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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1934
Page
1
A Washington dispatch reviews the authorities conference as a science of seeing action stall. Johnson pushes for 10 percent hours reduction but business leaders resist and hint at possible exemptions. Analysts forecast a wait to November elections and potential long run shifts toward shorter hours or national planning.
Weather outlook shows generally fair skies with cold nights and frost in southern areas. Northwest Florida forecast calls for fair, colder conditions with frost inland and milder coastal weather. Tennessee expects fair skies with a slight warming trend later in the period.
The Roosevelt administration orders a comprehensive survey to unify U S aviation policy covering civilian and military alike. Senator Robinson proposes overland unified control with a single leader, while aviation plans include possible direct mail subsidies and a permanent aeronautics board.
AP dispatch reports a dynamite explosion at La Libertad El Salvador killed about one hundred men. Other items note Senate judiciary committee approval of a corporate reorganization bill and Perkins advocacy for a permanent Labor Board as a major step in democracy and community life.
Three people Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jones and Mack Wood were found shot to death on a highway about 20 miles from Paint Rock Alabama. Police puzzled by the circumstances and could not determine if it was murder or self inflicted. A 22 calibre rifle was found nearby and the bodies were discovered by a passerby around 7:30 a.m.
Thirteen sailors rescued from the Japanese torpedo boat Tomozuru recount hours of suffering after the vessel capsized off Sasebo. The 113 men aboard faced death as the ship lay bottom up in the dock, with 66 bodies recovered and many survivors describing their desperate escape and near death.
The Senate post office committee will ask Charles A. Lindbergh Clarence Chamberlin Eddie Rickenbacker and William Witchell to present views on permanent air mail legislation. They are to appear before the committee Friday Chairman McKellar said Senator McGill suggested calling the noted fliers.
An editorial blasts six council members for approving a $22 800 Hoffman stoker contract with a $3600 cash down payment and $800 monthly payments. It contrasts with a cheaper Westinghouse bid and accuses bankers of withdrawing financial support, urging competent business conduct to avoid receivership.
Birmingham March 14 AP An agreement to end the Alabama coal strike including NRA bargaining terms has been reached by a joint committee of mine operators and more than 16 000 miners. Details withheld pending ratification as district union officials plan a meeting to review. An earlier Empire mine explosion was the only disturbance.
Hundreds of state income tax returns arrived at the State Tax Commission as March 15 filing deadline nears. Roy Billings says the office is swamped and cannot estimate total receipts while promising no penalties for postmarked by midnight.
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge said reports that Georgia license plates were being checked in Louisiana are false after he spoke by phone with Louisiana Governor James Allen. He said Allen was upset by the rumors and that Georgia travelers would not be harassed.
City of Dothan and Hoffman Combustion Engineering Company sign a contract dated March 6 1934 for three Firite stokers to fit two Heine boilers and one A T boiler around 300 hp each at the Municipal Water and Light plant. Supplier provides stokers designs for boiler resetting, materials, and a tire bank to raise feed water temperature plus labor and salvage options. Construction supervision continues on page two.
The Nashville baseball club led by Manager Charlie Dressen arrived to establish spring training quarters. Four former New York Giants players Al Cucinello Harlan McLendon John Leonardo and Al Joyner join forty candidates in city as Bill Terry and the Giants travel to meet them March 30 in an exhibition game.
LondonMarch 14 AP British Lancashire interests announce definite breakdown of eation cotton marketing negotiations with Japanese textile interests after Japanese demand that talks base only on markets in Great Britain and colonies. Sir Thomas Barlow says negotiations cannot continue and reports will be made to the government.
A cold area moving southeast from the Dakotas reached middle Tennessee and the South faced freezing temperatures by tomorrow morning. The low near Lake Michigan drifted toward Nova Scotia with light snow, while Tennessee saw light rain and fair overall conditions. North Georgia expected near 30 degrees with a rise to 56 in the afternoon. Notable low readings included Buffalo 22 Chicago 28 Jacksonville 46 Miami 54 Nashville 35 Tampa 52 Toledo 24.
The Women's Missionary Society of the North Alabama Conference elected officers for the quadrennium. Mrs Januar Morris of Birmingham was re-elected president as officers were balloted separately in a slow process. Delegates were ready to depart for home this afternoon.
John Factor, the kidnap victim, says the gang erred by not accepting a $50,000 ransom offer. Basil Banghart received 99 years. Roger Touhy Gustave Schaefer and Albert Kator are jailed. three others dead. Factor cites abuses and motives, renouncing sympathy for captors while defending his actions.
Chicago report says Dillinger and seven gunmen robbed the First National Bank of Mason City Iowa, stealing 5200,000 after firing on bystanders. Two hurt, hostages released unharmed. police and vigilantes chase the getaway car as witnesses link the bandit leader to Dillinger.
A Kentucky legislative committee may recommend reprimand or a nominal fine for Vance Armentrout associate editor of the Courier-Journal after contempt charges from a lobby inquiry panel. The report to the House is expected today.
President Roosevelt announced a policy shift at a White House briefing that grand juries will determine criminal intent in federal income tax cases. He said several hundred prosecutions are imminent, signaling broad action against tax violators.
The Senate rejected ratification of the St. Lawrence Waterway pact with Canada by 46 to 42, short of the required two thirds. The defeat marks the Roosevelt administration's first major legislative setback.
Government engineers estimate a 27 foot waterway through the St Lawrence to the Atlantic delivering 13 million tons of foreign commerce annually with a saving of 97 million dollars. Generation of 2.2 million horsepower to be split between New York state and Ontario with total costs of 257.4 million dollars. New York Power Authority pays 89.736 million. Canada receives 142 million with Welland Canal allowance.
The article notes President Roosevelt's two appeals to ratify a seaway pact aimed at opening interior U.S. water routes and cheap power for New York. It reports party opposition, a roll call tally of 46 in favor and 42 against, and the need for paired voting in treaty decisions.
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