will install the check off in captive mines. About 3,590 workers affected, with 8,000 miners in Alabama strikes cheering. Woodward Iron Co. reportedly considering the measure for Dolomite and Mulga. Frank J. Hayes set to arrive to aid talks as Parrish strikers press for labor board action and demand removal of a local chair.
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Birmingham, Maren & (Ap
Officarg
United Mine Workers of America
Nnessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee
Alabama
Bibb
Jefferson
Walker
Shelby
Tennesee Company
Woodward Iron Co
Dolomite
Mulga
H. A. Berg
Frank J. Hayes
Parrish
Walker County
J. D. Acuf
Jasper
Ocal Labor Board
Division 3
Judgment Favoring Defendant In $10,000 Suit
Midland City Bank versus Fidelity and Deposit Co. was settled in the middle district federal court before Judge Charles B Kennamer. The around $10,000 suit was decided in favor of the Fidelity and Deposit Co.
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Midland City Bank
Fidelity and Deposit Co
Middle District
Charles B. Kennamer
Few Judges And Solicitors To Be Unopposed In Circuit Contests
In Montgomery today 72 candidates seek 40 circuit judge posts and 53 prospective solicitors vie for 23 posts with most races contested. A few veterans will run unopposed, but that is the exception. Official lists show candidates across eight circuits with multiple judge and solicitor races.
Postal Service Cuts In Residential Sections
S M Dawsey, postmaster, reports a Post Office Department directive to cut expenditures in Dothan for four months. Annual leave with pay ends, no auxiliary or substitute service except emergencies. City delivery reduced to one residential trip daily and two trips in mixed districts, using carrier time to bolster clerical staff during peak periods.
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S. M. Dawsey
Post Office Department
Dothan
Winter Strikes Dixie In Spots
Memphis March 8 AP winter hit the South with near freezing weather and snow in spots while warmer readings appeared elsewhere. Snow blanketed parts of Arkansas citywide, with temperatures near freezing, and other cities like Louisville Evansville and Little Rock reported snow flurries. Southern warmth lingered in Atlanta Macon Charleston and Wilmington. Vicksburg registered 40 degrees as forecasts warned of colder air moving into Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Texas Northwest Florida and Tennessee. A Birmingham drop from 66 to 57 degrees within two hours was noted.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dixie
Arkansas
Mashville
Louisville
Evansville
Little Rock
Atlanta
Macon
Charleston
S. C
Wilmington
WN. C
Vicks
CWA quota cut for Jackson County in March
Jackson County CWA quota will drop to 541 men by March 9, announced Administrator C. N. Horne. The move targets labor allocations and project staffing in the Marian na area.
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Marianna
Fla
Jackson County
CWA
C. N. Horne
Editor Freed After Hour in Prison For Refusing Source Name
Frankfort report says Vance Armentrout acting editor of the Courier Journal spent an hour in jail for refusing to reveal the writer of a Letter to the Editor. County Judge L R Hamilton freed him, calling confinement illegal and granting a writ of habeas corpus. The incident followed pressure from the Kentucky House lobby committee seeking the writer’s identity.
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Frankfort
March
Vance Armentrout
Louisvillle Corrier- Journal
L. R. Hamilton
House of Representatives
Courier-Journals
Kentucky House
Hugh Builiti
Arfhentrout
Hamilton
Rehearing on New Trial Decision in Scottsboro Case Set for Tomorrow
Judge W W Callahan will hear a motion for a rehearing on his decision that held defense in the Scottsboro case failed to file new hearing motions in time. Alex Racolin and Elian Schwarzard, lawyers for the defense, filed the motion yesterday. State Attorney General Thomas E Knight Jr will represent the State. The Negro defendants were convicted December 6 and sentenced to death for an alleged attack on Mrs Victoria Price aboard a Southern Railway freight train in Jackson County on March 25, 1931.
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Decatur
Ala
March & (Ap
W. W. Callahan
Ofgillywood
Thomas E. Knight, Jr
Mra
Victoria Price
Southern Railway
Jackson County
State highway worker crushed by machinery
Montgomery March 8 AP A state highway worker, H L Carnley of Chisholm, was fatally injured when a heavy road machine fell on him on a Selma highway project. Attendants said a broken cable caused the crush. Carnley worked for Wolfe Construction Co of St Augustine Fla.
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Montgomery
H. L. Carnley
Chisholm
Selma
J Ybuland
Carnley
Wolfe Construction Co
St. Augustine
Fla
Bank Messenger Robbed of 50000 in Greenville
A Greenville bank messenger and guard were robbed of 50000 on a downtown street while en route from the post office to the South Carolina National Bank. Two men in a car forced them to curb. one robber, wearing dark glasses, demanded the package with a pistol. Police chased the getaway car but the bandits escaped.
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Qreenville
March &Ap
South Carolina National Bank
Clinton Forter
Hugh White
Greenville
White
PB. B. Smith
Ernest Smith
Portal
Bank
Chain Bank
Columbia
Gunshot wounds fatal to robbery suspect in Alabama
Ralph Jacobs 29 of Chisholm died in a Greenville hospital after a gun battle with a posse near McKenzie following a truck driver robbery. Companion Jules Prooks was wounded in the arm. Jacobs had buckshot in the face. Henry Robinson, also of Chisholm, was later arrested in Montgomery and brought back on a robbery charge. A posse encountered three men in a car at the robbery scene.
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Greenville
Ala
Ralph Jacobs
Chisholm
McKenzie
Montgomery
Warm Springs Aid Assures Young Marianna Cripple
Willie Roza a 13 year old infantile paralysis victim from Marianna will be admitted to the Warm Springs institution next month for treatment. He wrote to President Roosevelt who replied personally and assured aid from Warm Springs would follow. The Foundation also informed him of acceptance. He has been paralyzed from the waist down since early childhood and moves with crutches.
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Marianna
Fila
Roosevelt
Willie Roza
Warm Springs
Willie
Foundation
Martin Defends Action In Signing Stoker Contract
W. F. Martin president of the City Council and Mayor Pro Tem issued a written defense of his Tuesday action signing a Hoffman Combustion Co contract for three stokers at 22800. He argues the sum is not a city-wide obligation and that differences with other bids are minor. He says signing in Mayor Ezell’s absence was his duty and notes the plant’s costly past power bills.
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W. F. Martin
Protem
Gnve To the Eagle
Hoffman Combuation Co
Martin
Jetter
Atokera
Westinghouse Electric Company
Ifzel
Tansy
Cothan City
Cornell
Bergdoll Appeals to President Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a Philadelphia draft evader exiled after escaping military service in 1920, has appealed to President Roosevelt for a pardon. His letter was conveyed to the Department of Justice as are all such requests.
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Washington
March
Grover Cleveland Pbergdoll
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Earthquake Felt Across Washington at Georgetown
A seismograph at Georgetown University recorded a moderately severe quake about 1900 miles away. The shaking began near 6 47 p m yesterday, peaked at 5 57 p m, and ended about 7 00 p m local time.
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Farthquake
Washington
Georgetown University
South
Industrial Committees Are Selected To Aid In Planning NRA Program
Industrial committees were named by NRA chief Gen. Hugh S. Johnson to draft a new plan for more jobs. He asked code authorities of heavy goods and consumer goods sectors to select twelve members each. Johnson promised weeks of work to complete a nationwide program and pledged public notice by the weekend. He warned of a coming spring with the worst strike wave in history and noted many unions shield employers to dodge the ten percent hour reduction. He insisted enforcement of penal provisions and signaled continued strong federal oversight.
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James Cope
Washington, March
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Code Authority Assembly
Johnson
Iiegal
Supreme Court
New York
Early Wind-Up of Congress Aims at Roosevelt Plan
The Roosevelt administration seeks to end the 1930s session by early May after passing the 258 million tax bill and tariff bar powers. House leaders and Senator Robinson meet as Navy probe finds no excess profits in air force contracts. Post office inquiry into airmail payments and private carrier flying agendas advance amid a broad program push.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Robinson
Capitol
House Naval Subcommittee
Navy
Senate Committee of
Paul Henderson
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Chase CC. Gove
Post Office Department
Senate
White House
Hugh
Johnson
First Lady Roosevelt Welcomed in West Indies Tour
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt greeted by cheering crowds in St Thomas during a West Indies inspection tour. She arrived from Port-au-Prince after stops in San Pedro de Macoris Santo Domingo and San Juan Puerto Rico covering 1258 miles since leaving Florida. An early hop from St Thomas to St Croix and return was planned for the day.
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ST. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Indies
Pot-Au-Pince
Hall
San Pedro de Macoris
Santo Doming
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Florida
St. Croix
Suspects in Dillinger jail escape tracked near Wall Street bill
Santa Monica reports say two guards who escaped with Dillinger were caught after a bank robbery in South Dakota and pursued across three states. The piece notes disagreement over the Fletcher Rayburn Wall Street control bill and parodies financial penalties for gambling with a farmers style reform.
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Cal
Dillinger
Cicago
South Dakota
Wall Street
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Tuscaloosa
Dorman
R. B. Carr
L. G. Longshore
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Lamar Field
W. B. Merrill
R. C. Williams
J. B. Sanford
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